An Away Move Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 I was just flicking through an old diary of mine when I came across a page where I had stuck a newspaper clipping of the Premier League Table after 8 games in the 2000-2001 season. We were top of the league after 8 games on 16 points and still in the top 4 at Christmas. The memory plays tricks though. I thought we went down in that 'Peter Taylor season', but it was actually the season after that that we went down. We finished the 2000-2001 season in 14th position with 48 points. I guess all this is making me think that we might do well to keep grounded at the current time? Nah, screw that! I'm just loving it! This feels like a really great time to be a Leicester fan!
Bettsj2 Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 I was just flicking through an old diary of mine when I came across a page where I had stuck a newspaper clipping of the Premier League Table after 8 games in the 2000-2001 season. We were top of the league after 8 games on 16 points and still in the top 4 at Christmas. The memory plays tricks though. I thought we went down in that 'Peter Taylor season', but it was actually the season after that that we went down. We finished the 2000-2001 season in 14th position with 48 points. I guess all this is making me think that we might do well to keep grounded at the current time? Nah, screw that! I'm just loving it! This feels like a really great time to be a Leicester fan! Seen a few mentions of this as cause for caution on the enthusiasm. The similarities between then and now are few and the differences enormous.
RoboFox Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 We lost 8 or 9 out of the last 10 games if I recall. It was a weird season. George Burley's Ipswich Town finished fifth... FIFTH.
An Away Move Posted 26 October 2015 Author Posted 26 October 2015 We lost 8 or 9 out of the last 10 games if I recall. It was a weird season. George Burley's Ipswich Town finished fifth... FIFTH. Yes. We lost 9 out of the last 10 games. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000–01_Leicester_City_F.C._season
Fox92 Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 We lost 8 or 9 out of the last 10 games if I recall. It was a weird season. George Burley's Ipswich Town finished fifth... FIFTH. Didn't they go down the season after with us as well?
An Away Move Posted 26 October 2015 Author Posted 26 October 2015 We also lost Lennon, Cottee, Collymore and Walsh.
Frank to be Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 Losing Lennon was the turning point iirc. We were scraping by with results that flattered us but were steadily falling apart culminating in the Wycombe game after which it was we entered free fall. It will happen again at some point but there's nothing be gained worrying about when. We're performing well and getting great results. Get carried away, why not
FoxyJim1987 Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 Losing Lennon was the turning point iirc. We were scraping by with results that flattered us but were steadily falling apart culminating in the Wycombe game after which it was we entered free fall. It will happen again at some point but there's nothing be gained worrying about when. We're performing well and getting great results. Get carried away, why not Sorry I have to disagree with that. The turning point was injuries to Izzet and Savage in the Wycombe game aswell as the psychological torment of losing that game. It was MAJORLY embarassing. We lost to a third div team with a striker from the pub scoring the winner. We were 4th in the league and about to go into an FA Cup semi. Before that Wycombe game though we were not steadily falling apart at all. We beat Liverpool and Chelsea at home convincingly and looked a good side. Trouble was as soon as we lost Izzet Savage, Lennon, Collymore through sale or injury, we had Lee Marshall, Junior Lewis etc to step in who were worse than dogshite.
Stevosevic Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 Starting 11 Considering starts in all competitions GK: #1, Tim Flowers, 24 RB: #2, Gary Rowett, 45 CB: #18, Matt Elliott, 40 CB: #4, Gerry Taggart, 28 LB: #14, Callum Davidson, 28 RM: #24, Andrew Impey, 24 CM: #6, Muzzy Izzet, 32 CM: #8, Robbie Savage, 39 LM: #11, Steve Guppy, 23 CF: #22, Ade Akinbiyi, 39 CF: #9, Darren Eadie, 19
CosbehFox Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 The bottom line is the players that have come in this summer are ten times better than what Taylor brought in. Good comparison - Lennon/Cambiasso leaves, Matt Jones/Kante comes in. Noticeable difference
AKCJ Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 akinbiyi was our top scorer He was never really THAT bad for us, we just horrendously overspent. If we'd got him for 1 or 2m then we wouldn't be talking about him being a bad signing.
Manwell Pablo Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 akinbiyi was our top scorer He had a decent season that year. Less said about the one that followed the better, as I've said a 1001 times doesn't take a particularly great player to have one decent spell in the PL there have been plenty of sub standard players to manage a good 3-12 month spell, it's sustaining it that's the hard part.
Stevosevic Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 He had a decent season that year. Less said about the one that followed the better, as I've said a 1001 times doesn't take a particularly great player to have one decent spell in the PL there have been plenty of sub standard players to manage a good 3-12 month spell, it's sustaining it that's the hard part. Jamie Vardy
possiblygeorge Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 This master-stroke of incredible form makes me think... are we delaying the inevitable of bottoming out? December will be a telling period, as will the last 4 matches. Bring it the f**k on.
