The Leicester City Thread (merged)

[stony]

Neither of you are fans of the little fella then?

Do you think he's world class Jim?

 

[BlueBlood81]

Really another Leicester thread?

 

[jimharri]

How many seasons would you see where most of the expected title challengers have had disappointing campaigns? Us, Chelsea, Arsenal, our quiet neighbours and Liverpool; we've ALL been very inconsistent. Only Spurs have really pushed them. They won't get another season where everything has fallen into place for them. But fair do's, they've capitalized on it.

 

[FanchesterCity]

Anybody can win the lottery...
but only 1 in a million do.

You can't then look at the lottery winners and all wonder what they did to win it.

It's the same sort of thinking that has the FA trying to copy what Germany does, then what Spain does - thinking it will help them.

Sometimes, stuff just happens.

 

[jimharri]

Do you think he's world class Jim?

Answering a question with a question; you should be in politics Stony.
;-)
But in answer to your question; no, he's obviously not world class. He's just had one of those seasons. Everything he hits, goes in. He's nowhere near Aguero's level. By the way, my original "not a fan" comment wasn't meant to be taken totally seriously!

 

[citytill1die84]

Because the top teams won't underperform every season. Usually you get 1 top team struggle but this year they all have and Leicester have took full advantage.

Fair play to them.

 

[cleavers]

Christ, is Vardy world class now?

No, just good at what he does.

 

[the_game_161]

chemistry
team work
togetherness
quailty manager

 

[cleavers]

team work
togetherness
quailty manager

Those three epitomise what Leicester have done, nobody thought Ranieri would win the league in August, but most thought he'd turn them into a decent side, and he has, he's a good manager, and he gets the best out of what he has.

There's no reason why somebody else can't do it, but they'd need a clever manager to do it. Pochetino has done something similar at Spurs, but they weren't consistent enough mid season. It needs a perfect storm to happen again though, and that means several other teams under performing like we have this season in the league.

 

[taleofbluehalves]

They've hit on a counter attacking system that works. Vardy scoring 11 games on a row gave them a great platform and won't happen for another 6-10 years. Defend deep. Clearly decent scouting. Very few injuries.
I have to say all the big boys have been poor for various reasons and I think Pep will transform City, Klopp improve Liverpool, Chelsea have to be better, Arsenal will buy a few more good players, Spurs will improve so where will that leave Leicester? About 6th I'd say next season.