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Super Jan Fan said:
The other great thing about this game is that other teams that Leicester have to play have had a great lesson today in how to win points against Leicester at this stage of the season. Make it a physical game, wind the Leicester players up because they are under pressure and might lose their rag.
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Problem is do the likes of Swansea who are now safe, have any inkling to be competitive? Or will they like a lot of others just roll over 1-0 to crown the peoples' champions? It's a win for the non-big club (Sky 4).

I'm hoping that Utd have a sniff at top four by the time they come up against Leicester as that could be a tricky one to navigate.

FFS even my Utd supporting colleagues now want those rodents to win it! How small time have they become?
 
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Benjamin said:
I posted this on Facebook a little while back. But it's still on track.

Leicester v West Ham - Draw
Leicester v Swansea - Win
Leicester v Man United - Lose
Leicester v Everton - Draw
Leicester v Chelsea - Lose

Finish on 77 points.

Spurs v Stoke - Win
Spurs v West Brom - Win
Spurs v Chelsea - Draw
Spurs v Southampton - Win
Spurs v Newcastle - Win

Finish on 78 points.

Our boys need to do the business tomorrow.
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need to do this at the bookies mate recon the ods would be 3000/1 ish
 
oldschool said:
You win this one. Too clever for me. Perhaps try to lose some of that hatred though my friend. Do you truly hate someone just for being born in a different city to you? I understand the tension at the game and the passion is great but to carry it out of the ground is a little like these teenyboppers scrapping over facebook etc.

I couldn't agree more and I hate that forum more than you do - in serious. That's why the first thing I said on here was I hate the LC twats who are not genuine fans. Basically I like all fans from any club who are decent and I hate all idiot fans. We have more than our fair share as I am sure you do. I didn't come on here for piss taking or nonsense like that. I literally looked on it the other week to see what your perspective of the title race was.

I also naively thought I could talk genuine football with some of you about the title chase and I am happy to say some like you have been decent.

I am honest and I believe you will win the title over us. I also believe if you do then you will deserve it as winning the league goes to the best team. The league is judged on points and not how many nut megs or step overs or shots on target etc but on points. Chelsea were the best team last season, not the most exciting but the best. Seeing you play in the flesh home and away I have not seen a stronger and better side. Southampton were also good in my opinion but that had that poor patch earlier in the season.

Tomorrow is a massive night for Spurs and LC fans the same as today was massive for you Spurs and LC.

Interested to know (banter aside) what you think will actually happen i.e who the top 4 will be and in what order. I predict Spurs, LCFC, Man City, Woolwich in that order.
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The thing I hate most about Leicester is that they have ruined this season with their doped up cheating. It's a disgrace and the only plausible explanation for your turn in fortunes. You absolute cheating bastards have presented us all with a team of shite footballers who park the bus and rely upon their fraudulent energy to steal victories.

You call yourself a football supporter but by endorsing Leicester you are only contributing to the demise of the game. You should be ashamed of yourself and your club
 
SausageVince said:
The thing I hate most about Leicester is that they have ruined this season with their doped up cheating. It's a disgrace and the only plausible explanation for your turn in fortunes. You absolute cheating bastards have presented us all with a team of shite footballers who park the bus and rely upon their fraudulent energy to steal victories.

You call yourself a football supporter but by endorsing Leicester you are only contributing to the demise of the game. You should be ashamed of yourself and your club
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Been on the Buckfast already or just haven't stopped since last night? :troll:
 
Kafkaesque said:
Too true. It's gotten where anything short of punching an opponent is okay to do with your hands and arms, and the trouble is because the refs (and FA/PL) have let it get this far, when a pen is finally given, it's hugely controversial despite being a clear foul, since it means there really should have been about 10 more pens in the same match.
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This has pissed me off for years. Whenever a ref is brave enough to say "You crossed the line there" and gives a penalty, pundits and experts, players and managers rips him to shreds because apparently it is too inconsistent.

The rules are pretty fucking clear. It's the refs not giving penalties that are inconsistent cunts.

I might be colored by my being a supporter, but I really do think we've been one of the cleanest/most naive teams in how we defend set pieces (maybe with the exception of Vertonghen). I really wish the refs would be not just allowed but encouraged to actually give those penalties. Defenders like the horrible Skrtel would be exposed, and maybe it would be possible to score goals from crosses again.

It would really hurt teams playing like the current Leicester if they did, but I think most of us would be able to live with that.
 
Joe Clash said:
Well I don't know why you think we'll win it. You're still massive favourites. What I will say is that, for once, we are well equipped to push you all the way. The self belief in our team is massive and could well overwhelm our remaining opponents - this is not the flaky Spurs of old.

