This is how you nail your target...

Tonight's fixture is anything but surreal. 3 years ago, I never foresaw the reality concerning my beautiful legal housebreaker. After all, we're two different people in two different worlds. She likes artists like Jay "not Mr Chow" Chou and Jason "not Bourne's identity" Mraz. As for me, I prefer songs like Metalingus and Foolish Heart. She likes feel-good plots while I actually have a taste for dark stories ranging from The Children of Húrin to insane stuff like Berserk and A Song of Ice and Fire. As for her heroes, they're most likely the ones played by Jesseca "the Queen" Liu and her BFFs in the drama The Queen. Me? I actually have a soft spot for bastards like Jon Snow (literally one), Tyrion Lannister (possibly one), and Archer (figuratively one).

You're right, Thory. Opposites do attract lol!

The magic formula behind Leicester City's Cinderella tale last season was down to the genius of one person. Namely Claudio "will he usher a new Julio-Claudian era?" Ranieri. His tactics may be simple, but can a simple 2+2 strategy win you the league title? The answer is no. Otherwise, England would have won another silverware post-1966. As it turned out, we're now looking at the Three Pussy Cats instead of the Three Lions; instead of a St George, we're now looking at a living Lonesome George (credit to Salted Fish for this piece of info).

Ranieri's strategy may easily boil down to a combination of reverse psychology and dressing room camaraderie. Put things this way: If I know what you're thinking about, does that mean you'll know what is my next move? The answer is no. If we're talking about 4-4-2 English style, this is something both parties know about. You know your long ball, I know both your long ball and mine. By simplifying the 4-4-2 approach, it's actually very easy for Ranieri to second guess the opponent's counter-approach. If you think he's the only one capable of doing so, however, you'll be sorely disappointed.

I don't know anything about local Spanish and S'porean Chinese, but I know this super racist song.

Why the first part's title?

The reason is very simple. It was actually her who started the first move.

Then I decided using words to woo my beautiful legal housebreaker instead of money and credit cards. (very novel, huh?).

In the same way she baited me first, the foxes of England also did the same thing. As the so-called inferior kids, they're not obligated to go forward and play the ball forward. As the so-called elite kids, the opposition was forced to play it forward.

In fact, this is possibly the reason why Leicester is now having contrasting fortunes atm. All over the European continent, the opposition doesn't have a clue to neutralize this strategy. You go forward, you die. You park the bus without the ball, the fans will make sure you die. Ofc there will always be notable exceptions. Namely, #thefootballtrollinggod himself.

On the domestic front, however, that's where things came unstuck. In England, football is all about 4-4-2. More than any other footballing ethnicity, the Anglo-Saxons are hopelessly in love with 4-4-2. If you're capable of dealing a 4-4-2 reverse psychology, then to quote Martin "he's no Donnie" Yan: "so can you."

Notable injuries?

Unless TNP is out to bluff me like those fellows from the Sky, it's safe to assume that Leicester will have to make do without Kasper "friendly ghost for them, not friendly to the opponents" Schmeichel and Leonardo "neither Italian nor the ninja turtle" Ulloa. This means one thing. Leicester is in somewhat of a disadvantage. The thing with our opponents tonight is this: They're expected to win, karma or good karma. The thing with us tonight is this: We're not expected to win, genius or no genius.

Knowing Ranieri for who he is, I'm very sure he won't need any encouragement to tell his players this. Knowing Señor, he will tell our lads not to back down from a fight.

The good thing with our defeat against Chelsea is this: We have shown the stomach for a fight, no matter which team we're dealing with. It's not a matter of win, lose, or draw. It's not a matter of losing 1-0, 2-0, or even 20-0. So what if we're to face Barcelona? To quote the Rock: "IT DOESN'T MATTER!!!!!!"

A lot has been said about our guts, but what about the firing squad? We're organized like brothers taking the black, we defended like Ned Stark's bastard against those offensive wildlings. As a tactician, Señor thinks more like someone in red rather than someone in blue.

Being the lone amigo upfront, one can't help but feel sorry for Álvaro "solo para siempre" Negredo.

Dear fellow amigos in red, this is my happy face.

Then we have Jordan "he's no Air Jordan" Rhodes who may (not) be leaving us anytime soon. Defence prevents losses, but goals win you matches. Period.

The encouraging part last week is this: Antonio "Il Bestia" Conte opted for a defensive approach upon the clock winding down. Against a newly promoted team, this can be interpreted in two ways. Either you're playing the coward (i.e. Il Bestia was guilty of breaking character) or you know the opposition can and will not be fixed that easily (i.e. we're guilty of breaking pundits and punters alike). Thing is that Señor opted for a more attacking approach by that time. Given the gap in quality, surely we're opening ourselves up for the second goal for the sake of an equaliser which may never come (and never come, it did).

I'm seeing encouraging signs instead of pundits and tipsters moaning about boring Boro (ironically, Gareth "Sir Gawain or Sir Beaumains?" Southgate was the one who first tried breaking our character post-McClaren years before Mogga came along). Period.

My advice for Señor? I'm seeing two of the most dangerous running men here. Namely Marc "not under Marc Jacobs" Albrighton and Riyadh "first name sounds like Riyadh, last name sounds like Jason Mraz" Mahrez. The former offers a direct touchline option, the latter offering trickery and movement. Ranieri will most likely be telling the likes of Jamie "life of the party" Vardy to disrupt us down the centre. It really depends on how high or deep the bus will be parked. The higher the bus parked, the more likelihood we'll be seeing defensive action from the holding mid area. Conversely speaking, it means our attack will be bearing the brunt if Leicester opts for a deep Roman entrenchment strategy. Our holding mids will either be heroes or villains. No matter how I see it, central disruption will be coming their (i.e. our 2 CMs) way. Also, it seems that Antonio "he's no El Desperado" Barragán is fast looking like our El Mariachi on the RB position.