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Post by mrred on Feb 15, 2017 15:53:09 GMT
I would take winning the title if it meant relegation. Years and years of making up the numbers isn't what a club should aspire to.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Feb 15, 2017 16:01:03 GMT
Yesterday was the first time this season I've actually called us to go down, with 13 games remaining. That is hard to say and I really didn't expect us to fall this much from last season. Leicester fans including me knew we were probably not going to be challenging in the top five again, but we were looking at the top ten as a realistic ambition. Even top half would be ok. I amongst others didn't foresee a relegation battle but there you go.
It can of course change very quickly, and for us hopefully we do turn it around like we did in the 2014/15 season, but there's a lot going on with the players, manager and behind the scenes so that is covering our potential, and arguably has been for some time now potentially. At this time I'm saying Sunderland, Swansea and Leicester for the drop.
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Post by redstriper on Feb 15, 2017 16:08:52 GMT
it appears that most people would take it - and so would I.
Apart from the couple of quid I throw at stoke winning the league each season (usually 2,500-1) which would be a nice bonus - for me its about memories and being able to enjoy and then look back fondly on some real success. My late father went to Sheffield (in 1948 I think) to see us win the league and we blew it, between us there's 100 years - of not a lot.
Plus there's the bonus of European footy travel for another year which is a blast, so...
I'd take it in a heartbeat.
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Post by stoketom1 on Feb 15, 2017 16:22:21 GMT
I'm happy with the way Stoke have approached their place in the Premiership. First get promoted and stay up your first season, don't overspend and do what is needed to stay above 18. Then bring in a few players to cement your defence and work on your home form to ensure that you can stay in the division for another 2-3 seasons. Bring in more players and look to avoid any relegation battles by getting to 40 points for another 2-3 seasons. Then, when accepted as a mid table team, start to change the way you play and bring in players that can change a game for you and aim for top half finishes, even if you have to change managers and move on players. Then start to put together a system to aim for consistent top 6 finishes, bring in more players, get in to Europe to become more attractive to players and then finally push on to replace one of the top four. (Can but dream). The key being, take things slowly, each step over 2-3 years, keep your club financially viable, win a cup or two, raise your overseas profile and begin to play attractive football.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 16:32:44 GMT
Drawing with Milwall with 20 min to go. A replay is the last thing they need...Almost better to lose this one..
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Post by jeycov on Feb 18, 2017 16:52:03 GMT
Millwall (10 man ) score in 90th minute!!!
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Post by bayernoatcake on Feb 18, 2017 16:53:25 GMT
Dodgy as fook!
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Post by mrcoke on Feb 18, 2017 16:58:08 GMT
How long can the club retain Ranieri before enough is enough?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 17:03:36 GMT
How long can the club retain Ranieri before enough is enough? 5PM April 1st I reckon...
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Post by roylandstoke on Feb 18, 2017 17:20:13 GMT
They will stay up by the point that our disgraceful last 20 minutes against 10 men donated them.
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Post by Edward Tattsyrup on Feb 18, 2017 17:31:25 GMT
They will stay up by the point that our disgraceful last 20 minutes against 10 men donated them.
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Post by PolPotter on Feb 18, 2017 17:39:28 GMT
Leicester City will go down. They are completely deflated and Seville suck more life out of the Foxes. Ranieri shouldn't be sacked, not after what he achieved last season. I wouldn't trade relegation for the title but I wouldn't sack the manager for relegation after achieving the title.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 17:52:28 GMT
I'll offer these thoughts
1) I couldnt give a shit as to what happens to Leicester City or their manager
2) I could give a shit about us taking three points off them at their place sometime very soon
3 And those who would happily trade premiership status for winning something - are delusional and cannot think a relatively simple thought process through, to a logical conclusion
e.g every season we now stay in the premier league -even whilst winning nothing in terms of cups or the league itself
ONE repeat O-N-E hundred million pounds ££££££££ is added to our coffers to allow us to improve
whilst the wannabees who, want to be in our shoes - get nothing
Im talking Leeds - Sheffield - Newcastle - far bigger clubs than us who, cant get past us whilst this continues.
Meanwhile, we continue to compete in arguably the best league in the world ( 38 games dontchaknow) - have a growing worldwide profile
(not just six little towns) and, get to play and beat all those big clubs twice in a season
and even beat them convincingly on occasion i.e. Stoke City 6- LIVERPOOL ONE - stuff dreams are made of !
and yet some numpties on here would fore sake all that, just to win one thing
BONKERS !
And, whose to say in time - we ourselves actually become a big enough club to win stuff without worrying about relegation the following season ?
So long may this 'winning nothing but building incrementally' continue --as far as I am concerned !!!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 18:12:28 GMT
Just listened to Ranieri's interview. Christ, if that was Hughes I'd go and put my head in the blender. I'd be really worried if I were a Leicester fan.
The bloke has lost it.
