SouthStandUpperTier Posted 24 March 2022 Share Posted 24 March 2022 We can definitely win the Conference League if we can find our best form, but I don't know how the bookies can have us as favourites over clubs like Roma and Marseille. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperEadem Posted 24 March 2022 Share Posted 24 March 2022 Just now, SouthStandUpperTier said: We can definitely win the Conference League if we can find our best form, but I don't know how the bookies can have us as favourites over clubs like Roma and Marseille. Is it do with not really knowing about other European teams as much? Just that warped view that the prem is the greatest league in the world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 24 March 2022 Share Posted 24 March 2022 Just now, SemperEadem said: Is it do with not really knowing about other European teams as much? Just that warped view that the prem is the greatest league in the world. You're probably right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandfox Posted 24 March 2022 Share Posted 24 March 2022 Just now, SemperEadem said: Is it do with not really knowing about other European teams as much? Just that warped view that the prem is the greatest league in the world. 1 minute ago, SouthStandUpperTier said: We can definitely win the Conference League if we can find our best form, but I don't know how the bookies can have us as favourites over clubs like Roma and Marseille. It just about weight of money, more British punters are going to back a English PL team, so it forces our odds in and theirs out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yes Posted 24 March 2022 Share Posted 24 March 2022 3 hours ago, Koke said: We are actually a big club. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. People seem to think this is the same Leicester City that MON carried in the 90s. We are a totally different animal now. One example, last I checked our manager was paid more than the league winning & CL winning Liverpool manager. Our revenue is 7th in the table, our training ground is up there with the best, stadium expansion on its way, we play regularly in Europe. We are a big club. Potentials there for more too, the media won’t acknowledge it because the pundits focus on history, it’s easy to talk about the likes of Leeds but when you look at our catchment area and lack of local competition we’re right up there for potential, our own fan base focus a lot on the short term “we didn’t sell out x game” but it’s not as big a deal as some think in the grand scheme of things. The evidence is there we’re growing, hopefully get all the other bits right along the way and we might find we can make times like these last longer than expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox in the North Posted 24 March 2022 Share Posted 24 March 2022 59 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: That's my take on the situation. It is a little short-sighted for fans to call it an abysmal season with over a quarter of a league season to go and a European QF to play. If someone offered my losing 4-1 to forest and winning the ECL, I would take it every day of the week! I've never been one to be embarrassed about results. Imagine both sets of fans looking back at the last six years. City Fan "Remember that time we won the PL, FA Cup, and ECL cup. Forest fans "Remember the time we beat Leicester 4-1 and then got beat in the Qtr-final of the FA Cup." I know which camp I would rather be in! Also to win the ECL cup we will potentially have beaten PSV Eindhoven, Roma and Marseille. That’s a superb cup run if we could manage it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarriedaLeicesterGirl Posted 24 March 2022 Share Posted 24 March 2022 51 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said: We can definitely win the Conference League if we can find our best form, but I don't know how the bookies can have us as favourites over clubs like Roma and Marseille. I think we are better than Roma, tbf. Marseille is beatable, but I don't think we'd be favorites. The good thing is that both have bigger fish to fry. Marseille is battling for a Champions League spot, and Roma probably wants to secure its Europa League spot in the league (or even try to catch up to the top 4, although that would be tough). I don't think such concerns would matter in a final, but could be distracting in a QF or SF. My preference, if we go through, would be a Brodo/Glimt semifinal and a PAOK final (well ahead of myself, I know.) Roma would be really tough over two legs, Marseille is really good, and I think both Feyenoord and Slavia Praha are really dangerous teams to play in a final. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtmcfly Posted 24 March 2022 Share Posted 24 March 2022 1 hour ago, SouthStandUpperTier said: We can definitely win the Conference League if we can find our best form, but I don't know how the bookies can have us as favourites over clubs like Roma and Marseille. It's not 'the bookies' - the odd one has us (just) favourites. It's pretty much a level book with us and those two; https://www.oddschecker.com/football/uefa-europa-conference-league/winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les-TA-Jon Posted 24 March 2022 Share Posted 24 March 2022 4 hours ago, Dave Fishwick said: is it a long shot? what odds are we to win the Conference League? We've got to beat PSV, and probably Marseille and Roma to win it. If we can find form and fitness, we know we can beat most teams, but I don't know why everyone sees us as favourites. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paninistickers Posted 24 March 2022 Share Posted 24 March 2022 5 hours ago, MarriedaLeicesterGirl said: I think we are better than Roma, tbf. Marseille is beatable, but I don't think we'd be favorites. The good thing is that both have bigger fish to fry. Marseille is battling for a Champions League spot, and Roma probably wants to secure its Europa League spot in the league (or even try to catch up to the top 4, although that would be tough). I don't think such concerns would matter in a final, but could be distracting in a QF or SF. My preference, if we go through, would be a Brodo/Glimt semifinal and a PAOK final (well ahead of myself, I know.) Roma would be really tough over two legs, Marseille is really good, and I think both Feyenoord and Slavia Praha are really dangerous teams to play in a final. I'm.just hoping this write off of a season ends with ricardo, Timmy, lil wes, Evans and Vards all firing.....just leaving us wilf short if a full strength xi....combine those abive with Madders and Youri and Kels on song, that's a strong a team as any - not just in conference league but perhaps even europa league too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot Posted 24 March 2022 Share Posted 24 March 2022 3 hours ago, Les-TA-Jon said: We've got to beat PSV, and probably Marseille and Roma to win it. If we can find form and fitness, we know we can beat most teams, but I don't know why everyone sees us as favourites. To beat one of those teams would be an achievement, two would be exceptional and three out of this world, I worry our inconsistencies will crop up and cost us against one of them but hope I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 24 March 2022 Share Posted 24 March 2022 34 minutes ago, Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot said: To beat one of those teams would be an achievement, two would be exceptional and three out of this world, I worry our inconsistencies will crop up and cost us against one of them but hope I'm wrong. With the games being over two legs, we can afford one slightly poor performance and still recover the tie ….. but Marseille and Roma are both more experience than us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudulike Posted 24 March 2022 Share Posted 24 March 2022 59 minutes ago, st albans fox said: With the games being over two legs, we can afford one slightly poor performance and still recover the tie ….. but Marseille and Roma are both more experience than us Although the players showed some bottle in Rennes which we doubted they had, I'm still not convinced they won't run away and hide again in the future. I don't think we could recover from a slightly poor performance if we have to pull the tie around in a second leg in the kind of volatile atmosphere expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Grebfromgrebland Posted 24 March 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 24 March 2022 18 minutes ago, Spudulike said: Although the players showed some bottle in Rennes which we doubted they had, I'm still not convinced they won't run away and hide again in the future. I don't think we could recover from a slightly poor performance if we have to pull the tie around in a second leg in the kind of volatile atmosphere expected. Why do you even bother supporting the club? We're on a reasonable run here and things are looking up just go with it! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot Posted 24 March 2022 Share Posted 24 March 2022 2 hours ago, st albans fox said: With the games being over two legs, we can afford one slightly poor performance and still recover the tie ….. but Marseille and Roma are both more experience than us We can afford one slightly poor performance but not one forest type performance, that's my worry, but we've certainly set our low ceiling a lot higher since so hopefully any poor performances will be manageable over 2 legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudulike Posted 24 March 2022 Share Posted 24 March 2022 46 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said: Why do you even bother supporting the club? We're on a reasonable run here and things are looking up just go with it! I often ask myself that question I'm a cup half full about the City, mostly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ric Flair Posted 25 March 2022 Share Posted 25 March 2022 1 hour ago, brucey said: Thought we'd be worse than that to be fair, I must account for 10% of that alone! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarriedaLeicesterGirl Posted 26 March 2022 Share Posted 26 March 2022 20 hours ago, brucey said: We are an entitled bunch of turds, aren't we? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goody2028 Posted 26 March 2022 Share Posted 26 March 2022 20 hours ago, brucey said: That’s just Twitter, imagine if they’d seen this place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l444ry Posted 26 March 2022 Share Posted 26 March 2022 21 hours ago, brucey said: What plank would sift through Twitter and come up with this? And what plank would even give it any credibility? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don_danbury Posted 26 March 2022 Share Posted 26 March 2022 2 hours ago, MarriedaLeicesterGirl said: We are an entitled bunch of turds, aren't we? had a poor season tbf. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majaco Posted 26 March 2022 Share Posted 26 March 2022 1 hour ago, l444ry said: What plank would sift through Twitter and come up with this? And what plank would even give it any credibility? Negative comment 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkerleeds Posted 26 March 2022 Share Posted 26 March 2022 3 hours ago, MarriedaLeicesterGirl said: We are an entitled bunch of turds, aren't we? Yeah we should know our place etc... Oh, you were being serious 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Year Of The Fox Posted 27 March 2022 Share Posted 27 March 2022 10 hours ago, MarriedaLeicesterGirl said: We are an entitled bunch of turds, aren't we? No not really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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