The Fish
Winger
The league table isn't an accurate barometer of how strong a team is but the more evidence we have the more likely it is to be the case. I'm not saying Leicester are a better side than any of the "big six" but the more evidence we have the more you have to accept it as the mean. If Leicester won the title again next season then they would have to be considered the best team in the country or at the very least one of them. I say this without offering an opinion either way and I totally understand why people will question Leicester's credentials.
I don't think Leicester will be as successful as Arsenal over the next couple of years but I'm just saying it's far from inconceivable.
I think i read he hit the woodwork more than any player in the PL last season so it might be his level. I missed 5 games home and away all season, Vardy despite his critics is as good a striker as anyone in the PL apart from Aguero. People like to have preconceptions of him because of the route he's taken and because he looks like a chav and not the most handsome but as a striker he's top quality.
I'm not saying he will hit 24 goals & 12 assists next season because if he could guarantee that he would be worth £80m.
Of course if Leicester win the league next year they'll be considered the best team in the country, it's rare that any side retains the league title in England, so to ignore that would be bizarre. You say that if we had more evidence then we'd have to accept it; I don't disagree, but currently the evidence points to a return to the mean.
Leicester would have made ground on all the teams around them with a top-half finish, let alone winning the bloody thing, however I think it's reasonable to expect Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd and Spurs to significantly strengthen this summer, both because of the cash injection and because of the embarrassment they suffered last year (no offence). Leicester have neither the funds, the existing squad nor the global brand to attract the kinds of players they're going to need if they want to take another tilt at the title.
That's why I think selling a 30yr old Vardy for £20m is good business. Do what Spurs did post-Bale, fatten the squad, build a legacy team, have depth in the majority of positions and then you'll have a reasonable chance of pushing for the top spots.
If you've been offered £20m, keeping Vardy only makes sense if it's guaranteed that he's going to recreate last season's incredible performances.
Why? They won the league by 10 points, teams tried that the whole 2nd half of the season and it didn't work
Don't get this obsession with age, hes not that old.
They won't find anyone for 20 million who will scored 25 goals and contribute like he did.
They won the league in that season. How many "top" sides had poor 15/16 seasons? Man City gave up after Christmas, that was one of the worst Man Utd sides I've ever seen and Chelsea were in the relegation fight for God's sake
It's not an obsession, just an awareness of the market. A player whose game is predicated on incredible energy rather than, say, incredible vision, will see his contribution suffer as he gets older. How shit was Owen after he couldn't run any more? If Vardy was 24, I wouldn't sell him, but he's 30, so how many seasons has he got left in those legs? 2? 3?
He won't score 25 goals next season and as I've said before if you can spread the goals between a couple of players then a serious injury or the drop in form of 1 player won't put the kibosh on your season.
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