Are you a little bit nervous about tonight?

Elsie Heffsey

Elsie Heffsey

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Then perhaps you shouldn’t read this -

www.thefosseway.net

How good are Leicester, really? Picking flaws in the Championship’s best team — The Fosse Way

As Leicester gear up for the biggest challenge of the season, James Knight ponders a question he never thought he’d ask: can you win every week and still be a flawed team with lots of room to improve?
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It is on the money in every respect.

Tonight will be a big test as their strikers will not be as profligate as those we’ve seen previously. This game will show how good we really are.

Com’on Leicester - pass the test tonight
 
We've played 14 games with what is effectively a brand new team, new manager and a new way of playing.
We've far more points than anyone ever expected and they've been achieved by scoring more goals and letting in fewer than anyone else.
As we'll be effectively promoted by January I'd expecct to see PL quality players coming in and then more in the summer so worrying about how this squad will work in the PL is a pointless exercise.

Thoroughly enjoying watching us playing with our prey. I do expect us to lose a few along the way but very confident that Enzo will get us there.
 
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Loved the bit about conceding "fewer than expected " from set pieces. That wouldn't be difficult given our expectations were so low.
 
We should win every game we play. We have the best squad in this division.

Of course we will not win them all but no way I'm settling for a point before any game (unless 50% of the squad is injured/suspended!)
 
We need to keep the gap. A draw isn’t the worse thing. We’ve not played well in the last 2 games. Think Wilf is a big miss. Butch needs to step up tonight. Hope Kasey plays too. Fingers crossed. Never forgiven them for stealing a draw at FS in 73
 
Excellent article - articulates clearly what many of us are thinking.

Tonight will probably tell us quite a bit more. My prediction is 2-2
 
‘Take a point tonight’!!!

Bollocks to that. They’re as shyte as the rest of this division, got beaten by Stoke. Stoke!

Open up a 17 point gap between us when we pump them tonight.

Start worrying when we’re back in the top flight if we haven’t replaced the vast majority of the squad.

Until then sit back and start accepting we’re the Championship big dogs (or feral woodland/urban cousins).
 
If, and it’s a big if, we lose tonight, you can guarantee the Leeds hordes will well and truly rub it in, and the media will also be falling over themselves in smugness.
Little old Leicester put in their place by the mighty Leeds blah blah blah.
 
TartanFox said:
Start worrying when we’re back in the top flight if we haven’t replaced the vast majority of the squad.
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That's not going to happen though, is it? Given the sheer amount of money required to do that and, even if it was available, we are still restricted by the constraints of FFP.
 
LGFOX said:
We need to keep the gap. A draw isn’t the worse thing. We’ve not played well in the last 2 games. Think Wilf is a big miss. Butch needs to step up tonight. Hope Kasey plays too. Fingers crossed. Never forgiven them for stealing a draw at FS in 73
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I'm glad you've said Wilf is a big miss.
I was doubtful about him playing further forward and although his finishing needs to improve (although even that is better than in the past) the real key is by playing further forward he obviously wins the ball back higher up the field - breaking up counter attacks before they get going. A key player in the style we're playing.
 
From what I've seen of them this season they are good going forward but not so much at the back - 3-2 our way for me as well.
 
SK24U said:
From what I've seen of them this season they are good going forward but not so much at the back - 3-2 our way for me as well.
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They have the firepower and are quick on the break which worries me with the snail at the back
 
Whilst we've been good so far this season, the oppositions finishing has been woeful. Dirty Leeds have got a couple who can finish given the opportunity.
I'm not settling for a point though.
We are good enough to beat them.
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Club_B00k_Crutchless said:
Doesn't the £40m or so parachute payment, plus more next season, allow us to spend though? Paging @buz_not_buzz
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Waaay too complex to give a definitive answer especially without 2022/23's figures (but lets say that the sales of Fofana & Maddison got us close to a relatively small loss for the season) it's all on P&L. So assuming that funding is not an issue, from an FFP perspective:

So this season likely significant losses relative to last season:
  • c£40m still represents a drop of around the same value of income on central funds from last season.
  • Other drops of income will be incurred through significantly reduced merit payments & facility fees
  • Probable reductions in sponsorships/commercial income etc.
Against that:
  • Significant reductions in salaries (not just relegation clauses but because big hitters left)
  • Significant profit on the sale of Barnes which will probably cover the reduction in PL Central fund income.
Also note that the FFP Thresholds for the rolling 3 year period covering 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 will be lower at £85m rather than £105m we were previously subject to (and don't forget before deductions we lost in excess of £90m in the first of those years) - next year too if we do get promoted the threshold will not be £105m due to a season out of the PL.

So personal opinion: I think this season we will remain constrained, probably be able to strengthen a little in January if needed. In the event that we do go up our movement of accounting period to end of June from end of May that happened last season will limit how quickly we can do business for next season but that even with a 3 year threshold of around 'only' £85m next season the removal of the financially disastrous 2021/22 figures from the next 3 year window will give us plenty of opportunity to rebuild. Ideally I am sure we'd like to be able to be PL ready if needed before the end of this season but I think unlikely. Failure to get promotion would obviously see us further constrained as parachute payments & thresholds are further reduced & potential big money asset sales are less likely.

Oh, and I think I should be worried about tonight because at the moment I am not concerned about it at all!
 
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