When do you think we'll return to Premier League?

[Guest Bilo]

1 minute ago, Happy Fox said:

 

I do think we should sign players that have played in the championship and premier league before to add to the young player or two with potential.

 

Che Adams and Conor Coady would be welcome additions.

I don't think Adams comes here as Southampton will be very much part of the promotion conversation, unless it gets to the January window and they're miles behind us. 

 

I think we have more chance of Hamer from Coventry, Clarke-Harris from Peterborough or Piroe from Swansea.

[Guest Bilo]

14 minutes ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

We'll either walk it next season or be down there for another decade.

That's the thing.

 

We could do basically anything between winning it with a record points haul and stinking the place out in midtable.

[ramaiya2]

Our first attempt if we can keep Nacho, Vardy, Iverson, Barnes, Mendy

 

We need a Manager right now,  I wood even go for Big Sam as currently we do not have anyone. Time is running out

[Leicesterpool]

4 minutes ago, ramaiya2 said:

Our first attempt if we can keep Nacho, Vardy, Iverson, Barnes, Mendy

 

We need a Manager right now,  I wood even go for Big Sam as currently we do not have anyone. Time is running out

Big Sam ain't interested in long term projects. 

[Stuntman_Mike]

7 minutes ago, Bilo said:

That's the thing.

 

We could do basically anything between winning it with a record points haul and stinking the place out in midtable.

It's just so hard to predict!

 

The attitude has to be right. If we have players expecting to walk it without putting the effort in we're in for a massive shock.

[Chelmofox]

6 minutes ago, ramaiya2 said:

Our first attempt if we can keep Nacho, Vardy, Iverson, Barnes, Mendy

 

We need a Manager right now,  I wood even go for Big Sam as currently we do not have anyone. Time is running out

Mendys contract has run out, and we will have to sell Barnes for the cash. I’m not sure about Vardy. He scored 3 goals this season which is a ropey return on his salary. Even with a pay cut I don’t see him banging them in every week again. We need him off the books. 
 

Nacho is the key, but he has 1 year left on his deal, which is dangerous. 

[Guest Bilo]

11 minutes ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

It's just so hard to predict!

 

The attitude has to be right. If we have players expecting to walk it without putting the effort in we're in for a massive shock.

The right attitude, management, retained players and recruitment and we demolish the league. 

 

Iversen was POTY at Preston last time he played in the Championship, Souttar was one of the best CBs in the division, Kristiansen and Thomas will only improve, KDH is easily Premier League quality and likely to stay plus Nacho and Daka will terrify defences with the right service. 

 

The midfield is going to be absolutely pillaged with Tielemans, Maddison, Mendy and Barnes pretty much certain to go and Praet very likely to have offers. Links to players like Chair from QPR are encouraging, but strength in depth is critical. 

[Foxxed]

Unless there's a dramatic uptick in owner, board and dof performance, five years.

[ParkerPen]

Reckon this is a three season jobbie, unless perhaps we luck out in the Play Offs sooner

[ClaphamFox]

48 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

Mendys contract has run out, and we will have to sell Barnes for the cash. I’m not sure about Vardy. He scored 3 goals this season which is a ropey return on his salary. Even with a pay cut I don’t see him banging them in every week again. We need him off the books. 
 

Nacho is the key, but he has 1 year left on his deal, which is dangerous. 

His poor return was due to the way Rodgers wanted to play - he hardly got any service. When Smith started playing to his strengths, he looked sharp started scoring typical Vardy goals again. He would score 20+ goals in the Championship - we’d be insane to get him off the books. 

[Guest Bilo]

12 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

His poor return was due to the way Rodgers wanted to play - he hardly got any service. When Smith started playing to his strengths, he looked sharp started scoring typical Vardy goals again. He would score 20+ goals in the Championship - we’d be insane to get him off the books. 

And I think we'll keep at least one of Nacho and Daka.

 

Either of those up front with Vardy in an attacking pair will score enough goals to put us in the top six even if the defence is shit, which I don't think it will be.

