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Leicester City top the English Premier League

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#1 ·
Claudio Ranieri is the man, Dude keeps overachieving with small sides but is not made to coach big sides probably. It appears like EPL is only league you dont know who will win the title ( Bayern, PSG, Barcelona, Juventus ..)

Alot of big teams underachieving.So much money spent , being wasted.
 
#3 ·
Claudio Ranieri is the man, Dude keeps overachieving with small sides but is not made to coach big sides probably. It appears like EPL is only league you dont know who will win the title ( Bayern, PSG, Barcelona, Juventus ..)

Alot of big teams underachieving.So much money spent , being wasted.
yeah, well...they're 9 points off the league lead while ManCity only 2 pts.

Both EPL and Serie A have been quite unpredictable so far. Sassuolo being 5h in Italy is almost as crazy as Leicester leading the EPL.
 
#7 ·
Leicester haven't played many of the big boys yet, it'll be interesting to see how they fare, though their speed on the break is impressive.

Riyad Mahrez has been the best player in the league so far this season. Vardy probably the best striker and N'Golo Kante probably the best holding midfielder.

Danny Drinkwater, Jeffrey Schlupp and Marc Albrighton extremely impressive also.
 
#15 ·
and he was playing non league football just a few years ago. Very nice "gamble" by Leicester to pick him up from Fleetwood Town.

Good player but don't like him as a person though, racist chav.

More impressed with Mahrez, saw him live the other week and looked real quality. Another bargain at 500k
 
#9 ·
Yeah ridiculous record by Vardy. Even more remarkable than RvN considering who he plays for.

Anyway, really like Leicester even since their Championship days and the amazing run to avoid relegation last time -- nice atmosphere in their home games, cool colors, likeable players. Of course it happens relatively often in big leagues that smaller teams peak early on and then lose pace, but who knows.
 
#10 ·
Hoffenheim 2008/09

Lead table at winter break and had Ibisevic with 18 goals at that time. Then he got injured, didn't play a single minute anymore and they ended 7th at the end of the season.

Well, hope for Vardy to not get injured of course.
 
#21 ·
Its criminal if they sell anyone in January, they should keep at it and finish top 4, not impossible!
 
#23 ·
I doubt the players themselves would move midwinter, would be idiotic to change scenery midseason from a team that clearly enjoys its football.
 
#52 ·
He has by far been the best player in the league this season, hasn't he?


As for Leicester, I think the left half of their defense is their Achilles' heel. Signing a decent CB and/or LB in January can improve their chances of finishing top-4.
 
#42 ·
Been here before with Villa, West Ham, Newcastle etc. Leiciester are playing high intesisty football with the same group of players, they won't go the distance.

I don't think the PL is all that unpredictable either, City will win it, knew Chelsea would win it last year, and City the year before that.
 
#44 ·
Arsenal are pretty much in there as well. Normally id say that theyll drop off somewhere in March or something but considering they failed to win a single EPL match in November but are still sitting nicely second and above United&City...