The "do they mean us?" thread pt 3

[The People's Hero]

1 minute ago, ALC Fox said:

Twitter really is the pits

 

Someone is taking me to the away game and to quote them (an Arsenal fan) 'I'm quite looking forward to watching Leicester'

 

Stick that in your pipe and smoke it. Also; wow is he in for a disappointment.

[Koke]

We'll finish above them again this season. Let them have their 15 min in the sun before it all comes crashing down again. 

[Koke]

Is he mad because of the 15/16 season when they thought Welbeck won them the league or is he mad because Vardy has 12 goals against Arsenal. That's more than even Drogba managed, and he used to terrorise them for fun. 

[urban.spaceman]

We’ve won the Premier League, FA Cup, Community Shield AND the League Cup more recently than Arsenal. 

[Spudulike]

4 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

We’ve won the Premier League, FA Cup, Community Shield AND the League Cup more recently than Arsenal. 

... and the Championship and League 1.

 

They'll never sing that. 

[The People's Hero]

My view on Arsenal is they just smashed Spurs in the NLD. No one likes Spurs.

 

Let Arsenal have their 5 minutes.

[Sublime_Coatsworth]

20 hours ago, The People's Hero said:

Let Arsenal have their 5 minutes.

plus I have a sneaking suspicion that (like when they beat us in the PL winning year) after all that celebrating and back-slapping they'll lose the next few matches

[Sunbury Fox]

On 27/09/2021 at 19:07, urban.spaceman said:

Very long thread from an Arsenal fan... Some might enjoy it...

 

 

 

To think that Arsenal fans care about us enough to write stuff like this. Hard to believe for a Foxes fan of over 40 years like me. 

[Fox92]

On 27/09/2021 at 19:07, urban.spaceman said:

Very long thread from an Arsenal fan... Some might enjoy it...

 

 

 

These threads are proper weird man. I log into twitter now and then but it really is full of shit.

[Langston]

29 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

These threads are proper weird man. I log into twitter now and then but it really is full of shit.

 

It is, but that's like every corner of the internet, really. 90% of the time, you'll only really find these sorts of threads on Twitter if you actively search for them, the other 10 is when they're shared by people you might follow.

 

Or, of course, if they're relentlessly posted on FT.

[Fox92]

12 hours ago, Langston said:

 

It is, but that's like every corner of the internet, really. 90% of the time, you'll only really find these sorts of threads on Twitter if you actively search for them, the other 10 is when they're shared by people you might follow.

 

Or, of course, if they're relentlessly posted on FT.

True. It's always the weird football twitter people that create this stuff though. Mind you, plenty of YouTube videos too. "Exposing" player A. Get a life.

[SemperEadem]

Leeds fans got super prissy over the clubs tweet about the Brighton atmosphere block.

[GlennyFox55]

19 minutes ago, SemperEadem said:

Leeds fans got super prissy over the clubs tweet about the Brighton atmosphere block.

Been some weird reactions to it all round. Even from fans of clubs which either have done it in the past or currently have one themselves (Newcastle) which I thought was amusing. 

[SemperEadem]

The biggest club in the county have one yet fans are going on about it being eMbARraSsIng.

[GlennyFox55]

1 minute ago, SemperEadem said:

The biggest club in the county have one yet fans are going on about it being eMbARraSsIng.

tHe wHoLe gRoUnD sHoUlD bE a sInGiNg sEcTiOn

[davieG]

https://www.football365.com/news/leicester-playing-tortoise-might-pay-off

 

Leicester playing the tortoise might pay off on the line
Date published: Thursday 30th September 2021 8:01 - Editor F365

So, it looks like we have a multiple-team title race again. Finally. There are compelling arguments why four teams could win the Premier League this season. And what do these four have in common? They have the biggest budgets and wage bills. They are exactly where they should be.

So it is worth reminding ourselves of the extraordinary achievement of Leicester winning the Premier League. After improbably surviving relegation in 2015, they had made the almost unanimously unpopular appointment of Claudio Ranieri, who was rebounding from a disastrous relationship with the Greek national team.

They had just lost their most influential player in Esteban Cambiasso and replaced him with a nobody – you may have heard of him now – from the French league. The bookmakers gave them odds of 5,000/1 (for context you can currently bet on Norwich to win this season’s title at 2,500/1) and frankly that could easily have been 10,000 or 20,000/1; it simply wasn’t considered possible to anyone that understood football. It truly is the underdog story of a lifetime.

One of the reasons it perhaps doesn’t quite resonate as a miraculous achievement is the success of the club since. Leicester have been on an upward trajectory since the sadly departed Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha bought the club in 2010. Like many other owners, Vichai joined a Championship club with designs on becoming a Champions League club. It still looked an incredibly unlikely ambition in 2016, but this current Leicester squad have become accustomed to challenging at the right end of the table ever since Brendan Rodgers took over after the forgettable reign of Claude Puel.

