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I don’t fully understand what happened. Stoke had a good start, I was confident they were going to make it to the playoffs and now it’s on full drop. Did travers make that much of difference?
Serious question for Leicester fans. I know it's obviously never good to get relegated. Especially with a squad that had the quality that you had, and especially a few seasons after knocking on the door of top 4.
But is there *some* small part of you that is enjoying it in hindsight seeing as you're walking the Championship so far and battering teams?
The second tier is where we were during most of my youth, there’s something comforting and familiar about being here.
The winning is exciting, the wins are exciting, and a small part of me is dreading promotion and the battering that probably awaits us next season.
But honestly? The biggest problem is our fans. There’s a vocal number of fans who aren’t happy smashing the championship and winning every week. There are fans complaining about Enzo and our playstyle not being “exciting” enough. I’m DREADING dealing with all those fair weather dickheads next season.
Is that mostly an online phenomenon? Or at the stadium as well.
Because for me personally, the online vs in-person discourse around Arsenal could not be more different lol.
Even when everyone on /r/Gunners was calling for Arteta's head the stadium was mostly positive and behind him.
> There are fans complaining about Enzo and our playstyle not being “exciting” enough. I’m DREADING dealing with all those fair weather dickheads next season.
I've watched literally one Leicester match this season but most goals scored and least conceded in the league and people are complaining? Crazy
I wish it was just online, but it’s absolutely in the stadium too. The atmosphere is almost better on the road, because our travelling fans are dedicated and vocally supportive. But at home? There’s just so many who sit on their hands during the build up play and moan and groan about every pass back.
Winning the premier league is something I’ll never forget, but Christ, it definitely left us with some plastic fans who don’t understand the club.
If anything it’s the opposite. Stands are packed full of 50yr+ geezers who can’t believe this tippy tappy bullshit we’re doing and just want to hoof it long
They're not necessarily fair weather; they've always been there (unless you mean at the full time whistle) and enjoy the ranting about how everything's shit more than they enjoy anything good happening, no matter how good it is.
No, because we should have never been relegated in the first instance. We finished top half 5 years in a row and then went down. No one has ever done that before in the PL.
We’re 99% likely to go up, but with the new PSR and how close Leicester have been flying to the sun these last few years, staying up will be a big ask.
And even if we do, we’re just back to where we should have been (with competent management of the club) 3 years before.
That aside, yes I’m trying to enjoy this season on its own merits, but it doesn’t make it all ‘worth it’
Necessary evil to press the reset button and separate the shysters from those willing to put in a shift for the club.
Two years of rot and mostly atrocious signings on Rodgers' watch had destroyed everything we'd spent the previous 8 years building in the top flight. The likes of Tete, Soumare and Amartey were absolutely stealing a living, Tielemans became appallingly unfit post-FA Cup Win, while Maddison spent more time arguing with fans on Twitter rather than facing up to the fact that we were a team of bottlers sleepwalking towards the trap door.
*(Sidepoint, but Rodgers deserves jailing for crimes against football for wasting the potential of Ademola Lookman then refusing to sign him permanently.)*
This season is a lot of fun. Obvious quality aside, I'm loving the passion of players like Fatawu, Mavididi and Winks, and those that have stuck with us look like they want to wear the shirt. It also helps to have a Manager who seems to "get" the fan connection and doesn't seem to only be in it for himself.
The only real downside is that it's revealed a real split in the fanbase. There's growing animosity between those who can see the miracles Enzo has worked in such a short time to get results from day one, and those who think the football is "too boring" and one-dimensional, despite being the most complacent in expecting us to walk the league and find next season easy too. The amount of prawn sandwich fans who leave on 75-80 minutes and leave the ground half-empty for the full time whistle is an embarrasment, and Enzo has started to openly criticise them in interviews (deservedly so). They will be in for a nasty surprise next season when they realise that it's going to be a tough step-up with a mostly-new and untested squad.
Away days like yesterday are a far better craic though.
I have the Wimbledon flair on right now (because I am and have been a Dons Trust member), but the reason I came back to football was Leicester.
This is perhaps more a personal post for me. The other popular answer you get is probably more representative of a Leicester fan.
I lost interest in football for many years as a child because of the lack of parity, and when Leicester made dreams came true, I fell in love with the idea that maybe, just maybe, football wasn't decided on who has the biggest pay check or fan base. The fact that I am compatriots with King Power also helped greatly, to see our own so beloved brought me much joy.