[Chelmofox]

14 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

His poor return was due to the way Rodgers wanted to play - he hardly got any service. When Smith started playing to his strengths, he looked sharp started scoring typical Vardy goals again. He would score 20+ goals in the Championship - we’d be insane to get him off the books. 

He scored 2 under Smith. I have no idea of final numbers but we could be paying him 75k a week in the Championship. Its silly money, and as much as i love the bloke, it hanging on to players when we should let them go that's got us into this mess. I'm sorry, but i simply don't see him banging in 20 goals next season, and going to low attendance championship games in the middle of winter with opposition fans calling his wife a grass is going to continue to be demotivating.

[Beachyboy]

17 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

His poor return was due to the way Rodgers wanted to play - he hardly got any service. When Smith started playing to his strengths, he looked sharp started scoring typical Vardy goals again. He would score 20+ goals in the Championship - we’d be insane to get him off the books. 

We should renegotiate his contract from £140k a week to 140k a goal it's not a pay cut if he scores once a week, an if he did that we'd have a great chance of promotion with a couple of signings.

[Guest Bilo]

2 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

He scored 2 under Smith. I have no idea of final numbers but we could be paying him 75k a week in the Championship. Its silly money, and as much as i love the bloke, it hanging on to players when we should let them go that's got us into this mess. I'm sorry, but i simply don't see him banging in 20 goals next season, and going to low attendance championship games in the middle of winter with opposition fans calling his wife a grass is going to continue to be demotivating.

Didn't he take quite a bit of a pay cut with his new contract? 

[Chelmofox]

6 minutes ago, Bilo said:

Didn't he take quite a bit of a pay cut with his new contract? 

The rumour was it was £140k a week. 

 

Again, love everything about the bloke but i personally don't think any other side in the PL would have put him on such a deal at his age.  In retrospect, it was a massive mistake and the money would have been put to much better use elsewhere.  From hereon, there will be no benefit to any blind loyalty. 

Edited 2 June 2023 by Chelmofox

[The Quick Brown Fox]

I just hope we see 442 again, I've seen enough defensive football to last a lifetime. If we go at our own football rather than trying to negate the opposition we will be fine. 

[mikey_b]

18 hours ago, Ian W LCFC said:

Am I being thick here or is there no option for next season?

we got relegated bud

[SkidsFox]

Unlike some others here I don't subscribe to the theory we had a very strong squad. Many of the names were players who were fading fast, injury prone or no longer top rated eg Vardy, Albrighton, Evans, N'Didi, Tielemans, possibly Ricky too (hope not tho). A good chunk of the squad are players that other Premier teams probably won't swoop for eg Amartey, Mendy, Soumare, Daka, Faes, Ward. So in fact we're only really talking 4 or 5 players that are deemed good enough for a Premiership team - Maddison, Barnes and perhaps KDH, Kelechi and Castagne. 

Regardless of my opinion (which is worth the toilet paper I sometimes write on) it's clear there's going to be a big change of personnel. So it's hard to predict time scales of "returns to the Premiership" when we don't know who's going to be here, and who's going to be coaching them. A lot to do this summer; I just hope it's not as disastrous as last summer.

[Bazly]

This question has so many variables its easier to stick the tail on a donkey whilst blindfolded doing a handstand. 

 

The Super League is more likely to become a reality in the next 3 years than LC with a completely new squad of probable misfits trying to do the bounce. Any team that has bounced back straight away has retained pretty much the same core squad that went down. We know that isn't going to happen for us with all our best players out of contract or on the verge of leaving. We will be rebuilding with no skeletal backbone to the team to build around. 

 

Should the Super League come about then the return to the then first division will will likely be eased with more team promoted unless they elect to have no teams relegated for that season when 6 teams exit the league.

 

If the Super League doesn't happen then I'd be content to have avoided a drop into league 1 and be back in the EPL in 5 to 7 years.

[TJQuik]

19 hours ago, Bilo said:

2024-2025 is the earliest we can play Premier League football again.

Imagining the year 2025 is terrifying.