Will we go down this season?

[WanOak]

I must admit until Shef U away I kept up hope we'd be fine, definitely another season in the championship but we'd be fine.

Then after MC went into that game with no type of change to a team we'd lost to barely over a month before, i thought with any points deduction,  these players and MC i could see us going down. 

It somehow got worse, now I see only relegation for our club, yet the more terrifying thought is Top still won't sell, probably won't learn and there are darker places we may go.

 

[Bourbon Fox]

13 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Well go down by 1-4pts and then we will all look at these 3 games just like Bournemouth and Villa in the PL. 

 

Spudkin has to go.

 

Bottom needs to sell. 

We've dropped something like 20 points from winning positions this season

[STEVIE B]

46 minutes ago, Rigga said:

Our problems are deep rooted..

They won’t change over night.

I’d say we need to go down to clear the decks of the players /possibly owner and start afresh..

 

 

Going down would be a disaster.

How does 'clearing the decks' look any different in League 1, than trying to do it in The Championship (if we stay up) ?

 

The bang average player's on long contracts, on good money are stuck here. Thomas & Soutter prime examples. Clearing the decks of players isn't that simple.

 

Finding clubs to buy our.....ahem 'dross', will be much more difficult to do in League 1 too, in my opinion. 

 

I also highly doubt Top would sell up if we get relegated, the financial loss would be astronomical.

 

As l said, these are just my opinions.

 

Edited 11 February by STEVIE B

[Les-TA-Jon]

34 minutes ago, Footballwipe said:

The only reason I say no is because it just feels like this is never ending. Only way to affect real change, it seems, with the fanbase and the ownership, is relegation.

 

Finish 20th and it'll be a "well we got caught out and the EFL had a vendetta but we'll go again." I just feel like we're going to circle the drain and escape the clutches of League One, meaning we're in for this again next year.

 

Just like in 2008, this club needs a massive jolt. We had one in 2023 ironically and did nothing about it. If we do go down maybe it will instigate something.

Agree on the club needing a massive jolt.

 

Disagree on relegation to League One being part of any solution. 

 

Top, Rudkin and King Power have presided over a disasterclass; one of the sharpest declines in English football history, from our greatest ever position of strength, with 2 or 3 relegations in 4 years, two of which are some of the most unprecedented and underperforming relegations of all time 

 

Being in League One, with less income and tighter spending rules doesn't suddenly magic Top & co into footballing strategists; it won't be some sort of reset or phoenix rising from the ashes moment. 

[Pita]

I think we will. Team playing very poor  Top does not care about the club lack of movement on new appointments no manager. We are like a ship with no rudder

[Freddy]

1 minute ago, Pita said:

I think we will. Team playing very poor  Top does not care about the club lack of movement on new appointments no manager. We are like a ship with no rudder

I'm a can't happen to us and even I'm worried by our lack of cohesion 

[damolcfc]

3 minutes ago, Pita said:

I think we will. Team playing very poor  Top does not care about the club lack of movement on new appointments no manager. We are like a ship with no rudder

On a positive note, we might go down with the most goals scored 🤣

[STEVIE B]

53 minutes ago, Rigga said:

Our problems are deep rooted..

They won’t change over night.

I’d say we need to go down to clear the decks of the players /possibly owner and start afresh..

 

 

Going down would be a disaster.

How does 'clearing the decks' look any different in League 1, than trying to do it in The Championship (if we stay up) ?

 

The bang average player's on long contracts, on good money are stuck here. Thomas & Soutter prime examples. 

 

Finding clubs to buy our.....ahem 'dross', will be much more difficult to do in League 1 too, in my opinion. Clearing the decks of players wouldn't easy.

 

I also highly doubt Top would sell up if we get relegated, the financial loss would be astronomical.

 

Edited 11 February by STEVIE B

[Sky Blues]

You have a better chance of staying up than Blackburn. You still have Sheffield Wednesday to play. But they still have to go to Oxford who are giving it 100% effort for the full 90 minutes. 

 

Then of course you have the final game of the season at Blackburn. It could easily be a game where the winner stays up but a draw relegates both sides.

