Season over!

[yks]

Could everyone thinking the season is over because we couldn't win any cup (like 99% of all the seasons actually) could stick to their word and stop caring about the club and this forum until July ?

Thanks.

[Brainy]

37 minutes ago, StanSP said:

How the fvck is it over?

 

We're literally in 7th right now. 7th best team in the Premier League. Stay in 7th by end of May, we qualify for Europe.

 

Yes today was utterly shite but there's so many reactionary attitudes that if we beat Southampton next weekend, and consequently stay in 7th, we'll have similar fans saying we're good for Europe  

Southampton are worse than us so that is a nailed on draw at best.

[iamafox]

Even if we finish 7th we may not get European football, which is why I always prefer ourselves to win a domestic trophy

[Cityfox60]

Yep season will just peter out now, win a few lose a few more.

Maybe a possibility of 7th, but 7th 8th or 9th, does it really matter. I'm not bothered with Europa league, would rather play our best side in our own Cups tbh. What's this bollocks about fielding a weakened team in the cups?! Back in the old days, managers would field their strongest teams every week of the season & the FA Cup was  a highlight for all football supporters. Teams still had a busy Xmas & pitches were awful by now, so much more tiring. Nowadays these prima donnas can't play a couple of times a week, even with bowling green pitches, carpet slippers to play in, and a lightweight ball....pathetic!

[Bryn]

Loss today at least highlights that the squad as a whole lacks depth. We have one reliable goalscorer in Vardy and we don't play to his strengths. There is a lot to like about Puel in terms of his promotion of young players and a clear vision to move forward with; if the owners are onboard they need to back him because the squad needs an overhaul. The strongest XI is decent but imbalanced and the backups, especially in midfield and up front, are woeful.

[sly1]

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[hejammy]

Season over.... could have sworn 12th May was our last game. 

[jayfox26]

How is being 7th and fighting for a place in Europe season over? Some people need to realise that we aren't going to win the league again and we were massively unlikely to win the fa cup. Once we sort out the inbalance in our squad then maybe we can have a real go at the cups whilst fighting for the top 7. But with our squad the way it is, we should be relatively happy with 7th in the league. 

 

Yes its extremely annoying we lost today but it's not season over! 

[yorkie1999]

3 minutes ago, sly1 said:

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Is how much Ronaldo is on a week

[KrefelderFox666]

23 minutes ago, Cityfox60 said:

Yep season will just peter out now, win a few lose a few more.

Maybe a possibility of 7th, but 7th 8th or 9th, does it really matter. I'm not bothered with Europa league, would rather play our best side in our own Cups tbh. What's this bollocks about fielding a weakened team in the cups?! Back in the old days, managers would field their strongest teams every week of the season & the FA Cup was  a highlight for all football supporters. Teams still had a busy Xmas & pitches were awful by now, so much more tiring. Nowadays these prima donnas can't play a couple of times a week, even with bowling green pitches, carpet slippers to play in, and a lightweight ball....pathetic!

That's modern day football. Tottenham 8/9 changes and Man City 8 changes. Both still won 7-0

[smudgerfox]

40 minutes ago, Bryn said:

Loss today at least highlights that the squad as a whole lacks depth. We have one reliable goalscorer in Vardy and we don't play to his strengths. There is a lot to like about Puel in terms of his promotion of young players and a clear vision to move forward with; if the owners are onboard they need to back him because the squad needs an overhaul. The strongest XI is decent but imbalanced and the backups, especially in midfield and up front, are woeful.

 

Bryn - we don’t play to any striker’s strengths. Puel literally cannot set up a side to score goals. This is why getting all excited about a pathetic 1-0 win against a half asleep Everton makes no sense. Our best striker is Vardy and he often appears frustrated and isolated. As a replacement or a strike partner in twelve months, Puel has had at his disposal Ulloa, Slimani, Musa and Iheanacho - none have succeeded in either role. Indeed he has insulted them all by playing Gray up front with no evidence  that DG can play either role. It’s very simple - if we score first we win, if we don’t we lose or at best draw. The Man City game was an exception but we got level in that pretty quickly. Puel was the same at Southampton - this is your manager, this is your team, by all means accept that but please don’t insult my  intelligence by claiming there are so many areas of improvement - there aren’t.  

[Sol thewall Bamba]

2 hours ago, TK95 said:

damage is done 

Fvcking HELL man

[steveherbe]

42 minutes ago, hejammy said:

Season over.... could have sworn 12th May was our last game. 

Yeah, same day as the Blancpain GT race at Silverstone - I know where I'll be going.

[Guest TaggertvsWise]

2 hours ago, yorkie1999 said:

We couldn’t manage putting a decent side out  against Newport , how would we manage in Europe?

That’s the spirit!

