ozleicester Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 fvck it, how long and how often have i sat sadly wishing we were looking like the team i remember us being....right now, MY FVCKING LEICESTER ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE!!!! im loving every damn minute, we are the best team in the league and we are going up!!!
Bluetintedspecs Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 For those who trot our stats or say why not get carried away I'll throw a couple of points out there for you to consider. Nigel was Manager of the Month for January last season, we were in 2nd spot and looking like automatic promotion contenders. After that we went on a run of relegation form that was one of the most catastrophic I can remember. Whilst we are much better placed this season and have added valuable experience to our squad that should help a lot on the run in, if you gad about thinking we are going to piss this league then I think you are naive at best, and if the players adopt that attitude we are in deep trouble. What scares me the most is having that attitude and the PANIC reaction that will come if we have a wobble. I've been around this place long enough to realise there is no middle ground here. With all the back to back wins right now there is a proportion of our fans that think we are almost invincible. However a defeat or two later those same fans will be all over this place filled with doom in a blind panic that is as bigger an overreaction as the current one that suggests we will be unbeaten for the rest of the season. What really matters is that our squad keeps grounded, even if some of our fans get wildly carried away. But what that also means is IF we have a shit half or a shit match the wallys don't start booing or singling out one or two players for public ridicule. We will need level heads to see out what we have started so brightly this season, not wild abandon to the extremes of overreaction. I hope like all of you that we win every match and win this league by a country mile, but in the real world of the championship I am expecting something more challenging, and will keep as level head as I can and support our lads whatever comes next. Mack I fully agree with you airing on the side of caution, however it does appear to be a totally different blueprint to last seasons capitulation. The personnel are tighter, more mature/experienced and with some quality and experience added it's all looking very good. What i would request of you is to understand that excitement and daring to dream is part of the ride we are on this season. Despite my positive persona I am truly a realist after supporting our great team for many decades. There are fans on this forum who have not experienced the joy of a promotion season, my son included. Yeah keeping a lid on it is a prudent decision, coming across as someone who's pissing on peoples chips for starting to believe is equally as bad as the booing scenario you use! I do understand where you are coming from but suggest your personal fears and excitement are the reason for the content of your post and maybe you should understand other peoples way of handling it are also different! COYB Ps I strongly feel this is our year
_Fatboyslow_ Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 Mack where's as your not wrong and some threads being started are really cringe worthy. Oddly enough bring started be the posters one banged on about when the wheels come off. This said, We are top, we are getting results and we are in great form. It's not a give me but it's looking good so enjoy.
XLM Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 I feel like this post was written without consideration to the fact that our players know better than anyone that complacency cost us last season. As fans, it's only natural for us to have doubts after what happened around this time last year. But let's be real. This season we've played the best football we ever have since the last time we went up. Player for player, other teams are seriously struggling to keep up with the standards currently set by ours. We've just signed a striker who knows exactly what it takes to get promotion, and he will help to keep our team grounded without a doubt. We're showing a character and belief when things aren't going our way. Forget yesterday, look at the Bolton match. It is early days and it's not wrong to have doubts, but as fans we have to believe it's our year. More to the point, how many seasons have we had to watch Leicester struggle. I for one am very proud of my club, and the players doing our badge justice.
Guest Col city fan Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 Mack I fully agree with you airing on the side of caution, however it does appear to be a totally different blueprint to last seasons capitulation. The personnel are tighter, more mature/experienced and with some quality and experience added it's all looking very good. What i would request of you is to understand that excitement and daring to dream is part of the ride we are on this season. Despite my positive persona I am truly a realist after supporting our great team for many decades. There are fans on this forum who have not experienced the joy of a promotion season, my son included. Yeah keeping a lid on it is a prudent decision, coming across as someone who's pissing on peoples chips for starting to believe is equally as bad as the booing scenario you use! I do understand where you are coming from but suggest your personal fears and excitement are the reason for the content of your post and maybe you should understand other peoples way of handling it are also different! COYB Ps I strongly feel this is our year great post... but: you're still a happy clapper....
