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Post by lcfcgrewks on Aug 27, 2014 17:05:55 GMT 1
We couldn't even play many back-up players simply because we couldn't risk any more injuries, because as of right now we only have one fit center mid in the squad in king, until drinkwater, james and hammond return from injury. No decent young midfielders as cover then? That wouldn't be good preparation for the Premier League, would it? You do realise the midfield that played you off the park consisted of a Leicester reject, a 20 year old ex-Barnsley reserve just about in double figures for league games and another 20 year old ex-youth teamer who's only just starting regularly in midfield? You knew that when you were patronising us, right? You do know that your side last night probably had more professional footballing appearances in this country than ours right? Of course your midfield was going to outplay us, our 2 lads in the middle of the park have never played professional football before, but that is totally irrelevant isn't it? But we had nobody else to play, simply because we have 3 central midfielders out, and we are saving the other for a 'meaningful' match on sunday. As i have already stated, you were the favorites in my eyes. You had a settled side, and wanted to win. We threw the game, it was obvious. The pre-match comments of Pearson made it very, very obvious he really didn't care. How can we control Lukaku and Costa for 2 games, yet make an average league 2 side look threatening? Simple, we didn't care. The players showed that, and more importantly the fans showed that with their attendance. Our side last night was weaker than our side in league 1. As for our season i am fairly confident we will stay up, around 10-12th. Chelsea and everton fans have already said that we should achieve a top half finish, and i trust their judgement over yours.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 17:09:44 GMT 1
So Chelsea and Everton fans are more knowledgeable about football than Shrewsbury fans......... Your sense of humour and range of insults has no boundaries fella PS have you ever been to flippin fish?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 17:21:43 GMT 1
You really are a cock.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 17:26:35 GMT 1
Loads of opposition managers and fans said we were good enough to stay in L1 last year!!! (some of our own deluded ones also stated that)
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Post by DulwichShrew on Aug 27, 2014 17:26:55 GMT 1
As for our season i am fairly confident we will stay up, around 10-12th. haha. the delusion is strong with this one!
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Post by ambergambler on Aug 27, 2014 17:29:39 GMT 1
Your depth in squad is a big issue and you must be joking fella if you think you will stay up.
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Post by TheFoz on Aug 27, 2014 17:36:35 GMT 1
No decent young midfielders as cover then? That wouldn't be good preparation for the Premier League, would it? You do realise the midfield that played you off the park consisted of a Leicester reject, a 20 year old ex-Barnsley reserve just about in double figures for league games and another 20 year old ex-youth teamer who's only just starting regularly in midfield? You knew that when you were patronising us, right? You do know that your side last night probably had more professional footballing appearances in this country than ours right? Of course your midfield was going to outplay us, our 2 lads in the middle of the park have never played professional football before, but that is totally irrelevant isn't it? But we had nobody else to play, simply because we have 3 central midfielders out, and we are saving the other for a 'meaningful' match on sunday. As i have already stated, you were the favorites in my eyes. You had a settled side, and wanted to win. We threw the game, it was obvious. The pre-match comments of Pearson made it very, very obvious he really didn't care. How can we control Lukaku and Costa for 2 games, yet make an average league 2 side look threatening? Simple, we didn't care. The players showed that, and more importantly the fans showed that with their attendance. Our side last night was weaker than our side in league 1. As for our season i am fairly confident we will stay up, around 10-12th. Chelsea and everton fans have already said that we should achieve a top half finish, and i trust their judgement over yours. I usually like talking to opposition fans after a game but you are a bit of a nob. 8 players that played for you last night also played vs Chelsea, you can't argue with the facts. Be gracious in defeat, most Leicester fans rightly pointed out we deserved the victory. Not your strongest team but it wasn't our strongest team either. Our CM (Clarke) was playing for Hyde last year, Demetriou was playing for Kidderminster and Mangan was playing for Forest Green. Arrogant Barsteward.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 17:41:00 GMT 1
Just going through some of your points mr premiership supporter:
"You do know that your side last night probably had more professional footballing appearances in this country than ours right?" which proves what? Arent you in the premership and therefore have huge squads. Is it the fault of little old Shrewsbury if your fringe players are not good enough.
