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Quite unbelievably (to me at least), it's the 10 year anniversary of the greatest Premier League season of all time (to me at least...that might be a pattern in this thread).
I'm going to mark the occasion by going on a season long trip through that season, going through the corresponding matches each week, giving a run down, posting highlights etc etc.
In all likelihood, I know no one else will care about this but if that's the case, it's just another thread for you to all ignore the crazy ramblings of a jaded football fan.
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I'll start in the off season. The club had just had one of the most miraculous relegation escapes in recent memory. We'd been dead last at Christmas the season prior before timing our run to perfection! As one might expect, there was plenty of drama in that run, mostly due to one Nigel Pearson. It might've been the pressure getting to him but choking an opposition player on the side line during a game was certainly a 'choice'. And then of course there was the journalist who was referred to as an ostrich...watching it now, I still can't quite understand why an ostrich but anyway.
We then travel on the club pre season tour of Thailand, with thanks to the owner. It is there where the miraculous story begins really. The managers son (and two other nobodies) turn out to be racist shitheads and (rather fortuitously) decide to film themselves being racist shitheads. As it turns out, not a great career move oddly enough. This of course set off a chain reaction for our manager position - we could tolerate questionable football but disrespecting the country of our owner was enough to see big Nige given the boot.
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https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/33338638
Great! It's the 30th of June and we have no manager. Well never fear, our marvellous owner took less than two weeks before appointing Claudio Ranieri. Fair to say, opinions were mostly negative. What did Claudio know about a club at the bottom of the league, in a location I'm positive he'd never heard of before. I provide the commentary below from one of our best looking posters on this board. Smart as a whip I'm led to believe as well. Bit of a fence sitter though apparently.
On a side note, I wonder whether Jurgen regrets not coming to the midlands himself...
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Anyway, the feeling around the club was one of nerves. Surely the Tinkerman couldn't keep us up. He's no Fat Sam for goodness sake (lucky for him).
In terms of the squad, we sold David Nugent and Chris Wood. Esteban Cambiasso (wtf was he doing in Leicester) and Anthony Knockaert were released.
The inclusions however...well at the time looked a bit like a mish mash of random players. There was some money spent (roughly 26m) which gave us some hope at least.
Incoming players included - Christian Fuchs, Robert Huth, Shinji Okazaki, N'Golo Kante, Yohan Benalouane, Gokhan Inler, Demarai Gray (with a few more added in).
Right, enough for now. Onto Matchday 1.
I'm going to mark the occasion by going on a season long trip through that season, going through the corresponding matches each week, giving a run down, posting highlights etc etc.
In all likelihood, I know no one else will care about this but if that's the case, it's just another thread for you to all ignore the crazy ramblings of a jaded football fan.
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I'll start in the off season. The club had just had one of the most miraculous relegation escapes in recent memory. We'd been dead last at Christmas the season prior before timing our run to perfection! As one might expect, there was plenty of drama in that run, mostly due to one Nigel Pearson. It might've been the pressure getting to him but choking an opposition player on the side line during a game was certainly a 'choice'. And then of course there was the journalist who was referred to as an ostrich...watching it now, I still can't quite understand why an ostrich but anyway.
We then travel on the club pre season tour of Thailand, with thanks to the owner. It is there where the miraculous story begins really. The managers son (and two other nobodies) turn out to be racist shitheads and (rather fortuitously) decide to film themselves being racist shitheads. As it turns out, not a great career move oddly enough. This of course set off a chain reaction for our manager position - we could tolerate questionable football but disrespecting the country of our owner was enough to see big Nige given the boot.
Leicester City: Three players sacked over racist sex tape
Leicester sack three players who took part in a racist sex tape, including manager Nigel Pearson's son James.
www.bbc.com
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/33338638
Great! It's the 30th of June and we have no manager. Well never fear, our marvellous owner took less than two weeks before appointing Claudio Ranieri. Fair to say, opinions were mostly negative. What did Claudio know about a club at the bottom of the league, in a location I'm positive he'd never heard of before. I provide the commentary below from one of our best looking posters on this board. Smart as a whip I'm led to believe as well. Bit of a fence sitter though apparently.
On a side note, I wonder whether Jurgen regrets not coming to the midlands himself...
Surely not!? Jurgen Klopp to Leicester City odds SLASHED from 100/1 to 5/1 | CaughtOffside
Bookmakers have slashed the odds on Jurgen Klopp to become the new Leicester City manager from 100/1 to 5/1 over the last week. SEE MORE Leicester City transfer news Liverpool dealt massive managerial blow as Jurgen Klopp reveals he is to take break from the game Ten great managers we’d love to...
Anyway, the feeling around the club was one of nerves. Surely the Tinkerman couldn't keep us up. He's no Fat Sam for goodness sake (lucky for him).
In terms of the squad, we sold David Nugent and Chris Wood. Esteban Cambiasso (wtf was he doing in Leicester) and Anthony Knockaert were released.
The inclusions however...well at the time looked a bit like a mish mash of random players. There was some money spent (roughly 26m) which gave us some hope at least.
Incoming players included - Christian Fuchs, Robert Huth, Shinji Okazaki, N'Golo Kante, Yohan Benalouane, Gokhan Inler, Demarai Gray (with a few more added in).
Right, enough for now. Onto Matchday 1.
