Two games in, two wins on the board, and six points on the table. Claudio Ranieri's return to the Premier League has been absolutely seamless so far.

The Italian has guided Leicester to wins over a dismal Sunderland side and then against West Ham at Upton Park on Saturday.

The win against the Hammers was particularly impressive considering that West Ham went into the game against the Foxes off the back of a 2-0 away win against Arsenal.

Nonetheless, Ranieri's men went to East London and deservedly came home with all three points after a scintillating first half display, where their counter attacking credentials were there for all to see as their pace and hunger caught the Hammers out, and put them two goals behind before the break.

Despite a second half fightback, the two goal lead was too much for Slaven Bilic's side to overturn, and despite having just 30% possession, the Foxes came out 2-1 winners.

Also, despite the low amount of possession, Leicester had more shots (11) to West Ham's (10) and had more on target (6) to (3).

The word effective is probably the best way of summing up Ranieri's Foxes, and in their first game they attempted 100 fewer passes than opponents Sunderland. Yet it was Leicester who ran out comfortable 4-2 winners at the King Power Stadium.

Of course it is just two games into the season, but the signs do look promising for Leicester, and at this early stage it could be suggested that they could well be this season's Southampton.

They won't do it in the way that Koeman's men did, who played a far more possession based style and dominated their opponents. But it's more likely that Ranieri's side will play a different type of game, with efficiency as the key, as they look to use the pace of their attackers on the break and soak up pressure before launching fast paced attacks

And you could say that Leicester are perfectly equipped to do just that. It looks as though Ranieri has simplified everything, He has a side set up to exploit the pace and high energy of strikers Shinji Okazaki and Jamie Vardy, who can stretch defences and open up spaces for their creative wide men; Marc Albrighton and Riyad Mahrez score and create goals - it is simple football at it's best.

And with a decent run of games - their first two consecutive wins at a start of a Premier League season since 1997/98 - will give the Foxes a real chance of getting a sizeable points total of towards as high as 15-18 points from their first eight matches. which would go along well to securing safety and allowing the former Blues boss' side to push their targets higher for the rest of the season.

With good early points, there will be a real belief that Leicester could certainly get at least a top half finish and, who knows, maybe even push towards the European places.

Foxes fans are allowed to dream, after all.

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