burni Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 This isn't meant to be a negative post, infact it's the first topic I've ever started. How do we fare as fans in comparrison compared to other clubs? are doing our job? All the clubs high in the league or those who are achieving higher than expected seem to have a real united feeling around their boards, for me I've only been big into supporting leicester since pearson came in the first time round, when this happened i felt like we the fans the players and the club were a team, sure we were annoyed when we lost and happy when we won. But the way we reacted to lossess was somewhat different to now, the boards have a real negative feel to them no one seems happy. If we draw or lose everyone says sack all the players and were going to get relegated win and we get carried away thinking were going to walk the league, or someting like that? It's true in saying we should have high expectations but i somewhat think this injection of cash from the thais has somewhat spoilt us. Our minimum expectation is to win everygame and only are we satisfied when we do so, so we never seem to be doing better than what we expect. What I'm getting at here is when we first got back into the championship with Nigel we felt like we over acheived slightly when came 5th which gave us fans a real good feeling and i think now for us to get that feeling we would have to win almost every game which with the way things are is unlikely any time soon. Thats why I think were spoilt. This explains why we are not happy at the moment because were only a mid table team when were expecting to get promoted, stating the obvious i know. I think our teams close to something very good, but right now were as bad as the teams performances at times. Yes alot of the players are perhaps being overpaid but thats not their fault. you get offered a pay rise and what appears to be a good opportunity you take it right? What I feel since Nigel has come in is the starting of a good team, sure its not right now but i think were very close . Hes playing a team that appear to be giving their all now and as fans i think we need to see this and forget about our position and the money we spend. It's the players jobs to win and keep us fans happy but it's also the fans jobs to lift the players and be there through thick and thin whether they deserve it or not. If your mum was watching you play as a kid she would support you regardless of performances and results and we need to be like that with leicester in a sense. The point im trying to make with this post is that I long the vibe we once had and it wont come back till the fans get behind the team, we need to meet Nigels team half way because I think were starting to get a team who do really care about leicester. Attendances are good so our fans do clearly do love our team, but this good vibe important and ever present in teams doing well. We need to just stop thinking were better than everyone else because we have money and focus on whats really important, being good fans. We need to our bit, europe will come in time when we start to do so Not being a supporter for long im not sure how things felt in the older days when we doing well, was it similar to as I described? Comon blues lets be the underdogs again and show other teams the better fans that we really are! Note: i do have spelling/gramma difficuly so there may be mistakes in the post.
lovelcfc Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 I completely agree with your post the reason our fans are like the way we are is beacuse of the exspectation surrounding the club at the start of the season so every1 thinks were gonna walk the league but with how much money the thais have spent were really not doing good enough so i can understand the fans frustration like if we lose or draw today most people will being calling for pearson head were if we win people will be write behind the team our fans are stupid sometimes alot of them dont know that getting a point away from home is a good thing so they always exspect a win
Jace Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 Are Wolves fans the worst for being fickle? My mate who is a Wolves fan told me they are the worst apparently for some time they struggled more at home than they did away because the fans just get on the players backs and boo them before they even get a proper chance. If they are the worst I am sure we are not too far behind
whitwickfox Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 We are great fans simply because we have the passion and commitment to want to air our views.if we all agreed to every thing said, then the word debate wouldn't exist.let people say what they feel, not what you want to hear
burni Posted 2 January 2012 Author Posted 2 January 2012 yes say we want but there is a word called constructive that springs to mine which i see very little of, this post isn't about not having an opinion its about the general feel of the club in relation to how well were doing and why we arent happy
foxfanazer Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 We all love out club but we are extrely fickle, the money pumped into the club has gone to our heads a bit as well
Webbo Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 Take a look at the rest of this forum, do we all speak with one voice? We're all individuals, some like to cheer and some like to boo and some say nothing at all. Exactly the same as every other club.
FuriousFox46 Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 Yes. We are good fans. In the grand scheme of things, we're one of the best supported clubs in the country. We can all see some of our fans are utter morons. But every club has those.
Yojoe36 Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 Well what's a bad fan? You'd probably say a Man Utd fan, which is 100% true, as their fanbase is a bunch of retards who ain't got a clue what football is. I don't really see any "bad fans". People just voice their opinions, emotion and passion differently. Either it be cracking bottles around a forest fans head while singing "When you're smiling". Or buying a season ticket, and enjoy casually going to the match every week.
dave the caveman Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 Yesterday I said I would set myself on fire if I saw another post blaming the fans for incompetent performances from the players and management. Looks like I'll have to nip out to get some matches. Does anyone know of any ways I might minimise the pain? Actually no, don't worry about that. The pain of burning alive surely pales in comparison to the pain of being surrounded by people so foolish and full of self doubt that they blame themselves for something they have no influence over whatsoever. A poorly performing professional football team does not suddenly become good just because a few people watching started shouting "yeeeeah go on wooooooohooo" instead of "no you're crap booo." If it did work like that then we wouldn't need Pearson, we could just employ some American cheerleadersto dance around on the bench and we'd have so much positivity that we would win every game
ithuriel Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 There is a lot of whining but that is because peeps care about the club. Obviously there a great differences of opinion at time's. Even during O'niells reign i would hear peeps slating him, saying his football was boring etc., You get used to it after a while and just shrug your shoulder's and get on with watching game's
cc_star Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 no, must people are CVNTS NP has enforced changes through injuries today, and people are already claiming his team selection as disaster or trying to paint him as panicking, when it's quite clearly nothing of the sort He's said all along he will try & change the players mentality & if he can't he'll change the players. We need to allow our manager to manage. If after 35 games he's only won 7 games like Sven did in his last 35 games in charge, then we need to start asking questions, but until then cheer... and cheer like fvck!
