cambridgefox Posted 13 July 2015 Posted 13 July 2015 If you're fed up of reading Sunderland views, don't go on their forum. Who cares what they think? They aren't a rival, just another club. I was thinking exactly the same thing. It seems some people on here need to be outraged though and if they have to go out and seek that outrage then so be it. Think I said earlier in the thread I followed a link on here and I'm hooked,it's hilarious I don't get wound up its comedy gold.Got a mate who is a Sunderland fan and he thought they needed help!I like the way they say we struggled( we did) however I think our points total was higher than their past three seasons( might not be based on facts)
benpicko Posted 13 July 2015 Posted 13 July 2015 Think I said earlier in the thread I followed a link on here and I'm hooked,it's hilarious I don't get wound up its comedy gold.Got a mate who is a Sunderland fan and he thought they needed help! I like the way they say we struggled( we did) however I think our points total was higher than their past three seasons( might not be based on facts) Yeah the last time they got more than 41 points was 2011-12
cambridgefox Posted 13 July 2015 Posted 13 July 2015 Yeah the last time they got more than 41 points was 2011-12Cheers.Thats like Greece telling us how to run our finances.
Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot Posted 13 July 2015 Posted 13 July 2015 Does seem Man City fans always have nice things to say to us, as a result I like them.
Steven Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 No way they're going down now. He's going to be able to dismantle a Pulis, Sherwood, McClaren tactical masterclass in a second. Well observed from a Man City fan. This as well. "Cottee was on SSN saying he would have preferred someone who 'understands the club' ie one of his mates - these pundits are dinosaurs". Quite.
surrifox Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 No way they're going down now. He's going to be able to dismantle a Pulis, Sherwood, McClaren tactical masterclass in a second. Well observed from a Man City fan.
davieG Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 Claudio Ranieri: the anti-Pearson … and the wrong man for Leicester City? The Italian had a dreadful time as manager of Greece and, even though his CV is reasonable, he has not lasted more than two years in a job since Chelsea Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri watches his new team train for the first time at their pre-season camp in Spielfeld, Austria. Photograph: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images Marcus Christenson @m_christenson Tuesday 14 July 2015 12.08 BST Last modified on Tuesday 14 July 201512.24 BST The last time Claudio Ranieri was in charge of a football team, his employer felt the need to come out to apologise and take “full responsibility” for “the most unfortunate choice of coach”. Ranieri’s Greece lost 1-0 at home to Faroe Islands, prompting the Hellenic Football Federation’s president, Giorgos Sarris, to sack the Italian and talk about how his decision to appoint him in the first place had “resulted in such a poor image of the national team being put before the fans”. Poor is perhaps an understatement in the circumstances. Greece, who had for 13 years been a bastion of consistency, hard work and defensive solidity – first for nine years under Otto Rehhagel and then a further four under Fernando Santos – fell apart at an alarming rate. Just before Ranieri, who was appointed as Leicester City’s manager on Monday, took over the Greek national team, in July 2014, they had been a penalty shootout (against Costa Rica) away from reaching the World Cup quarter-finals. Four months later, the were last in their Euro 2016 qualifying group, having picked up one point from four games against Romania, Finland (two) and the Faroe Islands. The Greek FA had no other option than to sack Ranieri, four depressing months into his €1.6m, two-year contract. Claudio Ranieri appointed as new Leicester City manager Read more The list of what went wrong is long. Apart from the results, there was also a feeling in Greece that Ranieri failed to connect with the players – and with the people. The fact that he did not live in Greece probably did not help. And then there was the tinkering. Eleven years after being given the nickname “The Tinkerman” for his constant chopping and changing while in charge of Chelsea, the thing that drove most Greeks to despair was the, well, constant chopping and changing. Under Rehhagel and Santos, the Greeks knew what they were getting. Often 4-4-2, sometimes 4-3-3, on occasions 5-3-2, but always a tactically sound performance with the players aware of what they were doing. Under Ranieri they looked confused. Apart from the demoralising defeat against the Faroes, there was particular consternation over the 4-2-4 formation chosen for the home defeat against Northern Ireland. The two holding midfielders (well, the only midfielders) were Giannis Maniatis and Panagiotis Tachtsidis and they are not even known for their defensive work. So in November Ranieri was gone, having been paid €800,000 in a severance deal. He has not worked since and the news on Monday that he had been given