All posts tagged "Leicester"
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HANDING SHAKESPEARE LEICESTER JOB WOULD BE A HUGE MISTAKE
The dark side of football Football is the most beautiful and popular sport on the planet. It transcends life in a sporting, social and sometimes even a political sense. But, like anything, football has a dark side, and the events in the city of Leicester involving the now former manager Ranieri, new boss Shakespeare and their players a fortnight ago suggest it is also the most cynical sport in the world.
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LEICESTER PLAYERS 1 RANIERI 0 – PLAYER POWER WINS, AGAIN
From champions to chumps In 2015 Chelsea cruised to a Premier League win under Jose Mourinho. As he had rightly said the previous season they were: ‘ A little horse that still needs milk and to learn how to jump.
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INTERCHANGEABLE SEVILLA PRIMED TO COMPOUND LEICESTER MISERY
Rebuilding no problem for Sevilla The heady days of Nessun Dorma being belted out amidst East Midlands euphoria are very much a thing of the past. Leicester’s fairy tale is in danger of reaching an unhappy ending.
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RANIEIRI’S LEICESTER TURN FOCUS TO CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Leicester City’s poor form in the Premier League has led to suggestions that 2015/16’s title winners have chosen to place most of their eggs in the basket marked ‘Uefa Champions League’ this term.
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Vardy’s decision to stay won’t define Leicester’s season
Jamie Vardy’s assertion that it was “easy” to turn down Arsenal isn’t likely to define Leicester City’s summer. Claudio Ranieri and the newly-crowned Premier League champions will have been ecstatic to see their top striker ink a new deal at the King Power Stadium, but holding onto those who helped propel the Englishman is proving to be a more difficult task.
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Leicester City – the difficult follow up season?
Leicester City – the difficult follow up season? It is now two and a half months since Leicester City shocked the world by claiming their maiden Premier League crown but still the extent of their accomplishment remains difficult to grasp.
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Leicester’s Next 11 Games Will Define Their Title Challenge
Each week the same question surrounds Leicester City: are they genuine title contenders? Sitting two points clear atop the Premier League table and flaunting the division’s two most in-form players, many onlookers are wondering when we can take Claudio Ranieri’s side seriously.
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WERE LEICESTER RIGHT TO RELIEVE NIGEL PEARSON OF HIS DUTIES?
Were Leicester Right To Relieve Nigel Pearson Of His Duties? Nigel Pearson has endured a tumultuous few months it has to be said. Even if we put aside his infamous ostrich comment for now, there have clearly been “issues” for the manager to deal with across this season, whether he chooses to admit the same or not.
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