Leicester away

[ashfosse]

In my view it's our home form this season that has been the most disappointing thing. 2 wins from 10 is shocking, the 3rd worst record in the league. In my lifetime of supporting city, we have always been a decent team at home who are "hard to play against". Where regardless of quality or form, even top teams would have to be at the races to beat us. 

 

Even in our recent premier league history, fans of other teams would always look at Leicester away and think that would be a tough match. Those days are clearly behind us and Leicester away is now closely associated with 3 points. But it's the manor of these results which is the worse thing.

 

There are obviously a multitude of reasons for this, players not being good enough, owners need to spend more etc etc. But ultimately do you as fans not get annoyed by the fact that Leicester away is now "an easy 3 points"? Because it annoys the hell out of me. Opposition teams and fans now seem to just swan in, have a great day out, a nice 3 points, then be on their way. The whole match day experience just feels too "nice" for the opposition.

 

Of course we need the players to get the crowd going sometimes, but the opposite also needs to happen. Where is the tribalism? Are you ok with teams coming into your city enjoying themselves and walking away with 3 easy points? We obviously can't be anywhere near top of of the home form table with a team lacking quality, but in my eyes if we made "Leicester away" even just a bit tougher for the opposition we could easily have AT LEAST 6 more points right now, which would be priceless.

 

In my opinion if we are going to survive this season, "Leicester away" needs to start becoming more difficult, where we are horrible t**t's to play against with a crowd who can actually get behind the team. Both players and fans need to get back to basics and start showing more fight for their club, Filbert way is currently the equivalent of a day out at Butlins for both opposition fans and players.

I know this is highly doubtful to change anytime soon but for me it's a big problem which runs through the whole club. What's your view?
 

[jayfox26]

Yep and this was highlighted when Brighton were odds on favourites with the bookies to beat us. Shows how far we've fallen when teams like Brighton are odds on favourites to beat us at the kp. No disrespect to Brighton as they are a decent side and are having a good season, but we should never be in a position where they are odds on to beat us at home. Shocking! 

[Viktor-LCFC]

When the TV cameras pan on our fanbase it looks like the Tigers support. Hardly going to intimidate anyone, not enough young guns stood next to each other apart from a few pockets around the ground.

[lcfcsnow]

The whole stadiums been sanitised, summed up by the present goal music which they refuse to change, no intimidation happening anytime soon and that's how the club want it. 

[Fox92]

8 minutes ago, jayfox26 said:

Yep and this was highlighted when Brighton were odds on favourites with the bookies to beat us. Shows how far we've fallen when teams like Brighton are odds on favourites to beat us at the kp. No disrespect to Brighton as they are a decent side and are having a good season, but we should never be in a position where they are odds on to beat us at home. Shocking! 

Why shouldn't we? They're a good side having a good season. We have no right to beat them, or any side, at home.

 

Us, more than any other side, should respect that considering what we did in 2015/16.

[orangecity23]

When I was walking down to the ground on Saturday, I overheard a dad telling his young son "Hopefully they'll win, you haven't seen a win yet, have you". Poor little kid, getting dragged down the KP repeatedly to watch our garbage team getting thrashed, and he didn't even get to see the Forest game. Sort of underlines how dreadful this season has been, can't even beat teams like Southampton any more.

[ashfosse]

10 minutes ago, lcfcsnow said:

The whole stadiums been sanitised, summed up by the present goal music which they refuse to change, no intimidation happening anytime soon and that's how the club want it. 

Agree. I am all for creating a nice 'family friendly atmosphere' at games, but it gets to a point when you go so far that it actually starts to affect results and as you said sterilize the match day experience

[FoxinNotts]

Bin the goal music.

Encourage, and help the singing section Union FS, get a foothold.

Banners, (proper) flags etc.

Rail seats in an area of the kop and L block. Encourage the safe standing in those areas.

Small reduction in ticket prices up to 18 years of age.

 

The biggest thing is Let. People. Stand. Up. ffs!

