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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Posted by stlslick

St.Louis,Mo

Member since Nov 2012

14068 posts

Posted on 1/16/17 at 3:58 pm to crazy4lsu

Wasn't Luck, the breaks fell their way.

This year, the goals that went in are hitting the post, or 2 inches wide. The break away by Vardy is being stopped, a leg is deflecting a kick.

The lack of depth, was going to kill them this season, especially being in Europe.

Their losses were big in the transfer season, they lost an anchor man who was critical to their plans and game plan.

You sell any anchor men from a MidMajorish club, and it is 10XX worse than a top team losing 3 or 4 players. They can replace their losses, Teams like Leicester can only hope to find a player who can be some sort of equal to that guy.

What they did last season was great, they played with passion, they gave it all out on the pitch.

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