Wat am I doing wrong????

HomeController.cs

using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Wat.Models;

namespace Wat.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        [HttpGet]
        public IActionResult Index()
        {
            var model = new HomeViewModel
            {
                Items = new List<HomeItem>
                {
                    new HomeItem { Name = "A", Value = "A" },
                    new HomeItem { Name = "B", Value = "B" },
                    new HomeItem { Name = "C", Value = "C" },
                }
            };
            return View(model);
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public IActionResult Index(HomeViewModel model)
        {
            model.Items.RemoveAt(1);
            
            // apparently this is the solution, very broken IMO
            ModelState.Clear(); 
            
            return View(model); // I expect to see (A,A),(C,C) but I get (A,A),(B,B)
        }
    }
}

namespace Wat.Models
{
    public class HomeViewModel
    {
        public List<HomeItem> Items { get; set; }
    }

    public class HomeItem
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public string Value { get; set; }
    }
}

Index.cshtml

@model HomeViewModel

<form method="post">
    <table>
        @for (int i = 0; i < Model.Items.Count; i++)
        {
            <tr>
                <td><input asp-for="@Model.Items[i].Name" /></td>
                <td><input asp-for="@Model.Items[i].Value" /></td>
            </tr>
        }
    </table>

    <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>