Hirsty The Blue 94 Posted 14 July 2015 Author Posted 14 July 2015 Having thought about it I think we need to improve on last season in some way for it deemed to be a successful season. Whether that be in league position, points or cup progress. If we finish 17th with fewer points and no real cup run I can see Ranieri being shown the door which could be a revolving one in the coming few years if the owners are overly ambitious.
Guest Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 The amount of people expecting top 10 finish is laughable, literally scrapped relegation by the skin of our teeth in the first season in the Prem . You do realize it's taken the current top 10 years to break in ( Swansea, Stoke) and that's without being in a relegation scraps since they've been in the Prem and being in better positions then Leicester in their 2ND seasons. My whole family are Leicester city fans , and even though they are my second team I want all the best for them . Fans expecting top 10 finished arnt helping the club or the new manager. Establish yourselves first (2-3) years then push on to top 10 ( which I fully expect you to do so eventually). Southampton? 14th then 8th then 7th.
Lcfc_1995 Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 Just to try and survive at first, if that gets achieved as quick as possible, then try and see where we can finish afterwards, but this season will be difficult because of what has been going on
benpicko Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 Under Pearson I sincerely thought we were going to build well enough in this pre-season to finish top 10, but after the pre-season we've had I'd be happy with just staying up as long as we play decent football. If we play as turgid football as has been described of Ranieri and don't finish any higher after improving the squad then I wouldn't be happy, but as long as we stay up I'd take it at this point
cc_star Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 out of interest, would you consider finishing lower but with a better points total (so a tougher division meaning 45 points only gets 15th) an improvement. improvement by any means for me, more points, not needing a great end to survive, so comfortable midtable. Worrying the cups would be a bonus. After this farce of a pre-season, I don't think 17th or above would be that much of a failure though, we've set ourselves 2 weeks behind everyone else in terms of signings and tactical preparation after all. The addition of Huth for a whole season plus any new signings like Fuchs etc, plus the players extra experience of 'managing' matches, would mean that under NP we could have EXPECTED a far more /even/ season and finishing at least 14th and with more points than lastThe decision to sack him and appoint CR should mean we'll be expecting a considerable uplift on that, so I assume the owners would judge anything less than top half, maybe even top 8 and a solid FA Cup showing a bit of a flop And with Ranieri's woeful record in his 2nd/3rd seasons, we seem to be destined for the arrival of the circus and yet another, different direction overhaul in our near future And the owners better have a better plan A & B than this time resulting in CR as plan C
Corky Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 It'll be a tough season, survival is the aim. An improvement on 14th and 41 points would be excellent.
sphericalfox Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 Are we talking about the fans' expectations, my own expectations or our owners expectations? I think crucially this season the expectations will have been developed between the owners and our new manager. This will depend on the budget he has been offered to reach their expectations for this season, the next, and the last of his contract and what he has realistically said he can do with that budget. I think most reasonable people can say that we have the nucleus of a decent team, and with a few canny transfers we could compete better than we did last season, and without a mega overhaul that's not needed we might find some consistency. I just hope that between Top and Ranieri they keep their mouths shut regarding expectations publicly, budgets available, and other business that would be detrimental to our chances within the transfer market, or gets the fans' hopes so high that when we struggle they turn on the players, manager and then the club. My expectations are actually the same as it was with NP. Reinforce positions within the squad that require replacing or strengthening, and aim to better our final position in the table. That's it. We're going to have struggles and bad form, and equally I hope that we'll have some outstanding results and enough good form to achieve that expectation. The fans expectations may well be different. We are fickle as ****, and last season quite a few 'fans' on here showed their true colours, and some their ignorance. But that's old news. It's a new season and we should get behind the new manager, and see what he can do before we right him off.
themistocles Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 Southampton? 14th then 8th then 7th. Are going to spend 100 mill in 2 seasons ? Don't run before you can walk
Matt Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 Survival again for me. I would perhaps be looking at a higher finish/safety to be acheived easier(earlier) if we were still under Pearson. But now given the circumstance, upheaval and shock of this summer I feel we're in the unknown again and I really don't know what to think of the situation now so simply just survival again for me, I fear we won't achieve it though.
