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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2018 2:07:33 GMT
One of the greatest sporting upsets of all time.
Leicester started the campaign as 5,000-1 outsiders for the title after almost being relegated the previous season. You might as well say they had no chance.
I'm American. I support West Ham for various reasons. I played soccer (football) in junior high school. I started as a midfielder before gravitating to my best position as goalkeeper. This experience kept me interested in the sport and I have followed the game most of my life.
I stopped watching the Premier League years ago because the big money teams like Man United, Chelsea etc., would always win.
Liverpool gave it a go and came very close (down to the last match) a few years ago. So Leicester City won in 2016?
How on Earth did that happen?
This is a primarily British board so maybe someone can answer my question.
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Post by yggdrasil on Nov 27, 2018 10:27:18 GMT
One of the greatest sporting upsets of all time. Leicester started the campaign as 5,000-1 outsiders for the title after almost being relegated the previous season. You might as well say they had no chance. I'm American. I support West Ham for various reasons. I played soccer (football) in junior high school. I started as a midfielder before gravitating to my best position as goalkeeper. This experience kept me interested in the sport and I have followed the game most of my life. I stopped watching the Premier League years ago because the big money teams like Man United, Chelsea etc., would always win. Liverpool gave it a go and came very close (down to the last match) a few years ago. So Leicester City won in 2016? How on Earth did that happen? This is a primarily British board so maybe someone can answer my question. Great team spirit, a great striker and midfielder, a great manager who instilled an us against the world mentality and a lack of consistency in all the big boys that season. Realistically every year there are 6 sides that are in with a chance of the title and by xmas that number is usually down to 3/4. The continued money spending means that it is hugely unlikely to happen again, mainly down to the depth of the squad. Leicester were hugely fortunate to keep their starting line up largely the same through the season with injuries not being a factor. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2018 14:04:18 GMT
Total fluke. They had one world class player pulling strings in midfield (Kante), an okay winger and striker in the forms of their lives and a commitment to playing 4-4-2. Plus a lot the big teams round them were in disarray.
A perfect storm.
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Post by yggdrasil on Nov 27, 2018 15:38:57 GMT
Total fluke. They had one world class player pulling strings in midfield (Kante), an okay winger and striker in the forms of their lives and a commitment to playing 4-4-2. Plus a lot the big teams round them were in disarray. A perfect storm. Vardy score 24 in 36 appearances that season, calling him "okay" is rather damning with faint praise is it not? Of course it was a fluke but credit needs to be given when it's due. Sour grapes? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2018 16:19:27 GMT
Total fluke. They had one world class player pulling strings in midfield (Kante), an okay winger and striker in the forms of their lives and a commitment to playing 4-4-2. Plus a lot the big teams round them were in disarray. A perfect storm. Vardy score 24 in 36 appearances that season, calling him "okay" is rather damning with faint praise is it not? Of course it was a fluke but credit needs to be given when it's due. Sour grapes? I gave him credit; I said he was in the form of his life. Doesn't change the fact that Vardy isn't anywhere near the top tier of strikers. |
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Post by yggdrasil on Nov 27, 2018 17:29:15 GMT
Vardy score 24 in 36 appearances that season, calling him "okay" is rather damning with faint praise is it not? Of course it was a fluke but credit needs to be given when it's due. Sour grapes? I gave him credit; I said he was in the form of his life. Doesn't change the fact that Vardy isn't anywhere near the top tier of strikers. Could be argued of course that to do what he has done in that side is tougher than doing what other strikers have done in vastly more talented sides where they get so much more service. |
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Post by ayatollah on Nov 28, 2018 16:58:30 GMT
Is it pronounced "lie chester"?
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Post by yggdrasil on Nov 28, 2018 20:57:54 GMT
Is it pronounced "lie chester"? No, "Lester". |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2018 4:45:42 GMT
Vardy score 24 in 36 appearances that season, calling him "okay" is rather damning with faint praise is it not? Of course it was a fluke but credit needs to be given when it's due. Sour grapes? I gave him credit; I said he was in the form of his life. Doesn't change the fact that Vardy isn't anywhere near the top tier of strikers. I take it you do not support Leicester City? James Vardy scored in eleven consecutive Premier League matches, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy's record, and was voted the Premier League Player of the Season and FWA Footballer of the Year during the 2015–16 Premier League season. Better than "okay" I'd say. ZJABbHUgWESPHXMDbtdY |
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Post by yggdrasil on Dec 2, 2018 11:49:46 GMT
I gave him credit; I said he was in the form of his life. Doesn't change the fact that Vardy isn't anywhere near the top tier of strikers. I take it you do not support Leicester City? James Vardy scored in eleven consecutive Premier League matches, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy's record, and was voted the Premier League Player of the Season and FWA Footballer of the Year during the 2015–16 Premier League season. Better than "okay" I'd say.  It's Jamie, not James. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Dec 2, 2018 12:02:30 GMT
The continued money spending means that it is hugely unlikely to happen again This is clearly an oligopoly and that must stop. We need a communist approach to this where the spending is regulated by government. We need a government department of three or four thousand employees to control what clubs can spend their money on. Freedom is not acceptable. Control is good. On this platform, I shall run. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2018 13:10:59 GMT
I gave him credit; I said he was in the form of his life. Doesn't change the fact that Vardy isn't anywhere near the top tier of strikers. I take it you do not support Leicester City? James Vardy scored in eleven consecutive Premier League matches, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy's record, and was voted the Premier League Player of the Season and FWA Footballer of the Year during the 2015–16 Premier League season. Better than "okay" I'd say. My broken clock was right twice yesterday. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2018 13:14:39 GMT
I take it you do not support Leicester City? James Vardy scored in eleven consecutive Premier League matches, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy's record, and was voted the Premier League Player of the Season and FWA Footballer of the Year during the 2015–16 Premier League season. Better than "okay" I'd say. My broken clock was right twice yesterday. ...eleven consecutive Premier League matches, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy's record... Was your broken clock right for 11 consecutive hours? |
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Post by yggdrasil on Dec 2, 2018 13:43:11 GMT
The continued money spending means that it is hugely unlikely to happen again This is clearly an oligopoly and that must stop. We need a communist approach to this where the spending is regulated by government. We need a government department of three or four thousand employees to control what clubs can spend their money on. Freedom is not acceptable. Control is good. On this platform, I shall run. Oddly enough, I believe that American football adopts the socialist approach with the crappier teams getting first picks in the "draft". Perhaps an American could confirm that? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2018 13:43:45 GMT
My broken clock was right twice yesterday. ...eleven consecutive Premier League matches, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy's record... Was your broken clock right for 11 consecutive hours? A fluke stat that only a Yank would take seriously. Gareth Barry made the most league appearances. Doesn't mean he was one of the greats. Matthew Briggs made his debut at the earliest age in 2007. Haven't heard much since. Craig Bellamy has scored more goals for different clubs than anyone else. Not a great striker. And so on. Jamie Vardy is 31, his best years behind him. He had two decent seasons (one of which included a fluke run of goals and a fluke title win), nothing more. To suggest that he broke Van Nistelrooy's record therefore was in his league is idiotic. |
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