What are our current expectations?

[ARM1968]

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[Guy]

7 hours ago, lcfceaves said:

Strange regarding Pearson and the fans discontent... I have always been fully behind him, yet Rodgers who has delivered highest finishes and an FA Cup, I just cannot come to like him or the style he insists upon... Sometimes, you just don't like someone no matter what they do 

Yes, as a manager then I think Pearson was more in the Leicester mould than Rodgers ever will be. Rodgers was a household name in management before coming here too effectively, whereas Pearson wasn't and had to do things the hard way with a lot less cash, especailly when steering us back to the second tier at the first attempt from the depths of despair in League One 13 years ago in his first spell! Then up to the Premier League in 2014, where we also somehow stayed in the end under his overall tenure - and for the first time since O'Neill took us up via the play offs in 1996 of course (without suffering immediate relegation like we unluckily did under Adams!). Also Ranieri effectively won the Prem. with Pearson's team after NP's sacking! That's why Pearson is more revered amongst the fans than Rodgers probably ever will be - despite the highest ever two league finishes in 5th (which felt rather hollow in the end due to doing the impossible of falling away from 4th place on the final day of two seasons on the bounce!) - and the FA Cup win which was also a wee bit hollow with no crowds to see it for most of the rounds and only 22k in the final, as great as though it was to finally win the thing!

Edited 23 February 2022 by Guy

[fuchsntf]

All Rodgers out fans...

Forced to Stand around the center circle while having Humble pie flicked at them from worn-out clappers, or I get hung drawn & quarted & hung on the 4 corner flags  for daring to suggest Rodgers will be our Saviour & Tielemans always  wanted to stay at the KP as he pulls on the club captain Armband..

plus we have quick whip-around, because Maddison had 3 of his

Favourite pink bak-paks stolen..

5 star players dropped because they dared to play the ball forward,then laugh & joke with the opposition,

not forgetting VAR which disallowed 2 goals against L'pool because the corner flags were blowing in the wrong direction..After first PEP a week before then Klopp bared his teeth and had angry exchanges with the Ref,even when he himself received a perfectly good honest tackle from Hamza..

Vestergaard becomes the new terrace-idol ,after Scoring twice has we found out later,the coaches had developed a new tactics & glued 'post-its' on his forehead, neck & feet, saying headers for his forehead , don't duck for his neck, and shoot on his toes..

Scmeichel..( like the Tiger theme in Gladiator) hes on chains that pulled him from the 6 yard box.

& protect ref...

 

Tielemans has a boot sown to the back of his shorts,to remind him to shift his ass when running back.

Ndidi is given a sown in navigation-system...so he knows where the goal is when he fking shoots..

 

Barnes a note-pad with the pitch drawn on it with red & green spots,so he knows where he should stand when team mate shoots..

Vardy & Evans, a seasons supply of red bull,so they just  can carry on longer. 

KDH, an extra Pak of AA batteries so he doesn't wind down.

 

Soyu a book of Sherlock Holmes,which would help him refind his mojo..Amartey a small pocket-book signed from @col city reminding him what he has to do right..

Edited 23 February 2022 by fuchsntf

[gerrytaggart]

Champions of Europe 

[Tanya]

Finishing midtable in the Prem. Going far in the Conference. Anything below this is an abject failure, rather than an underwhelming season.

 

Our progress in the Conference is incredibly important in terms of how I judge our season.

[Stuntman_Mike]

I expect us to go all out to win the Europa Conference as it's better than finishing 6th if we do.

A trophy, back in the Europa League again anyway and it'd be a class trip to Albania. 

 

[Nick]

Win the Conference and finishing 8th would be an extremely respectable end to a season plagued by injuries.

[Bazly]

To see the season out without any end of season drama would be nice.

 

There is no engine in the midfield room at the moment to force a game in the guise of a Lampard, Gerrard or Scholes. Someone who can drive the entire team forward as a coordinated marauding force that strikes with purpose. Teams that win things usually have a midfield maestro or general who contributes 15+ goals a season and as many again assists. Our midfield isn't the driving striving kind of midfield so although people do quite rightly focus on the back line troubles as in need of urgent redress but without a midfield magician there is little prospect of troubling the establish hierarchy of the EPL. Tielemans will be gone in the Summer but he is too slow anyway to be the perfect midfield danger man, mind you he is probably faster than Perez. 

[Tanya]

26 minutes ago, Nick said:

Win the Conference and finishing 8th would be an extremely respectable end to a season plagued by injuries.

I'd be ectastic if that happened, considering where we are and that we've been blighted by injuries

[Peterorange]

20 minutes ago, Bazly said:

To see the season out without any end of season drama would be nice.

 

There is no engine in the midfield room at the moment to force a game in the guise of a Lampard, Gerrard or Scholes. Someone who can drive the entire team forward as a coordinated marauding force that strikes with purpose. Teams that win things usually have a midfield maestro or general who contributes 15+ goals a season and as many again assists. Our midfield isn't the driving striving kind of midfield so although people do quite rightly focus on the back line troubles as in need of urgent redress but without a midfield magician there is little prospect of troubling the establish hierarchy of the EPL. Tielemans will be gone in the Summer but he is too slow anyway to be the perfect midfield danger man, mind you he is probably faster than Perez. 

