Leicester City (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[cheekybids]

Have to disagree with your Savinho comment. I think he’s very active on defence. The “problem” is often that he is overloaded on his side and has to make a choice on the coverage. That means he often has to drop further back defensively, resulting in the out ball being on his side. However, that’s the better option than leaving the open man…and space…in behind him.

I’ll look out for that. I was made up he scored.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

dint watch the game was my dads surprise 70th birthday meal and had no tb showing the game.

was PF really that bad?

 

[ChicagoBlue]

I’ll look out for that. I was made up he scored.

Watch him constantly looking over his shoulder, dropping and sliding inside to cover the longer ball into midfield, while giving up the ball to the defender.

Once the pass has been made, he often comes forward to close him down, but it’s certainly not a traditional press.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Pep seemed to tweak a bit today. We seemed to relinquish possession a bit more and defend a bit deeper.

I thought so too, the number of times you looked at the defence and it was a flat back four, rather than three and Lewis out of position. Two banks of four even. Maybe I haven't noticed before but it looked like we were much more stable and, a few chances aside, it worked well on reducing my blood pressure. Let somebody else fuck around outside the penalty box without any chance of scoring for a change. Win win.

 

[halfcenturyup]

dint watch the game was my dads surprise 70th birthday meal and had no tb showing the game.

was PF really that bad?

Just one of the many who don't look fit yet. He looked like a tomato when he came off.

And what's this surprise 70th thing? Did you forget or something? ;)

 

[CTID1090]

The biggest issue does seem to be off the ball and because of the possession based style of play they have to press from the front relentlessly. They seem to be confused on when to press and where to press. And the midfield is not squeezing their midfield enough so even when we force a tight pass out of the back their midfielders consistently had time to receive and turn, which is where the problems start.

 

[doobyedoobye]

Our away fans are absolutely incredible

 

[KS55]

His passing and touch when he has played (post charity shield where he was great) has been poor = led Pep not to trust him. Im a fan of the lad but can see his confidence evaporated for the minutes when he's been on - at top level you don't get too many chances - playing a poor pass in the middle of the pitch like he did in chumps league - in any prem league game often results in a goal conceded. To me it just looked like Pep lost a bit of faith in him sadly - better today - onwards and upwards ..come on McAtee lets do it again!

Yes. Doing it again is what counts.

 

[Blue2202]

Didn't have chance to watch the game but just watched highlights, still not at our fluent best but exactly the result we needed going into the new year. I hope that this result can serve as a catalyst to get us going again in the new year with players back from injury and maybe a couple of new signings.

 

[Bluemoon115]

Fans were amazing

The gutteral fucking raw for the second was fantastic.