"you were the favorites in my eyes" - yet not in anybody's elses, notably the bookies but many of your own fans
"You had a settled side" - you know this how? Do you know how many players we signed in the summer? Do you know how many players we have out at the moment? Do you know the teams we have used this season? Id suggest no, no and no
"We threw the game" - even if that was true, is that really something to boast about? Again a lot of your fans seemed to be slighty p!ssed off that you lost so I dont see why its worth boasting that you allegedly threw a game
"How can we control Lukaku and Costa for 2 games yet make an average league 2 side look threatening" - Firstly didnt Costa score past you? But more importantly how do you know what an average L2 side is?
"Chelsea and everton fans have already said that we should achieve a top half finish, and i trust their judgement over yours" - Id suggest that as a small, unfashionable, newly promoted and yet established premier league club they were probably being generous, dare I say they were patronising to you as you are attempting to be to us.
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Post by MartinB on Aug 27, 2014 17:42:21 GMT 1
No decent young midfielders as cover then? That wouldn't be good preparation for the Premier League, would it? You do realise the midfield that played you off the park consisted of a Leicester reject, a 20 year old ex-Barnsley reserve just about in double figures for league games and another 20 year old ex-youth teamer who's only just starting regularly in midfield? You knew that when you were patronising us, right? You do know that your side last night probably had more professional footballing appearances in this country than ours right? This thread gets funnier. taking professional football as being the top four Divisions in England the starting XI's last night prior to the game Leicester's side had 1276 appearances in this Country and 452 appearances in other Countries. Shrewsbury had just 595 appearances in this country and 112 appearances in other Countries. Most of Leicester's are in the top two Divisions.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 17:47:30 GMT 1
In my eyes Shrewsbury were favourites? Go to Specsavers. What is it with deluded idiotic fans of other Club's and this forum?
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Post by Dale on Aug 27, 2014 17:47:38 GMT 1
Just give it a rest Mr Leicester fan and let us enjoy our moment of victory... Little clubs like us don't get to enjoy many moments like this against clubs like the mighty Leicester! Oh and you guys are the first ever top flight side that we have defeated on their own patch! Thanks for helping us break that record
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Post by MartinB on Aug 27, 2014 17:50:22 GMT 1
Add the subs in Leicester comes to 1276+648 = 1924 compared to 595+400 = 995
So even ignoring Divisions Leicester's side had twice the experience of ours
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 17:57:56 GMT 1
If Leicester beat Arsenal will it be because they played in Europe tonight? If you win a match in the Premier League will it be OK for the losing Club to patronise you as little Leicester? Be careful what you say it wasn't that long ago that you were a L1 Club just like us.
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Post by MartinB on Aug 27, 2014 18:08:44 GMT 1
Just realised our Leicester friend is correct. We were clear favourites as they haven't managed to beat us in over 31 years. lol
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 18:10:44 GMT 1
For the attention of Mr LCFC
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Aug 27, 2014 18:14:38 GMT 1
So, 1000 more professional appearances and multiple full internationals.
Mr Leicester fan needs to sit on the naughty step for making things up!
I wonder if he's the same fan who was predicting double figures on their message board last week?
That's a fascinating stat that three of our players were playing non league last season!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 18:20:26 GMT 1
No decent young midfielders as cover then? That wouldn't be good preparation for the Premier League, would it? You do realise the midfield that played you off the park consisted of a Leicester reject, a 20 year old ex-Barnsley reserve just about in double figures for league games and another 20 year old ex-youth teamer who's only just starting regularly in midfield? You knew that when you were patronising us, right? You do know that your side last night probably had more professional footballing appearances in this country than ours right? Of course your midfield was going to outplay us, our 2 lads in the middle of the park have never played professional football before, but that is totally irrelevant isn't it? But we had nobody else to play, simply because we have 3 central midfielders out, and we are saving the other for a 'meaningful' match on sunday. As i have already stated, you were the favorites in my eyes. You had a settled side, and wanted to win. We threw the game, it was obvious. The pre-match comments of Pearson made it very, very obvious he really didn't care. How can we control Lukaku and Costa for 2 games, yet make an average league 2 side look threatening? Simple, we didn't care. The players showed that, and more importantly the fans showed that with their attendance. Our side last night was weaker than our side in league 1. As for our season i am fairly confident we will stay up, around 10-12th. Chelsea and everton fans have already said that we should achieve a top half finish, and i trust their judgement over yours. As i have already stated, you were the favorites in my eyes. You had a settled side, and wanted to win. We threw the game, it was obvious. The pre-match comments of Pearson made it very, very obvious he really didn't care.
