davieG Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 Merc Owner Aiyawatt 'Top' Raksriaksorn says Leicester City still have to "earn the right" to be considered promotion candidates from the Championship. But the vice-chairman holds firm to the belief that City will realise their Premier League dream this season. Twelfth-placed City currently stand five points adrift of the play-off places . That is three points worse off than they were when Sven-Goran Eriksson left the manager's role by mutual consent in October. Raksriaksorn, writing in the official Boxing Day matchday magazine, said: "We'll talk about what we want to achieve, but we know that we have to earn the right to be considered as a promotion candidate. "In 2011, we haven't earned that right so in the next game (against Portsmouth on Saturday) and in 2012 we must play catch-up and work together. "It is fine to be ambitious but we don't expect anything to be given to us and we know that every team we face will provide a test." However, 26-year-old Raksriaksorn, right, said he believed the club can achieve promotion this season, despite their current inconsistent form of two wins, three draws and two losses. He said: "Of course we can (achieve promotion). "There is a long way to go this season and the division is very tight and competitive. "We are yet to win back-to-back games and I think that, once we do, we can put together a long run of victories. "Nigel (Pearson) has spoken about changing the mentality of the players and he is the man to do this." Raksriaksorn, who has already made a massive investment in new players as well as improving the stadium and training ground, is expected to give Pearson the financial clout to strengthen the squad in the January transfer window. But, when asked how busy the club was going to be, he added: "There is little point speculating about January. Nigel and his staff will decide what they want to do and will speak to myself and the board. "It is up to the current players to prove themselves and to become regular starters for Nigel and then any players we may bring in must be good enough to improve the squad." Raksriaksorn also said the club's supporters have "a key role to play" as City look to improve their position during the second half of the campaign. He added: "It makes a big difference to see a full, loud stadium backing them from the start to the end of the game. "We all get frustrated and you only have to look at my father (King Power owner Vichai) and I to see how involved we get. "But that is the beauty of football, one minute you can be down – and the next minute you have scored at the other end. "The unpredictability, the excitement and, ultimately, the landmark days, like a promotion, are what we all live for."
BNET Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 Well Top just have a look at Pearsons team selections and ask yourself how on earth can you see us winning another game. If we do its gonna be against a seriously poor team with a manager as clueless as ours.
Happy Fox Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 If anybody was thinking that promotion this season wasn't required now then think again panic stations . Top wants it you can bet your bottom dollar he will sack NP if he fails this season.
Guest Col city fan Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 If anybody was thinking that promotion this season wasn't required now then think again panic stations . Top wants it you can bet your bottom dollar he will sack NP if he fails this season. You don't know this at all... I do get fed up though with this constant air of expectation. I doubt it's done the players any favours and puts Nige under pressure. I'd like the owners to come out and say that we aim to achieve promotion within a given timescale.. Say.. By the end of next season It's all too short- termist
Happy Fox Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 You don't know this at all... I do get fed up though with this constant air of expectation. I doubt it's done the players any favours and puts Nige under pressure. I'd like the owners to come out and say that we aim to achieve promotion within a given timescale.. Say.. By the end of next season It's all too short- termist Well I think it is pretty obvious this will happen Top is ruthless as seen by Sven's sacking. The players need to up the ante quicker and realize their jobs are on the line too much of a lackadaisical attitude is getting us nowhere and I only hope the players that want to fight for the promotion cause are here, and the useless lot can leave in January
Libertine Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 Well I think it is pretty obvious this will happen Top is ruthless as seen by Sven's sacking. The players need to up the ante quicker and realize their jobs are on the line too much of a lackadaisical attitude is getting us nowhere and I only hope the players that want to fight for the promotion cause are here, and the useless lot can leave in January Sven wasn't sacked after failing last season. He was after being given a full summer to assemble his own squad. There's no reason Pearson will be treated differently. As long as we're close enough.
Happy Fox Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 Sven wasn't sacked after failing last season. He was after being given a full summer to assemble his own squad. There's no reason Pearson will be treated differently. As long as we're close enough. I beg to differ of course he will be treated differently he has get us promotion this season, why else did we sack Sven he was underachieving remember the aim was to get automatic promotion slot and at the very minimum achieve a playoff spot, do you think Top will be pleased if we don't get promotion this season?
Guest Col city fan Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 I beg to differ of course he will be treated differently he has get us promotion this season, why else did we sack Sven he was underachieving remember the aim was to get automatic promotion slot and at the very minimum achieve a playoff spot, do you think Top will be pleased if we don't get promotion this season? I believe that Top sacked Sven because he thought he wasn't up to the job. I don't believe he thinks this of Pearson I say again, you cannot possibly know how long Pearson will get.. You're simply speculating
Corky Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 I admire your optimism Top but I'm afraid I don't share it.
fosseman Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 I suspect Top hasn't reached any conclusion yet. He's still hoping Nige can get us back on track and is suspending judgement.
leicesterseddon Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 How do you trust a man who claims to be interested in the club in the long-term, but is recklessly desperate to gain promotion in his first full season as owner? This article just confirms what we already knew - these people's interest in Leicester City and their interest in the Pwemiuh Leegk are essentially interchangeable. And if we can't achieve this goal within a couple of seasons, they'll take their money and run. I mean what else would keep them here?
