Half time team talk (Leicester)

[mancity1]

I disagree with your assessment of the first half, but even if it were true, I think you and some of the other fans are reading to much into a comment.

Telling your wards to stick with the plan, is simply saying ' have faith in your talents and continue to believe. Such statements do not preclude making changes.

For the avoidance of doubt, he did switch positions to start the 2nd half. Sterling went to Left mid and Delph to LCM, before Delph got subbed to push up Dihno and have Nando cover Okazaki.

There were contingency plans for 'almost every scenario. You could see it in everything we did, I can outline some of them.

Dihno on Okazaki: man for most of the game. Literally followed Okazaki on every dead ball. Purpose was to have the 2 CBs double Vardy.

Over/Under on Vardy: Both CBs played over under on Vardy all game. If Vardy was on the left Demi was over and Ota under, if he went right they switched, Ota closes and fronts and Demi drops.

Demi didn't go up for a single cornerkickthat ciz they had to keep 2 on Vardy. Him and Zaba. Zab played over when Ota went up for Corners and Demi played under. His only over the top break on goal was an error by Demi, who was attempting to switch the over under with Ota as Vardy was going towards the left, then cut middle.

Delph played help on Mahrez on the left. Mahrez finished with a 47% pass completion. Worst of the season. His goal was an error on Delph, who was ball watching as Mahrez ran past him. Before receiving the ball.

3 second retrieval. When we lost the ball, first defender (I.E closest player to the ball is supposed to attack it immediately and try to retrieve). If we can't regain it in the first attack, the defenders retreated to the top of our 18 box . This happened all night we retrieved a high percentage of our ball in their half. Zab, Ota, Delph, Sterling, Aguero all accomplished this at different times.

Our real problem in the game was our play around their box. Enough players simply weren't crashing the box. Everyone was checking out to the top of the box for the ball. Silva, Aguero, Sterling, all kept coming out of the 18 for the ball.

Coach instructed Yaya to play higher when we had the ball, Yaya moved up or tried crashing the box. Got 2 shots off but he wasn't as effective. Him and Silva pretty much were doing the same thing. Trying to set up others.

Pellars then switched Delph and Sterling, coz Delph is actually a good box crasher. Sterling went left. Then they scored the 2nd.

He pulled Yaya and Delph, to get Dihno higer up the field, and a natural box crasher in Ian on the field.

We lost that game, but the tactics and maneuvers by our coach was quite considerable and easily identifiable.

But then again, when folks don't like you, they don't like you. Nothing you do can change that.

Some folks confuse the man with the decisions or lack of them that can have a positive effect on the game.

 

[meeesh]

I think it's about time this game was forgotten about now and put to bed,onwards and upwards to Sunday now

 

[Saddleworth2]

Nah mate. I'm sure we will win. And some would say its in spite of him and not because of him

I disagree with Pellars a lot. Frankly I disagree with almost any coach I've watched in more than 5 games. Funny enough, I disagree with Bayern Pep more than any manager I've ever watched. But I dont mistake disagreeing with them for them being clueless.

For example, I wouldn't have started Delph. And I wouldn't have started Silva either. Would have played Sagna at CB (Coz I don't think it's as demanding a position as RB. But I would have started Kolarov and rested Clichy just like Pellars did.

I would have started Fernando at DM to do the Okazaki man marking, and given Dihno more freedom. Would have subbed Yaya at half time or about the 50th minute for Silva. Keep both fresh long-term and stop having them duplicate tasks.

Would have started Nacho on the left and Sterling on the right. But none of this would have guaranteed anything if they score on dead ball plays.

I hope they do win Dax (partially because I have a 500 mile round tripd to witness it). I do think that this is a wider issue than who he picks on a Saturday/Sunday though and at least as much about how well drilled, prepared and coached they are during the week. His options are limited due to injuries, I just hope he picks a team that can go toe to toe with Spuds and match their work rate.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

I disagree with your assessment of the first half, but even if it were true, I think you and some of the other fans are reading to much into a comment.

Telling your wards to stick with the plan, is simply saying ' have faith in your talents and continue to believe. Such statements do not preclude making changes.

For the avoidance of doubt, he did switch positions to start the 2nd half. Sterling went to Left mid and Delph to LCM, before Delph got subbed to push up Dihno and have Nando cover Okazaki.

There were contingency plans for 'almost every scenario. You could see it in everything we did, I can outline some of them.

Dihno on Okazaki: man for most of the game. Literally followed Okazaki on every dead ball. Purpose was to have the 2 CBs double Vardy.

Over/Under on Vardy: Both CBs played over under on Vardy all game. If Vardy was on the left Demi was over and Ota under, if he went right they switched, Ota closes and fronts and Demi drops.

Demi didn't go up for a single cornerkickthat ciz they had to keep 2 on Vardy. Him and Zaba. Zab played over when Ota went up for Corners and Demi played under. His only over the top break on goal was an error by Demi, who was attempting to switch the over under with Ota as Vardy was going towards the left, then cut middle.

Delph played help on Mahrez on the left. Mahrez finished with a 47% pass completion. Worst of the season. His goal was an error on Delph, who was ball watching as Mahrez ran past him. Before receiving the ball.

