Can wilder pull off another miracle?

[Jimmy Fleck]

And keep us up this year? Because this squad without Gus who’s definitely off is bottom 4/5 in the league. Everyone else spending and strengthening. We look doomed.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

We'll do nothing exciting this season but we won't go down with CW. That's my only positive btw.

 

[Davalon]

It's not a miracle to keep this squad up

 

[Kenworthy’s Tash]

There are at least 5 teams with a worse squad than us. Wilder is not the man though. My big worry is that the owners have given up trying to modernise the club, instead we have a ‘has been’ manager and a chuffing accountant with free rein to run all football operations.

 

[Bell4]

Not a chance we go down - come on FFS

 

[Danny_Blade]

Oh I don't know, relegation is easily a possibility this season if this transfer window continues in a similar vein until it shuts.

Some of our relegations (certainly not the most recent two though) have occurred where it wasn't something we thought about haven't they? Especially before the season started where there wasn't much anticipation of one.

 

[wf9-Danny]

Still going to be easy in for the 7th or 8th spot and that millstone around our neck with play off's can't last forever.

 

[Paul Stancliffes Dog]

Will finish 12th. Can't see that being classed as a miracle. We have become Watford.

 

[MayorOJC]

I remember the Prince saying how Wilder picks a couple of targets for each position and isn't interested in hearing anything else from the recruitment team. I'm believing it more every day.

 

[Tongeincheek]

We'll survive - it probably won't be comfortable at times, but I reckon we'll end up roughly where we were last season.

We've lost some decent players and not brought much in, but we probably won't give the rest of the league a 7 or 8 game head-start this time, so it'll even out.

 

[Harry's Game]

Not a chance we go down - come on FFS

Leicester City fans 2025 / 26

 

[luffenhamblade]

Probably worth waiting to see where we are at start of season then as window closes before giving up hope! Granted it’s not looking good but at this stage, who knows.

 

[Harry's Game]

If Bamford stays fit and in form we should have enough to finish between 13th - 18th… if however he is out for any length of time or loses form we will have problems scoring enough goals.. it could be touch and go,

 

[Keen Blade]

And keep us up this year? Because this squad without Gus who’s definitely off is bottom 4/5 in the league. Everyone else spending and strengthening. We look doomed.

What did spending half a £billion ever do for us ?
Spending big is not our strong suit.

 

[Bladesman101]

It would be extremely stupid to think we can’t go down this season. Football’s a strange sport, where momentum and attitude plays a big part and before anyone kicks a ball anyone can go up or down from the championship.

I do worry for our squad 100%.
GK: Cooper, solid
RB: Seriki, Brill but I think he’ll leave
CB: Tanganga, solid
CB:
LB: McCallum/Burrows, decent
CM: Peck, ok but will leave I think!
CM: Jairo, Blaster, solid players. Rothwell
RW: Donovan
CAM: O’Hare, solid
LW: Chong, got a lot to do. Bad last season but I think weirdly can do ok.
ST: Bamford, Campbell, Cannon. Can either be good or bad!

 

[Bladeinleeds]

We been left behind as a club.

Slow, old players, zero pace, zero creativity with brooks and hamer gone.

Case in point is our recruitment - Spending the fee we paid for cannon off the back of a few penalties is not the way smart clubs operate - there’s no way Brentford, Brighton, Bournemouth would be paying that fee. Their scouting networks goes beyond 3 leagues in England.

The likes of Coventry have solid well but recruited much better. They are now streets ahead of despite being homeless effectively for a period.

Where as we seem to have had the same list of targets since wilder got here in 2016.

I’ve Zero excitement for the new season. I can’t see us creating much at all.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

Wilder said finishing 13th again would be unacceptable.

That side has lost Hamer and Brooks, our two best attackers.

There's still some time left in the window, but we've gone backwards and not from a position of strength.

As we sit here now, there's very little to look forward to.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Some blades really do come across as enjoying wallowing in negativity don't they?

This is the championship. Hull were under an embargo, just survived relegation and signed a freebie who we wanted under Wilder and would have got if we didn't sack him and he scored the winner in the play off final....

Anything can happen. A "miracle" will be an other top 2 finish.

 

[dexter101]

On paper, this squad is better than we have seen it to be.

Wilder needs to get these players to perform to their potential.

