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I know it's far too early, but what team would you pick? and score predictions as well.

 

I am going for something like this.

 

Kasper

 

De Laet

Morgan

Moore

Konchesky

 

Mahrez

Drinkwater

Hammond

Schlupp

 

Vardy

Ulloa

 

Subs: Hamer, Lawrence, King, Simpson, Nugent, Cambiasso and Powell.

 

2-1 Leicester City win.

 

Mahrez and Vardy with the goals, Stoke consolation via Diouf.

 

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How the **** can you drop King?

I agree Vardy and Drinkwater should come in but I'd lose Hammond. He and Nugent have done well, neither exactly deserve to be dropped but I think you've got to play your best players at this level.

We've got to be ruthless.

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Don't see the point in changing system, but Nugent had been sitting behind Ulloa to make five.


Nigel now has a "problem" in terms of picking a first 18 though, which can only be good to be fair. 


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You can't replace Nugent with Vardy. Too many people really don't understand Nugent's contribution to the team.

 

Plus, Stoke away is tailor-made for Dean Hammond. I think the Man United (H) game will be the time to bring Drinkwater back into the starting 11.

 

Depends if we want to win, or avoid defeat.

 

Stoke aren't the physical team they once were with Bojan, Arnautovic, Ireland and Diouf they will be looking to keep possession and dictate the game. Hammond will win the ball back, but doesn't do much with it, if we want to win we will need to keep the ball rather than spend all game chasing it down trying to win it back.

 

Hammond has been excellent at what he does, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him dropped for Stoke and back for United with their embarrassment of riches going forward.

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Same team.

 

Kasper

De Laet

Morgan

Moore

Konchesky

Mahrez

King

Hammond

Schlupp

Ulloa

Nugent

 

Hamer, Simpson, Cambiasso, Drinkwater, Powell, Albrighton, Vardy. No room for Was, Wood, Lawrence or Knocky.

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You can't replace Nugent with Vardy. Too many people really don't understand Nugent's contribution to the team.

 

Plus, Stoke away is tailor-made for Dean Hammond. I think the Man United (H) game will be the time to bring Drinkwater back into the starting 11.

 

Well it wasn't last season in the cup.

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Depends if we want to win, or avoid defeat.

 

Stoke aren't the physical team they once were with Bojan, Arnautovic, Ireland and Diouf they will be looking to keep possession and dictate the game. Hammond will win the ball back, but doesn't do much with it, if we want to win we will need to keep the ball rather than spend all game chasing it down trying to win it back.

 

Hammond has been excellent at what he does, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him dropped for Stoke and back for United with their embarrassment of riches going forward.

 

Avoid defeat.... to begin with at least. We shouldn't underestimate Stoke.

 

First hour we'll probably be under the cosh, if we can keep it at 0-0 we can then  bring Drinkwater/Vardy on for Hammond/Ulloa to try and win the game in the last 20 minutes - Vardy's pace nearly did against a tiring Arsenal defence.

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We never win when we play Drinkwater and King together away from home. Honestly, the stats on that combination are atrocious.

 

In 2012/13 season: King and Drinkwater started a total of 15 away games together. We won 2 of them

 

Those two are like our Lampard/Gerrard issue. Both brilliant individually but they really don't complement each other at all.

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As if people are putting Cambiasso on the bench lolllll you think he came to Leicester to sit on the bench lol

I think he's saving Cambiasso for the Man United match. Falcao will slot quite nicely into his pocket.

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Hammond found it tough against Arsenal's pace early on but grew into the game, not convinved King and Drinkwater will work so effectively together, James seems to bring out the best in both. Hopefully he'll be on the bench, or we change and play three in midfield, with Riyad and Vardy playing off Ulloa.

 

Tough choices for Nige.

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