[Bryn]

3 minutes ago, smudgerfox said:

 

Bryn - we don’t play to any striker’s strengths. Puel literally cannot set up a side to score goals. This is why getting all excited about a pathetic 1-0 win against a half asleep Everton makes no sense. Our best striker is Vardy and he often appears frustrated and isolated. As a replacement or a strike partner in twelve months, Puel has had at his disposal Ulloa, Slimani, Musa and Iheanacho - none have succeeded in either role. Indeed he has insulted them all by playing Gray up front with no evidence  that DG can play either role. It’s very simple - if we score first we win, if we don’t we lose or at best draw. The Man City game was an exception but we got level in that pretty quickly. Puel was the same at Southampton - this is your manager, this is your team, by all means accept that but please don’t insult my  intelligence by claiming there are so many areas of improvement - there aren’t.  

 

I've never been aware of your existence until just now so how I can insult your intelligence I really do not know.

 

I think this post is really quite melodramatic, we're 7th in the league, we defend well on the whole, the kids are coming through (which for me is the way to sustain Leicester's long-term relevance and success, to focus on having a world-class academy). I think you can definitely argue his style of play asks a lot of the centre-forward, it's probably better suited to a top class team with a top class all-round striker.

[hejammy]

2 minutes ago, steveherbe said:

Yeah, same day as the Blancpain GT race at Silverstone - I know where I'll be going.

That's the spirit! Turn your back on your team 4 months in advance..... 

[KingsX]

[steveherbe]

1 minute ago, hejammy said:

That's the spirit! Turn your back on your team 4 months in advance..... 

But I dont get pissed off at GT racing, great day out and I dont care who wins. Leicester however..... And we always go to Silverstone, and I dont want to see Chelsea.

[woddyuk]

2 hours ago, l444ry said:

Well that was rotation at its best! Only six days until the next game and we rest the lot in the only competition we had any realistic chance in. Baffles the hell out of me.  

Would have been nice to have Burton over 2 legs also for a place in a final 

#shitpenalties 

 

[StriderHiryu]

Very disappointing result to put it mildly!

 

I don't think it's the end of the season, but for me I'd rather we won the FA Cup and finished 12th than finish 7th. And I'm not personally sure we will finish 7th this season. Winning trophies is what it's all about and it's one of the reasons MON was so loved. We went to Wembley many times and won trophies and playoff finals. It was very exciting and resulted in some great days out.

 

I do respect Puel for playing young players, and I don't have anything against resting players that are tired and rotating the squad. BUT when you pick a team like that, you are playing with fire and that's a game we've lost because we didn't play our best team, or at least that's a very easy argument to make that is hard to argue against. We made enough chances to win that game of course, but try explaining that to irate supporters who dream of the cup (and who are entitled to do so!)

 

But all this said, Puel is clearly haflway through the clearout. Silva and Iborra are next, and some more are off in the summer when their contracts are up. Longer term I think the club is progressing in the right direction but we have a team that could have gone on a good cup run. Our recent results against Chelsa and Man City proved that we have a chance against the big boys!

[FantasticMrFox&Son]

I think some people need a reality check.

Honestly, does anyone think our current squad has a chance to finish above Liverpool, Man City, Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal or Man Utd ??

We broke the mould and did something magical when we won the Premier League, but that did not guarantee that we would be doing it on a regular basis.

Those clubs are so far ahead of us in the way that they are structured and financed and will always be able to attract and hoover up the best talent of any age from all over the world.

Wish we hadn't lost today, wished we had better penalty takers, but still glad to BE IN the Premier league, and to be 7th.

Get rid of those who today showed they are past their best and keep investing in young players.

[Marshall Cockney Fox]

No it's not over and what a pointless thread. We need to push on consolidate 7th and that would be a cracking season. Our youngsters will only get better (okay well maybe not Nacho/Gray) and we are fairly clear on our squad area deficiencies. 

 

So plenty to play for.

[filbertway]

2 hours ago, Crispin LA said:

I don't give a s***t about getting in Europe, look what happened to Burnley, I would preferred  a good Cup run

I guess you're unaware what happens to cup winners

[zealot]

Hahahaha. . . Absolute state of this thread.

 

We're 7th in Prem despite a squad that doesn't punch that high on paper. As a club we have gone through considerable trauma recently and manager is doing a good job steadying the ship and still uncovering a few star youngsters such as Hamza recently...

 

We lose away in 3rd Round of the FA Cup and the sky is suddenly falling in. Perspective please!

 

 

[turtmcfly]

8 minutes ago, smudgerfox said:

 

Bryn - we don’t play to any striker’s strengths. Puel literally cannot set up a side to score goals. This is why getting all excited about a pathetic 1-0 win against a half asleep Everton makes no sense. Our best striker is Vardy and he often appears frustrated and isolated. As a replacement or a strike partner in twelve months, Puel has had at his disposal Ulloa, Slimani, Musa and Iheanacho - none have succeeded in either role. Indeed he has insulted them all by playing Gray up front with no evidence  that DG can play either role. It’s very simple - if we score first we win, if we don’t we lose or at best draw. The Man City game was an exception but we got level in that pretty quickly. Puel was the same at Southampton - this is your manager, this is your team, by all means accept that but please don’t insult my  intelligence by claiming there are so many areas of improvement - there aren’t.  

 

How could he have failed?