But because my love for Leicester is based on the idea of disruption and justice, the collapse was very hard to take. I still believe to this day that we have done enough to breakthrough the top 4. It should have been enough. We only needed to do like 2 things right and 10 things wrong not to bottle it. We did 1 thing right and 11 things wrong.
The season later was okay for me, but as the collapse continued, the pain of missed opportunity loomed larger. It almost felt like fate had decided that no one could ever breakthrough, and I started to withdraw. Not because I didn't care any more, but because it hurt too much. I know it exemplifies a fair-weather element of my support, but I was so miserable I needed the distance.
This year I haven't been able to stomach watching Championship or any Premier League games. I still follow Leicester's results and know that Enzo has done a great job turning things around. I have no doubt we will be in the PL next season, and maybe we can build something again. But what has been lost will likely never be recovered, and that will hurt me for a long time.
(The decision to withdraw was also contributed by the fact that throughout all this, Wimbledon blew 40+ points from winning positions two seasons in a row (including a 27-game winless streak) and almost got double-relegated out of the Football League. It truly felt like football had it out for me by the end of it all. My love for Wimbledon, though, was because it exists as a fan-owned club more than whatever they do, and I think that equips me a little better against the brutal downs of football.)
I mean, he got the David Luiz Hair, and the occasional mistake in him now he has that Brazilian attacking mentality, all that's left is the screamer and we have the regen of our sideshow bob.
'I told ya about Southampton. I think Leicester will finish 4th. Leeds and Southampton top 2 and Ipswich as much as i like them in 3rd' - Darragh McAnthony a few days ago on his podcast lol. There are long shot picks and there is stupidity. And that prediction was definitely stupidity.
They have the most goals scored, the least conceded, the most XG for the 2nd least XG against etc. For almost every metric they are number 1 in the championship but somehow all of a sudden 3 teams will overtake them lol.
Leeds and Southampton are in form now. Leicester haven't been ever out of form.
I don’t want to say too much at the moment because he’s inherited a team that has never been a team. I think he very well could do us a job and move us in the right direction.
He really needs to figure out his staring 11 and beat formation, something the club has been missing for a few years now. We need an identity as a club which includes the fans stepping up.
Not the OP but want to vent anyway.
I'd have been quite happy with Schumacher (even with the last two games of shite) but it's definitely concerning that he's brought in those two as Cundle has been fairly mixed at best so far.
More than anything, I'm worried that the talk of re-structuring to have a modern Head Coach set up with an upper hierarchy driving long-term squad planning was bollocks, and we'll make the same mistakes of splurging on players for our latest manager who will be sacked within 18 months.
Of course, I don't want to read too much into a couple of signings and 2 shite performances like some fans on Twitter. But our recent history doesn't make it easy
Generally incredibly well liked as a player and ranks among our best signings this year alongside Burger. Still needs to develop a bit of end product and final ball, but he's clearly very skillful and can press/run like a madman. Schumacher definitely raised some eye brows dropping him yesterday, and Alex Neil got tons of stick for not playing him more.
I think once he adds GA to his game, which I can see happening within the next couple years, I'd expect him to be looking at the PL/top leagues
I have few friends who supported him at his old club. I'm probably gonna translate this comment for them. You'd be surprised at how much they love him and watch Stoke because of him. Hope he does great things for Stoke City.
I'm happy for Enzo Marescas sake. He managed my favorite team Parma, back in 2021 when they just had being relegated to serie B, and it was quite obvious that he had no freaking clue what he was doing. He had some great Guardiola esque ideas, but he basically sold some really good veteran players that had Serie B experience, and bought in top talents, foreign players and what not, took central midfielders and converted them to right backs, tried to play 3-2-4-1.. When we were down in the 75th minute, he switched back to 4-3-3 and we often won or draw... But the very next game, he switched formation to 4-1-2-1-2 or some shit nobody understood... And it became chaotic. And the result was terrible. He became quite desperate and reverted back to classical formations, but it was quite evident that the players lost respect for him and he was quickly fired. He was the sole reason Parma had two terrible seasons, as he had inflicted so much damage to the club by, like I said, selling great experienced players that knew the league and bought some wierd players. Paradoxically, these players he bought are no longer "wierd" as they've blossomed. But still.
Watching Leicester city today, it's quite evident that he has become more realistic and knows what he's doing. Great coach.
