The 2015-2016 EPL Discussion Thread

[jb12780]

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This weekend's fixtures:



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[mb625]

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That was beautiful football from City. They just toyed with Crystal Palace on that move.

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[steelerfan]

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That was a VERY entertaining second half between Chelsea and Everton. Wow!

[ImTellinTim]

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Another key blown offside call.

[fearwhatnow]

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Meh, another missed penalty, 2 points thrown in the bin. Still on the top but we just can't throw away chances if we want to win the title. It seems that Arsenal, Man City and Leicester will stay on top 3 until the end of season.

[PabloLFC]

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You'll finish comfortably below Spurs still. The last month watching Leicester has been familiar, they look mid table again.

[fearwhatnow]

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You'll finish comfortably below Spurs still. The last month watching Leicester has been familiar, they look mid table again.

That's quite an impressive logic. I'll take it even further: Leicester look mid table again (!), ManU and Chelsea look Championship and Liverpool should be fighting with Sunderland and Newcastle to avoid relegation.
Nope.

[PabloLFC]

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Yeah, probably. Doesn't change the fact that Spurs, Arsenal and City are all in better form and that will show in May. Come on, you didn't think this was actually going to last? It's always a nice thought but it never does, the last team to do it was Ipswich 15 years ago with a much more level playing field.


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[dubcity]

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You'll finish comfortably below Spurs still. The last month watching Leicester has been familiar, they look mid table again.

I doubt it. They're going to have to start actually losing more for that to happen.

[PabloLFC]

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I reckon they will start to lose more now the surprise element is fading, Vardy and Mahrez have cooled down and they're still full of problems at the back. Right now, I'm gonna say they finish 7th. We're seeing Leicester at their best while none of the better teams have reached that yet, which balanced out they will do in the second half of the season. For some teams it just works like that.


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[fearwhatnow]

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Yeah, probably. Doesn't change the fact that Spurs, Arsenal and City are all in better form and that will show in May. Come on, you didn't think this was actually going to last? It's always a nice thought but it never does, the last team to do it was Ipswich 15 years ago with a much more level playing field.


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I can't see anything that ended. Initially this should have ended in November... Then in December... Here we are, it's mid January and look who's on top. Team and fans are disappointed because of today's draw and the truth is that the team didn't deserve to win because we had the worst second half this season. But the missed penalty leaves a bad taste as a 0-2 would have sealed the win imo, especially against a team that fights for staying up in the league.
Where did you see the problems in the back? Leicester had a clean sheet for 372 minutes.
2.5 months behind I posted that the team is not based on Vardy and Mahrez. It's a solid, top 5 EPL roster.

[PabloLFC]

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No it isn't. It's a decent squad, nothing better.


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[dubcity]

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Right now, I'm gonna say they finish 7th.

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That'll take some cooperation from those teams down there. Teams like Man U, Crystal Palace, Stoke, etc, will have to start getting 3 points pretty consistently, along with Leicester losing. That's like a 10 point swing to get down there.

I think 3rd-5th is their realistic bottom level at this point.

[Perceptor]

The 2015-2016 EPL Discussion Thread

The MVP of the Spuds/Sunderland match? Jan Kirchoff. That was as bad a debut as I've seen. He stuck out a half assed block and deflected the shot in and then commits a silly foul to give Spurs a penalty.

[Brahvocado]

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Statistically speaking, Leicester would have to pull off an absolutely spectacular bottle to finish outside the top 4. No team in their position has ever finished outside top 4 in prem history.

I don't often agree with most things Fearwhatnow says, but just based off the way the season has gone so far, I don't know how you could predict Leicester will for sure drop out. All the big teams are dropping points like they are beats this season. If there was any season that a random team could come out of nowhere and win, it's definitely this one. I've been watching the prem for a very long time, I can't remember a time when the big teams in the league were collectively this weak.

If Leicester finish outside the top 4, there will almost certainly be a bunch of obnoxious people online saying they "called it" but historically speaking, it would take something spectacular for them to slide that far and stay there.