Has to be said that the last few weeks have been a rollercoaster of inconsistancies. Can't beat Donnie or Ipswich, nearly lost it at Posh but can thrash the pants off Weeds .......I accept this is 'The Championship' .... possibly the hardest league to get out of going up and easy to fall out of never to return going down. But whatever happens at Leicester and by that I mean its never been a place where we have done well, I just hope KH keeps things in perspective. Of the 10 defeats so far we seem (according to the management) to play out of our skin......play attractive football ....keep our shape ...... defend in depth...are unlucky etc etc .....Semantics aside, if we are good as KH says we are at every post match interview, we simply shouldn't be losing in the ways we do . I'd rather play 'ugly' and grind out results and take 3points everytime than the self serving plaudits and regular defeats. I know why KH says what he does to keep morale high but there are only so many ways to deny defeat. As I say this League is a marathon not a sprint to get out of unless you have the brass and infrastructure to lay seige on the Prem on a regular basis ..........plus you will always be up against parachute payments to those clubs coming down to counter. In the cold light of day however I just wonder how serious the 'Club' are of ever achieving more than lower mid table mediocrity or staving of relegation because to go that extra mile serious investment in required and I'm not sure if there is anybody from within the faithful who actually has that kind of money to risk long term or would want to invest in a town sandwiched between two much bigger cities and whose fan base dwarfs ours by comparison.
posted on 11/1/12
I think our team plays exactly the way that KH says in his after match reports, and we deserve to be in the position we are in.
Our squad is not as strong as most of the other squads in the league, simple as. How can it be? On Saturday we are playing the "Manchester City" of the FLC. The spent 3.5 million on Beckford last season, can you imagine our club spending that amount on a whole team, let alone one player!.
As you say it, it is almost impossible for our club to achieve anything over and above survival.
Couple this with the fact that our best player is out for the season, and any players in our squad that could attract a large fee and bring money into the club, are usually lost for next to nothing, (Howard, Hammill, potentially Butterfield).
Just try to enjoy the football, especially when the Whipping boys in white come darn the well, then go "Marching on together" through exists with 20 minutes still to play!
PS. We have already beaten Donny this season, and Hull, let us hope we can retain our Derby Crown!.
posted on 11/1/12
Plank,I think that it was common knowledge that we aren't going to recieve any kind of massive cash injection from the current backers (Cryne has been looking to sell the club on for some time if I remember correctly).
Money dosent always bring you results though, and I would rather us go up due to the quality of our squad rather than risk it all on a financial gamble.
posted on 11/1/12
Leicester squad...£20m...after 25 games, 2 points better off than Tarn who cost nowt...
posted on 14/1/12
.....and now 1pt worse off, just watched a fuzzy picture stream from Thai tv, we played well defending resolutely when we needed to restricted them to half chances and counter attacked with pace and threat. Vaz Te missed a one on one near the end after breezing through two players. Scheichel kept them in it to be fair we could have had more, no fluke a hard won deserved win. Up the Reds!!!