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The "do they mean us?" thread

By jonthefox, in Leicester City Forum

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filbertway

filbertway

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I imagine this place will be full of people complaining at all the moved fixtures if we're still in the top 4 come the next round of TV announcements.

fleckneymike

fleckneymike

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It doesn't matter who they were playing, we play the same teams during the course of the season. If they manage to show 12 Swansea games in a season, they are capable of showing 12 Leicester games. Doesn't matter if they are all against the big 6.

 

The fact is we're a bigger draw now than we were when the games were decided at the start of the season, if we carry on as we are we'll be an even bigger draw as the season progresses.

 

What is currently a bigger draw... Man City v Leicester or Man City v Swansea?

 

Seeing as Man City v Swansea has already been played, I'd hazard a guess at the soon to be televised Man City v Leicester match.

Mark_w

Mark_w

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They aren't interested in entertainment; they're interested in viewing figures. I'm sure we all recall this from earlier in the year

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9912919/who-is-the-most-watched-premier-league-team

The rather dull fact is that there are way more United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City fans out there. That's why invariably our home games against said teams get chosen and we seldom get picked for away games.

 

Are you saying that Sky Sports are willing to alienate the millions of fanatical Leicester City supporters in the Outer Hebrides? I'm not having that.

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Babylon

Babylon

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Seeing as Man City v Swansea has already been played, I'd hazard a guess at the soon to be televised Man City v Leicester match.

:rolleyes:  Arrrgh I see.... lets be pedantic rather than address the point.

Fox92

Fox92

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Is this board populated by a bunch of Steven Patrick Morisseys? All this need to be loved.

We're a small club who most folks couldn't give two shits about. The reason we aren't picked for sky games is because no **** would watch them. The reason we don't get wall to wall press coverage is because outside of Leicestershire not many people give a **** and certainly wouldn't buy a paper based on the prospect of reading for the hundredth time that Mahrez cost X and Vardy played non league don't you know!

It's not that no one likes us, it's more that no one cares enough yet. Do this for a few years then people care; do it for a few months and people forget.

 

I totally agree although no need for the criticism of Morrissey ;)

sylofox

sylofox

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Do love the manure joke.

manure fan walks into a travel agents to book a holiday.

Travel agent says "You can't beat the canaries in December"

lol lol

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americanfox

americanfox

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Playing FIFA today, and with form boosts, ratings are:

 

Vardy 78 (+3)

Okazaki 78

Albrighton 74 (+3)

Kanté 80 (+4)

Drinky 75 (+3)

Mahrez 79 (+4)

Fuchs 76 (+2)

Huth 80 (+2)

Morgan 75 (+2)

Simpson 71

 

Kasper 76

 

Schwarzer 73

King 70

Ulloa 73

Dyer 76

De Laet 72

Benny 75

Inler 79

 

Kramma 73

Wasyl 72

James 69

Schlupp 68

 

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Not bad. Definitely feel like Albrighton deserves a higher rating -- his Marking and Defense ratings are in the 30s and that's too low. Given his actual value. Simpson probably deserves a modest form boost too. For the life of me, can't determine how Schlupp is rated so poorly.

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EnglishOxide

EnglishOxide

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I'm getting pissed off with all the people playing as Leicester on Fifa. Glory hunting bastards.

It's been the only team I play with for years and suddenly I'm getting beat by them all the time.

newparker76

newparker76

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From the F365 mailbox:

 

"

The Prem’s rubbish, guys
Can we please abandon the idea that there is anything positive about the current state of the PL? It’s like watching a prolonged FA Cup third round upset: miserable.

 

As an exercise in pure entertainment, perhaps the current league is more entertaining than the mid and late 00s when Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool comfortably finished in the top 4 (although I’m not convinced the PL has ever been more entertaining than when Utd won it by 18 points. It was glorious). Isn’t it wonderful that, thanks to the PL’s unmeritocratic distribution of television revenues, the likes of Leicester and Stoke can spend money they only have because they piggyback on the commercial success and profile of Utd and others? Well no, it isn’t.

 

Never mind that clubs are spending money they shouldn’t have and haven’t earnt. From a simple sporting perspective, the competitiveness of the PL is a disaster. The relentlessness and physicality of the competition guarantees that year after year, tournament after tournament, English clubs and players are exhausted come spring, and therefore unable to compete with the better rested squads of Barca, Madrid, Bayern etc.

The combination of this exclusion from major continental honours, and a league in which competition is physical and protection still limited, therefore dissuades elite players from coming to or staying in England. Forgive me if, after Cantona, Veron, Stam, Ronaldo, Tevez et al., I’m just not that impressed by the success of Ighalo, Jamie Vardy, Jason Puncheon or Riyadh Mahrez.

 

The standard to which English clubs should aspire is consistent excellence in European competition (like three CL finals in four years). Not to be competing with Leicester, Bournemouth and Crystal Palace, and celebrating a league for its lack of quality is frankly obtuse.
Chris MUFC

"

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Nick

Nick

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From the F365 mailbox:

 

"

The Prem’s rubbish, guys

Can we please abandon the idea that there is anything positive about the current state of the PL? It’s like watching a prolonged FA Cup third round upset: miserable.