As with every championship season, but with the extended playoff format even more so, we could finish anywhere between 5th and 15th.

Part of me hopes we don't sit too high up the table coming into December, past 2 seasons we seem to have completely lost momentum with the Jan transfer window due to overexcitement about promotion.

If we don't have money to spend, even if (when) Gus goes, my only request is a LM so the side has balance.

I think Baptiste looks half decent, let him start the season and he looks miles short, bring in a loan CB if needed.

If that squad works its socks off, plays together and finishes in the top half, I think we will have had a good season and the club financially will be better for it.

 

[Blade58]

It would be extremely stupid to think we can’t go down this season. Football’s a strange sport, where momentum and attitude plays a big part and before anyone kicks a ball anyone can go up or down from the championship.

I do worry for our squad 100%.
GK: Cooper, solid
RB: Seriki, Brill but I think he’ll leave
CB: Tanganga, solid
CB:
LB: McCallum/Burrows, decent
CM: Peck, ok but will leave I think!
CM: Jairo, Blaster, solid players. Rothwell
RW: Donovan
CAM: O’Hare, solid
LW: Chong, got a lot to do. Bad last season but I think weirdly can do ok.
ST: Bamford, Campbell, Cannon. Can either be good or bad!

Another issue for me is how many of those players come the end of this coming season will be nearing the end of their contracts? (Entering the last 12 months)

I see more players wanting away and the club spiralling downwards

 

[Mario1889]

With or without Gus this side finishes in the top half comfortably.

 

[FTPE]

With or without Gus this side finishes in the top half comfortably.

...under Wilder

 

[Jimmy Fleck]

Anyone chortling about the possibility of going down- see Leicester and Luton fans.

 

[steve26272]

It would be extremely stupid to think we can’t go down this season. Football’s a strange sport, where momentum and attitude plays a big part and before anyone kicks a ball anyone can go up or down from the championship.

I do worry for our squad 100%.
GK: Cooper, solid
RB: Seriki, Brill but I think he’ll leave
CB: Tanganga, solid
CB:
LB: McCallum/Burrows, decent
CM: Peck, ok but will leave I think!
CM: Jairo, Blaster, solid players. Rothwell
RW: Donovan
CAM: O’Hare, solid
LW: Chong, got a lot to do. Bad last season but I think weirdly can do ok.
ST: Bamford, Campbell, Cannon. Can either be good or bad!

So we’re 2 players from been a solid/decent side, yet you think we can go down?

2 perms and 3 or 4 loans will come in.

That’ll put us around 6-15th

Not much movement or spending so far across the division from anyone, chill

 

[toledo]

I think the biggest issue is that with the players we have, we will be solid but the lack of speed to break from defence to midfield and midfield forward is going to stop us winning a lot of games.

This leads to a very concerning dynamic: if we are relatively slow, we will have to build our attacks going forward slowly and therefore if we get behind, especially early in the game, we will have no creativity or speed to change the game.

Again, we have some solid players but will that dynamic be enough for a successful season?

And what do we mean by a successful season?

As it stands, we are not a top 6 team. We will not be relegated so it would seem that we will be a mid-table team at best.

toledo

 

[Blades98]

We stayed up comfortably last year and didn't get going until November and sacked it off towards the end. Would have to go catastrophic for us to go down. I don't rule it out, but I suspect we will be bang in the middle.

 

[Mario1889]

Anyone chortling about the possibility of going down- see Leicester and Luton fans.

Both in a mess financially behind the scenes. We aren’t.

 

[Torrix1889]

Without Board support Wilder is taking us full circle, back to where he started, League 1.

Even with Board support and from the players we have been linked with I'm not sure the result will be much different.

Bet365 have us at 20's to be relegated so even they aren't that sure...

 

[The Fox]

Think Wilder did well in the press conference this morning.
Theres definitely more to expect from a number of players in terms of performance.
Having a full funtioning Arblaster is like new signing as is Baptiste .
Donovan is an exciting young talent and weve One to bring in to the 1st team squad .
If Gus and Peck go so be it , much depends on the replacements.

As Wilder said, it'll be a mad last few days of the window and we'll be part of it so will everyone else .

 

[The Crab]

Will finish 12th. Can't see that being classed as a miracle. We have become Watford.

Pretty much how i see it.

I doubt we will go down but it will all be a bit meh