In other news, Dyche's reaction is hilarious. "We don't know how to be favourites". You or the players, Sean?
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Post by retired1 on Feb 18, 2017 18:15:24 GMT
no pizza for the players again tonight then
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Post by joinerssquire on Feb 18, 2017 18:19:10 GMT
I'll offer these thoughts 1) I couldnt give a shit as to what happens to Leicester City or their manager 2) I could give a shit about us taking three points off them at their place sometime very soon 3 And those who would happily trade premiership status for winning something - are delusional and cannot think a relatively simple thought process through, to a logical conclusion e.g every season we now stay in the premier league -even whilst winning nothing in terms of cups or the league itself ONE repeat O-N-E hundred million pounds ££££££££ is added to our coffers to allow us to improve whilst the wannabees who, want to be in our shoes - get nothing Im talking Leeds - Sheffield - Newcastle - far bigger clubs than us who, cant get past us whilst this continues. Meanwhile, we continue to compete in arguably the best league in the world ( 38 games dontchaknow) - have a growing worldwide profile (not just six little towns) and, get to play and beat all those big clubs twice in a season and even beat them convincingly on occasion i.e. Stoke City 6- LIVERPOOL ONE - stuff dreams are made of ! and yet some numpties on here would fore sake all that, just to win one thing BONKERS !And, whose to say in time - we ourselves actually become a big enough club to win stuff without worrying about relegation the following season ? So long may this 'winning nothing but building incrementally' continue --as far as I am concerned !!!!!!! Tony - isn't winning the premier league 'the stuff that dreams are made of'??
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Post by LDE76 on Feb 18, 2017 18:20:43 GMT
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Post by boothenboys1863 on Feb 18, 2017 18:22:19 GMT
Leicester have gone about this season completely wrong. They should have used winning the league and champions league football to buy good players to go for the Europa league this season. Instead they spunked loads on players that simply haven't done enough for them. They've completely wasted an opportunity to become a good side or even a top 10 side.
They should have enjoyed the champions league whilst it lasted but concerntrated on finishing top 10 at least in the prem.
Shame really..
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Post by mickmillslovechild on Feb 18, 2017 18:23:23 GMT
I'll offer these thoughts 1) I couldnt give a shit as to what happens to Leicester City or their manager 2) I could give a shit about us taking three points off them at their place sometime very soon 3 And those who would happily trade premiership status for winning something - are delusional and cannot think a relatively simple thought process through, to a logical conclusion e.g every season we now stay in the premier league -even whilst winning nothing in terms of cups or the league itself ONE repeat O-N-E hundred million pounds ££££££££ is added to our coffers to allow us to improve whilst the wannabees who, want to be in our shoes - get nothing Im talking Leeds - Sheffield - Newcastle - far bigger clubs than us who, cant get past us whilst this continues. Meanwhile, we continue to compete in arguably the best league in the world ( 38 games dontchaknow) - have a growing worldwide profile (not just six little towns) and, get to play and beat all those big clubs twice in a season and even beat them convincingly on occasion i.e. Stoke City 6- LIVERPOOL ONE - stuff dreams are made of ! and yet some numpties on here would fore sake all that, just to win one thing BONKERS !And, whose to say in time - we ourselves actually become a big enough club to win stuff without worrying about relegation the following season ? So long may this 'winning nothing but building incrementally' continue --as far as I am concerned !!!!!!! 1) It was a bloody hypothetical question you dimwit. Only a numpty wouldn't be able to see that. Given that hypothetical questions tend not to take into account all possible variables (they don't need to as they're, erm hypothetical) then a logical process can't be followed to it's logical conclusion. For instance, your thought process assumes we will always stay in the Prem and earn that 100mill to keep us ahead of the pack if we don't take the "trade" offered in the bargain...it assumes no other club will be bought out by multi billionaires and overtake us...it assumes that if you go down you can never re-build and achieve great things again etc. etc. etc. In other words, you can't dismiss others as numpties or bonkers when your conclusion isn't based on fact either. It ignores just as many variables whilst assuming others, as their answer does. 2) For the reasons above (together with just about every other barely legible post you've ever made),for you to call others "numpties" and "bonkers" and say they can't follow a simple logical argument to it's conclusion (which you most certainly haven't as you had to rely on assumptions and dependencies decided on by yourself) is fucking rich!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 18:30:46 GMT
Get upset all you like
there are actually people on here who actually think like that
its a strange reality not made up
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Post by followyoudown on Feb 18, 2017 18:37:32 GMT
Anyone who wouldn't take being champions even if you were to be relegated the season after must be mad, for it to happen will have taken some spectacularly bad management but there is now a very serious chance it will.
I'd pin alot of blame on the players they do seem to have gone all billy big bollocks none more so than the postman lookalike upfront, I didn't really get the fuss with Kante and thought Mahrez was their main player but that's clearly not the case without Kante covering, Leicester basically have two lumbering championship centre halves who are getting taken to the cleaners regularly.
