Keeping an interest in the season when we hit 45 points.

[RumbleFox]

2 hours ago, john ridley said:

Be lucky to get 45pts the way we're  going.Be glad if we get to 45.

When you say lucky what do you mean?  What are you basing that on?  X

[john ridley]

5 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

When you say lucky what do you mean?  What are you basing that on?  X

Just think we'll  have more poor games than good ,which has been our season so far ,so that's where  the luck has come in,can't keep lucky forever. 

 

[Stan]

We have some right miserable ****s for fans (like every other club in the country, I suppose).

 

How on earth do they trundle through life?

[The Doctor]

1 hour ago, Ted Maul said:

Never heard of them, sorry. Always been a solid top half side haven't we?

. I was actually looking at past January signings. 10 years ago on Thursday Tom Cleverley arrived on loan as we prepared to go to Yeovil and panicked about the potential of Mark Davies being recalled by Wolves. You go back and tell the fans then that within a decade they'd be whinging about the football not being exciting enough with their team comfortably midtable in the prem and I expect they'd look at you like you were nuts.

[gw_leics772]

3 hours ago, funkyrobot said:

Shouldn’t it say ‘if’rather than ‘when’? 

 

3 hours ago, john ridley said:

Be lucky to get 45pts the way we're  going.Be glad if we get to 45.

 

3 hours ago, peach0000 said:

Don't worry about it, in 10 games time 40 points will be our concern, 45 will be a dream.

 

3 hours ago, Stevosevic said:

I don't see us getting 45 points. 

 

2 hours ago, john ridley said:

Don't worry ,we'll be in contention for 12 soon.

Kick your stool for you lads?

 

Always here if you need me.

[yorkie1999]

5 hours ago, TiffToff88 said:

What's it like being so morbidly negative all the time?

A bit like being joyfully positive all the time except a win is a bonus 

[Leeds Fox]

8 hours ago, The Doctor said:

People acting like we won't make 45 points - i.e. Won't even average just under a point per game (0.875) for the remainder of the season - how did you avoid slitting your wrists when Levein, Kelly or Holloway were in charge?

 

 

Most will have been supporting Man Utd or someone. 

[Bunyip]

18 hours ago, Collymore said:

Would it be an idea for us to really try out some of our development squad in the first team? I know there are rules that govern this type of thing but if they're there on merit and we don't take the p** too much then surely now is a better time than ever.

 

Now we're out of all cup competitions and we have little to play for, surely unlocking a gem that might be staring us in right in the face could save us millions in the summer. It might also get the fans excited and build a more supportive atmosphere at home games again.

 

I think to be successful under Puel doesn't always come from pure talent it seems, it's more an understanding of his system, philosophy and being young and malleable that could be the key.

We will be extremely lucky to hit 45 at this rate and in any case, he had the opportunity to blood some of the development squad against Newport but chose to play the likes of King and James ( now that was taking the p*ss ) we have nothing to play for and that is down to  Puel 100%.

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

1 hour ago, Bunyip said:

We will be extremely lucky to hit 45 at this rate and in any case, he had the opportunity to blood some of the development squad against Newport but chose to play the likes of King and James ( now that was taking the p*ss ) we have nothing to play for and that is down to  Puel 100%.

You cant genuinely believe this?

[gw_leics772]

12 hours ago, yorkie1999 said:

A bit like being joyfully positive all the time except a win is a bonus 

Again, ran out of rep points and although we are on opposite sidesof the fence, this definitely deserves a ????????????

[Nick]

18 hours ago, TiffToff88 said:

What's it like being so morbidly negative all the time?

A reflection of defensive 4231or 433 formations I’d imagine.

[Nick]

18 hours ago, The Doctor said:

People acting like we won't make 45 points - i.e. Won't even average just under a point per game (0.875) for the remainder of the season - how did you avoid slitting your wrists when Levein, Kelly or Holloway were in charge?

 

I rarely made it up to the stands for the second half of Levein and Kelly’s tenure. It was just too much to bare. I’d stand in the concourse and just keep pushing down the flat lager watching it on one of those tiny monitors wondering if I drank non stop if I’d be as pissed as Levein when he submitted the team sheet an hour before kick off.

[Bunyip]

39 minutes ago, AlloverthefloorYesNdidi said:

You cant genuinely believe this?

To be fair I'm not sure what to believe this season. Beating Man City, Chelsea then losing to Newport Cardiff and Southampton among others kind of leaves me in a mindset of anything could happen and that includes a relegation scrap. Nothing about Puel and his brand of management will surprise me anymore.

[gerrytaggart]

Its as if half the forum dont realise we are 8th with 31 points after 22 games!!

