Leicester City (H) - Pre-Match Thread

[rnblade]

They know exactly what we do, and the way we play so can just defend deep and lump it forward for our comedy defence to gift Vardy a goal.
Move the ball forward quicker and be direct when attacking, instead of waiting til their defence is in position and ready.
I want us to win, but if we play well and lose, at least it’s to the chaser of the dippers. Can’t see us getting anywhere near them now.

 

[BringBackSwales]

1-3 Leicester

Yawn

 

[gingerprince]

A win and no injuries please santa

 

[bluevalley]

Huge opportunity to close the gap with both team ahead of us in the table. Leicester will play Liverpool after this game, which will be tired from their trip back from Qatar, so if we beat them this week-end, they will feel more pressure to get a result from their Liverpool game.

 

[vincent]

I imagine this game being very similar to the Utd fiasco. We never seem to learn and repeat our mistakes.
We have a lot of the ball. Cant break them down. They will lump it over the top of our sh1t defence and score a couple of counter attacks.

Harsh. We have been sensational for a couple of seasons at home bar a 2 or 3 dodgy games/results. No team is perfect.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Perfectly set up for pep to prove, once again, why he’s the best manager in world football.

 

[roy.or.r]

Is Aguero back for this one?

 

[warringtonblue]

It would be a shock but not a total shock because both have played very well whenever called upon, and City have struggled against good counter-attacking sides.

Solid defending comes down to more than the two central defenders. It involves keeping the ball as well, and it involves a defensive midfield. Rodri is settling in. I have seen him have very good, and poor games. We're struggling in midfield too. We have Fernandinho and Silva who are on their way out, and new players on their way in, and everything combined leaves us vulnerable.

I think we will go back to Ota and Fern but I suspect Pep is constantly thinking about alternatives. I suspect he doesn't want to damage the self-confidence of young players but I think Garcia and Harwood-Bellis already feel they are going to make it. One bad game is not going to set them back irreversibly.

We lost and never replaced a world class defender in Kompany, we moved the leagues best defensive midfielder into his position, The net effect is a defender nowhere near what we've lost and a midfielder nowhere near as good as the one we've moved, and it really shows at times

 

[Chi-town blues]

I don’t like Colgate

 

[Marvin]

Would be happy seeing us play a 4231 again, giving Kev a bit of a licence to roam and providing the back four with a little more cover. Can't stand Leicester as a club, still remember how small time they were in the 70's.80's, 90's etc with pitifully low crowds and shit away support. Stabbed Ranieri in the back after he supposedly wanted to stop the doping and they have somehow managed to avoid proper FFP despite overspending their way out of the championship.Their title win is still tainted in my eyes as well, want to smash them by at least four clear goals.

You made the Leicester Mercury as did a good number of other Manchester City fans.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/...ester-city-leicester-liverpool-league-3662522