Promotion

[Thracian]

I don't want promotion this year.

If the club feels the same way I wish they'd said something and saved me a few bob. Fortunately I don't think they do nor will they unless they get Anish on the board and start making a virtue out of "consolidation".

I appreciate they may well have to consolidate anyway - and don't necessarily believe that will be a bad thing in the long run - but as soon as a club starts to be scared of going forward and winning the next match, then it makes a mockery of selling tickets for the games.

Unless of course they do it honestly, announce beforehand that they need the support for financial reasons but are not aiming to win, just to preserve our status for next season.

Then everyone would expect draws- and late goals by the opposition in the unlikely event we should be leading in games with 10 minutes to go! Perhaps they could quietly email the intended result beforehand to City fans so we could all get a few pounds on to cover the cost of our season tickets, a new car, perhaps a new house etc....

We could all feel like MPs for a seaon.

Actually the idea of consolidation seems to have more potential the more you think about it.

[brett759]

I no i am being brave as a new member of foxes-talk starting this topic but i have been with leicester through the good and the bad and this is the best i've seen us look in years i genuinely feel we can challenge for promotion this year. I can't remember the last time i had confidence in a Leicester team/squad or a Leicester manager.

I feel the next two games against QPR and West Brom will give us more of an idea of weather we can cut it at the top of this division, we have beaten Middlesborough put in a good show at sheffield united and could have had Newcastle on another day the only time i feel we have been shown up this season was Preston. Even when we don't really deserve it e.g Reading we are getting results!!

Squad wise i feel we have a great squad and with the addition of a solid right back maybe a loan deal and holding mid could be davids we have got a squad that could go somewhere this year!!!

We have a great manager, a strong squad and with a couple of additions in january i reckon we could get play-offs this year.

Any thoughts??????

Sorry to say it but when we got promoted to this league a few years back, we were having a good season and thought we might finish in the playoffs...but it didnt last...look at Swansea last season...they were having a good season but missed out by 6 points....you have some good players but you dont the necessary quality to finish in the top 6 IN MY OPINION.....Newcastle, Middlesbrough, West Brom, Cardiff, QPR and Preston will most probably make up most of the top 6 positions with teams like yourselves,Nottingham Forest,Bristol City and Watford pushing for a playoff position...

However you never know how the season will go...if you can keep in touch with 6th place, I dont see why you cant make a late surge for the playoffs with 2 or 3 quality additions in January, because as I understand it your left back and right back are not the best?!and u could do with another centre midfielder?!

Anyway...I hope you enjoy the game...just dont expect too much for your boys because we have the flair and pace to damage teams

Good Luck though and I hope you continue to have a good season..just dont injure any of our players

thx

[LCFC-ARAB]

But the idea that Championship games have better atmospheres is absurd. Half empty stadiums don't make for good atmospheres.

i'm talking about away game

6000 leicester fans will never outsing 1000 who go everygame

and if we get promoted we will attract more of the coventry brigade

the atmospher at the walkers isn't going to change

[Edmund]

Sorry to say it but when we got promoted to this league a few years back, we were having a good season and thought we might finish in the playoffs...but it didnt last...look at Swansea last season...they were having a good season but missed out by 6 points....you have some good players but you dont the necessary quality to finish in the top 6 IN MY OPINION.....

The difference being we have Nigel Pearson

[Finnegan]

Don't think it's that devastating to be promoted, have a wank season, come down and use the ridiculous pay packets of promotion and parachute pay to help build yourself up. Might not be dignified but if you sensibly manage the club after promotion and don't over spend or sail your club off the edge then it's not the end of the world.

WBA an example of a well run club in this context over the last couple of years.

[brett759]

The difference being we have Nigel Pearson

haha is that supposed to be a good thing?!

[dandannieldanok]

That said I really don't know whether I'd want us to go up THIS season. Under Pearson I feel we are building something carefully and steadily. After a few losses in the Premiership and a trigger happy chairman it would far too easy for that to be undone.

It's all well saying this, and I totally agree with the principle, but you can't just pick and choose when you want to get promoted. If the opportunity is there then you simply have to go for it because it may not come round again for another 5 years.

[Edmund]

haha is that supposed to be a good thing?!

Good question. If you read these boards you wouldn't think so but personally I think he is our best manager since Martin. So yeah it's a bloody good thing

[TrickyTrev]

i'm talking about away game

6000 leicester fans will never outsing 1000 who go everygame

and if we get promoted we will attract more of the coventry brigade

the atmospher at the walkers isn't going to change

What about the fact that there are less tin pot clubs in the premier league, so there is actually a home following to interact with from time to time when you go away.

[James.]

It's all well saying this, and I totally agree with the principle, but you can't just pick and choose when you want to get promoted. If the opportunity is there then you simply have to go for it because it may not come round again for another 5 years.

Obviously you can't pick and choose and if it happens this year then fair enough, I'm just saying that in my opinion promotion this season could harm the medium term future of the club when compared to being promoted in 1, 2, 3 years time.

Ultimately that boils down to my utter lack of confidence in the ability of our chairman to stand by a manager when the going gets tough. I want Pearson to stay at this club but I think there's a big danger he won't if we were to get promoted this season.

[hairy]

It doesn't bother me if we get promoted, relegated or mid table. Wherever we end up next season City will always be my team.

[LCFC-ARAB]

What about the fact that there are less tin pot clubs in the premier league, so there is actually a home following to interact with from time to time when you go away.

The home support at an away game isnt the difference between a good atmospher or not

its the type of leicester fans that go

and i would rather go Hereford away than Arsenal away anyday of the week

[James.]