a three-year deal at Leicester to replace Nigel Pearson was greeted with no little mirth in Greece. One can only assume that the Greek FA, and in particular one Mr Sarris, was not on Ranieri’s list of references when Leicester came calling. The Leicester City owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, clearly decided that one blip was allowed on an otherwise fairly impressive CV. Ranieri has had seven jobs since leaving Chelsea in 2004, when he was replaced by José Mourinho after four years in the role. It is easy to forget now but the Italian took Chelsea to the last four of the Champions League in his last season, with the chaotic 5-3 aggregate defeat to Monaco one of the reasons he was sacked by Roman Abramovich. After Chelsea he managed Valencia, Parma, Juventus, Roma, Inter and Monaco before landing the Greece job. His return to Valencia, where he had been the manager between 1997-99, was a failure and he did not even last a full season, signing four Italians and being criticised for not playing Pablo Aimar. His stint at Parma, on the other hand, was a huge success and he kept them up against all odds in 2007. He then joined Juventus just as they returned from their spell in Serie B following the match-fixing scandal. He took Juve to third in his first campaign, mainly thanks to getting the most out of Alessandro Del Piero, who turned 33 during that season. However, his second season at Juventus was a huge disappointment, with the manager using a very defensive 4-4-2 for large spells of the season. They again finished third in the league but were eliminated by Chelsea in the Champions League and Ranieri’s signings were deemed a failure with the fans feeling that players such as Jorge Andrade, Amauri, Tiago and, above all, Christian Poulsen were not worthy of wearing the Juve shirt. Roma were a similar story: a hugely successful first season, when they came close to winning the league but in the end lost out to Mourinho’s Inter, followed by an implosion and Ranieri’s dismissal in his second term. He lasted only six months at Inter despite a promising start and was sacked, somewhat harshly, by Monaco after two largely successful seasons. All in all, Ranieri’s CV is not bad but two things stand out: first of all the fact that his most successful stints came at the start of this coaching career and, second, that he has failed to hold a job for more than two seasons since leaving Stamford Bridge 11 years ago. This is what makes the Leicester decision so baffling. In some ways, it seems as if the Leicester owners went looking for the anti-Nigel Pearson. Ranieri is not going to call a journalist an ostrich. He is not going to throttle a player during a match. He is not going to tell a supporter to “**** off and die”, no matter how bad the abuse gets. Ranieri is generally considered to be one of the nicest men in football and his long-running feud with Mourinho is a case in point. In August 2008, they became involved in a war of words. One of them came out with his dignity intact, the other didn’t. It started with Ranieri making a comment about “not being like Mourinho: I don’t have to win to be sure of the things I do”. Mourinho did not hold back. “I am in Italy to work, not to be involved in a war of words,” he said, before being drawn into a war of words. “I want to do well with Inter, the best I possibly can for us and not forget about the work of the others. Ranieri? He is right in what he is saying: I am very demanding of myself and I need to win things to be secure with what I am doing. And because of this I have won a lot of things in my career. He, instead, has the mentality of someone who doesn’t have the need to win anything. He is nearly 70 years old and has won a Super Cup and another small cup. He’s too old to change his mentality.” Ranieri was 57 at the time. He is 63 now and has suddenly been given the chance to take on Mourinho again. Few will back him to succeed but one thing is for sure: he will conduct himself in an honourable and humble way, as he always has done. If Leicester wanted someone nice, they’ve got him. If they wanted someone to keep them in the Premier League, then they may have gone for the wrong guy.
Max Power Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 Fairly positive analysis from Rory Smith in today's Times. Can't post it as I read in the actual paper and it will be behind a paywall but still, not everyone is gunning for Claudio and us just yet.
6ups 6downs 2 cups Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 If we start badly he will be torn to shreds in the media, it will only affect his relationship with the fans if the football is poor and he does the Tinkerman act in a way that frustrates ie replacing Vardy for Konchesky if we are losing. If we do well he will be seen as the exrmpler of going for an experienced coach and will be lauded by all. 1
Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot Posted 14 July 2015 Posted 14 July 2015 I agree, if he does well we'll like him, if he doesn't we won't.
eblair Posted 22 July 2015 Posted 22 July 2015 http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9912919/which-is-the-most-watched-premier-league-team-in-your-area Anyone want to fathom that?!
