A team with bottle. No one would begrudge them at all if they won it. Well organised, plenty of spirit, great manager. It would be great for the league.
City are still favourites for me, they have more experience and players for the big occasion, and I'm not sure that Leicester will be able to hold their nerve until the end. If we don't do it, then I'd love to be proved wrong and they do it.
... NP put the majority of the squad together that is true... but he had Vardy, Mahrez and Drinkwater as peripheral figures to a large extent and played with a back 5 ...Ranieri has been a revelation in terms of tactics and the motivation of key individuals such as those 3 ... the real evidence is in the 'market rate' for the 3 at the beginning of the season ... Vardy around £2m, Mahrz £5m and Drinkwater again around the £2m mark ... right now you are talking circa £20m, £30+m and £10-£12m ... and that has to go down to Ranieri allowing them the platform to show what they can do ... and motivating them to do it ... few of us thought Vrdy or Drinwater would start in the first game against Sunderland ... they have been ever present .... Big dfference between the two managers is that Nigel never really seemed to have a plan B ... Ranieri has the whole alphabet ... we were leaking goals at the start of the season ... we are now real scrooges (although the next 2 games wil certainlt test our defensive metal) ...
... go tell that to Robert Huth ... the one thing we woon't lack is character or indeed resilience... we may not quite have the quality but we are certainly getting better as the games come along ... we'll have a go ... and that's all most leicester fans will be asking ...
As i said, I hope I'm wrong. But I can only imagine that the pressure gets really bad, especially as the title race is so close. Having City, Arsenal and Spurs breathing down your back can't be good for the nerves. But if you do win it, this will be amazing for the Premiership. Not forgetting you play quality, exciting football too
It's an odd one, I naturally want Leicester to turn City over but because of this strange season we find ourselves needing Leicester to drop points! A draw would be the best result for us I think. We don't want Leicester pulling away at the top of the table! (Who'd have thought we'd be saying that in February!)
It's amazing that Leicester, who were just promoted last season, show a desire and fearlessness that Arsenal have not displayed for a long time. Money is a big influence in football, but it does have its limits at times. You need to want it. If Leicester win the league this season, I would be so, so happy for them because they deserve it far more than we do. They may never do it again, but it's better to be a one-off wonder than a no-hit wonder at all.
True but there comes a time that we need to be in charge of our own destiny rather than relying in others to drop points. We need to get on some winning run before we can talk about others dropping points.
We could learn a lot from Leicester and their style of play. They literally do not stop running, they're in top gear every minute of the game. It's like watching 11 Alexis's on the pitch.
I was just about to comment how impressive it is that Leicester get up and down the pitch in such numbers.
I always wondered if players don't give 100% all the time, especially the top players. After watching Leicester this season, I'm starting to think that this is the case.
See what happens when a team plays under a manager with ambition? Leicester deserve to win the league against all odds.
I think it's arrogance and poor preparation really. We expect to win games and we only start to operate at 100% and show some graft when things don't go our way. This is especially true at home.
