Riyad Mahrez

[Camberwell Fox]

Thanks mate. At the start of those respective seasons, 100% we were more expected to win it than you. I think we were about 7/1, whereas you were famously 5000/1.

But as I remember it, your run to the title was a bit of a precession in the end. Didn’t you win it by about 11 points and with a few games to spare? So really from about February / March everyone thought you were going to win it.

Whereas on Easter Sunday, with 4 games to go, we were 8 points behind! To a Ferguson United side who just never choked. Then they lost to Wigan, which was completely unexpected. Then they drew 4-4 at home to Everton, they were 4-2 up with 5 minutes to go, which was unexpected. Then we beat them at home, which with all of the pressure and everything riding on it was unexpected.

So we go in to the final game having made up 8 points in 3 games, only needing to match their result. We go 1-0 up. We had the best home record in Europe that season, we were expected to cruise to the title.

Then we go 2-1 down to the team that is 4th bottom! That was fairly unexpected too! As were the two injury time goals to snatch the title away from them again.

So over the season, yours was more unexpected. But the unexpected moments, the drama of how we won it, particularly given their history as ruthless serial winners and our history of “cups for cock ups”, “Typical City” and “Cityitus”, the way we won it in the end was the most unexpected and dramatic way I can imagine.

Yes, completely agree with this.

No one dared to believe we could do it, all pundits bar none thought we would choke it - and so did I.

There were two major catalysts in that season that spurred us.

The first was when we lost to Arsenal away (I was there in the Arsenal end and had to cheer when they scored in the 94th minute - I nearly choked). Not only had we outplayed them but we were a man down. When the final whistle went Arsenal did a lap of honour - in their minds they thought they had broken our spirit. They then posted a picture of the team all ‘giving it large’ in the dressing room post match.

Ranieri quite astutely printed off this picture and put it up in our dressing room with the caption ‘champions’, his team talks must have been far easier from that point.

The other moment (sorry) was winning at your ground, not just that we won but the way (for once) we did it in style.

At that point most doubters thought we may, just may go on and do it.

We won it by 10 pointo with Spuds bottling it ‘came third in a two horse race’ is a nice newish Leicester chant.

Your win that season from an 8 point deficit was also great for the neutral as most fans dislike Man U not only due to jealousy but also there unswerving arrogance, allied to the media love-in with them.

 

[The Riot Club]

Yeh there’s no chance we’ll get 100 points again. I don’t think any team will in my lifetime.

Salah I’m not so sure. I understand it looks like a fluke season because he’s never apprached that many goals before. But he’s never played in a team like that before which presses so high and is constantly looking to win the ball back high and score goals as quickly as possible before.

He’s ideally suited to Liverpool’s style, i think there’s a good chance he could get 25-30 goals again.

I think it’s going to be a very close and competitive league between us, United and Liverpool next year. Hopefully we should have enough, but climbing the mountain again has been a problem for us.

We didn't have Pep before though.

 

[Rammyblues]

This deal is as quiet as the grave, not a thing, no rumours no nothing. eeeeeeeeeee eck it would be nice for something to happen. Ah well back to the Jorghino thread.

 

[richards30]

Is this the "fell through" of this window?

Defcon?
Flapcon?

Anything????

fuck allcon currently mate ;-)

 

[GeorgeHeslop'sTackle.]

The other moment (sorry) was winning at your ground, not just that we won but the way (for once) we did it in style.

Certainly no denying the fact that you were the best team, by far, to come to the Etihad that season, and absolutely played us off the park.

As I said to a quite a few of Leicester fans (A fantastic bunch, by the way) around the outskirts of the Etihad after the game, I think that was also the day when a lot of us City fans realised you were not only going to be realistic contenders for the title that season, but very worthy winners indeed.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

And deservedly so, I think that day was when a lot us City fans realised you were, not only going to be realistic contenders for the titl

And the man who was head and shoulders above everyone else on the pitch that day? Riyad Mahrez. He just bossed it. It's weird how some posters on this forum don't seem to rate him.

I'm shuttling back and forth between FoxesTalk and here these days. Good point made over there: there's total silence, including rumours that anyone else is after him. That might well be significant.
Foxes fans seem to be as itchy as us about getting this done. Which makes sense. They want the cash, to start doing their own buying and planning.

 

[Camberwell Fox]

And the man who was head and shoulders above everyone else on the pitch that day? Riyad Mahrez. He just bossed it. It's weird how some posters on this forum don't seem to rate him.

I'm shuttling back and forth between FoxesTalk and here these days. Good point made over there: there's total silence, including rumours that anyone else is after him. That might well be significant.
Foxes fans seem to be as itchy as us about getting this done. Which makes sense. They want the cash, to start doing their own buying and planning.

Try looking on Talking Balls, more level headed forum than Foxes Talk in my opinion.

Still all quiet though.

 

[tony adcock]

Hope we get this done soon as -

There are very few opposition players I ‘see’ when I’m watching City live....

He was one that stood out when he played against us in their PL winning season.

Special player

 

[lightning Rodri]

My understanding of this that the poster believes that both City and Salah had above expected seasons and therefore unlikely to repeat to the same levels....which of City or Salah drop most from last seasons high levels to their normal levels is going to have big impact

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_toward_the_mean

Haha yes. Basically, it's unlikely for either to maintain or hit the heights of last season. Unlike previous seasons after winning the title, we are getting players to reduce the impact.

Granted it could be wrong and Salah is the new Messi and we have the start of a dominant team of repeat centurions!

Thanks blues. If I am allowed to ask one more off topic question, how does one measure the mean/average results of a football team ? I mean what would be the mean points tally of city squad + Jorginho, Mahrez ?

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

Hey Tony who got the ball after the game in the 10 -1?

This reeks of a done deal.