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Well, the owls were staying up for all of about 30 seconds between Cardiff's equaliser and Derby's equaliser.

On the positive side it should be a better season next year. Fingers crossed :)
 
Wow - where to start with this one!

I think the dream of every football fan in England is to see their team lift the FA Cup. For teams like Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal etc. it is expected that they will see this multiple times in their lives. But for a team like Leicester, who have been in 4 previous FA Cup finals and lost all 4 it is a dream that you are so desperate to see come true. The FA Cup is so so special.

So for us to reach the final this year was unbelievable. And then, after not being able to go to a football match since March 2020, to get tickets to attend this momentus occasion was such a privilidge. It was so good to be back in a stadium, to see my team kicking a football around the pitch, to cheer them on, to have a pop at the referee for making a mistake that probably was not a mistake. For a short period of time it felt like life as normal, well, apart from wearing a mask for the whole game!

And then to win the damn thing. My oh my. I was almost in tears at the end. Chelsea are a good team but we won this because we wanted it more, it meant so much more to us than it did to them. And it was more than just winning the FA Cup. We had to win this for our wonderful late Chairman Khun Vichai who sadly passed away in the helicopter tradegy of 2018. He made Leicester City what it is today, and winning the FA Cup was for him. Even thinking about it now I get emotional. To see Kasper drag Top (Vichai's son and our current Chairman) on to the pitch to join in with all of the celebrations was joyous and just perfect. As was the huge banner in the top tier of Wembley showing Vichai looking down over us with the quote: "Our dreams can come true... If we have the courage to persue them". And Leicester City had all the courage in the world.

The game itself wasn't a classic but cup finals rarely are. What a goal to win it though! And Kasper man 2 quite incredible saves at the end. My heart sank when their goal went in, only for those emotions to turn in to pure ecstasy when VAR ruled that there was an offside in the build up. I've always been a fan of VAR...!

Finally, although we only have 6,250 Leicester fans in the stadium it felt and sounded like 30,000. I watched the whole game back on TV again yesterday and I am so proud of how we out sang the Chelsea fans, who to be honest, were quite pathetic.

What a day. What a game. What a moment. What a win!
 
Rob said:
Wow - where to start with this one!

I think the dream of every football fan in England is to see their team lift the FA Cup. For teams like Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal etc. it is expected that they will see this multiple times in their lives. But for a team like Leicester, who have been in 4 previous FA Cup finals and lost all 4 it is a dream that you are so desperate to see come true. The FA Cup is so so special.

So for us to reach the final this year was unbelievable. And then, after not being able to go to a football match since March 2020, to get tickets to attend this momentus occasion was such a privilidge. It was so good to be back in a stadium, to see my team kicking a football around the pitch, to cheer them on, to have a pop at the referee for making a mistake that probably was not a mistake. For a short period of time it felt like life as normal, well, apart from wearing a mask for the whole game!

And then to win the damn thing. My oh my. I was almost in tears at the end. Chelsea are a good team but we won this because we wanted it more, it meant so much more to us than it did to them. And it was more than just winning the FA Cup. We had to win this for our wonderful late Chairman Khun Vichai who sadly passed away in the helicopter tradegy of 2018. He made Leicester City what it is today, and winning the FA Cup was for him. Even thinking about it now I get emotional. To see Kasper drag Top (Vichai's son and our current Chairman) on to the pitch to join in with all of the celebrations was joyous and just perfect. As was the huge banner in the top tier of Wembley showing Vichai looking down over us with the quote: "Our dreams can come true... If we have the courage to persue them". And Leicester City had all the courage in the world.

The game itself wasn't a classic but cup finals rarely are. What a goal to win it though! And Kasper man 2 quite incredible saves at the end. My heart sank when their goal went in, only for those emotions to turn in to pure ecstasy when VAR ruled that there was an offside in the build up. I've always been a fan of VAR...!

Finally, although we only have 6,250 Leicester fans in the stadium it felt and sounded like 30,000. I watched the whole game back on TV again yesterday and I am so proud of how we out sang the Chelsea fans, who to be honest, were quite pathetic.

What a day. What a game. What a moment. What a win!
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Congradulations, Rob, very much deserved! I've always admired Leicester and their incredible owners. :)
 
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Wow. I never knew this discussion existed before now but it's good to see plenty of theme park enthusiasts are football fans too! I think there's no better place to start than talk about the 26 man euro squad for England. I've tried to think about the options and this is my squad:
Pickford
Pope
Henderson
Trent Arnold
Walker
James
Maguire
Stones
Coady
Shaw
Chilwell
Saka
Henderson
Rice
Phillips
Mount
Foden
Grealish
Lingard
Bellingham
Rashford
Sterling
Sancho
Kane
Calvert-lewin
Watkins
Let me know what you think of that squad and if you think I've missed any players out that you would put in
 
Still made up Alisson scored yesterday.

