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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Chelsea won a title parking the bus, didn't really breed a lot of copycats. Besides what Leicester are doing is great motivation to all the teams toiling between 8th and 17th that they too can make a run...except they all don't have a duo as dynamic as Mahrez/Vardy, like Leicester. Leicester also has a bunch of comeback wins too, so they aren't really a team to take a 1-0 lead and sit 10 behind the ball.
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No, its not a question of whether it works. I think it does all too often. Its a question of whether its enjoyable for fans to watch. And they do sit 10 behind the ball, as we saw that in the Spurs game a few weeks ago. Granted they got a late goal so it wasn't 65 minutes of that, but its not entertaining in general.
And as far as "inspiring" teams in some ways that is what I'm afraid of. Watching WBA earlier this year they played the same game, just a poorer rendition and it was terrible to watch. They basically turtle and do nothing and hope that the long outlet is going to generate goals to hang on for a terrible 1-0 win.
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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
But they have the worst possession in the prem.
I prefer possession vs kick & chase. The kick & chase model looks pretty sexy when that first ball is precision, and you have two quick lethal strikers as they have now.
It's not a long term model, and I believe they're going to be found out as they visit the big clubs.
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Well its hard to argue with the day after that Vardy strike. But the fact is that was a great goal and just by chance the ball sat right up perfectly for him. I'm not saying it was a fluke because they seem to get this working every week this season, but really 95 times out of 100 that ball winds up in the stands.
It will be interesting to see if they've been found out or not here, but I tend to agree. Although I thought that Tottenham could deal with them adequately and in the three games there was a disputed draw and then a win a piece, so what do I know!