Not quite the final day last year but they were in 4th with 2 matches left. This from an espn article yesterday pretty much encapsulates how impressive their bottling has been the last 2 years though. "Leicester City suffered a disappointing end to the 2020-21 campaign, missing out on Champions League qualification by a single point on the final day. Just to compound matters, Brendan Rodgers' side comfortably ended more days inside the top four (242) that any other club this season, only to see it slip away at the very end. The Foxes have spent 93% of the past two seasons (567 days in total) inside the top four, only to finish fifth on both occasions."
Didn’t they have a pretty tough end to the schedule this year? That would skew them higher than expected earlier on, only to then fall to about expected position once they play the tougher part of the schedule. But it’d be framed as bottling. *I didn’t double check their schedule so this may not even be the case.
That doesn’t mean they didn’t bottle it in the end. Sure they had the toughest run in among the teams fighting for top 4 but it’s not like all their games against the big clubs were only in the last half of their schedule. Leicester were 6-1-5 against the big 6 clubs this season. They didn’t just beat up on the lower table teams to get to where they were in the table towards the end of the season. They were top 4 all season for reason. 93% over two seasons spent inside the top 4. That’s insane to not make it either time. Blaming scheduling for the 7% they spent outside the top 4 just doesn’t hold water for me.
United B to be more accurate, but making the FA final and winning it against Chelsea hurt more than anything
God awful form.. starting CB’s that played in the 9th division and still finished 3rd. If Liverpool stay healthy it’s them and City then United and Chelsea 6-10 points behind and then everyone else.
If Lanzini doesn’t score that last second wundergoal in West Ham’s 3-3 comeback vs Tottenham in October, Spurs are… just in the Europa league I guess. Everything else would have played out exactly the same I’m sure.
Villa haven’t sold a player for more than 10m since they sold Benteke to Liverpool owner while we were in the championship was a Chinese dude that wasn’t vetted who almost ran the club into administration. Villa had to mortgage the parking lot at villa park to make a 4m lbs tax payment almost everyone they’ve bought in the last 2 years has increased in value though.
Second gif is probably my favorite conte moment on the sideline. Spurs and conte is such a bizarre fit but props to Spurs for getting one of the top 5 managers in the world when he’s happy. Up to levy to keep him happy. That’s probably a harder job than winning a trophy with Spurs.
Question for the thread: If you were going to rank/tier the 'Big 6' teams from a historical club prospective, what would it look like? From my limited knowledge, it seems like it would be: Man U Liverpool Arsenal Chelsea Man City Tottenham Is that somewhat accurate?
I think you have the big 6 confused, looks more like this: Villa Villa Villa Villa Villa Villa everyone else in the history of the league is small clubs. #gallanting
Were you alive when AV last won a trophy of any form? Christ, I didn’t think anyone could have a worse trophy drought than Tottenham but lordy.
How would y’all rank the London clubs in the premier league + EFL? 1. Chelsea 2. West Ham 3. Crystal Palace 4. Watford 5. Millwall 6. Fulham 7. QPR 8. Brentford 9. Wimbledon 10. Charlton 11. Leyton Orient 12. Sutton United 13. Boreham Wood 14. Dagenham & Redbride 15. Arsenal 16. Spurs 17. Bromley 18. Barnet
Depends on where you prioritize when clubs won. Based off how you weight trophies I have Liverpool first but to eaches own. Villa and Newcastle both have great history too.
Pretty clear everyone here flat out disrespects the late 1920s and 30s as the most obviously important period.....