The "do they mean us?" thread pt 4

[dmayne7]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

From Premier League title to yo-yo club - Leicester's unforgettable decade

 

Andrew Aloia
BBC Sport, East Midlands
Published
2 hours ago
72 Comments
Triumph, tragedy and turmoil.

The past decade at Leicester City has had it all.

It started with a season that delivered the most unlikely - and previously unfathomable - Premier League title to King Power Stadium in 2016.

Two years later, the stadium was also the site of the club's most shocking tragedy, as owner and chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha died alongside four other people in a helicopter crash outside the ground.

Now, in a season where Leicester will mark the 10-year anniversary of their greatest sporting moment - which Vichai was instrumental in creating - the club finds itself back in England's second tier after a second relegation from the Premier League in three years.

And this time they have dropped into the Championship under a cloud of uncertainty, the threat of a points penalty hanging over the club for allegedly breaching spending rules when they were promoted from the division as title winners just over a year ago.

"It's been an emotional rollercoaster," said lifelong Foxes fan Kate Blakemore, a regular Leicester contributor for BBC Sport.

"We've had tragedy thrown in there with the passing of Vichai, and winning the FA Cup is not something I thought I'd see in my lifetime, let alone the Premier League.

"We have had some amazing highs this past decade and yet here we are feeling rather glum that we have been relegated for the second time in three seasons and things seem a little bit unsettled at the club.

"We are rounding out the decade with a very different feeling to how we started it, and it's quite tough to take for the fans really."

The departure of talismanic striker Jamie Vardy, the last of Leicester's Premier League-title winning side, and the club's failure to spend to bolster the squad this summer, emphasises just how this latest relegation marks the end of a golden era for the Foxes.

 

Read more here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cp8zv7v2p5go

Can only assume Kate is 90 years old. PL unrealistic yes, but I'm pretty most fans realised that the FA Cup was definitely something we could win (even if you ignore our depressing history in it).

 

The way she talks about Rodgers is galling too. Describes him as the best manager but then doesn't acknowledge that he was a massive part in the failings, which she apparently finds hard to say what went wrong anyway.

[The Year Of The Fox]

20 minutes ago, dmayne7 said:

Can only assume Kate is 90 years old. PL unrealistic yes, but I'm pretty most fans realised that the FA Cup was definitely something we could win (even if you ignore our depressing history in it).

 

The way she talks about Rodgers is galling too. Describes him as the best manager but then doesn't acknowledge that he was a massive part in the failings, which she apparently finds hard to say what went wrong anyway.

She screams Coach 1

[AKCJ]

Has there been anything said about a potential sell-on clause for KDH?

[AKCJ]

52 minutes ago, dmayne7 said:

Can only assume Kate is 90 years old. PL unrealistic yes, but I'm pretty most fans realised that the FA Cup was definitely something we could win (even if you ignore our depressing history in it).

 

The way she talks about Rodgers is galling too. Describes him as the best manager but then doesn't acknowledge that he was a massive part in the failings, which she apparently finds hard to say what went wrong anyway.

Took us 137 years to win our first FA Cup. I certainly didn't expect to win it in my time (and I doubt we will again).

[Finnegan]

7 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Has there been anything said about a potential sell-on clause for KDH?

 

I highly doubt it given what they paid for him.

 

[lfu]

34 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Has there been anything said about a potential sell-on clause for KDH?

Not a sell-on clause but we get a bit under £1.5m (5% of the fee) as a Solidarity Contribution as he came through our academy

[Sol thewall Bamba]

5 minutes ago, lfu said:

Not a sell-on clause but we get a bit under £1.5m (5% of the fee) as a Solidarity Contribution as he came through our academy

Nice, never knew about that clause.

 

Pressuambly we'd get the same for Chilwell if Chelsea can shift him.

Edited 6 August 2025 by Sol thewall Bamba

[DJ Barry Hammond]

1 hour ago, dmayne7 said:

Can only assume Kate is 90 years old. PL unrealistic yes, but I'm pretty most fans realised that the FA Cup was definitely something we could win (even if you ignore our depressing history in it).

 

The way she talks about Rodgers is galling too. Describes him as the best manager but then doesn't acknowledge that he was a massive part in the failings, which she apparently finds hard to say what went wrong anyway.

Seems a tad harsh.

 

It’s an interview where the journalist will pick the best quotes to fit inside a long form piece; and the section that involves Kate leans towards the positive side of the first part of the last decade.

 

Stowell gets to deal with the fallout period! 

[dmayne7]

5 minutes ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

Seems a tad harsh.

 

It’s an interview where the journalist will pick the best quotes to fit inside a long form piece; and the section that involves Kate leans towards the positive side of the first part of the last decade.

 

Stowell gets to deal with the fallout period! 

