The Football.....

[simon.r]

Hearing the roads around the King Power are gridlocked.

Watched MOTD. Where is the line between passion and assault? Spurs lost in disgrace, such a shame.

I'm not really in sound mind to comment, but to paraphrase Steve Claridge on Radio 5 , "everyone calls for passion, but you can't have that without some fouls".

Edit - I can't explain that at the moment, combination of champagne and elatedness.

 

[gaz71]

Massive congratulations to Leicester City on a well deserved title win.Also well done to those few who bet on them at the start of the season.

 

[TVC]

I'm not really in sound mind to comment, but to paraphrase Steve Claridge on Radio 5 , "everyone calls for passion, but you can't have that without some fouls".

Eye gouging and stamping on hands when the ball is dead is not a foul surely, if you did that in the street you are getting arrested.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Credit to Kasper Schmeichel. How many footballers have been successful like their dad's were? Frank Lampard "junior" had more success than his dad, but are there any others?

 

[simon.r]

Eye gouging and stamping on hands when the ball is dead is not a foul surely, if you did that in the street you are getting arrested.

Yes, you're right. Too elated to discuss sensibly.

 

[simon.r]

Credit to Kasper Schmeichel. How many footballers have been successful like their dad's were? Frank Lampard "junior" had more success than his dad, but are there any others?

Ian Wrigh and his son first father / son to win premier league.

 

[swee'pea99]

The truly amazing thing about the Spurs fouling was not how dirty it was but how staggeringly gratuitous it was. You can understand players going in hard and rash when passions and stakes are high, but this was mostly a succession of premeditated acts of stupid and pointless violence in situations and areas of the pitch where any effect on any outcome was negligible at best. Quite extraordinary. Spurs lost a lot more than a title tonight.

None of which should overshadow Leicester's astonishing achievement. And as one of the commentators (actually I think it was Gary Lineker) said, Ranieri managed to achieve it without any kind of PR manouevring, mindgames or media manipulation. He just forged a great team and filled it with belief. For a club which, as someone else said, has spent less in the transfer market in its entire 130 years history than Man Utd have in the last two. Leicester won more than a title tonight.

 

[13 rider]

LEICESTER CITY premier league champions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love you Chelsea I do
Can someone tell me how that happened and please tell me its not a dream
Sorry for the late posting just back from the pub
Never mind Jamie Vardy having a party the whole of Leicester having a party
Leicester City premier league champions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just had to type it again

 

[vickster]

Credit to Kasper Schmeichel. How many footballers have been successful like their dad's were? Frank Lampard "junior" had more success than his dad, but are there any others?

Cryff?

 

[PaulB]

Talking of unexpected victories; did you know that England won the World Cup in 1934?

Having declined an invitation to enter that year's competition on the grounds that they would win it too easily, the English FA challenged the eventual winners, Italy, to a challenge match at Highbury (as was the done thing in those days) for the title of World Champions.

The game became known as 'the battle of Highbury' as Mussolini had offered all the Italian players an Alfa Romeo if they could beat England and the game descended into a brawl. England won 3-2 with the captain, Eric Brook ending the game holding the Jules Rimet above his head with his only good arm as the other one was in a sling having been broken during the match!

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Literally just watched the 'fouls' montage on MOTD and it was horrendous.

Big fine coming their way methinks.

I'd rather them have a points deduction, hit them how it'll really hurt, one of the most cynical and nasty displays I've heard and seen.

The measure of a class team is not how they win, it is how they lose.

Points won't happen but a fine on their revenue and next season's TV money....

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Congratulations to Burnley too, Leicester doing so well and the performance of the 3 promoted teams this time should give them hope that they can aspire to more than just another lucrative relegation season.

And commiserations to Dundee Utd too, relegated by the worst team in their world.

 

[vickster]

The son was fairly successful though, even if not world class

 

[User482]

The son was fairly successful though, even if not world class

And to provide the opposite: the Laudrup brothers had a moderately successful father.

 

[Andrew_P]

I bet when the Chief Exec of Leicester agreed to the bonuses for winning the Premier League had a wry smile at the 5 million one for Ranieri.

Still feel a bit sorry for mad Nige.

Well done Leicester, begrudgingly