The thing is, as far as I can see, no one has said you definitely won't finish above those 2 (though I'd be suprised if you finish above Everton).
People are just pointing out that some of your logic is flawed and you're applying it to your team but not to others which means no one can have a proper debate with you as you're incapable of rational discussion.
You know what you seem alright so I'm going to apologise for judging you the same as Diego et al. They've annoyed me by simply refusing to accept that we're anything better than mid-table and rubbished everything I've said. This has got my guard up but I'll drop it and I am able to have a serious debate with anyone who is capable of not arguing for the sake of arguing.
I think Leicester are more ambitious than everyone below Everton, who we still have more money than. We're above them in the rich list, we're a very well known club around the world now and we now have more fans in Asia because Asian supporters of Liverpool and United now support us as a second team, which is deemed completely acceptable with Asian supoorters. This is a reality and one highlighted during our trip to Hong Kong.
Everyone around the world has heard of us now, even those who don't know much about football, the same can't be said about Everton and Southampton or anyone else below. Everton were famous once but mid table mediocrity for 20 years means people don't know who they are anymore and they're not a big club outside of Europe. Nobody else has the money or the global status to seriously aim for European football so while they might "want" to qualify for Europe, it's not their primary target, it's an "it'd be nice if we can get it but top 10 is good". We won't settle for top 10, we want top six and our transfer activity is backing up that ambition.
People accept that City and Chelsea are more ambitious than let's say Tottenham or Arsenal for example. They spend big money to sign big player and pay them big salaries because they want to win stuff. Tottenham and Arsenal don't and neither do they have the same ambitions of "actually" winning leagues, they're happy just "competing" for them but Chelsea and City don't accept that.
So if we happily accept that, why is it so difficult for people to accept that Leicester, whose owners are "seriously, no bullshit, absolutely 100%" looking at City and Chelsea's sustained success and thinking "we have the money and the ambition so why not us?" are more ambitious than other clubs? Give me just ONE good reason why we can't? Why are we different to City and Chelsea who came from nowhere?
Sure we go about it in a different way, ours is building up to that level rather than chucking hundreds of millions for instant success. We're already further along the path than anyone realises and anyone thinking we're just a mid-table side will get a mighty shock next season. Stupid thing is it shouldn't be a shock, we won the league and have only lost Kante and have now significantly strengthened our squad since then. We won our CL group, knocked out the winners of the EL for the past three seasons and only lost to one of the best sides in the world on aggregate because of a dodgy penalty. All this is forgotten, along with our last 13 games because Ranieri's 25 were much more "normal" for Leicester so more accurate but that couldn't be more wrong.
People are blinded by who we "used" to be as a football club but that isn't where we are now or where we're heading. We are extending to 42k as soon as planning permission is approved, hopefully it'll be in time for next summer but how long is a piece of string? When is your extension happening? What about Stoke? WBA and everyone else who supposedly has the same ambitions?
Our owners will spend the money they need to spend in order to stabilise us as a top six club because they have the money and the ambition. They have achieved all of their targets since buying the club and they'll achieve this one. Theyre being well underestimated. Other clubs simply don't have ambitions of breaking that top six, other than Everton but we have more money than everyone else, including Everton. We can't compete with City, Chelsea, United, Arsenal or Liverpool but we have more financial muscle than everyone else, even Spurs, who won't pay as much for a player or pay as much in wages. This isn't dreamland stuff, it's a reality.
