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The Championship Thread 2023/2024

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On 21/05/2024 at 17:45, davieG said:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/conor-coady-reveals-nightmare-nearly-9296989?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0lyJ903AS6O_YZsLnWxydb-4xHGri-ZgXtgqi1mRQszxVyYfZhRDBn7jE_aem_AdmF2obSYhAKG6s-iv7CbvdnvAAqkn8LlOBu90_f_DFsdld9SMHK7YGp6GghKgcSVn5ygL3sFbtDHSk5EXlrOgG_

 

The defender has said the disastrous run of results from February to April was mentally difficult to deal with, even if the players perhaps didn't show it at the time

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ByJordan Blackwell
12:24, 21 MAY 2024

Conor Coady has revealed that the downturn in form that nearly cost Leicester City their place in the Premier League was a “nightmare” to cope with.

City lost six out of 10 Championship matches in a disastrous run of results from mid-February to mid-April, allowing Ipswich and Leeds to eradicate the Foxes' 14-point cushion inside the top two. If not for their rivals’ own slip-ups after Easter, City could easily have been condemned to the play-offs.

Although they slipped out of the top two at times, City never lost control of their own fate. But they came close to doing so, and it felt like they were destined to miss out when they lost away at relegation battlers Millwall and Plymouth in the space of four days.

 

It was after the defeat at Home Park that the squad held a players-only meeting to try to halt their slide. The squad responded with three wins in a row to earn promotion and win the title.

While City players put on a stoic front at the time, Coady has now explained just how mentally difficult it was during those couple of months as they tried to turn their form around. It wasn’t as comfortable as the seven-point gap to Leeds on the final day suggested.

“The end of the season when we lost a couple of games, but Leeds were losing and Ipswich were losing, I can talk about it now. It’s done and we’ve got ourselves in a position where we’re in the Premier League, but it was a nightmare,” Coady told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Monday Night Club.

“It was tough mentally. We spoke as a group, we spoke as senior players, the leadership group spoke. And the lads reacted. We needed a reaction from players at a certain point and at the end it looked fairly comfortable. But it wasn’t four or five games before the end.

"You need players to step up and leaders to pull players through and the lads certainly did that. It was more relief at the end of the season. We knew for the football club how important it was to be in the Premier League.”

While the players are on holiday for now, having spent some time away together in Monaco to celebrate their Championship title win, it won’t be long before they start to think about the Premier League. Coady says they won’t be swept up by the excitement of returning to the top flight.

He added: “A lot of improvement (is needed) from us as players, from us as a team, from the football club. We’ve got a lot of lads who played in the Premier League before. We understand the demands and what it takes.

“When it’s an unknown, the excitement draws you into it. We understand as players who have played a lot of games in the Premier League, the standards that you need to get to to be in a position where you can do well. We understand that.

“We’ve started thinking about it. We understand the improvement that we need. We can’t rest on our laurels in terms of what we’ve done this season. We’ve done well and we’ve played some good stuff, we’ve got the club back to where it needed to be. But the real work starts now.”

 

Quite an insightful interview from Coady and part of the reason I'm not too fussed if Enzo leaves.

Claudio Fannieri

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8 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said:

Quite an insightful interview from Coady and part of the reason I'm not too fussed if Enzo leaves.

If Enzo does leave I think Rudkin breathes a massive sigh of relief and lives to fight on and the club pretty much carries on as per, my biggest concern with Enzo leaving is who the hell do they bring in. 

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Happy Fox

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Just now, Claudio Fannieri said:

If Enzo does leave I think Rudkin breathes a massive sigh of relief and lives to fight on and the club pretty much carries on as per, my biggest concern with Enzo leaving is who the hell do they bring in. 


Even with a points deduction in the premier league , still feel we will be an attractive proposition. Whoever we bring in will need to hit the ground running but it seems we have players that the scouts have identified.

J. James

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Down here in deepest South Devon I'm enjoying the shadenfreude of Rooney being interviewed for the pilgrims job... Less shadenfreude and more "thank god jesus mary and all the saints it ain't us" l suppose!

Some fans think he's probably the best they can hope for, others think they will become a national joke... Personally l think both of these sentiments are likely true!

westernpark

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Why are Plymouth obsessed with Scouse managers?!

I literally think it’s because their DOF is scouse.

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The Bear

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45 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

Amazing. Because Rooney can barely talk. 

Yeah I was thinking he must have strung three sentences together and they were stunned. 

HankMarvin

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1 hour ago, Chelmofox said:

Amazing. Because Rooney can barely talk. 

I don’t know about that, apparently the channels were battling it out to get him as a analyst 

Fox92

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20 hours ago, Langston said:

Why are Plymouth obsessed with Scouse managers?!

 

20 hours ago, westernpark said:

I literally think it’s because their DOF is scouse.

I think he was at Everton.

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OntarioFox

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If Leeds fans sing 'Things Can Only Get Better' in Sunak's direction at the playoff final, they deserve to win the bloody thing for their services to the nation. :ph34r:

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25 minutes ago, OntarioFox said:

If Leeds fans sing 'Things Can Only Get Better' in Sunak's direction at the playoff final, they deserve to win the bloody thing for their services to the nation. :ph34r:

I will applaud them for it, but I wouldn't go as far as saying deserve. We don't want a Leeds win 

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Gamble92

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Fairplay to Rooney for still going for it, undoubtedly his last chance. Was a stupid move for him to go to Birmingham who were doing well with a poor team. 

 

I have a feeling he'll do well there 

Goober

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Enjoyed Rooney whenever he's made a TV appearance of late. Very lucky to get another opportunity at this level so soon but wish him well.

 

At least he's giving it a go and not hiding in a TV studio (which I absolutely would be doing if I were him).

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10 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

Today is the day Leeds stay in the Championship :please:

I think Leeds will win unfortunately but it should be a great game. 

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I’m totally Leeds today, I can’t get past the Sunak thing. ‘Mon the [whatever their nickname is]!
 

What is their nickname? Without internetting it, I conjure up a memory of an old badge with an owl on it, lillywhites (which I reckon is actually spurs), and that’s it. I’m sure it’s not the owls…the whites? What a shite nickname that’d be. 

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10 minutes ago, Daggers said:

I’m totally Leeds today, I can’t get past the Sunak thing. ‘Mon the [whatever their nickname is]!
 

What is their nickname? Without internetting it, I conjure up a memory of an old badge with an owl on it, lillywhites (which I reckon is actually spurs), and that’s it. I’m sure it’s not the owls…the whites? What a shite nickname that’d be. 

Isn't it Peacocks? 

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