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Chris Dunlavy: Dreadful Leicester City go from bad to worst

Ten years after Jamie Vardy and a team of overachieving grafters went down in history as the greatest Leicester City side of all time, the class of 2025-26 will almost certainly be remembered as the worst.

Leicester City striker Patson Daka with his shirt over his head at full-time

Just before Leicester City lost 1-0 to Portsmouth last weekend, a friend posted a message on our football WhatsApp group.

“Just looked at that Leicester starting XI and bench,” he wrote. “How the f*** are they in the Championship relegation zone?”
It is a question furious Foxes fans have been asking for most of the season, but the side selected by Gary Rowett at Fratton Park really hammered home the point.
With the sole exception of Jordan James, every single name on that teamsheet has played Premier League football.
Desperate
And these guys aren’t blink-and-you’ll-miss-it novelty acts. Asm...

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