BOF Posted April 20, 2016 Moderator Share Posted April 20, 2016 Their big one is Man Utd. If they can win that then the league is over. But that is a big 'if'. Spurs's big one is Chelsea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Leicester effectively 4 points ahead (due to Spurs goal difference). Both play Chelsea so lets assume they both win. Spurs play West Brom, Southampton & Newcastle. I'd expect them to get 9 points. Leicester play Swansea, Man Utd, Everton and need 2 wins (or 1 win and 2 draws). Its tricky. I have a feeling they might get 1 win and 1 draw and just lose it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I'd actually quite like to see Leicester implode for badness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 2 minutes ago, ender4 said: Leicester effectively 4 points ahead (due to Spurs goal difference). Both play Chelsea so lets assume they both win. Spurs play West Brom, Southampton & Newcastle. I'd expect them to get 9 points. Leicester play Swansea, Man Utd, Everton and need 2 wins (or 1 win and 2 draws). Its tricky. I have a feeling they might get 1 win and 1 draw and just lose it. Yes but you would expect Leicester to win their two homes games. Swansea are safe nothing to play for and Everton are just awful at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I would really enjoy Leicester losing the title purely because it would go down in history as Jamie Vardy costing them the league. That kind of thing can destroy a man. Hopefully. If he wasn't blessed with the natural pace you and I know full well he would be glassing people outside of nightclubs and mugging old grannies for their fish supper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Not true one bit Quote After the rejection at 16, Vardy found himself working in a carbon-fibre splint factory putting in 12-hour shifts. It was a period that gave him perspective, forged friendships as well as strained his back. It also led him to seven years playing for Stocksbridge for £30 a week. In the end, it was the making of him, give or take a scrape or two. In 2007, he was in a spot of bother 'defending' a mate outside a pub which led to a criminal conviction for assault. "He did not start the fight but he ended it," is how it is described by Bethel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Haven't you kind of proved Rodders' point there? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) Within context i'd like to think we would all defend a mate outside a pub .... What we wouldn't all do though is racially abuse someone in a casino. Edited April 21, 2016 by tonyh29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 6 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: Within context i'd like to think we would all defend a mate outside a pub .... What we wouldn't all do though is racially abuse someone in a casino. I guess it depends what you mean by 'defending' . . . I mean, I'd stick up for friends, don't get me wrong. Verbally. I don't think I'd be doing any 'defending' that the crown was in danger of mistaking for assault though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I wouldn't either but my point was that he wouldn't have been glassing people outside nightclubs or mugging old ladies. He would working and playing football part-time. He made a mistake when he was younger but has worked hard to get where he is today. So I have respect for him for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 29 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: I guess it depends what you mean by 'defending' . . . I mean, I'd stick up for friends, don't get me wrong. Verbally. I don't think I'd be doing any 'defending' that the crown was in danger of mistaking for assault though. I did say within context I've no idea of the actual event ...sounds like Vardy didn't start that trouble so within reason I think his reaction could be excused ..situations arise and you react , that's different from going out and actively seeking trouble imo for the record I'm no modern day vigilantly type but if a close friend of mine was in trouble I'm fairly sure I would stand up for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zatman Posted April 21, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2016 7 hours ago, rodders0223 said: I would really enjoy Leicester losing the title purely because it would go down in history as Jamie Vardy costing them the league. would never be as funny as 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Once defended a mate in a chippy in telford against 3 lads from leeds, my nose and glasses fought valiantly against their closed palms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 10 hours ago, tonyh29 said: I did say within context I've no idea of the actual event ...sounds like Vardy didn't start that trouble so within reason I think his reaction could be excused ..situations arise and you react , that's different from going out and actively seeking trouble imo for the record I'm no modern day vigilantly type but if a close friend of mine was in trouble I'm fairly sure I would stand up for him He also said he was defending his friend because he was disabled. Really picking on a disabled man, they deserve what they got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOF Posted April 22, 2016 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2016 22 hours ago, ender4 said: Leicester effectively 4 points ahead (due to Spurs goal difference). Both play Chelsea so lets assume they both win. Spurs play West Brom, Southampton & Newcastle. I'd expect them to get 9 points. Leicester play Swansea, Man Utd, Everton and need 2 wins (or 1 win and 2 draws). Its tricky. I have a feeling they might get 1 win and 1 draw and just lose it. Wowww there. Hold the horses I wouldn't assume 2 wins against Chelsea at all. Spurs in particular might come up against a staunch local derby away day with Chelsea intent on playing spoiler and with Costa back. Newcastle in St. James' on the last day with Newcastle in all probability desperate for points will not be a gimme either. I agree they'll batter West Brom and Southampton. They're capable on paper of getting 12pts, but football tends not to work like that. Leicester's key game is Man Utd for me. If they can somehow get out of Old Trafford with 3pts then I think that's the league won. If they don't, then I think the nerves could kick in and the games after that become much more difficult. They're doing it without Vardy aswell. Assuming Ulloa steps in, that's a completely different style of play required for the front man. They should beat Swansea. We'll see how it all looks after United. The other thing worth mentioning is when they play. Leicester play United @ 2pm on a Sunday. Spurs don't play until Monday @ 8pm. That's mentally tough for Leicester knowing all eyes are on them and one slip opens the door. Spurs will know what they need to do in their game. It's an old cliche, but I think there's an awful lot of football still to be played this season. I just hope Leicester can hold on. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 The one thing I would factor in as well BOF is the teams with nothing to play for tend to not try as hard. We've seen it all week in the Premier League. Guess Chelsea v Spurs being a local derby might change things a little but its not easy to turn on and off. Most important to Leicester is they beat Swansea to put the pressure back on Spurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 22, 2016 Moderator Share Posted April 22, 2016 6 minutes ago, PaulC said: The one thing I would factor in as well BOF is the teams with nothing to play for tend to not try as hard. Let's just say I looked at the run-in and decided not to sell Dimitri Payet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 4 hours ago, PaulC said: The one thing I would factor in as well BOF is the teams with nothing to play for tend to not try as hard. We've seen it all week in the Premier League. Guess Chelsea v Spurs being a local derby might change things a little but its not easy to turn on and off. Most important to Leicester is they beat Swansea to put the pressure back on Spurs. The Shed End will be set on fire if Chelsea players don't lift a leg in that game...you've already got Fabregas on live TV saying he dosen't want Spurs winning the league, it seems Terry is desperate to get himself fit for that game aswell. Trust me if there's one game Chelsea will miraculous raise their levels for the rest of the season it's Spurs. Let's not forget they've only actually lost 2 games in about 4 months under Hiddink. In the last days of Mourinho when they were close to the bottom 3 they got a 0-0 at WHL aswell and Spurs rarely threatened. They were poor in the City game once it went 0-1. At 0-0 they had a Costa goal marginally offside and there was also a great goalline clearence from Fernandinho so if Chelsea had gone into the league different story I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 If Swansea beat Leicester and Spurs win(can't see both happening) then I think Leicester will crack, but that's a big if. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Swansea just lost 3 nil to Newcastle. They were shocking against us aswell so I'm not sure where this amazing Swansea performance is coming from although Glyfi with his free kicks is always a danger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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