I read somewhere that Leicester have only dropped 5 points from their last possible 30. Not sure how true that is but if I was a Spurs fan I'd have quite the gg feeling as well.

I mean I think the "Oh they'll drop back down eventually" ship you are advocating has at least somewhat sailed. People have been saying that since what, oct/nov?

Yea I'd feel pretty comfortable laying Leiceister to title. Can't do it though since it would be a conflict of rooting interests

pts dropped in last 10 games

leicester 7
spuds 8
arse 17
city 15

leicester probably had the hardest run of games too with @spuds @city @arse all in there

I'm not a big fan of "Well we expected them to drop and look they're still first" argument. It was a completely reasonable and obvious prediction to make back then and most people would still make them next season if the same thing happened. They overperformed expectations, they played well and responded brilliantly in some big games (Win at spurs, win at city mainly) but overall I don't think it's as impressive as it looks.
Them being top is also a function of other teams completely bottling it (City and Arsenal maybe) which is luck as it's independent from them and being themselves rather lucky in games they could easily have drawn/lost but ended up winning.

Back then, they were still benefiting from a freerolling feeling but I believe that with the pressure kicking in and teams being more aware/intense near the end of the season it's going to be a different story and I'd not use the fact that they're still top as a big indicator for their upcoming performances.

They're favorites from now on, they did extremely well and I root for them to do it but apart from a couple games I don't think they outclass any opponent so badly that it will be a cakewalk like some expects to obviously just finish the job because they've been winning a lot this season so they're due to easily win these @palace, vs west ham or @everton kind of games. I honestly think they may not win half their remaining games which may still be enough but just saying I'm not super confident in them finishing the job just because they benefited from quite a lot of luck until now, it shouldn't be expected so much from them to replicate what they've been doing till now.


Fwiw here are their last 15 results :

vs Newcastle W
@ Watford W
vs WBA D
vs Norwich W
@ Arsenal L
@ City W
vs Liverpool W
vs Stoke W
vs Villa D
@ Spurs W
vs B'mouth D
vs Man city D
@ Liverpool L

7 wins in their last 15 with one goal wins against Norwich, Newcastle and Watford. They're gonna be at risk of not winning the game basically every game and they've had some poor results against bad sides (compared to what you'd expect from a title winning form). Wish them all the best though

edit : it's last 13 not 15

More troubling news in from Sunderland: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-35811404

Big Sam has spoken to the players.

iirc most of the thread gg'd them after the 0-0 vs Bournemouth.

Still confused by the number of people who think @Palace is that tough a game, they've got 2 points from their last 10 games and haven't won in 12.

would have been cool to get more than 3pts out of 12pts in august. thx levy.

TBH Its win/win to say Leicester aren't gonna win the league.

I see why people do it.

How dare you question our dear leader.

I, for one, still think Spurs will win the league!

When I watch leicester it always feels like I'm not watching a team running hot, even if models have it that way. Something weird about leicester. They just seem to get the very best out of their high end players which I guess is 'running good' but it just never seems desperate. Arse otoh I'll admit are running bad and it's great because they might just be done again for the year. Spuds probably about right but still lol finishing behind leicester regardless of their justifications.

This time last year, they were rooted to the foot of the table, 7 points off safety. Mostly the same players coped with arguably more pressure on them then.

As you noted, it's 13 so that's 7 wins in 13 games which doesn't sound anywhere near as bad - it'd be 9 from 15 if you did go back that far. 25 points from 13 games is pretty close to title winning form if you ask me. That sequence also includes the Arsenal game which we were all saying they deserved to win.

They only conceded 7 goals in those 13 games as well. Teams that don't concede goals tend to win titles.

Maybe that indicates that the models aren't all they're cracked up to be.

Well yes people shouldn't be slaves to stuff that still require a lot of work.

shut your whore mouth.

IDK how Spurs fans are supposed to react? If we had beaten Leicester and were a point clear, I would be super confident given our performances and underlying numbers compared to theirs but the reality is they only need mid-table form to ship the league from here.

Second or third would be a great platform to go into the summer. We could probably have our pick of virtually all the talented players in Europe aged under 25, and pretty much guarantee keeping our own star players.

I have a feeling Levy will back Poch in the TM given his record so far, so we could have another dream summer and possibly consolidate our t4 position, and maybe have another title tilt if Manure, Plop and City WOAT it up in the TM again, and if Wenger stays and refuses to spend.

Was in the tnc's


In other news it appears the FA have scheduled our game v plop on the Wednesday before the fa cup semi final .. at least we have an excuse for the tanking at analfield

I checked and saw what you meant - it was if you bet on the unnamed favourite/second favourite markets. As long as the bet was placed on a named horse it was fine. I backed Buveur D'air and laid it on the exchanges for free money

Looks like the offer is on every day, so I'll be doing the same all week.

Ah didn't realise I'm a horse noob and assumed the unnamed favourite just meant the shortest priced horses

leicester is basically watford + mahrez

Igahlo > vardy tho

And kante > everyone

Reasonable chance spuds keep their best players next year. TV deal and cl money gives a chance to further improve but these 'good platforms' are deceiving for clubs who are vulnerable to losing their best players even with CL football. Which I include spuds because wages count a lot. For example, CL football wouldn't have been enough to keep bale / modric. They were going to Real Madrid or other anyway.

Who are spurs worried about losing other than kane, delle allí, and eriksen?

Isn't that enough? Losing Kane alone would kill them. I'm not often wrong but got it firmly wrong with Kane. He is quality and might be the best striker in the league this time next year.

Doesn't he have a fresh new deal that spurs can just extend and put more money on?