 

A couple of other, not so related stadium improvements: A couple of statues of some of our greats (I'd go for Banks holding the WC, and Vardy holding up the golden boot) also some livery around the perimeter of the stadium showing the 15 major honours we've won, in silhouette, and the year we won it.

[Viktor-LCFC]

Fans wearing bobble hats aren't intimidating nobody and that's 90% of our fanbase.

[Munshi]

Im Convinced half the ground does not care if we win or lose, they turn up to sit in silence for 85 minutes and then leave to beat the traffic whilst we’re 2-1 up. 
 

Been said over and over but we have a fanbase that simply does not care anymore. We’ve got fvcking Brighton coming here and saying our fans are shit 

 

Also, kick everyone out of all the J Blocks in the East Stand because you are the most lifeless boring people in the world. Cheers

Edited 23 January 2023 by Munshi

[Tommy G]

Ban bobble hats

[Viktor-LCFC]

All the 60 year plus city fans need to get down to town and get em self some Stone Island clobber.

[jayfox26]

56 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Why shouldn't we? They're a good side having a good season. We have no right to beat them, or any side, at home.

 

Us, more than any other side, should respect that considering what we did in 2015/16.

I agree I'm more highlighting how far we have fallen. I doubt since we won the league, any team outside of the "big 6" has ever been odds on favourites to beat us at our place, until this season. 

[TamworthFoxes]

Good post op and I agree with everything you have said. We are an embarrassment on and off the pitch at the minute.

We are about as intimidating as a trip to Cheltenham.

Things will not change in the near future and it’s exactly what the club wants.

I have visions of us being relegated at home later this season without a slight bit of anger from our ageing, family friendly fan base. Absolute embarrassment at home in terms of support and we ain’t much better away at the minute.

When you see pictures of our crowd zoomed in on tv it’s always old ladies or weird looking old men wrapped up in massive coats. Other teams have young lads stood up making noise not looking like an advert for saga.

The club refusing to sell tickets to general sale does not help.

Its a proper grind following this club at the minute.

[Stuntman_Mike]

The whole home matchday experience is stale as fcuk. 

 

Completely sucks the life out of those that are keen to get things going.

[FOXSE]

51 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said:

Bin the goal music.

Encourage, and help the singing section Union FS, get a foothold.

Banners, (proper) flags etc.

Rail seats in an area of the kop and L block. Encourage the safe standing in those areas.

Small reduction in ticket prices up to 18 years of age.

 

The biggest thing is Let. People. Stand. Up. ffs!

 

A couple of other, not so related stadium improvements: A couple of statues of some of our greats (I'd go for Banks holding the WC, and Vardy holding up the golden boot) also some livery around the perimeter of the stadium showing the 15 major honours we've won, in silhouette, and the year we won it.

I thought they had binned the goal music until Albrighton scored.... it had been a while!

[southfox66]

I think it's cause we seem to play as if we are away and not at home ?

[Fox92]

56 minutes ago, Munshi said:

Im Convinced half the ground does not care if we win or lose, they turn up to sit in silence for 85 minutes and then leave to beat the traffic whilst we’re 2-1 up. 
 

Been said over and over but we have a fanbase that simply does not care anymore. We’ve got fvcking Brighton coming here and saying our fans are shit 

 

Also, kick everyone out of all the J Blocks in the East Stand because you are the most lifeless boring people in the world. Cheers

Thought this was part of the protest to vote with feet and get out of there.

[MattFox]

1 hour ago, FoxinNotts said:

Bin the goal music.

Encourage, and help the singing section Union FS, get a foothold.

Banners, (proper) flags etc.

Rail seats in an area of the kop and L block. Encourage the safe standing in those areas.

Small reduction in ticket prices up to 18 years of age.

 

The biggest thing is Let. People. Stand. Up. ffs!

 

A couple of other, not so related stadium improvements: A couple of statues of some of our greats (I'd go for Banks holding the WC, and Vardy holding up the golden boot) also some livery around the perimeter of the stadium showing the 15 major honours we've won, in silhouette, and the year we won it.

Stadium Seats need a massive clean and replacement as well and the stadium in general could do with a lick of paint

 

Looks really shabby how faded most of the seats are 

[MattFox]

25 minutes ago, TamworthFoxes said:

Good post op and I agree with everything you have said. We are an embarrassment on and off the pitch at the minute.