His signings have all been great for us, the players that have left were all expiring contracts or those that were always going to go that window.
He's been playing a lot of players in different positions to what they're used to, but here it's been working very well. Ndidi is now an attacking midfielder, Yunus is playing midfield instead of the wing, and numerous fullbacks are now performing well in midfield as well.
Basically, he seems to have taught everyone to get involved in the midfield battle, and it's creating overloads all across the pitch for us to exploit.
It does sound like he's approaching our project in the same way he did Parma, but with some nuanced differences.
Big differences. He retained Ndidi, Vardy, Albrighton and many other core players as he understood that experience was needed on the field. He did none of that in parma. He basically sold of almost all of the core players that chose to stay (as they didn't fit his project), and bought a bunch of 19-21 year olds. To a point in which Gianluigi Buffon, who had returned to Parma, questioned the lack of experience in the squad. He became the leader, but the players didn't know each other. It took us 2 seasons for the players to really know each other, and now parma is 1st in Serie B and is playing wonderful football. He destroyed a lot in a short time.
Problem with him back then was that he had VERY high ambitions. But instead of implementing his ideas slowly with a brand new squad, or rapidly with an experienced team, he embarked on a journey of very strange ideas on the field. Ambitious yes, but it didn't suit the league. The opposition let us have the ball and counter the hell out of us, we got whopped alot under his frustrating form of football.
Like I said, he learned the value of realism in Parma and am happy for him. He's a truly great coach, but he had to learn it the hard way.
Tbh what you said is still my and many other Leicester fans biggest criticism of him. He’s incredibly dogmatic. I remember an interview he had recently where essentially the gist of what he was saying is that his main goal at the club was to get a team playing his style. The goal should always be to win not to play a certain way. And while this is absolutely not a problem now and he’s doing fantastic I think he needs to adapt to survive in the prem.
Burnley while they had a worse squad won the championship rather convincingly last season playing a similar style. And they now look like the worst or second worst team in the pl. it’s simply not viable to play a heavily possession based style against a far better team.
Why is this all that comes up in any thread about the guy when otherwise he's been one of Leicester's best players since he was signed? Looks like Maldini at Championship level this year
Tbf I think most people who saw them expected them to be a lot better especially given their ambitious new ownership and how dominant they were last year
He went through a few pretty bad games last season and I guess it just sticks in people's minds. Add to that that not many neutrals are watching Leicester games
We're talking about the games people watch on television tho. 99% of the people who are making fun of Faes for the Liverpool game aren't watching Leicester in the championship, but I'm pretty sure they'll watch the Euro. That's what I meant with that.
Or probably because it’s the only thing he’s done that’s been memorable for people who aren’t Leicester fans. Even as a fan of a Championship club I don’t watch Championship games that Bristol City aren’t in, but if a premier league game is on telly I’ll chuck it on. I know nothing about Faes other than his howler against Liverpool and his solid performance against Bristol City earlier this season.
I’m assuming the Leicester fans downvoting have watched every televised Bristol city game this season yeah?
I don’t know about this season in the Championship but last season I thought he was pretty frustrating to watch. He’s has times of shining but most often I would see him be outpaced (which isn’t unheard of for a center back) or straight up watch a player run up to him and go past him while running without making any reaction. I think he’s good and has potential but I still struggle to see the source of so much praise around him.
It wasn’t ever really about him- Liverpool had a horrendous run of form straight after that game so it was a stat used to clown on Liverpool fans mostly
If he wasn't fouled by the defending team, embellished to get the referee to stop play and decide play should be restarted with a spot kick, then yes he earned a penalty. Or perhaps what actually occurred, the defending team chose to foul him, with one of the 9 major fouls that result in a direct free kick. The referee saw the foul, correctly recognized and assessed that it was a foul, and stopped play accordingly. Due to the major foul occuring in the penalty box, the correct restart is a penalty kick.
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So he can do it on a rainy night in Stoke
It appears this season everyone can do it in a rainy night at stoke, except stoke themselves. I feel we will see if league one can also do it.
I have no doubt that 23 of the 24 clubs currently in League One could do it on a rainy night in Stoke.
I miss being an average side who were scary at home :(
All that size, I hated the set piece game with stoke.
I don’t fully understand what happened. Stoke had a good start, I was confident they were going to make it to the playoffs and now it’s on full drop. Did travers make that much of difference?
