Guest ttfn Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 I also feel extremely sorry for all those that have been sat around you at leicester games for the last 40 years, you must be a fücking hoot to be around! Either that, or given that he thought the Bristol game was one of the worst he'd ever seen, he must have had a uniquely positive perspective on the Pleat, Megson, Holloway and Levein eras. Which would actually make him a rather nice chap to be around.
Dicko Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 We all know how pathetically fickle a lot of City fans are, but even i'm surprised at how many people are calling for the manager to go, 3 games into a 46-game season ! If he turns things around I wonder how many people will change their tune? Or will it be like the O'Neill / Sheff Utd thing, where despite half of the ground chanting "Fvck off Martin O'Neill", every City fan i've ever met says "I wasn't chanting that"... I can't be bothered typing out a big rant, i'll just sum up: If you genuinely think that we should sack the manager at this point, then you're a fvcking idiot.
Blinking Blue Owl Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 Yes and outing him won't help matters either . Just shows how wrong you can be I thought he was bang on Hetro what with him getting conkers deep with that hairy Italian bird --strange world isn't it .
@mrtonycox Posted 19 August 2011 Author Posted 19 August 2011 Again it's not 3 games... It's nearly a whole season.. But why was Souza gone within a few games last season..??? He'd not spent millions and tinkered with a team when on a good run to prove his appointments such as Ricardo (which cost the play offs)....... I say it again, anyone in this league given millions can create a good team, there's no skill in that at all.. I'll say this again also, I hope I'm proved wrong and I'll be the first to say "sorry lads I was wrong".. I hope the result against Forest is good.. It needs to be.
philce Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 If we get a result Sat and vs Southampton all of this will be forgotten. Sat maybe, but Southampton I'm not so sure!
bluesbrothers Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 Get rid of Sven? You're joking, right? You think Schmeichal, Vassell, Bamba, Fernandes, Danns, Ball, Konchesky, Johnson, Mills & Nugent would have come to Leicester if Sven wasn't at the helm? You think the likes of King, Waghorn, Gallagher, Dyer and Wellens would still be around if they were sat benchwarming under someone else? The players respect and rate Sven. I'm hoping our new owners aren't as trigger happy as our past owners, because ffs, there'd be a players strike or something if he got the sack.
roblcfc84 Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 This madness sheer madness. We have signed a large number of new players who have barely played together and who are getting used to new tactics and style. I am overwhelmed that after three games there are people calling for our manager to be sacked. Football is not instant success and there are no quick fixes. History is full of managers and teams who take time to gel and grow as a team. Take ferguson one game away from being sacked. Patience is difficult when your emotions are ruling sense but atleast give them longer than 3 games. And for those questioning Sven and the signings I think you should give your head a shake. Some of the utter wasters that have been employed by this club in the last ten years. This team will come good.
Nick Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 Again it's not 3 games... It's nearly a whole season.. But why was Souza gone within a few games last season..??? He'd not spent millions and tinkered with a team when on a good run to prove his appointments such as Ricardo (which cost the play offs)....... I say it again, anyone in this league given millions can create a good team, there's no skill in that at all.. I'll say this again also, I hope I'm proved wrong and I'll be the first to say "sorry lads I was wrong".. I hope the result against Forest is good.. It needs to be. There is a selfish part of me that hopes we lose. We all then can be rewarded with days of your comedy posts. Truth is, if we finish third and miss out on the play-offs you'll still say the season was rubbish and call for the managers head. What will consitute you being wrong? In your 40 years of footballing experience as a spectator, how long should you give a manager with an incomplete team of new players to gel and sort out the best starting eleven? We need some more movement off the ball and understanding, a genuine wide player and a strike partner. I believe we have a creative midfielder already. We also need a few less Tony's bumbling about wielding axes, not having completed the Scouting Badge for Axe Weilding Proficiency.
