if you expected first place then you are the one with unrealistic expectations. The objective was always a CL spot, and we are on course. This team has performed much better than alot of you are giving it credit for. We are in third place. Look at the players we are playing with: Legro, Marchionni, Nocerino, Sali, Molinaro. none of these players were expected to be first team players, yet with them we are in third place. look at how much negativity and hostility there is towards us, yet we are still in third.
you people are never satisfied. You hate on Ranieri because he says a few things, doe a few wierd choices in selections (when every coach does that) has his own choice in players he wants (oh noooo god forbid a coach has a say in what he believes will help the club if it is not in accordance with the fans' desires :rndh
It's always the same thing here. with Capello, we had the issue of benching DP, and playing Zlatan despite Zlatan playing like shit. We also had the issue of the defensive minded football and the obsession with DM and his poor tactics in the CL. Oh wait so a WC coach made weird decisions as well? no way! fans around here would have you think that Ranieri is the only coach in the world making weird decisions. Or that fan favorite Deschamps also never made any weird decisions. You know, like bringing in Boumsong, benching Bojinov, and making substitutions in the 85th minute. But no see it's ok for coaches like Capello, Lippi(lhis last season) and Deschamps to make weird decisions/ mistakes, but it's not ok with Ranieri despite Ranieri having a much shitter team team than Capello or Lippi, yet ranieri is still on course for a CL spot.
look. every coach has his own way of thinking. do you think guys like Mourinho will be any different? you guy blame Ranieri for not making the best out of Tiago, Criscito, Almiron. well WC mourinho failed to get the best out of Shevchenko, Ballack, Del horno, Crespo, Kezman, Ferriera, Shaun Wright-Phillips and . does that make Mourinho a bad coach? of course not.
Look I am not exactly happy with Ranieri, but I accept that he (like every coach in the world) has his own ideas on what is best and how to achieve them. If Ranieri was in 6th place or 5th place. then yeah I would have said sack him. But we are in 3rd place with a very average squad. once the season is over then we can look at what is the best options. would I love mourinho or Benitez here? ofcourse, but until Ranieri fails to achieve what is expected, I am content.