The Premiership. Is it worth it?

The Premiership - The Best League In The World (?)
Every football fan wants to see their team playing in the Premiership - but is it all its made out to be. With the lovely Leicester City hoping for promotion next season i am trying to invisage what may be in store for myself and the rest of us foxes come 2012/2013 season.

1. Football, the fans game, well, thats what they try to tell us. In reality, if we get promoted we'll infact be punished for following our team through the good and the bad - really really bad in some cases - by the crazy price increases across season ticket and away ticket prices

I dread to think the prices of the 'big matches' everyone will look forward to like Manchester United away. Being a student, this is not a nice prospect. I mean, i went to 2 matches last season paying just £1 cant see Man City offering that.

2. The Championship has to be one of the most unpredictable leagues in the world. Being a Leicester fan inconsistency is second nature and every season shock results after shock results go on in our great league. Its why we love it & definitely gets everyone talking. But you then look at the premiership, predictions are MUCH easier.

Arsenal vs Spurs will be high scoring good games where as games like Wigan vs Blackburn arent likely to be 'classics'. You know what teams will be up and aound the top 6 and roughly teams that will be facing the chop, where is the variation?

3. Top Club decision dominance. Every year you hear fans of teams like Wolves complaining about teams like Chelsea, Manchester United especially when at home being overly preferred by referees when making decisions. Penalties given for, penalites not given against, bookings when clearly sending off offences occur. etc. etc. etc.

Us Leicester fans know better than most referees give bad decision after bad decision against us (not a clue what we have done to deserve it) and that is at the Walkers, what hope do we have if referee's knowingly favour 'big teams'

4. What 'good days out' are you gonna have in the premiership? Being a Leicester fan we'd be leaving Forest, Derby, Cov behind us so no 'local rivalries' but at least time to laugh at their failures. & teams like Brighton, Blackpool, Southampton - no fun seaside trips. Instead we'd be looking to trips to the North (its grim up there y'know) to places like Bolton and Blackburn. EXCITING.


Now heading from all the doom and gloom. I've had a think and even with all these badtimes; things which make me currently say 'the championship is where its at' lets be serious; all this would SO be worth it.

To see my club have real success and sustain themselves back where they belong? PRICELESS. & imagine the promotion party! Whilst we are in the championship i will defend this more exciting, cheaper generally kooler league but as soon as we make it into the Prem i will gloat and enjoy myself thoroughly, even if i am poor.

The best thing that could happen is:
1. Prem teams have massive price reductions
2. All the teams suddenly become more inconsistent and exciting.
3. Referees learn how to referee.
4. Seaside teams get promoted then get automatic derby days for cup draws.

In reality i'll stick with an LCFC promotion and me being allowed to moan a hell of a lot come mid way through are season in the prem when everything is going wrong and sven has left for more money.

pessimistic/realistic. there is a very fine line.

I would like comments, guidance, views, abuse, anything you can be bothered. kthanksbye :)

Why LCFC didnt make the play offs.

Bare with me people. FIRST EVER BLOG. (beware rambling probably will occur)
I believe a few small simple mistakes cost Leicester a place in the play offs 2010/2011 season. OBVIOUSLY, the idiot that is Paulo Sousa left us starting the season around 13 games behind the pack which put us all in disbelief at the shambles the club was in but we moved on and missing out on the play offs was infact a failure on our part considering our February position.

1. Dropping Weale.
Yes i did just say that - even though he went on to chuck in a couple of clangers notably againt the fools of the forest this i believe was one of Sven's worst decisions as Leicester boss and this is why.

Tuesday February 1st - LCFC 1 SUFC 0 whereby we had no right to win the game having a mere 2 shots on target compared to the Blade's 9; Chris Weale basically single-handedly won us that game and our season looked to really be taking shape. He then played in the 4-1 home win vs Barnsley all smiles and happy days.

Sven then for some unknown reason i will never understand chose to play 'the flapper' Ricardo & IMO it all went downhill from there. Teams such as Portsmouth and Norwich came to The Walkers & left happily with 3 points after highlighting the fact they targeted Ricardo's inability to deal with crosses.

Seeing him continue to get picked frustrated everyone but Sven continued to do so. If the in form highly confident Weale had kept his place, i wonder where we could have ended up.

2. Favouring poor 'big name' Chelsea Loanees.
Sven's rotation of his loanee's bemused me totally and also almost definitely is part of the blame for our end of season 'bottling job' of making the play offs.

Ben Mee impressed most during his time at the club yet Sven did choose to play Jeffrey Bruma at CB multiple times - basically due to the 'loan fee reduction clause' Chelsea agreed with the loan of him & Van Aanholt.

Jeffrey Bruma i believe managed just one win when playing for Leicester - this notably when he SMASHED in 2 SCREAMERS but this was him playing in midfield. In defence he was simply a liability but seemed to be favoured due to Chelsea influence.

3. Final one. Team of individuals.Yakubu. Diamansy Kamara. Darius Vassell. Sol Bamba. Jeffery Bruma. Kyle Naughton. you look at the individual talent there and you wont find much better in the championship. However, they definitely lacked some team chemistry which we loved so much from the team of 09/10.

Simply. Sven made a couple of dodgy decisions which cost us. But, bottom when he turned up? None of us were even dreaming of play offs at that stage. & that can be sorted in no time. IN SVEN WE TRUST.


Hope thats what people wanna read. Anyone agree or think i am a fool?

:)

(all feedback, notes, views, abuse, etc welcome. kthanksbye)