Two things on Leicester....

1) their style of play was nothing like ours. They played on the break, not possession based. They were quite direct, the most direct side to win the league in the last 15 years

2) their budget was surely much bigger than ours?

Posted By: SimonOTBC on March 8th 2020 at 10:20:17

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Could Farke’s style succeed in the PL within NCFC budget constraints? (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 8, 08:06:01
- Yes (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Mar 8, 17:22:40
- I prefer this attempt than anything Hoot did (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 8, 10:52:58
  - Yes, me too. And Alex neil (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 8, 11:22:52
- Yes but would require Webber to have a summer of 2018 transfer window (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Mar 8, 10:05:51
  - Two things on Leicester.... (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 8, 10:20:17
    - Link with info (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Mar 8, 10:30:21
    - I’m not talking about playing style, just their success with transfers (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Mar 8, 10:26:37
      - Ok - but my post was entirely about playing style (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 8, 11:20:58
        
        Or rather playing style within our budget! (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 8, 11:22:07
- Yes.if you count success as mid table security ,which is realistically as much as we ca (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 8, 09:38:50
  - I think the issue is our style requires a very good performance in every area to get a win (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 8, 10:17:42
  - Bring back Pukki’s old toe.its never been the same (n/m) (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 8, 09:44:39
- just checked the table and the answer is, no. (NCFC) - Tombs, Mar 8, 09:11:59
- Do we really play as much “Farke-ball” as we used to and is it so much different to how (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 8, 09:09:00
  - When I say farkeball I mean dominating possession more than anything else (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 8, 10:16:05
  - No. The way we have played for the last three months (in the league) (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Mar 8, 09:13:28
- I'm not so sure. (NCFC) - Men without hats, Mar 8, 08:57:31
  - Don’t think he will get much to spend ... (NCFC) - loz, Mar 8, 09:02:49
    - SexyB suggests we’ll spend a surprising amount if we go down (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 8, 10:22:30
      - Surprisingly low... (NCFC) - CWC, Mar 8, 10:40:54
        
        Yes, especially if we lose Buendia in particular (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 8, 11:24:15
- Yes but will get harder (NCFC) - CWC, Mar 8, 08:24:37
- I think it could. I was saying a similar thing after season 1 in the championship, (NCFC) - DH Yellow, Mar 8, 08:12:21
  - I was the same after Leeds whooped us at home last season (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 8, 08:40:12

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