Fez of Mahrez Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 I think we probably will end up going down but in the grand scheme of things, is that the end of the world? Is it not a blessing that something like this stirs these emotions in you? Do you not subconsciously enjoy having an excuse to obsess even more completely over football for a few weeks than you do normally? I think you could make a strong case for the next three games being the biggest in our 124-year history. Don't you feel honoured to be a part of that? If you're going to all three games, don't you feel empowered to have the chance to be a part of something you'll probably never forget? We all squabble constantly all year but we're all on the bloody BBC website all day looking at the Championship table, doing the predictor, reading other messageboards, looking on here. A lot of us will be at Barnsley on Saturday, we'll be travelling up nervous as hell. Some of us will find it more difficult to enjoy ourselves than we let on. Colchester last Saturday was difficult to cope with but this one will be ten times worse. Or better, depending on which way you look at it. This is what life's all about. The vast majority of people will go through their entire lives without feeling that sudden burst of absolute collective ecstasy during a Tony James or Nils-Eric Johansson moment. Hopefully there will be another name to go alongside those quite soon. And even if we don't manage to pull off the greatest escape, at least we've gone through it all. I just heard on the radio that Rochdale have been in the same division for 34 seasons. I'd rather experience promotion and relegation in equal measure than that. Tomorrow it will be exactly one year since I wrote this. It's probably even more applicable now than it was then. I think we're all so sick of the "rallying calls" that the official website write up before attributing to a randomly-chosen member of our squad that I'm not sure a similar post would be as well received this season. We've heard it all before. As Sheffield United away showed, to a lot of people it's less about the players this year and more about the fans. Enjoy Barnsley.
Bryn Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 I don't think anyone can truly enjoy football if they can't be as engrossed by the bad as they are by the good. I don't mean that a fan won't find it hard not to turn away, might not relish the games as much, might leave the odd game early, but it's part of the package and it's one of the reasons noone respects a glory fan. If you can't battle through the bad as well as enjoy the good, why bother?
Maybes Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 I am really looking forward to an actual league game for once this season. It is a massive game. If we take the lead I hope for another Nils-Eric goal celebration moment. At the end of the day we are Leicester City. Be proud be loud more than ever on saturday.
davieG Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 I prefer a Stevie Claridge moment to a Tony James or Nils-Eric Johansson moment!
clazkel Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 I think we probably will end up going down but in the grand scheme of things, is that the end of the world? Is it not a blessing that something like this stirs these emotions in you? Do you not subconsciously enjoy having an excuse to obsess even more completely over football for a few weeks than you do normally? I think you could make a strong case for the next three games being the biggest in our 124-year history. Don't you feel honoured to be a part of that? If you're going to all three games, don't you feel empowered to have the chance to be a part of something you'll probably never forget?We all squabble constantly all year but we're all on the bloody BBC website all day looking at the Championship table, doing the predictor, reading other messageboards, looking on here. A lot of us will be at Barnsley on Saturday, we'll be travelling up nervous as hell. Some of us will find it more difficult to enjoy ourselves than we let on. Colchester last Saturday was difficult to cope with but this one will be ten times worse. Or better, depending on which way you look at it. This is what life's all about. The vast majority of people will go through their entire lives without feeling that sudden burst of absolute collective ecstasy during a Tony James or Nils-Eric Johansson moment. Hopefully there will be another name to go alongside those quite soon. And even if we don't manage to pull off the greatest escape, at least we've gone through it all. I just heard on the radio that Rochdale have been in the same division for 34 seasons. I'd rather experience promotion and relegation in equal measure than that. Tomorrow it will be exactly one year since I wrote this. It's probably even more applicable now than it was then. I think we're all so sick of the "rallying calls" that the official website write up before attributing to a randomly-chosen member of our squad that I'm not sure a similar post would be as well received this season. We've heard it all before. As Sheffield United away showed, to a lot of people it's less about the players this year and more about the fans. Enjoy Barnsley. It has made things more interesting, as we could be mid table with nothing to play for, the stadium would only have about 16,000 to 20,000 fans there as theres nothing to play for (if we stay up wonder if Mandaric will be sort of glad that we were in the position we were in rather than mid table as it will have generated more money with more fans turning up). Sometimes it does seem that things are more about the fans than the players, but at Sheffield Utd we were 3-0 down when the fans started taking there shoes off and it did lighten what would've been a waste of an afternoon out. I was glad to be part of it and it was the best away game i have been this season even tho we lost 3-0, apart from maybe Chelsea). At least we have something to get emotional about, we could be a team who finishes mid table every season and things wouldn't be emotional. The last 3 games and the next 3 i do feel honoured to part of something that i will always remember, your right! Hopefully we will hammer Barnsley on sat and things will look soo much brighter, and the fans will take off their shoes because we are winning so comfortably, but i do feel nervous now and will feel even more nervous on the day!