The Year Of The Fox Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 I just think we're a laughing stock.
purpleronnie Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 what do people expect him to say, 'no we've got no chance', would people be happier?
Heart-Shaped Fox Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 Half the season left, of coure we can still do it.
Legend_in_blue Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 Until we find a CM who can boss a game from the middle of the field, we're going nowhere.
accessory Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 The owners do us and the players no favours with statements like this. They only add to the expectation and pressure, which as we know, the current squad is unable to deal with. Enough of the hype. Time for the manager and players to DELIVER!
marbelladave Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 They must have one hell of a plan for the transfer window........
suffolk fox Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 I just think we're a laughing stock. I agree. My West Ham Supporting mate can't stop laughing at our plight and takes the p*** at all times! I am more concerned with our current plight. Perhaps Sven was sacked to save money? Nowt to do with football. Why is it when you go to the stadium now the Tv's are nop longer on in the concourses? Again saving money? Maybe we are not as well off as we like to think we are? Will we crash and burn? On listening to Pearson post match against Ipswich I wouldn't bank on us getting anyone decent in if at all!? Let's be honest in the whole of 90mins against Ipswich we had two shots on target. One of which was a goal from a fortuitous penalty! It's not good enougth. Mid table beckons at best. I just wish our owners would shut up about promotion because we haven't got a hope in hell this season.
accessory Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 I agree. My West Ham Supporting mate can't stop laughing at our plight and takes the p*** at all times! I am more concerned with our current plight. Perhaps Sven was sacked to save money? Nowt to do with football. Why is it when you go to the stadium now the Tv's are nop longer on in the concourses? Again saving money? Maybe we are not as well off as we like to think we are? Will we crash and burn? Given the millions it must have cost to pay up his contract and bring Pearson and his team back, I VERY much doubt it. By the way, the TVs in the Kop concourses for the Ipswich game were working as normal.
seenitall Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 I would imagine it is Papa who is really pulling the strings, not Junior - admirable though throwing millions at us is, they really should bring in someone who understands football to help them or they are going to continue to sound like idiots - perhaps they should do what they are ALLEDGED to do in Thailand and bribe their way to get what they want!!!!
ajthefox Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 Half the season left, of coure we can still do it. I don't know whether the majority of other posters forget about this and the fickle nature of football or just love to be miserable but I agree. We're shit at the minute and I don't actually think we will get promotion, but it can't be ruled out because there's still so much time, and Pearson is yet to have his chance in the transfer market.
Karljohn Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 A statement about winning promotion? at the same time that half season tickets are on sale and within 5 weeks they will be asking for early bird renewals? Hmmmm.
Guest Basildon Fox Posted 28 December 2011 Posted 28 December 2011 Lots of Foxestalk posters in negative reaction shocker!! FFS how some have even managed to speculate it is shit or bust this season from that beggars belief. Would everyone have preferred for him to have come out and said that the manager and the team are cack. We have no chance and I will be looking to bring in a new manager in the near future? Get a grip!! :xmaslaugh:
Happy Fox Posted 20 August 2012 Posted 20 August 2012 http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/story-16734278-detail/story.html? Leicester City chairman Vichai Raksriaksorn has reaffirmed his commitment to getting Leicester City into the Premier League. Vichai said, in his annual address, that he and son, Aiyawatt, who is the City vice-chairman, were determined to take City to the top flight as quickly as possible. He added they would also develop the club so it can sustain Premier League football. The chairman backed manager Nigel Pearson and said he had been pleased with the way Pearson had invested the transfer funds handed to him this summer. "Off the pitch, we continue in our efforts to improve every aspect of the football club so that we are adequately prepared for the Premier League," he said. "We all want to see this club back in the Premier League. "The supporters deserve it and we are all determined to do everything we can to get there. "We want to achieve long term, sustainable success, which means investing in areas of the club that feel the benefit for years to come. "The improvements we have made to the stadium, the training ground, the academy and the commercial side of the business are all long-term investments that make us a stronger football club financially. "We have a manager in Nigel Pearson that can help us realise our ambitions. Under his guidance, the players in our squad are moulding together well, with last season's core players supplemented by some exciting new recruits." Vichai also issued a rallying cry to the supporters. "We all have a part to play, including your role in creating an atmosphere that will inspire our players to achieve extraordinary feats."
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