Pre Match Leicester v Leeds

[popillius]

Know what? You’re a grown up, we’ll let you in on it. Just hold onto your hat, Rocky, because this is a wild ride.

So the story goes that when Robbie Savage was at Crewe, Martin O’Neill (who was manager of Premier League Leicester at the time) wanted to sign him. One of O’Neill’s assistants told young Robbie to expect a phone call from the boss.

What does Robbie do? He only goes down his nan’s and misses the call! O’Neill had rang his mam and dad’s house, you see, and Robbie wasn’t there. The absolute madman was at his nan’s house!

It turned out okay in the end, though, because O’Neill rang back when he was in.

Gets me every ****ing time.

 

[glyn]

Other than Daka’s four goals in a match probably the most memorable moment of last year’s European adventure.

 

[fitz]

**** me, that's real peaky blinders

And it's actually a lot more thrilling than most peaky blinders episodes. I would've tuned in for the next phone call story.

 

[tedfoxxx]

Fair play to Sav, if had an anecdote that good I’d be telling it every five minutes.

 

[Joe_Fox]

This takes me back to 1997 when we were about to go to Madrid. I had recently bought a new shirt and decided to have it printed. Now many people put the name of their favourite player on the back; others their own name or the place they live. I decided to do the latter but to do it in Spanish albeit the translation of the two bits of bread with jamon or queso inserted therein rather than the small town in East Kent.
"No problem", said the club shop and duly attached the B, O, C, A, D, I, L, L, O and the numbers 9 and 7 to the back of the shirt. But then suddenly, a supervisor decided, "Yes problem" and rudely demanded to know what it meant. Her attitude didn't go down well with me and I replied that I honestly had no idea what it meant and that I had simply decided on a selection of letters which looked as though they might be a Spanish word. Well this really set her off and she declared that it was undoubtedly an offensive Spanish word and that was likely to cause trouble when the buses arrived on Spain - yes, the buses, remember the buses?
I felt it only right to raise the stakes by telling her that it couldn't possibly cause a problem when the buses arrived in Spain because I was flying out with EasyJet from Gatwick. This was a little like red rag to a bull and I was suddenly faced with the supervisor's supervisor who asserted that that was not allowed and furthermore I couldn't have the shirt.
Now you may remember that the shirt was already mine and fortunately already had the sweat stains from previous outings, so the supervisor's supervisor had a problem and he quickly realised it. His preferred solution was to refund me on the shirt; I declined his offer.
Nowadays of course some clever ****er would just get out his smart phone and ask Google what bocadillo means, but in those days an even cleverer ****er who worked in the shop rang his girlfriend or mother, I forget exactly who it was, who knew a bit of Spanish and told the supervisor and the supervisor's supervisor that it simply meant a sandwich. I of course took the news by surprise and declared my incredulity that I actually lived in Sandwich and what a coincidence it was, etc. I thought I was about to be banned from the club shop but I was simply told to pick up my shirt and go. I did so immediately.

Was that the same day as the PSV Arsenal match?

 

[bocadillo]

Was that the same day as the PSV Arsenal match?

What?

 

[Rock Fox]

Fair play to Sav, if had an anecdote that good I’d be telling it every five minutes.

.... and it had a happy ending because - according to legend - Robbie Savage overcame all those obstacles and DID get a Leicester City Shirt with his name on !

 

[Joe_Fox]

What?

It's an in joke. For the record, loved your tale. Very enjoyable. Did I ever tell you that I've written a song about a burrito? Well, I say song, it's actually more of a wrap.

 

[Jeff]

Head-to-head

• Leeds United have won one of their past eight matches against Leicester City in all competitions.
• The 20 Premier League meetings have produced nine wins each, with both sides scoring 29 goals in total.

Leicester City

• Leicester have five points from 10 games - the only time they have had fewer at this stage was in 1983-84, when they had two points, although they recovered to end 15th that season.
• They are at risk of suffering their 100th Premier League home defeat.
• The Foxes are vying to keep clean sheets in three consecutive home league games for the first time since a run of four between March and July 2020.
• Jamie Vardy has failed to score in his last 10 league appearances, his longest such run since 2016.

Leeds United

• Leeds are winless in six league matches, with two draws and four defeats.
• The Whites could lose four consecutive away league fixtures for the first time since April 2018.
• They have conceded 16 goals in their last three midweek away games in the Premier League.
• Patrick Bamford is one short of 100 career league goals.
• Bamford has gone 10 consecutive Premier League appearances without scoring since his goal against Brentford on 5 December 2021.

 

[Jeff]

Harvey Barnes has scored in each of his last five games against Leeds.

 

[tedfoxxx]

He’s the worst thing to happen to Leeds since Jimmy Saville.

 

[Lako42]

• Bamford has gone 10 consecutive Premier League appearances without scoring since his goal against Brentford on 5 December 2021.
• Leeds are winless in six league matches, with two draws and four defeats.

I can feel an absolute thumping coming

 

[FOX Franks]

• Bamford has gone 10 consecutive Premier League appearances without scoring since his goal against Brentford on 5 December 2021.
• Leeds are winless in six league matches, with two draws and four defeats.

I can feel an absolute thumping coming

It's got Bamford Hattrick written all over it

 

[camberwell fox]

He’s the worst thing to happen to Leeds since Jimmy Saville.

It's Savile.

Or Tedfoxxx

 

[popillius]

Or Tedfoxxx

For a dead peadophile, he’s remarkably in tune with the big soup scene.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Leicester have five points from 10 games - the only time they have had fewer at this stage was in 1983-84, when they had two points, although they recovered to end 15th that season

The site you get these from has actually looked that season up this time then.

For a dead peadophile, he’s remarkably in tune with the big soup scene.

Indeed, child molesters are notoriously forgetful and out of touch after they die. Not like the rest of us.

 

[Miles Away]

The site you get these from has actually looked that season up this time then.

Indeed, child molesters are notoriously forgetful and out of touch after they die. Not like the rest of us.

Opta provides the data reports.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Opta provides the data reports.

Surprised they got that wrong last time then

 

[Lako42]

There is a God...... I'm ill so can't go

 

[tedfoxxx]

There is a God...... I'm ill so can't go

Don’t get well soon.