How excited are you for the new season?

[The Year Of The Fox]

Hand on heart didn’t know it started in 10 days 

[Kitchandro]

I don’t think I’ll ever get back the excitement. When I went to my first game in the late 90s football was still perceived as a community activity for the average person and footballers were just people who had particularly good jobs. But sometimes they still had a drink in the local, you saw them in the shop, they were your neighbours.

 

Even when I was 18 I remember we started the season under Sousa and I was buzzing. Over the years football has felt more and more corporate to the extent it’s lost all meaning. VAR, the financial gulf between clubs, players earning a disgusting amount, Sky Sports creating narratives, diving being accepted instead of stamped out - all this played a part in showing me football for the way it really is now.

 

At our club there has been a combination of KP rebranding (the kits and stadium especially), clappers, ticket prices, goal music, stewarding, the treatment of fans and groups like Union FS, lazy players who have no connection to the area and managers like Rodgers and Puel who were clearly here for their ego and the money respectively.

 

I just can’t trick myself into believing it means anything again. It’s a business, not a community sports team. I still care a bit and have some emotion towards the results some of the time, but I don’t get excited beforehand, don’t often watch and rarely enjoy watching.

[volpeazzurro]

A big part of me is regretting renewing my season ticket already, really couldn’t care less. I was more looking forward to getting rid of half of our squad than buying anyone and we haven’t even managed to get that done, I still want to boo most of them from last season! 😂

[Rusko187]

Voted 0-2, aside from Cifuentes there really isn't anything to be excited about is there?

• Still the same bunch of charlatans on the board.
• Outside of Begovic, we've done ZERO business... just shows the inept running of this club that we can't shift anyone out.
• We're going into this season weaker then last season and arguably weaker then the last time we were in the Championship.
• Incoming points deduction.
• Championship football, there are some things to like but we should be aspiring for bigger things but because of the clowns overseeing the gaff we're just handcuffed by absolute diabolical decision making.

I've not had any reason to be positive about this club for a long long time, I asked if they could transfer my season ticket to my best friends son (who had enough points for the draw), and the idiots declined it. So who knows, it will get loaned for the permitted amount then it will no doubt get canned off.

 

It's no longer the club for the fans, it's not been the envy of world football for how well it's run in a LONG time... it's just a depressing mess and honestly, I couldn't care less what happens next season.. which is sad because I used to love football.

Edited 31 July 2025 by Rusko187

[Winstonthedog]

I will give my support to the new manager ... and playing academy players but within their limits and not destroying their confidence and pushing them to far ... only playing senior players who want to give the club their all ..... everyone else can move on ASAP... even if that requires training away from the first team ... seriously had and seen enough of under performers with no passion or enough quality to earn the right to wear the shirt

[Bob Weasel Fox]

 I voted far higher than I should re potentially excited about what the youth players bring to the team given half a chance

 

that said I am realistic enough to know it will be a tough season compared to 2 years ago

[Bablemikey]

I'm more looking forward to next summers project reset than I am this season. I can't see how the club can even start to right itself financially until all those big contract players leave.

The ideal outcome would be that we get promotion this season, the younger players ALL do really well and all the dead wood go, leaving us with some real talent, appropriate wage bill, and the financial room to operate in the transfer window.

[Guy]

Glad of the promising new management after the last two disastrous appointments (RVN especially!) but with the PSR threat back rearing it's ugly head again following our relegation and with no new signings other than an ageing back up keepr then despite the league drop down it is more tricky to predict how it will go this time, as others have said despite the likes of Monga, Nelson and Alves hopefully being utilised a lot more alongside the seniors this time. I guess it's never boring so I'm going for a 7/10! 

[Saxondale]

Depends if we make a few signings. Looking forward to seeing the younger lads playing their part. 

[kingfox]

I was 0-2 before Cifuentes was appointed. 
I was 6-8 when appointed. 
 

But after watching the pre season friendlies, I’m back down to 0-2. 
 

No fault of Cifuentes, I’m just fvcking sick of seeing the same faces(Faes, Vestergaard, Coady, Soumare, Daka) in particular. 

[MC Prussian]

Very underwhelmed, bordering on indifference. The sponsor and kit disaster hasn't helped.