Darkon84 Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 Don't know...I don't profess to be a football expert so all I can judge by is what I've seen in 40 years of being a Leicester City football fan and ST holder.. and I can honestly say that the first half of last night rates up there with the most clueless apathetic and dire I have ever had the misfortune to watch! If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Until you have some decent ideas about who you would prefer in charge or how we can 'turn this around' (personally i think theres nothing to turn around, we are 3 games in), then maybe you should bite your tongue, sir, and stop slandering Sven, and try and get behind our boys. People in this place are going mad.
cecchini Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 From Wikipedia.. "Eriksson improved England's FIFA World Ranking from 17th place in January 2001 to 5th place in July 2006, reaching 4th during World Cup 2006, and was rated by the FA as England's second most successful Manager after Alf Ramsey. He is the only England manager, other than the short-lived Terry Venables, who has never failed to quide England to the last eight in a major tournament.[8] Under Eriksson, England achieved the highest point percentage in Major Tournament Matches of all time for an England manager,[9] lost only 3 competitive games (excluding extra-time), and achieved top qualifying place in all three International tournaments. Only Brazil matched England's record of reaching the quarter final in tournaments in 2002, 2004 and 2006. Coincidentally, the same manager, Luiz Felipe Scolari, knocked England out of all three of these tournaments, first with Brazil and then twice with Portugal. Eriksson is the only England manager never to have led an England team out at their permanent home venue of the old Wembley Stadium or the new Wembley Stadium. Wembley was closed for redevelopment the same month that the FA asked him to take over, October 2000, and he resigned before the new Wembley Stadium was opened." Makes for an interesting read. I think he has all the qualifications and experience to do an excellent job. To be reviewed at Christmas! . :sge:
cecchini Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 oh and by the way again thanks to Wikipedia... On 19 August, Manchester City beat league champions Manchester United to go top of the Premier League after three games without conceding a goal. Eriksson received the Premier League's Manager of the Month award for August. The club stayed in the top six throughout the rest of 2007, and were third throughout October and November, but fell to seventh on 12 January 2008 after winning only one of their previous five games. In Spring 2008 Shinawatra claimed that he would replace Eriksson after only one full season, because of an "avalanche of very poor results which is unacceptable at this level". This resulted in an outcry from Manchester City fans who coordinated an SOS ("Save Our Sven") campaign (similar to the Official England Fan's campaign in the spring of 2006) including a well attended march from the City centre to Eastlands stadium and a flood of letters to the club and the Manchester Evening News. The failure to react to public and fan demands resulted in high volume of fans cancelling or not renewing their season tickets. Also, the team announced that they would go on strike. Eriksson rejected any interference and also persuaded his players against potentially damaging their careers by an all out strike. In the last game of the season, Manchester City suffered an 8–1 loss to Middlesbrough, the biggest defeat of Eriksson's career. Many concluded that the team had "gone on strike" as a symbolic protest during the game, although a red card for Richard Dunne after 15 minutes made the game difficult for City.[12] Manchester City ended in 9th place in the league, one place away from the UEFA Cup 2008–09 qualifying positions. Manchester City subsequently qualified through the extra place awarded to the Premier League for finishing as the highest placed team (who hadn't already qualified for a European competition) in the UEFA Fair Play League for 2007–08. Eriksson became the first Manchester City manager since 1969–70 to win both league derby games against Manchester United and also achieved the club's joint highest Premier League point total, 55 chill out you nay sayers!
Tielemans63 Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/leicestercity The Merc journos seem to have started sharpening their knives.
@mrtonycox Posted 19 August 2011 Author Posted 19 August 2011 If we get a result Sat and vs Southampton all of this will be forgotten. Sat maybe, but Southampton I'm not so sure! I agree... We can only hope.!!!
Wherethefoxhat? Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 You won't catch me slagging either Sven or any of the players off .........always think encouragement & support are paramount ....especially so in times of trouble ! One thing i'd love to ask Sven though is.........why pay £7 mill plus for Mills,St Ledger and Peltier ......when you could probably have bought tried and tested Kyle Naughton & Ben Mee for similar money !
