Foxxed Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 No new expectations: once we reach forty points, we start saving up for next season's forty points.
ranieri99 Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 We are a very good side but I think a lot of people underestimate the power confidence has. The side is pretty much the same as last season and losing every week saw confidence very low and bottom of the league. A few wins on the bounce and confidence quickly spread throughout the side. It will be interesting to see what happens when we lose a few games on the bounce.
Bluetintedspecs Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 We are a very good side but I think a lot of people underestimate the power confidence has. The side is pretty much the same as last season and losing every week saw confidence very low and bottom of the league. A few wins on the bounce and confidence quickly spread throughout the side. It will be interesting to see what happens when we lose a few games on the bounce.This view point does not compute?
Benguin Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 If I get to see Mahrez and or Vardy wearing a Leicester shirt as we compete against a team from Europe be that CL or EL I'll be over the moon.
ranieri99 Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 A good example is Swansea. Look at the way they started the season. Lost 2 or 3 games on the bounce and look at them now. Confidence is huge in any sport. Look at darts. A player could be playing poorly, throws a few 180s and all of a sudden looks the best player in the world.
Bluetintedspecs Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 A good example is Swansea. Look at the way they started the season. Lost 2 or 3 games on the bounce and look at them now. Confidence is huge in any sport. Look at darts. A player could be playing poorly, throws a few 180s and all of a sudden looks the best player in the world. And you sir are stating the obvious but without looking at the hard facts about our form? We suffered a heavy home defeat to Arsenal, our only defeat of the season, what happened? Where is our confidence problem? Your point is not relevant to our situation and remains purely hypothetical!
MaxLERenard Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 We are a very good side but I think a lot of people underestimate the power confidence has. The side is pretty much the same as last season and losing every week saw confidence very low and bottom of the league. A few wins on the bounce and confidence quickly spread throughout the side. It will be interesting to see what happens when we lose a few games on the bounce. Should we lose ... but we won't! ... Each week the new target should be another 3 points ... you never know we might be crowned champions when we play West Ham at home !
ranieri99 Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 And you sir are stating the obvious but without looking at the hard facts about our form? We suffered a heavy home defeat to Arsenal, our only defeat of the season, what happened? Where is our confidence problem? Your point is not relevant to our situation and remains purely hypothetical! I said a few defeats on the bounce? Of course it's hypothetical. You thinking we will win the league is hypothetical.
Bluetintedspecs Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 I said a few defeats on the bounce? Of course it's hypothetical. You thinking we will win the league is hypothetical. When have I said we will win the league? We could and in my opinion is more likely than your collapse hypothesis! Top 4 I feel is feasible , achievable and realistic, not based on blue tinted specs or blind faith either!
Countryfox Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 New expectations ? ..... No, for me now its very definitely GREAT EXPECTATIONS !!
oxford blue Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 A totally unrealistic target at the start of the season was to be top at Christmas. As we are how about another similar unrealistic target - to go one game better than 1962-1963 season (the following is from an article in the Telegraph in 2000 - the names will evoke a few memories for long term supporters): The bread-and-dripping sandwiches were getting soggy as we queued at the Double Decker stand for 4.5 hours the day Denis Law and Bobby Charlton came to town and we had emptied the flask of tea and chewed all the glacier mints before the gates even opened. It was Tuesday April 16, 1963 and 37,000 squeezed into Filbert Street with a couple of hundred more perched on the roof. Law's hat-trick included an outrageous bicycle kick but Keyworth scored three times in six minutes and Leicester won 4-3 to soar one point above Spurs at the top of Division One with only five games left. How did they do it? It depends who you talk to. "Fate," says Gibson, a silky inside-forward who joined Leicester straight after National Service and deservedly worked his way into the Scotland side although a strong gust of wind would have taken him out of sight. He went on: "You can spend money like Chelsea do now or Sunderland did in the Fifties but if players don't gel you get nowhere. We had the right balance." At the age of 62, Davie's still getting up at 5am to deliver letters in his little corner of Leicestershire. Some, however, point to the worst winter since 1946 which had wiped out all the January fixtures. When play resumed despite freezing temperatures, we luxuriated in a seven-match winning sequence which climaxed in the 3-1 demolition of Everton, the eventual champions. City became known as the Icemen. Heaven knows it was cold on the terraces. If you want to know the real reason for Leicester's annus mirabilis, I suggest you look no further than the manager, Matt Gillies, and his assistant, Bert Johnson. The origins of modern football can be traced back to Filbert Street that season, yet neither Gillies nor Johnson was given the credit. I telephoned Howard Riley, the explosive winger we used to call 'Puffer' for his explanation. He put it this way: "Gillies and Johnson made us think about football for the first time. We started rehearsing set-pieces. Until then, coaching was just a kickabout and a few sprints." The masterstroke was to encourage McLintock at right-half and Graham Cross at inside-right to switch positions during the game. Opponents were consistently flummoxed. Even the great Bill Shankly, pioneering the revolution that was about to transform Liverpool, had Leicester spied on and reported on the season before Liverpool's promotion to the First Division: "There's only one team to beware of and that's Leicester City." It's no surprise that Shankly copied the blueprint with Gordon Milne and Tommy Smith changing places in identical fashion. Gillies had started a quiet revolution of his own. It even reached Holland. Maddeningly for Shankly, City did the treble over Liverpool in the 1962/63 season, a tantalising header from the mighty Stringfellow eluding Tommy Lawrence in the FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough and sending Leicester to Wembley with both trophies in sight. That, sadly, was when the wheels came off. Leicester didn't win another match that season. They lost their last four League games, finishing fourth, and went completely to pieces at Wembley. Gordon Banks made a couple of uncharacteristic errors and Manchester United, the underdogs who finished one place above relegation, won 3-1. We had our place in the sun though, just as we did in 1927, the only other time City reached the summit. It obviously happens in 36-year cycles - approximately. What's more, we have at least another 10 days to enjoy it. Leicester then Division One, April 16 1963 P W D L F A Pts Leicester City 37 20 11 6 74 42 51 Tottenham 36 21 8 7 102 53 50 Everton 36 20 10 6 71 39 50
