johnny the fox Posted 22 February 2015 Share Posted 22 February 2015 So proud of our fans today........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleckneymike Posted 19 March 2015 Share Posted 19 March 2015 (edited) Taken from this blog (and tweeted by Jason Bourne) https://blog.betway.com/football/premier-league/tottenham-v-leicester-spurs-should-feast-on-the-foxes-going-down-with-a-whimper/ "Nigel Pearson's team put a complacent Tottenham out of the FA Cup back in January. In the league, however, the Foxes perform the way that their manager does in press conferences. Lots of smoke but no real fire. Last Saturday's goalless draw at home to Hull was Leicester's first clean sheet in nine matches stretching back to January 10. The Midlands club are now seven games without a win and have managed just a mere four goals in their last six league outings. Basically Pearson is taking them down with a whimper. He is fond of those dramatic pauses ahead (or in the middle) of sentences that are built up to sound profound but turn out to be bog-standard cliches. And the players would appear to have switched off. Tim Sherwood's Aston Villa reflect his character. They are finally playing with a bit of attitude and edge. They puff out their chests and are once again starting to walk it like they talk it. Aston Villa under the mild-mannered Paul Lambert were the opposite. Timid. Bereft of confidence. Afraid to express themselves in case a mistake led to a goal and so fearful of losing that they often took to the field unsure of what they were actually there to do. Pearson's Leicester are also a mirror image of his character. Foot on the ball. Forever. Thinking it through. Forever. Ponderous, predictable. Refusing to panic but actually fiddling while Rome burns. Not good enough defensively but not enough goals in attack either. Under Pearson that is. The biggest indictment of the Foxes boss is that his squad would probably have a fighting chance under someone else. In the 2012/13 season, Southampton's first back in the Premier League, they looked relegation fodder under Nigel Adkins. The then Executive Chairman, Nicola Cortese, sacked him with the club three points above the drop zone. Amid the chorus of disapproval there were cries of "What does Cortese expect??". People actually wanted the Saints to accept their fate and stick with a man who was taking them back down. Under Pochettino, Adkins' replacement, Southampton finished 14th. With wins over Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea along the way. It can be done. Koeman has taken the sum of the parts to another level when many believed the Saints would plunge back into the outer darkness following the exodus of their top players. It can be done. When Ian Holloway reached his vertical limit at Crystal Palace several other bosses turned down the chance to take over on the basis that the squad was supposedly not good enough. Tony Pulis came in and turned Selhurst Park into one of the toughest places to go in the top flight. It can be done. Palace eventually finished 11th - twelve points clear of the relegation zone and just five points off the top half of the table. Some managers are made for the top flight and some will always find - their egos inflated by success in the Championship - their limitations ruthlessly exposed in the top division. Leicester's performance - and that of Pearson whose conduct towards a member of the media last weekend was appalling - suggests they have in charge someone whose limitations have been exposed. Tottenham should expose them further this weekend." Edited 19 March 2015 by fleckneymike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 19 March 2015 Share Posted 19 March 2015 ~That blog just waxes and wanes without really getting to the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristianity77 Posted 19 March 2015 Share Posted 19 March 2015 There is nothing written there that isn't 100% true and correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayfox Posted 19 March 2015 Share Posted 19 March 2015 Thunk it's nail on head there. Villa under lambert. Us under Pearson. Too late for us now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry - LCFC Posted 19 March 2015 Share Posted 19 March 2015 Yeah. They do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie1999 Posted 19 March 2015 Share Posted 19 March 2015 Fvck it, think i'll get a rope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirsty The Blue 94 Posted 19 March 2015 Share Posted 19 March 2015 Clearly a media hack job supporting his mate who was ripped into by Pearson on Saturday. I guess it serves Pearson right though, need to get the media on your side in times like this. Although it's not true at all, Villa were a team who have played every season in the Prem and should be nowhere near the drop zone. We are a team who are getting relegated because we lack the quality at this level. Incomparable situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 19 March 2015 Share Posted 19 March 2015 Mark w et all won't like that! Do you think that blogger has been reading this forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arriba Los Zorros Posted 19 March 2015 Share Posted 19 March 2015 Journalist in personal agenda shocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 19 March 2015 Share Posted 19 March 2015 Basically Leicester aren't very good - we know that. Pearson likes to pause and think about what he says - we also know this. Tottenham will beat Leicester on Saturday - most people have a similar opinion. Doesn't really tell you much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 19 March 2015 Share Posted 19 March 2015 There are no easy games in the Premier League- cliched bollocks. We also haven't lost the most matches this season Darren, despite being useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soar Fox Posted 19 March 2015 Share Posted 19 March 2015 Good read was that snd unfortunately most of it is absouletly spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Fox Posted 20 March 2015 Share Posted 20 March 2015 How depressing. Have to say I'm actually ashamed I support Leicester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted 20 March 2015 Share Posted 20 March 2015 How depressing. Have to say I'm actually ashamed I support Leicester. That saddens me more than anything else I have ever seen in the Football forums on FT. I have never been ashamed of supporting Leicester City and never will, even if we end up in the Conference. However your comment says a lot about the way the Club is currently managed on and off the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 20 March 2015 Share Posted 20 March 2015 How depressing. Have to say I'm actually ashamed I support Leicester. 'Ashamed' ? Are you serious? You could be embarrassed after MacArthur but ashamed? I don't think things have got that bad mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperEadem Posted 20 March 2015 Share Posted 20 March 2015 How depressing. Have to say I'm actually ashamed I support Leicester. Yeah come on now, surely an exaggeration of feelings with that comment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie93 Posted 20 March 2015 Share Posted 20 March 2015 Clearly a media hack job supporting his mate who was ripped into by Pearson on Saturday. I guess it serves Pearson right though, need to get the media on your side in times like this. Although it's not true at all, Villa were a team who have played every season in the Prem and should be nowhere near the drop zone. We are a team who are getting relegated because we lack the quality at this level. Incomparable situation. "Clearly a media hack" are you sure? It doesn't matter if they are an established premiership club, its irrelevant. Do you really think Burnley have any more quality than we do? They are in a great position to stay up because they play grit and determination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mike Oxlong Posted 20 March 2015 Popular Post Share Posted 20 March 2015 How depressing. Have to say I'm actually ashamed I support Leicester. I'm ashamed you support Leicester 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie1999 Posted 20 March 2015 Share Posted 20 March 2015 I'm ashamed we have a paranoia thread, more concerned about what other people think than anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalis Posted 20 March 2015 Share Posted 20 March 2015 That article was sad but true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 20 March 2015 Share Posted 20 March 2015 We are a team who are getting relegated because we lack the quality at this level. Incomparable situation. I don't believe that for a minute. Our squad is the best in the bottom six IMO or at the very least second to none. The article is right though we are going down with a whimper. We can't sack Pearson though as he is the only man on Earth who could get us promoted from the Championship. He's done it before you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 20 March 2015 Share Posted 20 March 2015 I don't believe that for a minute. Our squad is the best in the bottom six IMO or at the very least second to none. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybes Posted 20 March 2015 Share Posted 20 March 2015 Damning article but a fair reflection. This 5-3-2, 3-5-2, 5-4-1 or whatever you want to call it is the f**king pits. Pearson needs to pull his head out of the sand and go at teams with the same intensity as we had within the first 5 games of the season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 20 March 2015 Share Posted 20 March 2015 Clearly a media hack job supporting his mate who was ripped into by Pearson on Saturday. I guess it serves Pearson right though, need to get the media on your side in times like this. I wouldn't say a hack job but it's written by a journalist who has spent written about Spurs for years upon years. Therefore he's bound to write a pre-match piece which is leaning that way. Some of it is very correct. Whilst other bits border someone upset that their mate got a telling off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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