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Braveheart said:
Just read that at a 'conservative' estimate, Leicester could earn £150M next year and of course demand higher payments from Sponsors with their Champions League participation etc - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36181320
Only a little bit green!!!
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Meanwhile, our 4 or 5 TV appearances next season may well bring in £150k :( <wah>
Congrats to the owners, management, players and fans of LCFC for having the skill, belief and determination to break what had become a rather tired, stale Premiership mould <applause>
Great to see that both Manc clubs and Chelsea can't actually walk on water, as they previously thought <ok>
 
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DHCanary said:
It seems like most teams these days can afford a £15m player or two, and the difference between that and a world class, £40-50m+ player isn't that great. Hopefully that means that well run teams can stand up to the big boys more often, and we might see that stranglehold broken more frequently.
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DH, I know you like your F1. But what are your thoughts on Leicester compared to Brawn in 2009?
 
I grew up watching the likes of Keith Weller and Frank Worthington. But I've seen the likes of Mark Robins and Darren Eadie leaving us for them. Then there was the Martin O'Neill/Chase scenario, took them up and established them. Two League Cups and Europe followed. Then relegation, avoiding administration, a drop into the third tier, missing out in the play-offs recently, promotion, the incredible escape and now this. Talk about rubbing it in!!
 
Cromercanary said:
Meanwhile, our 4 or 5 TV appearances next season may well bring in £150k :( <wah>
Congrats to the owners, management, players and fans of LCFC for having the skill, belief and determination to break what had become a rather tired, stale Premiership mould <applause>
Great to see that both Manc clubs and Chelsea can't actually walk on water, as they previously thought <ok>
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Great post Cromer. <applause>

Unfortunately, I don't see us becoming a regular member of the PL any time soon and I'd hate us to have an owner such as Fernandes, Venkys etc, so being realistic, the best we can hope for is being a 'yoyo club' I feel.
 
canarian said:
DH, I know you like your F1. But what are your thoughts on Leicester compared to Brawn in 2009?
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Different scenarios I think. Honda put loads of money into the team in 2008, and invested sizeable amounts of time, money and personnel in their 2009 car once they realised the 2008 car was a flop. They designed a really good car, only for the upper-management to pull the plug on the Honda F1 program. Brawn had seen the data and new the 2009 car was good, and rallied everyone together at the last minute to make it to the grid in 2009.

Leicester have certainly come back from the brink, both in terms of relegation and finances, but without the huge prior investment. Unfortunately F1 rarely does plucky underfunded underdogs battling at the top these days, and is much poorer for it. I guess the last F1 team you could compare Leicester to would have to be someone like Stewart or Jordan F1 maybe?

On another note, I love the fact that when retelling the story of the Leicester 15-16 campaign, the first line is "It all started with a racist orgy in a Thai brothel...."
 
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Gambia Canary said:
This is a fantastic achievement for Leicester City and I'm so happy for them. But it just shows what you can do when you have a board that has objectives and implements actions to attain them. Not a board of cook book writers nepotistic appointees failed politicians and media lovies, but a team of people who want to take the club onto higher things in a professional way.
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Nail, hit, head Gambia
<applause>
 
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This season I'd say we have been the opposite of Leicester City:

Leicester - Norwich
Defend well as unit - Keep three clean sheets all season
Win most penalty kicks in the league - Give away the most
Never throw in the towel - Lose belief after we concede
Reliable goal scorers who hit double figures - Best player hits five
Champions - Relegation

I'm happy to see the title not go to Chelsea, City etc. but if it's possible for LCFC to win the league through hard work and sheer determination than why are we going down with a whimper??
 
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Russ Martin 2 said:
This season I'd say we have been the opposite of Leicester City:

Leicester - Norwich
Defend well as unit - Keep three clean sheets all season
Win most penalty kicks in the league - Give away the most
Never throw in the towel - Lose belief after we concede
Reliable goal scorers who hit double figures - Best player hits five
Champions - Relegation

I'm happy to see the title not go to Chelsea, City etc. but if it's possible for LCFC to win the league through hard work and sheer determination than why are we going down with a whimper??
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Because "hard work and sheer determination" have been conspicuous by their absence for most of the season. You juts know that when we go a goal down that's it, the game is over. Yeah, we've huffed and puffed a bit in some games and as someone pointed out in another thread that some players clock up a good number of yards per game but then so does my hamster in his wheel and that doesn't get him anywhere either.

Well done to Leicester - their preparation, organisation, efficiency and self belief have been exemplary - if only we could have copied just some of it.
 
Russ Martin 2 said:
This season I'd say we have been the opposite of Leicester City:

Leicester - Norwich
Defend well as unit - Keep three clean sheets all season
Win most penalty kicks in the league - Give away the most
Never throw in the towel - Lose belief after we concede
Reliable goal scorers who hit double figures - Best player hits five
Champions - Relegation

I'm happy to see the title not go to Chelsea, City etc. but if it's possible for LCFC to win the league through hard work and sheer determination than why are we going down with a whimper??
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You could add to that

Consistent selection & Tactics v Constant change

Great CB partnership v RB & Calamity
 
I'd say it's Villa who have been the oposite of Leicester
Top - bottom
Best by several pts - worst by several pts
Lean and clean - Gabi Agbonlawhore!

Bah!
 
THURNBY YELLOW said:
And the very first season of the Premier League it could have been us! But we blew it of course.
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We sold Robert Fleck to Chelsea for £2.1M in 92 just before start of season.(another own goal)
We topped the league for most of the season,but eventually
finished 3rd.behind Man U and Villa.
Our goal difference was -4
 
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