I am going to challenge you on one of those points...

...Leicester was not a fluke. I think that's far too lazy.

Yes, their stars aligned, all of the "big teams" conspired to falter at precisely the right times for Leicester, they had a lot of luck at certain points, were fortunate with injuries and I am pretty sure that if we could re-run that entire season over and over again, Leicester would probably win it once every several hundred attempts, finishing no higher than 4th or 5th 95% of the time. But even had they finished 4th, they were immense and the players and staff did an awesome job to keep getting results all season.

You don't fluke the way they stayed in there as everybody around them fell apart one by one (e.g. Spurs finishing 3rd in a two horse race).

Anyway, right place, right time, right attitude and right people yes. But I don't like to call something a fluke if it involves hard work and good preparation. They made themselves ready to take advantage of any slip ups by the others in the top 6, and they did that remarkably well.

Fuckun wars. That was a bit serious wuntut?

Posted By: Steve in Holland, Sep 3, 12:18:51