3rd in Premier League and a Quarter Final home tie in FA Cup

[lcfcfoz]

Not a bad season so far. After 28 games we are 5 points clear of 4th and 8 points clear of 5th in the Premier League.  Also a home tie Vs Chelsea in the FA Cup Quarter Finals, I'm sure 99% of us fans would have taken this at the start of the season! Come on the foxes, and get back to back wins on Monday night against Aston Villa, and get our revenge for our Semi Final League Cup defeat, then we can all look forward to our last 9 league games and potentially 3 FA Cup games before the end of the season, and 2 Wembley trips, and all look forward to the champions league draw when we get there!

Edited 5 March 2020 by lcfcfoz

[Mike Oxlong]

Factually correct

[TheLittleBigMan]

[st albans fox]

You should have listed ‘beaten league cup semi finalists’ too

 

its certainly never boring here ..........

[Fox92]

I said prior to the season starting I'd have been happy with top 10 and at least one cup semi-final.

[Stadt]

"a good cup run", there was nothing good about that run coming to an end at Villa Park

Edited 5 March 2020 by Stadt

[ealingfox]

I'd rather have gone out in the first League Cup game than what actually happened to be honest.

 

Dress it up all you like but if we bottle the top 4 this is a disastrous season whatever else happens, bar maybe coming 5th with Man City's ban being upheld for next season and also winning the FA Cup.

[Scotch]

At the start of the season, I wanted 7th place and a decent cup run so we are certainly over achieving my ambitions back then but there is no getting away from it, from the position that we were in just before christmas, with a 10 point lead on 4th and a 14 point lead on 5th, our current form and where we find ourselves is disappointing. Not to mention going out in the semis to villa. 

[Mickyblueeyes]

Its been a good season so far and a lot would've taken it at the start of the year. However, success brings expectations. We have given ourselves such a gap from fifth (or we did give ourselves), that not making the top four due to lacklustre performances will make this a disappointing season. A lot to play for. 

[Bluetintedspecs]

Every thread where someone is  trying to put a positive slant on the season to date, up pop the cornflake pissers.

With a very young squad, injuries, confidence knocked a dip has to be expected.

The doom and gloom merchants talk as if fans with a glass half full outlook are happy with losing games and recent form, I for one and I'm sure everyone else is not!

If I thought for one minute that constantly bitching and moaning made a difference I would go for it.

Up until recently every team bar Liverpool has had mini or major blips , can someone please tell me why we are supposed to be immune from this?

This is not about BTS, for me,  it's purely an acceptance of how tough the league is and the ups and downs of football in general.

 

 

 

[foxy boxing]

Yes we have struggled recently but overall it has been a good season, we still need to keep it going, securing Champions League football and doing our best in the F.A cup. what we have achieved so far will mean nothing if we fail to get top four.

[foxfanazer]

49 minutes ago, ealingfox said:

I'd rather have gone out in the first League Cup game than what actually happened to be honest.

 

Dress it up all you like but if we bottle the top 4 this is a disastrous season whatever else happens, bar maybe coming 5th with Man City's ban being upheld for next season and also winning the FA Cup.

Absolute nonsense as usual. 'Disastrous season'

Edited 5 March 2020 by foxfanazer

[ealingfox]

6 minutes ago, foxfanazer said:

Absolute nonsense as usual. 'Disastrous season'

 

From the position we were in failing to finish in the top 4 would be a disaster, plain and simple.

[The Quick Brown Fox]

56 minutes ago, ealingfox said:

 

From the position we were in failing to finish in the top 4 would be a disaster, plain and simple.

So what you're saying is we had a great first half of the season and rubbish 2nd (if we drop out). 

If we finish 6/7 I wouldn't call that a decent season. 

But if you're saying we have had a disastrous 2nd half (up till now) others would agree I'm sure, but not a disastrous season. 

[ealingfox]

4 minutes ago, browniefox said:

So what you're saying is we had a great first half of the season and rubbish 2nd (if we drop out). 

If we finish 6/7 I wouldn't call that a decent season. 

But if you're saying we have had a disastrous 2nd half (up till now) others would agree I'm sure, but not a disastrous season. 

 

No I'm saying that we had a great first half of the season, but if we do not finish in the top 4 having been 15 points clear in January, dont qualify for the Champions League and dont win anything else, overall that has to go down as a disaster.

[lcfcfoz]

Plus we have broken our Quarter Final jinx by winning our Quarter Final match in the League Cup this season.

Edited 5 March 2020 by lcfcfoz

[iniesta]

For those saying it's been an OK season, it's possibly been in the top 3 best performing seasons in our history. 

[boots60]

2 minutes ago, iniesta said:

For those saying it's been an OK season, it's possibly been in the top 3 best performing seasons in our history. 

top 2 best performing seasons in our history. 

[iniesta]

5 minutes ago, boots60 said:

top 2 best performing seasons in our history. 

3 was fine 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, ealingfox said:

 

From the position we were in failing to finish in the top 4 would be a disaster, plain and simple.

It would be a disaster. That doesn’t make finishing 5th when you expected 7th pre season a disastrous season as a whole though. It would be a successful season with a bitter end.

[Dan LCFC]

Expectations are dynamic to me. By all means so far it's been good - but there are really worrying signs that it could all unravel.

[fuchsntf]

3 hours ago, Stadt said:

"a good cup run", there was nothing good about that run coming to an end at Villa Park

Are all your vessels half empty...!!!

I reckon,you  Drive in then straight out, Park n Drive lots,just to Show the poor pundits, you are driving Off alone..!

[The Quick Brown Fox]

1 hour ago, ealingfox said:

 

No I'm saying that we had a great first half of the season, but if we do not finish in the top 4 having been 15 points clear in January, dont qualify for the Champions League and dont win anything else, overall that has to go down as a disaster.

Sorry but that's rubbish, a disastrous season would have us bottom half and really struggling, spending 3/4 of a season in the top 4 and dropping out at the end, would mean we've had a disastrous end to the season, not a disastrous season. 6/7 is what at the start of season we were calling as a target, so to hit our target would mean overall we have had a decent season. 

[ealingfox]

3 minutes ago, browniefox said:

Sorry but that's rubbish, a disastrous season would have us bottom half and really struggling, spending 3/4 of a season in the top 4 and dropping out at the end, would mean we've had a disastrous end to the season, not a disastrous season. 6/7 is what at the start of season we were calling as a target, so to hit our target would mean overall we have had a decent season. 

 

Only if the target had not changed midseason, which it undeniably has.

[fuchsntf]

After,the Great escape..Then the title....

 

Time to go back to our DNA of old...

 

We grab defeat out of the jaws of victory.

 

Thats the panic mentality of this forum...lets all Chase ourselves down the dry well,after  circling the Oases..