Kante: "It will be great to play in the Champions League. I will decide my future after the Euros." #PSG #LCFC #CFC #AFC (Standard)
Don't count your chickens just yet lads..
To be fair Kante was expected - Vardy wasn't which is what makes it such a shock.
Vardy going is hardly going to help Kante with his decision I guess.
It happened to Southampton, it's happening to us. They rebuilt and so can we but the fact that no one else can break into this cartel in the long term is one of the most disappointing things about football for me
It almost makes me want a breakaway league so these top clubs can just fack off
Euros will not help, as potential targets will want concentrate on that for the time being. Going go be a long summer.
It almost makes me want a breakaway league so these top clubs can just fack off
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Like some sort of "premier" league?
Good players will always be wanted by other clubs.
Cheer up it ain't all bad news
Arro has nearly finished your ground extension
comment by hounslows-finest (U6180)
posted 15 minutes ago
Good players will always be wanted by other clubs.
Cheer up it ain't all bad news
Arro has nearly finished your ground extension
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Yeah at least we've got the stadium extension to look forward to next season.....
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 17 minutes ago
It almost makes me want a breakaway league so these top clubs can just fack off
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Like some sort of "premier" league?
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Yeah ok fair point.....
It's just a big club monopoly and your only hope of breaking it is to be bought by a multi billionaire who wants success immediately
Try to build over a period of time and your best players get picked off time and again. Look at Southampton.i just find it depressing but this is what all the other clubs who aren't part of the big 4/5 experience.
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 36 minutes ago
It almost makes me want a breakaway league so these top clubs can just fack off
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Like some sort of "premier" league?
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Had this discussion with a Leeds fan a while back.
Unless you can find a way to make fleetwood town and Southampton have some kind of level playing field then there will always be bigger clubs and smaller ones.
Get rid of the 5 biggest clubs and the next 5 biggest just take their place.
Also I don't see how some sort of breakaway league would change PSG going for Kante and Araneal going for Vardy?
It wouldn't Jose you're right
You would have to level the playing field financially, preferably through wage caps, and make it about how well you recruit, rather than going out and buying the league.
Too late for that to happen now
Looking increasingly like this squad is going to be dismantled just as quickly as Martin O'Neill's was. How thoroughly depressing.
On the other hand, how ironic will it be if the only one of the holy trinity to stay at Leicester is Mahrez....
To be fair the dismantling of MONS squad was largely our own doing
I think Mahrez will actually stay, no release clause that we know about and personal circumstances mean that a move to another club wouldn't be ideal for him.
If we can replace Vardy and Kante and keep him then it's still looking like a good season.
The only way to beat Leicester ultimately seems to rob them of their players. That's premier league football for you
It really is depressing seeing our squad potentially being dismantled but lets see who comes in as replacements, we still have plenty of money from last season and transfers coming in. with Champions League football we can still be an attractive club to play for.
Funny thing is the big boys couldn't beat us last season so cherry picking our best players is what they have to resort to. And people on here moan about Bayern poaching Dortmunds players.
The only way to beat Leicester ultimately seems to rob them of their players. That's premier league football for you
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Isn't that how Leicester got into the premier league? By 'robbing' players from other teams?
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 23 seconds ago
The only way to beat Leicester ultimately seems to rob them of their players. That's premier league football for you
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Isn't that how Leicester got into the premier league? By 'robbing' players from other teams?
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Le Havre didn't want Mahrez. They didn't value him and the general consensus was that he wasn't big enough to make it at top level. That's why they let him go so cheaply and were happy to.
Simpson, James and Drinkwater weren't wanted by their respective clubs. I've lost count of the amount of ex Manchester United academy players we have picked up over the years because they weren't deemed good enough.
Schmeichel wasn't wanted at Leeds anymore. He didn't want to leave them, we came in for him because we were alerted to his availability by Leeds United apparently
Cambiasso was released from his contract when we got him, same with Fuchs
Yes there have been occasions where we have picked up the likes of Kante and Vardy from other clubs but they weren't powerless to sell them to us and they demanded a lot of money including sell on clauses.
In the main I would say that no we haven't got to the premier league by robbing other players. Our scouting system is a bit more advanced than Arsenals for example who simply seem to wait for other clubs to develop the players they want and then buy them....
