... quite a complimentary article ... http://o-posts.com/news/teams/uk/cl...turned-leicester-premier-league-entertainers/
Entertainers because, yes we are scoring goals but we are letting in far, far, far to many. This is why we are so entertaining. A game with LCFC means **** loads of goals & the neutral fan loves goals going in at both ends. I would say we are half entertaining...
As long as we can keep scoring goals, then we should be ok until January and see where we go from there.
... with you 100% ... football is an entertainment industry after all... lose sight of that and you live quite a sad life IMHO because your happiness is hinging on purely winning a contest where two sets of blokes kick an inflated artificial pigskin around functionally
BS. Letting in 5 goals ain´t no way of improving your team & keeping the fans (in general) happy. Why be happy at winning 6-5 when you can do a heck of alot more to improve your squad so teams don´t find it easy to score v you ? You don´t let goals in & you´ve won half of that entertaining game your trying to win. You look at all the teams that win trophies & are `world class` ? they don´t hold that philosophy. Ja, all the Arsenal fans were well pissed off after winning the lge with about 12 1-0´s. You can´t run any thing without a defence.
He didn't necessarily say he'd be happy - he said he'd 'rather' win 6-5 than 1-0 and I agree - if you don't have goals in you in the modern era you will struggle not least because refs now give far better protection to flair players than they used to ... I would be willing to bet that the vast majority of those Arsenal fans much preferred the free flowing footie that they enjoyed under Wenger's title winning sides than the attritional functionality of George Graham's teams ... but each to his own ... ... and you rarely see Bayern, Real Madrid or Barcelona winning 1-0 ... nor did the Ferguson sides that won the EPL ... it's all about goals and that the best form of defence is attack ... and that will do for me.
No they win 3-0, 4-0, 5-0 or even 6-0 or the same goals for but maybe with 1 goal against. why ? because they have sorted the DEF out aswell as FOR & MID making them `world class` 6-5 would say to me `end to end football` which doesn´t come under `the best form of defence is attack` imo. Creating chances & putting the ball in the net are 2 different things so if your DEF ain´t right then you will be caught out.. CHELSEA, WOLFSBURG, JUVENTUS.......
... it is if you have defensive limitations ... and currently we do ... our central defenders are not the most mobile, our full-backs either young or a bit headless and we have a keeper who intermittently develops involuntary flapping syndrome ... ergo it is far better to try and keep the ball up the other end of the park
Considering the extensive goal droughts we suffered last season, I'm always going to be happy with us scoring goals.
The reason they have sorted the defence out is because they can buy the league! to win 3-0,4-0,5-0 even 6-0 eventually becomes as boring as winning 1-0 every game, give me exciting football every time and if that means 6-5 so much the better.
You ask 1000 neutral fans if currently they would rather watch Leicester or Chelsea and I'm sure the majority would choose us. We are an exciting team whether we concede goals or not.
Maybe wouldn't go that far. Chelsea for all their flaws at least have some brilliant players to watch, such as Hazard, Willian and Pedro. Riyad Mahrez may be great, but he's not quite up to the silky skills of those three!
Mouriniho has Chelsea playing really boring which is testament to his skill as a manager as those players you mentioned would be incredibly entertaining otherwise.