The Year Of The Fox Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 For the large part our fans are very poor. The jeering and booing Wellens and Beckford receieved when subbed off NYE and at West Ham was embarassing. If anyone expected us to walk this league and has since to taken to booing because we aren't doing so are pathetic in all honesty. Its easy to be great fans when everythings going right for you. But you find out how good a set of fans you are when things are going wrong. And right now we're not looking that good
Kitchandro Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 For the large part our fans are very poor. The jeering and booing Wellens and Beckford receieved when subbed off NYE and at West Ham was embarassing. If anyone expected us to walk this league and has since to taken to booing because we aren't doing so are pathetic in all honesty. Its easy to be great fans when everythings going right for you. But you find out how good a set of fans you are when things are going wrong. And right now we're not looking that good Yeh but every group of fans who had our exact club blueprint and exact history would be reacting in the same way as we are now. Prove me wrong, I dare you.
THEBIGJOHNSTEADER; Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 I think I'm a fantastic supporter. I don't get to as many home games as I would like due to living in Leamington Spa, but other than that i'm great, I've got a replica shirt for the Peter Taylor season and everything. Fabulous arse too
Earlydoorsjones Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 We are great fans simply because we have the passion and commitment to want to air our views.if we all agreed to every thing said, then the word debate wouldn't exist.let people say what they feel, not what you want to hear Whether you are right...or whether you are wrong... is not the reason for my post. The point that the bloke that started this topic is making is that many of us have become similar to over indulged little brats. We have had cash spent on the team, our expectations have been increased, and when the football does not go our way, we throw the toys out of the pram. I agree with you - we have to have debate - but I also agree with what the chap is saying at the start - many supporters have become a bit precocious. In my time as a supporter (1980's) the unity and satisfaction amongst the fans has never been higher than under MON (circa 1999/2000), and there was a mini revival of togetherness under the Little ere and when NP took charge the first time around. There was still debate in those days, but just not the bitterness at everything that does not go our way. Like the chap says, we have been under-dogs in the past, but this season, I have heard twats chanting, "Were buying the league, buying the league, were Leicester City, were buying the league..." So... like the chap says, our expectations have risen and we are not at all happy when shit don't go our way. But this is football... and "the race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong” and many of us with inflated expectations get really very indignant with - the midfield, the manager, Sven's imbalances...the list goes on. If being a lover of sport has cost me arguments, the odd fight, pounds, relationships, it has taught me that you cant buy a winning mentality and moaning constantly does not solve anything. Debate, however, is every fans paid for right. I have got to disagree when you say that "we are great fans because we have passion" - the mighty King Power stadium is feeling more and more like a Library. We were out supported by the Posh fans and even Pompey fans must have wondered how 25,300 people could be so bloody quiet on New Years Eve. If you went to the Portsmouth game, you will notice that there were not many passionate fans out that day. We fail to get behind our team at crucial times - we would much rather criticise them. I am, at heart, a bloody hypocrite, and so, if, in the future, when I read about the club asking some supporters (aka, the Fosse Boys) to sit down during a game, or when I have watched another abject midfield display on the pitch, I will bitch my fvcking heart out..either that or kick the neighbours dog.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 Yeh but every group of fans who had our exact club blueprint and exact history would be reacting in the same way as we are now. Prove me wrong, I dare you. That doesn't make it or them right though does it? Beckford around the time of West Ham away, and Wellens of late have come in for so much OTT stick and abuse. Do we always have to have a scapegoat? Fans have a right to voice their opinion how they choose, but do we then need to backslap each other because we thought it was 'well good when we jeered wellens' (wellens who's been quality pretty much since joining?
Kitchandro Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 That doesn't make it or them right though does it? Beckford around the time of West Ham away, and Wellens of late have come in for so much OTT stick and abuse. Do we always have to have a scapegoat? Beckford didn't deserve abuse for not trying? And if you're saying we're crap you are suggesting that a lot of others are a lot better.
Jimmy Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 Beckford didn't deserve abuse for not trying? look at what you've written, no he doesn't deserve abuse, no one does, he deserves criticism NOT abuse
The Year Of The Fox Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 Beckford didn't deserve abuse for not trying? And if you're saying we're crap you are suggesting that a lot of others are a lot better. How do you know Beckford wasn't trying? Fans slag Waghorn off for running around like a headless chicken when he's 'trying'. The players can't win! Berbatov doesn't get stick at OT and he has very similiar mannarisms to Beckford.
Babylon Posted 2 January 2012 Posted 2 January 2012 The numbers are good, but we turn on the team and individual players so quickly it'shameful.
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