FA Cup 20/21

couldn’t have been done better

Were Leicester runners up more times than anyone else before winning the trophy? 

ForeverAddickted said:

Were Leicester runners up more times than anyone else before winning the trophy? 

Yes - four times before today. Next closest is twice runners up: QPR, Birmingham, Watford and Palace.

NapaAddick said:

Congrats to Leicester, who have proven they are the best run club in England. With a top 4 finish also likely this season they have proven 2015-16 was no fluke. They are a template for any lower league club to show how to rise to the top. And with one of the most beautiful Academies in England, they will be attracting all sorts of talent for years to come. 

Great owners as well... Would be delighted if Thomas turned out to be like the Thai family that run Leicester 

How brilliant was that?

Delighted.

Fans rule 💪🏻💪🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

NapaAddick said:

So how much will Arsenal offer Rodgers to move there once they fire Arteta? Or Tottenham? You just know big offers are coming.

Why should he take a step back? 

Callumcafc said:

That's exactly what VAR is there for. Brilliant. Throws the "kills the drama" argument out the window too.

I'm well happy with the result and the VAR decision was technically right.  But there's two reasons for my why VAR is bad in such circumstances. 1. The fans had celebrated what appeared to be a perfectly legitimate goal. And the reason it would appeared to be a perfectly legitimate goal... 2. Nobody could have perceived that being off side in real time. We have taken decisions to a level that are beyond human perception. It's football, not bloody playstation. 

And another thing, if that goal was ruled out because of an imperceptible rule infringement, why wasn't the first goal ruled out for handball?

I'm glad Chelsea lost and I'm glad Leicester won, but it shouldn't have been like that.

ForeverAddickted said:

NapaAddick said:

Congrats to Leicester, who have proven they are the best run club in England. With a top 4 finish also likely this season they have proven 2015-16 was no fluke. They are a template for any lower league club to show how to rise to the top. And with one of the most beautiful Academies in England, they will be attracting all sorts of talent for years to come. 

Great owners as well... Would be delighted if Thomas turned out to be like the Thai family that run Leicester 

Leicester are great from the perspective that they are the middle-sized club who made it big by doing things right. They give hope to all clubs that are roughly Charlton-size that one day they could be a Premier League, and now an FA Cup, winning side. Good luck to them.

I think one of the Leicester players may have just trod on the lid.

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

NapaAddick said:

So how much will Arsenal offer Rodgers to move there once they fire Arteta? Or Tottenham? You just know big offers are coming.

Rodgers loves it at Leicester, has a good team, a great owner and might qualify for the CL. Really can't see him leaving yet.

Agreed. He would be foolish to move just yet. 

How good was that with the owner!

AFKABartram said:

Quite emotional seeing the owner there.

How unbelievable is the Leicester story over the last few years ?

Don't think there's a better one in modern day football.

Stig said:

Callumcafc said:

That's exactly what VAR is there for. Brilliant. Throws the "kills the drama" argument out the window too.

I'm well happy with the result and the VAR decision was technically right.  But there's two reasons for my why VAR is bad in such circumstances. 1. The fans had celebrated what appeared to be a perfectly legitimate goal. And the reason it would appeared to be a perfectly legitimate goal... 2. Nobody could have perceived that being off side in real time. We have taken decisions to a level that are beyond human perception. It's football, not bloody playstation. 

And another thing, if that goal was ruled out because of an imperceptible rule infringement, why wasn't the first goal ruled out for handball?

I'm glad Chelsea lost and I'm glad Leicester won, but it shouldn't have been like that.

Agree to disagree. I think it's madness to let illegitimate goals stand and rob a team of a trophy like that.

Delighted Chelsea lost. Hope they lose to City in the Champions league and miss out on a CL place too. All of the fans I know of theirs are unbearable when they pipe up after a win

NapaAddick said:

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

NapaAddick said:

So how much will Arsenal offer Rodgers to move there once they fire Arteta? Or Tottenham? You just know big offers are coming.

Rodgers loves it at Leicester, has a good team, a great owner and might qualify for the CL. Really can't see him leaving yet.

You’re probably right. But every manager loves their club right up to the point they leave. The list of managers that have said they “don’t wanna leave” but then do is too long to count. If Arsenal feel after the ESL debacle that they need to splash the cash and overpay for a manager to defect hatred of them, I think they will. Romance does not seem to exist as much in football anymore so I rarely expect it. But hope he stays.

Arsenal is a huge rebuilding job, they're at their worst point since the early 90s i think. He'd be mad to go there given that Kroenke has shown absolutely no desire to spend anywhere near the kind of money it will require. 

You could see from the celebrations on the pitch that Rodgers has a close relationship with the Leicester owner. Compare that to Kroenke who hardly ever even goes to games.