Blizzard Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 Away form bad. Accepted. Morale low. Accepted. Keep the faith. Negativity breeds negativity and failure. This team should be good enough to stay in PL. Blaming Ranieri for everything doesn't help anything. It's the eleven men on the pitch that win games, with guidance from management. Since when was managing anyone easy? Especially at this level. If the team work together, look what they can achieve. Trash Man City. That is not a bad football team, surely? Raneri seems to stick with 4 4 2 because that is what he knows. Remember guys, he is the tinkerman. Have faith!
blueharmie Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 I have faith in championship football at the moment.
Leamington Fox Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 I'm still optimistic. We've got a great side and are only one man down from the most successful team in our history (by a country mile). In so far as I can tell from the stands, there are some real issues of confidence and belief. Something is out of sorts and I cannot quite fathom it. There certainly seems to be a major hangover from the glory of last season, perhaps for all of us. I wish people would just calm the feck down, stop slating Claudio and the new signings. Much of the criticism seems a bit rabid to me and far from constructive. I think the Man City game showed that the potential is still there, even if their defence made it easy for us. It will click. It will come good. We will finish just in the top half and get through to the quarters of the Ch League and can then look to build for better things next season.
Tuna Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 Man City were compliant opponents that played into our hands. Had Pep been arsed to work out what made us tick last season we would have been comfortably beaten. All goodwill from the Man City game is lost with the disgusting performance against Bournemouth. We have no midfield. King/Amarety is a lower level championship midfield. We need to see what a Drinkwater/Mendy/Ndidi midfield is capable of, then we'll talk.
Tanya Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 In the spirit of positivity, I will say the second half performance against Bournemouth was decent. We created a lot of chances that on another day would've gone in. If we give Vardy some service he looks in decent nick. Huth looks like he is regaining some form. And Schmeichel and Drinky are due to come back soon as they will greatly improve the side. I genuinely think if we can pick up a creative midfielder we are still in with a shot of finishing in the top of half of the prem... AND we are in the last 16 in Europe against a team we have at least a shot of beating. Of course, it could still turn into a nightmare but I choose to be optimistic right now
Vocey Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 Heard this morning that at this stage last year Chelsea were 16th and only a point off the relegation zone. Start of this season has been a big wake up call to how much every player raised there game last year, cant see us wasting another transfer window like we did this summer!
Fox92 Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 15 minutes ago, Vocey said: Heard this morning that at this stage last year Chelsea were 16th and only a point off the relegation zone. Start of this season has been a big wake up call to how much every player raised there game last year, cant see us wasting another transfer window like we did this summer! Yeah but there's no comparison. There team was made up of genuine World Class players at the time. And then they sacked their manager to turn their season around.
filbertstreet Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 33 minutes ago, ozleicester said: i love a bit of toast so do I! throw in a dippy egg, you've got a lovely breakfast
Guest Col city fan Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 Stoke is a big game. Get thrashed tomorrow and I think any positivity will ebb away. Win tomorrow and the FT faithful (who have been conspicuous by their absence over the past week) will be back out in force to tell us all to dig into that humble pie again. It's a tightrope Spud...it's a fookin tightrope....
weller54 Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 Reality is... 1 point from 24 away from home! That's relegation form, it's no good being an ostrich! Are you an ostrich?
Alf Bentley Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 Right, I'll get into the spirit of positivity: - We have 3 to 5 players whose level is top half of the table or higher: Schmeichel, Drinkwater & Mahrez (plus Vardy & Slimani, if the system/tactics suit them). That's several more top players than most bottom-half clubs have. - As individuals, most of our other players are lower-half PL in standard (Fuchs mid-table, maybe). But: (1) Not many of them are sub-Premier standard; (2) Most of them showed last season that if the system, formation, tactics and attitude are right, they can perform at a higher level as part of a team unit. - Like most clubs, we have some new or younger players whose performances are not consistently good enough, but who are still learning and have the potential to be consistently good PL players: Amartey, Grey & Slimani, possibly Musa & Hernandez - and we haven't seen enough of Mendy yet, so he may well be another. Not all of those players will come good, but some of them surely will. We over-performed last season. But even with our current squad, we are under-performing this season. The first bit of good news here is that we don't need a massive overhaul of the squad. 2 or 3 new players could be enough, so long as we act on the second bit of good news..... The second bit of good news is that this squad (with a small number of changes) is capable of performing much better, so long as the system, formation, tactics and attitude improve. So, a lot of this is down to Claudio and his coaching staff to sort out - but there's no reason why that task should be beyond them. Of course, if we keep performing as we are, then there's a real chance that we'll go down. I suspect that even now there are still 3 teams worse than us, but wouldn't bank on it. A few changes and we have every chance of moving up to mid-table.
ozleicester Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 42 minutes ago, filbertstreet said: so do I! throw in a dippy egg, you've got a lovely breakfast YESSS!
