The true secret of Leicester City's success / doping thread merged

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

Total number of high intensity sprints - all teams after the 1st 26 games:

1 Tottenham 13,937
2 Bournemouth 13,858
3 Liverpool 13,793
4 Arsenal 13,683
5 Crystal Palace 13,052
6 Everton 12,820
7 Aston Villa 12,816
8 Man City 12,761
9 Leicester City 12,557
10 Sunderland 12,527
11 Man Utd 12,477
12 Newcastle 12,426
13 Chelsea 12,422
14 Swansea City 12,387
15 Southampton 12,372
16 Watford 12,209
17 West Brom 12,158
18 Norwich 12,151
19 Stoke City 12,038
20 West Ham 11,781

 

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

Here are a couple more which are not directly fitness related but often indicative of a full 90 mins resilience:

Goals scored last 10 minutes - all teams after 1st 26 games:

1 Man City 12
2 Everton 11
T3 Sunderland 10
T3 Tottenham 10
5 Leicester City 9
6 West Ham 8
T7 Crystal Palace 7
T7 Liverpool 7
T9 Bournemouth 6
T9 Watford 6
T11 Arsenal 5
T11 Chelsea 5
T11 Newcastle 5
T11 Stoke City 5
T15 Man Utd 4
T15 Norwich City 4
T15 Southampton 4
T15 West Brom 4
19 Swansea City 3
20 Aston Villa 1

Goals conceded last 10 minutes:

1 Norwich City 10
T2 Aston Villa 9
T2 Crystal Palace 9
T2 Liverpool 9
T5 Chelsea 8
T5 Everton 8
T5 Newcastle 8
T8 Leicester City 7
T8 Man Utd 7
T8 Stoke City 7
T11 Bournemouth 6
T11 Watford 6
T11 West Brom 6
T14 Arsenal 5
T14 Tottenham 5
16 Man City 4
T17 Southampton 3
T17 Sunderland 3
T17 Swansea City 3
T17 West Ham 3

 

[Eds]

Those stats were taken 25 games into the season for players with 20+ appearances but agree they can be mis-leading for a variety of reasons. Here is the table:

Highest average distance per game (20+ apps)

(mins) (km) (Average per 90 mins)
Dan Gosling 2021 267.91 11.92
Dele Alli 1757 231.69 11.86
James Milner 1877 246.71 11.82
Christian Eriksen 1873 240.57 11.55
Adam Lallana 1563 199.91 11.51
James McClean 1811 230.06 11.42
Erik Lamela 1563 197.42 11.36
Jack Cork 1495 187.98 11.32
James Ward-Prowse 1289 160.96 11.23
Aaron Ramsey 1978 246.31 11.21

Hugely misleading as I suspect if for arguments sake Gosling has come on for the last 15 minutes they have just multiplied his stats by six and then said that's what he would have run if he had stayed on for the 90.

 

[Eds]

Total number of high intensity sprints - all teams after the 1st 26 games:

1 Tottenham 13,937
2 Bournemouth 13,858
3 Liverpool 13,793
4 Arsenal 13,683
5 Crystal Palace 13,052
6 Everton 12,820
7 Aston Villa 12,816
8 Man City 12,761
9 Leicester City 12,557
10 Sunderland 12,527
11 Man Utd 12,477
12 Newcastle 12,426
13 Chelsea 12,422
14 Swansea City 12,387
15 Southampton 12,372
16 Watford 12,209
17 West Brom 12,158
18 Norwich 12,151
19 Stoke City 12,038
20 West Ham 11,781

Pointless stat to honest as Spurs could be top as they are always chasing back to defend and West Ham could be bottom as they attack with short passes and can;t be bothered chasing back to defend.

 

[Matty]

Total number of high intensity sprints - all teams after the 1st 26 games:

1 Tottenham 13,937
2 Bournemouth 13,858
3 Liverpool 13,793
4 Arsenal 13,683
5 Crystal Palace 13,052
6 Everton 12,820
7 Aston Villa 12,816
8 Man City 12,761
9 Leicester City 12,557
10 Sunderland 12,527
11 Man Utd 12,477
12 Newcastle 12,426
13 Chelsea 12,422
14 Swansea City 12,387
15 Southampton 12,372
16 Watford 12,209
17 West Brom 12,158
18 Norwich 12,151
19 Stoke City 12,038
20 West Ham 11,781

Shame most of ours are desperately chasing players back towards our own goal in a fruitless attempt to prevent them scoring.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I've heard that Turkey's 2002 WC team that reached the semi's was suspected of doping, which gave them superior stamina and meant they could go the distance (they knocked out Senegal with a late goal in extra time).

All their opponents said it was like playing a different team in the second half.

 

[mcfc1981]

so what stats are backing up Leicester are any fitter then last season??
people need to stop trying too tarnish a truly remarkable story

 

[york away to this!]

Adam Johnson being case and point. They live in cloud cuckoo land

he's on PEDo's...

 

[mat]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03q1f0n
Do referees want Leicester to win the league?
Andy Townsend, Chris Sutton and Rory Smith discuss the possibility of referees, even opposition players, being affected by Leicester's remarkable tilt at the Premier League title.

Claudio Ranieri's side are now seven points clear at the top and Smith suggests referees, "won't want to be the guy to deny Leicester a win through a contentious decision".

 

[BlueTG]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03q1f0n
Do referees want Leicester to win the league?
Andy Townsend, Chris Sutton and Rory Smith discuss the possibility of referees, even opposition players, being affected by Leicester's remarkable tilt at the Premier League title.

Claudio Ranieri's side are now seven points clear at the top and Smith suggests referees, "won't want to be the guy to deny Leicester a win through a contentious decision".

The referees have let them get away with murder this season in comparison to others