why do so many fans accept that a relegation battle is where we should be?

[jayfox26]

It amazes me that so many fans accept that our position in the league is where we should be. I am realistic and I know we were never going to be near the top of the league but it is too much to ask for us to be looking at a mid table finish? Is it too much to ask that we don't get dominated by teams like Burnley?

 

I personally find Ranieri''s interview after the game tonight bizarre. To say the target was to get 40 points is a joke. Yes right now I'd be delighted with 40 points but at the start of the season that would be an underwhelming target for me.

 

And surely the owners after investing so much money would have wanted a little more ambition than just avoiding relegation. Yes it's great we won the league and above any of our expectations and I wouldn't change that  for anything in the world but the lack of ambition and motivation from Claudio is frightening. 

 

And if Ranieri did think at the start of the season that this squad would struggle, why didn't he do something about it?? 

 

 

[ChownLC]

yeah but 8 years ago we were playing rotherham away on a tuesday night so we must be happy with premier league

[Harry - LCFC]

I don't think they do. You regularly see people say that we blew a position of strength in the summer transfer market, you regularly hear people say that players are performing way below what they were expected to at the start of the season.

[Koke]

We were top of the league at Christmas 2015 and Ranieri was talking about 40 points. By mid March when we were 7 points clear he was talking about Europa League.

 

By last summer he said our aim was 40 points. Reigning champions aiming for 40 fecking points!! It's one thing to dampen expectations, it's another thing to talk about 40 points as champions.

[Riot Van]

Aye, the argument that we should be where we are now proper winds me up.

 

No we ****ing shouldn't. 

[Dan]

It's appalling to read our own fans buying into this concept that certain clubs "belong" in certain places. Complete hypocrisy if you ask me after they probably slagged off Stillitano last year.

[Thracian]

1 hour ago, jayfox26 said:

It amazes me that so many fans accept that our position in the league is where we should be. I am realistic and I know we were never going to be near the top of the league but it is too much to ask for us to be looking at a mid table finish? Is it too much to ask that we don't get dominated by teams like Burnley?

 

I personally find Ranieri''s interview after the game tonight bizarre. To say the target was to get 40 points is a joke. Yes right now I'd be delighted with 40 points but at the start of the season that would be an underwhelming target for me.

 

And surely the owners after investing so much money would have wanted a little more ambition than just avoiding relegation. Yes it's great we won the league and above any of our expectations and I wouldn't change that  for anything in the world but the lack of ambition and motivation from Claudio is frightening. 

 

And if Ranieri did think at the start of the season that this squad would struggle, why didn't he do something about it?? 

 

 

Our position is a disgrace and a result of mismanagement that is not just down to Ranieri. No realist expected a repeat of last season with our Champions League commitments but we had the foundations of a team that could compete in the top 10 for years with bit-by-bit improvements.

 

But we lost our way big time and have acted like sleepwalkers in the way we've reacted.

 

I can think of lots of problems that have emerged but none that have really been rectified.

 

I'm starting to feel surprised that we haven't heard from the owners. 

[GloverFox]

... yes, I to am very surprised that we've heard nothing from the board ... at least I've been waiting for the ever damning 'we have every confidence in the manager to turn things around' speech!

[Guest]

I don't think I've heard anybody say this is where we belong - other than from the standpoint that we deserve to be in a relegation battle when we fritter away 3 transfer markets in a row, employ bizarre selection and tactics, and fail to show any effort for weeks on end.

[Lovejoy]

I've no problem in accepting that "our place" is lower end of the prem/ top end of the Championship. But what I can't accept as a fan is going out there with seemingly no tactics, showing no attacking intent (I genuinely feel for Mahrez and Vardy on that front) and spending over £80m and having that complete shambles of a defence. Really struggling to get my head around other fans justifying that!

[FrankieADZ]

after last season id have said no, but seeing the lack of effort or giving an sort of stuff from the players it is where we belong this thats for sure

[Kitchandro]

It's not like we're Bournemouth or Swansea anyway. We're a reasonably big club who should always be aiming for the top half of the Premier League and a cup run. That should be the ambition for a club like us.

 

But forget that, last season we proved what our squad was capable of. That's why we should be aiming higher. No club should be happy with stagnation let alone regression of this magnitude.

 

[Dr The Singh]

It's not where we should be, but it is where we are

[David Hankey]

We are where we are because too many players have been under performing.

 

Is there a link to their "improved" contracts? I certainly think so with Vardy, an England No. 9 scoring a miserly 5 goals so far.

[Thracian]

9 minutes ago, Lovejoy said:

I've no problem in accepting that "our place" is lower end of the prem/ top end of the Championship. But what I can't accept as a fan is going out there with seemingly no tactics, showing no attacking intent (I genuinely feel for Mahrez and Vardy on that front) and spending over £80m and having that complete shambles of a defence. Really struggling to get my head around other fans justifying that!

My take is more along the lines that we're now one of the richest clubs in Europe and should start acting like it. No, I don't mean by throwing money around, but by having a clan of people combining their skills in unison to get the best value from all we spend.

 

A year ago we had that clan spirit. "All for one, one for all," never seemed more appropriate. But we lost our way. On the football side,  factions have developed and there's an undercurrent of disharmony that is tangible and has even been expressed outside the dressing room through the likes of Schlupp, Kramaric, Ulloa, Benny, Kapustka and more I could mention.

 

All of this will cost the manager respect and so will the results and performances,. We've been suicidal in having so many players disappearing to the AFCON. It's not a month of disruption and no chance to field our strongest side, the disturbance - psychological and in terms of player performances or availability last longer than that.

 

It cost momentum and more and, again, encourages factions to evolve. But that is just one problem. There are lots more and we desperately need a strong manager now in the mould of Dyche, Pulis, Allardyce to get us back to solid basics. On and off the field. Ruthless men who will deal with our ailments promptly and effectively.

 

First job? To get our team spirit back, whatever the cost.                

[Fox92]

There's many similar clubs to ourselves - look at Stoke and even West Brom - who are now solid and established. 

[EastAnglianFox]

Yep, I I was shot down a few times regarding transfer targets and told "we are Leicester City these are the only players we are realistically going to get" and "I think you have forgotten last season was a freak season and you should remember we are really where we should be"

 

Fvck off, we are Premier League champions, not shy of money, genuine pulling power (especially in the summer) 

 

Not one person can turn around and say since the ridiculous pre season schedule in the summer that this season has been anything other than a clusterfvck on and off the pitch.

[Buzzell]

We had the opportunity to move the club forward after last season but blew it. With European football we could of recruited some real top quality in the side. Built the foundations to be a top PL club. But instead we have stuck to what we know, dabbled in the market and picked up what looks like a couple of flops. We're now paying the price. Clubs have worked out how we play and figured a way to nullify our tactics after last season. We are so weak all over the park it's a joke.

 

Shit tactics and shit performances. We deserve to be where we are but we know we're better than this. 

[Footballwipe]

I've seen this floating about, especially on Twitter. It is phrased and worded in very similar ways but it's the same sentiment "we're where we are and we should just accept it."

 

If we'd even shown any sort of backbone this season we'd probably be ensconced in 7th or 8th place now without a care in the world. I never thought we'd challenge the powerhouses again after we forced them to spend £££ once they witnessed our success. This was our golden opportunity and we wasted it. It's 2000 all over again. It's a shambles.