lgfualol Posted 4 December 2016 Posted 4 December 2016 I feel like the only one who remembers life at the bottom under Pearson differently . We were genuinely unlucky at times but we were awful.
MurphyMagic Posted 4 December 2016 Posted 4 December 2016 As soon as we can put King and Amartey in the reserves we'll be ok.
filthyfox Posted 4 December 2016 Posted 4 December 2016 On Saturday, November 26, 2016 at 17:34, katieakita said: That sort of performance under Pleat would have had us dancing in the streets. RENT BOY!
Dan Posted 4 December 2016 Posted 4 December 2016 Tell you those who need to get a grip, those who think that people are moaning because we aren't challenging for the title. NO ONE EXPECTED US TO RETAIN IT. NO ONE. But do not sit there and pretend this is even close to good enough. A team that was good enough to win the title, with around £70mil spent on it, and only Hull & Swansea look poorer teams for me, and even one of those beat us.
Danno Posted 4 December 2016 Posted 4 December 2016 3 minutes ago, Dan LCFC said: Tell you those who need to get a grip, those who think that people are moaning because we aren't challenging for the title. NO ONE EXPECTED US TO RETAIN IT. NO ONE. But do not sit there and pretend this is even close to good enough. A team that was good enough to win the title, with around £70mil spent on it, and only Hull & Swansea look poorer teams for me, and even one of those beat us. This 100%. People are genuinely acting like we should take this because we were lucky enough to be playing well last year when everyone else was awful. People aren't going to take two of the best players in the league turning into what looks like competition winners overnight and a manager that won't change anything even though everyone else can see that we need something drastic.
Cadno'r Cymoedd Posted 4 December 2016 Posted 4 December 2016 10 minutes ago, Dan LCFC said: Tell you those who need to get a grip, those who think that people are moaning because we aren't challenging for the title. NO ONE EXPECTED US TO RETAIN IT. NO ONE. But do not sit there and pretend this is even close to good enough. A team that was good enough to win the title, with around £70mil spent on it, and only Hull & Swansea look poorer teams for me, and even one of those beat us. Exactly. We had a massive opportunity to cement ourselves comfortably in the PL for years to come. I didn't expect to win the league again but top 10, good football and a pop at the cups? CL football this year, more exposure than ever, better finances. All opportunities to strengthen the club and off the pitch. But we have blown that over the summer and in the opening few months I fear. Can't see we will be a big draw for players come January. Not many relish relegation fights and sadly that's what it is likely to be unless we have a dramatic rest of December.
Struwwelpeter60 Posted 4 December 2016 Posted 4 December 2016 13 minutes ago, Cadno'r Cymoedd said: Can't see we will be a big draw for players come January We never were. Not even this summer. One title is not enough to increase the international standing of a club markedly. Ask the fans of HSC Montpellier and Vfl Wolfsburg.
NewEnglandFox Posted 4 December 2016 Posted 4 December 2016 56 minutes ago, lgfualol said: I feel like the only one who remembers life at the bottom under Pearson differently . We were genuinely unlucky at times but we were awful. It gets numbing to lose that much. The problem with winning so much is we remember how to feel. Every time we lose I'm getting less and less angry about it and more just accepting that it happened. The thing to remember about the 2 years ago is that we never lost by more than 2 goals which we've already done 3 times this season and there were a few times we got dicked at the death. Now we aren't good enough to have points stolen from us.
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 4 December 2016 Posted 4 December 2016 3 hours ago, Dan LCFC said: Tell you those who need to get a grip, those who think that people are moaning because we aren't challenging for the title. NO ONE EXPECTED US TO RETAIN IT. NO ONE. But do not sit there and pretend this is even close to good enough. A team that was good enough to win the title, with around £70mil spent on it, and only Hull & Swansea look poorer teams for me, and even one of those beat us. Agreed.
Guest Col city fan Posted 4 December 2016 Posted 4 December 2016 4 hours ago, lgfualol said: I feel like the only one who remembers life at the bottom under Pearson differently . We were genuinely unlucky at times but we were awful. No you're not. Spot on. We were utter turd at times.
