Two million voices
Winger
Winning more games than everyone else, losing less games than everyone else, gaining more points than anyone else, aye complete fluke that.
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Macho
Striker
Then what happened the next season?
I think you're confusing "over-performance" with "luck". They are not the same thing.
A club the size of Leicester was always going to struggle taking on the additional challenges of Champions League football with the resources at their disposal. The top clubs have been gearing up for this since the formation of the Premier League. It has been weighted against anyone outside of the top cabal from the offset. Blackburn got in early before the model was cast in stone.
To detract from what Leicester did, with Ranieri undoubtedly a massive feature, by calling it a fluke is simply asinine.
Two million voices
Winger
Finished midtable.
And got to the quarter finals of the Champions League before losing to Atletico Madrid.
Shite
Macho
Striker
After he was sacked when they were a point above relegation?
Was he still managing then? Thought he got the bullet after Seville defeat?
MrBraithwaite
Winger
He is a very good manager, but I am not sure he is the man for a relegation fight
How bad is Pearson for nearly relegating a team that was good enough to win the league by 10 points?
Oh yeah forgive me, he got them through the group stage by some fluke then the caretaker manager came in and a week later had completely restructured the club from head to foot steering them valuantly through the home game v Seville, undoing all the destruction Ranieri had laid.
bomber
Striker
i agree,not many teams on that list were ever bottom 6 team's never mind the bottom team,anyone can see its the defence at fulham that is the problem,big sam would of pissed it with fulham,i still think fulham are a lot better than cardiff,huddersfeild and the scum and burnley,i expect them to survive alto i wouldnt of wanted him myself
brir
Striker
Was that not Shakespeare?
Qwerty
Striker
It was weird but you don't fluke a 38 game league
bomber
Striker
shakespeare took over after CR when they were about 4th bottom and took them to mid table but was sacked the following season when they were around 13th/14th iirc
And with very little squad rotation despite his previous reputation
Macho
Striker
All while being 1 point above the drop.
Stars were aligned an all that. As I say the next season was a more truer reflection.
I'd take a run through to the quarter finals of the Champions League, after waltzing through the group stages, finishing top of the group and beating Seville in the knockout stages, then focus on the league as happened once Atletico knocked them out.
LineTrash
Striker
They were always due for a let down after doing what they did...a lot of their players were getting their heads turned also. I wouldn’t hold winning a championship against him.
Macho
Striker
But that's not what we were really talking about though. You're quickly brushing his final league position under the rug.