As to your top 4 prediction, I hope you're right, and I agree with 3rd and 4th, but you need 2 wins and 2 draws - we need five wins. I don't think you'll get anything at Utd, but you might not have to. You'll have to fall apart to lose it.
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I hope my prediction is not right..lol.. I am surprised why Spurs fans still think we are massive favorites. If you win tonight then you are 5 behind with 4 to play. If you win tonight then you will have stuffed Manu at home (when we all expected at least a draw from them) and Stoke away which you rarely do so that will be two massive wins and then there is no reason why you can't win them all (80 points) So lets presume you achieve this and finish on 80. We then need 8 points from 4 games including being without Vardy for 1 possibly more games. That is 3 wins or 2 wins two draws which I honestly don't believe we will get with the fixtures. Losing Vardy is like you losing both Kane and Ali. That is why I put you as favorites and for me it is literally in your hands. You win all your games then you win the title and you have a far better chance of winning your games than we do. We rarely beat Everton at home and never beat Manu or Chelsea away.

This is why I think it will go to the last game. Our hope now rest on Newcastle needing to win to stay up but even then I think you will be too strong for them.

If you win tonight then I believe my unfortunate prediction will come true.

Our whole game relies on quick balls to Vardy and without that we are a different team. We may get 4 or 5 points from the next 4 games but not 8. If you win the next 5 then simply 'you will deserve to win the league' the same if we get 8 points from the next 4.

I expect to hear your fans giving it big time at Stoke when you score.....
 
oldschool said:
I accept your banter as it is genuine banter. In answer to your question I have always believed you will win the title. Just have this feeling as you appear too good at the moment. For us to drop points on our run in is not bottling it as anyone can drop points against WH (you did..) and you didn't bottle it. We may lose it in the end for lack of strength in depth i.e. losing Vardy for at least a game is a disaster for us due to not having anyone to replace him. This is where our luck of lack of injuries has helped us but losing a key player now is very bad for us.

Personally I feel we will struggle to beat Swansea next week and for me it is down to what you do tomorrow. My prediction is if you lose at Stoke then we will win the league, If you draw then it is 50/50 and if you win then the title is yours as by the time we play Utd away it could be 1 point and then you overtake us.

A team like us finishing in the top 3 in the premier can't be bottling it.

Like I have always said if you end up winning it then you fully deserve it.
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I honestly can't see you losing it. Not because I think you've been great lately, you've really had an insane efficiency that can't be sustainable, but because of the games you have left to play.

Swansea have nothing to play for, and isn't a club that is up for a fight. They've, like you, had games lately where they have picked up points despite non-impressive performances. They will roll over against your bullying tactics.

Manchester United are shit. They've got a shit defense and a shit attack. And shit management and tactics. It's incredible that they find themselves as high on the table as they do. More importantly, they are a team that holds onto the ball a lot without creating much. They are a perfect fit for your counter-attacking football. Yousit back, and their shit attack can't score. You hit them with fast breakaways, and their shit defence can't cope.

Everton is on a free fall. And like United, your antifootball tactics will hit their shit defence hard. You might concede once, but you'll score more.

Chelsea are playing their kids and started looking to next season a while ago. They are careless in most games. Would they care if a win for you would give you the title ahead of us? They'd cheer with you.

It's yours. Congratulations.

My worry is whether we'll stay second.
 
Joe Clash said:
It's the law of diminishing returns being on another team's forum - especially when that team is chasing you for the title, it's just not going to go well. Look at foxytalk - they hate us to a man. We don't give a fuck, we're trying to wind them up, but creating accounts on there and trying to be sensible just doesn't work. They've made their minds up about us - we're all deluded, entitled, cockney cunts. It's them, not us, that make any Leicester fan's experience on here a bit checkered.
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Couldn't agree more Joe. And I get it, totally. I've always acknowledged this is your forum and obviously you don't expect a warm welcome from everyone. In fairness, it's not like you've been flooded here with abusive Leicester fans. (One or two exceptions, of course! But that's normal). Fact is, your own forum IS the place to be completely biased and myopic - that said, some lads on here, yourself included, have been great once you've established that we're not here to have a pop for the sake of it.
 
SausageVince said:
The thing I hate most about Leicester is that they have ruined this season with their doped up cheating. It's a disgrace and the only plausible explanation for your turn in fortunes. You absolute cheating bastards have presented us all with a team of shite footballers who park the bus and rely upon their fraudulent energy to steal victories.