Well we've got something the big 5 can't take off us,
The Premier League Title, now that feels good !
Kante , yes, most expected him to go back, to maybe France. The Vardy one, was initially a shock, but from his point of view it makes good sense financially, don't forget, he'll not have been on the "big" money long, and he's almost 30, so needs to set himself up, in that respect.
However,I think he might well have peaked this season, so a younger replacement may turn out to be a good move for both parties.We can get by without him.If you remember when he got sent off against West Ham, after all our one nils, we went and banged in 4 goals next game.
I'm more than happy that in our lifetime, "little" Leicester have won the top title. If we could just top it off with an F.A. Cup Final victory, in the near future, then I for one, ( as regards "footy", would leave this world, (when the time comes), a very happy "Fox".
Yes there have been occasions where we have picked up the likes of Kante and Vardy from other clubs but they weren't powerless to sell them to us and they demanded a lot of money including sell on clauses
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And it looks like history could repeat itself. That's how it works. That helped you win the league and it'll help another team possibly reach their goals
Think the Leicester fans need to ask themselves who put these release clauses in their best players contracts.
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 8 minutes ago
Yes there have been occasions where we have picked up the likes of Kante and Vardy from other clubs but they weren't powerless to sell them to us and they demanded a lot of money including sell on clauses
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And it looks like history could repeat itself. That's how it works. That helped you win the league and it'll help another team possibly reach their goals
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I'm not saying we haven't done it but not to the extent that the top clubs do and we don't form part of a cartel of successful clubs that can't be broken because of it
We didn't prize the majority of this team away from other clubs as I've just outlined in the examples provided. By enlarge we purchased cast outs and unwanted players and developed them. The top clubs rarely do that - they just pick off the best talent when it comes to the fore.
No one can ever break in to this elite group and we won't see another Leicester city story for 20 years more. Is that really what football fans want??
comment by Obers (U3904)
posted 40 seconds ago
Think the Leicester fans need to ask themselves who put these release clauses in their best players contracts.
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The players and their agents insist on it as i understand it. It's pretty common at this level
But the two players that you have poached are going to be poached. How is that unfair? If anything it is very fair.
Funny thing is the big boys couldn't beat us last season so cherry picking our best players is what they have to resort to. And people on here moan about Bayern poaching Dortmunds players.
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we are the only one in for one of your players and we beat you twice
comment by Blackstarr (U12353)
posted 54 seconds ago
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 8 minutes ago
Yes there have been occasions where we have picked up the likes of Kante and Vardy from other clubs but they weren't powerless to sell them to us and they demanded a lot of money including sell on clauses
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And it looks like history could repeat itself. That's how it works. That helped you win the league and it'll help another team possibly reach their goals
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I'm not saying we haven't done it but not to the extent that the top clubs do and we don't form part of a cartel of successful clubs that can't be broken because of it
We didn't prize the majority of this team away from other clubs as I've just outlined in the examples provided. By enlarge we purchased cast outs and unwanted players and developed them. The top clubs rarely do that - they just pick off the best talent when it comes to the fore.
No one can ever break in to this elite group and we won't see another Leicester city story for 20 years more. Is that really what football fans want??
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If it happened every year then it wouldn't be much of a story.
comment by Sir Digby (U6039)
posted 3 minutes ago
Funny thing is the big boys couldn't beat us last season so cherry picking our best players is what they have to resort to. And people on here moan about Bayern poaching Dortmunds players.
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we are the only one in for one of your players and we beat you twice
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You didn't win the league though. Again....
I called this at the time when Leicester won the title. Told my mate to enjoy it because it was gonna be a depressing summer for their club.
Such is the way of the world and the way of football. I'd be shocked if Mahrez didn't also make a move (though I must admit I couldn't see Vardy leaving)
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posted on 5/6/16
Fack off ffs.
posted on 5/6/16
Kante: "It will be great to play in the Champions League. I will decide my future after the Euros." #PSG #LCFC #CFC #AFC (Standard)
Don't count your chickens just yet lads..
posted on 5/6/16
To be fair Kante was expected - Vardy wasn't which is what makes it such a shock.