So what you are saying is bring back Danny Drinkwater?

[RumbleFox]

The sweet, sweet searing heat of nuclear Armageddon courtesy of old Putes. X 

[justfoxes]

Write off this season as an absolute Cockwomble Muther Fuching awful season go for Damage limitation to finish around mid table or higher, then a rebuild in the summer get rid of the deadwood bring in a few Quality players and go for it next season and not run over any nuns priests black cats or whatever gave us this bloody awful BAD luck with injuries & form this season ! !

Edited 23 February 2022 by justfoxes

[Ely fox]

Relegation to the championship? 

[KrefelderFox666]

1 hour ago, Nick said:

Win the Conference and finishing 8th would be an extremely respectable end to a season plagued by injuries.

100%. It would also be a minor miracle considering where we are.

[fuchsntf]

3 hours ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

I expect us to go all out to win the Europa Conference as it's better than finishing 6th if we do.

A trophy, back in the Europa League again anyway and it'd be a class trip to Albania. 

 

God forgive &help this Forum...if we don't,we will have a China-Syndrome of melt downs ..and a tsunami of scape-goats..

We are our own enemies,we allow such words as expectations,aspirations to

addorn our hallowed forum..

I used to be such an happy 

Day dream believer...

Now nasty people tell me, We should have desperate Expectations & its the will of the self chosen & profisizing true

Loyal Leicester city fan..

As plastics & toxics start taking over the world..so is its come to pass with football forums...They just ain't any fun anymore..occasional knee- jerks reactions have become full out of body

Convulsions,turning Post-threads into

Palpatations of multi negative  orgasms.

.Every thought to opening a post becomes a ' here is Johnny' moment

[MalletFox]

Best case: 9th in Prem and win UCL

 

Realistic expectations: 10th in Prem and QF in UCL

[glebe_sydneyfox]

No more major injuries. Making the final of the inaugural Europa Conference 

[LCCFox96]

For me the next 3 games are important - you would assume we'll see out the 4-1 lead over Randers with minimal difficulty so this is a chance to rotate and keep working on building the positive feel around the West Ham second half showing, the Wolves performance and the first leg tie. If we can back that up with a couple of wins over Burnley and Leeds - which we are more than capable of doing - then things will be feeling a lot better and we can look ahead to the later Conference League rounds and will have hopefully have almost climbed back into the top half to give us a position to hold or build on.

[Steve Earle]

Stepping back a little, I’m hoping to see:

 

JJ, Ricardo, Castagne, Evans & Vardy all return to regular game time & back to their best.

 

Soumare to provide further signs of encouragement for next season 

 

No more serious injuries 

 

2 points per game average in the PL from here on

 

And to quote Garry Parker (just before shipping 6 at home to a then mighty Leeds), give the ECL ‘a right good go’. I’d love it I tell you, love it if we won that..,

[fuchsntf]

12 hours ago, Guy said:

Yes, as a manager then I think Pearson was more in the Leicester mould than Rodgers ever will be. Rodgers was a household name in management before coming here too effectively, whereas Pearson wasn't and had to do things the hard way with a lot less cash, especailly when steering us back to the second tier at the first attempt from the depths of despair in League One 13 years ago in his first spell! Then up to the Premier League in 2014, where we also somehow stayed in the end under his overall tenure - and for the first time since O'Neill took us up via the play offs in 1996 of course (without suffering immediate relegation like we unluckily did under Adams!). Also Ranieri effectively won the Prem. with Pearson's team after NP's sacking! That's why Pearson is more revered amongst the fans than Rodgers probably ever will be - despite the highest ever two league finishes in 5th (which felt rather hollow in the end due to doing the impossible of falling away from 4th place on the final day of two seasons on the bounce!) - and the FA Cup win which was also a wee bit hollow with no crowds to see it for most of the rounds and only 22k in the final, as great as though it was to finally win the thing!

The Leicester mould, didn't take us that next step further...

I prefer Irishman's success...

Though I do believe the dog-figher

began the kick-off. 

[ftfagos]

No more injuries. Strong finish to the season. League position immaterial. Bookies to lay odds of 5000/1 for us to win PL next year

[TMELcfc]

7 hours ago, Nick said:

Win the Conference and finishing 8th would be an extremely respectable end to a season plagued by injuries.

And if we do neither? Are people still going to say 'injuries are the reason'? 

[Dahnsouff]

1 minute ago, lcfceaves said:

And if we do neither? Are people still going to say 'injuries are the reason'? 

Once people are back fit, does it mean they were never injured? It has been a factor of course, and even if we somehow won the league, it would still be a factor in certain portions of the season.  

[ferry67]

If we could manage to win the conference league, that would be 2 trophies, inc charity shield, and mid table, would be a good season considering the injuries which have been a complete nightmare! I would be quite happy! 

[David Hankey]

10 minutes ago, lcfceaves said:

And if we do neither? Are people still going to say 'injuries are the reason'? 

The fact of the matter is wherever we end up injuries will have played their part, that is undeniable. So whether it's 6th or 16th injuries will have been a big factor.