Leicester

Leicester are doing this well because they have 8/9/10 players all playing at or above their abilities every game for the last few months. Huth for instance has been tremendous but he might be found lacking next year if other players get injured. Vardy looks great, he could go further but he might also have reached his peak.

Ranieri reminds me of George Kerr. If it works, don't fix it. He used to be tinker man but he's matured.

The team though is basically the Pearson bunch. He's a good picker of players. He was good at finding bargains but he wasn't afraid to splash the cash either and his budget in the Championship was not the biggest. Not many would have paid £1m for An ex-non league striker at his age or risked £400k on an unknown from Le Havre. There's a moral in that somewhere.

Quoted from Mariner Ronnie

A team is made up of 11 players not 2. The point is that that team was using player power to oust Pearson.

He changed the flipping system! Mahrez was playing wide in a midfield 4 under Pearson - now playing right side of a front 3, have you ever watched Leicester?

The point i am trying to make is that foreign is often seen as better and Ranieri is getting a lot of plaudits (rightly so) but Pearson did a grand job and seems to be the forgotten man in all this. He was often portrayed as a bit strange by the media. I'd just like to see more home grown players and managers in the leagues.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

Leicester are doing this well because they have 8/9/10 players all playing at or above their abilities every game for the last few months. Huth for instance has been tremendous but he might be found lacking next year if other players get injured. Vardy looks great, he could go further but he might also have reached his peak.

Ranieri reminds me of George Kerr. If it works, don't fix it. He used to be tinker man but he's matured.

The team though is basically the Pearson bunch. He's a good picker of players. He was good at finding bargains but he wasn't afraid to splash the cash either and his budget in the Championship was not the biggest. Not many would have paid £1m for An ex-non league striker at his age or risked £400k on an unknown from Le Havre. There's a moral in that somewhere.

What I liked was how Shearer and Wright on match of the day last night were amazed at what this Leicester side were doing on a minimal budget.I know Shearer equated this Leicester side to the Blackburn side in which he played in 92 that took the title but this is another level.Blackburn were funded by a millionaire this Leicester side has just been funded on passion and work ethic.I love it and I hope they go on and win it

Quoted from ginnywings

The point i am trying to make is that foreign is often seen as better and Ranieri is getting a lot of plaudits (rightly so) but Pearson did a grand job and seems to be the forgotten man in all this. He was often portrayed as a bit strange by the media. I'd just like to see more home grown players and managers in the leagues.

Wouldn't we all Ginny, but the fact is that there are players like Mahrez and Kante who are a lot cheaper than their more lauded peers who are no better eg Sterling, Henderson, Wilshere to name but a few.

Pearson did OK? Would he have made them anything other than a relegation team? I doubt it. Interestingly with all the jobs that have been flying around since his departure and he's not had a sniff.

Whatever has happened at Leicester is good for the real fans but I suspect in the echelons of the premier league it's giving them a headache. Champions or not, you can't sell Leicester v Stoke to foreign markets, they simply aren't interested. Whether that's a good thing is debatable but to the top flight the foreign market is where the cash is.

And to think...if Pearson's lad hadn't poked a Thai hooker and been racist to her Leicester would be fighting a relegation battle, not favourites for the title...

Quoted from aldi_01

Pearson did OK? Would he have made them anything other than a relegation team? I doubt it. Interestingly with all the jobs that have been flying around since his departure and he's not had a sniff.

Whatever has happened at Leicester is good for the real fans but I suspect in the echelons of the premier league it's giving them a headache. Champions or not, you can't sell Leicester v Stoke to foreign markets, they simply aren't interested. Whether that's a good thing is debatable but to the top flight the foreign market is where the cash is.

And to think...if Pearson's lad hadn't poked a Thai hooker and been racist to her Leicester would be fighting a relegation battle, not favourites for the title...

That's a massive assumption.

Quoted from Rick12

What I liked was how Shearer and Wright on match of the day last night were amazed at what this Leicester side were doing on a minimal budget.I know Shearer equated this Leicester side to the Blackburn side in which he played in 92 that took the title but this is another level.Blackburn were funded by a millionaire this Leicester side has just been funded on passion and work ethic.I love it and I hope they go on and win it

Aren't the Leicester side funded by passion, work ethic and a Thai billionaire?

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Aren't the Leicester side funded by passion, work ethic and a Thai billionaire?

Probably but not to the same extent as Blackburn were

Quoted from Rick12

Probably but not to the same extent as Blackburn were

Ahhh Jackk Walkerasinhe, that famous Thai billionaire.