davieG Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 It has made things more interesting, as we could be mid table with nothing to play for, the stadium would only have about 16,000 to 20,000 fans there as theres nothing to play for (if we stay up wonder if Mandaric will be sort of glad that we were in the position we were in rather than mid table as it will have generated more money with more fans turning up). Sometimes it does seem that things are more about the fans than the players, but at Sheffield Utd we were 3-0 down when the fans started taking there shoes off and it did lighten what would've been a waste of an afternoon out. I was glad to be part of it and it was the best away game i have been this season even tho we lost 3-0, apart from maybe Chelsea). At least we have something to get emotional about, we could be a team who finishes mid table every season and things wouldn't be emotional. The last 3 games and the next 3 i do feel honoured to part of something that i will always remember, your right! Hopefully we will hammer Barnsley on sat and things will look soo much brighter, and the fans will take off their shoes because we are winning so comfortably, but i do feel nervous now and will feel even more nervous on the day! It may have kept the fan base up this season, although that is conjecture but I'm pretty sure it's had a devastating effect on next years season ticket sales especially if he puts the price up - assuming we're still in the league.
Mikey Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 If we pull through this then it would be a fantastic joint effort from the fans and players. The players will turn up for Saturday, not even these useless cu*ts can not try on Saturday and keep OUR club up. The fans deserve this. We may not be loud at home, or even loud away from home sometimes, but theres big attendances that turn up week in, week out to support the team. Hopefully will be like Prestoon and Barnsley from last year.
clazkel Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 It may have kept the fan base up this season, although that is conjecture but I'm pretty sure it's had a devastating effect on next years season ticket sales especially if he puts the price up - assuming we're still in the league. Yeah thats true, i didn't think about it like that! However if we stay up maybe more people will buy season tickets as it has been really interesting this season probaby until the last game of the season! Maybe people feel like they got their money's worth as something has been happening at Leicester all season, or maybe people will feel their season ticket was poor value for money as the players don't seem to be playing to the best of their ability! I would rather we were mid table and safe, i don't even want to think about getting relegated!
Scow Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 Give me midtable mediocrity over a shitty relegation battle any day of the week - I hate the position we're in. It may be more interesting, but certainly not for the right reasons. I'm going to Barnsley this week because it is likely to be pivotal in our history - if we win, great, but the feeling would be more of relief than anything else.
Joe. Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 Give me midtable mediocrity over a shitty relegation battle any day of the week - I hate the position we're in. It may be more interesting, but certainly not for the right reasons. I'm going to Barnsley this week because it is likely to be pivotal in our history - if we win, great, but the feeling would be more of relief than anything else. I feel the same. There was a poll not long ago on here about what people would prefer- mid-table mediocrity or relegation battle that we would stay up in. I chose mid-table mediocrity. At leaset we'd come away from games with a smile on our faces more often. I hate all of this at the moment. The nerves, the tension, the anxiety. The not knowing whether we're staying up or going down and the fact we're sitting in the bottom three with three games to go.
clazkel Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 I feel the same.There was a poll not long ago on here about what people would prefer- mid-table mediocrity or relegation battle that we would stay up in. I chose mid-table mediocrity. At leaset we'd come away from games with a smile on our faces more often. I hate all of this at the moment. The nerves, the tension, the anxiety. The not knowing whether we're staying up or going down and the fact we're sitting in the bottom three with three games to go. I chose midtable mediocrity aswell in the poll, and it would save all the nerves, tension and anxiety!
Koke Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 I'm with Scoweh - I'd rather have mid table mediocrity than these God awful relegation battles that we seem to take part of every season. I can't handle tension, anxiety and nail biting sessions. My heart is not up for that even though I'm only in my mid-twenties. We'll all be at Barnsley + Stoke and we could get relegated which would be the darkest moment ever in our 124 year old history. If we go down, we go down - Let's just go out there and give it 200% support and enjoy ourselves while we at it.
Tommeh Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 To be honest, saturday for me has a sort of cup final feel to it now, I havn't looked forward to a game so much since Chelsea this season and before that whos knows? But I know that if we were 13th with no hopes of the play-offs and well clear of relegation the game really would have no point to it, there would be no atmosphere with 1,500 city fans max in a huge stand, surronded by empty seats. No matter how bad our team is, I will rarely not enjoy an away game but games like saturday have that little bit extra. Every day i look at the table and our position always seems to get worse but I honestly believe that something will happen in these next 3 games, something which will decided our fate, hopefully for the good like Nils last season at preston. All I know is that these 3 game are huge for us and are 3 games that I wouldn't miss for the world. If anything this relegation battle has brought back my love for the club which if I'm honest I think I lost during Jan/Feb where I missed aways such as Norwich, Soton, Watford and even had to think about cov, and my weekends were more about playing on sunday and going out on the breeze saturday night, but now city are what matters again.
