Will Leicester title win be biggest shock in football history?


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You don't win the premier league without a little bit of luck..
Ranieri should take a lot of credit.. His reputiation was on a shoe string and I remeber the likes of Adrian Durham mocking him all pre season and everyone said he would be the first sacked.
I was very impressed with the way he brought in Jeffrey Schluup for Albrighton on Sunday. Without Vardy they didn't have the pace and Albrighton has played very well recently and Ranieri had the balls and confidence to change it around and it paid off.

Less than a year ago Ranieris Greece side was getting beat off the Faroe Islands for a second time :lol: madness all round what a season and well done Leicester
 
Already answered that. Read the thread
I just have and now have got this far. Is there something wrong with me expressing awe at the level of ignorance demonstrated on this board by people who, by using it, clearly have the facility to check facts before they post?
I frequently wonder why I bother.
 
I just have and now have got this far. Is there something wrong with me expressing awe at the level of ignorance demonstrated on this board by people who, by using it, clearly have the facility to check facts before they post?
I frequently wonder why I bother.
Fuck me could you be any more smug? As I said it slipped my mind as the lad also referred to Forest. I didn't say I didn't know about Ipswich winning it way back
 
The likes of Borini, Defoe, Cattermole, N'Doye, O'Shea and the likes, plus an average manager will not be winning the league next season should we survive. We all know that for a fact. But I keep reading in here 'Leicester have proven it can be done', but for the likes of us, the mags, West Ham, Southampton, WBA etc it can't be done and you all know why. You all also know for a fact it won't happen.

Nigel Pearson, after about 30 games of utter shite just clicks his fingers and Leicester change over night? Then a bang average manager comes back to the hardest league in the world after years out in the football wilderness, inherits a squad tipped for relegation because of the lack of quality but manages to trounce the league? No injuries and an unlimited amount of energy in tank from a group of players literally proven over successive seasons to be poor. Yet people don't think this is dodgy. I just don't understand it.
We didn't just change over night FFS, we played well for a large chunk of last season before results started going for us. On top of that the signings in Jan (especially Huth) were critical, as have been the signings we made this summer.

No player is suddenly running more than they were or any fitter than they were, we've had a fantastic injury record since Pearson walked in the door 7/8 years ago and set up the sports science department, as well as always being a very fit group.

We thumped the championship, teams who did that often finish top 8 in the prem. You finished 7th the season after you were promoted, were you on drugs? Just because we've gone a step further doesn't mean we are.

Fantastic scouting is at the very heart of it. Kante for instance, the stats are there form last season to show he's doing nothing now that he wasn't then. But we took a risk on some small bloke who'd only just arrived in the top flight of football at 24. He'd walk into almost any team in the world now, I absolutely believe that.
 
We didn't just change over night FFS, we played well for a large chunk of last season before results started going for us. On top of that the signings in Jan (especially Huth) were critical, as have been the signings we made this summer.

No player is suddenly running more than they were or any fitter than they were, we've had a fantastic injury record since Pearson walked in the door 7/8 years ago and set up the sports science department, as well as always being a very fit group.

We thumped the championship, teams who did that often finish top 8 in the prem. You finished 7th the season after you were promoted, were you on drugs? Just because we've gone a step further doesn't mean we are.

Fantastic scouting is at the very heart of it. Kante for instance, the stats are there form last season to show he's doing nothing now that he wasn't then. But we took a risk on some small bloke who'd only just arrived in the top flight of football at 24. He'd walk into almost any team in the world now, I absolutely believe that.
Barca, Madrid, Bayern, Dortmund he would not get a sniff at any of them :lol:
 
Barca, Madrid, Bayern, Dortmund he would not get a sniff at any of them :lol:
I know it sounds ludicrous to you, but as someone who has watched him game in game out. His skill set is so unique that I really believe he will play for someone on that level.

I posted on here after his first game that the lad would be a world beater. I've never seen someone who can tackle like him, can barely remember him going to ground or even fouling anyone.

If a team wants someone to sit in front of their back four and protect the back line, I really think he could do it at any level. He's asked to do a huge amount here working in a two man midfield. With shared responsibility in the middle, I think he can be even better.

But, that's just my opinion. We'll see over the next couple of years.
 
