AyewJoking Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 Win against Burnley and results go our way and the trips back on!
chapmanleicester Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 cardiff need one one draw in three games for us to be totally out lets be honest, it's time to think for next season...again I'm a realist and still believed until today, we needed 4/4 wins we needed a bit of luck and this season we just didn't have it
chapmanleicester Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 one win one draw bare me with i do have brain damage
eaststandtom Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 No-one should be surprised. As stated during the week Leicester have never shown the ruthless commitment, efficiency and passion to string even three successive wins together never mind seven. What's worse, in various games approaching this end-of-season climax and previously, we've not shown we have enough character to dictate terms in games for the 90 minutes that matters. Individually and collectively we're weak-willed and to talk of how many corners we won in the first half is so much claptrap - we've never shown real threat from corners and set-pieces when, to me it's a manager's job - with his coaches - to see we do. To fade so miserably in today's second half could be a commentary on so many periods of our season. We've also been tactically inept on occasions. For all the money we've spent - some of it recklessly - we've just not wanted it enough and we've just not given ourselves enough of a chance by threatening consistently from enough areas. Of course we should persist with Pearson - I said from the off that he's a manager on a learning curve - and the important thing is that he does learn. Next season we need to start at a sprint as we did in the year of our Division One promotion. We need to carry massive threat from corners and set-pieces and be coached and organised in such a way as to make that threat count. We need to be quicker, more constructive, more resilient and more supportive from defence and we need to have more midfielders scoring more often. We also need to have a striker who really can hold and manipulate the ball for a partner. Finally we need to get rid of the infighting and personality clashes and develop a team with an all-for-one, one-for-all philosophy that not only lasts from first minute to last. To win promotion it is no use being full of self-doubt. We have to impose ourselves individually. collectively and, most important, philosophically. We don't need "the right types", we need winners and we need our manager to marry the different winning personalties into one fearsome unit. Starting on day one and never relenting for a moment. Yes. Agreed. we do offer bugger all from set pieces. and the delivery is crap from gallagher a lot regardless of what person says
Finchy Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 Imagine leicester in the prem? It'll be like derby's 2007/08 season. This. Although it's always nice to go up, I don't think any of these players are good enough for the Premiership. We'd be close to Derby's record, unless we did a QPR and bought a new team, which hasn't exactly worked for them.
The Guvnor Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 Unfair to have a witch hunt and we can debate till the cows come home, we are simply not a good enough team.
iamafox Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 I said before that this was potentially our last chance of reaching the play-offs. Well it is. SEASON OVER
breadandcheese Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 Disappointing that we get ourselves back in with a chance only to freeze up. Having said that, we've not done enough over the season and so don't deserve to make the play-offs. I hope that next season, we can tackle the inconsistency as we've shown that on our day, we can beat any team in the league, but have struggled against teams at the bottom end of the table.
TrentFox Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 No-one should be surprised. As stated during the week Leicester have never shown the ruthless commitment, efficiency and passion to string even three successive wins together never mind seven. What's worse, in various games approaching this end-of-season climax and previously, we've not shown we have enough character to dictate terms in games for the 90 minutes that matters. Individually and collectively we're weak-willed and to talk of how many corners we won in the first half is so much claptrap - we've never shown real threat from corners and set-pieces when, to me it's a manager's job - with his coaches - to see we do. To fade so miserably in today's second half could be a commentary on so many periods of our season. We've also been tactically inept on occasions. For all the money we've spent - some of it recklessly - we've just not wanted it enough and we've just not given ourselves enough of a chance by threatening consistently from enough areas. Of course we should persist with Pearson - I said from the off that he's a manager on a learning curve - and the important thing is that he does learn. Next season we need to start at a sprint as we did in the year of our Division One promotion. We need to carry massive threat from corners and set-pieces and be coached and organised in such a way as to make that threat count. We need to be quicker, more constructive, more resilient and more supportive from defence and we need to have more midfielders scoring more often. We also need to have a striker who really can hold and manipulate the ball for a partner. Finally we need to get rid of the infighting and personality clashes and develop a team with an all-for-one, one-for-all philosophy that not only lasts from first minute to last. To win promotion it is no use being full of self-doubt. We have to impose ourselves individually. collectively and, most important, philosophically. We don't need "the right types", we need winners and we need our manager to marry the different winning personalties into one fearsome unit. Starting on day one and never relenting for a moment. Good post Thracian. Always enjoy your passion and clarity ... and invariably find myself agreeing, too !
