Fridgechef Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 So we have been invited to play in the tournament in pre season. Fantastic for the club in my opinion. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/7003528/Leicester-have-made-it-into-the-big-time-with-a-stunning-invitation-to-play-against-Europes-best-in-a-pre-season-tournament-in-America.html?CMP=spklr-_-Editorial-_-FBPAGE-_-TheSunFootball-TheSunFootball-_-20160315-_-Football-_-397679498-_-Imageandlink
Soar Fox Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 Where will they play? I might go over to watch a couple of games. My friend who's a villa fan went to watch Villa's pre season tour in America & Canada ended up participating in a half time penalty shootout competition.
kushiro Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 What tripe. 'Leicester have made it into the big time' says The Sun. The 'big time' is being top of the Premier League after 30 games, not receiving an invitation to a meaningless pre-season tournament. This is just a face-saving PR move from a desperate American billionaire who is second only to Adam Johnson in the '2016 negative media coverage' rankings.
st albans fox Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 We should knock them back and allow Spurs to take part. We have a typical pre season schedule which has served us well thus far.
davieG Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 They're probably hope we'll embarrass ourselves getting dubbed so they can say I told you they are small time.
Xen Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 Turning down the offer would be a huge kick in the teeth for the yank. It's far from glamorous, but part of the reason we did so well at the start of the season was the lack of travel for the majority of our squad. Bring on the Burtons and the Mansfields of the world for our preseason, I say.
Devonfox1884 Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 Only me who thinks this is an attempt to allow the Barcas and Madrids to spot our weaknesses in the flesh and get to know our playing style before the champions league?
les-tah Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 Come on guys this might never happen again we should take advantage of the situation !!! go to the USA and milk it.... We dont need to spend 6 weeks there like others have, just a couple of weeks, then back to the normal grinding out pre seasons in Mansfield!
st albans fox Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 An interesting call for the board Several of the big five will have new management and quite a few new players to bed in. There is a summer tournement which usually means the big players are shattered and slow starters. Could be an opportunity for our standard pre season and typical fast start to bear fruit - perhaps next year could be as exciting as this one at the top for us?? Going to the states for this competition would be great for our profile but could ruin the start of our season.
yorkie1999 Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 Wey hey, Break away European league, and we're invited to the money party.
Webbo Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 Only me who thinks this is an attempt to allow the Barcas and Madrids to spot our weaknesses in the flesh and get to know our playing style before the champions league? Yes.
Dom_Harborough Fox Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 The headline of the article is a joke, as is the meaningless 'competition', in my opinion. Would personally prefer that we just stick to putting our own pre-season schedule together, to ensure optimum preparation for the players, than trapse across to the US to be involved in this circus.The new TV deal, plus (hopefully) being in Europe next season, plus prize money for wherever we finish this season, increased demand for club merch etc will mean we hardly need to pursue every single opportunity to make more money. That said, I'm a realist and this is modern football. Fully expect us to take up the invitation, assuming it has actually been offered (the article is from The Sun...), and look to gain more exposure in the potentially lucrative US market.
Sublime_Coatsworth Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 What's this b@llox - a proper pre-season should consist of Mansfield, Peterborough and Notts County. Then maybe a big game against someone like Barnsley - at least you can get chips and gravy on a tray there. Wan£ers!
whetstonefox Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 Think the owners would love it to be honest. Means nothing to me, prefer a trip to Sincil Bank personally but can imagine Top and Vichia will see this as a great chance to spread the Leicester City and dare I say it King Power brand.
FoxinNotts Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 IF we win the league, I'm also looking forward to the Charity shield. No ones mentioned this yet.
Richmondfox Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 The headline of the article is a joke, as is the meaningless 'competition', in my opinion. Would personally prefer that we just stick to putting our own pre-season schedule together, to ensure optimum preparation for the players, than trapse across to the US to be involved in this circus. The new TV deal, plus (hopefully) being in Europe next season, plus prize money for wherever we finish this season, increased demand for club merch etc will mean we hardly need to pursue every single opportunity to make more money. That said, I'm a realist and this is modern football. Fully expect us to take up the invitation, assuming it has actually been offered (the article is from The Sun...), and look to gain more exposure in the potentially lucrative US market. Exactly this. It's just a pre season tournament created by someone with money for 'big clubs' with international fan bases to increase revenue and market space. Winning the league and getting into the CL as champions is making it into the big time. It seems like a PR damage limitation and a chance to put us in our place. On a side note wasn't it reported that the other teams were going to pull the 'big five' up at the next PL meeting?
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 They should accept but just send the academy kids out there and a few fringe players. That way Americans who can't attend our games can say they've been to a Leicester match, and we get money whilst throwing Barcelona etc off the scent
filbertway Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 Hope we tell them to sack off, isn't this ran by the same guy that said we're not marketable compared to the creators of football, Man United. I don't disagree that Man U are bigger and more supported team, so Invite your traditional big clubs though if that's the way you want it.
Oxfordfox83 Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 Why the heck would any of the big European clubs want to play against these no mark English minnows? There's every chance Liverpool and Chelsea won't even be in Europe next year...
kushiro Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 Can't get over just how laughable this 'invitation' is. It's like the least popular boy in the school asking out the most popular girl. I'm sure our owners will have a variety of options for lucrative pre-season tours, and can send a suitably diplomatic reply to the Americans - something like 'Sorry - I've made other plans'.
whoareyaaa Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 Its not like we have to play our full strength squad, it will be good for the club if we was to take up the invitation like someone else mentioned we will only be there for 2/3 weeks at tops, don't see what the problem is?
Fox Ulike Posted 16 March 2016 Posted 16 March 2016 This is a GOOD thing. Our current success really could raise the status of the club beyond all previous levels. The Premiership now has global appeal, and so big local fanbases are becoming less important to how ‘big’ a club is. This season could see us picking up literally millions of new supporters world-wide. It could be in the future we’re looked on as a ‘big club’ such as Everton, Newcastle or Villa, rather than our traditional peer group (Stoke, Southampton and West Brom etc).
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