Leicester City's Sharp Decline under Brendan Rodgers

Football is a relatively simple sport; it’s why it’s so revered around the world. After all, all you need to be able to play the beautiful game is an object to kick, a handful of other competitors, and some markings that vaguely hint at where the goals should be. Jumpers, if you will.

That said, football has been honed and mastered as a craft over the course of the last century. It is now highly advanced and features some of the world’s best athletes and brightest minds. And although the game is still played at its simplest level on every corner of the globe, there is a universe of difference between how football works on Hackney Marshes and at the Etihad Stadium.

Regardless, we speak and think about all kinds of football in the same way. If an amateur team conceded 17 set-piece goals in as many games, they would be called soft. An identical conclusion would be drawn if the fact applied to a Premier League club. 

It’s just how football works.