Leicester - Porto

[ivansneck]

I went last night. Great atmosphere, decent game with LCFC just edging it although and extra 10 minutes would have seen a Porto equaliser I think. The thing I notice about Leicester everytime I go is that they work incredibly hard for each other and the crowd are (at least for now) very forgiving of mistakes by their team. The Meadow Lane crowd could learn from this. I think this helps Leicester play with no fear of failure.

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I know a couple of Foxes' fans that went and they really enjoyed.

The only down side is that the Champions League seems to be deflecting from their season, hopefully they can bring some of the form into the Premier League because I would love to see them forge greater grounds for the club.

[Dripsey3]

They have back to back games against Copenhagen coming up. 4 points there and they will be in the next round, 3 would do given they have the woeful Club Brugge to come at home. 

[DangerousSausage]

1 hour ago, notts-joe said:

I know a couple of Foxes' fans that went and they really enjoyed.

The only down side is that the Champions League seems to be deflecting from their season, hopefully they can bring some of the form into the Premier League because I would love to see them forge greater grounds for the club.

They're living the dream, isn't that what football is about? Personally I'd rather finish 15th and have a bombastic run in the Champions League than end up 7th in the Premier League and go out in the group stage.

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8 hours ago, DangerousSausage said:

They're living the dream, isn't that what football is about? Personally I'd rather finish 15th and have a bombastic run in the Champions League than end up 7th in the Premier League and go out in the group stage.

Rather than attempting to establish yourself as a regular team in Europe? I think continuing the dream for as long as possible is living the dream.

They have the chance to out themselves as relegation candidates, enforcing their right to play Premier League football and after winning the 2015-16 season so convincingly I would hope they push the boundaries because they give football hope.

Finishing 15th is vastly mediocre and it wouldn't be progression for them.

They really need to finish within the top 10, as this would set them a realistic target to improve but hopefully they'll finish within a European place.

[ivansneck]

14 hours ago, notts-joe said:

Rather than attempting to establish yourself as a regular team in Europe? I think continuing the dream for as long as possible is living the dream.

They have the chance to out themselves as relegation candidates, enforcing their right to play Premier League football and after winning the 2015-16 season so convincingly I would hope they push the boundaries because they give football hope.

Finishing 15th is vastly mediocre and it wouldn't be progression for them.

They really need to finish within the top 10, as this would set them a realistic target to improve but hopefully they'll finish within a European place.

Leicester aren't going to progress from here. This is the peak. The question is how fast/slow will be the decline? Look at Forest and Derby after their European adventures. Forest's decline was very slow but very inevitable and irreversible (they may still be on it). Derby's was rather quicker after 1975, specifically the FA Cup semi-final in 1976, and the loss in the Bernabeu that season.

It's inevitbale taht the smaller clubs from the smaller towns/cities can't sustain success like a Manchester, Madrid or Munich club can. That's not to say you can't have a great time for a period, Ipswich under Bobby Robosn, Burnley when I was a kid etc.

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5 hours ago, ivansneck said:

Leicester aren't going to progress from here. This is the peak. The question is how fast/slow will be the decline? Look at Forest and Derby after their European adventures. Forest's decline was very slow but very inevitable and irreversible (they may still be on it). Derby's was rather quicker after 1975, specifically the FA Cup semi-final in 1976, and the loss in the Bernabeu that season.

It's inevitbale taht the smaller clubs from the smaller towns/cities can't sustain success like a Manchester, Madrid or Munich club can. That's not to say you can't have a great time for a period, Ipswich under Bobby Robosn, Burnley when I was a kid etc.

Their chairman is extremely well off, the title earned them more money with the outcome than than made in a collective number of years.

They'll only decline with poor recruitment and I don't think this will be the case. Leicester have what Forest and Derby never had, plus they are the only major club in their area (which is built on a very passionate supporters base). Derby have a city full of fans but I wouldn't say they are the same.

2016-17 season may be a campaign where they struggle but there is no reason why they should fail to establish themselves higher up.