Let's say, for the sake of argument, that Man City drop away, and it's left as a 3 horse race for the title. At what point do you start hoping Leicester win their games ?
when we can't mathematically win it then I will hope Leicester do it...normally I want anyone but the goons but never cheer anyone else on.
I would struggle to cheer for another club, but if we mathematically cannot win the title at some point then of course it becomes 'anyone but Arsenal'. Leicester are a proper fairytale story this year which is nice to see, if not galling when it comes a bit at our expense, but we've come an awful long way with Poch so far (dare I say in a more sustainable manner than Leicester who have jumped around an awful lot the last 2 seasons?) and we need to remember that. A long way to go for us still for sure, but we've come far.
Genuine question, how do you mean jumped around an awful lot? Last season was steady progression after promotion albeit we left it late but finishing 14th was, in the end, a good season. This season for some reason we've defied the odds to be where we are but we've barely spent a penny to do so. There's no way we'd be expected to do this every year but if we could win the league and then settle into finishing top half, having cup runs and playing in Europe, I doubt any Leicester fans would complain
Mixture of 2 and 3 for me. If we don't look like we can win it, say 8 points off with 3 to go, and Arsenal are in with a shout then I'll definitely support Leicester. It's all pointless though since we're definitely going to win it
Hit "something else" as I'd never exactly cheer for another team to win something, although naturally if we do indeed find ourselves in a position where it's impossible to win the title then I'd rather they lifted the trophy than anyone else.
The problem with asking Spurs fans is that it's likely that if Spurs can't win it, it's because Leicester have already clinched it (eg 7 points clear with two games left). It's improbable that Spurs would have no chance of winning it, yet Leicester would still be challenged by another team. For that to happen, Arsenal or City would have to go on a winning run, Leicester would have to drop a number of points and Spurs form would have to completely nose dive. Ask a Utd fan - given that Utd have no chance - and the answer is yes. It would be a great story. Failing that, Spurs. I can't see any of the rest having a chance anyway.
I think deep down,if Spurs fail,we would like to see Leicester do it.As I mentioned before,this would be the most amazing story since Ramsey's tractor boys. It's still crazy that we beat Leicester in the cup away and lose to Palace at home.Go figure.
Exactly, you'd just come up from the Championship. Looking purely at league finishes at the end of each season it might look like steady-ish progression (although 14th to 1st is a massive leap) but I think on your 30th PL game last season we beat you 4-3 and you were rooted to the foot of the table. 4 games later you were out of the drop zone and never fell back in, although with 2 games to go the gap was just 3 points and 3 goals difference - not exactly a gaping chasm. You ended up 6 clear with a GD twice as good as Hull's, which all things considered was fantastic for you. You wouldn't hesitate to describe it as a narrow escape though, and neither are you trying to I think, which is fair play The rise from Championship winners (by quite a margin if I remember correctly) 2 years ago to potential PL winners this year is a meteoric and rapid one almost unprecedented in the modern game and that is what I meant from my 'jumping around' comment, if that is 'steady progression' then your standards are damn high! By contrast Spurs have been in and around the top 4 for a few years now and while we've rarely threatened title-wining form in previous years we've been up that end of the PL table more often than not recently. Doesn't give us any more of a 'right' to be up there now than you have, but I worry for teams who rise as quickly as you have as often there is a crash in following years - and I mean that worry genuinely as I think it is fantastic to have another team gatecrash the top 4 especially in the manner Leicester have done it. I would just rather it wasn't at our expense, but as others have said if we can't win it then I'd rather Leicester than anyone else lift the trophy.
After last night's dreadful game, I simply can't bring myself to cheer for a team that scraps and bullies it's way to the title, if Leicester win it. That's not sour grapes. It's simply from a footballing perspective and what I had to endure for 90 minutes.
End of the day....they are our rivals and over the course of a season...that has built up. Fair play to Leicester for getting to the top and staying there..I still think we are in a beautiful position with 8 to play...I'm hoping we get the chance to overtake at a critical time and I believe we will take it and not look back.....about 4 games to go would be grand.
If we were down in 5th or 6th place with no chance and the goons were second, chavs third with wet spam 4th, we'd all be cheering for Leicester, come on.
I will not cheer for Leicester, as they are a rival for the PL title. I will however PRAISE Leicester to the sky for the way they have performed this season, whether they beat Spurs to the title or not. Regardless of whether you like their style of play, they have stuck to their script and ploughed on well beyond where the naysayers said they would be. It will be interesting to see whether their CL foray is like Spurs in 2010-11 and they catch arrogant/complacent UEFA land cold.
Bit harsh fella ! To be fair in the league this season we have taken four points off you and if you're honest we really should of beat you comfortable at our place but didn't, that's football bullied and scrapped.... Really? We have one of the best disciplinary records in the prem and like you guys , have played some of the BIG Boys off the pitch, to be fair !
Not sure I'd agree with that, I'm fairly honest when saying if we deserve to win/ lose/ draw and while we weren't at our best at your gaff, we definitely didn't deserve to lose it. We had more shots (both on and off target), more possession and more corners.