You call yourself a football supporter but by endorsing Leicester you are only contributing to the demise of the game. You should be ashamed of yourself and your club
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I'm guessing this is not meant seriously. How can it be?
Leicester are where they are on the back of some things that are merit and some things that are luck and a bit of cheating they have got away with.
MERIT
- They have a great team togetherness
- They know their individual jobs
- They work hard
- They are fast on the counter attack
- Jamie Vardy is accurate, he's a goal scorer as well as an unpleasant person
- They have a decent goalkeeper who the team trust
LUCK and CHEATING
- For most of the season other teams just fell for their trap by coming onto them and allowing the counter, when they ought to put 10 men behind the ball like they do to us.
- Playing once a week. Spurs and other teams have had Europe and other cup competitions to worry about. Leicester have been free to focus on the Prem without distraction. It is a huge advantage, as Spurs had about half a dozen trips mid week all over Europe. Don't know how many games each has played but will be significantly different.
- Penalty after penalty after penalty. They've had 11 (or is it 12 now?) and only 3 against them all season. There are several dodgy decisions in there and these have resulted in lots of free points.
- Their defenders are bruisers, have been all season. Two big burly CBs who have suddenly turned into winners? I don't buy it. They have simply started using their strength in a negative way as a tactic to hold better players and amazingly have gotten away with it until the 34th game of the season.
- Practically no injuries. If you have a decent set of medical people and young players as Spurs do then you can limit injuries, and manage them well. But we've had our first choice CB out for 15 games with a serious knee injury, our goalkeeper missed a game or two, Dembele, essential to our style, missed a few games, our backup striker has been out practically all season, and we've had lots of other smaller injuries. Fortunately Kane hasn't been injured badly, just his broken nose which required the mask. But Leicester who have an ageing squad have somehow avoided injury pretty much throughout. It's pure luck and you can't blame them for it, but they've been very fortunate

Basically, we are the better team even things were more even in terms of games played and luck. And they know it. That's why they are scared cause they know we are going to push them and they are worried they haven't got enough to get over the line.

But this bollocks about them being on drugs is either a bit of sillyness designed to wind them up, in which case fair enough, but maybe make sure people dont think you're serious or they'll think you're touched in the head....or, you're touched in the head.
 
Super Jan Fan said:
I'm guessing this is not meant seriously. How can it be?
Leicester are where they are on the back of some things that are merit and some things that are luck and a bit of cheating they have got away with.
MERIT
- They have a great team togetherness
- They know their individual jobs
- They work hard
- They are fast on the counter attack
- Jamie Vardy is accurate, he's a goal scorer as well as an unpleasant person
- They have a decent goalkeeper who the team trust
LUCK and CHEATING
- For most of the season other teams just fell for their trap by coming onto them and allowing the counter, when they ought to put 10 men behind the ball like they do to us.
- Playing once a week. Spurs and other teams have had Europe and other cup competitions to worry about. Leicester have been free to focus on the Prem without distraction. It is a huge advantage, as Spurs had about half a dozen trips mid week all over Europe. Don't know how many games each has played but will be significantly different.
- Penalty after penalty after penalty. They've had 11 (or is it 12 now?) and only 3 against them all season. There are several dodgy decisions in there and these have resulted in lots of free points.
- Their defenders are bruisers, have been all season. Two big burly CBs who have suddenly turned into winners? I don't buy it. They have simply started using their strength in a negative way as a tactic to hold better players and amazingly have gotten away with it until the 34th game of the season.
- Practically no injuries. If you have a decent set of medical people and young players as Spurs do then you can limit injuries, and manage them well. But we've had our first choice CB out for 15 games with a serious knee injury, our goalkeeper missed a game or two, Dembele, essential to our style, missed a few games, our backup striker has been out practically all season, and we've had lots of other smaller injuries. Fortunately Kane hasn't been injured badly, just his broken nose which required the mask. But Leicester who have an ageing squad have somehow avoided injury pretty much throughout. It's pure luck and you can't blame them for it, but they've been very fortunate

Basically, we are the better team even things were more even in terms of games played and luck. And they know it. That's why they are scared cause they know we are going to push them and they are worried they haven't got enough to get over the line.

But this bollocks about them being on drugs is either a bit of sillyness designed to wind them up, in which case fair enough, but maybe make sure people dont think you're serious or they'll think you're touched in the head....or, you're touched in the head.
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Thank you Jan, for nailing the drugs crap. Obviously I don't agree with everything you've said, but understand why you've said it.

Interestingly, I only found out today that Spurs are topping the league table for fouls committed, which genuinely surprised me. As I can't remember a ton of cards, or even Spurs being thought of as a dirty side, I can only reconcile this by positing that most of them are niggly, shirt-pulls, etc?
 
If Leicester do win it i'll be fucking glad it was them and not woolwich, i thought they were going to piss it a few months back.
 
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