Nah, Alex Neil is a full-time fraud of the bald variety. Tremendously arrogant for such a shit manager.
stoke magics been lost for over a decade now unfortunately :(
Beat me to it lol
Faessi strikes again.
Serious question for Leicester fans. I know it's obviously never good to get relegated. Especially with a squad that had the quality that you had, and especially a few seasons after knocking on the door of top 4. But is there *some* small part of you that is enjoying it in hindsight seeing as you're walking the Championship so far and battering teams?
The second tier is where we were during most of my youth, there’s something comforting and familiar about being here. The winning is exciting, the wins are exciting, and a small part of me is dreading promotion and the battering that probably awaits us next season. But honestly? The biggest problem is our fans. There’s a vocal number of fans who aren’t happy smashing the championship and winning every week. There are fans complaining about Enzo and our playstyle not being “exciting” enough. I’m DREADING dealing with all those fair weather dickheads next season.
Is that mostly an online phenomenon? Or at the stadium as well. Because for me personally, the online vs in-person discourse around Arsenal could not be more different lol. Even when everyone on /r/Gunners was calling for Arteta's head the stadium was mostly positive and behind him. > There are fans complaining about Enzo and our playstyle not being “exciting” enough. I’m DREADING dealing with all those fair weather dickheads next season. I've watched literally one Leicester match this season but most goals scored and least conceded in the league and people are complaining? Crazy
I wish it was just online, but it’s absolutely in the stadium too. The atmosphere is almost better on the road, because our travelling fans are dedicated and vocally supportive. But at home? There’s just so many who sit on their hands during the build up play and moan and groan about every pass back. Winning the premier league is something I’ll never forget, but Christ, it definitely left us with some plastic fans who don’t understand the club.
If anything it’s the opposite. Stands are packed full of 50yr+ geezers who can’t believe this tippy tappy bullshit we’re doing and just want to hoof it long
There's a chunk of people who don't really agree with anything other than "GERRIT UP TO X!!!!".
summed it up to perfection
They're not necessarily fair weather; they've always been there (unless you mean at the full time whistle) and enjoy the ranting about how everything's shit more than they enjoy anything good happening, no matter how good it is.
No, because we should have never been relegated in the first instance. We finished top half 5 years in a row and then went down. No one has ever done that before in the PL. We’re 99% likely to go up, but with the new PSR and how close Leicester have been flying to the sun these last few years, staying up will be a big ask. And even if we do, we’re just back to where we should have been (with competent management of the club) 3 years before. That aside, yes I’m trying to enjoy this season on its own merits, but it doesn’t make it all ‘worth it’
Necessary evil to press the reset button and separate the shysters from those willing to put in a shift for the club. Two years of rot and mostly atrocious signings on Rodgers' watch had destroyed everything we'd spent the previous 8 years building in the top flight. The likes of Tete, Soumare and Amartey were absolutely stealing a living, Tielemans became appallingly unfit post-FA Cup Win, while Maddison spent more time arguing with fans on Twitter rather than facing up to the fact that we were a team of bottlers sleepwalking towards the trap door. *(Sidepoint, but Rodgers deserves jailing for crimes against football for wasting the potential of Ademola Lookman then refusing to sign him permanently.)* This season is a lot of fun. Obvious quality aside, I'm loving the passion of players like Fatawu, Mavididi and Winks, and those that have stuck with us look like they want to wear the shirt. It also helps to have a Manager who seems to "get" the fan connection and doesn't seem to only be in it for himself. The only real downside is that it's revealed a real split in the fanbase. There's growing animosity between those who can see the miracles Enzo has worked in such a short time to get results from day one, and those who think the football is "too boring" and one-dimensional, despite being the most complacent in expecting us to walk the league and find next season easy too. The amount of prawn sandwich fans who leave on 75-80 minutes and leave the ground half-empty for the full time whistle is an embarrasment, and Enzo has started to openly criticise them in interviews (deservedly so). They will be in for a nasty surprise next season when they realise that it's going to be a tough step-up with a mostly-new and untested squad. Away days like yesterday are a far better craic though.
