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Who will "come back" next season strongest?

Discussion in 'The Premier League' started by Hoddle is a god, Apr 1, 2016.

  1. I always find that they are the best analogies to use, if you are trying to give no credit for victory and to take no blame for failure, AR. To be fair, mate.
     
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  2. Archers Road

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    Ha yeah. Leicester have outspent everyone, I forgot that. <doh>
     
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    I was referring to Chelsea, as i'm sure you're aware!..
     
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  5. Leicester's season has been a fluke, to be fair, Blue. It cannot, in all honesty, be used as any kind of yardstick.
     
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    They seized the chance that everyone else squandered. That's no fluke. Also, they're actually quite good.
     
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    I know you were. I was pointing out that it takes more than money alone.
     
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    Sorry but you don't fluke a league. If they win it of course.
     
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    They're a good side. Very had to beat, or to score against. They're far from the most attractive side, as a series of 1-0 wins attests to, but I don't suppose they'll care about that.

    They were very lucky today though!...
     
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    They were a bit lucky, but they took their one chance, and restricted us to half chances and forlorn penalty appeals. At St Marys we outplayed them in the first half. Second half they were in our faces for 45 minutes and we were lucky to come away with a draw.

    Their not really pretty, no. Effective though.
     
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    Were they? Even game but Pelle, Mane and Tadic were all crap IMO. Southampton never really looked like scoring.
     
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    They've been very lucky with injuries and kind refs.
     
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    I said lucky because they should have been 1-0 down and one man down before they scored. I have every reason to believe it would have been a different game had that happened.
     
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    That's why spurs won't win the league isn't it Louie? The world is against you.
     
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    No, only pricks like you, Tricky!...
     
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    Was never a penalty assuming you're referring to Simpson. The one Huth did in the second half was a better shout.
     
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    Totally disagree. Blatant penalty, you could see the movement of his arm towards the ball, especially from the side camera.

    Penalty and red card all day long!
     
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    There was no advantage to be gained by handling it intentionally if he did, which I don't think he did. The ball was heading for his ribs.
     
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    Definitely. Glad Leicester won though.
     
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    I would just repeat, arm towards ball = penalty, whatever you may or may not have intended.
     
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