Tielemans63 Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 You won't catch me slagging either Sven or any of the players off .........always think encouragement & support are paramount ....especially so in times of trouble ! One thing i'd love to ask Sven though is.........why pay £7 mill plus for Mills,St Ledger and Peltier ......when you could probably have bought tried and tested Kyle Naughton & Ben Mee for similar money ! I thought that. Apparently Naughton was too expensive at £5 million and then we paid £5.5 for Mills?! I thought Naughton was our player of the season for the time he was here and was easily worth that price tag.
Babylon Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 I thought that. Apparently Naughton was too expensive at £5 million and then we paid £5.5 for Mills?! I thought Naughton was our player of the season for the time he was here and was easily worth that price tag. We were said to have failed in a £5m bid in the summer according to a few papers when he went to Norwich. Maybe a) Spurs wanted WAY more than that to sell or b) didn't want to sell him. And we haven't paid £5.5m for Mills.... lots of extras included in that dependent on how he/we get on.
Wherethefoxhat? Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 We were said to have failed in a £5m bid in the summer according to a few papers when he went to Norwich. Maybe a) Spurs wanted WAY more than that to sell or b) didn't want to sell him. £5 mill apparently !
Wherethefoxhat? Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 Pardon? They wanted £5 mill.....and Sven/Board would'nt pay that much ! Hence my comment that the money paid for Mills/St Ledger/Peltier could have bought Naughton/Mee
Babylon Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 They wanted £5 mill.....and Sven/Board would'nt pay that much ! Hence my comment that the money paid for Mills/St Ledger/Peltier could have bought Naughton/Mee My post said that we apparently bid £5m for him and failed (if you believe the papers). It was in the rags at the time he went to Norwich.
Basil Brush Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 You won't catch me slagging either Sven or any of the players off .........always think encouragement & support are paramount ....especially so in times of trouble ! One thing i'd love to ask Sven though is.........why pay £7 mill plus for Mills,St Ledger and Peltier ......when you could probably have bought tried and tested Kyle Naughton & Ben Mee for similar money ! Its too late now, £7m for Mills and St Legend, Peltier was.....a poor decision at best
Dr The Singh Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 My post said that we apparently bid £5m for him and failed (if you believe the papers). It was in the rags at the time he went to Norwich. I dunno the facts but more likely he wanted prem footy and didn't want to come, but i'm sure somewhere in an interview Sven did say we did bid for him!!
Wherethefoxhat? Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 My post said that we apparently bid £5m for him and failed (if you believe the papers). It was in the rags at the time he went to Norwich. Well your wrong then .....we didnt bid £5 mill .....they asked that for him and we would'nt pay it at that time but .......a few weeks later paid more than that for Mills !
Babylon Posted 19 August 2011 Posted 19 August 2011 ....a poor decision at best You should post in col citys player thread making conclusions like that so soon.
@mrtonycox Posted 19 August 2011 Author Posted 19 August 2011 There is a selfish part of me that hopes we lose. We all then can be rewarded with days of your comedy posts. Truth is, if we finish third and miss out on the play-offs you'll still say the season was rubbish and call for the managers head. What will consitute you being wrong? In your 40 years of footballing experience as a spectator, how long should you give a manager with an incomplete team of new players to gel and sort out the best starting eleven? We need some more movement off the ball and understanding, a genuine wide player and a strike partner. I believe we have a creative midfielder already. We also need a few less Tony's bumbling about wielding axes, not having completed the Scouting Badge for Axe Weilding Proficiency. Cleary I know nothing about football.. Players not in position and school boy errors are acceptable it seems.. I'll shut up then and leave my stupid opinion and bow down to those who have succesfully done football manager jobs on the forum like Nick. Let's see how the next 2 matches leave us, I predict personally same point as Sousa last season but Sven will stay as apparently he's the best thing since sliced bread.
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