Do you really believe that? If my team lost to a lower league team, as has happened a lot in recent seasons, I'd be gutted. If you're a Premier League or Championship side playing a team from League Two, you would have confidence that even a weakened team would do the job. How can we control Lukaku and Costa for 2 games, yet make an average league 2 side look threatening? Simple, we didn't care. The players showed that, and more importantly the fans showed that with their attendance. Our side last night was weaker than our side in league 1.
You didn't care? Really? A cup run can always be a welcome distraction from the league, especially for a team that will be fighting relegation all season - such as yourselves. You say your team is weaker than the side you had in League One, which I also doubt. But let's say you're right. With that team, you got promoted from League One comfortably. So that doesn't really mean anything, as there is a big gap between Leagues One and Two. You also feel that you 'controlled' Costa and Lukaku in your first two games, well that's b******s - let's be honest. As for our season i am fairly confident we will stay up, around 10-12th. Chelsea and everton fans have already said that we should achieve a top half finish, and i trust their judgement over yours.Chelsea and Everton fans have said that? What would they know about achieving a top half finish? A lot of Chelsea fans will only remember their recent years of being in the top four, and Everton have been a top six team for a while. I thought last season that my team would stay up comfortably, and we beat Manchester City. We finished bottom. Don't be so confident as I struggle to see you being 10th. Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool, Spurs, Everton, Man Utd, Swansea, Southampton, Stoke, West Ham and Hull are all much better than you - and that's naming a few. Don't get me wrong, I thought the same 12 months ago. Finally, if you can't put out a strong second-string side out in the League Cup, it shows how poor your strength in depth is - something you need to stay in the Premier League.
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Post by lenny on Aug 27, 2014 19:11:25 GMT 1
Bit of a strange thread really. You started off with some usual pleasantries and compliments, before the OP morphed into a irrelevant and factually incorrect defensive spiel, and when challenged on the inaccuracies then just made up rubbish in an attempt to deflect attention. Usually when one takes the time and effort to create an account on another team's forum, it isn't done to defend one's own team. Just seems utterly bizarre to me.
Don't get me wrong, I have no ill will against Leicester. You as an individual, however, seem incredibly ignorant in your views - yes, you might have been under strength but so were we (3 players from our first 11 missing at kick off, and our leading scorer off injured early on. That makes 8 of our starting XI from the first round tie who featured - same as you and your previous game; no?). You just posted several outright lies to defend your team - why? In any case, the number of games is not particularly relevant. They're still Premier League players, and if they were to leave on loan/permanently would probably do so to teams in a higher league than where we are presently residing. They will have played plenty of reserve games - which your decidedly poor attendance did its best to mirror. Their skillsets should be higher than our players.
Why would we celebrate? Erm... Do you actually understand how supporting a football team works? Wanting them to win is a fairly large part of it. We came into the game as 9/1 outsiders and recorded our first ever away win against a Premiership team - it is something to be proud of. These are the big moments for little teams like us - give it 20 years and you'll be looking back on your Premiership days as a heady peak as you battle out a 0-0 draw with Stevenage (exaggerated hypothetical scenario alert). Furthermore, there were several arrogant threads from a minority of Leicester fans (the majority of whom, to their credit, have been excellent sports before and after the game - kudos to them), including one where a particular individual laughed at the suggestion that we might cause an upset.
And onto your expectations of finishing 10th-12th - no. You didn't have the depth to handle little old Shrewsbury just a few weeks into the season, so how will you manage a full season? We started last season relatively promisingly without results, too, and it ended as our worst season for a long time.
Anyway, I still wish you the best of luck this season - nice to see the (comparatively) smaller clubs do well in the Premiership. I hope you were just too embarrassed by losing to non-league part-timers like us and hence invented statistics and made up stuff about the team wanting to lose to cover it up.
In the words of Forrest Gump: "That's all I have to say about that".
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Post by MartinB on Aug 27, 2014 19:42:20 GMT 1
Just realised the three Leicester subs had more appearances than our entire starting eleven
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Post by neilsalop on Aug 27, 2014 20:17:30 GMT 1
You do know that your side last night probably had more professional footballing appearances in this country than ours right? Of course your midfield was going to outplay us, our 2 lads in the middle of the park have never played professional football before, but that is totally irrelevant isn't it? But we had nobody else to play, simply because we have 3 central midfielders out, and we are saving the other for a 'meaningful' match on sunday. As i have already stated, you were the favorites in my eyes. You had a settled side, and wanted to win. We threw the game, it was obvious. The pre-match comments of Pearson made it very, very obvious he really didn't care. How can we control Lukaku and Costa for 2 games, yet make an average league 2 side look threatening? Simple, we didn't care. The players showed that, and more importantly the fans showed that with their attendance. Our side last night was weaker than our side in league 1. As for our season i am fairly confident we will stay up, around 10-12th. Chelsea and everton fans have already said that we should achieve a top half finish, and i trust their judgement over yours. As i have already stated, you were the favorites in my eyes. You had a settled side, and wanted to win. We threw the game, it was obvious. The pre-match comments of Pearson made it very, very obvious he really didn't care.