4everfox Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 I expect us to finish 14th at the bare minimum, that will leave me moderately satisfied. I would prefer to see us finish 11th (top of the bottom half), that will leave me pleased. If we finish in the top 10 I will be truly in awe of the manager, players and the owners' decision to part ways with Pearson. If, however we occupy those bottom 3 places by Christmas then I will be calling for Ranieri's head as Allardyce will (hopefully) still be available, failing that then O'Neill.
Fox92 Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 We finished 14th last year which was fantastic. Any improvement on that is what we should be aiming for, of course, avoiding relegation is always the main object for a club like us.
buzzy Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 17th. Anything more seems a bonus right now after this car-crash of a pre-season. I have read some of your posts and all I have to say **** off we don't need fans llke you supporting the city. negative about the appointment get behind the manager and team , pearson as gone get over it if you cant go and support someone else
Fez of Mahrez Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 Let's face it, there's barely any difference between 14th and 17th when you finish 14th the way we did. I'd be happy with 17th but it feels like Ranieri faces an uphill battle with some of our fans already which will be tough. Hopefully he gets a big result early on and keeps them onside. Actually, I think people will forget some of Pearson's crap decisions last season and complain as soon as Ranieri makes any remotely bizarre substitutions, doesn't play three at the back and we don't win 80% of our games.
TrentFox Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 I have read some of your posts and all I have to say **** off we don't need fans llke you supporting the city. negative about the appointment get behind the manager and team , pearson as gone get over it if you cant go and support someone elseThanks for sharing your opinion. I'll be sure to treat it with the respect it deserves.
Hirsty The Blue 94 Posted 14 July 2015 Author Posted 14 July 2015 I have read some of your posts and all I have to say **** off we don't need fans llke you supporting the city. negative about the appointment get behind the manager and team , pearson as gone get over it if you cant go and support someone else Having read through a few of your posts last season you did the very opposite of your advice slagging off Pearson and calling for him to be sacked. It's fans like Trent who stood by the team and manager which helped us get out of the mess we were in. Funny how you find the ability to be positive when it suits your agenda chap.
Finn Claw II Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 Newcastle, Villa et al are strerngthening. Are Watford, Bmouth, and Norwich really much worse than QPR, Burnley and hull? It'll be another tough season, the aim has to be more consistency and less of relegation battle. Southampton had an incredible bunch of players, I can't see us emulating them. Hull spent a lot last season and still went down, let's not get ahead of ourselves.
MC Prussian Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 I expect us to finish 14th at the bare minimum, that will leave me moderately satisfied. I would prefer to see us finish 11th (top of the bottom half), that will leave me pleased. If we finish in the top 10 I will be truly in awe of the manager, players and the owners' decision to part ways with Pearson. If, however we occupy those bottom 3 places by Christmas then I will be calling for Ranieri's head as Allardyce will (hopefully) still be available, failing that then O'Neill. So, do you have low or high expectations? Because in all honesty, I can't quite figure it out. Seems to me that whatever Ranieri and the players are going to do next season, someone will be in for a major disappointment.
st albans fox Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 I think we'll start well. Ranieri's teams invariably start well. However, he won't be able to resist trying new formations and personnel and our second half of the season will not match the first. We will finish around 14th again but we will not be in danger of relegation.
4everfox Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 So, do you have low or high expectations? Because in all honesty, I can't quite figure it out. Seems to me that whatever Ranieri and the players are going to do next season, someone will be in for a major disappointment. I suppose my expectations are average considering the majority will be disappointed to finish lower then 14th. We have to keep taking steps forward rather then backwards so anything below 14th would be a failure in my opinion.
Thracian Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 I'd expect us to survive and to finish in the top two thirds. It's said to be harder in the second season of Premiership membership and I can't imagine all the recent upheaval will have done us any good. But, the basis of a decent squad remains, there are funds available for additions and we have a manager with what seems to be sufficient credentials to aim for mid-table and the sort of performances that will test most any team. Keeping the spirit of the side is vital but so to the way we play. I quite liked the set-up during our recovery run and would like to see it built on. I can't see the owners being happy with anything but steady improvement. The y seem to be consistent in providing what's required in terms of back-up but they won't be doing it for nothing. They are businessmen on a mission and will be expecting a return in various ways.
Tuna Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 Its very difficult after the season we have had to see us as anything other than a struggling team where the comfort and relative safety of 10th - 14th place would be seen as a good season. The owners obviously have higher ambitions and expect us to be pushing top ten which I don't see as realisitc with the current squad. My hope is that we survive, I'd love nothing more than a boring mid table season.
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