Leicester (N) - Community Shield | Post-Match Thread

[Kinki's Boots]

Matterface saying Leicester punching above their weight made me smile

 

[wilton st blue]

Matterface - what a wanker... 'the wild Ake challenge' - Wild?

He’s a first class twat

 

[Shaffer92]

Mendy had a great game and because we lost he's shit.

It's disappointing

Glad someone is saying it. Mendy was absolutely fine. Much better than Cancelo..

 

[cookster]

Where is Laporte, should be back by now?

Isolating.

 

[FantasyIreland]

yeah, rush them back after the most condensed season ever and then whinge when they're out for 2/3 months with muscle injuries.

A week before the season starts after several weeks off is hardly rushing them back.Its also the reason we have two players for almost every position.

 

[City Man]

Bit of a borefest tbh. Very rusty, poor passing and shooting. Defending dodgy throughout, no surprise when a crass error settled it. Onwards and upwards.

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Last 15 minutes a mistake either end was going to settle it. Though I hate losing, I have to say I quite enjoyed the game overall, warts and all. In terms of personnel, we saw in the second half two teams we're never going to see again and it was interesting to watch some new faces perform. It means a lot more to them than it does to us, though if I were them I'd be a bit worried that their first team squad in the first half couldn't overcome our second string.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

True but a game with
Mahrez
Gundog
Fernandinho
Dias
Cancelo
Torres
All starting with
Mendy
Ake

we hardly played our reserves, shows to me that the depth thats massively spoken of isn’t as great. Not just because of today but quite a few times last year the second we dropped a few players then the players coming in weren’t quite good enough. We won the league last year but I imagine ake and Torres actual win percentage when starting won’t be overly high. Gutted we lost as I always want to win, isn’t the end of the world though

Champions rarely win Community Shield! Usually the FA Cup winners!

Last Champions to win it were City, 2-0 vs Chelsea.

 

[mccity]

Champions rarely win Community Shield! Usually the FA Cup winners!

Last Champions to win it were City, 2-0 vs Chelsea.

Are you sure about that? 2019/20 must have been longer ago than I thought!

 

[The Black Shed]

Thought bernardo was lively tbh, we might be making a mistake selling him and keeping Mahrez....

One is 26 and gives it his all every game, whilst the other is 30 he's got no-existent pace, just strolling around the pitch with such negative energy...

He did run onto a long ball, outsprinted their left back, but fluffed it once he'd positioned himself near the penalty spot. I think the ball took a bobble but that was our clearest chance that I can remember.

 

[stan bowles]

Pep admitted we had a poor pre-season last year and the team didnt get going until December , expect much the same this season , we will apply the after burners after xmas and win 20 on the bounce.

I was one writing us off when we were 10th or whatever after 8 games last season. Learned my lesson that City take time to get up to speed. I recall Everton were the early pacesetters last season - everyone was raving about Ancelotti, Calvert-Lewin and Rodriguez. Less than 12 months on Ancelotti has gone and Benitez has told Rodriguez he can leave.