Not being funny but all the negativity I'm reading is exactly the same as this time last year! Nobody gave us a chance last season and we very nearly scraped it even with such a poor second half of the season.

We craved a striker of Wood's quality for the first half of the season and now we're starting with him, the players on their day, of which there were many, were as good as any in the league and there was a real buzz about the team, the very same team that we have right now if i'm not mistaken!

By rights we 'should' be better this season because the players are now more experienced, remember that last season was the first as a team and the first for many of them in this league, naturally we should improve!

Just because other teams have signed players doesn't mean they're going to be any good, we ought to know that better than anyone else. Everyone expected Boro to go straight back up, what happened? Everyone expected Wolves to be strong, again what happened? Everyone thought Bolton and Blackburn would go up, once again what happened?

I personally don't care about Wigan, QPR and Reading or the rest of the league, it's all about consistency and if we can sort that out then we will challenge as much as any other team!

Pearson is relying on a squad of about 22 players to do the business of which he has fallen out with or alienated about 4-5 of them. That's a big ask.

The modern footballer cannot be treated the same way Pearson himself was in the 80s and early 90s. Barking out demands doesn't work they need treating with kid gloves as sad as that is to hear. Even Fergies modified his ways. Pearson cannot bully the players to want to play for him!

There is a twitter account called LCFCmeltdown - give it a follow

Pearson is relying on a squad of about 22 players to do the business of which he has fallen out with or alienated about 4-5 of them. That's a big ask.
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This is what grates me - These pub talk fall outs between NP and players that are not backed up with hard facts or evidence just theories and conspiracies

TOTF you did not hear Wellens last night. Not many players will ever slag off their former managers so no you won't hear of it.
But NP has had refused to talk to Stringy end of last season Fact and the last time he was here tried to get him fired Fact.
So he does have previous whether you want to believe it is your choice

Nev

Top- we are all entitled to our opinions but if you believe Pearson hasn't had a fall out with a player then that's staggeringly naive

I don't believe he hasn't had a fall out with players. I suspect it happens everywhere.

What is naive is to assume that everytime a player leaves or is dropped its down to a personal fall out / grudge. Which seems to be an ongoing trend atm

Top of the Fox;

I'm glad somebody is keeping tabs on my appearances on this forum I do have other things to do y'know....like work, children, gardening, watching paint dry...oh AND HAVING A LIFE But actually, you're wrong - I did come on here several times during the 'good run' at the start of last season, including to post an article supporting Pearson when the press were saying he'd be replaced by Redknapp. Besides, forums are generally quieter when clubs are having a bit of success - fans are generally more active when there is something worth while to discuss rather than just back patting and complementing the team/manager.

I think Nev makes some valid points (first time for everything ) in that this football club and many sections of it's fanbase expect other sections to have a never-ending level of optimism and blind faith in a club that has;

- Owners that have run up a £100m debt in the club's name

- Owners who have barely said a word since 2011

- Have a hierachy of Whelan and Neville (both of whom are clueless on footballing issues) running the day-to-day side of the club

- A PR department that has been so slow during the pre-season that at one point I genuinely thought we'd sacked it

- didn't bother to tell it's fans about the Monaco friendly until 3 weeks before the match itself, then wonders why the attendance is so low

- A zero tolerance approach to the media

- A manager who was, allegedly, almost sacked and only kept on cos we couldn't afford to sack him

- Oh, and who is in the last year of his contract

- The same nucleus of a squad that creeped into the play offs with the lowest ever points total having self-destructed when in a prime position to be automatically promoted

- Has made one signing, a back up left back

- And finally, still has players like Jamie Vardy and Martyn Waghorn as integral parts of the match day squad

So please do excuse me if some of us are a little nonplussed, verging on apathetic, about the forthcoming season, and again if some of us are not screaming from the rooftops about our chances of success.

I too have all those thing to you know.

Probably less of the paint drying though. I come on here to stalk you instead of that bit

"Probably less of the paint drying though. I come on here to stalk you instead of that bit"

Flattery will get you nowhere

Interesting to review this thread in light of today's news!

Hope one or two don't mind being served up a slice of humble pie to eat.

Congratulations to the Foxes, I actually think we will stay up next season....now let's nail the Championship title.

It's so embarrassing for some