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Sima

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Wish there was a live feed from that absolute whoppers living room who stuck an astronomical 50p on Leicester at 5000/1 before the season then cashed out for 45p the next day so I could watch him cry and look like a failure infront of his family.

 

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Tom Hanks is quids in like.

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Wish there was a live feed from that absolute whoppers living room who stuck an astronomical 50p on Leicester at 5000/1 before the season then cashed out for 45p the next day so I could watch him cry and look like a failure infront of his family.

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http://i.imgur.com/2hCG0vk.png

 

Plus Ulloa at £10m.

 

Total £54.4m.

 

And the joint most expensive (Kramaric) pretty much hasn't featured at all, neither has Benalouane. Inler's been bit-part as well.

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Don't mean to diminish what is an absolutely herculean achievement from Leicester but it's been clear from European results, the Premier league has got drunk on money and the quality and identity of teams almost as a whole has dropped. The 'top 4' have been basically s*** for a long while, swapping titles between them sure but being swatted aside in Europe. It was certainly not always going to happen, and of the teams to take advantage, Leicester! Leicester! what the hell! But all the big spending teams need to take a long hard look at how they commit their money, are the players they bring in really worth that much? All players need to look at themselves, they've all been made to look the chancers they are. Well done Leicester, brilliant achievement. Funny what a little ambition gets you, can't wait to see them in the champions league next season if they keep the squad together.

 

I'd agree with that.. all the tv money and huge wages being paid has actually had the opposite effect.. it's created a generation of pro footballers who don't give a shit about the clubs they play for and because of the obscene amount they are paid, they have no hunger to push themselves to achieve more.

 

What Leicester have done is the complete fuck you to that whole culture.. and 2 very very very shrewd signings in Mahrez and more so Kante.. that guy is as good as having a Vieira or Makelele in their prime, let's hope this success doesn't go to his head.

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As if this is a victory for 'us' against Sky the Prem and the 'big clubs', Sky have been gagging for this since about Christmas and the Prem refs have given em everything.

Aye, they are happy they have won it as one fluke season will be enough for them to say that anyone can win and have an equal chance. Next season referee's will be even more biased for the big clubs to ensure it never happens again.

 

If anything Sky is precisely the reason this is possible. Now that every Prem club has spending power that outstrips 99% of clubs on the continent, anyone can build a decent squad/hire a good manager by spending through the roof. Once you do that and everything breaks right for you like it did for Leicester, you're in business.

 

Obviously Man Utd/Chelsea/Man City will still have a slight built-in advantage but it isn't insurmountable like it was just 5~6 years ago. This is bad news for the Spurs and Newcastles of the world who have/had fanbases and financial means that far outstripped those of other second-tier clubs, but it's great for everyone else and the watchability of the Premier League in general.

 

Who knew that Sky money would end up being the great equalizer?

 

 

 

Have Leicester really spent that much though? That's the point. Their best players have been Vardy and Mahrez.

 

Yeah Leicester are kind of a bad example because they've been so unbelievably lucky with those two, but nevertheless they've surrounded those players with a squad that was built around a 25m+ net spend in each of the past two seasons. That wouldn't have been possible for most recently promoted clubs in the past, nor would it have been possible for them to attract a manager of Ranieri's caliber.

 

Never won a title before and just been sacked from Greece.  Pretty much everyone thought he was an awful, uninspired choice at the time, not some major coup.

 

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As if this is a victory for 'us' against Sky the Prem and the 'big clubs', Sky have been gagging for this since about Christmas and the Prem refs have given em everything.

Aye, they are happy they have won it as one fluke season will be enough for them to say that anyone can win and have an equal chance. Next season referee's will be even more biased for the big clubs to ensure it never happens again.

 

If anything Sky is precisely the reason this is possible. Now that every Prem club has spending power that outstrips 99% of clubs on the continent, anyone can build a decent squad/hire a good manager by spending through the roof. Once you do that and everything breaks right for you like it did for Leicester, you're in business.

 

Obviously Man Utd/Chelsea/Man City will still have a slight built-in advantage but it isn't insurmountable like it was just 5~6 years ago. This is bad news for the Spurs and Newcastles of the world who have/had fanbases and financial means that far outstripped those of other second-tier clubs, but it's great for everyone else and the watchability of the Premier League in general.

 

Who knew that Sky money would end up being the great equalizer?

 

 

 

Have Leicester really spent that much though? That's the point. Their best players have been Vardy and Mahrez.

 

Yeah Leicester are kind of a bad example because they've been so unbelievably lucky with those two, but nevertheless they've surrounded those players with a squad that was built around a 25m+ net spend in each of the past two seasons. That wouldn't have been possible for most recently promoted clubs in the past, nor would it have been possible for them to attract a manager of Ranieri's caliber.

 

Never won a title before and just been sacked from Greece.  Pretty much everyone thought he was an awful, uninspired choice at the time, not some major coup.

 

 

Reckon I definitely said his appointment confirmed their relegation. Close.

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Greatest football achievement of all time.

dunno Clough taking forest up (in 3rd) then immediately winning the league and back to back European Cups is hard to overlook but still hell of an achievement

The money involved now compared to then is gigantic though. Teams were able to do that back then. Derby, Villa, Everton, Leeds won the league and teams like QPR, Southampton, Ipswich and Watford finished 2nd. In the last 20 years it's never been any team other than Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City that has won it and the only other teams out of those that has finished 2nd is us and Liverpool. Not to mention that they only just escaped relegation last season, the line up hasn't changed massively, nor have they had money thrown at them. They've been top from start to finish and thoroughly deserve the title. It's absolute once in a lifetime stuff that seems completely fictional.

 

 

 

Yeah, I never thought we'd see a club the size of Leicester win the League again. The gap between rich and poor had seemingly become too great.

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Tottenham man :lol:

 

They got Chelsea so fired up and determined to come back and ruin it for them with all of their antics in that first half :lol:

 

Unbelievable stuff :lol:

 

 

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