"HERE'S HOGG... DEEENNEEEYYYYY"

[Kitchandro]

Remember thinking as he stepped us that I've never seen someone look so nervous before a penalty, mystified as to why he took it. But, like relegation, it worked out for the best. Our two worst moments of the last few years and we made them into stimuli for our greatest.

 

[Kitchandro]

I've seen it enough times by accident since Sky have rammed it down our throats ever since. Regardless of how we've put it right this season, I will always remember how I felt at the time and I've no wish to think about that.

 

Similarly, even though we didn't end up getting promoted, I'll always remember the euphoria of the Forest match and love seeing the goals and hearing the commentary.

[CosbehFox]

If the whole episode helps with one argument, it's the 'anyone could do Pearson's job'.

To pick up a set of players from that experience and get them to dominate the division is simply incredible management.

Look at the other managers from the playoffs.

Poyet ran away like an upset teenager from Brighton. Zola got halfway through the season and basically gave up. Whilst Holloway self combusted over the summer at Palace.

[Kitchandro]

If the whole episode helps with one argument, it's the 'anyone could do Pearson's job'.

To pick up a set of players from that experience and get them to dominate the division is simply incredible management.

Look at the other managers from the playoffs.

Poyet ran away like an upset teenager from Brighton. Zola got halfway through the season and basically gave up. Whilst Holloway self combusted over the summer at Palace.

 

You've got an interesting point there. Pearson is the only one of the four who's ended up looking like a real man. The others have appeared weak and a bunch of quitters.

 

Especially Holloway. I've never seen a manager quit because they had so little belief in themselves so early in the season. What an idiot.

[Wortho]

I work with a few of these Watford twats and it is the most sweetest of revenges that we have been promoted, and they've done f**k all this season.

Wood's goal should be goal of the season!!!

[Guest Mickyblueeyes]

That's the first time I've ever watched that goal. I got up after we missed the pen knowing something bad was going to happen. Not really I was cooling my head getting ready for extra time.

It still hurts. Every goal city concedes hurts. That bastard will always hurt. But it's result meant we did win in the end.

[65RosesFox]

It is just about bearable to watch now we are a Premier League team.

However what breaks my heart every time I do see it is Dyer's face from 02:05. It says it all and shows what the club means to him.

I hope he's part of the squad next season!

[fuchsntf]

Football is all about moments.

 

Sat in the away end last season, I've not actually ever seen that back. And I didn't watch it back just now. And I don't think I ever will.

 

It was a perfect, almost unbelievable moment for Watford and a complete nightmare for us.

But football is about moments. Moments that make you burst onto the pitch into spontaneous celebration in a play-off semi final and moments that make you sit there, barely able to choke back the tears, kicking the seat in front of you. As I said to my brother when we conceded against Watford, this is why you go to football. Because it's a game of moments. Without the rough there is no appreciation of the smooth. Look at the Manchester United fans bemoaning their season whilst they are in the semi-finals of the Champions League. It is moments like that afternoon at Vicarage Road that make today all the sweeter.

 

I'm sure everybody remembers how down they felt that day. And today, as Watford sit mid-table, we're promoted with SIX games to spare. Ok we never had any "DEEEENEEEY" moments but we've had so much glory this season; more than we could ever have hoped for. More moments than we could ever realistically have dreamed of:

 

• Three goals in the last 15 minutes against Birmingham
• The win at Vicarage Road and Knocky's goal
• The Vardy goal against QPR
• The lights at home to Reading
• Beating Bolton 5-3
• The Derby game. Perfection driven by Nugent.
• Nugent at Leeds.
• 9 in a row.
• Drinkwater against Watford
• Mahrez at Forest
• Mahrez against Blackpool
• Schmeichel's header against Yeovil. Still makes me laugh.
• Knockaert's free kick last night.
• Stelling barely able to get his words out today.

Watford will have last season's moment for ever. It's certainly something we'll never forget. But without Deeney slamming that ball into the net we'd never have had any of the above.

 

Moments like that make the great times all the sweeter. Here's to all Leicester fans on a great night for our club.

Yes, if I was younger those bullets would be tops, but I just enjoyed the ride really.....easy really seen all games on sky, or

Streaming..only 2 at stadium, so one is not pulled along with the atmosphere on the day after the game.

[Stevie Synex]

This ghost has finally been laid to rest.

 

Everything happens for a reason.

 

I recall driving back from that game and going into my local pub to be greeted by a couple of Forest fans laughing at me and my boy telling us that we were now "no better than them" and in another corner of the pub were the usual plastic Man U fans chanting "don't sell Knockeart".

 

We stayed, I got pi##sed and we walked home together. The following day I was up at some ridiculous time to get to a job West of Edinburgh and remember standing outside some small local Scottish railway station waiting for a taxi when the magnitude of the previous day's experience actually hit me.

 

Today - I have no doubt that the next time I am in my local, the Forest fans will be as conspicuous as they have been since February and as for the plastics? Well they were long gone well before last Christmas.

 

What Pearson and the club have done since that day is exceptional and the point Cardiff Fox makes is a good one regarding the other three managers in the Play-Offs at that time. Poyet will soon lose his job at Sunderland and Holloway is destined to fail at Millwall both trying to manage a team of players not of their chosing whilst Zola was being told to pick from a pool of players that were probably not of his chosing.

 

The path is quite clear and as supporters of Leicester City we should enjoy the remaining part of this season but also prepare for the reality of next in which we will establish ourselves as a bottom half Premiership side with the ultimate ups and downs that will bring.

 

Remember that day last year and continue to enjoy "our" very special season since that day - look forward to the next season with the safe knowledge that as long as our owners allow our mananger and his staff to manage our team we are in very safe hands indeed.