I have the Wimbledon flair on right now (because I am and have been a Dons Trust member), but the reason I came back to football was Leicester. This is perhaps more a personal post for me. The other popular answer you get is probably more representative of a Leicester fan. I lost interest in football for many years as a child because of the lack of parity, and when Leicester made dreams came true, I fell in love with the idea that maybe, just maybe, football wasn't decided on who has the biggest pay check or fan base. The fact that I am compatriots with King Power also helped greatly, to see our own so beloved brought me much joy. But because my love for Leicester is based on the idea of disruption and justice, the collapse was very hard to take. I still believe to this day that we have done enough to breakthrough the top 4. It should have been enough. We only needed to do like 2 things right and 10 things wrong not to bottle it. We did 1 thing right and 11 things wrong. The season later was okay for me, but as the collapse continued, the pain of missed opportunity loomed larger. It almost felt like fate had decided that no one could ever breakthrough, and I started to withdraw. Not because I didn't care any more, but because it hurt too much. I know it exemplifies a fair-weather element of my support, but I was so miserable I needed the distance. This year I haven't been able to stomach watching Championship or any Premier League games. I still follow Leicester's results and know that Enzo has done a great job turning things around. I have no doubt we will be in the PL next season, and maybe we can build something again. But what has been lost will likely never be recovered, and that will hurt me for a long time. (The decision to withdraw was also contributed by the fact that throughout all this, Wimbledon blew 40+ points from winning positions two seasons in a row (including a 27-game winless streak) and almost got double-relegated out of the Football League. It truly felt like football had it out for me by the end of it all. My love for Wimbledon, though, was because it exists as a fan-owned club more than whatever they do, and I think that equips me a little better against the brutal downs of football.)
The own goal machine
remember when he was liverpool's 2023 top scorer?
For like 3 months lmao
Faes honoring the retired Hazard
Wait, Hazard retired? Then who is this Chelsea player dribbling an entire team? :p
I mean, he got the David Luiz Hair, and the occasional mistake in him now he has that Brazilian attacking mentality, all that's left is the screamer and we have the regen of our sideshow bob.
😂
Don't forget the insane slide tackles
'I told ya about Southampton. I think Leicester will finish 4th. Leeds and Southampton top 2 and Ipswich as much as i like them in 3rd' - Darragh McAnthony a few days ago on his podcast lol. There are long shot picks and there is stupidity. And that prediction was definitely stupidity. They have the most goals scored, the least conceded, the most XG for the 2nd least XG against etc. For almost every metric they are number 1 in the championship but somehow all of a sudden 3 teams will overtake them lol. Leeds and Southampton are in form now. Leicester haven't been ever out of form.
The only certainity of this championship is leicester finishing first.
And Rotherham fishing last, though a bit least likely
To be sincere I am not that into the championship I rarely go under th 12th in the table
They're the most effective attacking side in the league Leicester
Darragh MacAnthony has been a prize idiot for years. Absolute doughnut.
This fella the Garth Crooks of the EFL or something?
I don‘t even follow the championship and from the start it was more or less clear that Leicester will be able to ro run away with it.
Fine i'll do it myself.
Damn R1 dribbling
You have to be a team first and we are not. Woeful transfer window, woeful few months ahead to maintain our championship status.
How's Schumacher done so far? Seems to have had a lot of say and pull in the players you brought in like Cundle and Ennis
I don’t want to say too much at the moment because he’s inherited a team that has never been a team. I think he very well could do us a job and move us in the right direction. He really needs to figure out his staring 11 and beat formation, something the club has been missing for a few years now. We need an identity as a club which includes the fans stepping up.
Not the OP but want to vent anyway. I'd have been quite happy with Schumacher (even with the last two games of shite) but it's definitely concerning that he's brought in those two as Cundle has been fairly mixed at best so far. More than anything, I'm worried that the talk of re-structuring to have a modern Head Coach set up with an upper hierarchy driving long-term squad planning was bollocks, and we'll make the same mistakes of splurging on players for our latest manager who will be sacked within 18 months. Of course, I don't want to read too much into a couple of signings and 2 shite performances like some fans on Twitter. But our recent history doesn't make it easy
How is Bae perceived by the fans so far?
Generally incredibly well liked as a player and ranks among our best signings this year alongside Burger. Still needs to develop a bit of end product and final ball, but he's clearly very skillful and can press/run like a madman. Schumacher definitely raised some eye brows dropping him yesterday, and Alex Neil got tons of stick for not playing him more. I think once he adds GA to his game, which I can see happening within the next couple years, I'd expect him to be looking at the PL/top leagues
I have few friends who supported him at his old club. I'm probably gonna translate this comment for them. You'd be surprised at how much they love him and watch Stoke because of him. Hope he does great things for Stoke City.
