foxy boxing Posted 17 June 2016 Posted 17 June 2016 the owners coming in is the obvious one,when they came in they actually had a long term plan to get us back in the premier league and be challenging the top six within 3-4 years.but what happened defied even their expectations
eblair Posted 17 June 2016 Posted 17 June 2016 watford game away we lost when matt mills was dragged off at half time for a certain wes morgan - the beginning of pearson building his team and shredding sven's apart
eblair Posted 17 June 2016 Posted 17 June 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16921548i was sure mills was taken off at half time? anyone else rememberregardless the end of that twazzock matt mills and the rise of wes morgan was the start of this era in my opinion
DB11 Posted 17 June 2016 Posted 17 June 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16921548 i was sure mills was taken off at half time? anyone else remember regardless the end of that twazzock matt mills and the rise of wes morgan was the start of this era in my opinion Wtf the nob didn't like us even before he was at Burnley! Watford boss Sean Dyche: "It was a great win against a very powerful squad, let alone side, that have been put together for multi-millions.
midland_red Posted 17 June 2016 Posted 17 June 2016 For me, the playoff defeat against Watford. After that, enough of the team got iron in their soul - a grim determination that next time it really would be different. Our success was built getting out of the championship and forged in the Great Escape - but if you want the moment it turned - Watford for me
oxtonfox Posted 17 June 2016 Posted 17 June 2016 Has to be Andy King's winner last April against West Ham that started the Great Escape and ended with us winning the Premier league this May. At the time with the game 1-1 I thought we needed to score and win that game to simply survive. We did and 47 Premier league games later including that one we have lost just 4 times and won 30 I think. Incidentally did anyone think of having a bet on that day (4 April 2015) that we would win next seasons Premier league? Not 5,000-1 more like 5,000,000-1 !!!
blue blood Posted 17 June 2016 Posted 17 June 2016 1. Relegation to league one. 2. Thai's buying the club.
Jacnah Posted 17 June 2016 Posted 17 June 2016 barnsley thats not a bad shout. That was the nadir in terms of bad performances after which Pearson got them up and at it. Id have to say that relegation and the original appointment of Pearson was the strating point for me though
MC Prussian Posted 18 June 2016 Posted 18 June 2016 Relegation to League One - a great season in a bit of shit league followed, but Pearson's appointment plus the away days and the support by the fans wherever they went plus the atmosphere at the Walkers was stunning and pushed the club back to where it belonged (at the time), there was something special about the unity back then. I think that season seriously was the foundation for our later success, despite the shortcomings in two playoff finals that followed. Never forget Steve Howard's header against Leeds.
Master Fox Posted 18 June 2016 Posted 18 June 2016 Signing Wasyl. No-one dared beat us after he joined. This. I've always said Wasyl was the turnjng point. Since he signed we've been fantastic.
Sampson Posted 18 June 2016 Posted 18 June 2016 I think if it was a signing of a player that changed it that player would be Knockaert. He was a completely different player to anything we'd seen at Leicester for years if not decades. He was the first example of Walsh's brilliant signings from France pre-Kante or Mahrez and he just signalled a whole nother level of the type of player we could find. Who, even though he wasn't as consistent as Mahrez or Kante, could just destroy teams on his day.
ImBlue Posted 18 June 2016 Posted 18 June 2016 They both had different catalysts. The promotion was when Pearson came back, and ironically the premier league was when Pearson left.
UpTheLeagueFox Posted 18 June 2016 Posted 18 June 2016 It has been mentioned by people inside the club that Pearson Mark 1 was the start of it all. Sven came in and disturbed it, but from the moment Pearson arrived the current menality started. Ranieri knew he had inherited something very special and so kept it like it was. Pearsons structure and team ethic, together with Ranieri just then needing to add his technical nouse won us the league. Although they were never there at the same time, neither could have won the league without each other's input. 100% Spot on
deejdeej Posted 18 June 2016 Posted 18 June 2016 Keeping faith in Pearson after THAT Barnsley 'performance'.
gerrytaggart Posted 18 June 2016 Posted 18 June 2016 Earth vibes. This was always gonna happen ...as sure as we will be champions of europe next season.
Aus Fox Posted 18 June 2016 Posted 18 June 2016 Pearsons arrival, changed the whole mentality of the club. We were down and out after relegation to league one, recycling old players; Hendrie, Cort, Hayles, Douglas to name but a few - relegation hit, we were at a cross roads. Look at Sheff Utd still there, Forest, Leeds, Sheff Wed and Man City have all had multiple seasons at that level and scrapped their way out of the division. Pearson came in and made fresh signings of young, hungry players mixed with experienced pros- all with the right attitudes, players like Chris Powell, Tuncgev, Cleverly, and Dyer. The club put an extra focus on sports science and getting things right off the pitch, in turn leading to getting it right in the pitch. The next big moment was the arrival of the new owners, they brought with them an air of confidence and a winning mentality that spread through the club. The made mistakes along the way, Sven, Paulo but importantly the learnt from their mistakes. The return of Nigel saw them end again of big name big wage players, Beckford, mills and the like. He again used solid pros with the right attitude and the setbacks only served to make us stronger. It's been a great ride over the last 10 years or so and if there is one thing we can learn going forward it so getting players in with the right attitude a squad of players needs a Chris Powell, Bruno Berner, Paul Konchesky and Mark Schwarzer all of which may not be the best onfield players and attract some criticism from fans at the time, but there is no doubt they offer something off the field to our young pros coming through. The other lesson is letting anyone go regardless of ability of that attitude isn't right.
trabuch Posted 19 June 2016 Posted 19 June 2016 Vardy vs West Brom. I know it happened way before that. But for me, then I knew. It was an expression of will by the team, and the man, that was irrestistible.
Guy Posted 19 June 2016 Posted 19 June 2016 Yes, by echoing a few sentiments in the posts so far here I'm agreeing with them! For me the obvious 'pin pointers' for the big turn around were quite clearly Nige's two spells here. from his first season in L1 and winning it at a canter at the first attempt in the process to then getting us to challenge for the Championship promotion race the season after - phenomenal and the momentum was immense with what was just a workmanlike team in essence. Then to his second stint when the important reshaping of an expensively assembled team took place when he saw off some of the egos in the process that Sven had gathered - while keeping the better ones like Schmeichel and Nugent and rebuilding from there with the acquisition of players like De Laet, 'Knocky', Vardy and Drinkwater. Despite the Watford play off semis blip in 2012-13, aka Deeney Day, it seemed to galvanise the team to win the Championship the following season, maintain their Premier League status in spectacular fashion and then win the Prem. in totally spectacular fashion! The rest, as they say isn't quite yet history and remains to be seen!
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