I think they'll not do well because their squad size will not be able to handle all the added games. They're really relying heavily on a few select individuals, injuries or fatigue could really derail their run of form imo.Leicester are built for ceding possession and hitting with pace.. would probably be quite decent in the CL
Everyone was saying we were going to muck up the coefficient when we qualified, usual plastic big club fan crap, then we surprised everyone and did pretty well...
Here's a really unpopular opinion then:It would also likely fuck the Premier League in their scrap to retain their 4 Champions League places.
Leicester simply do not have a team that could compete on two fronts and would probably bottle it in the CL group stages which would severely damage the coeffecient rankings.
Unfortunately those sides have been struggling as well.Here's a really unpopular opinion then:
We should average out a team's last 3 season points totals to determine which teams represent us in the CL.
If Leicester can stick in the top 4 or there abouts for 3 years, only then they qualify.
OK, both us and Liverpool would have missed out on our recent visits, but that surely proves the point that neither side had the strength and depth and finances to have a persistent presence in the CL.
The premiership is better represented by the traditional clubs that might be having a crisis, but can usually quickly spend their way out of the problem.
to go where? A different team in the CL?I think they'll not do well because their squad size will not be able to handle all the added games. They're really relying heavily on a few select individuals, injuries or fatigue could really derail their run of form imo.
Not to mention players like Mahrez are almost 99% likely to get poached this summer.
Yeah, they'll get poached, better revenues or not.to go where? A different team in the CL?
Added TV revenue and CL revenue should allow them to keep players at least until next January.
Yep. A lot of people here need to understand the difference between a trend an isolated incident. A lot of posts aren't so much unpopular opinions as they are moaning and whinging because we lost and the fact that we did some things poorly in that loss
So really, after a loss, this isn't a place to post unpopular opinions, but rather a place to moan and sook under the refuge of the thread title.
Here's a really unpopular opinion then:
We should average out a team's last 3 season points totals to determine which teams represent us in the CL.
If Leicester can stick in the top 4 or there abouts for 3 years, only then they qualify.
OK, both us and Liverpool would have missed out on our recent visits, but that surely proves the point that neither side had the strength and depth and finances to have a persistent presence in the CL.
The premiership is better represented by the traditional clubs that might be having a crisis, but can usually quickly spend their way out of the problem.
Why not just have the Champions League for CHAMPIONS only.
Now that's a novel thought
Even when they don't try and win it they tend to be able to stroll through the group stages and lose later. Leicester would likely get killed in the group stages of the CL.
So yes them being poor in the CL would be worse than us not winning the Europa league.
Because we could still hope to be top 4 in the future. Leicester making it could very quickly make it a "top 3".Who cares? If end of the season we're not going to be in top 4 I honestly hope Leicester will be. Current teams doesn't perform any better in Champions League so it would be interesting to see if Leicester could do something similar (reach top 8) that Spurs did a couple of years ago.
2011-2012: Manchester City (3rd) & Manchester United (3rd) in their groups.
2012-2013: Manchester City (4th) and Chelsea (3rd) in their groups.
2013-2014: WOW.
2014-2015: Liverpool (3rd) in their group.
2015-2016: Manchester United (3rd) in their group.
Unpopular opinion - Chadli should replace one of the current front 3 because goals is what we're missing, even if he is a luxury player.
We need to sell Chadli in January (I don't think he'll fit in now) and bring through Onomah in earnest.