Bluetintedspecs Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 great post... but: you're still a happy clapper.... Do one you nob head
Bluetintedspecs Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 On a serious note mate, results like yesterday and QPR away do bear the hallmarks. What say you? Go on get rid of them splinters
Dan Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 Agree with the OP. I personally have been convinced that we'll be going up. But if Young has seriously said that then he needs a slap, as does Stringer for some of his nonsense on it. Both of them talking like we're already promoted and it's embarrassing.
Happy Fox Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 9 wins should seal automatic promotion so f**king close now!
Banks Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 As an eternal pessimist, I've watched LCFC for too many years to be otherwise but football is as much about emotions as it is about what happens on the pitch. People find release from everyday pressures and you can't really expect people to not be excited and overly optimistic if that is their nature. It's hardly going to impact on the team. You could see today that despite the pressure and the substandard performance that their was still a very gritty and determined performance by the players. If people want to take the risk of looking dumb in hindsight then that is their choice. Great post +1
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 The wise man waits for the "fat lady to sing"
fuchsntf Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 Mack and davieG are spot on though. We're Leicester City ffs. We are our own worst enemy. We're more than capable of screwing it up. I don't think we will and I think we could we the title comfortably, so of course I'm excited about this season but that doesn't mean that I need to become cocky and over-confident. The worst/best thing about football fans is watching them big up their team when they're on top and then watching them crash and burn. By all means, be confident about how the season is going but try and stay grounded until we near the end of the season. Hopefully we'll all be able to celebrate together Its a fans duty to get carried away, its the players and managers job, to keep grounded, and take each game as it comes. What good does it do being cynical, frightened, pessemistic, too careful, and not arrogant, and not cocky. Life on the street in our jobs, thats when we should be grounded, A fan should fantasise, dream the impossible, Wish those 3 points everygame, belief your team is unbeatable, even when at the bottom, all day stress should be irrelevant and far far away. When a fan, you really should believe eveyday is a new day to the beginning of your Life. This aint life or death, its time to let ur imaginations to run riot. Anothrr thing when we get promoted, and our performabces are not fruitfull, dont start asking for NPs head, its the Most boring gramaphone type of critisism.
fuchsntf Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 The wise man waits for the "fat lady to sing" Wrrrronggg the optimist knows the fat lady WILL sing. WISEMEN are cowards with no conviction.
Bluetintedspecs Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 The wise man waits for the "fat lady to sing" Mrs BTS was chanting "We are going up" yesterday, so that's good enough for me DT. In the interest of my own safety incase someone grasses me up (my Son) she is neither fat nor was she singing I do think we are though for the record!
yorkie1999 Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 The wise man waits for the "fat lady to sing" And she did, during the man city game.
_Fatboyslow_ Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 Wrrrronggg the optimist knows the fat lady WILL sing. WISEMEN are cowards with no conviction. She just warming up ATM I will book her soon :-)
Guest Col city fan Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 On a serious note mate, results like yesterday and QPR away do bear the hallmarks. What say you? Go on get rid of them splinters All that I'm prepared to say is that I cant for the life of me see the team sliding like we did last season. I simply think we are better this season. Wes and Moore are now established, as are James and Drinkwater. Finally, the Nugent/Vardy combo is working. Essentially the spine of the side is firmly in place. It would take something pretty calamitous to at least not achieve a few wins between now and the end of the season, and enough, I think to get us up. Ive said QPR will win it, right from the off, and stick with that. But we have a fantastic chance of getting an automatic spot. The best chance for years and years. We have every reason to be optimistic, not complacent, but optimistic.