Corky Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 If mid-table mediocrity was offered now, I would take it straight away. Then on Saturday, and for the two weeks after that, we could enjoy our football, we don't have to worry, look over our shoulder, whatever. I hate relegation battles (obvious I know), so mid-table boredom would suit me and my nerves fine.
Thracian Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 I'm with Scoweh - I'd rather have mid table mediocrity than these God awful relegation battles that we seem to take part of every season. I can't handle tension, anxiety and nail biting sessions. My heart is not up for that even though I'm only in my mid-twenties. We'll all be at Barnsley + Stoke and we could get relegated which would be the darkest moment ever in our 124 year old history. If we go down, we go down - Let's just go out there and give it 200% support and enjoy ourselves while we at it. Me too. I could find plenty to be interested in were we playing "meaningless" mid-table games and all these relegation battles are simply a reminder of what a mess our season has been from start to finish. The game against Colchester was just another chapter in the story. Yes we might have felt relief to see our late equaliser go in but valuable though it might prove it was no real achievement because Colchester were mediocre, exactly the sort of team you'd expect to find propping up a division. Rather than tension and anxiety my overwhelming feeling is of embassassment and frustration. Embassassment at the progressive drop in our standards and frustration from not being able to do anything about it. In the stand you go through the songs while, out on the pitch, the players are drawn to one seemingly magnetic part of the ground just like they did under Kelly and you're reminded of jokes about how many whoevers are required to change a light bulb. Between songs now I find myself simply shaking my head. When really good sides counter attack you see at least one but often several players going flat out from their own half towards the penalty box. No half measures, full throttle. With City Hume is the only player who ever shows that attitude yet it's an absolutely vital quality for any attacker intent on a worthwhile career. You watch a corner or a cross coming in from Stearman and there's often only one or two players in sight and no-one ever gambling on a run to the near post. As you watch you realise that all these small points add up. No-one driving forward, no-one going near post, no-one taking dangerous free-kicks, no-one scoring from central midfield, no-one scoring from the wings and you see what a ridiculous handicap we've given ourselves and as each problem surfaces with nagging regularity. In terms of an engine you realise City are missing so many vital components and all you can do as each game unfolds is hope that your team gets lucky. If Holloway needs to learn anything it's that football matches are won by attention to detail and without that attention today's relegation battles are simply a lottery that I sincerely wish we'd never entered. There's no glory to be had from a relegation battle. Just the avoidance or otherwise of footballing disgrace.
He's not bald Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 If mid-table mediocrity was offered now, I would take it straight away. Then on Saturday, and for the two weeks after that, we could enjoy our football, we don't have to worry, look over our shoulder, whatever. I hate relegation battles (obvious I know), so mid-table boredom would suit me and my nerves fine. I agree I'm in bits, football is not the end of the world but our situation seems pretty close,I will be there on Saturday and the 2 Saturdays following but then after over 30 years of fervent support if we go down I may well do some long overdue gardening and golfing on a Saturday afternoon!How could you possibly get passionate about promotion back into the league we have never been out of?
Daggers Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 There's no glory to be had from rambling posts S'right - concise is the way forward
Thracian Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 S'right - concise is the way forward You're doubtless right. I read recently that people have great difficulty concentrating for any length of time nowadays, partly because of things like constant advertising breaks in television programmes?
Daggers Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 Yes its shit No it's not - Modern life is just rubbish.
davieG Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 Yeah thats true, i didn't think about it like that! However if we stay up maybe more people will buy season tickets as it has been really interesting this season probaby until the last game of the season! Maybe people feel like they got their money's worth as something has been happening at Leicester all season, or maybe people will feel their season ticket was poor value for money as the players don't seem to be playing to the best of their ability!I would rather we were mid table and safe, i don't even want to think about getting relegated! all I can say is you must have peculiar tastes in respect of entertainment, I bet you would be first in the queue to see a hanging, this season like the previous ones, with one or exceptions has been purgatory. as for value for money frankly if it was any other kind of business/entertainment I'd be demanding a full refund.
FilboFox Posted 15 April 2008 Posted 15 April 2008 On the one hand, it makes the end to the season exciting... I'd ABSOLUTELY LOVE it if we win against Sheff Wed scoring a last minute goal that secures our Championship status... THAT would be amazing. On the other hand, if we fail and get relegated then it'll be absolutely devastating and I'll be in a total depression for days if not weeks after... So come on lads, don't let us down... win against Barnsley and Sheff Wed and keep us up!!! COME ON LEICESTER!!! COME ON LEICESTER!!! COME ON LEICESTER!!!
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