Liverpool are awful

When Shearer went there rather than United, I think there was plenty of money sloshing around. You can't compare them to Leicester.

I thought they'd crumble after Christmas. They haven't.

 

I've watched em on TV 6 or 7 times this season and they've been immense. Never seen a non 'big club' challenge like it.

 

Liverpool t'other year . . .

In reality they didnt actually spend that much money.

 

Bit of a myth all that.

That team 20 odd years ago, cost more than the team Leicester put out yesterday.

 

Where's the Myth?

That team 20 odd years ago, cost more than the team Leicester put out yesterday.

 

Where's the Myth?

Leicester had an £8m lad on the bench!

 

At the time rovers were spending less than the team they were competing with:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/when-saturday-comes-blog/2013/oct/23/blackburn-premier-league-title-earned-1995

Leicester had an £8m lad on the bench!

 

At the time rovers were spending less than the team they were competing with:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/when-saturday-comes-blog/2013/oct/23/blackburn-premier-league-title-earned-1995

Suppose you have to count for inflation, and if we're talking about spending less that those you're competing with Leicester's team cost a tenth of what City's did yesterday.

Suppose you have to count for inflation, and if we're talking about spending less that those you're competing with Leicester's team cost a tenth of what City's did yesterday.

Aye

 

Not knocking Leicester or owt but they are hardly on a budget, they've got a 9m signing out in loan as well

 

Granted it's a million miles for city and relatively speaking they ain't spending to challenge like Blackburn were

 

And it will be a great achievement if they win it

 

Mainly because this time last year they were something like 4 points adrift at the bottom

They have done well but i predict 5th.

13 points ahead of utd and a good run of fixtures

 

Can't see them finishing outside the top 4

 

Big weekend next weekend as well with top 4 playing each other

13 points ahead of utd and a good run of fixtures

 

Can't see them finishing outside the top 4

 

Big weekend next weekend as well with top 4 playing each other

 

 

After next weekend they have a run of winnable games

 

They really can win it

After next weekend they have a run of winnable games

 

They really can win it

it's those 'winnable games' such as the last half a dozen or so, if they are still top that will decide it. One thing going to Citeh (brilliant performance no doubt) but when you suddenly have only a few games left and it's yours to throw away that's when the pressure will really kick in and it doesn't matter who you are playing in the Premier League. Relegation threatened teams won't roll over and the pressure on Leicester will be immense. Injuries as well might kick in. Hope they do it I really do, but have a sneaky feeling if someone unexpected wins it might just be Tottenham.

Just reading vardy's new deal is 80k a week!

The question has changed from 'Can they win it?' to 'Will they win it?'

Just reading vardy's new deal is 80k a week!

Fair play to the lad for me. He'll only have been on 'good' money for the past 4 years or so. He's 29 so has 1 big contract left and one of the bigger clubs in the league would offer it him in summer. IMO he's said to Leicester that he genuinely wants to stay there for the rest of his better years but he wants to be paid the going rate.

 

I also really want them to win it, but if they don't I hope it's Spurs that come through and win it instead.

I presumed Zico was saying how cheap his hourly rate was for a new deal. I'd say fair play to the lad for that.

80k a week seems astronomical to us but its less than half of what rooney is on.

80k a week is what £4m a year?

 

Even if Leicester finish bottom of the prem next season the club will get a minimum £100m from TV revenue

 

That's before any champions league money, gate receipts sponsorship

 

Leicester could pay the 25 men in the squad £80k a week each and still have plenty of cash left to go at

 

That's going to be an average premier league salary with this new TV deal. It's only right as well, if the players didn't get it then the foreign owner would trouser it and take it back to Thailand with him

Wasn't Lennon linked with the Leicester job at the start of the season and didn't people mock when they appointed Ranieri?

Wasn't Lennon linked with the Leicester job at the start of the season and didn't people mock when they appointed Ranieri?

Just shows what can happen when people that know what they're doing make decisions at a football club.

Just shows what can happen when people that know what they're doing make decisions at a football club.

 

 

 

Probably just a punt

I presumed Zico was saying how cheap his hourly rate was for a new deal. I'd say fair play to the lad for that.

Was more about their turnaround how far they have come in 12 months

 

Spose it's easy to pay that when you know you'll be in the PL next year but it's not just him that got them where they are, be interesting to see how well the rest of the team do out of this one off season for them

 

Again not knocking them at all, it's just all a bit bonkers

Valencia beaten again today. By the mighty Betis

 

ROFL at Gary Chuckle once more

Afobe was utter crap for Bournemouth. Like watching Heskey.

Next year's TV deal is going to be a massive leveler for most clubs , expect another 'Leicester' story.

 

Shame it won't be us.

Just shows what can happen when people that know what they're doing make decisions at a football club.

Aye remember when Gartside said just that, he weren't far wrong.

Next year's TV deal is going to be a massive leveler for most clubs , expect another 'Leicester' story.

 

Shame it won't be us.

 

Have you given up on the playoffs already?

 

Cant stand for negativity

Blackburn's league title win is worth just as much as any other teams title wins, only bitter people think otherwise.