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David O'Day said:

can this single goal be scored in the 97th minute of the last game?

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I'd like to think it was the one scored in the 93rd minute in January at Coventry

Leicester are appealing the decision but the PL are counter appealing that it should be more,
I would piss myself if they get an extra 3 to 6 points on top of what they have


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Bugsy said:

Leicester are appealing the decision but the PL are counter appealing that it should be more,
I would piss myself if they get an extra 3 to 6 points on top of what they have


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They should get 10 more

David O'Day said:

can this single goal be scored in the 97th minute of the last game?

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They play Blackburn away on the last game, Blackburn winner in 97th minute to ensure their survival and Leicester go down lol

Bugsy said:

Leicester are appealing the decision but the PL are counter appealing that it should be more,
I would piss myself if they get an extra 3 to 6 points on top of what they have


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EPL have asked for 1 extra point to be deucted apparently.

They’re such a scummy club that thinks they’re above the rules. It was already lenient enough as it was.

shepardo01 said:

Ipswich;

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It’s already rare for a team to win 7 on the bounce in this league, let alone 7 in basically 3 weeks.

think the best we managed was 6 earlier in the season, and Middlesbrough were probably on for 7 before we beat them.

HadjiChippo said:

It’s already rare for a team to win 7 on the bounce in this league, let alone 7 in basically 3 weeks.

think the best we managed was 6 earlier in the season, and Middlesbrough were probably on for 7 before we beat them.

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TBF “unbeaten” doesn’t mean you win every game.

Bugsy said:

Leicester are appealing the decision but the PL are counter appealing that it should be more,
I would piss myself if they get an extra 3 to 6 points on top of what they have


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Always been a big fan of the Premier League

shmmeee said:

TBF “unbeaten” doesn’t mean you win every game.

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Ahh I misread, still think 7 unbeaten is a hard ask in 3 weeks, regardless of squad depth

Just looked at Ipswich’s fixtures 7 games in 22 days, that’s some ask even with they’re squad, still think they’ll be up there with us at the end, they were miles above Mboro

fernandopartridge said:

The ideal outcome is that despite a gallant effort and wins against Middlesbrough, Millwall and Ipswich that Leicester City are relegated by a single goal on goal difference

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to a last minute breakaway after missing a pen

Big old nonsense, what if, hypothetical, predictor of predictors.

I think 13 points is pretty conceivable for them, condensed timings but they've got a good squad. They play Wednesday which is 3 points, so then it's 10 from 6.

Sat 21 Feb – Wrexham vs Ipswich - 1 point
Tue 24 Feb – Watford vs Ipswich - 1 point
Sat 28 Feb – Ipswich vs Swansea City - 3 points
Tue 3 Mar – Ipswich vs Hull City - 1 point
Sat 7 Mar – Ipswich vs Leicester City - 3 points
Tue 10 Mar – Stoke City vs Ipswich - 1 point
Sat 14 Mar – Sheffield Wednesday vs Ipswich - 3 points

Let's say after this they get 13 points and they're on 67 points after 37 games.

Our five fixtures to take us to 37 games are

Sat 21 Feb – West Brom vs Coventry - 1 points
Wed 25 Feb – Sheffield United vs Coventry - 0 points
Sat 28 Feb – Coventry vs Stoke - 3 points
Sat 7 Mar – Bristol vs Coventry - 1 point
Weds 11 Mar – Coventry vs Preston - 3 points

Let's say we get 8 points, which I'd say is at the lower end of what we'd hope for. We come out on 70 points, so we'd maintain a 3 point lead.

After that they play

Millwall (H)
Southampton (A)
Birmingham (H)
Norwich (A)
Boro (H)

We have

Southampton (H)
Swansea (A)
Derby (H)
Hull (A)
Wednesday (H)

Considering we have Wednesday in there too, it looks pretty favourable. Let's say 8 points again. It means they have to get 11 from their 5 to get level with us.

TLDR - they have to get very good results in difficult circumstances, we have to be average for that lead to go. If we can put any sort of run together and pick up a couple of away wins in the next 5 away games then we're likely to be very close.