I've waited 40 years for this.Never once expected it to actually happen & if it doesn't happen this year it never will.This is our one & only chance.
Can’t fault your enthusiasm and passion… but some of us could’ve said we’ve been waiting even longer …we could also say we’ve never felt a level of stress like this before! Even so I’m not prepared to write off the rest of the season because of one draw.
You made some valid points but… ‘our one & only chance’???
Ranieri has said repeatedly this season that the club’s owners have a plan, they intend for Leicester City to be up there fighting at the top within three years of coming up, and then for many years to come… and at the moment this seems to be happening quicker than expected. I don’t fall into the old ‘it’ll all go back to normal next year’ category because so far the owners have delivered on their promises… so I expect us to be valid long term challengers, not just ‘one night stands’…especially as this season has accelerated our status and profile in 'world football' (...if not in the London piss holes that host the burnt out hacks of the public toilet media).
We’ve propelled ourselves from relegation fodder to league leaders inside 12 months, and taken everyone by surprise. It’ll take at least another good season, even if we win the bloody title, before the media really start to take us seriously. The reality is we’re still a 'novelty' in the ‘history’ of the Prem at the moment, so quite naturally you’d expect their public faces to be ‘plucky little Leicester’ because we’ve caught them all on the hop with their lazy ‘big teams always win’ predictions. Yes they’d love it if we finish fourth or worse… because then they’d feel vindicated and could stop shitting themselves.
Remember we still haven’t won it yet, we still haven’t lost it either. There are still 10 games to play for, and not just us but the other lot also have to play them too, despite all the expectations and bullshit bravado no one is guaranteed ‘predicted points’, this 'crazy season' (and Lawro) has proven that.
Of course I want us to win it, the majority of the public want us to win it… there’s a massive bandwagon overladen with well-wishers out there …but you’re right, we have to do the business before we can call ourselves ‘Title Winners’, and regardless what Raniari says to the media, and the perceived gulf in ‘world-class quality’ these boys wouldn’t be playing their hearts out if they didn’t want it.
Maybe we’re just not quite there yet, only time will tell. But we are still building and the difference in the quality of players we might be able to attract at the end of this HUGE season, will be a hell of a lot better than those we could’ve expected if we just scraped another 14th place, not to mention the massive development of many of our existing players. So the future looks positive to me. One thing is for sure, that is that the team we have at this moment deserve to win it, and given what I think is coming for the club this may be the only chance THEY as a team will get to win it.
As for tradition and history, I don’t really care about all the ‘who nearly won it’ crap, or even the ‘would it be a greater achievement than…’ crap, that’s just media bullshit to sell more bog papers. Why do we have to allow ourselves to be compared to ‘other clubs’ we’re Leicester City we’re top of the league, we should have a roller coaster ride named after us, we’re different, we do it our way, we’ve bucked all the trends, we’ve ****ed over all their trusty stats! Yes we’re entitled to be pissed off we didn’t win tonight, but we’re not Arse hole 'fans'… we’re not calling for Ranieri’s head …or posting thinly veiled pathetic threats and images of vacant nooses just because we could only manage a draw, or because a local rival club might finish above us for one season! (…on-line tonight, any Arse hole thread you care to google).
We’re making the best of what we’ve got …that’s why we’re where we are, and that’s why we have the most amazing support. So put on your positive hat, keep the faith and try to enjoy the ride… Foxes never quit, even when the odds are stacked against us, or in this case, when the odds are with us!!!
I’ve said for the last couple of months that we WILL win it… because I still think we can and I still think we will …I’m gonna look a right twat if we don’t, but I’m Leicester born and bred (...albeit I no longer live there!) so I don't have crystal balls but I’ll take whatever comes… as long as I know we’ve given our all. And I’m hoping for one hell of a party at the end of this season!
I know it sounds crazy but... We still might actually win it yet.
