Leicester Post Match thread.

[Walking on the blue moon]

The media love a good story and Leicester it is. Too many doom and gloom merchants on here.
Having watched the game again it was evident the officials had an off day. Someone already mentioned the infringement on the first goal it was also a fluke.
Morgan should've walked for two bad fouls on Kun, two claims for a penalty not given - Zabs and Fernando, third goal a goal kick should've been given and then Huth climbs all over MDM to get the header in. We were not outplayed and had enough chances to get something perhaps a draw.

Yes, thought we are very unlucky these days with the injuries and stuffs. It's just that we are losing to Leicester, whom no one would have thought to be top of the table, as well as the margin of defeat that made it much more difficult to take.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Disappointing to say the least. This teams work rate is nowhere near the level, a top premier side should be.
The last thing we needed was to concede early, but hey ho we do. I think we are being hindered by our defensive
problems. That is, we can't play with any freedom as the slightest mistake results in chances or conceding.
The thing that worries me is, this smacks of same time last year. Just hoping we don't go on that abysmal run.#
If we do then it's season over. Really down with our football at the moment.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

I think the biggest problem we have is that we are in the midst of what should be a sacking situation.

Imo the only reason Pellegrini is currently in employment is because the Pep deal has been in the offing for a long time. In normal circumstances, the manager would have been fired ages ago , replaced either by a caretaker as with Chelsea or a new manager as with Hughes & Mancini.

Either way, some new ideas & a bit of a boost would have likely ensued & perhaps some ins & outs in the January window, which could have us flying right now.

Instead we are limping along with a manager who has completely run out of ideas but has agreed to let another guy take his job, so we are just hoping he gets his shit together rather than taking action, as he has been promised he can do what he wants provided he plays his part in the plan. He gets a crack at winning trophies in spite of his performance so far.

Pep hasn't spoiled Pellegrini's season, he's kept him in a job.

Totally agree with every single word. I was saying to my son last night, I don't think he would have even started the season as manager except for the fact that the club knew they had to get through one more season to Pep, so replacing him was presumably seen as being problematic. What I find a bit frustrating is that Chelsea have on a number of occasions done what was necessary and brought in an interim manager and have pretty much each time seen significant benefits. I'm not sure why we couldn't (and presumably won't) consider it. I get the feeling he could not win a match from now to the end of the season and he'd still be here until the day Pep arrives. Nice guy, plenty of dignity but let's not kid ourselves he's a really poor manager or at least he has shown himself to be over his time with us, maybe he was a tactical genius before he joined us?

 

[BluessinceHydeRoad]

We were outplayed comprehensively and beaten conclusively. Firstly, I think we should show a little humility and say that Leicester are a very good team and were too good for us, on the day at least. Our performance was depressingly reminiscent of those we had served up at home to Liverpool and away at Stoke.

I don't accept any of the nonsense that Ya Ya is lazy or that other players lack the "winning mentality". I think some of it has to do with injuries: Vinnie's leadership is sorely missed and with David clearly not fit our other creative players cannot be considered for selection. We don't have a back four so much as four players who try to play in defence together when they are the four fit at the same time.

I feel that much of is down to our approach. Our full backs have to attack and then get back but our possession game simply isn't good enough these days so Our backs get stranded right up field and can't get back because Zaba is just back from a nasty knee injury and Kolorov lacks pace. Ya Ya needs 5 or 6 paces to get up to full speed, which means, when running back to defend, you are effectively out of the game. But we persist with a two man midfield. This means that Ferna, MdM and Otamendi are left to deal with a side advancing at pace and in numbers. Peller's philosophy appears to be to win the ball back quickly and counter. This seems to result in the repeated rash, missed tackles which led to the second Leicester goal.

My instinct is to abandon the high line, defend deeper and not to take so many risks. This is, as they would say now, "pragmatic". Unfortunately, I have to admit that two of Leicester's goals came from set pieces, against which our players were all in position, but Huth was largely unopposed when he scored. Our defending deep and in numbers was more disastrous and costly than our high line. Something needs doing, but I don't know what.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Totally agree with every single word. I was saying to my son last night, I don't think he would have even started the season as manager except for the fact that the club knew they had to get through one more season to Pep, so replacing him was presumably seen as being problematic. What I find a bit frustrating is that Chelsea have on a number of occasions done what was necessary and brought in an interim manager and have pretty much each time seen significant benefits. I'm not sure why we couldn't (and presumably won't) consider it. I get the feeling he could not win a match from now to the end of the season and he'd still be here until the day Pep arrives. Nice guy, plenty of dignity but let's not kid ourselves he's a really poor manager or at least he has shown himself to be over his time with us, maybe he was a tactical genius before he joined us?

He probably has loads of great revolutionary tactical ideas which he can't get the players to do but it's really impressive on paper.

He is also maybe pretty closely involved in 'the project' & with the handover to Pep, therefore unsackable.

 

[Walking on the blue moon]

My instinct is to abandon the high line, defend deeper and not to take so many risks. This is, as they would say now, "pragmatic". Unfortunately, I have to admit that two of Leicester's goals came from set pieces, against which our players were all in position, but Huth was largely unopposed when he scored. Our defending deep and in numbers was more disastrous and costly than our high line. Something needs doing, but I don't know what.

Agreed. Set-pieces has been our major weakness for quite some time now.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

He probably has loads of great revolutionary tactical ideas which he can't get the players to do but it's really impressive on paper.

He is also maybe pretty closely involved in 'the project' & with the handover to Pep, therefore unsackable.

Should have at least brought in a defensive coach to work alongside him while we "muddled through" this season. Mind you even that probably isn't feasible because isn't the defensive side of things his speciality and doesn't he take responsibility for all the defensive coaching? I am sure I read that at some point. The whole thing is a bit of a mess that's for sure, let's just hope that we do stay in the top 4 and preferably top 3 at the very least. In the previous two seasons when things have looked like they were going proper tits up there seemed to be a conscious decision to be a bit more pragmatic and defend a bit deeper for the last 6 matches, hopefully that can happen again (only earlier this time).

 

[the_game_161]

Leicester deserves the win end of the day. Defense is where pep needs the clear out

 

[Seosa]

Leicester deserves the win end of the day. Defense is where pep needs the clear out

Defence & Midfield*.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Should have at least brought in a defensive coach to work alongside him while we "muddled through" this season. Mind you even that probably isn't feasible because isn't the defensive side of things his speciality and doesn't he take responsibility for all the defensive coaching? I am sure I read that at some point. The whole thing is a bit of a mess that's for sure, let's just hope that we do stay in the top 4 and preferably top 3 at the very least. In the previous two seasons when things have looked like they were going proper tits up there seemed to be a conscious decision to be a bit more pragmatic and defend a bit deeper for the last 6 matches, hopefully that can happen again (only earlier this time).

Yes you're right, that is the contribution Pellegrini could make then hand it to the players to do the rest.