glenparva boy

It always amazes me that people,(fans) think supporting their football team offers them a cast-iron guarantee of bragging rights . Supporting this wonderful football club is a roller-coaster experience, not plain sailing. Blah, blah, blah.........."Worst Leicester team ever", etc. People, we play the long game. After six decades of loyal support I can honestly say that I will die happy. The football team that I have supported since 1967 has won everything that all the "big" teams have won. The last two decades have been a real rollercoaster, but the they have delivered the two most elusive prizes. I suggest people read their history of this club and reflect on the ups and downs throughout the years. Can you imagine the feeling when you get to the FA Cup Final, lose and then get relegated? To suggest that the current crop of players don't care is a simple illustration of ignorance. The way "supporters" slander our players for, not caring, not having the requisite skill, not fit enough etc. just shows just how little they understand of what it takes to earn money playing football. I have every confidence that, before the end of the season, OUR team will string together three or four wins and stay in the league. If not, nobody dies and we will come again.

Ranieri - OUT! Puel - OUT! Shakespeare - OUT! Rodgers - OUT! Maresca - OUT! Same tune, different words. Pity we can't resurrect Matt Gillies who served us loyally for fifteen seasons before, he too, was OUT! Nothing like watching a blame game unfold.

If you had a bucket list as a City supporter, number one would be "Win the League", number two would be "Win the Cup". I have waited a lifetime but, there we are, bucket list complete. Stress? Going down to div 1 must rate. Even then, fighting back from 2-0 down to Birmingham to 2-1 and the real supporters singing the "Great Escape" tune for what seemed like the whole of the second half rates as the best ever support I have had the honour to experience. Get real, people, the team is the team, whoever owns the club, however much they earn and, unfortunately, our egos count for nothing. Whether they win 1-0 or lose 5-0 you have to keep the faith, otherwise go and "support" Liverpool or Arsenal or PSG or Real Madrid.......................................... Support = Blind Faith, absolutely no conditions.

Didn't "supporters" once sing, "Hamza Choudhury, he's one of our own"?

Jamie Vardy, Hero to Zero. Foxes never quit. Rogers out. What you gonna say now you've sacked the manager? How about, sack the so called supporters? Best 8 years in the club's history and, NOT DOWN YET. Shame on you if you jeer at your team. Proud to have supported for 56 years and counting. Losing doesn't **** my ego, just makes me so much more grateful for the good times. Back to the Championship? So f*****g what?

Sack the manager. Rodgers out!. Blah, blah, blah. Those who have never worked in pro football, shut the **** up. BTW, "we" have beaten only 1 of the other 19 PL sides more than they have beaten "us". ( Thankfully, it is the Villa). I love supporting my team.

Well written and well argued post. Like you I have been on the city rollercoaster for decades. Started with a 3-2 home defeat to Spurs in '67, endured the '69 Cup Final defeat to Man City followed by relegation but, in the end, it's not life or death or even the most important thing in life, though it felt like it at age 13. We are only supporters. Just because the ticket prices are in the tens of pounds rather than two bob doesn't give us the right to think we are owed neverending joy and Monday morning bragging rights. Take the rough with the smooth, wipe your tears away and remain firmly behind whichever group of eleven gets to wear the shirt. As for the manager, who are we to judge? If we were even qualifed to make some of the remarks written by the Teddy Throwers I doubt the owners could find, or even afford, a better candidate than the present one who, after all, ticked off one of my bucket list items with that cup victory ( the Premier League title wasn't even on it, it being so far out of reach).

Been here before. 19th August 1967. My debut at Filbert Street. Result: City 2 Spurs 3. Recurring nightmare but so what? Won both cups and the League. Don't sack anyone, don't despair. For any 13 year making his debut tonight, there's a good chance of winning the Champions League.

He seems very good at the facial grooming but lacks a bit of accuracy when it comes to passing the ball forward. Everything is at a "look at me, aren't I great?" sort of pace. Compare and contrast Jack Grealish who, despite his cheating antics re free kicks, does actually run his guts out for the Villa.

Seven goals scored, six by Leicester players (past and present).

Kasper the friendly goalkeeper. It happens, usually in the last minute or so, move on. Should have scored a few, again, but, hey ho, that's all part of the "I support Leicester City", cross that we, willingly, bear. Got some good young fellas all over the park. Should make 40 points so, roll on next season.

Think of Riyad Mahrez as an oil painting, bought at a country auction for £0.4 million. Quite a tidy sum, until the painting goes to Sotheby's who declare it to be a Rembrant and value it at £60 million. That represents a 150 fold increase in value. What could you do with a windfall of £60 million? On a purely footballing level, Riyad was a very important factor during the "Season of Seasons" and helped to make our collective dream come true. We owe him a little more respect. Whilst growing up in France he probably dreamt of playing for a top football team - Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Liverpool, Man U. I doubt he ever dreamt of playing for Leicester City. Why, then, should the owners deny him the chance to continue his development as a player when he has done so much to raise City's profile in the footballing world? At Premier League level it is not about the money, it is about the desire to play with and against the best players on the planet. Why not say, "Thanks for everything and good luck for the future" and then rejoice when he scores the winner in the Champions League final, basking in the reflected glory that he once strode the KP with pride? There is very little grass roots loyalty in this globalised football system. Players come and go, forever chasing the ultimate contract. Kante and Drinkwater went, bringing in many millions more to invest. Riyad is simply doing the same. Gary Lineker's CV goes something like City, Everton, Barcelona, Spurs. Nobody calls him a selfish so and so for bettering himself. It might not have been pleasant to see Riyad in a sky blue shirt but they wouldn't let him go to Roma last Summer in what would have been a much more dignified transition. It would be marvellous if the management could sit the young man down, ask him where he wants to go, get his agent to do the leg work and then attach a transfer fee which would secure his chance of fulfilling his dream. He gave us something priceless, in return all we are offering is bitterness.