Are Leicester genuine title contenders?

[6ft Kerplunk]

Arsenal's run in really is piss easy

Not sure about that, only Watford, West Brom and by that point Villa have nothing to play for. The others are trying for top 4 or to avoid relegation. On paper its easy but you'd rather play a load of mid-table already on the beach fodder.

[Silver Fox]

I reckon Leicester win the next four while Tottenham drop points in the next two, then the Foxes are almost home and hosed

[TBM]

Its a tossup i'll give you that, but Spurs i feel are much stronger than any of the teams they have to face - their hardest game probably being Chelsea away. Looking at Leicester you can really only say Sunderland and Swansea being the only safe bet games.

Er, the league table suggests Leicester are stronger than every other club this season....

Apart from those who did the double over them (Arsenal)

[Silver Fox]

Yep, they're just 11 points clear of them

[TBM]

Yep, they're just 11 points clear of them

They are

Doesn't mean they're stronger though, else they would have beaten them - not lost, twice, letting in 7 goals.

[RoyalJames101]

I don't think Leicester's last 3 games are that difficult based on this seasons form.

Everton/United (providing they beat WH) will have a cup final on the mind. Everton aren't exactly pulling up trees this season anyway, nor have United.

Chelsea will have zilch to play for and although they've improved in recent weeks, there's no reason why they can't get a point there.

[Royal With Cheese]

I'm now prepared to come down off the fence and say, yes. I think they are title contenders.

[Winston Smith]

Realised last night that with Utd beating City it was a shame for the neutral that Liverpool didn't win. Had they won then 4th, 5th & 6th would have all played the same amount of games and were 1 point with each other, with Liverpool 3 points behind with a game in hand.

With a decent title race we could have an entertaining race for 4th too

[Vision]

Realised last night that with Utd beating City it was a shame for the neutral that Liverpool didn't win. Had they won then 4th, 5th & 6th would have all played the same amount of games and were 1 point with each other, with Liverpool 3 points behind with a game in hand.

With a decent title race we could have an entertaining race for 4th too

Never mind Liverpool, West Ham are well in the shake up for this and arguably playing better than anyone at the moment.

[Vision]

Are we all now saying it's a two horse race?

Definitely think Arsenal are still in it in the hunt.

[LWJ]

Think you forgot Spurs m8

[Hoop Blah]

Are we all now saying it's a two horse race?

Definitely think Arsenal are still in it in the hunt.

It's a two horse race for me.

I did have to chuckle at SSN this morning though, selling the gap as only 5 points with 7 games to go. That's quite a gap and if it was one of the big teams that far ahead they'd be declaring it all but done by now.

[genome]

I did have to chuckle at SSN this morning though, selling the gap as only 5 points with 7 games to go. That's quite a gap and if it was one of the big teams that far ahead they'd be declaring it all but done by now.

Man Utd were 5 points clear with 7 games to go in 2011/12, and you know what happened

[TBM]

Yeah this stickying of the threads again is really working

[Greatwesternline]

Leicester have to play mid table teams whose players may be inclined to give Leicester an easy ride, out of some sort of let the underdog have their day kind of vibe.

[Franchise FC]

Given the option of letting either Arsenal or Tottenham win the PL at Leicester's expense, I fully expect Chelsea to have a bit of an off day on the last day of the season

[LUX]

Chelsea an off day

lolz, have you seen them this season?

[TBM]

Leicester have to play mid table teams whose players may be inclined to give Leicester an easy ride, out of some sort of let the underdog have their day kind of vibe.

Mid table team?

Southampton - Going for Europe
Sunderland - Tying to avoid relegation
West Ham - Going for Europe
Swansea - Tying to avoid relegation
Man Utd - Going for Europe
Everton - Give you that
Chelsea - By this stage they could well be going for Europe too

[Platypuss]

Yeah this stickying of the threads again is really working

I don't have to clean out pages 2-6, and old Ernie still makes better points than Kes.

#Win-WIn.

[From Despair To Where?]

I reckon if Leicester get 8 points from the next 4 games, they'll be just about there. I can see them being 8 or 9 clear with 3 to play.

Spurs' have a tricky little run coming up. It's reasonable to think they will drop points in 4 of their next 5 games.