Babylon Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 Is that generally or thinking about our season? Do you do this much when alone or walking down the street? Thinking about the season, privately!
Babylon Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 http://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/living-the-leicester-city-dream-in-the-english-premier-league-20160126-gmdz9a.html? Great article, a history lesson for the young. Love that. What is it about us and being the main story all the time. Whether it's good or bad... Sex scandals x 2, fire extinguishers, administration, ostriches, stupid play off pennos x 2, cup finals x 3, play off finals x 4, great escapes, relegations, promotions... and now one of the greatest sporting shocks ever. We don't do things quietly do we.
kingcarr21 Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 I day dreamt about a scenario where we need a point at Stamford Bridge. Arsenal are comfortably beating Villa 3-0. We are 1-0 down thanks to Eden Hazard's first goal of the season.. 95th minute, there's an almighty scramble in the Chelsea box. The ball ricochet off Fabregas' arse and its gone down as an OG. "Lets go live back to the Emirates where the news has filtered through that Leicester have equalised through a Fabregas own goal...." Arsenal fans rip out the seats and they through their ST at Wenger. Chelsea fans stays behind to applaud Ranieri and our team and Morgan lifts the Premier League trophy. A Fabregas OG to snatch the title from Arsenal. That would be amazing
Guest Col city fan Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 Thinking about the season, privately!
Nod.E Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 I look at the league table several times daily just to enjoy it for a bit before carrying on with my day.
Finnaldo Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 I've gone all out. By the time I was old enough to truly appreciate Leicester it was 2006ish and we were around the bowels of the Championship with disappointing results season after season. I went through school getting told how shite we were by a bunch of Liverpool/Arsenal/Chelski plastics. Now a couple of them are posting a surprising amount of tweets and posts from Leicester and my mate whose always hated Leicester and has supported Man City this season since he's gone Uni up there (pretty sure he was a Burnley fan for a couple years?) and giving him an absolute roasting most times we talk. I tell everyone we're the best team in the league and we're going to win it. Deep down, even if we finish third it's still the best season we've ever had (not buying that second place finish nigh on a century ago) and I doubt barring the most Leicester-esque catastrophic finish Top Four should be secured. Basically, I'm enjoying it and repaying the ten years of grudges I've held in an extremely satisfying manner, whilst my best friend can be grateful I converted him to Leicester when we were 9
ramboacdc Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 this is worse than being in a releagation dogfight...waay more pressure.
Bayfox Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 I'm always totally obsessed by our club, good or bad, guess I spent most of the time hoping better days were around the corner. Now they are here, totally enjoying it, infact it's a little weird, I'm getting to the point where I am not overly nervous, that's not to say I am complacent but, what ever happens now it has been a fantastic 10 months or so and I am enjoying the ride, just incase it never happens again. That said ask me if I have any finger nails or nerves left if we get anywhere close to winning it. My personal aim is still top 3, I genuinely can't believe I may get to see us in the champions league, but I reckon I have watched this side play football in the calmest state I have ever been in, during 27 years. Long may that last.
Captain... Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 loved the last quote..over 'The Ranieriera'...brilliant It's the Rani-era This is exactly why Whelan asked us to trust the club, because they can't give the full reasons why he was sacked. So you either trust the club, or don't, but trusting the club, supporting the owners and the new manager and not causing arguments and discord amongst fans will help the club move forwards and on to the next stage, let's call it the Rani-era. Look forwards, not backwards and judge the owners and the manager on the next season and not on last season. And I started it before the season even started.
leicesterlad1989 Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 I've always dreamt of us winning the league or cup since I was a kid. Fortunately I've witnessed play-off finals and league cup finals but this seasons my dreams of winning the league could actually be a reality therefore it's really messing with my head. The quality and the entertainment this season though at times has been unreal. Best season in my lifetime...so far.
