Football The 2015/2016 Season Thread

[caLLous]

I could not give less of a shit about this "fairytale" if I tried. We're not going to catch them and we're practically the only team that *can* still catch them (I think if they win 1 more then Arsenal are officially out of reach). Huth and Morgan have to be the worst CB partnership in the league for "obvious fouls that went unpunished" and Vardy is a racist scrote who everybody seems to be idolising all of a sudden. That video of him in the casino was disgusting, it's a wonder Okazaki can be in the same room as him.

Not really. If the charge is held then we're robbed of a really interesting run in just because he gave a bit of lip to a ref after being sent off.

Come on, they're still going to win it. If anything this makes it more interesting.

 

[Raven]

Someone's awfully bitter...

 

[Ormorof]

I would be bitter too if my team was always almost but not quite good enough to make it, then the one season they get their shit together and start doing great things, coinciding with the usual big boys working hard at looking rubbish,

Then some team with a new manager that was in a relegation fight are doing better

Luckily I support Hull so that is unlikely to happen to me

 

[caLLous]

I'm not bitter in the slightest. I (very fucking obviously) would rather we win it than them but they're where they are for a reason. I've also repeatedly said in this very thread that this season is beyond my wildest expectations. I'd be happy with 4th (assuming City and Liverpool don't win their European adventures), I'd be over the moon with 3rd (no silly extra CL matches in August), I'd be chuffing ecstatic with 2nd and, very fucking obviously, I'd quite like to win the league. The way I see it at the moment, we're playing to hold on to second.

 

[soze]

It was a dive and he reacted like a twat he deserves the ban. He was already on a yellow which makes the dive when his team were already winning even more cunty.

And I would much rather they win it that Spuds.

 

[caLLous]

And I would much rather they win it that Spuds.

Well I for one am shocked.

 

[CorNokZ]

If Spurs manages to win tonight, I think they have a shot at the title. Honestly. Looking at the program, Leicester could potentially collapse. They don't have it easy, but then again, neither does Spurs

 

[CorNokZ]

It was a dive and he reacted like a twat he deserves the ban. He was already on a yellow which makes the dive when his team were already winning even more cunty.

And I would much rather they win it that Spuds.

Imo it wasn't a dive. Wasn't a penalty either. No yellow and goal kick.

 

[caLLous]

If Spurs manages to win tonight, I think they have a shot at the title. Honestly. Looking at the program, Leicester could potentially collapse. They don't have it easy, but then again, neither does Spurs

We need to win everything from here on out and they need to basically lose 2 (or lose 1 and draw 2 and our incredible goal difference will save us). I really don't see it happening.

 

[CorNokZ]

We need to win everything from here on out and they need to basically lose 2 (or lose 1 and draw 2 and our incredible goal difference will save us). I really don't see it happening.

No Vardy for next match against Swans(they'll probably win anyway, but who knows?), late season jitters, United away, Everton home and Chelsea away in the final match. I could see them bottle it.

 

[CorNokZ]

Dele Alli's miss is almost as bad as Torres' vs United. Wow lad, that was bad.

Then Kane comes and saves the day. Spurs confirmed BPL winners

 

[caLLous]

Yeah that was worse than his miss for England. Looks like it bobbled up a bit just before he hit it but he should've hit it about a second before and made sure.

 

[caLLous]

Yeah that works.

 

[Embattle]

It'll be amazing if Leicester win but also the result of the perfect storm and some what tragic at the same time.

He'll be banned an additional game, they generally don't bring the charge unless it'll stick.

 

[Moriath]

Im betting a feeling that they will finish second with their games left.

I hope they dont. Never nice to see a happy yid lol

 

[Ch3tan]

Either way, which every of them wins it will be well deserved. Both teams have entertained greatly this season.

 

[Ch3tan]

Also, arse fans... What replaces st tottringhams day after spurs next win?

 

[DaGaffer]

Imo it wasn't a dive. Wasn't a penalty either. No yellow and goal kick.

It was the most blatant dive I've seen in a while. Ashley Young levels of divery. Look at it from the reverse angle and its really obvious; he hooks his legs to the right to wrap them around the defender, not the other way around.

 

[Lethul]

Imo it wasn't a dive. Wasn't a penalty either. No yellow and goal kick.

Wow, I'm flabbergasted at that comment

 

[caLLous]

It was the most blatant dive I've seen in a while. Ashley Young levels of divery. Look at it from the reverse angle and its really obvious; he hooks his legs to the right to wrap them around the defender, not the other way around.

As a lifelong Leicester fan, @CorNokZ can be forgiven for seeing it that way.

 

[Ch3tan]

Sorry spurs would need seven points actually.

 

[DaGaffer]

As a lifelong Leicester fan, @CorNokZ can be forgiven for seeing it that way.

Of course, have to respect the passions of the lifelong fans

 

[caLLous]

Either way, which every of them wins it will be well deserved. Both teams have entertained greatly this season.

DISCLAIMER: NOT BITTER

If City or Chelsea were in Leicester's position playing like they're playing, they would be getting so much shit for it. The "entertainment" aspect is all to do with the "omfg fairytale" narrative. They don't entertain on the pitch, for most of the time they're a horrible side to watch (in my completely unbiased and non-bitter opinion). Nearly a 6th of their goals this season have come from penalties (9 from 59 iirc). But they're first so none of the following matters...

We just had too many shitty draws at the start of the season (and losing to Newcastle, which seems to be a habit) otherwise those are title-winning stats right there. No matter where we finish, it bodes well for the future (as long as we can keep this squad + manager together and away from the moneyed idiots seeking a quick fix).

 

[DaGaffer]

As a neutral I'd prefer to see the Spuds win it. Fairy tales are all well and good, but I have no more interest in Leicester than I did in the likes of Blackburn Rovers; whereas Spuds winning it would really annoy Arsenal and West Ham fans, which gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling. Plus I think Spurs are playing better football than just about anybody in Europe at the moment.

 

[Raven]

I don't much care who wins but to say Leicester have played boring or bad football is full blinker mode. For the first half of the season they played some outstanding attacking and counter attacking football. It was only when it looked like they might actually hold on to the top that they sensibly started to play a little more defensively. Not only that but their opponents now give them a little more respect so they bother defending properly.

 

[soze]

Also, arse fans... What replaces st tottringhams day after spurs next win?

The apocalypse?

 

[Aoami]

outstanding... counter attacking football

Oxymoron. Counter attacking football is dull. It's a blight on what was the greatest league in the world up until a few years ago.

 

[caLLous]

"Counter attacking" means camping behind the ball absorbing pressure for most of the match and that's exactly what Leicester have done all season long. It's (clearly, in this case) effective but there's nothing outstanding about it or a team that relies on it. Like I said, if City or Chelsea played like that, they'd get no end of stick for it.

 

[Raven]

Yeah except they do not do it exclusively. As you know. You're talking bollocks, again.

They would not be sat at the top of the table with that team (that doesn't change all that much each week) if they played defensively, it would be strategic suicide.

 

[caLLous]

The apocalypse?

The Sun want to make "St Goners' Day" a thing. :\