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 4 December 2016 Posted 4 December 2016 11 minutes ago, Col city fan said: No you're not. Spot on. We were utter turd at times. Thing is Col we're not allowed to think that about Pearson teams where as people freely lay into the manager who won us the title? Don't figure does it? now don't get me wrong Ranieri isn't winning any friends at the moment sticking with the shit formation and team etc when a fair few of them need dropping but for ****s sake Pearson was no god that's for sure
Mike Oxlong Posted 4 December 2016 Posted 4 December 2016 Wish the players would Would make my Saturday evenings a bit more enjoyable
inckley fox Posted 5 December 2016 Posted 5 December 2016 4 hours ago, Bob Weasel Fox said: Thing is Col we're not allowed to think that about Pearson teams where as people freely lay into the manager who won us the title? Don't figure does it? now don't get me wrong Ranieri isn't winning any friends at the moment sticking with the shit formation and team etc when a fair few of them need dropping but for ****s sake Pearson was no god that's for sure Nobody's claiming that, are they? People are saying that, by and large, performances were better and displayed a stronger work ethic when we were losing games under Pearson in 14-15 than is the case right now. I think that's fair. We're losing and getting roundly, rightly slated for our outright lack of drive. Back then managers repeatedly said they were sure we'd stay up, even when we were getting cut increasingly adrift at the bottom. There were some poor performances. I remember that too. I remember people on here saying how unlucky we were and thinking, 'I'm not sure that was luck'. I remember there was a distinct change in approach, and a sharp realisation that we were in deep trouble which preceded things improving. It wasn't just a case of it all eventually coming good. But we worked hard, we more often than not looked like we had the makings of a good side. On the other hand, we're going through our current run as defending champions who have invested substantially in their squad, rather than as a newly promoted side which cost about an tenth of our current squad. Expectations change according to circumstances, regardless of whether or not Ranieri was responsible for those circumstances. You can be full of praise for what Ranieri did up to a point, and critical of him after that point. He could have been the right man to take a 14th place side forward, but the wrong man to take surprise champions forward. Just like Pearson was the right man to rebuild the club and, possibly, the wrong man to win anything with it. And yes, they're both as close to 'gods' as Leicester managers can get, in my eyes. If people are saying he needs to go now, then unless they're aware of something I'm not - for instance that he evidently doesn't have the same energy and desire as before - I think they're wrong. But it doesn't hide the fact that, on a regular basis, we look more lacklustre now than we did even during the darkest days of 2014-15.
dayday Posted 5 December 2016 Posted 5 December 2016 Last season you just knew if we went behind we would fight back and draw or win. This season we look beat before we even start. Ranieri must of realised he had cocked up in recruitment, but rather than going for damage limitation he persists with the worst midfield in the prem It's not hard to see why Mahrez and Vardy have lost form, the service is next to nothing. Last season we had a strategy that worked,this season clueless springs to mind.
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 5 December 2016 Posted 5 December 2016 5 hours ago, inckley fox said: Nobody's claiming that, are they? People are saying that, by and large, performances were better and displayed a stronger work ethic when we were losing games under Pearson in 14-15 than is the case right now. I think that's fair. We're losing and getting roundly, rightly slated for our outright lack of drive. Back then managers repeatedly said they were sure we'd stay up, even when we were getting cut increasingly adrift at the bottom. There were some poor performances. I remember that too. I remember people on here saying how unlucky we were and thinking, 'I'm not sure that was luck'. I remember there was a distinct change in approach, and a sharp realisation that we were in deep trouble which preceded things improving. It wasn't just a case of it all eventually coming good. But we worked hard, we more often than not looked like we had the makings of a good side. On the other hand, we're going through our current run as defending champions who have invested substantially in their squad, rather than as a newly promoted side which cost about an tenth of our current squad. Expectations change according to circumstances, regardless of whether or not Ranieri was responsible for those circumstances. You can be full of praise for what Ranieri did up to a point, and critical of him after that point. He could have been the right man to take a 14th place side forward, but the wrong man to take surprise champions forward. Just like Pearson was the right man to rebuild the club and, possibly, the wrong man to win anything with it. And yes, they're both as close to 'gods' as Leicester managers can get, in my eyes. If people are saying he needs to go now, then unless they're aware of something I'm not - for instance that he evidently doesn't have the same energy and desire as before - I think they're wrong. But it doesn't hide the fact that, on a regular basis, we look more lacklustre now than we did even during the darkest days of 2014-15. Surprisingly not a bad post take your point (as stated above) however people wanting Ranieri sacked and Pearson back in
The_77 Posted 5 December 2016 Posted 5 December 2016 Ah. The typical 'it'all be ok' thread, which has (unsurprisingly) got 11 likes. Lets get past the emotion and think logically Why will it all be ok? Give a reasoned answer Bet this don't get many likes.Now, I haven't been on FT much this season, so forgive me if anything's changed, but when have you ever been right about anything?
