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Today's Football 2016 / 2017 Season

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Eggs said:
...Leicester's title says more about the 'big four'. The fact they won shows you can get amongst those teams with real organisation and attitude.
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Shouldn't that same organisation and attitude with mostly the same squad have them higher than 15th and averaging exactly 1 point per game? They're 22 points off last year's haul after 21 games.

That's why it's harder and harder to believe that team spirit was the reason Leicester won the title last year.
 
mmmmsnouts said:
Shouldn't that same organisation and attitude with mostly the same squad have them higher than 15th and averaging exactly 1 point per game? They're 22 points off last year's haul after 21 games.

That's why it's harder and harder to believe that team spirit was the reason Leicester won the title last year.
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Kante is the catalyst, all above plus Kante won the league, minus Kante meh
 

mmmmsnouts said:
Shouldn't that same organisation and attitude with mostly the same squad have them higher than 15th and averaging exactly 1 point per game? They're 22 points off last year's haul after 21 games.

That's why it's harder and harder to believe that team spirit was the reason Leicester won the title last year.
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...fair point. I think you can can go so far with attitude, teams learn how to play against you (not defending high up the pitch), plus you lose your best players (Kante) and the adrenaline approach dips after you've achieved.
 
mmmmsnouts said:
Shouldn't that same organisation and attitude with mostly the same squad have them higher than 15th and averaging exactly 1 point per game? They're 22 points off last year's haul after 21 games.

That's why it's harder and harder to believe that team spirit was the reason Leicester won the title last year.
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Folk didnt believe me last season when it became more and more likely they would win the thing.

Everything went their way. Vardy out for 8 games. Some lad steps up and scores for fun. Useless/unknown players pitching up and playing like gods.

It was the King thing. Seriously.

I believe that shizzle.
 

PhilM said:
Don't forget Matic either who quietly sweeps up lots of problems before they get too serious and is more than able to spread the ball around.
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Agreed but Matic was at Chelsea last season and I think Kante just hasn't got the credit he's due this and last season. Leicester was all Mahrez and Vardy in the media.
Kante won them that title
 
It's hard to think of one of our lot who'd slot into the Chelsea team right now. Their cohesion and nonstop movement seems a world away from our more pedestrian style. They just seem a lot fitter and faster than us and they carry out their roles like mobile jigsaw pieces. We don't have much of a system at all - yet.
 

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