Do you really believe that? If my team lost to a lower league team, as has happened a lot in recent seasons, I'd be gutted. If you're a Premier League or Championship side playing a team from League Two, you would have confidence that even a weakened team would do the job. How can we control Lukaku and Costa for 2 games, yet make an average league 2 side look threatening? Simple, we didn't care. The players showed that, and more importantly the fans showed that with their attendance. Our side last night was weaker than our side in league 1.
You didn't care? Really? A cup run can always be a welcome distraction from the league, especially for a team that will be fighting relegation all season - such as yourselves. You say your team is weaker than the side you had in League One, which I also doubt. But let's say you're right. With that team, you got promoted from League One comfortably. So that doesn't really mean anything, as there is a big gap between Leagues One and Two. You also feel that you 'controlled' Costa and Lukaku in your first two games, well that's b******s - let's be honest. As for our season i am fairly confident we will stay up, around 10-12th. Chelsea and everton fans have already said that we should achieve a top half finish, and i trust their judgement over yours.Chelsea and Everton fans have said that? What would they know about achieving a top half finish? A lot of Chelsea fans will only remember their recent years of being in the top four, and Everton have been a top six team for a while. I thought last season that my team would stay up comfortably, and we beat Manchester City. We finished bottom. Don't be so confident as I struggle to see you being 10th. Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool, Spurs, Everton, Man Utd, Swansea, Southampton, Stoke, West Ham and Hull are all much better than you - and that's naming a few. Don't get me wrong, I thought the same 12 months ago. Finally, if you can't put out a strong second-string side out in the League Cup, it shows how poor your strength in depth is - something you need to stay in the Premier League. Can we please make this post a sticky? Everyone should have the opportunity to re-read it again and again, as surely this is Neds finest ever post. Take a bow young man . BTW Cardiff are still s**t. Sorry, but you can't just change the truth
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 20:30:34 GMT 1
As i have already stated, you were the favorites in my eyes. You had a settled side, and wanted to win. We threw the game, it was obvious. The pre-match comments of Pearson made it very, very obvious he really didn't care.
Do you really believe that? If my team lost to a lower league team, as has happened a lot in recent seasons, I'd be gutted. If you're a Premier League or Championship side playing a team from League Two, you would have confidence that even a weakened team would do the job. How can we control Lukaku and Costa for 2 games, yet make an average league 2 side look threatening? Simple, we didn't care. The players showed that, and more importantly the fans showed that with their attendance. Our side last night was weaker than our side in league 1.
You didn't care? Really? A cup run can always be a welcome distraction from the league, especially for a team that will be fighting relegation all season - such as yourselves. You say your team is weaker than the side you had in League One, which I also doubt. But let's say you're right. With that team, you got promoted from League One comfortably. So that doesn't really mean anything, as there is a big gap between Leagues One and Two. You also feel that you 'controlled' Costa and Lukaku in your first two games, well that's b******s - let's be honest. As for our season i am fairly confident we will stay up, around 10-12th. Chelsea and everton fans have already said that we should achieve a top half finish, and i trust their judgement over yours.Chelsea and Everton fans have said that? What would they know about achieving a top half finish? A lot of Chelsea fans will only remember their recent years of being in the top four, and Everton have been a top six team for a while. I thought last season that my team would stay up comfortably, and we beat Manchester City. We finished bottom. Don't be so confident as I struggle to see you being 10th. Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool, Spurs, Everton, Man Utd, Swansea, Southampton, Stoke, West Ham and Hull are all much better than you - and that's naming a few. Don't get me wrong, I thought the same 12 months ago. Finally, if you can't put out a strong second-string side out in the League Cup, it shows how poor your strength in depth is - something you need to stay in the Premier League. BTW Cardiff are still s**t. Sorry, but you can't just change the truth I'll take the hit!