 

There is plenty of stuff to be negative about in every day life....Leicester City being comfortably top half in the prem is not one if them.

 

We may not have the killer instinct of a couple of seasons ago right now but Puel is building something here.

 

I really hope he is given the necessary time for the fruits of his labour to ripen.

 

[Milo]

18 hours ago, TiffToff88 said:

What's it like being so morbidly negative all the time?

A question for Claude, surely...

[Bunyip]

25 minutes ago, gerrytaggart said:

Its as if half the forum dont realise we are 8th with 31 points after 22 games!!

 

There is plenty of stuff to be negative about in every day life....Leicester City being comfortably top half in the prem is not one if them.

 

We may not have the killer instinct of a couple of seasons ago right now but Puel is building something here.

 

I really hope he is given the necessary time for the fruits of his labour to ripen.

 

You've obviously not been watching the crap the rest of us have this lately then?

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

35 minutes ago, Bunyip said:

To be fair I'm not sure what to believe this season. Beating Man City, Chelsea then losing to Newport Cardiff and Southampton among others kind of leaves me in a mindset of anything could happen and that includes a relegation scrap. Nothing about Puel and his brand of management will surprise me anymore.

Sounds exciting to me mate

 

I like how we are apparently boring atm whilst at the same time nobody knows whats going to happen 

 

 

 

 

[gerrytaggart]

2 hours ago, Bunyip said:

You've obviously not been watching the crap the rest of us have this lately then?

Ive watched every minute of every game....Im just not over reacting. 

 

It really is quite simple to me....the longer you have followed this joyous rollercoaster that is Leicester City, the more realistic your expectations are.

 

 

[Lambert09]

As is the FT way, this topic is full of nitpicking about points and not a single comment about what the OP's question was about. 

 

So i'll try to get it back on track....The idea of testing youth when we are secure would be good for the reasons youve stated and perhaps would serve us greater in the long run but as a manager your career at a club is short and you are often remembered by statistics and its your neck on the line if results go wrong.  It can also upset the squad, dropping players on the way out makes sense but anyone you want to start the next season with could cause fractures. 

 

Who exactly would you be aiming to blood in?  The cb's are miles off, they will have to serve time on a loan to get near the squad as next year we have 2 young players in CS and FB who are going to be ahead of them already. As well as JE and hopefully HM.  The 2 most promising options are now in the squad (HC & HB)  we already have young full backs and other young stars in attack so the only real option is a Striker and seeing as the Under 23's dont have anyone who is consistently bagging goals theres not really an option. 

 

Basically, we are already the youngest team in the league giving plenty of young 20's a run out in the first team, I think thats the least of our problems right now. We should be persevering with this young squad, improving them so that when next season comes we may be in a position to challenge for some silverware and break the top 7

 

 

 

 

 

[SpacedX]

2 hours ago, Bunyip said:

You've obviously not been watching the crap the rest of us have this lately then?

Would you describe the football and tactics against Man City at home in both the league and the EFL Cup as "crap"? Or the movement, possession and pressing at Chelsea as "crap"? I don't even think that they were necessarily "crap" against Southampton. Some substandard performances yes, and two shitty mistakes at the back. It was always going to be challenging against ten men sitting back, just as it was against West Ham, only on this occasion the Saints had a two goal buffer. The end product was lacking...the build up. less so. 

[Bunyip]

1 hour ago, Line-X said:

Would you describe the football and tactics against Man City at home in both the league and the EFL Cup as "crap"? Or the movement, possession and pressing at Chelsea as "crap"? I don't even think that they were necessarily "crap" against Southampton. Some substandard performances yes, and two shitty mistakes at the back. It was always going to be challenging against ten men sitting back, just as it was against West Ham, only on this occasion the Saints had a two goal buffer. The end product was lacking...the build up. less so. 

I didn't have the time to go into all the semantics so just plumped for what it was and is crap. 

[Bunyip]

1 hour ago, gerrytaggart said:

Ive watched every minute of every game....Im just not over reacting. 

 

It really is quite simple to me....the longer you have followed this joyous rollercoaster that is Leicester City, the more realistic your expectations are.

 

 

I'm in total agreeance. 

[SpacedX]

2 minutes ago, Bunyip said:

I didn't have the time to go into all the semantics so just plumped for what it was and is crap. 

But that wasn't and isn't necessarily the case. 

[Bunyip]

3 hours ago, AlloverthefloorYesNdidi said:

Sounds exciting to me mate

 

I like how we are apparently boring atm whilst at the same time nobody knows whats going to happen 

 

 

 

 

It's a parody of Brexit mate. 

[Bunyip]

3 minutes ago, Line-X said:

But that wasn't and isn't necessarily the case. 

In your opinion granted, in my opinion, it's crap.