Leicester (A) Post Match Thread

[OB1]

I think that, funnily enough, it was one of the TV pundits that put his finger right on the truth by saying , "they're playing the third best team in the PL and they're making them look like a lower league team". And for the first time in almost two years I went to the Guardian report, which was fairer than I expected, but the comments were still playing City bingo. This is part of the problem - if you're a rag or scouser I can understand why you don't find watching City a pleasure and so you find us boring, but if you are a football fan I find the attitude absurd - and why some of our own fans have to limp along and argue that the opposition is poor is insulting. We can all remember the joy when Pep's arrival was announced but I still find it hard to believe the quality of the team and squad he's created.

I've checked out the Guardian report, pretty anodyne but they couldn't help mention the cost of the team and certainly didn't gives us as much credit as deserved; at least it referred to Leicester as a fine team.

I've commented on the boring tag before: I think people confuse the fact that in most of our games, one team is trying to play (entertaining football) and the other is trying to survive. The seemingly never-ending procession of London Transport wannabes that City face doesn't do much to add thrills to our games. City's dominance just exacerbates things when they won't actually let teams out of their half. Well, tough shit for those who do not have the sense of involvement in games that we as City supporters have or those who do not appreciate the quality of City's version of the beautiful game. I don't think I have ever wanted a major trophy haul more for the affirmation that it would bring than I do right now.

I'm honestly not surprised by what Pep has done, I spent four years watching the majority of games his Barca side played, followed his progress at Bayern (although didn't watch lots of their games) and have read a few of the books about him. Whilst he sticks to the principles of how he wants to play, he doesn't stand still and his quest to keep improving is never-ending. The next few weeks will be perhaps the biggest challenge he has faced: his team have played so many games and now have another intense spell of games but at the business end of the season. I don't think it is a huge exaggeration to claim that the next two months could define his career as a manager as much as any other time in it; maybe more. He needs not to overthink things and his players need to keep working hard and maintaining a laser sharp focus.

 

[Mike45]

Media and opposition fans may write and say what they want, but the truth is we are playing to win everything with a striker who cost us fewer than 30 m (and missed 2 months of the campaign) and another striker who has been barely available all season. Plus the best player in the league missing a whole month due to an injury. Let that sink in. It's incredible.

No matter what they say now, they are on record writing us off back in November and December. Delaney was predicting Liverpool and United to compete for the title. Now they talk as if we have the best players in the world in every position, and as if it is only natural that we are winning.

Spot on.
Media are garbage. And some hate ManCity and try to excuse their teams' failures, by preaching it's all about the big money ManCity has, as if Liverpool and United did not spend big money. Pure garbage.

 

[dickie davies]

yep
we bossed the game and normally we don't play so well at Leicester and they boss us around
KDB was in the mood for a fight and put in some heavy stuff on the Leicester players even did a little bit of faking a foul hahahaha

the city players can handle themselves when they want to. for so such a quality outfit we don't fear the tackles
but for me its so so clear that a world class striker is needed. because that first half the game should have been over
the amount of possession and chances we created. the warning was right their when vardy got in and scored with his first chance right near the end of the half ? thank god for VAR hahaha

this is why i feel the quadruple is not on ? we just don't take enough of our chances and in bigger games you may only get a couple and must take both. its crazy to think the amount of wasted chances city players cough up. then a striker like vardy gets one chance puts it away. even if it was offside he still put it away

I normally find your posts reflect my thoughts Ancoats, but I have to say that an awful lot of what you've written there is absolute bollocks
As an example, Vardy's chance
Vardy got the chance because he was a yard offside.
The refs assistant has to keep his flag down now and only raise it at the end of that phase of play, which he did (So the lino flagged him off)
Of course VAR checked it. They always do

 

[foggy1974]

I honestly can't see why Fern wouldn't get another season its madness, there isn't anyone out there good enough to fill his boots & play the game as easy has he does, crazy thinking we can do without him

I get the Aguero not signing but we surely have to sign Fern again & offer him NYC or coach

He was just class & made it look easy

Think he wants more game time, anywhere else he would be a 1st teamer

 

[ancoats]

I normally find your posts reflect my thoughts Ancoats, but I have to say that an awful lot of what you've written there is absolute bollocks
As an example, Vardy's chance
Vardy got the chance because he was a yard offside.
The refs assistant has to keep his flag down now and only raise it at the end of that phase of play, which he did (So the lino flagged him off)
Of course VAR checked it. They always do

its was more of the chance vardy had ? even if it was offside he still tucked it away (one chance)
i was trying to say for all the possession and chances we had it was 0.0 at half time. that can not happen with the big boys in europe ? the percentage in making chances to goal ratio is poor and on another day vardy would have been on side and goal and all the hard work undone because we failed to convert our chances

its the fine margins that will kill us in getting to win the champions league ? we seen last season with sterling miss and aguero pen miss the season before ? all big chances missed that would have changed the game and the result

 

[dickie davies]

its was more of the chance vardy had ? even if it was offside he still tucked it away (one chance)
i was trying to say for all the possession and chances we had it was 0.0 at half time. that can not happen with the big boys in europe ? the percentage in making chances to goal ratio is poor and on another day vardy would have been on side and goal and all the hard work undone because we failed to convert our chances

its the fine margins that will kill us in getting to win the champions league ? we seen last season with sterling miss and aguero pen miss the season before ? all big chances missed that would have changed the game and the result

He wasn't onside though, so it is null and void
As for all these chances we missed in the first half, can you tell me what they were?
Leicester retreated to the final third of the pitch, as they did at the Etihad earlier this season. The difference being that yesterday we remained patient and didn't commit football suicide
I'm pretty sure Dortmund will be similar, however their manager isn't as good a tactician as Rodgers and their defence is far less disciplined
IF we get through to the last four then it will be a totally different proposition as both PSG and BM (whichever it is) will want to play and go toe to toe

 

[Danamy]

With his outstanding record against us I had a bet on Vardy to score, you can all thank me later ;-)

 

[crazyg]

Won't stand up anywhere

Tell me about it!

 

[big gaz]

That was yet again a decision that only happens to us similar to foul throw ins. As an inside did we really only have one goal kick the entire game. If so must be another record.

I only ever saw Yaya booked for kicking / rolling the ball away, those refs sure like the bullshit.

 

[ancoats]

He wasn't onside though, so it is null and void
As for all these chances we missed in the first half, can you tell me what they were?
Leicester retreated to the final third of the pitch, as they did at the Etihad earlier this season. The difference being that yesterday we remained patient and didn't commit football suicide
I'm pretty sure Dortmund will be similar, however their manager isn't as good a tactician as Rodgers and their defence is far less disciplined
IF we get through to the last four then it will be a totally different proposition as both PSG and BM (whichever it is) will want to play and go toe to toe

there was 3 or 4 misses but the mahrez one when he took the ball of aguero then hit the keepers legs ? he had all the other side of the goal to hit but shot at the keeper also jesus missed a easy take from a great pass from KDB

your right about it was not onside anyway ? but was saying that it was there only chance of the first half and it could have cost us and a game changer

pep knows about the chances we fluff and he's been banging on about for years. we seem to get punished for not converting them by a single chance the other team has. its a hard lesson that better teams will hurt you and like i said sterling miss last season in the champions league was crazy

Dortmund will offer a much bigger goal threat with haaland sancho hazhard bellingham
but maybe they will sit back and try and nick something. but if city score early they can change system very quickly and it could become a open game and the danger man haaland can scores for fun