Leicester City to win the Premier League @ 100/1

man city , pool have great depth to cope with it as they did last year with ease

the Brendan bubble will soon burst

there are worse 100\1 shots

hello :-) 25 Oct 19 23:09 
man city , pool have great depth to cope with it as they did last year with ease

the Brendan bubble will soon burst


You have to laugh on here sometimes. It takes me back to the season Leicester won the title and people said it would all be over by Christmas then they said they must all be on drugs and finally that other teams were letting them win. Leicester won it by 10 points and Rainieri was still a mug.

Odds will be better if Vardy gets injured/suspended. He is their only striker.

2 big problems with that, Liverpool and City

Though must have a decent chance of top 4 13/8 on here not quite tempting enough

It always amuses me when people assume that last years form in any sport is much guide to this year. Japan and England Rugby, now Leicester. The form to look at is the last results.

The OP is saying he thinks Leicester are a decent bet at 100/1.

And people responding with "ah, but Liverpool and City ( both around Evens) are more likely to win"

Oct 26, 2019 -- 5:51PM, sageform wrote:

It always amuses me when people assume that last years form in any sport is much guide to this year. Japan and England Rugby, now Leicester. The form to look at is the last results.

I don't agree with that generally. A team that starts a season performing much better or much worse than the previous season will usually see their results fall more in line with the last year eventually. Six game form results are often misleading. If there has been a big change in personell then the change of fortune can be sustainable. Perhaps that is the case for Leicester with Rodgers.

still in the hunt

20/1 now!, they're out performing Leicester 2015/16, 3 more points after 15 games, +15 better goal difference.

However Liverpool is outperforming any previous winner

Those big city boys getting worried again.

Excellent team to watch, seem to be a very well balanced team, with many talented players in the squad.

most bookies now 14/1, they have a banker home match v Norwich next week, should be 4 or 5-0.

I like Leicester and they are doing well I think their home form might be the stumbling block

Oct 26, 2019 -- 8:26AM, Crisp77 wrote:

Odds will be better if Vardy gets injured/suspended. He is their only striker.

Ian Nacho finally turned up

maleuk01. 26 Oct 19 17:41 

Though must have a decent chance of top 4 13/8 on here not quite tempting enough


How things can change now 1/8 !

Only just realised that Leicester have a superior goal difference.

that 0-9 helped 

just seen 1000/1 mtched for leicester at the start  ....  i wouldn'ty have been a taker but vcertainly not a layer either  ....no lessons learnt from  back in the year 2016 

One rather big difference between this season and 2016 though.

That was the poorest season for many and Leics won with the lowest points total in all but one of the last 20 odd years.

This Liverpool team is different gravy - can't see Leicester finishing any closer than they are now and more likely double that behind come May.

4th lowest, United in 2011, 2001 and 99  less than Leicester's 81 points.

imo this Liverpool team are 1 key injury away from losing the big lead they have, mostly Van Dijk, there's no such replacement for a him.

the team that finished second - arsenal i'm pretty sure pipped spurs  - must have had the lowest points for a 2/placed  team

Arsenal (71)
Arsenal in 2001 got fewer (70)
Chelsea (and Man City in third) both got the same in 2011.

There may be others but just looked at the examples from above seasons.

thanks Bantam   ...and an extra star mark for using (fewer) rather than the common as shyte (less)

Newcastle in 1997 had 68 points as Runners up

excellent darren


any  advances on 68 anyone ?

In seasons where it's been 20 team leagues, 38 games and 3 points for a win, I think 68 would be the lowest points total for runners up, but go further back when it was 22/24 team leagues which it was for many years then there may have been quite a few runners up with less than 68  even with the 2-4 extra games as it would have been 2 points for a win rather than 3 til 1981.

yeah i suppose you'd have a fair few prior to the 3 points

and an extra star mark for using (fewer)

there may have been quite a few runners up with less than 68  even with the 2-4 extra games as it would have been 2 points for a win rather than 3 til 1981

Without looking it up I'd be surprised if a title winning team ever got 68pts under 2 for a win, never mind runners up, so it's hardly worth comparing that era for pts totals.

Lady Margaret 08 Dec 19 21:30 
One rather big difference between this season and 2016 though.

That was the poorest season for many and Leics won with the lowest points total in all but one of the last 20 odd years.

This Liverpool team is different gravy - can't see Leicester finishing any closer than they are now and more likely double that behind come May.






Despite all of that Leicester did win the title by 10 points, so should they have won it by even more?

Without looking it up I'd be surprised if a title winning team ever got 68pts under 2 for a win,

Once. Liverpool set the record at 68 points in 1979 (and that was 42 games not 38).

You can't really compare anything pre-1981 to post-1981.

you sort of can if you relay all of those league tables to 3 points for a win, though of course they were 42 game seasons

going to be an interesting team sheet for leicesters league cup q/f away to everton (3 days before the man city game)

Dec 9, 2019 -- 4:37PM, Rider wrote:

going to be an interesting team sheet for leicesters league cup q/f away to everton (3 days before the man city game)

was thinking that but then these are fully fit athletes , surely they can cope with a 3 day gap ?

sure to be a tough game against everton and they'll need their best players all buzzed up, its sort of leicesters edges that they dont play much midweek over the other top teams all playing in europe, think brendan will go with his best team though

they should be fresh enough  ...  the poor darlings 

1000-1

agree. 1000/1 would be about right. if this lot are champions i'll give up the game.

Didn't Norwich beat Man City this season?

Norwich City produced a magnificent all-round display to inflict Manchester City's first Premier League defeat since January at an ecstatic Carrow Road.

The Canaries were missing eight players but made light of those injuries and took full advantage of a performance from the reigning champions that was careless in the extreme and characterised by chaotic defending.

Next two games are the make or break games, Leicester play Man City away, then Liverpool at home, win both, with Liverpool in Qatar, and Leciester would be 4 points behind, albeit 1 game more played, would put pressure onto Liverpool

they play Everton mid week in the cup, would be surprised if they didn't rest the first team in preparation.

The media keep telling me that this team is better than their title winning side.   Not sure about that.  Ndidi is good but he's no kante.  Maddinson is alright but Mahrez was an absolute wizard for that season.  Anyway the title winning side was a seasoned group the present side is quite young.  Give them a year or two

Not just the media think that ffaith but many on here believe it too. I agree with yourself about the title winning side who cantered home 10 points clear.

Father Xmas says

NO

hO hO hO

I think that puts paid to this thread

buddeliea 27 Dec 19 08:31 
I think that puts paid to this thread





Are you sure you have waited long enough before posting that?

Saw absolutely no reason to get involved with this nonsense thread before,just thought I would help to get rid of it.

Very noble of you to finally get involved.

very weird and bizarre posts from buddliea, sounds like a very nervous Liverpool fan to me, no need to get upset about a normal betting thread like this lol

Leicester were 100/1 then down to 20/1 so a good ride whilst it lasted, for sure no chance now but how tipping a team in second place with over 25 games left meant it was a nonsense thread is beyond me, you know they were even as high as 5000/1 once upon a time!

being an aftertimer is also not a good look

Hope you made a nice profit

And yes I am a nervous Liverpool fan,so probably a relief reaction after last nights game.
Apologies.

np
no need to worry the title is 100% Liverpool's, not a jinx it's just much much harder to lose it from here than win it, it would have be the biggest collapse in history 13 points and game in hand, the only thing you need to worry about is whether Liverpool can match the Arsenal invincibles which is a real possibility