Jimbo Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 Every couple of weeks my feelings about this season change, and each time they do, the longer we stay up near the top, the more nervous I get about it. On the face of it, I remain calm and tell myself that all is well. A few months ago top 10 was fine, then top 8, top 6 and so on! Deep down crapping myself. Anyone else find themselves drifting off and wondering what it's be like to actually win the premier league? Or what it'd be like on a Wednesday night next season welcoming Barca, Bayern or Real to Leicester?? But I soon snap myself out of it and keep my feet on the ground. I have to tell myself more and more as the season goes on that, no matter what, this season has been great!
Nick Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 At the end of Feb month, if we are still up there I'll take top four seriously..... If by the end of March we are in contention for the title, I'll take it seriously.... For now, enjoying the ride, daring to dream a bit and taking each match as it comes with an open mind. Driving down the M1 the other day listening to the radio and heard a feature on Leicester and played the music to the Champions League - about had me welling up at the mere association!
MC Prussian Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 I'm doing pretty much okay and are trying to approach it with a rather laid-back attitude, with the emphasis on "trying". Still am very nervy in close games or whenever we have the opportunity to cement our position in the Top Four, in particular when we face immediate opposition. All in all, I think I won't really be able to digest this season's development up until May or this summer. It feels somewhat surreal - in a way, it appears as if I've still not realized what's actually happening! I tend to go with it and enjoy the ride. We know what bad times means and should be thankful for what we're all experiencing right now. Football, eh?
Fox92 Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 Loving it. I'm a laid back person anyway and even more so with the football club top of the league. Nothing to worry about.
surrifox Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 I was in the doctors waiting room and a chap was on about all the crazy money in football these days . He asked if I followed the game and who I supported . When I told him you could see him thinking "bloody plastic - probably never heard of them before this season !"
Trumpet Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 I've been wondering what the city would be like on that night if we won the league. For me it'd be bigger than England winning the World Cup.
Mikey Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 I've been wondering what the city would be like on that night if we won the league. For me it'd be bigger than England winning the World Cup. I keep thinking about this. Would be brilliant!
Gerard Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 A Fabregas OG to snatch the title from Arsenal. That would be amazing I like your style. Nasty.
Footballwipe Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 tl;dr coming up When you ask how I’m coping the first thing I do is try and think back to the early part of the season and my emotions then. I didn’t go to any of the pre-season matches so the first look I got of the team was Sunderland. I was nervous but optimistic. After the win I was ecstatic. Fast forward a week and the win at West Ham was unbelievable. We’d held on at the end. Rugged, determined and we matched them. That was the first time I thought to myself ‘yeah, we can stay up comfortably here.’ We really only solidified in my mind after we went top at Newcastle. Before then I’d always been thrown off course by cynically seeing the negatives in going behind against Villa, Stoke, Southampton. By Newcastle we’d recovered (again) against West Brom and we were actually finishing a weekend in first place. In many ways we’ve grown in character, ability and nous along with Vardy. As his scoring streak continued we got stronger, better. We didn’t recede but we pulled further away from the metaphorical traps we’d started from. It’s almost as if we’d played all different types of side and were going “yeah, can handle them; and them, oh and them.” The longer we stayed in the top five, the harder it became not to compare back each year. I have hundreds of GB of LCFC footage from the TV. Tonnes of the stuff back to 07/08. I look back every now and then at the articles, video clips and match footage and that’s where it sinks in, that’s when I come back. I watch Stan Collymore proclaim we were staying up in 2007/08 after an interview with Lee Hendire. I watch clips of Sousa’s sacking and Sven’s appointment; the excitement and buzz about everything after the takeover; Our exasperating implosion in 2012/13, and watching Rob Dorsett scrabble as his story about Pearson being sacked is turned on its head. But rather than look back now I’m looking ahead. The genuine possibility of Champions League football next season, at the least Europa League football. The adulation from around the world continues to pour in on TV, social media, in print. Journalists back-track and admit they were wrong and we stay there, plodding along while the footballing world is split into two camps; one willing us to fail and the other enjoying the romanticism of it and willing us on. I also think about