[Pita]

9 minutes ago, damolcfc said:

On a positive note, we might go down with the most goals scored 🤣

No positivity coming out of the club 

[southfox66]

[Les-TA-Jon]

24 minutes ago, Sky Blues said:

You have a better chance of staying up than Blackburn. You still have Sheffield Wednesday to play. But they still have to go to Oxford who are giving it 100% effort for the full 90 minutes. 

 

Then of course you have the final game of the season at Blackburn. It could easily be a game where the winner stays up but a draw relegates both sides.

It's about 4 years since Leicester won a game when there was something riding on it...

[Livid]

At HT last night I was sure we would be absolutely fine, at FT I was convinced we are as good as gone. 

[Rigga]

1 hour ago, STEVIE B said:

Going down would be a disaster.

How does 'clearing the decks' look any different in League 1, than trying to do it in The Championship (if we stay up) ?

 

The bang average player's on long contracts, on good money are stuck here. Thomas & Soutter prime examples. Clearing the decks of players isn't that simple.

 

Finding clubs to buy our.....ahem 'dross', will be much more difficult to do in League 1 too, in my opinion. 

 

I also highly doubt Top would sell up if we get relegated, the financial loss would be astronomical.

 

As l said, these are just my opinions.

 

It’s not exactly been easy getting rid of the dross so far..

the fat we stupidly put them on massive contracts is half the problem..

 

We won’t be staying up this season… everything is too far gone to turn the mentality around..

[Corky]

Think we will finish 23rd.

[Fazzer 7]

Relegation is inevitable I'm afraid. 

[em9999]

Already down players don't care 

[suffolk fox]

After last night yes, we are going down.  As bad as it is next season some good away days Blackpool, Peterborough, Plymouth, Burton, Barnsley, Stevenage, Wycombe, Luton, Reading, Huddersfield.  

[Ian Nacho]

We need about 6 wins in our final 14 games to stay up. I can't see it. 

[Finn Claw II]

A manager that can organise us defensively properly and we have enough to stay up.

 

It’s not really about the quality of the players though it’s everything else, belief, attitude, tactics etc - on that basis we go down

[Tuna]

Not looking good is it...one week on and still no manager. Rivals winning.

[LCFCJohn]

Blackburn winning comfortably away at a place we were 4-0 at half time at. Portsmouth going away and winning with ease at a Charlton side who turned us over without breaking a sweat a couple of weeks ago. Still no manager in place…

 

Not much hope to cling to is there….

[Aus Fox]

The only thing I would say is the club hasn’t survived a relegation fight from memory since Tony James made it 1-0 against Oxford.

We must have been relegated 5 times at least since then, we as a club just don’t seem to have anything about us when it comes to a fight.

Contrast that with a club like Everton who never he relegated despite regularly being one of the worst teams in the Premier League.

The whole culture of the club is when the going gets tough, down tools and accept defeat. 
 

[LCFCJohn]

24 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

The only thing I would say is the club hasn’t survived a relegation fight from memory since Tony James made it 1-0 against Oxford.

We must have been relegated 5 times at least since then, we as a club just don’t seem to have anything about us when it comes to a fight.

Contrast that with a club like Everton who never he relegated despite regularly being one of the worst teams in the Premier League.

The whole culture of the club is when the going gets tough, down tools and accept defeat. 
 

Are you talking about if it comes down to the last day or relegation battles in general? There was the small matter of the 2015 great escape!

 

Either way, your point is relevant as this lot don’t have the attitude and fight to overcome a battle like the 2015 team did.

[Katy]

48 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

The only thing I would say is the club hasn’t survived a relegation fight from memory since Tony James made it 1-0 against Oxford.

We must have been relegated 5 times at least since then, we as a club just don’t seem to have anything about us when it comes to a fight.

Contrast that with a club like Everton who never he relegated despite regularly being one of the worst teams in the Premier League.

The whole culture of the club is when the going gets tough, down tools and accept defeat. 
 

I remember that Oxford game like it was yesterday, West Brom involved in that again too. You can have the best players in the world but if their confidence is shot, you’re fooked 😕