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[merlin1969]

Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri makes pizza promise to players

Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri has told his players that he will buy pizza for the whole squad if they keep a clean sheet against Stoke on Saturday.

Ranieri's side were 2-0 down with 20 minutes remaining before coming back to beat Aston Villa 3-2 last weekend.

Ranieri said: "Coming back from behind might be exciting, but it is not good.

"I told them, if you keep a clean sheet, I'll buy pizza for everybody. I think they're waiting for me to offer a hot dog too."

Leicester are unbeaten after five Premier League games - conceding seven goals - and find themselves second, four points behind leaders Manchester City.

Jamie Vardy, Jeff Schlupp and Marc Albrighton were named as the three fastest players in the division this week,  leading Ranieri to compare them to fighter jets.

He said: "I say my team is like the RAF, it's fantastic - whoosh whoosh! - I love it."

Stoke, meanwhile, have yet to win this season and Ranieri has warned his side that they will have to work hard to continue their fine start.

"We have to be careful," he said.

"My players have been incredible but I have warned them they can't continue to give teams a start because one day you will get punished.

"There is a very good spirit. They are characters. But I'm very curious - I want to see what they are like when something goes wrong.

"Every man can go to the ground, but I want to see when they pick themselves up. That is my focus." 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34283085    <<<<<< video of this

 

quote    "I say my team is like the RAF, it's fantastic - whoosh whoosh! - I love it."    

[kingcarr21]

Ranieri really is a character and according to my cousin (who met him after the Bournemouth game) says he is a very nice bloke.  

 

Our defence is certainly a weak area at the moment. If we can get a victory with a clean sheet against Stoke then our start to the season would be amazing. Will be a tough game though and a draw would be a great result.

[Richard]

Disgusting bribery.

[Jazzy_Jeff]

If I was only offered pizza for a clean sheet I think I'd top myself.........

 

wheyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[weller54]

Not sure if this is the right course of action... Could have a Domino effect on the teams results...

[lgfualol]

Something something GTF wishes he was offered an extra year now joke

[foxoffderby]

Here's hoping they all get a pizza the action

[Jazzy_Jeff]

All we need is a slice of luck.............

[JPM1983]

Pizza Hut, Papa Johns, Dominos?

[ozleicester]

Stoke will not be getting Pasta us

[Renart]

Is it possible to turn this thread into Ranieri-isms, or something with a better name, and have a place where we can place all of the 'funny'/'inspiring'/'quirky' things that he says and does? He really is a character and I am really growing to like him.

[Renart]

TalkSport are currently talking about him and how fantastic and funny his press conferences are. Colin Murray is asking Leicester fans to call in and say whether we have fallen in love with him in the same way that they have.

[Aus Fox]

Pizza HUTh or Pappa Jeffs?

[benpicko]

Back 3 - 7 conceded in 9 matches, 5 clean sheets.

 

Back 4 - 7 conceded in 5 matches, 0 clean sheets.

 

Pls

[AKCJ]

Back 3 - 7 conceded in 9 matches, 5 clean sheets.

 

Back 4 - 7 conceded in 5 matches, 0 clean sheets.

 

Pls

 

 

Or in other words..

 

Back 3 - 7 conceded in 4 matches

Back 4 - 7 conceded in 5 matches

[katieakita]

Back 3 - 7 conceded in 9 matches, 5 clean sheets.

 

Back 4 - 7 conceded in 5 matches, 0 clean sheets.

 

Pls

 

 

You have forgotten the goals scored, which does happen to have a major influence on the success of the formations we play.

[benpicko]

Or in other words..

 

Back 3 - 7 conceded in 4 matches

Back 4 - 7 conceded in 5 matches

 

And one of those was against Chelsea (3 goals), the other 3 we won. We've come against nobody comparable to the Chelsea of last year or some of the other sides that we did get clean sheets against. In other words...

 

Back 3 - 0 conceded in 5 matches.

Back 4 - 7 conceded in 5 matches.

 

See I can manipulate statistics so that anything that doesn't suit my point is removed as well, brilliant

[benpicko]

You have forgotten the goals scored, which does happen to have a major influence on the success of the formations we play.

 

 

Back 3 - 9 matches, 19 goals, 7 conceded, 5 clean sheets, 22 points out of 27 (81.5%)

 

Back 4 - 5 matches, 11 goals, 7 conceded, 0 clean sheets, 11 points out of 15 (73.3%)

[Bamba's Babes]

It's going to take a Mighty Meaty performance to keep a clean sheet vs. Stoke.

[Kent]

At least we've got the ongoing joke to use for years if his tenure goes tits up.

[AKCJ]

And one of those was against Chelsea (3 goals), the other 3 we won. We've come against nobody comparable to the Chelsea of last year or some of the other sides that we did get clean sheets against. In other words...

 

Back 3 - 0 conceded in 5 matches.

Back 4 - 7 conceded in 5 matches.

 

See I can manipulate statistics so that anything that doesn't suit my point is removed as well, brilliant

 

 

What do you mean "as well"?

 

My highly sarcastic response was just to point out how much you'd manipulated the statistics in the first place.

[Socks]

lets hope he wont be offering his hot dog in the showers too after the game....

[MrSpaM]

So if we win 1-10 nobody gets pizza

[ScouseFox]

Is it possible to turn this thread into Ranieri-isms, or something with a better name, and have a place where we can place all of the 'funny'/'inspiring'/'quirky' things that he says and does? He really is a character and I am really growing to like him.

we need a funny interview thread for all the squad tbh.

it's going to take something special to beat okazaki's "one time shoot. two time shoot. goal. happy" description of his goal at west ham imo.

[justfoxes]

Hope we really pepperoni Stokes goals with loads of goal attempts !!