Thracian Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 So long as our attitude remains the same I've no reservations about what this team and our club can achieve and not only look forward to our competing in Europe, but making an exciting job of it for a long time to come. Having first revelled in the joys and successes of Davie Gibson's Leicester City, I've long advocated and dreamed of the kind of football we're playing today but can still hardly believe it's finally come about. I can't believe our owners will ever retreat into the sort of tactical and philosophical straightjacket that made us an embarrassment in some of the succeeding years. The sort that carried banners which said "I'd settle for a draw" or "Any kind of l-0 will do". Football is many things and there's no limit to its drama. But first and foremost it's about giving fans something to be excited about." And that's what I feel most when I watch City today. Vardy's speed, determination and defiance, Mahrez's mesmorising magic, the sheer joy of achievement you see in Shinji's face, the fearsome presence of Wasl, Morgan and the incredible Huth, Kante's efforvescent energy and Kasper's undiminished enthusiasm and encouragement ....it's all about excitement and the feeling of being in so many unforgettable moments. Why would anyone want it to end?
Hollism Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 Tbf the target always has been to avoid relegation, and we deffo ain't getting relegated if we win the league.
HighPeakFox Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 I'll be downcast next time we lose...........but not for long
lgfualol Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 Would still be happy with top 7 (providing it comes with Europe). Champions League could kill us.
AjcW Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 We're 7 wins away from the average points for a 5th/6th place finish over the last 3 seasons. I'd be upset/amazed if we didn't win another 7 out of 19 games with the form we're in. Even with a couple of hiccups along the way.
Great Boos Up Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 I'd rather CL or a collapse. I don't want to be anywhere near the Europa League. OK I'm the only one with you Swan. It takes over 20 matches to win the Europa League against some the farthest flung hard as nails kick you off the park teams of Europe. Next summer we know that some silly money will come in for our key players and we will NOT be in the same position this time next year. We could be a weakened team in the bottom half looking over our shoulder and have to fit this thing in too! If we go straight to 4th spot and hit the Champions League we have a much better chance of keeping these players and soaking up the real glory.
5waller5 Posted 20 December 2015 Posted 20 December 2015 I think the next target ranieri will set is top 8 or top 6... Purposely underplaying perhaps what the real target has to be from here, so as not to put pressure on ourselves. I was thinking what his next target would be and i think it will be a points target again ..... say 60 ..... so they have a short term target to aim at rather than an end of season target .... it would nicely avoid the question of what we are trying to achieve and keep the pressure off while still keeping the focus .... and if we achieved it with say 8 games to go then his next target would be 4 wins .... I don't think he'll come out and say a position at any point until maybe that last few games.
Hollism Posted 21 December 2015 Posted 21 December 2015 I don't understand people saying we'll never get a better chance to win the league, surely if we get too four and get a shed load of CL money, we will have an even better chance to win the league then we do now? With the power to attract better players and added experience to the squad we currently have.
weller54 Posted 21 December 2015 Posted 21 December 2015 I don't understand people saying we'll never get a better chance to win the league, surely if we get too four and get a shed load of CL money, we will have an even better chance to win the league then we do now? With the power to attract better players and added experience to the squad we currently have. You mean a good chance of retaining the title?
RonnieTodger Posted 21 December 2015 Posted 21 December 2015 This weekend finally convinced me that we are good enough for the top 4.
weller54 Posted 21 December 2015 Posted 21 December 2015 A draw against Everton would have been perceived as a good result... Looking at those 3 fixtures against them, Liverpool and Manchester city, three points (all draws) would have been decent.. Now we already have the 3pts in the bag with two of those games to come.. It's brilliant and feels like the pressure's off.. Points gained against Liverpool and City are a Brucie Bonus!
Captain... Posted 21 December 2015 Posted 21 December 2015 I think the next target ranieri will set is top 8 or top 6... Purposely underplaying perhaps what the real target has to be from here, so as not to put pressure on ourselves. I think next target is 55 points to match our best ever PL haul, I doubt he would start targeting positions as that leaves room for failure, we aim for 55 points and to be the most successful Leicester side in PL history, then we reassess.
Gubbins Posted 21 December 2015 Posted 21 December 2015 I don't understand people saying we'll never get a better chance to win the league, surely if we get too four and get a shed load of CL money, we will have an even better chance to win the league then we do now? With the power to attract better players and added experience to the squad we currently have. We currently have the best manager, best left back, best midfielder, best striker and let's face it, in Mahrez, the best damn player in the league. It's extremely likely that the Euro superclubs will swoop in for a couple of them over the next few years and even if the replacements are good they won't be as good as they are currently. Added to this there is no outstandingly brilliant title rival set to blow us away. It's a perfect storm and won't happen again in our lifetime.
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