Their "plan a" is (and has been all season) counter attacking football. If they're playing against a team with no attacking threat they might venture forward into normal attacking football, but their default is the former.
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Yeah, except they have only scored 5 less than spurs... 2nd highest goal count in the league.
Their goal difference is low because they keep conceding goals, bit of a failure for a defensively set up team. Odd that they are top.
Average goals per game
Leicester 1.735
Spurs 1.882
Their goal difference is low because they keep conceding goals, bit of a failure for a defensively set up team. Odd that they are top.
Average goals per game
Leicester 1.735
Spurs 1.882
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I think your lot can do better than that.
You would think, right? It's not like we've not had plenty of time to think up a name.
Fair enough I didn't realise they had scored so many early on. Going back to the original point though, what they're playing now and what they've played in 2016 is not "entertaining".
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No, I agree but like I said, a fair amount of that is down to necessity. Early on they were rampant against pretty much everyone, nobody knew how to handle them. But even then nobody actually thought it would last.
Now they have the pressure of the reality that they actually might win the league coupled with the fact other teams have figured out how to handle them they are having adapt. I think the manager has done a fantastic job, they are 2.1 with 5 mins to play, its no wonder they are parking the bus.
Now they have the pressure of the reality that they actually might win the league coupled with the fact other teams have figured out how to handle them they are having adapt. I think the manager has done a fantastic job, they are 2.1 with 5 mins to play, its no wonder they are parking the bus.
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Cmon be realistic, if a team like Leicester were top and didn't change their tactics to be a bit more defensive to try and hold on to the title most people would be calling their manager naïve at best.
So they change and now they're boring? Tough shit, if their team is that bad and counter attacking is all they can do, it says a lot for the piss poor quality of the league that 34 games in the other teams haven't worked out how to beat them yet.
So they change and now they're boring? Tough shit, if their team is that bad and counter attacking is all they can do, it says a lot for the piss poor quality of the league that 34 games in the other teams haven't worked out how to beat them yet.
Not criticising them in the slightest, I'm just saying what they're playing at the moment isn't "entertaining". It'll probably be even worse with Vardy banned because they'll have lost a lot of their counter attacking potency so if they manage to score they will batten down the hatches even more.
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Meh, frankly I'd take Leicester's style of play over the shit United have been delivering for large chunks of the season. Boring but works is better than boring and ineffective.
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Better than entertaining and ineffective like Arsenal too.
Hey don't beat yourself up. You beat Villa 1-0 the other day. Not a lot of teams can say that.
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Benitez coming good?
It remains to be seen whether it will be enough but that's 4 points from 2 games and they've got Palace (I mean, seriously, everybody can beat Palace, right?) and Villa in their next 3 games so who knows...
Should've sacked McClaren months ago. The team has too much quality to go down, I reckon if Benitez had started half a dozen games earlier he'd have them climbing well away from the bottom 3.
Louis van Gaal: Man Utd are almost as good as Spurs - they just score more goals
a) I never thought I would see a United manager say his team was "almost as good as Spurs"
b) It's not even close to true.
a) I never thought I would see a United manager say his team was "almost as good as Spurs"
b) It's not even close to true.
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Finally day of the season, Newcastle beat Spurs to stay up and also win Leicester the title.
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Just having a chat with the resident Spud in the office and he is of the opinion that this Spurs team who are all young could go on to do good things for the next 4 or 5 years. While I think it could be true. Do you thing Levy will keep the team together? I know Spurs do not need to sell but with the cost of the stadium do you think he would turn down £50m for Kane or Ali if the bids come in?
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I agree, and I don't blame them for doing what they're doing, but it's not good to watch. Leicester, on paper, are not a very good team. In reality they are a great team, everyone has a very defined role, the manager plays each player to their strengths, and they're very hard to play against. But it's been a worry of mine for a few years that this style will creep into the game more and more, until we have 20 teams in the league who won't attack and are just waiting for their opposition to make a mistake, then pouncing on it.
Not everyone can do it, it's obvious to ask that, if it's so effective, why aren't the likes of Villa doing it? It's because they don't have the players. Vardy is not that good a player. He has that lower league mentality that has served him well, much like it did Ricky Lambert in his pomp for us, that his job is to stick the ball in the back of the net. It doesn't matter how it gets there, how good it looks, it just matters that he scores goals. However, it would be interesting to see what would happen if you took a 'star' stiker, with Vardys pace but a bit more ability (let's say Theo Walcott although obviously some won't agree), how many goals they would've scored for Leicester this year.
There are a lot of average players in that side. Even the likes of Drinkwater who is getting a lot of plaudits this year. There is nothing special about him, midfielders like him are ten a penny in the championship, but he has found the perfect club, the perfect role, to get the absolute maximum from his abilities.
Can you imagine if every premier league side was like Leicester? What an absolute shower of shit that would be to watch.
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I was thinking about this earlier. I can't see them selling any of their top tier players (Kane, Alli, Alderweireld, Dier, Eriksen) to another PL side. It would take a big offer from abroad. If Real Madrid came in with £50m for Alli, I think Spurs would struggle to turn it down. £50m from Man United, not a chance imo.