We are about as intimidating as a trip to Cheltenham.

Things will not change in the near future and it’s exactly what the club wants.

I have visions of us being relegated at home later this season without a slight bit of anger from our ageing, family friendly fan base. Absolute embarrassment at home in terms of support and we ain’t much better away at the minute.

When you see pictures of our crowd zoomed in on tv it’s always old ladies or weird looking old men wrapped up in massive coats. Other teams have young lads stood up making noise not looking like an advert for saga.

The club refusing to sell tickets to general sale does not help.

It’s a proper grind following this club at the minute.

All set up for the Final day of the season against West Ham with their end going apeshit and our end giving it a few half hearted “Vichai’s had a dream” and a polite round of applause at the end.

 

 

Edited 23 January 2023 by MattFox

[MattFox]

1 hour ago, Viktor-LCFC said:

When the TV cameras pan on our fanbase it looks like the Tigers support. Hardly going to intimidate anyone, not enough young guns stood next to each other apart from a few pockets around the ground.

The impact of the tigers turning shit at the same time we turned good on our fanbase is probably bigger than widely discussed 

[LCFCJohn]

1 hour ago, Fox92 said:

Why shouldn't we? They're a good side having a good season. We have no right to beat them, or any side, at home.

 

Us, more than any other side, should respect that considering what we did in 2015/16.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that post. Nobody’s saying they have no right to beat or is anything like that.

 

And forgive me as I’m not a gambler so not up one betting but to be odds on favourites as Brighton were, to me would mean you’re saying they’d be expecting to beat us as the KP maybe 7/8 even 9 times out of 10. When put like that, I think that is shocking. We’ve been fairly evenly matched in recent years so you’d expect quite even results, some draws and with home advantage to be slight favourites. Of course their excellent form and our diabolical form makes them more likely but odds in favourites? I agree with whoever said odds on favourites away from home in the Premier League should really be the Sky 6. Anybody outside of that, as the home side, you are eying up a win.

 

So yeah it’s not disrespecting Brighton to say it’s a shocking reflection on us.

[CrazyKopCorner]

1 hour ago, Viktor-LCFC said:

Fans wearing bobble hats aren't intimidating nobody and that's 90% of our fanbase.

They didn't even frisk me on Saturday as I looked too nice. 

 

Self appointed ban coming up until we get back to our malevolent best and start winning at home 

[ashfosse]

48 minutes ago, TamworthFoxes said:

Good post op and I agree with everything you have said. We are an embarrassment on and off the pitch at the minute.

We are about as intimidating as a trip to Cheltenham.

Things will not change in the near future and it’s exactly what the club wants.

I have visions of us being relegated at home later this season without a slight bit of anger from our ageing, family friendly fan base. Absolute embarrassment at home in terms of support and we ain’t much better away at the minute.

When you see pictures of our crowd zoomed in on tv it’s always old ladies or weird looking old men wrapped up in massive coats. Other teams have young lads stood up making noise not looking like an advert for saga.

The club refusing to sell tickets to general sale does not help.

Its a proper grind following this club at the minute.

ultimately it all stems from how the club is run. The directors have 0 clue about football and in particular football culture in this country. They run it like a business not a football club. Building the whole match day experience around families. no swearing, no standing, no noise in general. in the process completely alienating a massive part of the fan base, your traditional fan. The club is now seeing the effects of this after years of it. The stadium is placid and we are complete walk-overs on and off the pitch.

 

I don't like saying this but maybe relegation and some senior directors leaving is the only way I see this changing any time soon. Feels like we need a complete reset as a club.

[Leicester_Loyal]

The whole home match day experience is pathetic, we're way too nice as a club, and I think football is going that way. Much rather have a horrible atmosphere where opposition fans dread coming to, but those days are gone and won't ever return.

 

The whole Europa experience where we were selling merchandise with the crests of the other clubs in our group was the day I knew it was done, thankfully Napoli at home restored a bit of faith and pride in the club