Good article

[homer]

Just about sums everything up:

Oh what a relief now end in sight
By Karam Radwan
Before Saturday's meeting with Luton, I watched a video of a far more memorable clash between the two sides back in 1974, just a year or so before I became fanatical about football at Filbert Street.

But, watching the archive film of that Cup clash, in which Keith Weller and Frank Worthington were the shining stars, it occurred to me that it wasn't always what happened on the pitch which determined if you had had a great day-out.
Seeing glimpses of the fans packed together on the sidelines, scarves aloft and singing, was pure nostalgia that would bring a tear to even the driest eye. It was a time when the sight of a fan hanging on to a corrugated iron hoarding in order to gain a better view didn't prompt a 100-page health-and-safety report - and I'm sure he survived another day despite that.
Those pictures brought back the thrill of going to a football match - the noise, the chants, the smell of cigarette smoke on cold fresh air, being part of a happy, heaving, noisy, swaying crowd.
It was a reminder of what drew us week in, week out, especially as now, more than ever, the thrill of going to the football seems to be at its lowest ebb.
With nothing to excite or enjoy off the pitch, it is obvious that you are going to concentrate solely on what is happening on the it. When that is not all that it could be, then disillusionment sets in.
It is easy for people to make jibes that some City fans are never happy with their lot, but you would have to have something wrong with you to be enjoying the past few seasons.
A few solitary games aside, this has become a joyless season of attrition, one of endurance.
If Milan Mandaric had not appeared on the horizon, I dread to think how many people would have finally turned their back on the team.
The unambitious target of 16 points from the last 16 games set by manager Robert Kelly is enough to make you weep.
Of course, it is the number of points that Kelly has worked out that we need to secure 50 points and our Coca-Cola Championship status for another season.
Sixteen points is the best case scenario! It is not about to fill you with any much-needed va va voom.
Sixteen points would be equal to five wins, one draw and 10 defeats. Is that the best we have to look forward to?
Never before has a football club needed one man so much. We do not know how Milan Mandaric's tenure will turn out, or even if it will be the best thing for the club, but all I can say is that something has to change before more of us turn our attentions to far less painful past times. His introduction to the fans on Saturday came as a relief, a small but positive move to remove the cynicism in the hearts of City fans who had begun to feel this deal would never be done.

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[Yorkshire Vixen]

good stuff

 

[SilverFox]

At the moment I'd just settle for a win this year.:icon_lol:

 

[highland fox]

Can't be arsed reading all that,can someone read it out to me ?

 

[SilverFox]

In summary standing at football games was great. Sitting on corrogate Iron was great. Second hand smoking is great. Kelly is a twat.

 

[drew]

It is a bit harsh to call RK a twat, he is just out of his depth and doing the job to the best of his ability. In fact he is a very nice man.

 

[Durham Fox]

I usually think this bloke is a tool but this is a good article and sums up how crap football and LCFC are now.

 

[SilverFox]

It is a bit harsh to call RK a twat, he is just out of his depth and doing the job to the best of his ability. In fact he is a very nice man.

Sorry that was my summary of the article, not necesarily my view. Kelly is a smashing lad.

 

[muzzysgal]

I usually think this bloke is a tool but this is a good article and sums up how crap football and LCFC are now.

Karam Wadwam is female!

 

[highland fox]

Karam Wadwam is female!

Not the first time Durham has mistaken a woman for a man,one foul incident in a Whitley Bay Night Club springs to mind..a nasty business:icon_conf

 

[Durham Fox]

Karam Wadwam is female!

Explains why Ive never agreed with him/her before :icon_lol:

 

[muzzysgal]

Explains why Ive never agreed with him/her before :icon_lol:

:icon_roll I only know she's female because back in the days when we used to buy a Mercury, she did the telly reviews and had her picture at the top of the article.

 

[camberwell fox]

Only just started reading (and posting) on 'talking balls' but i have to agree that generally (not just at LCFC) that football is in a pretty sorry state.

Watching the 'big 3' (chelsea, man u and arsenal) over the past few weeks on sky is irritating to say the least.

Although good football is being played...