Vardy going is hardly going to help Kante with his decision I guess.
It happened to Southampton, it's happening to us. They rebuilt and so can we but the fact that no one else can break into this cartel in the long term is one of the most disappointing things about football for me
It almost makes me want a breakaway league so these top clubs can just fack off
posted on 5/6/16
Euros will not help, as potential targets will want concentrate on that for the time being. Going go be a long summer.
posted on 5/6/16
It almost makes me want a breakaway league so these top clubs can just fack off
----------/---
Like some sort of "premier" league?
posted on 5/6/16
Good players will always be wanted by other clubs.
Cheer up it ain't all bad news
Arro has nearly finished your ground extension
posted on 5/6/16
comment by hounslows-finest (U6180)
posted 15 minutes ago
Good players will always be wanted by other clubs.
Cheer up it ain't all bad news
Arro has nearly finished your ground extension
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yeah at least we've got the stadium extension to look forward to next season.....
posted on 5/6/16
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 17 minutes ago
It almost makes me want a breakaway league so these top clubs can just fack off
----------/---
Like some sort of "premier" league?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yeah ok fair point.....
It's just a big club monopoly and your only hope of breaking it is to be bought by a multi billionaire who wants success immediately
Try to build over a period of time and your best players get picked off time and again. Look at Southampton.i just find it depressing but this is what all the other clubs who aren't part of the big 4/5 experience.
posted on 5/6/16
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 36 minutes ago
It almost makes me want a breakaway league so these top clubs can just fack off
----------/---
Like some sort of "premier" league?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Had this discussion with a Leeds fan a while back.
Unless you can find a way to make fleetwood town and Southampton have some kind of level playing field then there will always be bigger clubs and smaller ones.
Get rid of the 5 biggest clubs and the next 5 biggest just take their place.
Also I don't see how some sort of breakaway league would change PSG going for Kante and Araneal going for Vardy?
posted on 5/6/16
It wouldn't Jose you're right
You would have to level the playing field financially, preferably through wage caps, and make it about how well you recruit, rather than going out and buying the league.
Too late for that to happen now
posted on 5/6/16
Looking increasingly like this squad is going to be dismantled just as quickly as Martin O'Neill's was. How thoroughly depressing.
On the other hand, how ironic will it be if the only one of the holy trinity to stay at Leicester is Mahrez....
posted on 5/6/16
To be fair the dismantling of MONS squad was largely our own doing
I think Mahrez will actually stay, no release clause that we know about and personal circumstances mean that a move to another club wouldn't be ideal for him.
If we can replace Vardy and Kante and keep him then it's still looking like a good season.
The only way to beat Leicester ultimately seems to rob them of their players. That's premier league football for you
posted on 5/6/16
It really is depressing seeing our squad potentially being dismantled but lets see who comes in as replacements, we still have plenty of money from last season and transfers coming in. with Champions League football we can still be an attractive club to play for.
Funny thing is the big boys couldn't beat us last season so cherry picking our best players is what they have to resort to. And people on here moan about Bayern poaching Dortmunds players.
posted on 5/6/16
The only way to beat Leicester ultimately seems to rob them of their players. That's premier league football for you
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Isn't that how Leicester got into the premier league? By 'robbing' players from other teams?
posted on 5/6/16
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 23 seconds ago
The only way to beat Leicester ultimately seems to rob them of their players. That's premier league football for you
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Isn't that how Leicester got into the premier league? By 'robbing' players from other teams?
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Le Havre didn't want Mahrez. They didn't value him and the general consensus was that he wasn't big enough to make it at top level. That's why they let him go so cheaply and were happy to.
Simpson, James and Drinkwater weren't wanted by their respective clubs. I've lost count of the amount of ex Manchester United academy players we have picked up over the years because they weren't deemed good enough.
Schmeichel wasn't wanted at Leeds anymore. He didn't want to leave them, we came in for him because we were alerted to his availability by Leeds United apparently
Cambiasso was released from his contract when we got him, same with Fuchs
Yes there have been occasions where we have picked up the likes of Kante and Vardy from other clubs but they weren't powerless to sell them to us and they demanded a lot of money including sell on clauses.
