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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.

Now I agree that that is what usually happens, and is one of my favorite features of the league but last year was not the case. And I get why people have a hard time believing it.

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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.[quote]

I would love to think that is true but its just not. There are games where teams out work and put play the other team but still lose because of luck going the other way.

[quote] 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.

No doubt, im not saying #notmychampions but I will not consider them as equals with other champions.

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Posted by crazy4lsu

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Posted on 1/16/17 at 3:44 pm to MLSter

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No doubt, im not saying #notmychampions but I will not consider them as equals with other champions.

Why? They did certain things incredibly well. Their low block game was the best of any teams since Mourinho's Chelsea in 2005. They aren't a great champion, but neither was Man U in Fergie's last season, nor Chelsea in Mourinho's championship year. Leicester's victory was more an indication of the piss poor attacking play that has characterized the PL since I'd say 2010. The last team to be truly great in its attacking play and also win the championship was Ancelotti's Chelsea. It isn't Leicester's fault that teams couldn't break them down. It's literally what they did every game. If they had Kante, who is a once in a lifetime defensive midfielder, they would still be incredibly hard to break down.

This season the attacking and possession game has been much better than previous seasons. I think 2015-2016 was the worst year for attacking play since I've watched the PL (around 2003). I would argue that 2014-2015 was as bad a year as well.

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