Official Leicester City Thread

[Capt Pat]

Leicester surely have it wrapped up now. I hope they get the win away against United but if they don't  a win at home against Everton will secure the title.

[Nigel White]

Suppose it's time to make wild predictions.
United will beat Leicester
Leicester & Everton draw
Leicester & Chelsea draw

Spurs will slip up too.

I think Leicester will beat Everton and possibly draw with United and get whatever result they require at Chelsea. Chelsea are King makers given they play both Spurs and Leicester.

[Syferus]

No sign of nerves by LC while Spurs are getting a nosebleed from being so high up the table. LC had this one in the bag from a long way out by the looks of things.

[Jell 0 Biafra]

Suppose it's time to make wild predictions.
United will beat Leicester
Leicester & Everton draw
Leicester & Chelsea draw

Spurs will slip up too.

I think Leicester will beat Everton and possibly draw with United and get whatever result they require at Chelsea. Chelsea are King makers given they play both Spurs and Leicester.

If Leicester beat everton--or anyone else-- they win it all.  So Chelsea's king-maker role pretty unlikely after today's result.   

Only way Chelsea's matches vs. top two make them kingmakers is  if Spurs win next two, and Leic. take less than 3 points from their next two.

[laoislad]

They could lose at United and still win the title by Monday night if Spuds lose at Chelsea. If they don't beat Unitef then all they have to do is get the same result Spurs get this weekend.

[The Subbie]

If Leicester beat Utd and win the league they will have to be applauded onto the field at Chelsea, ironic considering that Abramovich sacked Ranieri saying he would never win the league.

[seafoid]

A Leicester win would be fantastic, up there with Forest in the late 70s.

[mouview]

A Leicester win would be fantastic, up there with Forest in the late 70s.

Arguably greater, given the proliferation of money-laden clubs they will have had to surpass, maybe not such a factor back in Forest's time. Puts into perspective Forest's 2 European Cup wins though, albeit in a then straight knock-out competition.

Has Totteringham day come yet?

[ziggysego]

Has Totteringham day come yet?

Isn't that when they reach a point they can't catch Arsenal in the league?

[seafoid]

A Leicester win would be fantastic, up there with Forest in the late 70s.

Arguably greater, given the proliferation of money-laden clubs they will have had to surpass, maybe not such a factor back in Forest's time. Puts into perspective Forest's 2 European Cup wins though, albeit in a then straight knock-out competition.

Has Totteringham day come yet?

In terms of CL it would be the equivalent of a team from Eastern Europe winning.  Or Atleti...
Or abbeyknockmoy in 88 , bien sur...

[Tony Baloney]

As John Motson says every year, "the mathematician's are getting their calculators out".

[Captain Obvious]

A Leicester win would be fantastic, up there with Forest in the late 70s.

Arguably greater, given the proliferation of money-laden clubs they will have had to surpass, maybe not such a factor back in Forest's time. Puts into perspective Forest's 2 European Cup wins though, albeit in a then straight knock-out competition.

Has Totteringham day come yet?

English top league was arguably at its strongest in the 70s. Forest winning the league and then two European cups way surpasses Leicester city winning average premier league in my opinion.

[JoG2]

A Leicester win would be fantastic, up there with Forest in the late 70s.

Arguably greater, given the proliferation of money-laden clubs they will have had to surpass, maybe not such a factor back in Forest's time. Puts into perspective Forest's 2 European Cup wins though, albeit in a then straight knock-out competition.

Has Totteringham day come yet?

English top league was arguably at its strongest in the 70s. Forest winning the league and then two European cups way surpasses Leicester city winning average premier league in my opinion.

Purely on winning the top flight in english football (Leicester haven't even had a rattle @ winning Europe yet!), Leicester's is a much bigger achievement imo. The likes of Derby, Everton, Leeds, LFC, Forest etc squads were the cream of players from Britain and Ireland ie it was a much more level playing field than it is today.  In today's premier league, pretty much every team's squad has a hugepercentage players from all over the world, esp the top 6 whose starting 11's may only have 1/2 English / British players at most. Added to this the levels of money the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal, LFC, Man Utd, Man City etc have to play with, and the obscene amount of money their squads have cost inc weekly wages compared to Leicester, Leicester winning the title (if they do) is absolutely huge. I don't think, over the course of a long season in any sport, I can think of an upset or underdog story that comes close

[Canalman]

Forest winning the EC twice trumps it easily. Imo of course. Hard to believe nowadays.

Read somewhere that next season for the first time ever, 2 EC winning clubs will play each other  in the 2nd division of their national league.

[gallsman]

Bill Barnwell of ESPN did an analytics review of the biggest underdog winners of all time across major sports and had Forest winning the First Division the year they were promoted as number one. In saying that, Forest at top of second division would have been in a much tastier position that Leicester were in early March last year.