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Post by shrewsace on Aug 27, 2014 20:57:42 GMT 1
'But we weren't even trying to win waaaaahhhhh'.
p**s off.
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Post by flipflop on Aug 27, 2014 20:58:44 GMT 1
That's incredibly disrespectful, just admit that the better team won on the night - as shown by the stats. I'm a bit of a **** and even I wouldn't dream of posting something like that - not ever. Leicester fan here who was at the game, I will say this.... The best team won on the night, end of. Both sides turned out with 11 men regardless of injuries, weekend game coming up etc and you won it, fair play to you. As with all clubs some fans are delusional, think we're bigger than we actually are etc so just ignore the muppets that come along. Me personally I was impressed with your support, enjoy you cup run and the season ahead.
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Post by pughywasfree on Aug 27, 2014 21:09:43 GMT 1
Comedy goal getting ripped apart by the blue and amber faithfuls even Ned has had his pennies worth. Please post some more s**t So it can continue.
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Post by SouthStandShrew on Aug 27, 2014 21:10:25 GMT 1
Bore off.
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Post by venceremos on Aug 27, 2014 21:15:45 GMT 1
I've seen some people take a beating on messageboards but rarely has anyone made such a complete idiot of himself as lcfcgrewks. Makes our old Notts County friend look intelligent! He hasn't even researched his own team properly, so how can he be expected to know anything about their opponents? Every spurious point not just knocked down but ground into dust. Didn't know how many internationals his own team had, but claimed to. Had no idea his team had twice the game time experience of ours but tried to argue it was the other way round. Pretended to congratulate us on a deserved win only to claim later that his team threw the game. Shown your true, graceless colours there Mr. Tell you what, why not pop along to see Nigel Pearson and ask him if his team threw the game as he so clearly didn't care about the game? Ask him if he's in the habit of cheating his own fans. I'd like to hear the answer. Leicester's squad of match-throwers last night contained 13 of the mighty 18 that so "frightened" Chelsea. Odd that such a talented bunch should throw a game against a League 2 team isn't it? Shouldn't they have won that with their eyes closed? By the way, how do you know what an average league 2 team looks like? Have you watched much league 2 football or was that more blind guessing on your part? We have a smaller squad than Leicester containing 17 new signings and almost 20% of that squad was unavailable last night. We also played 70 minutes on Saturday with 10 men. I like that you think it was a settled team that beat you last night. Suggest you don't reply to any of this. You've made such a total arse of yourself already that there's no retrieving this one. Be off.
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Post by blueandamber on Aug 27, 2014 21:15:50 GMT 1
That Leicester fan won't be walking very well for the next few days after that degree of punishment!!
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Post by mattmw on Aug 27, 2014 21:38:45 GMT 1
Wonder if our Leicester friend quite realises the seriousness of suggesting Leicester threw the game last night. I'm sure that they didn't but in the world of online betting and match fixing its a ruddy stupid thing to even joke about
Did follow the odds through the match and Leicester started as 1-7 favourites to go through and remained firm favourites until well into the second half. Was only in the last 15 minutes that town became favourites. So it's really tosh to say they were the underdogs
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Post by lenny on Aug 27, 2014 21:42:08 GMT 1
That's incredibly disrespectful, just admit that the better team won on the night - as shown by the stats. I'm a bit of a **** and even I wouldn't dream of posting something like that - not ever. Leicester fan here who was at the game, I will say this.... The best team won on the night, end of. Both sides turned out with 11 men regardless of injuries, weekend game coming up etc and you won it, fair play to you. As with all clubs some fans are delusional, think we're bigger than we actually are etc so just ignore the muppets that come along. Me personally I was impressed with your support, enjoy you cup run and the season ahead.
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Post by chelschris on Aug 27, 2014 21:42:20 GMT 1
As a chelsea Season ticket holder who was at the game on Saturday, I'm assuming you weren't there mate, then I repeat you had your good 45 minutes of football and fair play to for holding out for that long and not taking your chances, we punished you because you didn't put away your chances and atleast 16teams in the premier will also punish you, so you highlight your paper thin squad that played lastnight well more fool you then cos if that's your squad you are going backdown with burnley simple as that. Your squad is weak and paper thin and this will be your downfall this season as highlighted by the shrews beating you on your own patch in front of your 8000 fans. You're already hanging on to your amazing point with Everton and your 60 minutes against chels on Saturday, be a man and accept defeat graciously, wipe your mouth and move on. As we sang on Saturday to you " you've had your day out now f... Off home!"
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