The home support at an away game isnt the difference between a good atmospher or not

its the type of leicester fans that go

and i would rather go Hereford away than Arsenal away anyday of the week

You say that but then people on here (me included) still talk about the nights at Craven Cottage and Stamford Bridge... They were absolutely fantastic nights with brilliant atmospheres (even though we lost).

Or do you think they were shit as well?

[LCFC-ARAB]

You say that but then people on here (me included) still talk about the nights at Craven Cottage and Stamford Bridge... They were absolutely fantastic nights with brilliant atmospheres (even though we lost).

Or do you think they were shit as well?

no they were awesome

but london games always are

AND.... they were cup games and night games, always adds to it

[TrickyTrev]

You say that but then people on here (me included) still talk about the nights at Craven Cottage and Stamford Bridge... They were absolutely fantastic nights with brilliant atmospheres (even though we lost).

Or do you think they were shit as well?

Of course they were shit. There were more than 500 people there and some of them wouldn't even go to Hereford away!

I think some people confuse a good atmosphere with the feeling they are an elite minority of hardcore fans. Thankfully most people think its a good thing when Leicester sell tickets and travel in large numbers.

[CosbehFox]

I've stuck my head on the line in the office now. Made some witty joke about Forest-Cardiff being mixed up on the Sunday schedule with Scrapheap Challenge. Cue some Forest-City banter and me making OTT predictions. This is going to rumble on.....

I see no reason why we can't go for it.

That said, I visual some ideal where we have a team which play beautiful football and developing players and then I couldn't give a toss what division were in. Given how the rich are becoming richer, maximise the club's potential is going to be increasingly difficult.

[TrickyTrev]

no they were awesome

but london games always are

There are mediocre atmospheres at many London games. I've been to some pretty quiet Palace and Watford games. QPR is always awesome however.

[The Doctor]

Sorry to say it but when we got promoted to this league a few years back, we were having a good season and thought we might finish in the playoffs...but it didnt last...look at Swansea last season...they were having a good season but missed out by 6 points....you have some good players but you dont the necessary quality to finish in the top 6 IN MY OPINION.....Newcastle, Middlesbrough, West Brom, Cardiff, QPR and Preston will most probably make up most of the top 6 positions with teams like yourselves,Nottingham Forest,Bristol City and Watford pushing for a playoff position...

However you never know how the season will go...if you can keep in touch with 6th place, I dont see why you cant make a late surge for the playoffs with 2 or 3 quality additions in January, because as I understand it your left back and right back are not the best?!and u could do with another centre midfielder?!

Anyway...I hope you enjoy the game...just dont expect too much for your boys because we have the flair and pace to damage teams

Good Luck though and I hope you continue to have a good season..just dont injure any of our players

thx

TBH quality doesn't count for that much in this league. look at hull and stoke when they got promoted, few to none of their players were regarded as being better than mid table championship standard but the still got up because there were no "big time charlies" at the club so they actually worked as a team.

[Ozwin]

It's all about what you do with the money when you go up. The team we have now would probably cover about 20% of the side that'd play in the Prem.

Anyway, let's not talk about that now. I'm suprised we're 5th let alone in a promotion spot.

[LCFC-ARAB]

There are mediocre atmospheres at many London games. I've been to some pretty quiet Palace and Watford games. QPR is always awesome however.

i wouldnt count Watford away as a London game that i'd get excited about

but palace away?

i've loved it everytime i've been there

deffinately one of my favourite away games of the season

[Webbo]

I think some people confuse a good atmosphere with the feeling they are an elite minority of hardcore fans. Thankfully most people think its a good thing when Leicester sell tickets and travel in large numbers.

Absolutely flippin spot on.

[Fosse Boy]

Orient and Millwall are my best London memories (unless Wembley counts).

[James.]

Orient and Millwall are my best London memories (unless Wembley counts).

Surprising. I thought the atmosphere at Fulham (the first time in particular) shitted on Millwall and Orient. Millwall basically consisted of a few wankers gesturing at us and us responding with some fairly decent songs (it's so quiet, etc etc). Orient was good, fair enough, but better than Fulham and Chelsea?.. not for me (I'm assuming you went to them).

Anyway I guess it just comes down to personal experience and taste. I do get the impression sometimes though (and this isn't necessarily directed at you) that some people are so worried about not being a hardcore fan that they refuse to enjoy anything that might have even just a hint of "plastics" about it.

[Sparky]

I want us back in the Prem , from 96 - 2000 i was being brought up on winning at Anfield fairly often along with wins at Stamford bridge and Old trafford and actually having a leg to stand on when having a debate with a few of the glory hunting mates / associates i have .

Those days will live with me forever and i wish id maybe appriciated them a bit more at the time , i suppose i thought we would be winning trophies on a regular basis for years

[Fosse Boy]

Surprising. I thought the atmosphere at Fulham (the first time in particular) shitted on Millwall and Orient. Millwall basically consisted of a few wankers gesturing at us and us responding with some fairly decent songs (it's so quiet, etc etc). Orient was good, fair enough, but better than Fulham and Chelsea?.. not for me (I'm assuming you went to them).

Anyway I guess it just comes down to personal experience and taste. I do get the impression sometimes though (and this isn't necessarily directed at you) that some people are so worried about not being a hardcore fan that they refuse to enjoy anything that might have even just a hint of "plastics" about it.

Couldn't make Fulham sadly, think I was working.

Chelsea was enjoyable too, cracking match to watch, but Orient has to edge it just for the fact that we grabbed a late double salvo to win the game, the stewards had a bit of comon sense about them (and were friendly too!), and I just generally enjoyed the whole day more.