re: Luck: A Leciester story, looking back on the 15/16 Season

(cracks knuckles)

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first off jimmies not rustled, i have been wanting to start this thread for a while because i made these point last year and was given shite and wanted to rub it in that i was right

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Huge difference between these two, I'm sure.

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Now to WSE, you just proved my point. everyone will look at liecester and remember them for a title win but no one will look at the other teams.

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what

I just

I just looked at the other teams

You can't be this dense

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Watford- sure they are 14th but what you failed to point is that new teams like Bournemouth and Burnley are higher ranked, which again proves you aren't paying attention to smaller teams that are becoming successful through reasonable sustainable means, but you will remember Leicester won

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Let's go through what just happened here.

"What about Watford?"
Watford is not doing so hot this year.
"Well, why didn't you say something about Bournemouth and Burnley?"
... we were talking about Watford, weren't we?
"You aren't paying attention to smaller teams!"
How did you get that from the fact that I didn't mention two teams that we weren't even talking about? I'm well aware of what Bournemouth and Burnley are doing this season. I watch the Premier League regularly.

You're making a lot of assumptions about what I know and think, and you can't do that. You're not SCH. Get in line.

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yes my team is arse but its a shining example of what Big money can do, the club rose through the ranks because of smart safe buys, playing attractive football "the Swansea way" and listening to the fans, in recent season we went away from that and are struggling.

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I know all of this...

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But again you don't know that story all you see is the table, but you will remember Leicester won

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...do you think I only have the capacity to think of one team at a time? WTF is this? And again, quit trying to tell me what I know and what I think. It's the dumbest thing people do on the Internet. You don't know me.

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That Brazilian team died in a plane crash? is that all they did? they didn't climb through the leagues and reach a semi final of a continental tournament? they didn't inspire hope in a small city? but let me guess, you knew Leicester won

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Well, the plane crash is how a lot of people found out about their story, sadly. Forgive me for not knowing the ins and outs of the Brazilian league. But I know their story. You comparing them to the rest of these teams is misguided at best and tasteless at worst.

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German team may not have been the best example, but you do know about the setup, and you do know why achieving success that way diminishes the true success. So you should be able to see how winning a title through pure luck is not as good as winning on merit and platform.

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Awesome, thanks for allowing me to know something that isn't Leicester. I hope my brain can handle that extra information. It'll be tough.

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So in short everyone knows Leicester won but it was a fluke lucky season.

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Sure.

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No one know or appreciates the stories of these other teams, the work they do to stay up and how they try to do it in a way that makes the locals happy and keeps the club safe, both financially and in the table.

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This is so wrong. But you do you, man.

I knew these teams and their stories. A lot of people on here do, too. I have no idea what kind of fan you're railing against, because they're not on here.

You comparing these random teams to Leicester in the OP didn't make sense, and now it makes less sense. (Watford and Swansea are still hilariously bad comparisons, no matter how much you try to explain it away.)

I'm sorry I didn't write down everything I knew about each of your teams in my first reply. I didn't know I was being quizzed, professor.

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No one know or appreciates the stories of these other teams, the work they do to stay up and how they try to do it in a way that makes the locals happy and keeps the club safe, both financially and in the table

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So they're supposed to get more credit for staying up than Leicester? What?

Sure, they may have gotten lucky, but they won. In a 38 match season. Everyone always says, "I love how there's no playoff. You can't luck your way into some elimination tournament. You have to win over a long stretch." Well, Leicester did that.

And for situations like this, I love the saying - good luck is when hard work meets opportunity. That's exactly what Leicester did. They worked hard. They had opportunity. And they took advantage of it. They'll be rightfully remembered as Premier League Champions. They won't be remembered as the best champions of all time, but they're still champions nonetheless.

You should delete this thread to save a shred of credibility on this board.