I know it sounds ludicrous to you, but as someone who has watched him game in game out. His skill set is so unique that I really believe he will play for someone on that level.

I posted on here after his first game that the lad would be a world beater. I've never seen someone who can tackle like him, can barely remember him going to ground or even fouling anyone.

If a team wants someone to sit in front of their back four and protect the back line, I really think he could do it at any level. He's asked to do a huge amount here working in a two man midfield. With shared responsibility in the middle, I think he can be even better.

But, that's just my opinion. We'll see over the next couple of years.
Personally don't think he could do it in a big team that dominates the ball and possession.
 
As a defensive/ ball winning midfielder hes as good as any (probably not Busquets)

I genuinely believe that, hes absolute class.
I'm not so sure on that, he's not had a real test against a top side this year. The top sides have been shocking. We will see properly in September when everyone knows Leicester's style and they have champions league games.
 
Is there a bigger one? There has been some massive cup upsets but that is a one off game, to do this over a 38 game season is mental.
Forest scraping into third place in the Second Division by one point in 1977 then winning the First Division title the following year then the European Cup.

They've done amazing but pales when compared to what Forest did.
 
The likes of Borini, Defoe, Cattermole, N'Doye, O'Shea and the likes, plus an average manager will not be winning the league next season should we survive. We all know that for a fact. But I keep reading in here 'Leicester have proven it can be done', but for the likes of us, the mags, West Ham, Southampton, WBA etc it can't be done and you all know why. You all also know for a fact it won't happen.

Nigel Pearson, after about 30 games of utter shite just clicks his fingers and Leicester change over night? Then a bang average manager comes back to the hardest league in the world after years out in the football wilderness, inherits a squad tipped for relegation because of the lack of quality but manages to trounce the league? No injuries and an unlimited amount of energy in tank from a group of players literally proven over successive seasons to be poor. Yet people don't think this is dodgy. I just don't understand it.


Any amount of doping doesnt make an average footballer into a good one. I would agree if this was a sport like running where the majority of the performance is based on fitness but drugs wouldnt help people like Mahrez and Vardy suddenly start scoring stunning goals week in week out.
 
I'm not so sure on that, he's not had a real test against a top side this year. The top sides have been shocking. We will see properly in September when everyone knows Leicester's style and they have champions league games.

His attributes will translate everywhere for me, his reading of the game and his ability to get a foot in and retrieve the ball is amazing. No coincidence is tackling stats are through the roof here and last season in France. We'll see this summer when he gets game time for france at the Euros.
 
His attributes will translate everywhere for me, his reading of the game and his ability to get a foot in and retrieve the ball is amazing. No coincidence is tackling stats are through the roof here and last season in France. We'll see this summer when he gets game time for france at the Euros.
Don't think he's a nailed on starter for France tbh.
 
Any amount of doping doesnt make an average footballer into a good one. I would agree if this was a sport like running where the majority of the performance is based on fitness but drugs wouldnt help people like Mahrez and Vardy suddenly start scoring stunning goals week in week out.
I'm not suggesting it has made them better passers of the ball or my accurate in front of goal. Not at all. What I have seen though is on many occasions an average performance usually matched by the opponent until they run out of steam. Leicester players just don't. Not even a little bit, even at this stage of the season. Last night Spurs played some good football and went to pot when they had little left in the tank. Leicester have out ran and out paced anyone put in front of them. They didn't do that for 3 quarters of last season.
 
Forest scraping into third place in the Second Division by one point in 1977 then winning the First Division title the following year then the European Cup.

They've done amazing but pales when compared to what Forest did.
I don't think there is a need to choose one even, it's almost impossible to do so. Just like it is to compare players of a different era to now.

On the basis on what Forest won, it's clearly more. When you look at the footballing landscape, the money involved now. How few teams now win the league compared to back then. The champions league format has changed completely to favour the big boys (they played Malmo in one final, which shows small teams found it easier to do back then). Money wise they spent quite a lot of well to achieve what they did. The 700k or so they spent on promotion and then the £1m + on Francis and other signings the next season, would be the same as Leicester spending £200m+ on a team.

If we win it, both will be amazing feats and it's unfair to say one is better than the other.
 
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