Bench Warmers to Benchmarks: The EPL's Unlikely Heroes in 2016/17
This seems to be the Chinese year of the underdog. No, not the team of underdogs, THAT title belonged to Leicester City last season. This is redemption hour for the previously isolated, regularly ridiculed individuals; Fringe players who seldom grab the headlines for the right reasons and often grabbed them for the wrong ones. The tables have turned.
Yep, the unlikeliest of heroes are stepping up.
Maybe it’s just a case of managers using their star man as decoys to throw opposition managers off, but …