Captain... Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 Jamie Vardy Thought the same thing as I read it, could also say Leo with regard his start to last season. Vardy is currently on fire and has been since last season, scoring 10 in 10 is phenomenal, but he can't keep it up, can he? We all know winning player of the month will jinx the whole thing and he will probably not score again if he wins it, but if this is just a purple patch it is a bloody good one, and he may never play so well again, but it is great to watch while it is happening.
HighPeakFox Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 Even if he has a dip, now he knows he can do it at this level, and will again, barring injuries.
Manwell Pablo Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 Thought the same thing as I read it, could also say Leo with regard his start to last season. Vardy is currently on fire and has been since last season, scoring 10 in 10 is phenomenal, but he can't keep it up, can he? We all know winning player of the month will jinx the whole thing and he will probably not score again if he wins it, but if this is just a purple patch it is a bloody good one, and he may never play so well again, but it is great to watch while it is happening. He doesn't even need to keep it up to be honest. The rate he is scoring at is top level European standard, if he sits on 1 in 3 or 4 for the rest of the season he will be there or there abouts on the top goal scorers list come the end of the season we will have far supposed expectation if those around him chip in and he can hold his head up very high. I struggle to believe what I am seeing at times but fair play to him. Bar a huge goal draught or a big move for him the real test comes in August 2016.
RonnieTodger Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 That was a bizarre season. I recall Leicester, Newcastle and Ipswich chasing europe all season. Ipswich had only just been promoted and as said above, made it into the UEFA Cup.
inckley fox Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 Seen a few mentions of this as cause for caution on the enthusiasm. The similarities between then and now are few and the differences enormous. Surely there's an appalling number of similarities. Leicester have topped the Premier League three times in 85 years. One was in the 60s, one was in 2000-01, the other was this season. That in itself is quite a massive similarity. On top of that, we were top of the table in October (like this season) the summer after losing our best manager in years (like this season), and had brought in a manager with international experience and a supposedly greater understanding of the tactical side of the game (again...). We'd spent more in the summer than in any other close season in our history (again, see this season) and we struggled to fill the hole left by a high profile exit (then Heskey, now Cambiasso). All of our wins were narrow ones (all but three of our points this season have come from games defined by one-goal margins, and all but three had also been at this stage back in 2000) and many of our fans felt that the new manager had taken us to a place which was probably beyond the celebrated outgoing manager. Even if you look at the average age of the sides we were putting out then and now, it's within a year. And exactly 15 years ago to this day where were we sat in table? 5th. But yes, thankfully there are differences. Like we didn't retain O'Neill's coaching staff, except for Walford who left early on in the Taylor reign, and Parker. Taylor also had nowhere near Ranieri's pedigree and our problem back then wasn't in defence but in attack. Plus, where our defensive problems seem to be easing now, this wasn't the case with our attack at the end of October 2000. But I don't see any harm in pinching myself every so often, and remembering how quickly everything can change in football. That's part of what makes what's happening now so amazing.
4everfox Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 I was just flicking through an old diary of mine when I came across a page where I had stuck a newspaper clipping of the Premier League Table after 8 games in the 2000-2001 season. We were top of the league after 8 games on 16 points and still in the top 4 at Christmas. The memory plays tricks though. I thought we went down in that 'Peter Taylor season', but it was actually the season after that that we went down. We finished the 2000-2001 season in 14th position with 48 points. I guess all this is making me think that we might do well to keep grounded at the current time? Nah, screw that! I'm just loving it! This feels like a really great time to be a Leicester fan! We finished 13th that season I'm sure of it. Wycombe Wanderers ruined us in the FA Cup quarter final.
Kitchandro Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 I can't believe that season even happened. We were on the brink of the Champions League with 10 games to go? Unreal. Football really is ridiculous sometimes.
trabuch Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 He had a decent season that year. Less said about the one that followed the better, as I've said a 1001 times doesn't take a particularly great player to have one decent spell in the PL there have been plenty of sub standard players to manage a good 3-12 month spell, it's sustaining it that's the hard part. Yes - but he was our Heskey money. In those days it was a fortune. I defended Taylor when he was being massively slagged. I was buying my tickets to the Wycombe game. Oh my - that game could have been so different if if and if - and players would have stayed who left. Supporting Leicester is a treat - we are lucky 'cos we get everything football has to offer (including winning the champions league one day). Although I would be happy as **** if we win the FA cup in my lifetime.
st albans fox Posted 26 October 2015 Posted 26 October 2015 Were we top this October? (I may have read your post incorrectly 'incks') We were never top this season once the table was worth analysing. We did play in blue so there's another similarity
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