Phube Posted 26 March 2016 Posted 26 March 2016 Having heard The great MON use the term this week in terms of Ireland it is set to become a phrase, especially in sport, for few years... But the question is: What do you think/hope "Doing a Leicester" will mean next year? Despite overwhelming odds a achieving your goal? Doing a Munson (Kingpin reference), where everything goes your way and you blow it at the end?
LCFC FOX Posted 26 March 2016 Posted 26 March 2016 Any team that gets promoted from the championship the pundits will ask "can they do a Leicester?"
Danizen Posted 26 March 2016 Posted 26 March 2016 Any team that gets promoted from the championship the pundits will ask "can they do a Leicester?"Likewise any team who are bottom of the league and a long way from safety. Oh and any team that loses Play-Off semifinals in ridiculous circumstances.
ajthefox Posted 26 March 2016 Posted 26 March 2016 Garde didn't say "do a leicester" but he did say a few weeks ago that Villa could do what we did last season.
Danizen Posted 26 March 2016 Posted 26 March 2016 Garde didn't say "do a leicester" but he did say a few weeks ago that Villa could do what we did last season.Sherwood definitely used the term, 'do a Leicester' before he was sacked.
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 26 March 2016 Posted 26 March 2016 Whoever survives out of Newcastle Sunderland and Norwich will immediately be set upon by hipster pundits saying "I reckon this lot could do a Leicester next season".
Sionnach gorm Posted 26 March 2016 Posted 26 March 2016 I think Leicester has given a purpose for all fans that follow the "lower" teams. I suspect that whit envy comes hope also.
Bluetintedspecs Posted 26 March 2016 Posted 26 March 2016 Let's finish the job, win the League, then " doing a Leicester " will be forever stamped in football history! COYB
FireFox Posted 26 March 2016 Posted 26 March 2016 Whoever survives out of Newcastle Sunderland and Norwich will immediately be set upon by hipster pundits saying "I reckon this lot could do a Leicester next season".If Newcastle stays up, I bet they could make top 10... and surely some pundits will be saying they've 'done a Leicester' even though they were never in the race for even the top 4.
Wortho Posted 26 March 2016 Posted 26 March 2016 Will Leicester be made the capital of England when or if?
Foxxed Posted 26 March 2016 Posted 26 March 2016 I don't like the phrase actually. Possible because it reminds me of the hilarious yet depressing "that's well leicester" video. I'd prefer it to mean hard word, determination and never giving up more than doing something unexpected. But whatever, I really didn't expect Leicester to enter into general parlance, so I'm happy!
foxychik Posted 26 March 2016 Posted 26 March 2016 Didn't they say this about us in the MON era ? sure I heard it said about teams like stoke & Southampton that they were 'doing a Leicester' by establishing themselves in the prem
Vlad the Fox Posted 27 March 2016 Posted 27 March 2016 Didn't someone post a clip a few weeks back where some wrestling commentators referred to a wrestler doing a Leicester.
davieG Posted 1 April 2016 Posted 1 April 2016 If you are a sports fan who keeps abreast of news by reading stories, listening to the radio or watching pundits argue on TV, then Leicester's surge towards the Premier League title should worry you very, very much. It isn't an understatement to say that an unlikely Leicester league win could be the worst thing to happen to sports commentary since a 19th century haymaker spawned 'a puncher's chance' or an improbable second half comeback created 'a game of two halves'. You see, even though Claudio Ranieri's Foxes have yet to win the Premier League, they have increasingly been the subject of an infuriating cliché that has grown more and more prominent as they inch ever closer to glory. Leicester's improbable season thankfully cannot be distilled down to one neat clichéable phrase, but instead, like the devil, it comes in many forms. The Foxes' title challenge is built on maximising every ounce of the squad's ability, something that hasn't been lost on seemingly every pundit, fan, player or manager over the last few weeks. Think of the amount of instances recently where you've heard a sports figure say something like Team X 'need to be like Leicester City' or Team Y 'can be the Leicester City' of whatever competition the team happens to be playing in. You'll need a calculator, a log book and rough work paper to accurately tot up the number because the cliché has spread quicker than the Zika virus. Emmanuel Petit and Brian Kerr both think the Republic of Ireland team can 'be like Leicester' at Euro 2016. Inexplicably, an England supporter told the BBC he wants their talent-laden squad to 'be like Leicester' too. English rugby pundit Austin Healey, writing in the Telegraph, has compared the Sale Sharks to Claudio Ranieri's men. Kerry hurling manager Ciaran Carey reckons that if Leicester can top the Premier League table, his outfit can stay in Division 1B. Taken at face value, there is nothing wrong with these comments. A lot of these teams are underdogs that either are performing well or could certainly spring a surprise. But the vessel these individuals have used for their analogies - *shudder* Leicester - makes for excruciating reading/listening when taken collectively. The first time you heard it, you may have thought - 'huh, that team actually could be a bit like Leicester'. But now that it has been said an infinite number of times, it would almost make you cheer vehemently for whoever the unlikely Premier League leaders are playing every weekend. At first, you no doubt wanted Leicester to win the league. Riyad Mahrez's skill, Jamie Vardy's pace and Claudio Ranieri's charm have been brilliant to watch all year, but now that the prospect of the underdogs winning the league is very real, we need to seriously consider the implications. Do we want underage managers imploring our children and our children's children to 'remember Leicester City' when they are woefully undersized against a team of mini-rugby behemoths or 15 points behind in a Division 7 Feile clash? What about the amount of potential Sky Sports News split-screen comparisons whenever a relegation favourite strings together a few wins to start the season? We might think we want a Leicester City title win right now, but our lives as sports fans will be irreparably damaged. Would somebody please think of the clichés.
ARTY_FOX Posted 1 April 2016 Posted 1 April 2016 It'll mean winning the champions league at the first attempt
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