AvonVillain Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 On 15/05/2021 at 19:49, PaulC said: they have made tough decisions at the right time. Getting rid of Pearson after he kept them up, getting rid of Ranieri the season after they won the league, then getting rid of Puel and bringing in Rodgers. We cant fall into the trap of being grateful for what the manager has done for us. Hmmm. Kind of rewrites history a bit to suit an argument. Pearson was sacked for non-footballing reasons, Ranieri was sacked after a dramatic, extended loss of form with a return of his notorious tinkering, whilst Puel was loathed by the fanbase for producing the most tedious football most of them could ever remember, with stats to back up the antipathy. Rodgers was the right timing for both parties. Can't imagine any of those decisions being particularly difficult. We're not being grateful, we're reaping the benefits of having proper owners in place rejecting opinions from knee-jerk, overly emotional, impatient, no-nothing fans. Long may this blissful marriage continue even if it looks like progress is somewhat stalling next season, which it almost certainly won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Keyblade Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Most days spent in the top 4 of any team since 2018. Haven't finished there once. Ouch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post useless Posted May 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2021 Obviously they would have preferred both, but for me winning the FA Cup beats qualifying for the Champions League anytime. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 I kind of agree but then at the same time this thing about spending something daft like 69 weeks out of 73 in the top 4 but not getting CL long term could come back to bite them on the ass The FA Cup would be incredible if you had the confidence that CL will happen eventually and I think after this season that confidence must be dropping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, villa4europe said: I kind of agree but then at the same time this thing about spending something daft like 69 weeks out of 73 in the top 4 but not getting CL long term could come back to bite them on the ass The FA Cup would be incredible if you had the confidence that CL will happen eventually and I think after this season that confidence must be dropping They will be devastated they couldnt get a point today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Foxes, the Lions are coming for you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 The main purpose of football should be winning and winning trophies. Qualifying for Champions League is good and a good achievment, but you don't actually get a trophy for it unless you go and win it. Amazes me that people on here moan abot the so called top six and how money is ruining football but then don't agree with me that winning the FA Cup is better than qualifying for the champions league. I bet there's not one Leicester fan or Leicester player that would swap their FA Cup win for a top four spot, and I bet most Tottenham and players and fans would swap all the times they finished top four for an FA Cup win. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 18 minutes ago, useless said: The main purpose of football should be winning and winning trophies. Qualifying for Champions League is good and a good achievment, but you don't actually get a trophy for it unless you go and win it. Amazes me that people on here moan abot the so called top six and how money is ruining football but then don't agree with me that winning the FA Cup is better than qualifying for the champions league. I bet there's not one Leicester fan or Leicester player that would swap their FA Cup win for a top four spot, and I bet most Tottenham and players and fans would swap all the times they finished top four for an FA Cup win. Yes I agree but then people were negative about Martinez when he won Wigan the FA cup yet got relagated and the same when McCleish won SHA there first and only major trophy. Different with Leicester 5th is a good league position though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 51 minutes ago, useless said: The main purpose of football should be winning and winning trophies. Qualifying for Champions League is good and a good achievment, but you don't actually get a trophy for it unless you go and win it. Amazes me that people on here moan abot the so called top six and how money is ruining football but then don't agree with me that winning the FA Cup is better than qualifying for the champions league. I bet there's not one Leicester fan or Leicester player that would swap their FA Cup win for a top four spot, and I bet most Tottenham and players and fans would swap all the times they finished top four for an FA Cup win. It raises your club's profile and stature though. Champions League football is vital if you want to take the final step as a club and increase your fanbase + reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HanoiVillan Posted May 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2021 1 hour ago, villalad21 said: It raises your club's profile and stature though. Champions League football is vital if you want to take the final step as a club and increase your fanbase + reputation. *Repeated* qualification does that. Leicester have already qualified for the Champions League once, after they won the PL, but it's not qualifying once that matters but the realistic prospect you will do it over and over again. Personally, I'd rather win the FA Cup (for the first time in the club's history!) than a season in the Champions League that might not make any medium-term difference to anything. Of course really you'd want both, but just saying, if I had to choose. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Delighted Schmeichel cocked up and cost them. Horrible tit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 James Maddison is an odious little rat. Probably the most overated in the league too. Remember the league cup semi and he was garbage. Shoots for days, score a free kick probably on the ratio of Seb Larsson, plays one through ball for Vardy to run onto every quarter and people go mental. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Boubakary Soumare signing for under £25m apparently. Incredible signing for that sort of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 I just realized that even if they beat Spurs, they still wouldn't be in the CL since Chelsea won it, so hope that gives them peace of mind that they didn't bottle it. It's been an incredible couple of seasons from them, only dropping down to 5th on the final day both times. Rodgers deserves a lot of credit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_avfc Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 21 hours ago, Keyblade said: I just realized that even if they beat Spurs, they still wouldn't be in the CL since Chelsea won it, so hope that gives them peace of mind that they didn't bottle it. It's been an incredible couple of seasons from them, only dropping down to 5th on the final day both times. Rodgers deserves a lot of credit. This isn't true I don't think. They'd be in the Champions League and Chelsea would be a 5th English team in the Champions League as far as I understood it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 9 minutes ago, tom_avfc said: This isn't true I don't think. They'd be in the Champions League and Chelsea would be a 5th English team in the Champions League as far as I understood it. No they'd miss out I'm pretty sure. Chelsea did the same thing to Spurs in 2012. The 5th team thing happens if a team wins the Europa League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_avfc Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Keyblade said: No they'd miss out I'm pretty sure. Chelsea did the same thing to Spurs in 2012. The 5th team thing happens if a team wins the Europa League. I've got a feeling they changed the rules to try to stop this happening. The only way that the 4th place team is missing out on Champions League now is if the Champions League and Europa League are won by English teams that both finished outside the top 4 as there is a maximum of 5 English teams allowed in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 23 minutes ago, tom_avfc said: I've got a feeling they changed the rules to try to stop this happening. The only way that the 4th place team is missing out on Champions League now is if the Champions League and Europa League are won by English teams that both finished outside the top 4 as there is a maximum of 5 English teams allowed in. Think you're right on that. Still don't think they bottled it. 5th is a very good finish for them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 (edited) Doing great business on the quiet with Daka and now Soumare for a combined 40m! Just so impressed with them. They deserve so much more respect from the media than they do get! Edited July 2, 2021 by nick76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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