Claudio Ranieri (27 Viewers)

[Dostoevsky]

@Amaurisimo

 

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[KB824]

Get over it @dru

Stop swimming against the tide for the sake of it

I love you like a brother, but c'mon man. This is an incredible story involving a class human being.

 

[Juventino[RUS]]

Catenaccio

 

[Seven]

One of the pundits on TV said it best - The stark difference in discipline between the teams was evident. When the going got tough for Leicester, they came away with 1-0 victories or fought back to get a 1-1 or 2-2 draws. When the going got tough for Spurs, they started pushing people around, studs up challenges, dangerous tackles and throwing punches.

Please. Yesterday they were frustrated because they threw away a 0-2 lead and with that the title. Leicester have had tough games sure, but they have not encountered a single frustrating event this season. It has been a fairytale from start to finish. Obviously they have done very well, they have played good football all year and they have worked incredibly hard for all of this. But the picture some people are now trying to paint of Tottenham players is just dumb. You'd have to be a subpar human being to refer to the difference in discipline right this moment.

 

[icemaη]

Please. Yesterday they were frustrated because they threw away a 0-2 lead and with that the title. Leicester have had tough games sure, but they have not encountered a single frustrating event this season. It has been a fairytale from start to finish. Obviously they have done very well, they have played good football all year and they have worked incredibly hard for all of this. But the picture some people are now trying to paint of Tottenham players is just dumb. You'd have to be a subpar human being to refer to the difference in discipline right this moment.

 

[Raz]

Or a chelsea fan. Or someone who would coach chelsea in the future.

 

[Seven]

I stand by those words. Only someone acting out of malice could try to discredit Tottenham players like that. And this for no apparent reason too.

 

[DAiDEViL]

 

[baggio]

Nothing comes close to this title winning run in the history of the sport. Maybe Greece at Euro 04, but I wouldn't even call that a close second, for the simple reason that it didn't involve as much sustainability and staying power over a 9 month period which wasn't a knock out competition. This is across sports, one of the greatest if not the greatest ever.

 

[Hydde]

and also the gap between porto and the top teams are nearly not as big as the gap between leicester and the pl top dogs. that 5000/1 odds tells it all. what mourinho achieved was impressive. what ranieri & leicester just did is simply impossible, and probably will never happen again in a lifetime.

Yeah, this is never happening again probably.

Nothing comes close to this title winning run in the history of the sport. Maybe Greece at Euro 04, but I wouldn't even call that a close second, for the simple reason that it didn't involve as much sustainability and staying power over a 9 month period which wasn't a knock out competition. This is across sports, one of the greatest if not the greatest ever.

yeh, i was one of the most fiersome Ranieri critics in his time at Juve and got some infractions for that, but i think everyone can see that what he did wih Leicester is nothing short of miraculous and impossible.Even on a weak league, could you imagine a team like hellas verona or Pescara winning the Serie A? madness.

My theory is that he is too nice of a man to be dealing with the everyday task of managing egos and stupid owners of teams, which ultimately lead to failure. Also it seems that technical coaching is not his forte. He is more of a man manager than a coach.

In this Leicester team, he found a lot of humble guys who came from below, and who wanted to have a nice time and work as family. It seems that Ranieri came in the right moment to channel all those players into a single objective.

Im pretty sure that what won Leicester this league, was how Ranieri motivated those "average" guys to victory.Ill admit that some of those players are in fact really good, but IMO the credit is shared by coach and players because this achievement was the epitome of teamwork.

IMO, this achievement is more legendary than both of Mou´s CL cups, as in both teams, MOu had quality players to use...but Ranieri had a lot of nobodies in a league full of heavy spenders.

 

[Wings]

Ranieri congrats. What a feat!

 

[Suns]

Yes, more impressive. Porto wasn't really weak team.

Question is, is it more impressive than Greece winning the Euros in 2004?

 

[icemaη]

Question is, is it more impressive than Greece winning the Euros in 2004?

Of course it is.

 

[ALC]

Yeah it's definitely more impressive. It would be more like San Marino winning the World Cup.

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Maybe even that doesn't quite come match up to it. Lesta city had to do it for an entire season, not just a month.

 

[Ocelot]

This guy is now one of the great coaches of football

 

[JCK]

Question is, is it more impressive than Greece winning the Euros in 2004?

The Euros is only six matches, this is a league with 38 matches.

 

[Ocelot]

Question is, is it more impressive than Greece winning the Euros in 2004?

Or Denmark 92

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Pro tip: Yes to both

 

[zizinho]

Denmark wasnt even supposed to play in 92

 

[Ocelot]

Exactly.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Question is, is it more impressive than Greece winning the Euros in 2004?

Dude, this sounds like sometning napoleonic would post.