 

As an exercise in pure entertainment, perhaps the current league is more entertaining than the mid and late 00s when Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool comfortably finished in the top 4 (although I’m not convinced the PL has ever been more entertaining than when Utd won it by 18 points. It was glorious). Isn’t it wonderful that, thanks to the PL’s unmeritocratic distribution of television revenues, the likes of Leicester and Stoke can spend money they only have because they piggyback on the commercial success and profile of Utd and others? Well no, it isn’t.

 

Never mind that clubs are spending money they shouldn’t have and haven’t earnt. From a simple sporting perspective, the competitiveness of the PL is a disaster. The relentlessness and physicality of the competition guarantees that year after year, tournament after tournament, English clubs and players are exhausted come spring, and therefore unable to compete with the better rested squads of Barca, Madrid, Bayern etc.

The combination of this exclusion from major continental honours, and a league in which competition is physical and protection still limited, therefore dissuades elite players from coming to or staying in England. Forgive me if, after Cantona, Veron, Stam, Ronaldo, Tevez et al., I’m just not that impressed by the success of Ighalo, Jamie Vardy, Jason Puncheon or Riyadh Mahrez.

 

The standard to which English clubs should aspire is consistent excellence in European competition (like three CL finals in four years). Not to be competing with Leicester, Bournemouth and Crystal Palace, and celebrating a league for its lack of quality is frankly obtuse.Chris MUFC

"

Ha Chris. Spending money they haven't earnt? What like half your club being floated on the stock market after being bought by billionaires? Bellend.

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yorkie1999

yorkie1999

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The fans of the big clubs are so far up their own arses it's unbelievable. I think they truly believe it's their god given right to win the league. It would be a far better league if every club in it had to earn promotion from the championship. If villa drop down, i know they're no longer a top club but their fans still think they're massive, it will take a long long time to get back again simply because the club doesn't have the mentality and the ability to fight for every point.

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Corky

Corky

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Chris wrote in a few weeks ago saying we were shit and would lose to them and fall away. Now we haven't and his opinion is total crap he can't admit he's wrong so invents more bullshit to cover his arse.

urban.spaceman

urban.spaceman

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"Money they haven't earnt"

Man U "earned" £20m more than us from PL TV money by virtue of being given more games than us last season. He seems to forget that our team assembled for less than £15m beat their team that cost £300m+.

Also, our success this season can hardly be attributed to spending a lot of money. Our best players so far:

Vardy £1m 3 years ago

Morgan £1m 4 years ago

Fuchs FREE 6 months ago

Mahrez £350,000 2 years ago

Kante £4m(?) 6 months ago

Drinkwater undisclosed 3 years ago (from them!)

This pillock just exemplifies what is so detestable about fans of the "big" clubs. The paradigm is shifting and it's brilliant to not only see the league being enriched but also to see them suffer for a change.

What a twazzock

Gerard

Gerard

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And to top it all he's from Kent.  :D

 

I've seen it on a few big team forums when they moan it's not fair that the usual cannon fodder are too competitive now because of the TV money. 

 

My heart bleeds

Webbo

Webbo

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Posted

From the F365 mailbox:

 

"

The Prem’s rubbish, guys

Can we please abandon the idea that there is anything positive about the current state of the PL? It’s like watching a prolonged FA Cup third round upset: miserable.

 

As an exercise in pure entertainment, perhaps the current league is more entertaining than the mid and late 00s when Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool comfortably finished in the top 4 (although I’m not convinced the PL has ever been more entertaining than when Utd won it by 18 points. It was glorious). Isn’t it wonderful that, thanks to the PL’s unmeritocratic distribution of television revenues, the likes of Leicester and Stoke can spend money they only have because they piggyback on the commercial success and profile of Utd and others? Well no, it isn’t.

 

Never mind that clubs are spending money they shouldn’t have and haven’t earnt. From a simple sporting perspective, the competitiveness of the PL is a disaster. The relentlessness and physicality of the competition guarantees that year after year, tournament after tournament, English clubs and players are exhausted come spring, and therefore unable to compete with the better rested squads of Barca, Madrid, Bayern etc.

The combination of this exclusion from major continental honours, and a league in which competition is physical and protection still limited, therefore dissuades elite players from coming to or staying in England. Forgive me if, after Cantona, Veron, Stam, Ronaldo, Tevez et al., I’m just not that impressed by the success of Ighalo, Jamie Vardy, Jason Puncheon or Riyadh Mahrez.

 

The standard to which English clubs should aspire is consistent excellence in European competition (like three CL finals in four years). Not to be competing with Leicester, Bournemouth and Crystal Palace, and celebrating a league for its lack of quality is frankly obtuse.

Chris MUFC

"

Obvious troll. Don't give him the attention he craves.

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