dmayne7 Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 Its a fans duty to get carried away, its the players and managers job, to keep grounded, and take each game as it comes. What good does it do being cynical, frightened, pessemistic, too careful, and not arrogant, and not cocky. Life on the street in our jobs, thats when we should be grounded, A fan should fantasise, dream the impossible, Wish those 3 points everygame, belief your team is unbeatable, even when at the bottom, all day stress should be irrelevant and far far away. When a fan, you really should believe eveyday is a new day to the beginning of your Life. This aint life or death, its time to let ur imaginations to run riot. Anothrr thing when we get promoted, and our performabces are not fruitfull, dont start asking for NPs head, its the Most boring gramaphone type of critisism. I'm not quite sure how this, Mack's, DavieG's and every other post with the same approach is being confused for pessimism? I stated that I think we will do it but I've been let down far too many times by LCFC in the past to get ahead of myself. I'm quietly enjoying the great position we're in and if anything, that means when we finally get promoted, I'll be even more ecstatic. You're right, a fan should always dream but by staying grounded I'm able to keep my emotions in check and not produce knee-jerk reactions like a large number on here. A couple of defeats and people on here will be calling for the manager's head such is the fickle nature of our fans. Do you not think that Pearson and his players dream of being in the Premier League and winning trophies? Of course they do and that's what drives them to succeed but it doesn't stop them from being grounded. We saw what happened last season when the players took their eye off the ball and we don't want a repeat of that. Sport is an escape for most people but for me, If I'm having a shitty time at work, I'd rather not add to it by getting carried away and then watching us crash and burn. That's my perspective on the situation. I'm and eternal optimist when it comes to Leicester; I said we'd get automatic promotion at the start of the season and if we do go up and add some experience in key areas, I'm confident we'd stay up and put a platform in place for some long-term success. As long as Pearson keeps his same approach to management he'll always have my backing. Regardless of what happens this, or next season, he has to stay as manager. They say nobody is bigger than the club, but NP is pretty close if you ask me.
FuriousFox46 Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 http://thechriswhitingshow.wordpress.com/2014/01/14/flying-foxes/
Dan Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 http://thechriswhitingshow.wordpress.com/2014/01/14/flying-foxes/ A good blog which I agree with nearly all of. Side note - I don't buy that people not getting carried away are being miserable about it at all. I'm absolutely loving this season and I do think we'll go up but we're not even close yet.
Happy Fox Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 A good blog which I agree with nearly all of. Side note - I don't buy that people not getting carried away are being miserable about it at all. I'm absolutely loving this season and I do think we'll go up but we're not even close yet. 9 wins are all what's needed.
fuchsntf Posted 19 January 2014 Posted 19 January 2014 I'm not quite sure how this, Mack's, DavieG's and every other post with the same approach is being confused for pessimism? I stated that I think we will do it but I've been let down far too many times by LCFC in the past to get ahead of myself. I'm quietly enjoying the great position we're in and if anything, that means when we finally get promoted, I'll be even more ecstatic. You're right, a fan should always dream but by staying grounded I'm able to keep my emotions in check and not produce knee-jerk reactions like a large number on here. A couple of defeats and people on here will be calling for the manager's head such is the fickle nature of our fans. Do you not think that Pearson and his players dream of being in the Premier League and winning trophies? Of course they do and that's what drives them to succeed but it doesn't stop them from being grounded. We saw what happened last season when the players took their eye off the ball and we don't want a repeat of that. Sport is an escape for most people but for me, If I'm having a shitty time at work, I'd rather not add to it by getting carried away and then watching us crash and burn. That's my perspective on the situation. I'm and eternal optimist when it comes to Leicester; I said we'd get automatic promotion at the start of the season and if we do go up and add some experience in key areas, I'm confident we'd stay up and put a platform in place for some long-term success. As long as Pearson keeps his same approach to management he'll always have my backing. Regardless of what happens this, or next season, he has to stay as manager. They say nobody is bigger than the club, but NP is pretty close if you ask me. The players last year didnt take their eyes off the ball, on the day and during the season they simply werent good enough as ateam. Our opinions our quotes, and even the critic good or bad, dont influence their play or goal. On gameday our support or lack of it, may help them through or help turn matches.our cheering and applause help with confidence and eggs them on. The fans zone and sites are a platform for fans to let off steam, not more not less. Using the local team and highlight their weaknesses, to send out futile critisism and see all negatives is just a substitution For catching flys then pulling their legs off...nothing better to do. A few years ago I seen city go down 2-3 at home to spurs.It was a great game, entertainment was top, fans got their pennies Worth, but cos we lost, some fans wanted to drop the whole team, and sack the manager, and that was when I realised lazy Journalists made it simple writing...A team can win badly, but when you lose its always badly. Being a fan is enjoying the ups and downs in match and season. All of you at work know you have bad days, but you wouldnt like your bosses to critically take you apart and demean your Existence and right and capability to do your job.
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