Who cares about us? What about Leicester?

No way is winning games in a relegation battle more pressure than at the top. When you were winning games last season not many outside of Leicester took any massive interest (no offence meant, it just isn't a huge story).

Perhaps looking at it purely on the football it's true the pressure is greater scrapping, but that is not the only place the pressure comes from. The media interest in this will be through the roof in the next few months.

Rather than compare your situation to winning games down the bottom, I'd say it's more akin to the flipside of a big team losing lots of games and being sucked in to a relegation scrap. The longer it goes on, the more the pressure builds. We saw it with Mourinho to a certain extent.

If we can't win it, I hope you do. It will be fantastic. Shearer mentioned about Blackburn last night nearly melting though, and they had proper leaders in that side. Newcastle have lost a 9pt lead at this stage in their pomp. Pressure

I guess it depends if you think the Media is real pressure, for Clubs in London this seems to especially be the case when they haven't won anything for so long.

I'd say for us pressure comes from the fans, what can be more a focal point than fans shouting abuse at the manager and team like we had last season.

Get to the last couple of weeks and we're still in with a real chance and I agree the pressure will become intense.

For now with our excellent Manager and Club everyone is just enjoying the ride.

I think we're in a different place following this week and yesterday in particular. It was a game changer. We've beaten Liverpool at home then gone to the home of the title favourites for many and deservedly beaten them. Sportsweek has MON on now talking about LCFC's title chances - he's even comparing it to his title year with Forest (thrashing United 4-0 at Old Trafford). It may change if we get thrashed again by Arsenal at next week's fixture but I'd be disappointed if that happened. Win, draw or lose narrowly and we will still be up there as a favourite with the bookies.

I disagree with Arro and agree with KL about us, we're going to face a different pressure from here on in to anything anybody has ever faced in EPL terms. The winners have come from a small elite of clubs in the past (save possibly Blackburn although even they had some serious cash splashed on them at the time). We're the new favourites. I'm astonished to be able to type this.

I doubt if we'll cope with the run in assuming we keep on getting good results in the next half dozen games or so. As Ian Marshall has just pointed out on radio 5, this may be the only chance these players get to win the title - even if some move on to 'bigger' clubs they may not get to play for them. We do have Huth who has some relevant experience and we don't have any cup games or Europe to worry about but I still think we'll bottle it.

I've been wrong about us and Arro has been right all season, needless to say long may this continue!

comment by HRH King Ledley (U20095)
posted 11 minutes ago
No way is winning games in a relegation battle more pressure than at the top. When you were winning games last season not many outside of Leicester took any massive interest (no offence meant, it just isn't a huge story).

Perhaps looking at it purely on the football it's true the pressure is greater scrapping, but that is not the only place the pressure comes from. The media interest in this will be through the roof in the next few months.

Rather than compare your situation to winning games down the bottom, I'd say it's more akin to the flipside of a big team losing lots of games and being sucked in to a relegation scrap. The longer it goes on, the more the pressure builds. We saw it with Mourinho to a certain extent.

If we can't win it, I hope you do. It will be fantastic. Shearer mentioned about Blackburn last night nearly melting though, and they had proper leaders in that side. Newcastle have lost a 9pt lead at this stage in their pomp. Pressure
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You're talking about PL survival and what it meant for the club financially, for the players careers and the fans and dismissing that pressure just because the media weren't all over it. That made no difference whatsoever to the pressure they felt to survive.

They had to survive as relegation would have fooked everything up. If we don't win the league so what, we will be playing CL fooball next season and we have a fantastic base to build on.

I don't care what you or anyone else says because staying in the league is way more pressure. It's also easy to not read what the media are saying, very easy to avoid in fact, just don't look.

They train with each other all week and go home to their families, no need to get involved in media hype. I'm sure Ranieri will keep the pressure off them and if that means encouraging them not to read anything, that's what will happen.

For Spurs prospects I'm with Arro. They have a proud history but haven't won the title for 55 years. They must be sick and tired of playing second fiddle to their north London neighbours.

They have a really good team that is playing well and are in with a chance of winning the most open race in EPL history. It's difficult to believe that this possibility will be available again soon, with Guardiola at Man City, possibly a successful Van Gall or Mourinho at United, a resurgent Chelsea, Arsenal if they spend (!) and potentially Klopp at Liverpool all meaning the league being much stronger next season.

So if they remain with a shot at the title the pressure will massively mount on Spurs too as it could be their best opportunity for years.

In answer to ARE's original query, I think the fairest way of looking at it is to say that Ranieri astutely recognised the solid foundations laid by Pearson, built on them and has taken the team on to a different level with his tactical awareness.

Wow, you guys are really touchy. Such catty comments .

Forget what I said.....

There is much less pressure on a team going for the title rather than one possibly being relegated

This Leicester side simply won't be under the same pressure that every other side in a title race has felt.

Better?




Incidentally, I never said we wouldn't feel pressure, we will do. I don't even think we are nailed on for a top 4 spot, we could finish anywhere from 1st to 5th.

We were in a title race in 11/12, beat Newcastle 5-1 on February 12th and looked the absolute nuts. We were the underdog, and had no cups for distractions.

Then it fell to bits, and Arsenal reeled in about 10pts on us and we limped in to 4th. These things come out of the blue, as the pressure builds.

Good luck to you if you can stave it off, but pride comes before a fall. No club in a good position sees the black swan coming

I never said we won't feel pressure but this won't be as intense as staying up, not a chance.

pressure or not it will all become clear in 13 games................................or is that 20 or 25?

comment by glynnak (U3329)
posted 10 hours, 58 minutes ago
pressure or not it will all become clear in 13 games................................or is that 20 or 25?
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Even if we win the league the wheels will fall off first game of next season, if not the second, third or fourth and then in September, October etc etc 😂

comment by arrothefoxinoz (U8567)
posted 21 hours, 24 minutes ago
I never said we won't feel pressure but this won't be as intense as staying up, not a chance.
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How would you know?