Steven Posted 22 July 2015 Posted 22 July 2015 Massive in the Outer Hebrides They know their football.
Socks Posted 22 July 2015 Posted 22 July 2015 The do seem a bit Foresty don't they? How dare you slate the "European Champions"
Alexikokopops Posted 23 July 2015 Posted 23 July 2015 http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9912919/which-is-the-most-watched-premier-league-team-in-your-area Anyone want to fathom that?! Small sample size
benpicko Posted 25 July 2015 Posted 25 July 2015 https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/3el2ez/team_preview_leicester_city_premier_league_201516/ 'I'm afrade that Leicester have already been relegated before a ball had been kicked along with aston villa I fancy them to struggle massively this year a lack of players with premier league quality that for large parts of last year showed there level before the skill of Nigel Pearson they might end up in a race with Derby county 07-08 season for worst season ever in the premier league '
lgfualol Posted 25 July 2015 Posted 25 July 2015 https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/3el2ez/team_preview_leicester_city_premier_league_201516/ 'I'm afrade that Leicester have already been relegated before a ball had been kicked along with aston villa I fancy them to struggle massively this year a lack of players with premier league quality that for large parts of last year showed there level before the skill of Nigel Pearson they might end up in a race with Derby county 07-08 season for worst season ever in the premier league ' I was close to replying to that guy, but just thought what's the point
lgfualol Posted 26 July 2015 Posted 26 July 2015 good piece lgfualol enjoyed reading it Thanks! I could have wrote sooo much more but had a word limit. Also made a mistake when I said we won 8 out of our last 9 games.
Webbo Posted 26 July 2015 Posted 26 July 2015 Thanks! I could have wrote sooo much more but had a word limit. Also made a mistake when I said we won 8 out of our last 9 games. Lazy journalism.
davieG Posted 27 July 2015 Posted 27 July 2015 Premier League 2015/16 preview: Ranieri tasked with re-instilling Leicester City’s fighting spirit Richard Jolly July 27, 2015 Updated: July 27, 2015 05:48 PM With the 2015/16 English Premier League season a matter of weeks away, Richard Jolly provides his thoughts on each of the 20 teams and predicts their final league finish. Here he looks at Leicester City. After the great escape, the embarrassing mess. Leicester’s run of seven wins in their final seven games took them from 20th to 14th and prompted suggestions Nigel Pearson was a possible manager of the year. Instead, he departed rather ignominiously after his son was filmed in what has been termed “a racist orgy”. Enter, in a surprising appointment, Claudio Ranieri, who seems Pearson’s antithesis and an odd choice to manage a Leicester squad still largely populated by the players who won the Championship in 2014. For all his idiosyncrasies, Pearson got the most from them. Ranieri boasts a far more dazzling past but faces a challenge to adapt to his new charges. It took Pearson most of the season to find a winning formula and Leicester have lost their outstanding individual then, Esteban Cambiasso. Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, probably the best player left at the club, assumes an added importance while Jamie Vardy, Jeffrey Schlupp and Riyad Mahrez, who ended their first year in the Premier League in credit, have to prove they are not one-season wonders. Leicester’s owners surely imagine Ranieri is the man to take them to the next level. The danger is that he takes them back to the previous one. Key Man: Robert Huth – An unglamorous choice but the giant German’s January arrival from Stoke and Leicester’s subsequent switch to a back three, proved the catalyst for their inspired surge to safety. Huth offered vital solidity. Pivotal Signing: Shinji Okazaki – Part of Nigel Pearson’s legacy, the £7 million (Dh39.9m) Japanese was signed by the former manager. Having scored 27 goals for Mainz in the last two Bundesliga seasons, he has shown his credentials in a major European league. Crucial Factor: Team spirit. Leicester maintained their unity and belief during their 140-day stay at the foot of the Premier League, enabling them to mount their rescue bid. Ranieri has to ensure the spirit Pearson fostered is not lost. Prediction: 20
stox259 Posted 27 July 2015 Posted 27 July 2015 Well if Richard Jolly says we are going to be 20th then it's really all over. Richard bl00dy Jolly
SMX11 Posted 27 July 2015 Posted 27 July 2015 (edited) Can't really blame him for making that prediction. We clearly have flaws in our squad and a new manager. 20th is probably a tad harsh though. Edited 27 July 2015 by SMX11
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