In the last two seasons, Leicester have been the main thorn in the side of their wealthier rivals. They raced out of the blocks on both occasions, occupying a Champions League place for an astonishing combined 567 days before somehow relinquishing a place at the top table on the final day. This is no longer an underdog; this is a club with a realistic chance of sustained success for the next few seasons at least.

But with consistent success invariably comes an increase in expectations. Coming into this season, Leicester were widely seen as the most likely team to challenge last season’s top four for a Champions League place. They had supplemented an already deep squad with the exciting Patson Daka, the highly rated Boubakary Soumare and established Premier League performers Jannik Vestergaard, Ryan Bertrand and Ademola Lookman.

Brendan Rodgers Youri Tielemans

The ownership, management, players and supporters seem to have an unbreakable bond. There is no comparison to the atmosphere at Tottenham and Arsenal, who are always one poor performance away from the next crisis. Even at West Ham, the current good feeling always feels a couple of bad results from falling away into another Gold and Sullivan demonstration.

Unfortunately, results have not gone quite the way Leicester fans would have envisaged at the start of this season. With a number of key players either injured long-term, suspended or returning from injury, there has been no consistency of selection and Rodgers has struggled to find the right balance either in an attacking or defensive sense. Without Jamie Vardy doing Jamie Vardy things it could have been even worse.

But may this start actually prove a blessing in disguise?

Sometimes setting such a high bar can raise expectations and it seems from the outside that Rodgers has suffered from this during his spell at Leicester. Football fans love to pigeon-hole players and managers and Rodgers is still lazily dismissed by some as a bottler for the manner in which Liverpool lost the title in 2014. Those same fans will have considered the last two seasons validation for that title, focussing on the last-day disappointment rather than the fact that Leicester were performing significantly above realistic expectations all season.

Being placed in a comfortable mid-table position at this stage away from the glare of the top four gives Rodgers the chance to work with his players and find the correct formula. There is huge potential in the squad and Rodgers can use the next few games to try and forge a cohesive defensive unit, a robust but creative midfield and a team that can somehow fit Daka or the seemingly under-used Kelechi Iheanacho alongside the evergreen Vardy.

The start of this season was always going to be difficult with the long-term injuries in the squad and new players to integrate. They are clearly missing the pace and aggression of Wesley Fofana and James Justin in defence, who will take on the never-tedious mantra of ‘being like new signings’ when they return from injury at some point this season.

Fortunately, Leicester supporters understand the need for patience and there is a noticeable lack of fanfare around their inconsistent results so far this season. The board and Rodgers have earned their faith and support over the last few seasons and there is no doubt Leicester will start to find more of a rhythm in their play when Rodgers is able to select a settled side for a few consecutive weeks.

This is the first season with Rodgers in charge that Leicester have not made a flying start. The previous two league seasons have promised so much but ultimately ended disappointingly. Who would bet against this season going in the opposite direction and Leicester finishing with a feeling of euphoria rather than disappointment? After all, there is no club better at channelling the underdog spirit.

Steve Sanders 

[TiffToff88]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

 

Fortunately, Leicester supporters understand the need for patience and there is a noticeable lack of fanfare around their inconsistent results so far this season.

He's obviously not been on here on a matchday

[Spudulike]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

https://www.football365.com/news/leicester-playing-tortoise-might-pay-off

 

Leicester playing the tortoise might pay off on the line
Date published: Thursday 30th September 2021 8:01 - Editor F365

So, it looks like we have a multiple-team title race again. Finally. There are compelling arguments why four teams could win the Premier League this season. And what do these four have in common? They have the biggest budgets and wage bills. They are exactly where they should be.

So it is worth reminding ourselves of the extraordinary achievement of Leicester winning the Premier League. After improbably surviving relegation in 2015, they had made the almost unanimously unpopular appointment of Claudio Ranieri, who was rebounding from a disastrous relationship with the Greek national team.

They had just lost their most influential player in Esteban Cambiasso and replaced him with a nobody – you may have heard of him now – from the French league. The bookmakers gave them odds of 5,000/1 (for context you can currently bet on Norwich to win this season’s title at 2,500/1) and frankly that could easily have been 10,000 or 20,000/1; it simply wasn’t considered possible to anyone that understood football. It truly is the underdog story of a lifetime.

One of the reasons it perhaps doesn’t quite resonate as a miraculous achievement is the success of the club since. Leicester have been on an upward trajectory since the sadly departed Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha bought the club in 2010. Like many other owners, Vichai joined a Championship club with designs on becoming a Champions League club. It still looked an incredibly unlikely ambition in 2016, but this current Leicester squad have become accustomed to challenging at the right end of the table ever since Brendan Rodgers took over after the forgettable reign of Claude Puel.

In the last two seasons, Leicester have been the main thorn in the side of their wealthier rivals. They raced out of the blocks on both occasions, occupying a Champions League place for an astonishing combined 567 days before somehow relinquishing a place at the top table on the final day. This is no longer an underdog; this is a club with a realistic chance of sustained success for the next few seasons at least.

