TornadoShaunUK
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That picture is quite apt for the article as he looks like he's shitting his pants! Can we ****in' do it?
Pre Match Leicester City vs Sevilla Champion's league last 16
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Brown Nose
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Why can't I get any sense of enjoyment from this? Some I've spoken to can hardly contain themselves with excitement.
All I can do is look at our fixtures in April (six already) and adding two more to it (either side of a vital match at Palace) just fills me with concern. I can't help thinking that we'd be better off out of it as soon as possible.
If we'd only got another ten points right now, I think I could relax and enjoy the experience. But the league table still scares the shit out of me. Bournemouth and Hull winning yesterday was far more significant than whatever happened in the Seville against Leganes match.
I'm just a stubborn realist rather than a romantic I guess.
All I can do is look at our fixtures in April (six already) and adding two more to it (either side of a vital match at Palace) just fills me with concern. I can't help thinking that we'd be better off out of it as soon as possible.
If we'd only got another ten points right now, I think I could relax and enjoy the experience. But the league table still scares the shit out of me. Bournemouth and Hull winning yesterday was far more significant than whatever happened in the Seville against Leganes match.
I'm just a stubborn realist rather than a romantic I guess.
camberwell fox
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More of a miserable bastard if you ask me.
Christ man, you will probably never see this again and a win on Tuesday and we are in the last 8 of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.
Unless you are 108, and about to cark it you will probably witness relegation and promotion again, but this competition...
Miles Away
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Yeah. I'm very excited at the prospect.
fitz
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Given that some players have only ran about the pitch since Claudio left I'd suggest more games are needed to keep them fit during the run in. The CL remains a great opportunity for the club. I think we'll be fine in the league and the only thing we should fear is our darlings turning against Shakey.
Brown Nose
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Last time we went down, it took ten years, another relegation, loads of shit managers and players before we got back. That's much more relevant than a few vanity matches isn't it? It's not like relegation automatically leads to a quick return any more.
I've seen three Champions League matches in the flesh now. All three were piss poor games against piss poor opposition that didn't raise much of an atmosphere. There were also evidently a lot more empty seats than you ever see in the league. They were over-priced, over-hyped rubbish.
Do you not object to our stadium being renamed or the seats being covered over or the thousands of seats given to UEFA slime? There are a hundred pages of regulations that we have to adhere to. What total bollocks it all is. And that's not even mentioning the dodgy draws, the dodgy refs or the collapsing viewing figures across all of Europe.
I hope Tuesday is better but I'm more concerned with us not picking up injuries ahead of the West Ham game if I'm honest.
BN i disagree that the 3 Champs Lge games were shit in terms of opposition and atmosphere.
Porto were and are a decent side, and during that game the atmosphere was electric, particularly during the champs league anthem and when we scored (surreal).
Copenhagen was more attritional, but they are on the verge of getting in to the last stages of the Europa League - so cant be that bad as far as European standard goes.
Bruges were shit but theres always one whipping boy per Champs League group. When we went 2 nil up to know that we were legitimately dominating a Champs Lge group was an awesome feeling.
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Porto were and are a decent side, and during that game the atmosphere was electric, particularly during the champs league anthem and when we scored (surreal).
Copenhagen was more attritional, but they are on the verge of getting in to the last stages of the Europa League - so cant be that bad as far as European standard goes.
Bruges were shit but theres always one whipping boy per Champs League group. When we went 2 nil up to know that we were legitimately dominating a Champs Lge group was an awesome feeling.
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Durham Fox
El Dude Brother.
There's a huge shift in expectation for this match from a few weeks before. It could be a very special night in the clubs history.
yackandandah
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With the current level of motivation and confidence, we stand a very good chance I feel. Ideally, we'd have to stop them scoring though and that's possibly be a big ask.
If we did go through though... blimey... I'd be a combo of afraid and excited over who we might draw!
If we did go through though... blimey... I'd be a combo of afraid and excited over who we might draw!
Miles Away
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Barca, Real, Bayern, Dortmund, Athletico, Juventus...Leicester.
God I hope it happens.
God I hope it happens.
LeeCovFox
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I couldn't give a shit about the stadium name being changed. King Power Stadium is a ****ing awful name.
I've enjoyed our European games much more than our league campaign. I can't wait for Tuesday night. If we end up going down and it takes a decade to get back again I don't really care.
I'll piss and moan at the time of course, but I'll remember us beating champions of other nations much more fondly than matches in the top flight trying to earn points towards Premier Leagye survival.
The Sevilla match is much bigger than any game we will play this season. Probably bigger than any game I'll ever see unless we reach an FA Cup final. Easily in the top five most important I've seen us play. An opportunity, a realistic one, to reach the last eight of the European Cup. We're Leicester City ffs. This is huge.
fitz
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Only one of those has a Prem title.
camberwell fox
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I am fully aware of the difficulty in gaining promotion having witnessed it first hand more times than I care to try and remember or recall.
THIS is different - I would say that it won't come around again in my lifetime but I'm fairly sure relegation and promotion will.
I can't ****ing wait and if you aren't arsed name your price and I will buy your ticket in a flash.
Speedy1
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Me too. As so many have already said, never happened before in my life, and probably won't again. This is the whole point of being in this league, why else are we here? Mid-table mediocrity or an annual relegation battle? All teams in the Prem aspire to finish top 4, and having done even better than that, this is one of our rewards, enjoy!
I just don't see the point of trying for all those years to get back to this league if we don't then relish the benefits of being here.
Lako42
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I'm the opposit.
Bored shitless of our pathetic domestic league campaign.
The fact you would throw away our epic and one off CL experience for a mediocre, mid table shitfest of a finish in the league is very strange.
**** the league, this is as exciting as it gets now.
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| 1 | Liverpool | 11 | 28 |
| 2 | Manchester C | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 11 | 19 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 11 | 19 |
| 5 | Nottm F | 11 | 19 |
| 6 | Brighton | 11 | 19 |
| 7 | Fulham | 11 | 18 |
| 8 | Newcastle | 11 | 18 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 11 | 18 |
| 10 | Tottenham | 11 | 16 |
| 11 | Brentford | 11 | 16 |
| 12 | Bournemouth | 11 | 15 |
| 13 | Manchester U | 11 | 15 |
| 14 | West Ham | 11 | 12 |
| 15 | Leicester | 11 | 10 |
| 16 | Everton | 11 | 10 |
| 17 | Ipswich | 11 | 8 |
| 18 | Palace | 11 | 7 |
| 19 | Wolves | 11 | 6 |
| 20 | Southampton | 11 | 4 |
