Is our fan base a bit over-emotional?

[sacreblueits442]

1 hour ago, purpleronnie said:

Our fans don't seem particularly emotional inside the ground.

...despair is an emotional reaction to something unpleasant happening in front of you!!!

  We, at the moment, are suffering and we are all wondering when it will stop.

[Rigga]

I would say with the money that we spend on transfers and our club model/training ground that we are firmly a top 8 club.., true we have done better than that in the last couple of years but this season so far has been really disappointing.. it’s not just the calamity that we have with corners… rarely have we played well and we have still struggled to breakdown what I would consider lower half teams..

 

it’s frustrating and along with corner issues, we continue to start games slowly. When issue are reoccurring ones, that is worrying and management /coaches should take a large portion of the blame..

 

I think we finish mid table this season.. 10/11th.. then we have to build again when tielemans and one or two more depart in the summer..

[ARM1968]

You fuchin wot mate? You wot? You fuchin starting?

[bovril]

Southampton last week was the first time I started to feel like the fans were starting to get very fractious and on edge. I don't know how much it translates to the players but every time a Saints player drew his foot back to cross the ball you could feel the nerves on and off the pitch. 

[Voll Blau]

1 hour ago, Dan LCFC said:

This is the drawback. Yesterday was vintage Leicester away end. You hear our fans singing all over town, through the station, concourse is mental.

 

See the pitch and it falls silent. I don't get it. It can't all be acoustics.

It's insane. Not even like you can blame lads only being arsed about wanting the social media likes either. Other clubs have fans who do that but they then still turn out loud ends.

 

I do worry about how it comes across to the players sometimes.

[when_you're_smiling]

Nah - it’s just football and no-one likes losing, at any any level, at any club, people will moan if they’re losing.

 

It’s not that long ago in the latter days of Puel people were saying ‘I wouldn’t mind losing if we scored goals and gave it a go’. Where as now we’re sixth highest scorers and (rightly) moaning about the goals conceded. 

 

It still feels the same emotionally than it did 10-20 years ago.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

2 hours ago, Dan LCFC said:

This is the drawback. Yesterday was vintage Leicester away end. You hear our fans singing all over town, through the station, concourse is mental.

 

See the pitch and it falls silent. I don't get it. It can't all be acoustics.

Kids don't have the balls to sing when the home fans can see them. 

 

Southampton was the complete opposite, you'd barely think there was a game on judging by Yates pre match and then in the stands I thought we were alright. No rhyme or reason to us at all.

[when_you're_smiling]

2 hours ago, Dan LCFC said:

This is the drawback. Yesterday was vintage Leicester away end. You hear our fans singing all over town, through the station, concourse is mental.

 

See the pitch and it falls silent. I don't get it. It can't all be acoustics.

Said this in the other thread, but had to listen on the radio and the away end was genuinely as loud as the home. I actually thought the Var goal had been given when the roar came up from the Leicester end. Maybe Radio Leicester had a microphone right in the middle of the Leicester fans, but given at one point you could hear one sole Villa fan shouting something about ‘need two hands on the ball’ at half time I’d say probably not.

[Mythyaar]

We're no more or less hysterical than any other fanbase.

So, the answer to your question is, no.

[jayfox26]

I think most fans (not just Leicester fans) can accept losing if we play well, put in effort and are maybe just unlucky. Or can accept a poor performance if we scrape a win. We are doing neither. We dont win very often and other than the United game I can't think of many good performances. Add in our defensive shambles and our inability to defend set pieces and its pretty understandable why so many are frustrated. 

 

Of course there has been raised expectations from the title win, fa Cup win and finishing 5th twice but the expectations are in line with the quality of the manager and players we have. I don't think anyone is expecting us to compete with the top 3 but we certainly shouldn't just be accepting mid table mediocrity. 

 

We have had worse times, worse players and worse managers but in the past we have just accepted we were shit. We shouldn't be shit now but we are which is why so many fans are losing their shit! 

[The Year Of The Fox]

9 hours ago, SkidsFox said:

Results (and performances) have not been great, but isn't everyone here getting a bit hysterical?

Yes, the defence needs attention, but we'll soon have Justin and Fofana available.

Mid-table may be less than hoped for, but we could be a lot worse.  No reason we can't put together a string of good results in the New Year once the likes of Tielemans, Justin and Fofana are back.

Another poster hedging his bets on returning players hitting the ground running. Exactly what no other player has done this year after a long outlay 

 

Tielemans will come back and be injured again two games later. Then what?

[ceebeefox]

I remember the bad old days and for that matter the 70’s too, and with the owners we have relegation should never be an issue. But mid table finish and a couple of cup runs is a minimum, with the added spice of upsetting the big boys every now and then.

However the current brand of football is a hard watch and I am concerned that it’s not just the big boys who’ve worked us out. When we’re this weak and timid defensively I start to get a little hysterical myself. But I do remember where we’ve come from too. Villa beat us yesterday by 2 scruffy goals. When did we last score a scruffy goal? I long for the day one goes in off Amarty’s arse or something!

[cambridgefox]

4 hours ago, Dan LCFC said:

This is the drawback. Yesterday was vintage Leicester away end. You hear our fans singing all over town, through the station, concourse is mental.

 

See the pitch and it falls silent. I don't get it. It can't all be acoustics.

Agree,Really good in the concourse before( lower tier) not much first half of the game.HT absolutely mental in the concourse ,beer being chucked( they closed the bar because of it I think)bouncing,smoke bombs everyone singing.2nd half nothing.

[HybridFox]

Better being emotional than Everton 

[Swalshed]

"Not doing the basics when defending set pieces" ...we keep hearing this analysis again and again. 

 

That's what makes my blood boil 😡

 

With the talent at the club these days; with the top manager and coaching staff; with one of the best training facilities in world football.....they should at least get the basics right. 

 

But, when the red mist clears, you have to put it behind you and get down to the KP again next weekend and back them to the hilt.....and dare to watch that next corner against us 

[when_you're_smiling]

1 hour ago, ceebeefox said:

I remember the bad old days and for that matter the 70’s too, and with the owners we have relegation should never be an issue. But mid table finish and a couple of cup runs is a minimum, with the added spice of upsetting the big boys every now and then.

However the current brand of football is a hard watch and I am concerned that it’s not just the big boys who’ve worked us out. When we’re this weak and timid defensively I start to get a little hysterical myself. But I do remember where we’ve come from too. Villa beat us yesterday by 2 scruffy goals. When did we last score a scruffy goal? I long for the day one goes in off Amarty’s arse or something!

Evans v Southampton five days ago.

[Blanchflower78]

I think we have been spoilt in last couple of years post Puel tenure. I also believe it's not unreasonable to expect lulls, if Arsenal, Spurs, united do then who are we to say we exempt. However, its the ground hog day of same mistakes, huge drop in form, slow ponderous play from back etc that gets most people. If we finish 10th and our previous standards aren't enough so be it. But we are a complete shadow of ourselves and that I believe is the main frustration, not the fact we aren't in top 6.

[SheppyFox]

NO!! 😂

[brownfox]

Our fans get on the back of the players too quick sometimes you think who’s side are these fans on! The amount of times you hear “pass it you idiot!” Or “run you d*ckhead!” Are we putting pressure on our own players which is having a negative effect?

[Stadt]

If being pissed off at having one clean sheet all season with one of the highest paid managers, the best training ground and one of the 7th or 8th best squads in the country is over-emotional then perhaps you're overly rational and sport isn't for you.

 

 

The have-some-perspective-dude hand wringing is more annoying than any outburst.

Edited 7 December 2021 by Stadt

[FoxinNotts]

A bit overly negative 

[Vardinio'sCat]

Context and perspective are dirty words, how very 2021.

[An Sionnach]

We probably have 50,000 active fans. Extreme reaction in a small percentage is obviously going to happen. The greater majority will be unsatisfied but their lives are about more than football. We were  bottom of the premiership six years ago after having had a brilliant championship season but most stuck by Pearson and they got their reward. There are some who just cannot accept defeat ,any defeat, and have to find a culprit or culprits. Our form is patchy but not downright bad. Only West Ham have thrashed us when we had ten men. The defensive issues are a major problem but it can be solved with the players we have , we will just have to be patient. If Rodgers was sacked and the next manager lost his first couple of games ,we could be floundering and I don't want to see that.

[filbertway]

I do hate that the vast majority of football fans in general are completely result based and therefore very fickle in nature.

 

If Vardy scores against Southampton and Barnes looping header wasn't miraculously kept out against Villa, the mood on the board would be generally very positive.

 

I do wish people based their opinions on performances rather than results, you'll find yourself flip flopping much less.

[murphy]

We're no worse than any other fan base.  Sadly, we're no better either.

 

Football is an emotional game for fans.  Having those emotional ties with the club, bred into most of us since childhood is what makes it matter more than any other sport imo.  It's why we love it and why it also hurts us.

 

If you add our recent highs and lows in with those emotional ties, it might seem like we might be more emotional than most but what other clubs have had the rollercoaster journey that we have had since 2008?  It's crazy.  Too far fetched for Roy Of The Rovers.

 

I wouldn't change it.  Imagine being an Everton fan for example.  Just treading water for all those years whilst we have been relegated to League One and won The Premier League and The FA Cup.  

 

I think we're on a downward trajectory for the first time since Puel arrived.  I think that when Tielemans leaves we will need an overhaul but as Leicester fans we will never know what's wating for us around the corner.

Edited 7 December 2021 by murphy