BroadstairsR 2,138 Posted June 15, 2019 True Mr. S., it is hardly a rags to riches story but realistically you have to compare it with the spending of the big six at the time to properly evaluate their achievement. A bit like City last season, some shrewd expenditure, some chance/clever finds, some decent youth development and, of course, the right manager at the right time. All meaning that Khun Vichai didn't have to dip overmuch into that £180m (didn't mean that the prices in his duty free shops were lowered in any way though.) Ranieri would have been on a decent wedge I suspect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Christoph Stiepermann 1,131 Posted June 15, 2019 Apart from starting and finishing away it looks like we've gotten luckier than any other team to me. Liverpool when they might be slightly undercooked and tired having played a game a few days beforehand and Man City when they may potentially not have anything to play for in the league and may want to rest players for a cup final. Who knows, liverpool could start like a train and the title might go down to the last day but those two fixtures wouldn't be any easier in any other slot, they just might be when we play them though if we're lucky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigManInTheBarclay 75 Posted June 15, 2019 Seem to remember is doing quite well in previous final game at Man City 😏 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,782 Posted June 15, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, BroadstairsR said: From espnfc.com LEICESTER Kasper Schmeichel - £2m Danny Simpson - £2m Robert Huth - £3m Wes Morgan - £1m Christian Fuchs - Free Marcin Wasilewski - Free Marc Albrighton - Free Danny Drinkwater - £1m N'Golo Kante - £5.6m Riyad Mahrez - £400,000 Shinji Okazaki - £7m Jamie Vardy - £1m Mark Schwarzer - Free Jeffrey Schlupp - Free Demarai Gray - £3.8m Andrej Kramaric - £7m Yohan Benalouane - £5.6m Andy King - Free Gokhan Inler - £5m Leonardo Ulloa - £10m TOTAL: £54.4m The previous calculation I found was nearer £60m, so was possibly made at a different stage. And Gray, Kramaric, Benalouane, Inler and Ulloa were bit part players at best, and they cost £31m out of the £54m. Edited June 15, 2019 by Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
king canary 7,580 Posted June 15, 2019 All this talk of Leicester is a good example of why the original article is so silly. I bet when the fixture lists came out that season people could have moaned that teams who had Leicester in the last couple of games would have an easy run in- after all they only just avoided relegation the season before. Right now we don't know if having Man City in the last game of the season is an awful game- they could be in the thick of a title fight or they could have nothing to play for an a Cup final to rest players for. Similarly Burnely at home on the penultimate game of the season could be against a team in a relegation battle or a team happily mid table. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,509 Posted June 15, 2019 We were away first and last games last season. What were the expectations for those? As it turned out playing Villa away last game was probably better than a couple of weeks earlier. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Surfer 1,547 Posted June 15, 2019 Look this is why we need to adopt Leicester as our new rivals. Apart from also being the focus of their county, they play in Blue and stole our best player (OK we sold him to them) and a manager and hence a promotion; we can also point out that the major trophy that they won wasn't really an achievement after all. So unlike if we use Spurs or Wet Spam we can continue to have a proper chip on our shoulder about a similar sized team - always welcome - as the other lot down the road really have become irrelevant. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,722 Posted June 16, 2019 On 15/06/2019 at 10:08, M the Canary said: To be fair to him he is expressing an opinion unlike that Freezer fella how just copies and pastes articles from the club website and other publications 👍 Spot on M. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
splendidrush 700 Posted June 17, 2019 2 hours ago, KiwiScot said: Awful ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