 

Some of the culprits in the squad from last season should've been shown the door early on in pre-season, and we needed more hungry, dedicated and talented players as replacements.

Not overly excited, but that means I can only be positively surprised.

 

I'm just not sure the majority of players are up for this Championship marathon.

 

Making the playoffs would be the maximum achievement. Automatic promotion seems to be nothing but a fever dream.

 

 

[PAULCFC]

Walked away from my ST at City a couple of years ago after 30 odd years.....still watch them on streams etc... but as a match going fan non league is so much more enjoyable. 

[Foxmeister]

I’m in the HMS Piss the League bracket, mainly because I love the game, I love the club (if not everyone there) and the good times will roll around again.

[AyewJoking]

This club is a joke and could go into administration and out of existence for all I care

[Winstonthedog]

1 hour ago, kingfox said:

I was 0-2 before Cifuentes was appointed. 
I was 6-8 when appointed. 
 

But after watching the pre season friendlies, I’m back down to 0-2. 
 

No fault of Cifuentes, I’m just fvcking sick of seeing the same faces(Faes, Vestergaard, Coady, Soumare, Daka) in particular. 

Wrexham offer 2 million for Coady ... pack yer bags son .... big earner off the wage bill

[TheStig]

Not very much. Indifferent at best. Sick and tired of no consequences for the inept management that has destroyed this club so until changes at corporate level are effected - not interested...

[WorcesterBlue]

7 hours ago, willie-bell-in-rothley said:

Looking forward to it, as i do every season, unfortunately i dont get out my tree over

Top, Whealan, Rudkin ect, i dont give a toss, for me its all about 2 teams playing a 

football match ,meeting the lad, a couple of jars before and a take away after, my day away from the

everyday life

Me too. See No1 daughter. Have a pie, a pint and catchup.

Off to the match together. Drink afterwards. Train home.

A fine day win or lose.

[murphy]

Can't wait!

 

I'm especially excited to see all the new signings paraded at half time.

[Izzy]

I could crush a grape 

[João Miguel da Cunha]

Indifferent bordering on plastic levels of contempt slightly papering over the fact we’re back in the SkyBet so we might pump the odd team on occasion. 

 

 

[HitchinFox]

11 hours ago, Stadt said:

I'm a 10/10 KP hater but I'm fairly excited because the academy grads and it's hard to know where we'll finish up. In 23-24 it felt like we should blitz it but I don't know where we'll stack up, so there's more intrigue 

 

Exactly my thoughts. Zero expectations, with Rudkin in charge, but intrigued about what happens. 

[FoyleFox]

Not at all. I'm looking forward to my pre match met up with mates more. 

[pmcla26]

Voted 9-10 as the comment suited it best as to how I feel.. but genuinely, more kind of expecting rather than excited, so 6-7 really. 
 

We should be getting promoted by any means necessary, other wise we’re in for a world of shit in 12 months. 

[PaulW]

21 hours ago, David Hankey said:

I lost the majority of interest I had when we were relegated 2 years ago and the dismal performances of last season, just 4 league wins, and lack of direction has not improved the situation.

 

Leicester is my hometown Club who I have supported since 1955 but our demise over recent seasons has made me less enthusiastic about the Club's fortunes.

I support my Club, because they're my Club, (and have done for most of my 79yrs on this earth), not because they've won the Prem., or the FA Cup, and had a few golden years at or near the top of pyramid.  I don'r and won't stop supporting them because of poor decisions and board level, nor will I post vitriolic abuse at the management or players which can only effect moral at the Club negatively.  Anybody who sneeringly refers to fans who support the Club through thick and thin as "happy clappers" is a part of the problem, and certainly not part of the solution.

[Spanner73]

I long for the return of the days of how we used to be and the excitement of who’s going out or who’s coming in so I’m in the 0-2 range. 
 

Draining the life out of me is brilliantly put and that’s exactly what this club is doing to many fans which is sad but they’re not bothered one bit. 
 

This is the whole point of enjoying your club and yes there will be ups and downs but like any other fans we just want to see our club run well and the care taken which really is a basic requirement from our owners and we can’t get that unfortunately. 
 

I hope we’re sold sometime in the near future and we can all smile again.