the table tells the story but i've never seen leicester completely outclass a team, toy with a team or put a sublime passing game together. they just have a very effective game plan due to their lethal frontline but they're not ruthless. what's their biggest win margin been?
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the table tells the story but i've never seen leicester completely outclass a team, toy with a team or put a sublime passing game together. they just have a very effective game plan due to their lethal frontline but they're not ruthless. what's their biggest win margin been?
Have you even watched them? I don't see how you can be serious.
How does it matter if they don't win by dominating passing or possession? Who says that's the way you must win? They play fast pace, attacking football, perhaps in a counter attacking manner but it's a lot more exciting and fun than watching 1001 pass Arsenal possession football (IMO)
i agree but is it sustainable? what else have they got in their locker if plan A falls flat. it's worked so far but as i said, i think the other teams in the mix will find another gear
Televised yes, live no. Even smr himself has aknowledged how meh they have been in those games. None of us can watch every single minute of every team. I don't find them interesting to watch. Each to their own, I'm just not desperate for them to win the league, more asking questions of the managers unable to stop them with greater resources and options. I can't see them not winning the league now, the consistency with the so called top clubs is terrible. I'd have fancied either Arsenal or Spurs hads they got 3 points today, but even if Leicester draw the next game the pair of them will likely not capatilise.
I would agree with you on that point.
They have struggled recently because teams have found out how to counter them, just play them at their own gane. For all the talk of Mahrez to X top club he clearly isn't in that bracket as when teams are shutting up shop Mahrez and the rest are really struggling to pick the lock.
They need to hope plan A gets them over the line this year then it's up to Ranieri to spend money in the summer to build a viable plan B which they don't really have.
Btw I do appreciate the irony of saying they aren't doing well when in the last 3 games they have got 7 points, but they have got them without being really convincing.
Those thoughts have been simmering for ages though but Leicester are still top... 5 points clear!
Can I ask - did you watch us play Man City away?
I wouldn't say many teams have a viable plan B, however I would say the Spurs/Arsenal/City systems are more adaptable on the fly. By that I mean their system's are more able to cope with a team attacking against them or sitting back against them (I would say especially so with Spurs) and they do not need much tweaking.
Whereas the Leicster main approach is very specific and struggles to adapt when countered.
I've been to watch Leicester a lot, the majority of my friends are Leicester fans / season ticket holders, the context is important.
This. Are you forgetting the assault charges too?
Myself included in this, I think he's a good forward/striker (whatever you describe him as) but he's an odious person, and a lot of Leicester fans I know share this opinion. "He's a ****, but he's our ****."
To be honest, I don't drink alcohol but at our annual Christmas Eve knee's up at the local I did loudly declare that Leicester would win the league, even the Leicester fans didn't believe me 
. I should have put ******* money on it.
. I should have put ******* money on it.
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Yea I don't like him at all
Can't agree with everyone saying Leicester play bad football, what does that say about the other 19 teams below them?
They deserve to be at the top, no denying it. They aren't scoring hundreds but they are grinding the points. That's the mark of champions
They deserve to be at the top, no denying it. They aren't scoring hundreds but they are grinding the points. That's the mark of champions