The English Football Thread

[Fernando 6,454]

Leicester winning the title at old Trafford the theater of dreams. 

What dreams are made of!

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

Well that's it then 

[Term-X 7,891]

On 1 January 2016 at 6:09 PM, Term-X said:

The Leicester fairytale isn't over yet.

 

On 1 January 2016 at 6:34 PM, Weckerz said:

No chance tbh, I'd be very surprised if they make top 4

 

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

F***ing get in WBA 

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

No Vardy Against UTD.

[Kezza 1,965]

Meh..don't really give into Leicester hype..

Couldn't care less who wins it, don't care if Leicester win it, don't care if either Man utd or City win it. The only thing I care about is that we DIDN'T win it

[Term-X 7,891]

1 minute ago, Kezza said:

Meh..don't really give into Leicester hype..

Couldn't care less who wins it, don't care if Leicester win it, don't care if either Man utd or City win it. The only thing I care about is that we DIDN'T win it

Those are the words of someone who isn't a football fan, just a fanboy of a brand i.e Chelsea. The Leicester story isn't 'hype' it's the biggest achievement in English football history and will go down as folklore amongst football fans forever.

If 'Chelsea' switched it's sport to badminton I'm sure you'd be the first on the court.

[Kezza 1,965]

1 minute ago, Term-X said:

Those are the words of someone who isn't a football fan, just a fanboy of a brand i.e Chelsea. The Leicester story isn't 'hype' it's the biggest achievement in English football history and will go down as folklore amongst football fans forever.

If 'Chelsea' switched it's sport to badminton I'm sure you'd be the first on the court.

It's not that at all, Leicester isn't my team. Chelsea is my team, why should I celebrate when an opposition win the league?

[BlueLyon 9,359]

8 minutes ago, Kezza said:

Meh..don't really give into Leicester hype..

Couldn't care less who wins it, don't care if Leicester win it, don't care if either Man utd or City win it. The only thing I care about is that we DIDN'T win it

Better Leicester than Spurs.

Leicester winning PL against all the odds is reason why I love football.

Also that Alli punch...media quiet about it...if it was Costa they would all gone mad. But since its Alli its ok.

[Kezza 1,965]

3 minutes ago, BlueLyon said:

Better Leicester than Spurs.

Leicester winning PL against all the odds is reason why I love football.

Also that Alli punch...media quiet about it...if it was Costa they would all gone mad. But since its Alli its ok.

Agreed as we have no direct rivalry to Leicester.

 

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

It is certainly a massive difference. While Chelsea having worst of the season under Roman era, teams like City, Arsenal, MU should have used this opportunity ultimately. Instead none of them are even compete for the title until the last game this season. Shocking. 

Guess who is on top instead? Liverpool? Spurs? Everton? No. Promoted team, Leicester. Unbelieveable. And now they just need 3 more points to secure it.

If one of those 'big teams' win it this season, we won't hear the end of it. Their fans will mocking us endlessly. Leicester win it will make their mouth shut for good. 

[Laylabelle 9,351]

Even if spurs don't win still a massive achiement finishing top 4 and champions league and that. Espically as doubt many saw it coming.was all about Arsenal and their race despite spurs being level so many times.

Still looks to be a happy ending :-D surely can't go wrong now

[Milan 17,853]

Hats off Baggies. They took points from Leicester a couple of weeks ago, they took points from Spurs this week. Fair play!

[Leif 6,006]

Respectfully, I don't understand why JFT96 has to trend on Twitter 5+ times a year. Too many people there living in the past, more interested in 'justice' than grieving, or rebuilding their emotions and becoming happy again. Is today the end of it? Everyone's saying 'today is the day'. Again.

(What are they going to do once the 'truth' comes out?)

[Leif 6,006]

Leicester winning the league will suddenly make the PL the 'most unpredictable league' despite the fact only 4(?) other clubs have been winning it for 5 odd decades 

[manpe 10,861]

11 minutes ago, Leif said:

Leicester winning the league will suddenly make the PL the 'most unpredictable league' despite the fact only 4(?) other clubs have been winning it for 5 odd decades 

4? It would be close if you meant the premier league era (5 different champions), but past 5 decades? Check out the list yourself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_football_champions

[DYC. 7,542]

Mahrez winning POTY was deserved. Everything he touched turned into gold and his role in Leicester's title win (can't go wrong really) has been amazing. But if you ask me who impressed me the most and who has the most class and quality, I can only look at Payet. He reminds me of Zola. You watch him and you can't believe how he's doing the things he does. Zola was exactly the same. Every touch he takes has a bit of magic sprinkled on it. So much control. So much awareness. The flair, the superb control to weave through to the tightest spaces, the way he caresses and strikes the ball. Not to mention the similar free-kick technique.

It's a bit freaky really. Both were great talents but never reached the predicted heights, both moved to a decent PL side at the final stage of their careers, both transformed and carried the team, both took the league by storm and their contribution goes so much further than goals+assists.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Both Leicester and Spurs know this is now or never season. Next season, City + Pep, MU + Jose, Chelsea + Conte, or maybe Liverpool + Klopp will surely dominate the top 3. The one who could missed out might be Arsenal + Specialist in 4th for CL spot next season. Maybe Spurs for 4th next season.