That may be the case but as soon as you say things like it's hard to put your finger on why it went wrong (when there's plenty of reasons) and blowing smoke up Brenda's ares (when it should be the opposite), it's hard to think that they've just chery picked the best quotes. Unfortunately, articles like this and that ridiculous one from Dorsett earlier in the week (where he praised the loyalty and commitment of KP) start to undo a bit of the momentum building up against the way the club is run.

[dmayne7]

1 hour ago, AKCJ said:

Took us 137 years to win our first FA Cup. I certainly didn't expect to win it in my time (and I doubt we will again).

Each to their own. I wouldn't say I expected it as nothing is certain in spot, but I certainly felt it was very realistic that at some point we could do it since it is just a few games won in a row. There's been plenty of smaller or similar sized clubs that have won it.

[Danizen]

2 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Nice, never knew about that clause.

 

Pressuambly we'd get the same for Chilwell if Chelsea can shift him.

We can put that 5% of fvck all straight into the 'Competent Director of Football' fund.

[Ian Nacho]

Second tier podcast having us to finish 7th (without a points deduction ), below Millwall...

[Ashley]

6 minutes ago, Ian Nacho said:

Second tier podcast having us to finish 7th (without a points deduction ), below Millwall...

Isn't that the Derby and Stoke fan? If yes theyre both m0ngs

[Ian Nacho]

1 hour ago, Ashley said:

Isn't that the Derby and Stoke fan? If yes theyre both m0ngs

No, it's the Derby and the Derby fan. 

[RonnieTodger]

They’re a pair of gimps, but they did have us to win it under Enzo and Ipswich finishing 2nd. 

[Stadt]

Ted Knutsen (Statsbomb founder) thinks we’re value to get promoted in his betting paid newsletter. One model is very pro us.

[Number 6]

19 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Ted Knutsen (Statsbomb founder) thinks we’re value to get promoted in his betting paid newsletter. One model is very pro us.

It seems the obvious value bet given the price only looks sensible if you think we're getting a 9+ point deduction. If it was a known -4 I think we'd be around 6/1. Have had a dabble myself in the hope the deduction lands in the 4-6 range.

 

Edit: I'm referring to winning the league odds here.

Edited 7 August 2025 by Number 6

[Simmo86]

2 hours ago, Ian Nacho said:

Second tier podcast having us to finish 7th (without a points deduction ), below Millwall...

Bashing us for clicks again

[Staffs Fox]

I’ve just read the BBC’s preview of the new season and they have us down as finishing 4th. Obviously I read our preview first so I was intrigued who they have in the automatic places.

 

Lo and behold it’s Ipswich and Southampton respectively. The same teams we finished above last season, were unbeaten against and have lost less key players than. Ipswich have lost Delap, Morsy and Tuanzebe, Southampton have lost Ramsdale, Sulemana, Walker-Peters, Bednarek and let’s face it they’ll lose Dibling too and neither side have made any noticeable additions imo.

 

It’s just lazy journalism peddling the negativity around the club rather than actually looking at the squads. Any side in the Championship would take Fatawu, Mavididi, Monga, BEK, Ricardo heck even players like Nelson, Thomas, Winks, McAteer, Justin and Ayew would walk into pretty much every other Championship side such is the level

Edited 7 August 2025 by Staffs Fox

[HitchinFox]

Second Tier is awful - but still nowhere near as bad as Not the Top 20 crowd.

 

The concept those clowns have come up means that they are able to add literally nothing to what you would gain from simply looking at the final scores and tables for the EFL's weekend games on a Sunday evening. 

[Tuna]

Without a points deduction, I can't see us not being in the top 3/4. But we do need a proper Striker.

[JonnyBoy]

3 hours ago, Ian Nacho said:

Second tier podcast having us to finish 7th (without a points deduction ), below Millwall...

we literally don't have an out and out striker who will score loads of goals in this league, we add a a decent striker and we finish top 2 (without points deduction) without signing a striker 7th sounds about right to be fair 

[CosbehFox]

I don't think 7th is a bad shout for us at all. I am still scarred from when a good chunk of this team play utter shit at Plymouth, Millwall and Bristol City. We were utterly pants for a spell in 23/24. 

 

I don't think Ipswich bridge it but think Southampton will get better as the seasonn goes on. It's bit of an open season. Norwich look to have recruited really well. 

[Stadt]

1 hour ago, Number 6 said:

It seems the obvious value bet given the price only looks sensible if you think we're getting a 9+ point deduction. If it was a known -4 I think we'd be around 6/1. Have had a dabble myself in the hope the deduction lands in the 4-6 range.

 

Edit: I'm referring to winning the league odds here.

We’re capable of 90+ and defensively we have a strong squad with some excellent attacking talents so even a fairly stern deduction still puts us in the auto picture. If BEK stays and Fatawu stays fit those too are just too good at this level.
 

I can’t see past Ipswich though, they have a stronger team than the previous promotion side.

[Zear0]

They are dreadful, but many betting markets have us a solid 6th so predicting 7th isn't exactly insulting.