RowlattsFox Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 We'll win on Tuesday, results will go our way and be within 3 points. Back in it
Grewks Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 Leicester never has and never will be a club which benefits from multi million pound signings. The most successful players in our history have resulted from reputations being built as this club, the likes of Izzet and young Heskey built their names on theie performances at this club, and these are the players which we again need for success. I do not care what players such as Mills or Beckford have done at past clubs, if they cannot do it here then I do not want them here. Yes, Beckford has had 14 goals this season, but with what difficulty? All mostly 2 yard tap-ins which the somewhat hated Fryatt put away for fun in his 30 goal season in league one. We have always benefited from a 'small club, small expectation' mentality, our infrastructure of fans, players, owners and possibly even club staff, appear to believe that we are better than we are. When we reached the play offs a couple of seasons ago, we all knew we did not have a side of amazingly talented footballers, but we had a side which left all on the pitch everyweek. I was far prouder watching the likes of Hobbs and Brown defend like their lifes depended on it, and looking back now are we better off with what we currently have? Yes, we need quality in our side, fielding 11 robbie savages would not get us promoted from this division, but hard work is clearly taken for granted by a lot of posters on here, and a lot of our players. The championship is a league where sides which are hard working benefit, in what is a incredibly scrappy league, teams can show their quality when they are in the premier league but it takes a lot of hard work to get there. So this summer, if NP (I hope) is still in charge, lets not complain about the potential signings of Jamie Vardy and other lower league players. Lets face it have Mills, Beckford and Michael Johnson lived up to their expectation?? All I want next year is a side of reasonable quality, but more importantly a team which show the desire and passion which every fan requires. I want to see players lifting the crowd, (Steve howard kicking the ad boards within 30 seconds of coming on against derby), i want to see success obviously, but what we all want to know is that we are heading in the right direction. Pearsons job at hull required him to remove a lot of higher profile players (not necessarily egos) such as bullard etc. Then replace them with players of quality who also wanted to play for their shirt. Nigel has done it before, and clearly wants to be here (not all about the money), and lets be honest never wanted to leave. I do not want a summer of high profile names being linked/signed with the club, I want a season of small profile and relativeley unknown players making a big name for themselves, then we will know that we have had success. All I want is our football club back, one which is built on reward by hardwork.
MC Prussian Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 Too little, too late. Again we show unbelievable complacency against a team in the lower region of the table. Story of the season. Since I wasn't at the game, I'd like to know whether it was a case of Millwall being too good for us or Millwall being simply more efficient. They practically scored their first with the first shot on goal. This Leicester City squad doesn't have the balls to really push for a playoff spot. And this in a period of this season when other teams around us are dropping points, as well. Leicester City FC - always doing it the hard way.
Bert Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 A few of the players have already got their eyes on their summer holidays. Everything we needed today wasn't there. Too many passengers.
Happy Fox Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 A few of the players have already got their eyes on their summer holidays. Everything we needed today wasn't there. Too many passengers. And they will still be here next season Wellens, Gallagher, Dyer, Howard etc... can you honestly see the situation improving this summer will be a test of NP's credential he needs to cut out the deadwood once and for all, otherwise accept Midtable mediocrity imo.
p_kam Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 he will never get rid of his old players, even though they don't perform they still have a place in HIS starting 11. Look at king he has not performed for 2 years and every time i have seen him on the pitch it is like playing with 10 players, but still he gets picked to play. Even though drinkwater is a much better player and shows more passion he still does not get to start.
southdevonfox Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 Worst performance of the season. No fight, no ideas and no talent! how many times we said that this season .
p_kam Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 Leicester manager Nigel Pearson tells BBC Radio Leicester his side were in control, despite losing 2-1 away at Millwall, heard this one before
Heart-Shaped Fox Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 No chance of making the playoffs now. Thank god it is now over i now can't wait till next season now. Too many players just either aren't good enough or don't want it enough. Need time to give NP the chance to sort it out and he will. Get rid of some who are good enough and build a real team. Away form has to improve as we are just so weak on the road. Pathetically weak in fact.
dannythefox Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 We don't deserve to be in the play offs so people need to stop banging on about it.
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 Millwall were not good, but we were worse. Pretty bloody clueless in fact.
MarkHowieLCFC Posted 14 April 2012 Posted 14 April 2012 Millwall have been our bogey team lately so the result isn't really a shock! now the season is over its time to blood a few youths to give them the experience...we've got a great youth set up and it'd be nice to see what they can do where the high earners have failed...
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