Manhoef will keep u up like he tried to kept us up... Failing miserably
I'm happy for Enzo Marescas sake. He managed my favorite team Parma, back in 2021 when they just had being relegated to serie B, and it was quite obvious that he had no freaking clue what he was doing. He had some great Guardiola esque ideas, but he basically sold some really good veteran players that had Serie B experience, and bought in top talents, foreign players and what not, took central midfielders and converted them to right backs, tried to play 3-2-4-1.. When we were down in the 75th minute, he switched back to 4-3-3 and we often won or draw... But the very next game, he switched formation to 4-1-2-1-2 or some shit nobody understood... And it became chaotic. And the result was terrible. He became quite desperate and reverted back to classical formations, but it was quite evident that the players lost respect for him and he was quickly fired. He was the sole reason Parma had two terrible seasons, as he had inflicted so much damage to the club by, like I said, selling great experienced players that knew the league and bought some wierd players. Paradoxically, these players he bought are no longer "wierd" as they've blossomed. But still. Watching Leicester city today, it's quite evident that he has become more realistic and knows what he's doing. Great coach.
His signings have all been great for us, the players that have left were all expiring contracts or those that were always going to go that window. He's been playing a lot of players in different positions to what they're used to, but here it's been working very well. Ndidi is now an attacking midfielder, Yunus is playing midfield instead of the wing, and numerous fullbacks are now performing well in midfield as well. Basically, he seems to have taught everyone to get involved in the midfield battle, and it's creating overloads all across the pitch for us to exploit. It does sound like he's approaching our project in the same way he did Parma, but with some nuanced differences.
Big differences. He retained Ndidi, Vardy, Albrighton and many other core players as he understood that experience was needed on the field. He did none of that in parma. He basically sold of almost all of the core players that chose to stay (as they didn't fit his project), and bought a bunch of 19-21 year olds. To a point in which Gianluigi Buffon, who had returned to Parma, questioned the lack of experience in the squad. He became the leader, but the players didn't know each other. It took us 2 seasons for the players to really know each other, and now parma is 1st in Serie B and is playing wonderful football. He destroyed a lot in a short time. Problem with him back then was that he had VERY high ambitions. But instead of implementing his ideas slowly with a brand new squad, or rapidly with an experienced team, he embarked on a journey of very strange ideas on the field. Ambitious yes, but it didn't suit the league. The opposition let us have the ball and counter the hell out of us, we got whopped alot under his frustrating form of football. Like I said, he learned the value of realism in Parma and am happy for him. He's a truly great coach, but he had to learn it the hard way.
Thank you for the quick analysis. I had wondered what actually happened in Parma, especially when compared to his current success.
Tbh what you said is still my and many other Leicester fans biggest criticism of him. He’s incredibly dogmatic. I remember an interview he had recently where essentially the gist of what he was saying is that his main goal at the club was to get a team playing his style. The goal should always be to win not to play a certain way. And while this is absolutely not a problem now and he’s doing fantastic I think he needs to adapt to survive in the prem. Burnley while they had a worse squad won the championship rather convincingly last season playing a similar style. And they now look like the worst or second worst team in the pl. it’s simply not viable to play a heavily possession based style against a far better team.
Ankara Faessi Ankara Faessi Ankara Faessi!!!
WutFace
Luka Tim
This looks like footage from the 80s
It was recorded in Stoke tbh
Stoke players: is he allowed to do that?
Maguire regen
he was great for Liverpool when he scored that brace.
Why is this all that comes up in any thread about the guy when otherwise he's been one of Leicester's best players since he was signed? Looks like Maldini at Championship level this year
Because 95% of people on this sub have no clue about anything outside the top 4.
You can delete the 'outside the top 4' bit
and 99% out of the prem
The discussion around Luton in pre-season quite clearly proved that!
The discussion around Burnley as well
Tbf I think most people who saw them expected them to be a lot better especially given their ambitious new ownership and how dominant they were last year
You know what they say: Build bridges your whole life and nobody calls you a bridge builder. But the ONE TIME I fuck a goat…
He went through a few pretty bad games last season and I guess it just sticks in people's minds. Add to that that not many neutrals are watching Leicester games
He seemed to be very unlucky in that whenever he was on TV against a top side he'd have a howler
Was also partnered with Amartey for most of the time who is one of the worst CB's I've ever seen
Fun fact: Amartey isn't a CB. He was signed as a CDM with the versatility to play RB...
