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  8. A season to forget for Leicester as they look for a new era

    Nick Mashiter
    BBC Sport football news reporter

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    Jamie Vardy scored 200 goals in 500 games for Leicester and will leave this summer

    The season will hardly be ed fondly.

    Relegation, a record-equalling run of defeats, division between the fans and the club, a change of manager, the departure of a legend and a season-ending profit and sustainability charge.

    Ruud Van Nistelrooy replaced Steve Cooper in November and the change did not work. The Dutchman has carried himself extremely well - as you would expect for someone of his experience in the game - but failed to get results.

    He lost 19 of his 27 games, winning five - with two of those coming in the last four matches when the Foxes had already been relegated.

    Under him Leicester became the first Premier League team to lose eight games in a row without scoring during a run of defeats between February and April, which also equalled the club's record losing streak.

    It leaves Van Nistelrooy in a fragile position, with the expectation he will leave while Russell Martin is a leading contender to replace him.

    Fans called for the departure of director of football Jon Rudkin, who they view as key in their decline following two relegations in three years yet there seems to be no appetite to change at the top.

    Leicester are entering a new era - one post Jamie Vardy - with the striker leaving at the end of his contract next month.

    He is the last of the 2016 title winners left and the Foxes must find a new direction in the Championship next season, even as they look to avoid a points deduction.

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  13. Your Leicester player of the season

    We asked you to select your Leicester player of the season from the four candidates chosen by our fan contributor.

    After taking part in your thousands, we can reveal the winner is... Jamie Vardy!

    Here's what Kate Blakemore from Leicester Till I Die said about him:

    Despite at one stage having an 11-game goal drought, Vardy is our top goalscorer this season on a tear-inducing nine goals (the bar is low this year).

    His performances have fallen short of his usual high standards, but he has still brought some of his magic to the back of the net.

    See the final poll breakdown

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  17. Which teams put a shift in this season?

    Chris Collinson
    BBC Sport statistician

    A graph plots distance covered on x axis and sprints on y axis. Brighton covered most distance. Most sprints is Bournemouth followed by Tottenham. Nottingham Forest are low for both metrics.

    Bournemouth and Tottenham were the most physical teams in the Premier League this season when considering the distance they covered and the number of sprints performed.

    The results might explain why they had a lot of injuries.

    Newcastle and Brighton were not too far behind though, with Brighton actually covering the most ground in the league, with fewer sprints.

    Chelsea and Liverpool's style of play saw them sprint a lot but not cover a lot of ground, while Manchester City and Arsenal were the opposite (ran a lot but didn't sprint a lot).

    Nottingham Forest very much had their own style of play this season as they both ran and sprinted the least.

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  22. 'An incredible man, but that doesn't make you a great manager'

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    Former Leicester goalkeeping coach Mike Stowell believes the club's players need a different style of management to what Ruud van Nistelrooy offers.

    Speaking on BBC Radio Leicester's 'When You're Smiling' podcast, Stowell said he believes the Dutch boss was more of a friend than a coach to players.

    He said: "It feels different this season. It was almost doomed to fail early on, and just the manner in which they've gone down is disappointing.

    "Two years ago under Brendan Rodgers, that was a shock to end up going down. I wouldn't say there was inevitability about this team going down though.

    "Who knows what would have happened if we didn't sack Steve Cooper. For me, he came with baggage but that shouldn't be the case.

    "There was no reason for me to think Leicester were going down and they had to sack Cooper.

    "I've met Ruud van Nistelrooy and he's a lovely bloke. But I get the feeling he was the players' friend rather than the players' coach.

    "I feel they needed someone in there that would drive them rather than befriend them.

    "He is an incredible man, but that doesn't make you a great manager."

    Listen to the full podcast here

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  24. Fan scorecard: Unsung hero? Overriding emotion?

    Chris Forryan
    Fan writer

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    Season rating: 1/10. I fail to think of anything positive to say about what is possibly the worst season since the Frank McLintock season of 1977-78.

    Happy with your manager? Is this a trick question? I would be happier with piles. After a few games when things started to pick up and look better, we had Ruud van Nistelrooy going back to his old drawing board against Bournemouth.

    Unsung hero: Luke Thomas. One-time target of the terrace boo boys and social media keyboard warriors. After torrid loans at Sheffield United and Middlesbrough, he stood up to the mark when given the chance. He does walk a bit lopsided - probably caused by still having Mohamed Salah in his pocket.

    Player you would most like to sign: I am going against almost everything I have been saying all season, but I would like to sign... JAMIE VARDY!

    Not his best season by any stretch of the imagination. Not since 2005-06 have we had a season with the top goalscorer having so low a number as 10. But we love his leadership, commitment and effort. Let's be honest, with the service Vardy got this season, Lionel Messi wouldn't have scored.

    Right now, my overriding emotion from the season is: Anger! Anger that this owner has let the club his family turned into champions, and set the example for the likes of Brighton, Bournemouth, Brentford to follow, become a laughing stock. The big six, who said they must never let another Leicester happen again, must be celebrating our demise. Tough decisions have to be made at executive level, but can Kuhn Top make them?

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  25. 'Vardy had a more colourful phrase... I'll just say it was a fiasco'

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    Here's my quick assessment of Liverpool's Premier League season - and a return to my August predictions.

    Pre-season prediction: 19th

    Ended the season: 18th

    Steve Cooper lasted five months after succeeding Enzo Maresca. Ruud van Nistelrooy replaced Cooper, and took Leicester down. Jamie Vardy had a more colourful phrase for it, but here I will just say it was a fiasco.

    Performances were desperate. There was fan discontent. It was not the note on which Vardy wanted to end his 13 years at King Power Stadium.

    Leicester's ers are often accused of demanding too much. Whether this is true or not, they had every right to demand better than this on and off the pitch.

    What I said in August: "Cooper and Leicester could defy the odds but it may well be a steep uphill struggle."

    Read my assessments of the other 19 teams here