3 second retrieval. When we lost the ball, first defender (I.E closest player to the ball is supposed to attack it immediately and try to retrieve). If we can't regain it in the first attack, the defenders retreated to the top of our 18 box . This happened all night we retrieved a high percentage of our ball in their half. Zab, Ota, Delph, Sterling, Aguero all accomplished this at different times.

Our real problem in the game was our play around their box. Enough players simply weren't crashing the box. Everyone was checking out to the top of the box for the ball. Silva, Aguero, Sterling, all kept coming out of the 18 for the ball.

Coach instructed Yaya to play higher when we had the ball, Yaya moved up or tried crashing the box. Got 2 shots off but he wasn't as effective. Him and Silva pretty much were doing the same thing. Trying to set up others.

Pellars then switched Delph and Sterling, coz Delph is actually a good box crasher. Sterling went left. Then they scored the 2nd.

He pulled Yaya and Delph, to get Dihno higer up the field, and a natural box crasher in Ian on the field.

We lost that game, but the tactics and maneuvers by our coach was quite considerable and easily identifiable.

But then again, when folks don't like you, they don't like you. Nothing you do can change that.

Perhaps i can simply your in depth analysis , give them a satsuma at half time , and tell them to go out and score more goals than the opposition.

 

[Manci7y]

I think it's about time this game was forgotten about now and put to bed,onwards and upwards to Sunday now

Was just about to say the same thing.

Games finished and we got beat by the better side. Too many are still giving it the ' It was only Leicester' line. They are top of the league for a reason.

We need to make sure that City voices are the only ones heard this weekend from the 1st minute until the end (which seems to be about 81st minute nowadays.....)

 

[Blue Mooner]

Of course there was a plan. And for what it's worth, it was a pretty even game. We dominated possession, they played well on the counter.

But it makes our fans feel better to believe they know more than the Manager. Clearly, its just unfortunate luck that this man has managed 4 top clubs. Seeing as he is clueless and they are so clued in.

What a lucky guy. Able to fool managements of top clubs all around the world. From Riverplate to Villarreal to Madrid to Malaga to City. No one figured him out until the astute City fandom sourced him out for the fraud he is.

Just watch the clueless gitt swindle his way into Chelsea's pants next.

We should take down that ' Charming Man' banner and replace it with a 'Cunning Man' banner. Surely, he must be the world's greatest con-man.

So, so true Dax

Ranieri is the messiah on here and yet at Chelsea he was the 'tinkerman' and largely slated. When will some fans realise that a manager doesn't manage every second of a game and that ultimately results in the end come down to players and in many games referees. I suppose Mourinho was clueless because he took Chelsea to relegation candidates in less than 6 months, or perhaps there were a set of events, players lower on form and confidence that conspired against him?

Of course the manager has an influence but to blame him every time a result goes against us is ridiculous in the extreme.

 

[The blue phantom]

Of course there was a plan. And for what it's worth, it was a pretty even game. We dominated possession, they played well on the counter.

But it makes our fans feel better to believe they know more than the Manager. Clearly, its just unfortunate luck that this man has managed 4 top clubs. Seeing as he is clueless and they are so clued in.

What a lucky guy. Able to fool managements of top clubs all around the world. From Riverplate to Villarreal to Madrid to Malaga to City. No one figured him out until the astute City fandom sourced him out for the fraud he is.

Just watch the clueless gitt swindle his way into Chelsea's pants next.

We should take down that ' Charming Man' banner and replace it with a 'Cunning Man' banner. Surely, he must be the world's greatest con-man.

I would put you as a clueless git along with the manager after reading that post.

 

[Phil1]

It couldn't have been great whatever was said because we actually got worse in the second half whereas we did threaten in the first on occasion.

The last 5 minutes don't really count, in fact it makes it worse that we woke up after getting a goal - to little to late.

 

[vmsuhail]

Of course there was a plan. And for what it's worth, it was a pretty even game. We dominated possession, they played well on the counter.

But it makes our fans feel better to believe they know more than the Manager. Clearly, its just unfortunate luck that this man has managed 4 top clubs. Seeing as he is clueless and they are so clued in.

What a lucky guy. Able to fool managements of top clubs all around the world. From Riverplate to Villarreal to Madrid to Malaga to City. No one figured him out until the astute City fandom sourced him out for the fraud he is.

Just watch the clueless gitt swindle his way into Chelsea's pants next.

We should take down that ' Charming Man' banner and replace it with a 'Cunning Man' banner. Surely, he must be the world's greatest con-man.

Since you are so strongly defending Pellers game plan and tactics on here, may I know how many players in our team has Pellers actually improved over the past 3 seasons ?

 

[sk3ptical]

Of course there was a plan. And for what it's worth, it was a pretty even game. We dominated possession, they played well on the counter.

But it makes our fans feel better to believe they know more than the Manager. Clearly, its just unfortunate luck that this man has managed 4 top clubs. Seeing as he is clueless and they are so clued in.

What a lucky guy. Able to fool managements of top clubs all around the world. From Riverplate to Villarreal to Madrid to Malaga to City. No one figured him out until the astute City fandom sourced him out for the fraud he is.

Just watch the clueless gitt swindle his way into Chelsea's pants next.

We should take down that ' Charming Man' banner and replace it with a 'Cunning Man' banner. Surely, he must be the world's greatest con-man.

he's a shit manager fact