HanoiVillan Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 For Leicester to survive they probably now need to beat one of Liverpool or Newcastle. It's pretty hard to see that happening, so they're favourites for the drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 48 minutes ago, Pinebro said: Leicester will be fine. They are in good hands. True, he’s a relegation specialist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted May 8, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 8, 2023 Leicester REALLY needed to win one of either Leeds or Everton. A draw in either by itself would have been ok, but both kinda killed it. I think on balance they have the worst fixtures left. It’s a close call though. A win against West Ham is all I can see. 33. Everton I think have the easier run in. Man City, a defeat likely there, of course. Point away at Wolves maybe, a win at home to Bournemouth. Possibly two draws will be enough. 34. Forest, a draw against Chelsea would be a big step. Loss to Arsenal, draw v Palace. 35. Leeds, I will assume lose to Newcastle. A win away at West Ham would likely be required. Then Spurs home. I don’t know. 33. Not at all convinced they will win at Big Sam’s London reunion party. Everton’s and Leed’s goal difference is -21 and -25 respectively. Everton could do without being hammered by City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 7 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Leicester REALLY needed to win one of either Leeds or Everton. A draw in either by itself would have been ok, but both kinda killed it. I think on balance they have the worst fixtures left. It’s a close call though. A win against West Ham is all I can see. 33. Everton I think have the easier run in. Man City, a defeat likely there, of course. Point away at Wolves maybe, a win at home to Bournemouth. Possibly two draws will be enough. 34. Forest, a draw against Chelsea would be a big step. Loss to Arsenal, draw v Palace. 35. Leeds, I will assume lose to Newcastle. A win away at West Ham would likely be required. Then Spurs home. I don’t know. 33. Not at all convinced they will win at Big Sam’s London reunion party. Everton’s and Leed’s goal difference is -21 and -25 respectively. Everton could do without being hammered by City. Everton play City 3 days before the Real Madrid 2nd leg, I would not be at all surprised if they get a point from that game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Feels like Leicester have had it now. They’ve completely wasted all their winnable games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkiller1981 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 38 minutes ago, desensitized43 said: Feels like Leicester have had it now. They’ve completely wasted all their winnable games. The weird thing as well especially from what I saw against Everton is they played like a side not in any danger at all. The was a complete lack of urgency and energy that it almost felt like it hadn’t dawned on the players that a win would have made them almost safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 7 hours ago, jim said: True, he’s a relegation specialist! How does that work? He's gotten relegated just once in his whole career? If anything, you can say he's a survival specialist, having kept up Walsall twice and Villa once. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 42 minutes ago, Keyblade said: How does that work? He's gotten relegated just once in his whole career? If anything, you can say he's a survival specialist, having kept up Walsall twice and Villa once. if he gets Leicester relegated then, that 2 relegations and 3 "kept you up's". Does that then make him a relegation mediocritist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Leicester going down is insane, making them only the second PL winner to get relegated. A huge fall from grace. Lockdown smashed them to pieces, they did rely on selling one big player per season - but sales dried up as their wage bill increased as they attempted to stay strong. Rodgers also made some weird signings that weren’t really the sort expected of Leicester, Bertrand on a free for example. And although Schmeichel was on the downturn, letting him go seemed odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Its incredible a team with maddison barnes tielsmann vardy inichaneio (sp?l) is going to go down 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 24 minutes ago, MaVilla said: if he gets Leicester relegated then, that 2 relegations and 3 "kept you up's". Does that then make him a relegation mediocritist? 6 games wont be the relegation on him Would be like crediting Gerrard for our top 8 position 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 2 hours ago, punkiller1981 said: The weird thing as well especially from what I saw against Everton is they played like a side not in any danger at all. The was a complete lack of urgency and energy that it almost felt like it hadn’t dawned on the players that a win would have made them almost safe. Very true. It's hard to put your finger on exactly what's gone wrong there but that's certainly one of them. That team on paper shouldn't be where they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 7 minutes ago, Zatman said: 6 games wont be the relegation on him Would be like crediting Gerrard for our top 8 position twas a joke squire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 17 minutes ago, MaVilla said: twas a joke squire. We dont joke around here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 going 1 for 3 in penalties in the last 2 games is also shocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 I think it would be a minor miracle for Leicester and Leeds to survive at this stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted May 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 9, 2023 16 hours ago, av1 said: Before tonight I’d have put my house on Forest going, but this result is huge. I've been dismissive about the job Cooper has been doing this season, but if they stay up it will have been an incredible job he's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 6 minutes ago, HKP90 said: I've been dismissive about the job Cooper has been doing this season, but if they stay up it will have been an incredible job he's done. Absolutely. When you consider all the players they signed it’s incredible really. Chelsea have shown that the scatter gun approach rarely works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancvillan Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 9 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Its incredible a team with maddison barnes tielsmann vardy inichaneio (sp?l) is going to go down Agreed. Leicester, unlike Everton and Leeds, have a carcass worth picking at if they go down. Maddison, Barnes and Tielemanns shouldn’t be in a team that gets relegated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Regardless of who stays there's going to be some seriously crap teams in the league next year. I'm expecting 6-7 to be absolutely woeful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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