Tinker on.

[TightEnd]

no-one is going to read this but i will put it here anyway

outstanding long form report of the game at the etihad, tactics and the rest

http://www.zonalmarking.net/2016/02/10/manchester-city-1-3-leicester-early-goal-allows-leicester-to-play-on-the-break/

[TightEnd]

well said, odious man and a horrible pundit who gets work everywhere!

thoroughly on the bandwagon now, strangely enough

'You've changed your tune, Robbie Savage. And your badge-kissing allegiance'

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Leicester-City-OPINION-Thanks-support-Robbie/story-28696406-detail/story.html#ixzz3zlBUFVG2

[Nakor]

well said, odious man and a horrible pundit who gets work everywhere!

thoroughly on the bandwagon now, strangely enough

'You've changed your tune, Robbie Savage. And your badge-kissing allegiance'

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Leicester-City-OPINION-Thanks-support-Robbie/story-28696406-detail/story.html#ixzz3zlBUFVG2

Odious, really?

Think that article just sums up why he is liked by some.
Honest, and not afraid to speak his mind.  At least he had the balls to state he didn't think they would win it, in the face of a weekly barrage of abuse from Fox's fans. 
Beating City has changed the opinion of nearly every football fan I know from "I would like them to win it" to "they can/will win it".  Not surprised that game changed his mind to be honest.

As a pundit/presenter I think he is good - his partnership on 606 is entertaining, he does not trot out the same old rubbish, he was very honest in respect to his allegiance to Mancini and how that shaped his views on Man City, and he has also been honest in stating he thought Leicester were lightweight in squad depth and it would catch up with them - it hasn't.

Appreciate he is not everyone's cup of tea - but what do you want 3 Gareth Crooks clones on every football show?

[TightEnd]

odious might be the wrong word

Insincere, maybe

i don't mind him changing his mind on leicester, many have and no one saw it coming

the part many leicester fans object to is his behaviour on returning to leicester with away clubs, demonstrably being a cock and now claiming that "we" are going to win the league. There is no "we" about it Robbie, unlike the vast majority who left the club (and many like izzet, walsh, elliott, taggart from that era are are matches regularly now) who didn't go round slagging us off afterwards

Smply two-faced.

as a pundit i think he is utterly dreadful (merson is bad but entertaining, savage is bad and thinks he's entertaining, he's not), but at least he's not dreadful and boring like the horrendous garth crooks so i agree with you on that

[TightEnd]

Player Focus: Mahrez Essential in Leicester's Stunning Season

https://www.whoscored.com/Articles/_bybwmjhg0ac2er5bfrpfg/Show/Player-Focus-Mahrez-Essential-in-Leicesters-Stunning-Season

[TightEnd]

The LCFC fan who bet £5 on his side to win the league is now offered £6,500 to cash out. http://bbc.in/1PxhhHY 

[TightEnd]

Leicester City's bonus structure for the season reveals how high in the league the club hoped they'd finish..

http://www.thesportbible.com/articles/leicester-city-bosses-were-never-prepared-for-title-push-110216

[TightEnd]

Leicester are now serious title contenders... but who's in the King Power bootroom? http://dailym.ai/1TbCOe3 

[TightEnd]

The miracle of Leicester: even more incredible than it first appears (By Brian Sears)

http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2016/02/12/the-miracle-of-leicester-more-incredible-than-it-first-appear-120102/

[tikay]

Did I read correctly that Leicester City have fielded an unchanged starting 11 for the last 5 games in a row?

If so, tinker tinkers no more.

Does give some food for thought to the all-powerful "squad rotation" lobby, too.

Times were perhaps different, but Derby County were similar in their early Clough days, and one of the better Liverpool Teams, might have been under Shankly, only used 15 different players all season when they won one of their titles. Plenty of "ever present" players around, too. No subs then, of course, which I preferred.   

[TightEnd]

been very fortunate with injuries, though one lobby would tell you that is skill in the sports science team that we haven't suffered many soft tissue injuries

we currently have 2 of the first team squad of 25 out, the lowest number in the league

that apart, we are also fortunate that we dont have many fixtures being out of both cups, so plenty of recovery time no need to rotate. that could be a big advantage once the champions league resumes and as others go deep in the fac cup too

and of course the form of the players is such that you don't want to change the team

i think, iirc, weve used the lowest number of players of any PL team this season.

some luck, some form, some judgement, some down to circumstances

[tikay]

In a weird piece of timing, just looked at today's Times, & they have a League Table of who has made least changes to their line up this season

Top 4 are;

Leicester 21

Watford 30

Stoke 33

Bournemouth 34

Bottom 4?

Villa 59

Southampton 60

Sunderland 64

Man City 66

[TightEnd]

the four down the bottom all make sense to me

villa started badly, lots of new players, then new manager...

southampton started early in the europa league, and were playing lots of midweeks, rotation inevitable

sunderland started badly, lots of new players, then new manager

man c have a strong squad with probably two starting xis minimum, playing in the champions league, plenty of rotation inevitable

[hhyftrftdr]

the four down the bottom all make sense to me

villa started badly, lots of new players, then new manager...

southampton started early in the europa league, and were playing lots of midweeks, rotation inevitable

sunderland started badly, lots of new players, then new manager

man c have a strong squad with probably two starting xis minimum, playing in the champions league, plenty of rotation inevitable

Yep, loads of games plus loads of injuries means a fair bit of tinkering for us this season.

Off the top of my head, so far this season we've had Hart, Zabaleta, Mangala, Kompany, Kolarov, Clichy, Delph, Navas, Nasri, KDB, Silva, Toure, Fernando, Sterling, Aguero and Bony all on the sidelines. Some have been brief injuries (Sterling, Hart), others much more long term (Silva, Vinny, Sergio, Nasri).

We had a reasonably settled side for the first 5 games, and won 5/5 without conceding.....then things kinda went tits up

Just read Delph out for 7 weeks, marv.

Still pretty impressive that Leicester have only used 21 players.

[TightEnd]

this is all rather unnerving

Arsene is playing his little games, which despite the fact they will probably win tomorrow will have no impact on us as Ranieri doesn't give a toss

and now we are everyone's favourite team.

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