In the main I would say that no we haven't got to the premier league by robbing other players. Our scouting system is a bit more advanced than Arsenals for example who simply seem to wait for other clubs to develop the players they want and then buy them....
posted on 5/6/16
Well we've got something the big 5 can't take off us,
The Premier League Title, now that feels good !
Kante , yes, most expected him to go back, to maybe France. The Vardy one, was initially a shock, but from his point of view it makes good sense financially, don't forget, he'll not have been on the "big" money long, and he's almost 30, so needs to set himself up, in that respect.
However,I think he might well have peaked this season, so a younger replacement may turn out to be a good move for both parties.We can get by without him.If you remember when he got sent off against West Ham, after all our one nils, we went and banged in 4 goals next game.
I'm more than happy that in our lifetime, "little" Leicester have won the top title. If we could just top it off with an F.A. Cup Final victory, in the near future, then I for one, ( as regards "footy", would leave this world, (when the time comes), a very happy "Fox".
posted on 5/6/16
Yes there have been occasions where we have picked up the likes of Kante and Vardy from other clubs but they weren't powerless to sell them to us and they demanded a lot of money including sell on clauses
------
And it looks like history could repeat itself. That's how it works. That helped you win the league and it'll help another team possibly reach their goals
posted on 5/6/16
Think the Leicester fans need to ask themselves who put these release clauses in their best players contracts.
posted on 5/6/16
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 8 minutes ago
Yes there have been occasions where we have picked up the likes of Kante and Vardy from other clubs but they weren't powerless to sell them to us and they demanded a lot of money including sell on clauses
------
And it looks like history could repeat itself. That's how it works. That helped you win the league and it'll help another team possibly reach their goals
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I'm not saying we haven't done it but not to the extent that the top clubs do and we don't form part of a cartel of successful clubs that can't be broken because of it
We didn't prize the majority of this team away from other clubs as I've just outlined in the examples provided. By enlarge we purchased cast outs and unwanted players and developed them. The top clubs rarely do that - they just pick off the best talent when it comes to the fore.
No one can ever break in to this elite group and we won't see another Leicester city story for 20 years more. Is that really what football fans want??
posted on 5/6/16
comment by Obers (U3904)
posted 40 seconds ago
Think the Leicester fans need to ask themselves who put these release clauses in their best players contracts.
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The players and their agents insist on it as i understand it. It's pretty common at this level
posted on 5/6/16
But the two players that you have poached are going to be poached. How is that unfair? If anything it is very fair.
posted on 5/6/16
Funny thing is the big boys couldn't beat us last season so cherry picking our best players is what they have to resort to. And people on here moan about Bayern poaching Dortmunds players.
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we are the only one in for one of your players and we beat you twice
posted on 5/6/16
comment by Blackstarr (U12353)
posted 54 seconds ago
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 8 minutes ago
Yes there have been occasions where we have picked up the likes of Kante and Vardy from other clubs but they weren't powerless to sell them to us and they demanded a lot of money including sell on clauses
------
And it looks like history could repeat itself. That's how it works. That helped you win the league and it'll help another team possibly reach their goals
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I'm not saying we haven't done it but not to the extent that the top clubs do and we don't form part of a cartel of successful clubs that can't be broken because of it
We didn't prize the majority of this team away from other clubs as I've just outlined in the examples provided. By enlarge we purchased cast outs and unwanted players and developed them. The top clubs rarely do that - they just pick off the best talent when it comes to the fore.
No one can ever break in to this elite group and we won't see another Leicester city story for 20 years more. Is that really what football fans want??
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If it happened every year then it wouldn't be much of a story.
posted on 5/6/16
comment by Sir Digby (U6039)
posted 3 minutes ago
Funny thing is the big boys couldn't beat us last season so cherry picking our best players is what they have to resort to. And people on here moan about Bayern poaching Dortmunds players.
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we are the only one in for one of your players and we beat you twice
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You didn't win the league though. Again....
posted on 5/6/16
I called this at the time when Leicester won the title. Told my mate to enjoy it because it was gonna be a depressing summer for their club.
Such is the way of the world and the way of football. I'd be shocked if Mahrez didn't also make a move (though I must admit I couldn't see Vardy leaving)
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