dudevillaisnice Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Sunderland is certainly one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 24, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2017 I reckon Sunderland will scrape out at the last minute as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Who's their manager now? That's how you know I don't follow the PL anymore, I feel like Big Sam is still there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 52 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Who's their manager now? That's how you know I don't follow the PL anymore, I feel like Big Sam is still there Moyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Just now, kurtsimonw said: Moyes. Oh yeah I remember now. Wait, he didn't get sacked yet? Could have sworn he was on the brink recently. If he's still there, Sunderland will always be in the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 On 22/01/2017 at 21:08, Demitri_C said: Worst defending champions on history. Would be hilarous if they got relegated Bet vardy regretting he rejected arsenal now.. Chelsea's title defence last season was comfortably worse in terms of resources, talent etc. Leicester's title win was a huge fluke and will live long in the memory, but their side is basically mid-to-bottom PL (possibly not now?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Rumours that Ranieri has lost the Leicester dressing room. No suprise really, I suspect he didn't do alot last season and the momentum of the season kept them going. Now that he has to do some real management he's failing because he's a poor manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted January 25, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted January 25, 2017 3 minutes ago, villa89 said: Rumours that Ranieri has lost the Leicester dressing room. No suprise really, I suspect he didn't do alot last season and the momentum of the season kept them going. Now that he has to do some real management he's failing because he's a poor manager. I don't think you can say someone who has won the league with Leicester is a poor manager. Leicester are mostly failing because they overachieved hugely last season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 25, 2017 Moderator Share Posted January 25, 2017 Just now, PieFacE said: I don't think you can say someone who has won the league with Leicester is a poor manager. Leicester are mostly failing because they overachieved hugely last season. It's also a case study in motivation. Psychologically it's one large part of why retaining a title can be more difficult than winning it first time around. There are many other factors - like you becoming a scalp etc - but it plays a massive part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 1 hour ago, villa89 said: Rumours that Ranieri has lost the Leicester dressing room. No suprise really, I suspect he didn't do alot last season and the momentum of the season kept them going. Now that he has to do some real management he's failing because he's a poor manager. Not at all, this is definitely on the players. Last season they were running through brick walls for each other, now they don't give a shit. The effort against Southampton was as bad as we saw at Villa last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 1 hour ago, villa89 said: Rumours that Ranieri has lost the Leicester dressing room. No suprise really, I suspect he didn't do alot last season and the momentum of the season kept them going. Now that he has to do some real management he's failing because he's a poor manager. I can't agree with you about Ranieri. Would they have won it if Pearson had remained manager. I very much doubt it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Leicesters biggest issue is a lot of the players bought into their own hype and they're just not good enough. The calibre of player that normally lifts that title does not exist in Leicesters line-up. Now I don't know what happened last season, but that magic certainly isn't with them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Kante has definitely been a huge miss. I think Morgan and Huth are being found out this season for their lack of pace. I also think they lack creativity. they were just hoofing long balls up to Vardy all last night. Mahrez hasn't had the assists. Allbrighton is very predictable. Its hard to judge whether Vardy's form has slipped. He's played well fro England. I don't think he is getting any service at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 5 hours ago, Daweii said: Leicesters biggest issue is a lot of the players bought into their own hype and they're just not good enough. The calibre of player that normally lifts that title does not exist in Leicesters line-up. Now I don't know what happened last season, but that magic certainly isn't with them now. They were over performing last season and the main clubs were massively underperforming. They deserved it last season and the work rate was superb. Within 5 years maybe less they will be relegated. they have no fight to defend the title but they are doing well in the champions league which I thought would happen tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 4 hours ago, PaulC said: Kante has definitely been a huge miss. I think Morgan and Huth are being found out this season for their lack of pace. I also think they lack creativity. they were just hoofing long balls up to Vardy all last night. Mahrez hasn't had the assists. Allbrighton is very predictable. Its hard to judge whether Vardy's form has slipped. He's played well fro England. I don't think he is getting any service at all. Vardys form has slipped, it did near the end of last season and he was a flash in the pan player but a very big pan. Kante was the best player Leicester City have ever had its that simple but no excuse for rest of players resting on their laurels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 6 hours ago, Zatman said: Vardys form has slipped, it did near the end of last season and he was a flash in the pan player but a very big pan. Kante was the best player Leicester City have ever had its that simple but no excuse for rest of players resting on their laurels He's pretty much back to the player he was in 2014-2015, that season IMO was the true reflection of his ability, last season was a total fluke that will never be repeated again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 (edited) 7 hours ago, Zatman said: Vardys form has slipped, it did near the end of last season and he was a flash in the pan player but a very big pan. Kante was the best player Leicester City have ever had its that simple but no excuse for rest of players resting on their laurels Well its hard to keep scoring every game. I honestly believe his form is largely down to Mahrez who is shadow of the player he was last season. As good as Kante was Mahrez was the star. Bit of a sweeping statement to say Kante is the best player they have ever had. Linekar started his career at Leicester, Worthington is a legend there. Banks and Shilton, the two greatest English keepers of all time. Edited January 29, 2017 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 3 hours ago, PaulC said: Bit of a sweeping statement to say Kante is the best player they have ever had. Linekar started his career at Leicester, Worthington is a legend there. Banks and Shilton, the two greatest English keepers of all time. Is it though? he inspired them to their only league title carrying some duds like Simpson and Morgan along the way. He leaves and these players are exposed and in a relegation battle. no surprise his new team Chelsea are strolling to the title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 On 1/25/2017 at 15:57, PaulC said: I can't agree with you about Ranieri. Would they have won it if Pearson had remained manager. I very much doubt it! What Ranieri did was brilliantly keep the momentum of Pearson's run the previous season going. His transfer dealing this summer were appalling. The energy of the team has now gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 1 minute ago, Zatman said: Is it though? he inspired them to their only league title carrying some duds like Simpson and Morgan along the way. He leaves and these players are exposed and in a relegation battle. no surprise his new team Chelsea are strolling to the title Yes it would be interesting to see whether Chelsea would maintain their form if Kante got injured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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