my dad. When he was ill a few years ago I was a coward and wouldn’t go and see him. Who wants to see the man who bought you up so helpless. When I did go Leicester was the topic of conversation. This, the man who went to most games in the 1970’s, took me to my first game aged five and hooked me into this club, had never seen Leicester at Wembley in the 1990’s. He recorded the Swindon final to take us to Drayton Manor, he’d missed the O’Neill years to pay for my upbringing. When he died in 2012 I’d told him how excited we were about this ‘Anthony Knockaert’ fella who was joining. It was our link, our bond and without him I wouldn’t be bursting with the pride I have for this club right now. He wouldn’t believe what was happening. Us, Leicester City, after all those years of tosh, organically taking the top division by storm, finally fulfilling the promise we’d been hiding for years. I find it hard when I think he never got to see this season, but I thank him after every goal we score for being the reason I am. I think we all had fears of the unknown when CR arrived, we didn’t know what to expect and no-one in their wildest dreams could have predicted this after 23 games. Next season is guaranteed to be different, a likely adventure into Europe and attempt to ensure this isn’t a one season thing. But for now, I’m coping with this season by reading everyone's praise, watching back our golden moments from the last six months and enjoying every second of being a Leicester City fan. The closer we get to the title or the Champions League though I'm expecting to feel sick before games as the anticipation reaches critical mass! If we do nothing else this season we’ve scared the crap out of the footballing establishment. We might have nicked one of their precious UCL spots and that would be so sweet. For now at least we are big time, and that’s something we’ll have to adapt to, but I’m really enjoying it so far. tl;dr – yeah, I’m coping quite well. Unbelievable stuff though.
Staffs Fox Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 Not that well to be honest, Fans of other clubs are saying to me 'it must be great, you can enjoy without pressure, everything now is a bonus' The above is true. But knowing we are close to something extrordinary, something it will go down in legend probably for the rest of our lives is nerve wracking to say the least. I feel more pressure than I did 12 months ago! I used to go to games and if we lost I'd just go for a pint and that'd be that. I'm used to it. However the defeat to Liverpool really deflated me, as did the Villa draw. That's not the players fault and I never blame them. It's my own for wanting this so badly. No joke I actually look at the table a couple of times a day and know our, City and Arsenals fixture by heart Whatever happens this past 6 months will go down in history
General Smuts Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 I'm not. I'm in tatters, What is life now?
Livid Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 In between games I'm "Come On, let's be having you!" On match days I'm close to jabbering wreck, hoping that St Johns have a defibrillator nearby,
Nalis Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 Its a good question. I'm obsessed with the next game not coming quick enough. Before we played Utd, I thought I sounded arrogant when saying I'd be disappointd if we finish out the top 6. Now I'd be disappointed to finish outside the top 4 and I dont even think that is arrogance, its realistic. Its funny hearing some uneducated fans other teams saying they think Leicester will finish about 6th or below and are due to fall away without any reason to back it up apart from 'well its Leicester, the run cant go on forever'. Also, when a team like Man City or Arsenal draw away to teams like West Brom, Norwich and West Ham, they are seen as hard earned points on the road whereas when we beat those teams it largely gets ignored. It is so surreal for us though as we have everything to lose (might never be in this position again) and nothing to lose ( target being to stay up at the start of the season). I hate the term 'lazy journalism' but its hard to describe it anything else when a team is tipped for relegated on the basis of a) Not wanting to predict all 3 promoted teams to go down and b) on a change in manager. Last point, it is funny to see that no matter how well we are doing, there is always someone wanting us to play three at the back or, up to recently, Kramaric up front.
richardsfoxes Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 Obsessed, on the cusp of something special, i don't know about anyone else but when it gets to the last 5-10 minutes of games and we're 1-0/2-1 i am pacing around the room not able to watch it because i am so used to Leicester always doing it the hard way, as Ranieri has stated a number of times this season we're in dreamland in 14 games what most of us would of only dream't of happening could become a reality.
FoxInBlue Posted 27 January 2016 Posted 27 January 2016 I should never had read this thread! I have been trying to 'play it cool' and not think about us actually winning the league but when I do think about it I get a nervous/ sick feeling, I JUST WANT IT SO BADLY!! I work with a Sunderland fan who is always very complementary but I won't let myself get drawn into talking about winning it.... not yet anyway.
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