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Feb 18, 2017 18:38:07 GMT
I'll offer these thoughts 1) I couldnt give a shit as to what happens to Leicester City or their manager 2) I could give a shit about us taking three points off them at their place sometime very soon 3 And those who would happily trade premiership status for winning something - are delusional and cannot think a relatively simple thought process through, to a logical conclusion e.g every season we now stay in the premier league -even whilst winning nothing in terms of cups or the league itself ONE repeat O-N-E hundred million pounds ££££££££ is added to our coffers to allow us to improve whilst the wannabees who, want to be in our shoes - get nothing Im talking Leeds - Sheffield - Newcastle - far bigger clubs than us who, cant get past us whilst this continues. Meanwhile, we continue to compete in arguably the best league in the world ( 38 games dontchaknow) - have a growing worldwide profile (not just six little towns) and, get to play and beat all those big clubs twice in a season and even beat them convincingly on occasion i.e. Stoke City 6- LIVERPOOL ONE - stuff dreams are made of ! and yet some numpties on here would fore sake all that, just to win one thing BONKERS !And, whose to say in time - we ourselves actually become a big enough club to win stuff without worrying about relegation the following season ? So long may this 'winning nothing but building incrementally' continue --as far as I am concerned !!!!!!! I'd happily see us win something and then take a risk with what we do next.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 18:38:30 GMT
Really hope they go down.
I wish more than 3 teams were going down this year! Swansea, Palace and Sunderland can all fuck off with them.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 18:39:59 GMT
Kante really was the lynch pin.
Genuinely don't think that had any players that as class as better than average apart from him. Vary is a plodder, Mahrez is massively overrated, Huth/Morgan are crap, Schmeichel is dodgy as fuck...
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Post by Pugsley on Feb 18, 2017 18:44:33 GMT
Leicester have gone about this season completely wrong. They should have used winning the league and champions league football to buy good players to go for the Europa league this season. Instead they spunked loads on players that simply haven't done enough for them. They've completely wasted an opportunity to become a good side or even a top 10 side. They should have enjoyed the champions league whilst it lasted but concerntrated on finishing top 10 at least in the prem. Shame really.. Shame my arse. They're a disgrace.
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Post by boothenboys1863 on Feb 18, 2017 19:57:29 GMT
Ahh bollox just been scrolling back to try find the start of that arguement and it's all been deleted
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Post by PolPotter on Feb 18, 2017 20:01:01 GMT
Leicester have gone about this season completely wrong. They should have used winning the league and champions league football to buy good players to go for the Europa league this season. Instead they spunked loads on players that simply haven't done enough for them. They've completely wasted an opportunity to become a good side or even a top 10 side. They should have enjoyed the champions league whilst it lasted but concerntrated on finishing top 10 at least in the prem. Shame really.. Shame my arse. They're a disgrace. Who are the disgrace - the supporters or the club?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 20:06:21 GMT
I'll offer these thoughts 1) I couldnt give a shit as to what happens to Leicester City or their manager 2) I could give a shit about us taking three points off them at their place sometime very soon 3 And those who would happily trade premiership status for winning something - are delusional and cannot think a relatively simple thought process through, to a logical conclusion e.g every season we now stay in the premier league -even whilst winning nothing in terms of cups or the league itself ONE repeat O-N-E hundred million pounds ££££££££ is added to our coffers to allow us to improve whilst the wannabees who, want to be in our shoes - get nothing Im talking Leeds - Sheffield - Newcastle - far bigger clubs than us who, cant get past us whilst this continues. Meanwhile, we continue to compete in arguably the best league in the world ( 38 games dontchaknow) - have a growing worldwide profile (not just six little towns) and, get to play and beat all those big clubs twice in a season and even beat them convincingly on occasion i.e. Stoke City 6- LIVERPOOL ONE - stuff dreams are made of ! and yet some numpties on here would fore sake all that, just to win one thing BONKERS !And, whose to say in time - we ourselves actually become a big enough club to win stuff without worrying about relegation the following season ? So long may this 'winning nothing but building incrementally' continue --as far as I am concerned !!!!!!! I thought I'd told you the other day to keep your opinions to yourself. You don't half talk some shit Tony.
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Post by leicspotter on Feb 18, 2017 20:36:34 GMT
More concerning for me is the lack of respect clubs now give the FA Cup...10 changes for Leicester, how many for Burnley? Leicester will stay up courtesy of the charity they receive from SCFC on 1st April
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Post by trigger on Feb 18, 2017 20:42:35 GMT
Fully behind Hughes getting Huth out of the door, it was embarrassing watching him trying to pass the ball out of the defence, Morgan though if he's a footballer we all are, Rannery (sp) is a lovely bloke but he's an idiot to himself with persisting with that pairing at the back.
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