But with consistent success invariably comes an increase in expectations. Coming into this season, Leicester were widely seen as the most likely team to challenge last season’s top four for a Champions League place. They had supplemented an already deep squad with the exciting Patson Daka, the highly rated Boubakary Soumare and established Premier League performers Jannik Vestergaard, Ryan Bertrand and Ademola Lookman.

Brendan Rodgers Youri Tielemans

The ownership, management, players and supporters seem to have an unbreakable bond. There is no comparison to the atmosphere at Tottenham and Arsenal, who are always one poor performance away from the next crisis. Even at West Ham, the current good feeling always feels a couple of bad results from falling away into another Gold and Sullivan demonstration.

Unfortunately, results have not gone quite the way Leicester fans would have envisaged at the start of this season. With a number of key players either injured long-term, suspended or returning from injury, there has been no consistency of selection and Rodgers has struggled to find the right balance either in an attacking or defensive sense. Without Jamie Vardy doing Jamie Vardy things it could have been even worse.

But may this start actually prove a blessing in disguise?

Sometimes setting such a high bar can raise expectations and it seems from the outside that Rodgers has suffered from this during his spell at Leicester. Football fans love to pigeon-hole players and managers and Rodgers is still lazily dismissed by some as a bottler for the manner in which Liverpool lost the title in 2014. Those same fans will have considered the last two seasons validation for that title, focussing on the last-day disappointment rather than the fact that Leicester were performing significantly above realistic expectations all season.

Being placed in a comfortable mid-table position at this stage away from the glare of the top four gives Rodgers the chance to work with his players and find the correct formula. There is huge potential in the squad and Rodgers can use the next few games to try and forge a cohesive defensive unit, a robust but creative midfield and a team that can somehow fit Daka or the seemingly under-used Kelechi Iheanacho alongside the evergreen Vardy.

The start of this season was always going to be difficult with the long-term injuries in the squad and new players to integrate. They are clearly missing the pace and aggression of Wesley Fofana and James Justin in defence, who will take on the never-tedious mantra of ‘being like new signings’ when they return from injury at some point this season.

Fortunately, Leicester supporters understand the need for patience and there is a noticeable lack of fanfare around their inconsistent results so far this season. The board and Rodgers have earned their faith and support over the last few seasons and there is no doubt Leicester will start to find more of a rhythm in their play when Rodgers is able to select a settled side for a few consecutive weeks.

This is the first season with Rodgers in charge that Leicester have not made a flying start. The previous two league seasons have promised so much but ultimately ended disappointingly. Who would bet against this season going in the opposite direction and Leicester finishing with a feeling of euphoria rather than disappointment? After all, there is no club better at channelling the underdog spirit.

Steve Sanders 

That is pretty much spot on, a good read and not spoiled by jumping on the boo'ing bandwagon that some other media (TalkSPORT, spit) have. 

[lcfc67]

That's a great piece. Well balanced and considered. Have also wondered the same re starting slower and building over the course of the season. Maybe we will be the ones to steal that 4th place at the end ? 

[Golden Fox]

Generally its a good piece, and I agree with most points: particularly that we now have very raised expectations of Top 6 minimum, have some new players & injures so need some time to find our rhythm & am confident we will improve as the season goes on, but I'm really not sure about the comment which the piece seems to revolve around:

 

7 hours ago, davieG said:

Being placed in a comfortable mid-table position at this stage away from the glare of the top four gives Rodgers the chance to work with his players and find the correct formula.

I wouldn't have thought the amount of glare makes any difference to the ability of Rodgers to work with his players. We will only find the correct formula through playing games - and teams won't approach us any differently whether we are in the top 4 or in mid-table. The article seems to infer teams will take us lightly if we are in mid-table, which would give us more chance to experiment, which is nonsense in today's Premier League. Maybe a journalist trying to make it sound like their job has more impact than it actually does...

[fuchsntf]

On 27/09/2021 at 21:01, The People's Hero said:

My view on Arsenal is they just smashed Spurs in the NLD. No one likes Spurs.

 

Let Arsenal have their 5 minutes.

I must be No one....I am no Spurs basher & prefer them to Arsenal...

[when_you're_smiling]

This tweet actually cheered me up a bit.

 

 

[StanSP]

Peter Schmeichel on Sunday Brunch right now.

 

Was asked whether his proudest moment was Denmark winning Euro 1992 or his time at Man Utd.

 

He said 'proudest moment was Kasper lifting the Premier League trophy'  

[st albans fox]

just caught this on BT sport at the end of the adverts 

 

what struck me was the spelling of Rofe and the insertion of Vardy into that period .

Anyone recognise the shirt ??

 

 

[An Sionnach]

31 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

just caught this on BT sport at the end of the adverts 

 

what struck me was the spelling of Rofe and the insertion of Vardy into that period .

Anyone recognise the shirt ??

 

 

Vardy's been lying about his age , he is really 62.