Fez of Mahrez Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 This is the most ridiculous thing of all. Imagine being told last summer that not only would Leicester City be seven points clear with six games left but that a lot of people would be mainly concerned with how strong that meant the league had been, worrying how they'd do in the Champions League for the co-efficient and being sniffy about how many games they'd won 1-0 in the space of a month. Instead of thinking "this is the greatest story in the history of team sport and I'm so lucky to be alive to witness it". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 The comments about it not being a good league relates to the overall standard of football being played. I'm not sure I agree. I would say that there hasn't been an outstanding team re flair up top and security at the back as Chelsea were in the first half of last season. our second half points tally could well be comparable but our style has had to be adjusted to ensure results are in our favour. would love to get to a standard points winning number (83/85) so that the argument that the league is weak cannot be backed up in that way. If we win with 78 then the argument will have some traction for many pundits. (And they'll make it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 Turned on football today and Scott Parker who looked miserable throughout the 10 minutes I endured and Glenn Hoddle were on. Spurs are the best team in the league, better team than Leicester, not a good league this year because of how it's turned out so far. Who do they think they are? On paper, they may have the better players. But that's when most Spurs fans mistake fantasy for reality. The truth is on the pitch and visible as presented in the league standings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbluefox Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 A question............................. If it's not a good league this year why are they not winning it? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newparker76 Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 A question............................. If it's not a good league this year why are they not winning it? A question rarely asked of those who expound this theory, and when asked never answered with anything but spluttering waffle until the questioner takes pity on them and interrupts to get them out of the hole of their own making. Tellingly, the only pundit with a Spurs connection who I've seen be reasonable or even fair about City is Jermaine Jenas, who is middle of the road about almost everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 That is literally the worst thing I've seen on the internet and I've seen women putting cough syrup up their arse. lol I'm chuckling in my office hoping no one asks why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxymcoxy Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 People fail to understand the equilibrium of a league. Like ooh Arsenal, Man United and Chelsea haven't won as much as usual it must be a shit league. Never mind the fact that they all have at least as strong a team as last year....doesn't that suggest that actually the rest of the league has gotten stronger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetstonefox Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 Those criticising probably see it as an opportunity to get some media attention. So many people praising us, bound to be a few who want to be 'controversial' , common theme they are the usual suspects who are generally crap when talking about football in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Captain... Posted 7 April 2016 Popular Post Share Posted 7 April 2016 What the fvck is a bad/weak league? Was last year a strong league? Chelsea bullied their way to the title from the start (with the same players they are now struggling with) and everyone else was just going through the motions, if it hadn't been for our great escape it would have been the most predictable final league table ever. Are we talking about the quality of the players? The same quality is there as last season and then some Kante, Payet, Wijnaldum, Shakiri, Rondon have been great additions to the league the difference is they are not playing for the big clubs. The difference is the quality is more evenly dispersed than previous seasons, the gap between the haves and the have nots has disappeared, there are no poor clubs in the league any more and the big clubs can't just splash the cash and sign any player they want. This is the strongest the league has been as a whole, but the positions of the stronger clubs have weakened, here and in Europe, this is not down to quality or strength it is down to intensity. Every game in the PL is a battle (except Villa, but even Villa would beat Troyes) which means you can't switch off or you drop points, we are top partly because we have been the most focussed and had the least distractions, we have had a settled team and everyone knows their role. We have kept our first team fit and we have been awesome. We have just taken advantage of this chance, and if we win it, whether it is a weak league or a strong one, there will be no * next to our name, they will not engrave Leicester City winners of the weakest premier league in history on the trophy, it will just say winners no different to the Invincible Arsenal team, or the awful United side that won it last, or the Man City team that fluked it in injury time on the last day of the season, or the Blackburn team that bought the title. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newparker76 Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 What the fvck is a bad/weak league? Was last year a strong league? Chelsea bullied their way to the title from the start (with the same players they are now struggling with) and everyone else was just going through the motions, if it hadn't been for our great escape it would have been the most predictable final league table ever. Are we talking about the quality of the players? The same quality is there as last season and then some Kante, Payet, Wijnaldum, Shakiri, Rondon have been great additions to the league the difference is they are not playing for the big clubs. The difference is the quality is more evenly dispersed than previous seasons, the gap between the haves and the have nots has disappeared, there are no poor clubs in the league any more and the big clubs can't just splash the cash and sign any player they want. This is the strongest the league has been as a whole, but the positions of the stronger clubs have weakened, here and in Europe, this is not down to quality or strength it is down to intensity. Every game in the PL is a battle (except Villa, but even Villa would beat Troyes) which means you can't switch off or you drop points, we are top partly because we have been the most focussed and had the least distractions, we have had a settled team and everyone knows their role. We have kept our first team fit and we have been awesome. We have just taken advantage of this chance, and if we win it, whether it is a weak league or a strong one, there will be no * next to our name, they will not engrave Leicester City winners of the weakest premier league in history on the trophy, it will just say winners no different to the Invincible Arsenal team, or the awful United side that won it last, or the Man City team that fluked it in injury time on the last day of the season, or the Blackburn team that bought the title. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Barry Hammond Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 That is literally the worst thing I've seen on the internet and I've seen women putting cough syrup up their arse. Do I just type in that exact phrase to google? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 Do I just type in that exact phrase to google? Covonic irrigation 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Barry Hammond Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 Thanks... I wonder what farting is like afterwards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 this thread has just exploded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboFox Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 Haven't seen this posted anywhere, although someone might have already... Usually VICE articles are very derogatory, written by some jumped-up London hipster d**khead that believes anything north of Watford is inherently a run-down post-industrial s**t-hole. However, this is pretty good, balanced piece on the city itself, and what effect City's achievements are having on it. "Leicester's Buzzing: One Night in the Underdog City That Could Win The League" https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/leicester 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM1968 Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 You put any of European TOP teams in the Prem and they'll struggle. No easy 8-0 matches here. Every team wants to defeat you every time they play. Weak league my cough-syruped arse. Getting stronger by the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajthefox Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 Good read so far, but just read this... some of his old mates from the Filbert Road Days. ...and it made me shudder. I mean c'mon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboFox Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 Good read so far, but just read this... ...and it made me shudder. I mean c'mon. Ah, yeah. There's that. Also the geography's all over the place, and Leicester is repeatedly referred to as a 'town' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voll Blau Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 Yeah, the multiple inaccuracies really do spoil that otherwise decent piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain... Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 (edited) Haven't seen this posted anywhere, although someone might have already... Usually VICE articles are very derogatory, written by some jumped-up London hipster d**khead that believes anything north of Watford is inherently a run-down post-industrial s**t-hole. However, this is pretty good, balanced piece on the city itself, and what effect City's achievements are having on it. "Leicester's Buzzing: One Night in the Underdog City That Could Win The League" https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/Leicester Good read that, amongst other errors it is the second piece I've read recently that thinks Leicester is south of Birmingham, it isn't... Is it? Edited 7 April 2016 by Captain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ealingfox Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 You put any of European TOP teams in the Prem and they'll struggle. No easy 8-0 matches here. Every team wants to defeat you every time they play. Weak league my cough-syruped arse. Getting stronger by the year. Do you honestly think Bayern or Barca couldn't put 8 past Aston Villa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 Do you honestly think Bayern or Barca couldn't put 8 past Aston Villa? At the arse end of the season, anything is possible. the point is a decent one. barca seem to play 70% of their league games in second gear. if they were in the PL, they would have to play 40% in second gear, 40% in third gear and probably only need to be at their best 20% of the time. would make a real difference to them by the time they reached the end of march I reckon. why do you think the worlds best players don't play in the PL? its not just the crap weather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 When the PL was at its peak around 2006-2010 you'd regularly see Chelsea or Man U put seven or eight past Blackburn/Wigan etc - Premier league clubs are poor in Europe for a number of reasons but I do think the relative strength of the league does make it more difficult for the top teams. I think in terms of pure ability La Liga is the best with the prem next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 Good read that, amongst other errors it is the second piece I've read recently that thinks Leicester is south of Birmingham, it isn't... Is it? North East I think, Filbert Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM1968 Posted 7 April 2016 Share Posted 7 April 2016 Ealingfox - don't think they could, no, but then Villa are hardly representative of the actual Premare they. They're a championship side probably after this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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