i think the problem with being a top team is the expectations are TOO high. i always wonder how it must feel like to be a fan of a mid table premier league side or championship side when the guarantee of winning is vastly smaller. it must be nice to not expect anything, but just enjoy the ride for what it is. 

3 minutes ago, enigma said:

i think the problem with being a top team is the expectations are TOO high. i always wonder how it must feel like to be a fan of a mid table premier league side or championship side when the guarantee of winning is vastly smaller. it must be nice to not expect anything, but just enjoy the ride for what it is. 

Those days are long gone. We haven't been a mid table team in over 20 years.

6 minutes ago, enigma said:

i think the problem with being a top team is the expectations are TOO high. i always wonder how it must feel like to be a fan of a mid table premier league side or championship side when the guarantee of winning is vastly smaller. it must be nice to not expect anything, but just enjoy the ride for what it is. 

Even their fans have expectations. Your expectations change depending on the position of your club. I became a fan of Chelsea in the late 90's, back then my expectations were a lot lower. A good run in the cup and a go at the top 4 was what i was looking for. Now that our status has changed, so have my expectations. There is nothing wrong with expecting your club to be as good as you know they can be. I don't expect us to win trophies every season, but i don't think it's asking much to expect us not to go through these rollercoaster season's after every successful season.

9 hours ago, yorkleyblue said:

To be brutaly frank,you (nor I) have any right to have any expectations.  We pay our entrance fee (or not) and the only expectation we are entitled to is for a team doing their best.  That's it.  Nothing else.  That's one of the many problems in this and many other forums (yes, I know it's fora!).  Too many people, with too little knowledge, feeling entitled to too much, all of the time.

I have no expectations, I have hope. A lot of the time against my better judgment, but still...

embarrassing tbh. too many fans like this, it's head scratch worthy to say the least. the comments underneath that video are just smh.

 

The hypocrisy is out of control sometimes but you'll go grey fairly quickly if you worry about it.

29 minutes ago, enigma said:

embarrassing tbh. too many fans like this, it's head scratch worthy to say the least. the comments underneath that video are just smh.

 

Oh my God, how cringe worthy and embarrassing

Osgood's and Van Butsen's reactions tell me not to watch it  

I wonder what Leicester City fans expectations are for this season. They have been on a rollercoaster since 2014/15. That amazing Premiership win after just surviving the previous season. Then having a season of two halves last season and now having to find another next manager!

On 16/10/2017 at 16:45, enigma said:

Right, so after the result at the weekend it's been nothing but negativity and criticism. One thing I dislike about football is the fickleness. We don't perform well for a couple games, then lose or draw and all of a sudden the players are sh*t, the manager got it wrong, we are in crisis etc. We are currently sitting in 5th place in the league with another 30 games to go. We have had key players out with injuries and/or suspensions. As well as this, international duties have been a hindrance. I understand these are all excuses, but some are legit excuses. It's just frustating that one week we're all positive and best thing since sliced bread to being sh*t after a loss etc.

I myself am not immune to being fickle too, but I've been trying to teach myself not to be so as nobody knows what will happen one week to the next in this game. If we go out and get wins in the next 3/4 games, it's almost guaranteed people will be singing our praises again and rival fans and media will be placing us as contenders again. I just wanted to get your views on fickle opinions in football these days, it just gets tiresome. everybody sings utds praises for e.g, but fail to mention how they looked almost toothless vs liverpool considering they're supposed to be one of the favourites (along with city) for the title; instead it was a great point for utd. 

Just to add, real madrid are the best team in europe but even they have looked mediocre this season and needed ronaldo or asensio to pull them out the sh*t. if even the best team can have off performances, then anybody can. 

The fickleness is annoying because all we keep getting is "told you so!" on both sides.

The incompetent board thread for example, if we lose a game "TOLD YOU WE HAD A BAD SUMMER!", if we win a game "YOU PEOPLE STILL COMPLAINING ABOUT SUMMER TRANSFERS NOW?" 

I think we can all have a rational discussion that Conte didn't get the targets he wanted, things weren't great, but we also did get some good buys and some good sales, it wasn't terrible. But at the end of the day, all fans are fickle, all fans have different opinions, we aren't as disjointed as Arsenal fans who want Wenger out and Wenger in. I think there is bound to be negativity when we lose games in the fashion we've lost them, some people go overboard and that's where we need people to step in and change the atmosphere. We could do without the fixation on a few results and performances and actually look at the bigger picture, the full season. We've got holes but we've also been unfortunate with injuries, we get our players back we can perform and still salvage a good season. 

I just really really really hope we don't sack Conte, that will upset me. 

On 18/10/2017 at 05:56, Stim said:

No, because they've followed that pattern for years now.

To be fair, some peoples criticisms are 'GET THIS USELESS WASTE OF SPACE OUT OF MY CLUB". There is criticism, and there is criticism. 

Funnily enough Hazard escaped a lot of it. He must be best buds with Willian right now.

There is a reason the match day threads have their rep. The moaning starts with the release of the team sheet.

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Are you sure? Because what annoys me is that people don't say a word about the team sheet then once we lose a game they blame the manager for the wrong lineup. 

The Manchester City thread this season we had everyone faulting the manager for tactics & lineup but I can't say I saw anyone complaining about the team sheet or formation when it was released an hour before kickoff. Fickleness & hindsight, that annoyed me.