Probably the most I've celebrated a goal since Willian scored his penalty against Man City to seal the title.
 
Im only just over the weekend. Whilst mount was offside, I think var needs tinkering with and have thought this all season. A toe offside or part of a shoulder is a bit too far in my opinion. If the player is gaining an advantage from it then sure give offside. But these 'offside by an inch' decisions are a bit ridiculous.

That being said Well done to Leicester, Although I think Amartey was completely disrespectful and out of line throwing the pennant on the floor. You respect the other club even if you dont like them and what he did was over the line of respect.

As the season is ending I am looking forward to the UCL final. We have beaten City twice this season and I firmly believe we can do it again.
 
The offside was not a millimeter offside like we have seen at times this season. Yes it was tight but there was enough of a gap between the lines to show that he was clearly offside and gained an advantage by making the run too early. VAR does ruin the moment but I'd have been fuming if the goal had stood and then afterwards it looks like he was off.

Amartey was probably a bit silly doing what he did, although I think poor old Rudiger took it a little too much to heart the poor sensitive soul. I would argue that the whole Chelsea squad and manager rocking up to the FA Cup Final in tracksuits is disrespectful to the compeition, or maybe it just shows they weren't that bothered by the occasion.

It's going to be an interesing last day of the season. I can't see anything other than a Liverpool win against Palace. Which means I've got to hope we beats Spurs and Villa manage to do something against Chelsea. Unlikely but who knows, surely Chelsea will have one eye on the Champions League Final?
 
Well to be honest, if Man City can just go and pinch the best players from any other premier league club then its not much of a competition if you ask me. Completely ruining the premier league.
 
If City get Kane, its season over imo, but without a good striker I think they could suffer
 
Tibble said:
If City get Kane, its season over imo, but without a good striker I think they could suffer
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Exactly what I've been saying. As it stands, City have only really got Gabriel Jesus as an out-and-out striker, and Pep won't be able to rely on him for the whole season. Either way, I think this PL season could be quite a bit more competitive at the top, which I'm quite looking forward to.
 
Tibble said:
If City get Kane, its season over imo, but without a good striker I think they could suffer
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You mean suffer as only win the league by 10 points ?

I can't see anyone getting close to them to be honest.

I am not sure what the premier league can do unless they totally change rules on buying and selling players.

I really hope City stuff it up but I can't see how.
 
shakey said:
You mean suffer as only win the league by 10 points ?

I can't see anyone getting close to them to be honest.

I am not sure what the premier league can do unless they totally change rules on buying and selling players.

I really hope City stuff it up but I can't see how.
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City aren't doing anything different to other clubs. United buying sancho and varane, Chelsea buying lukaku. City have just decided to overspend on a player who is unproven at the top level and to be quite honest is very overhyped
 
Ethan said:
City aren't doing anything different to other clubs. United buying sancho and varane, Chelsea buying lukaku. City have just decided to overspend on a player who is unproven at the top level and to be quite honest is very overhyped
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Sancho, Varane and Lukaku are all from clubs outside the premier league.

That's a big difference.

When you buy the best player from a rivals club then it not only strengthens your team, it weakens one of your opponents. Villa will almost certainly be a much weaker team this year without Grealish.

If city get Kane aswell then that's another rival club weakened.

I don't have an issue with top clubs bringing in players from overseas, but if City are just going to buy every top class player in the premier league whenever they feel like it then nobody is going to have a chance to compete with them.

And even if 2 or 3 other top clubs do the same, it still makes it a closed shop of a few elite clubs. They should have created that European superleague and let the rest have a competitive premier league.
 
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Aguero leaving hasn't really weakened City that much. He hardly featured last season and City's ridiculous depth is why they ran away with the title. If they get Kane they'll have Kane, Sterling, Mahrez and De Bruyne and could replace them with Jesus, Foden, Grealish and Gundogan. Even if they don't sign Kane I can only see City walking to the title again to be honest.

As a United fan it's not been a bad window. Varane is a big upgrade on Lindelof and Sancho is obviously a terrific signing. Need a CDM urgently though. Fred is bang average and Matic's legs have gone.
 
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