Argarath Posted 5 December 2016 Posted 5 December 2016 On 26.11.2016 at 18:23, urban.spaceman said: We're a good side in a bad run in the league. We've all seen it happen. We'll improve obviously, so chill out. Also, we've just qualified for bloody knockout stages of the Champions League, unbeaten, after winning our group with a game to spare. And we won the sodding Premier League the other week. We're Leicester City. Cheers. I agree!
NewEnglandFox Posted 5 December 2016 Posted 5 December 2016 The way I look at it, an FA cup win makes any league result from 8-17th even better than 5-7th.
The_77 Posted 5 December 2016 Posted 5 December 2016 The way I look at it, an FA cup win makes any league result from 8-17th even better than 5-7th.Gonna be tough with that draw...
crazyleicester Posted 5 December 2016 Posted 5 December 2016 The funniest threads in here are the CR out ones or how long has he got! Its amazing when you think Wenger can win no title in years and still is seen as having a free pass. Claudio could get us relegated to D2 and I would still want the lad here. No one will ever give us the consistent memories that he gave us and its a once in a lifetime achievement to win the prem for a club like us. BTW, you cant help the ****** of any club moaning. I heard people moaning last year at times in pub talk and even at the stadium. Some people are just negative and have no clue. We cant stop them but we should set up a just giving page to raise cash for some personality bypass ops.
worthosoriginals Posted 6 December 2016 Posted 6 December 2016 20 hours ago, crazyleicester said: The funniest threads in here are the CR out ones or how long has he got! Its amazing when you think Wenger can win no title in years and still is seen as having a free pass. Claudio could get us relegated to D2 and I would still want the lad here. No one will ever give us the consistent memories that he gave us and its a once in a lifetime achievement to win the prem for a club like us. BTW, you cant help the ****** of any club moaning. I heard people moaning last year at times in pub talk and even at the stadium. Some people are just negative and have no clue. We cant stop them but we should set up a just giving page to raise cash for some personality bypass ops. good points....yes i heard a few moaning last season too at the ground... now they got something to moan about, loss of league form, the moaners are out in droves...especially in foxes talk.... in and out of every thread daily to put dozens of negative posts on, repeating same stuff like broken records, over and over again......we lost again, oh well, I'll just put 10 thousand negative posts on ft ...then I'll feel loads better. nobody on here picks the team or buys the players. yes ,we are having a wobble, we're leicester city....it happens often...thats what made last season taste better to us, than winning does to the entitled plastics of man Utd etc. there iv had my moan.
Wymsey Posted 6 December 2016 Posted 6 December 2016 Am rather surprised there's hardly any mention very recently of the excitement of progressing superbly in the CL. The loss at Sunderland again makes many think we have to prioritise the league than over a prestige European competition that may never happen again for a few seasons. Maybe Ranieri wants the team to continue pushing in the CL knowing a top-4 or 5 finish seems highly unlikely currently, and knows the shock of winning the title last season convinces him the team can actually (somehow) go on further to potentially win it and reclaim a CL spot. Uncertain on this, but don't the FA Cup winners have a place in qualifying position for the CL? If so, rather we'd try and win this than the CL even though the latter would be magnificent.
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