Official Leicester City Thread

[Captain Obvious]

Caught a few fish with my last remark. They have blown a couple of top 4 races the past couple of years but they had no right even being in them given the money behind their competitors.

Great club and I definitely rate Rodgers as a manager.

The choking as you called it was done under Rodgers. Looking their starting team and sub options they should be at least 6th in the Premier league not 11th as they currently are and should be one of the main challengers to win the Europa league yet find themselves out at the group stage. Brendan can have no complaints if he gets the sack.

Your "should" is purely subjective.
They have the 9th highest wage bill in the league and came 5th in each of the last two seasons. And won the FA Cup. They have massively overachieved.

Other than the two Manchester clubs, Liverpool and Chelsea what clubs in the Premier league has a stronger starting team and squad than Leicester?

High or higher wages for players can be a hinderence. How Leicester are doing this season is massively underachieving.

Higher wages is the most accurate predictor is success there is. High correlation. Just Google the studies.
And tell me what their strongest 11 is. And then show me a game where they managed to actually put them out on the field together. Their injury luck has been as bad as it gets.
And trust me, as a Villa fan, I have no love for them whatsoever. So zero bias on my side here.

Would giving the current Leicester players higher wages make them better players or would playing for Manchester City under Guardiola do that?

Whatever team they start with is strong. They have one of the best Keepers and Strikers in league in Vardy and Schmeichel which is a big help straight away. Defensive options they have plenty of good and experience players however having a team defending well has never been a strong point for Rodgers. Midfield options very strong with Madison, Tielemans, Barnes, Soumane, Ndidi

Before this season started most would be expecting a top 6 finish for Leicester, they are currently midtable with Brighton, Brentford, Wolves ahead of them. Failure to reach the knock out stages of Europa league highlights this seasons underachieving further.

[rodney trotter]

Leicester can still pick things up and go on a run. A lot of games over the Christmas period

They are in the Quarter finals of the league Cup also, albeit a difficult game away to Liverpool.