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The "do they mean us?" thread

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what a crap article. jim white, who has been to every ground, couldn't have followed the untrue clichés like a man who'd never been to any ground more if he'd tried. i'd have us midtable too though, although pretty much everyone who's visited so far has said it's one of the best they've seen. 

 

Stoke and Everton in the top four is absolutely hilarious. Very dull article.

 

Fairly interesting one in the Guardian on the three promoted sides. Seems to put us between QPR and Burnley at the minute which is probably a bit generous; http://www.theguardian.com/football/who-scored-blog/2014/nov/12/premier-league-relegation-qpr-burnley-leicester-best-europe

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Once upon a time articles were written saying we would have no problems staying up. The shame.

This comment made me laugh

"Out of the 3 promoted teams I'd still tip Leicester to stay up. They might have gone off the boil a bit recently but there's still a fantastic team in there somewhere, and Pearson's a great manager (albeit a massive bellend)."

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Once upon a time articles were written saying we would have no problems staying up. The shame.

This comment made me laugh

"Out of the 3 promoted teams I'd still tip Leicester to stay up. They might have gone off the boil a bit recently but there's still a fantastic team in there somewhere, and Pearson's a great manager (albeit a massive bellend)."

 

 

The Guardian or Telegraph??

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Statistically, there isn't.

 

There's no way of definitively proving who is or isn't better than us or you at the moment. The Premier League table after 11 games isn't a great tool for comparing teams, both because everyone has faced a different 11 teams and because right now almost everyone is ridiculously close to one another in terms of points.

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http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/revealed-exact-point-which-leicester-fans-lost-their-confidence-nigel-pearson

FourFourTwo and Forza Football have surveyed 200,000 fans of Premier League clubs to gauge their confidence in their team's manager, players and chairman/owner. Here, Nick Harper picks through the findings to see how Leicester City fans' mood has changed over the season...

How long does the glow of a record-breaking promotion to the Premier League (on a tight budget) last? About three weekends, judging by the figures we have for Nigel Pearson.Entering the new season with a confidence rating of 91% (and 88% for his squad), hopes were high that the Foxes could mount a successful campaign, i.e. keep their heads above water.By September 9, following the Foxes’ disappointing 1-1 draw at home to Arsenal, confidence in Pearson (and his squad) had fallen to 79%. The honeymoon was clearly over.Confidence in Pearson jumped back up to 88% following the 5-3 defeat of Manchester United, with confidence in his squad jumping to 87%. Those figures jumped again to a season (so far) high 90% for Pearson and 91% for his squad following the 2-2 draw at home to Burnley, but a run of four defeats and a place in the bottom three has taken chunks out of both percentages.Confidence in Nigel Pearson and his squad right now is 64%. Which is pretty ungrateful, you’d have to say.

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http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/revealed-exact-point-which-leicester-fans-lost-their-confidence-nigel-pearson

FourFourTwo and Forza Football have surveyed 200,000 fans of Premier League clubs to gauge their confidence in their team's manager, players and chairman/owner. Here, Nick Harper picks through the findings to see how Leicester City fans' mood has changed over the season...

How long does the glow of a record-breaking promotion to the Premier League (on a tight budget) last? About three weekends, judging by the figures we have for Nigel Pearson.Entering the new season with a confidence rating of 91% (and 88% for his squad), hopes were high that the Foxes could mount a successful campaign, i.e. keep their heads above water.By September 9, following the Foxes’ disappointing 1-1 draw at home to Arsenal, confidence in Pearson (and his squad) had fallen to 79%. The honeymoon was clearly over.Confidence in Pearson jumped back up to 88% following the 5-3 defeat of Manchester United, with confidence in his squad jumping to 87%. Those figures jumped again to a season (so far) high 90% for Pearson and 91% for his squad following the 2-2 draw at home to Burnley, but a run of four defeats and a place in the bottom three has taken chunks out of both percentages.Confidence in Nigel Pearson and his squad right now is 64%. Which is pretty ungrateful, you’d have to say.

A draw with Arsenal "disappointing"?

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Stats guru Andrew Atherley says Leicester's awayday woes point to a vital three points for Harry Redknapp's team on Saturday...


The relegation battle has tightened up in recent weeks and, although QPR cannot climb out of the bottom three this weekend, they can improve their survival hopes with a home win over Leicester.


This is one of two crucial relegation clashes in the Premier League on Saturday - the other is freshly buoyant Burnley at home to Aston Villa - and the results could increase the worries of some teams just above the drop zone. In particular, Sunderland (home to Chelsea) and Hull (away to Manchester United) have little prospect on form of picking up points on Saturday and could be dragged nearer the bottom.


QPR v Leicester is one of those must-win games for both clubs and the hosts have the edge, mainly because of Leicester's woeful away form. The visitors have lost five out of six on the road and their only away points came from a smash-and-grab 1-0 win at Stoke in September, which brought their sole away goal as well as their only clean sheet.


Any team, even rock-bottom QPR, must be looking to exploit Leicester's weaknesses on the road and, in fact, Rangers have decent prospects of doing so.


For a start, QPR's scoring record is reasonable. After their opening-day blank in a 1-0 defeat by Hull - which included a Charlie Austin penalty miss - Harry Redknapp's side have scored in all five home games since (netting twice in each of the last four).


Of the five teams that have stopped QPR scoring this season, three are in the top six (the other two are Hull and Tottenham, in the first two games). That record gives considerable encouragement that Rangers will be able to find the net against Leicester.


Leicester, of course, are more likely to score against QPR than they are against most Premier League teams but their failures to find the net are as commonplace against the poorer sides as they are against better opposition. They have failed to score in three out of five against bottom-half teams and in four out of seven against top-half sides.


The odds reflect the positions in the table - with Leicester two points ahead of QPR in 18th place - but this looks a good-value opportunity to back QPR at 2.38.


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Why are people talking about 'relegation clashes' when it's not even December yet? Pretty much any match between 8th and 20th place could be classed as that right now.

 

i think two promoted teams who sit in 18th vs 20th playing each other is pretty much the definition of a relegation clash, whenever in the season it happens 

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