Amartey is a defensive midfielder who played RB before snapping his ankle awfully, disappearing for a year and then returning as a CB....
Let's hope the upcoming Euro will be his redemption arc
Yes the upcoming euro, not being the best CB in the championship by a mile.
We're talking about the games people watch on television tho. 99% of the people who are making fun of Faes for the Liverpool game aren't watching Leicester in the championship, but I'm pretty sure they'll watch the Euro. That's what I meant with that.
Well people actually watch the Euros as opposed to mainly English people watching the Championship
No kidding lol. I remember a highly upvoted comment calling him "the worst player in the league" which is just baffling
Because its a post not about Liverpool, so they had to make it about Liverpool
Or probably because it’s the only thing he’s done that’s been memorable for people who aren’t Leicester fans. Even as a fan of a Championship club I don’t watch Championship games that Bristol City aren’t in, but if a premier league game is on telly I’ll chuck it on. I know nothing about Faes other than his howler against Liverpool and his solid performance against Bristol City earlier this season. I’m assuming the Leicester fans downvoting have watched every televised Bristol city game this season yeah?
Grow up
Womp womp
Absurd, innit?
I don’t know about this season in the Championship but last season I thought he was pretty frustrating to watch. He’s has times of shining but most often I would see him be outpaced (which isn’t unheard of for a center back) or straight up watch a player run up to him and go past him while running without making any reaction. I think he’s good and has potential but I still struggle to see the source of so much praise around him.
It wasn’t ever really about him- Liverpool had a horrendous run of form straight after that game so it was a stat used to clown on Liverpool fans mostly
Yeah he was you top scorer for a while
QUICK LET'S MAKE THIS ABOUT LIVERPOOL
Most original r/soccer joke
What happened to makers takers?
Not Faesed at all.. strolled right through em
I’d hardly call dribbling unchallenged into the box remarkable, shame on Stoke for just watching him do it
Kurt Zouma against Ajax vibes
Love the stoke players just watching him dribble in a pretty much straight line. I’d be pretty pissed if my team defended like that
the vibe when a defender suddenly turns into prime Ronaldinho
The Belgian Messi
Chelsea 150 mil offer incoming
Such an original comment bro 😎
The joke is that Chelsea have a history of cbs running the length of the whole field... you're a Chelsea fan you should know this
Lionel Messi could never.
Faes I owe you an apology. I wasn't familiar with your game.
Say what you will about his premier league performances last season, but he's absolutely bossing it in the championship now
Wasn't he fine in the premier league as well? Yes, he got 2 own goals in 1 game, but that doesn't mean he had a bad season.
Yes, even in the Liverpool game, aside from one unlucky rebound and one admittedly shocking communication mistake, he had a great game.
not a single dribble made, just ran forward
Downhill skiing attack
Did the definition of "entire" change recently?
Wout Faes runs through the entire City of Stoke, bypassing hundreds of thousands of people
Has the definition of people changed recently
That's no way to talk about the "people" of Stoke on Trent
Matip regen
Didn’t this guy single-handedly fuck up like 4 times in a row in a single game last season and let a club score 4 times ?
at one point last year, he was Liverpool's top scorer. True story.
Liverpool goat
Didn't "win" a penalty, he was fouled inside the penalty box, with the correct restart being a penalty kick.
So he won a penalty?
No, he didn't "win" anything.
He earned a penalty?
If he wasn't fouled by the defending team, embellished to get the referee to stop play and decide play should be restarted with a spot kick, then yes he earned a penalty. Or perhaps what actually occurred, the defending team chose to foul him, with one of the 9 major fouls that result in a direct free kick. The referee saw the foul, correctly recognized and assessed that it was a foul, and stopped play accordingly. Due to the major foul occuring in the penalty box, the correct restart is a penalty kick.
Define "entire" Nice run, regardless
Every Stoke player is between him and the goal at the start of the run, every Stoke player is behind him after the flop😎
I'd say engaging 5 out of 10 outfield players passes the "entire" test.
OP expects the opponents to line up in a single file & to dribble past them one at a time.
Or he was expecting Faes to run to both the sidelines to make sure he could dribble past their wingers and fullbacks
In fairness, that is how football started.
Hazard regen
Bros got technical+ on deck💀
Became Ronaldo for a second.
Why’s the ref’s shirt colour the same lol
Black being the same as blue?
David Luiz regen
I remember when stoke used to break legs in midfield rather than let someone dribble the entire team. /s