Guest Bob Hazels shorts Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 Remember being in the old main stand and seeing a bit of an argument over support, basically, a grumbling fan telling a happy slappy that he'd cheer a turd if it wore a Leicester shirt. Maybe extreme and there are those who are blind to the fact that we are not playing well. Against Bournemouth, we looked positive.... positively dull and lacking effort and ideas. Shade of Brugge but with 1st 11 available. Can't believe that those responsible for motivating (if needed) and preparing the players for games are the same as last season (Walsh aside)
truebluethroughandthrough Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 56 minutes ago, Fox92 said: Yeah but there's no comparison. There team was made up of genuine World Class players at the time. And then they sacked their manager to turn their season around. THEIR team had pfa player of the year. Our team has current pfa player of the year. Our highest ever scorer in the premier league had more goals than their top scorer during their title campaign. Their best player scored and assisted fewer goals than our best player. They didn't win the title by 10 points. Both struggled to find form and cope with both domestic and European competitions. So yeah, no comparison at all
Izzy Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 I'm usually pretty positive and still think we'll be ok come May. But watching us play this season (apart from Man City) is like pulling teeth. I'll keep the faith and all that but it would be nice to get back to keeping a few clean sheets once again. One positive note is Kasper coming back in. I think he'll make a difference and I wouldn't be too upset if we don't see Zieler again this season. I think he's been bang average at best.
Vocey Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 1 hour ago, Fox92 said: Yeah but there's no comparison. There team was made up of genuine World Class players at the time. And then they sacked their manager to turn their season around. True, which is why I don't expect us to go back to being title contenders next year, but it does show that good teams can hit awful runs of form and recover.
MattCan Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 Real fans support the team thru thick and thin. Those who yell at and insult players, after what they have done, don't deserve any consideration. They can go f*k themselves as far as I'm concerned. Edit: I'm talking about fans who go watch games and/or have any form of contact with team and players. Not internet fans.
Guest Col city fan Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 19 minutes ago, Izzy Muzzett said: I'm usually pretty positive and still think we'll be ok come May. But watching us play this season (apart from Man City) is like pulling teeth. I'll keep the faith and all that but it would be nice to get back to keeping a few clean sheets once again. One positive note is Kasper coming back in. I think he'll make a difference and I wouldn't be too upset if we don't see Zieler again this season. I think he's been bang average at best. Oi! You're one of the positive ones! Don't you go changing your tune mi old mate!
Guest Col city fan Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 2 minutes ago, MattCan said: Real fans support the team thru thick and thin. Those who yell at and insult players, after what they have done, don't deserve any consideration. They can go f*k themselves as far as I'm concerned. Can't you believe a real fan then, and not get pissed off when we are under performing?
MattCan Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 2 minutes ago, Col city fan said: Can't you believe a real fan then, and not get pissed off when we are under performing? There are ways for them to show their concern/dissatisfaction without being arseholes hurting the team at the end of day.
Izzy Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 7 minutes ago, Col city fan said: Oi! You're one of the positive ones! Don't you go changing your tune mi old mate! I think this place has eventually worn me down mate. I've always tried to be a bit of an optimist cheerleader on here but I'm sick of being accused of having my head in the sand or being in denial. It's easier to just be a moody, mardy, moany cvnt I reckon. The bastards have finally dragged me down. If you can't beat em join em
Voll Blau Posted 16 December 2016 Posted 16 December 2016 Gobbing off during games does absolutely nothing. Back them vocally for 90 minutes and vent your frustration, if you absolutely have to, afterwards. How many times last season did people credit our comebacks with the support we gave the team at 1-0 down etc? While it was a disgrace, people can't exactly be surprised at how few of them came over after Porto given no one in our end was actually remotely arsed about offering their support.
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