Leicester City (H) Post Match Thread

PannickAtTheDisco said:
we've faced all this shit and more in previous seasons, the only difference is we have a broken mentality now so fall victim to it. Unless the club are going to get dirty off the pitch and crush the Dippers and Rags stranglehold of authorities then it's down to the squad and management to have a ruthless mentality to deal with this like we did a couple of years ago. It doesn't help on the pitch that we take all the shit we're given off the pitch but we have to overcome it. I don't blame Leicester for pandering to what would get them the result, the issue is on the pitch we fall for it and let it beat us, and off the pitch we haven't eradicated the politics and problem that allows opponents to do that and do us over.
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Exactly. We're too fucking soft and nice both on and off the pitch. None of the G14 clubs have any morals whatsoever and if we wish to beat them consistently to major trophies we have to fight as dirty as them.

Football is corrupt and biased, so sitting meekly while the media constantly bad mouth us, fearing upsetting opinion by spending some of our hundreds of millions annual income on the best stars and being less than commited on the pitch to do anything in order to win will not achieve anything anymore.

We took the cartel by surprise the last few seasons with our style of play and the right players to achieve it, but a succession of poor transfers and penny-pinching has allowed them to catch up. Now we have a harder job getting back on top than if we'd been ambitious in the transfer market after each title win.
 
lionheart said:
I feel much better having just seen that Bayern Munich got similarly thumped on Sunday 4-1 at Hoffenheim.
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why are we comparing ourselves to the Bayern result. Who gives a fk about them? Sorry but them losing has squat to do with us. They will go on and win the treble (again) given the squad they have. We wont come near winning anything if we dont address our issues.

Against Wolves we were OK. Against Leicester we were crap. Leeds next, what u thinks gonna happen? Leak goals again.
 
Tugay One Cup said:
Pretty much called it when it happened. Pep's the greatest coach on the planet but there are aspects to his overall management which are lacking. I think Torrent and then Arteta helped bridge the gap between the coach and the players and without that kind of figure at the club then I think he's going to struggle. I hoped Lillo would come in and be an adequate replacement but I'm not sure exactly what it is he's brought to the table.
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Seems that Lillo is another tactician who over thinks the game. Arteta knows you have to keep it simple and overthinking brings doubts. Is Lillo causing uncertainty in Pep by over complicating and making it hard for players to know exactly what are their instructions and priorities? In the past it was simply to outscore opponents and so win.
 
Trying to think what best team is and this is all could come up with

ederson
Walker Dias Laporte ake
Bernardo de bruyne gundogan foden sterling
Aguero

only gundogan out of that doesn’t have pace to do recovery pressing
 
MaineDAWG2008 said:
why are we comparing ourselves to the Bayern result. Who gives a fk about them? Sorry but them losing has squat to do with us. They will go on and win the treble (again) given the squad they have. We wont come near winning anything if we dont address our issues.

Against Wolves we were OK. Against Leicester we were crap. Leeds next, what u thinks gonna happen? Leak goals again.
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It all turned to shit when he took Fernandinho off.
Rodri is not Fernandinho.
 
Step toe played as a dm the entire game right in front of their back 4 but suddenly he sprints 100 m dash in blink of an eye and still haven’t lost any pace after all these years. Defying laws of physics and human evolution at the same time . Must be juice bar or asthma inhaler working it’s magic.
 
BlueAnorak said:
No balls anywhere in our current team. None.
No ability to revover from adversity.
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Yep and lacking real on field leadership - I know some think who the captain is doesn’t make a difference, but we’ve seriously missed a proper leader organising the defence and galvanising the team when we concede.
 
Chi-town blues said:
Step toe played as a dm the entire game right in front of their back 4 but suddenly he sprints 100 m dash in blink of an eye and still haven’t lost any pace after all these years. Defying laws of physics and human evolution at the same time . Must be juice bar or asthma inhaler working it’s magic.
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Peak years for male sprint speed, strength and power are the 30s. It’s simply repeated injuries that see people lose pace before then.
 
I keep looking at the 4th goal from yesterday, maddison's goal. Keep your eyes on rodri during that play. I think it perfectly encapsulates the problem and why he's such a big liability.
 
damrider said:
I keep looking at the 4th goal from yesterday, maddison's goal. Keep your eyes on rodri during that play. I think it perfectly encapsulates the problem and why he's such a big liability.
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He wanted Leicester to play a more expansive game to assist our style of play. Is he for real?
 
damrider said:
I keep looking at the 4th goal from yesterday, maddison's goal. Keep your eyes on rodri during that play. I think it perfectly encapsulates the problem and why he's such a big liability.
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yes but also Walker sprinting past him too instead of try to surprise him from behind, then Garcia not closing down him despite Walker clearly showing him to do that while Rodri hardly jogging back instead of do a sprint and tackle from behind. He needs to realise danger there and act and maybe be late with the tackle give away a free kick but try at least.

He had the space and time to make that shot and it was a lucky hit but we should not allow him time/space to do that.
 
Damanino said:
yes but also Walker sprinting past him too instead of try to surprise him from behind, then Garcia not closing down him despite Walker clearly showing him to do that while Rodri hardly jogging back instead of do a sprint and tackle from behind. He needs to realise danger there and act and maybe be late with the tackle give away a free kick but try at least.

He had the space and time to make that shot and it was a lucky hit but we should not allow him time/space to do that.
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He overcommitted. Overcommitted badly in fact. Any other defensive midfielder in the league recognize that they are leaving a huge gap behind them and HUSTLE back as quickly as possible. Not Rodri. Rodri strolls back. Rodri gives up. The defenders hold back because they have runners behind them.
 
I was looking at some of the match stats in more detail, it's baffling how we looked so poor...

Passes 680 v 267 (Leicester obviously more direct)
Accurate passes 614 v 200
Touches 847 v 431

BUT

Aerial duels won 10 v 15 out of 15 v 10 defensively, and 10 v 15 offensively
Tackles won 12/18 v 23/30

Shots 16 v 7
Shots on target 5 v 7
Shots off target 7 v 0
Shots blocked 4 v 0

Dribbles 7/16 v 6/7, so 44 v 86%

I've seen comments about Fernandhino was giving the ball away, he had a 92% pass accuracy from his 72, Rodri 94% from his 82, yet KdB only 75% from his 59 passes.
 
The only positive from yesterday is that we weren’t playing the dippers.
If Vardy did that to our defence I dread to the think what Mane and Salah would have done to us!
We need some leadership and some fecking balls in our defensive line. I just hope Laporte and Dias will supply these though Ake did show encouraging signs.
 
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