Attitudes of players are directly affected by the actions of the manager. Take (sorry!), Brian Clough, although we don't like them (can't bring myself to add their name), they played with style, flair and passion without petulance. Watching the big 3 with the exception of Thierry Henry, players attitudes stink. Arguing every decision, even when obviously not their throw in/free kick etc...is bloody boring and sets a tone on dissent. To compound this stupidity/childishness the manager condones the players action in interviews and so there is absolutely no discipline and motivation.

RK setting 16 points from 16 games is pathetic. What attitude other than a draw mentality is he expecting from our very below average team?

I hope to God MM takes over or we may as well close the doors and start playing kettering. Oh for the days of Martin O'Neil...

 

[SJN-Fox]

Welcome

 

[MHS]

Only just started reading (and posting) on 'talking balls' but i have to agree that generally (not just at LCFC) that football is in a pretty sorry state.

Watching the 'big 3' (chelsea, man u and arsenal) over the past few weeks on sky is irritating to say the least.

Although good football is being played...

Attitudes of players are directly affected by the actions of the manager. Take (sorry!), Brian Clough, although we don't like them (can't bring myself to add their name), they played with style, flair and passion without petulance. Watching the big 3 with the exception of Thierry Henry, players attitudes stink. Arguing every decision, even when obviously not their throw in/free kick etc...is bloody boring and sets a tone on dissent. To compound this stupidity/childishness the manager condones the players action in interviews and so there is absolutely no discipline and motivation.

RK setting 16 points from 16 games is pathetic. What attitude other than a draw mentality is he expecting from our very below average team?

I hope to God MM takes over or we may as well close the doors and start playing kettering. Oh for the days of Martin O'Neil...

Top post, welcome aboard.

To think that the MON era was in full flow just 7 years ago...... :icon_sad:

 

[Hazzman]

Explains why Ive never agreed with him/her before :icon_lol:

You maybe getting mixed up with Gary Silke, editor of the Fox who has a column on Wednesday in the Mock.

Top post, welcome aboard.

To think that the MON era was in full flow just 7 years ago...... :icon_sad:

Yeh, it was about this time of the year we seen Collymore and Heskey together. If only they stayed on with MON for one more season, I could of seen us capable of getting a Top 6 spot. Collymore would have blasted in 20 in one season with Izzet and Lennon adding the ammo towards him.

 

[MHS]

Yeh, it was about this time of the year we seen Collymore and Heskey together. If only they stayed on with MON for one more season, I could of seen us capable of getting a Top 6 spot. Collymore would have blasted in 20 in one season with Izzet and Lennon adding the ammo towards him.

And right now, Sir Martin O'Neill would still be Leicester City manager, and we would be 8 points clear in the Premiership, well on our way to our 3rd consecutive championship. We would have won the European Cup last year after beating Barcelona in a thrilling 3-2 match, Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas and Joe Cole scoring our goals, leading to O'Neill's knighthood.




Had he not left us of course.

 

[stevewalshwasgod]

And right now, Sir Martin O'Neill would still be Leicester City manager, and we would be 8 points clear in the Premiership, well on our way to our 3rd consecutive championship. We would have won the European Cup last year after beating Barcelona in a thrilling 3-2 match, Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas and Joe Cole scoring our goals, leading to O'Neill's knighthood.




Had he not left us of course.

I was only just saying this on sunday.. and Milan would be taking over and we would be doing a bolton/pompey/reading now....:icon_roll

 

[stevewalshwasgod]

And right now, Sir Martin O'Neill would still be Leicester City manager, and we would be 8 points clear in the Premiership, well on our way to our 3rd consecutive championship. We would have won the European Cup last year after beating Barcelona in a thrilling 3-2 match, Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas and Joe Cole scoring our goals, leading to O'Neill's knighthood.




Had he not left us of course.

then we wake up sweating :icon_cry: :icon_roll

 

[SJN-Fox]

And right now, Sir Martin O'Neill would still be Leicester City manager, and we would be 8 points clear in the Premiership, well on our way to our 3rd consecutive championship. We would have won the European Cup last year after beating Barcelona in a thrilling 3-2 match, Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas and Joe Cole scoring our goals, leading to O'Neill's knighthood.

With all pigs fed and ready to fly:icon_lol: