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If the other teams do not lie down to Leicester,on the basis of they'd rather see them,as opposed to a big club,like Spurs,win the league then I'd say there is still a long way to go.

Pick out the teams Tony you think will lie down and give Leicester a free ride?

Leicester v Newcastle   
Crystal Palace v Leicester   
Leicester v Southampton   
Sunderland v Leicester
Leicester v West Ham
Leicester v Swansea   
Man Utd v Leicester
Leicester v Everton   
Chelsea v Leicester

Last 3 games at start of season would have looked tough.... For the Leicester to win at Stamford Bridge ... Icing on cake

The last game of Leicester City against Chelsea feels like challenger trying to snatch the league title from the defending Champs! This will be fun!

I think they will have it in the bag before that game.

My young fella got himself a 2007 Mazda 6. Going great except it seems to be running cool. The heater/aircon never gets hot, even when you set it to a very high demand temperature (to test). It's just about warm enough for comfort. The temperature gauge never gets beyond about 5% of its travel - i.e. it's just off the minimum mark even after an hour's driving.

The thermostat seems to be working, since the fan switches on and off. However, the fan does seem to come on very soon after the engine is switched on from cold - i.e. within a minute. I took this to mean the coolant temperature sensor might be faulty - calling for cooling at too low a temperature. So I replaced it, but no change.

The fuel economy is very poor - he got only 34 m.p.g. on a long run and under 30 for local driving. This could be a result of running too cold all the time. Our mechanic says it's grand, nothing wrong, but it doesn't seem right to me.

Any ideas?

Wrong type of coolant or too high a concentrate? Thermostat removed or jammed open?

Mechanic said thermostat was definitely OK but, come to think of it, how could he know it wasn't jammed open? (He didn't physically check it.) Coolant "looks" very highly coloured, but I'll go back to the thermostat first.

Thanks for the steer.

If it isn't getting up to temperature then the stat is either remaining open or it was fitted with a lower temp opening stat and opening too early.
Take it out, put it in a saucepan with water and turn the heat up on the hob. You should see some movement if it is working correctly. Stick a thermometer in as well and you can tell at what temp its opening at as well.

If it is getting up to temp then it isn't the stat. Could be a blocked heater matrix or a problem with the climate control/ heating controls.

If its proper coolant in it and its been well looked after then the coolant should be highly coloured. It can be red/ blue/ green/ orange/ yellow. As a rule never mix the colours, some can be mixed but best not take the chance.

It is also possible that the water is not circulating properly due to a faulty water pump?

My young fella got himself a 2007 Mazda 6. Going great except it seems to be running cool. The heater/aircon never gets hot, even when you set it to a very high demand temperature (to test). It's just about warm enough for comfort. The temperature gauge never gets beyond about 5% of its travel - i.e. it's just off the minimum mark even after an hour's driving.

The thermostat seems to be working, since the fan switches on and off. However, the fan does seem to come on very soon after the engine is switched on from cold - i.e. within a minute. I took this to mean the coolant temperature sensor might be faulty - calling for cooling at too low a temperature. So I replaced it, but no change.

The fuel economy is very poor - he got only 34 m.p.g. on a long run and under 30 for local driving. This could be a result of running too cold all the time. Our mechanic says it's grand, nothing wrong, but it doesn't seem right to me.

Any ideas?

Wrong type of coolant or too high a concentrate? Thermostat removed or jammed open?

Fair play to iceman. Called it well.

Its a hiccup

Another hiccup whilst 1 up against 10 men 

BOOM! lol. Hard not to like him.

Mata. 1-0

Can we win the Carling Cup on aggregate tonight?

No. But you can take 3 points off City. 

[for some reason I have more confidence in United in the bigger games at the minute than when they play the supposed weaker teams]

I was the same, read an article last week and saw a few forum posts where everyone was saying United were in for a trimming etc and I was confused as to whether we were playing Barcelona or a team who Southampton thumped 4-0 a few weeks back.  Was confident of a win yesterday, for some reason I have more confidence in United in the bigger games at the minute than when they play the supposed weaker teams.

For the last couple of seasons that has been the pattern. Better results against the top teams. If the poor results against bottom half teams were turned around the picture would be very different.

So Utd will struggle against Liverpool in the Thursday night games?

Not if LVG's pattern against them continues...

[for some reason I have more confidence in United in the bigger games at the minute than when they play the supposed weaker teams]

I was the same, read an article last week and saw a few forum posts where everyone was saying United were in for a trimming etc and I was confused as to whether we were playing Barcelona or a team who Southampton thumped 4-0 a few weeks back.  Was confident of a win yesterday, for some reason I have more confidence in United in the bigger games at the minute than when they play the supposed weaker teams.

For the last couple of seasons that has been the pattern. Better results against the top teams. If the poor results against bottom half teams were turned around the picture would be very different.

Even the penalty kick gods are abandoning Liverpool

I hope you are not saving up the shoot out luck for your next cup fixture? 

With a few more injuries Utd might have a chance at top 4

So far this week Rasford has 4 goals and an assist! 

There are quite a few big players due back from injury soon so he should have more option available. Rooney being out is no big deal and maybe even an advantage as we seen last night.

Which players?

I know Valencia is back training but haven't got a clue about Jones, Darmian, Schweinsteiger & Felliani although I'd be more than happy if he'd played his last game for the club. I'd imagine Young won't be back for another month.

Rojo looks like he is back Martial hopefully not out for long. DeGea maybe? Smalling? Schweinsteiger is aiming to be back by the Europa first leg.

There are quite a few big players due back from injury soon so he should have more option available. Rooney being out is no big deal and maybe even an advantage as we seen last night.