cityfanlee23

One thing I loved to see today was when Vardy was subbed off, he made sure to take time to speak to the ref as he was walking off (No doubt to delay his exit) then as he came off the pitch, he properly rallied Buonanotte and Daka to get out there and perform. That is the kind of Leadership we need every single week, Roy Keane like standards.

I've been on and off the fence for the last 7 games, today's lineup made me feel sick given Spurs play a high line and can't defend. Today Ruud made some decisions I disagreed with such as taking way too long to make a change on the left, and bringing Daka on a bit sooner. Still, overall the players showed more fight today than the last 7 games combined, and seeing how they reacted to Ruud at the final whistle, it's clear the majority at least are very much happy to work under him. Do I think Ruud can do a job and build us back with a points deduction and no budget should we go down? The Jury is out. I feel we are suffering with an issue Maresca would have had also, where the football we want to play works at big clubs with better players, but with our lot, and with an injury crisis in key positions, I've been disappointed that Ruud has stuck with the same system pretty much week in week out, it really did strike me with flashbacks of Maresca refusing to change even when it wasn't working. Today it did. Am I confident this is a corner-turned? No. But as I've said even when I've flip-flapped between Ruud out and Ruud in, there are few managers I want to see turn it around more than Ruud given how much I liked him as a player. I need to be more measured going forward, in 3 days this weekend I've been Ruud in, Ruud out, and Ruud in again, this is an emotional season with everything that's going on, and I should probably reflect on being less reactionary going forward, we desperately need signings, but if the players apply themselves how they did today, and Ruud continues to grind out results, I'll be happy to take a punt with him should we go down. We as a fanbase need someone to get behind, at Sheffield Wednesday, Danny Rohl has created somewhat of a bubble with himself, the fans and players, and they have a siege mentality whilst the circus of an owner and board are doing everything in their power to undo progress, we need the same here, for the mess Top and Rudkin are creating, we need RVN and the players to put all of that aside and do a Neil Warnock on the pitch. Ruud took a big step towards getting a lot of fans back on board, we need to continue this. Absolutely zero passengers Ruud, "no Christmas presents" and a siege mentality to fight for the badge.

I completely agree with everything you've said, and have to admit this season I have fallen into the trap of judging everything with a narrow view. But I would say, a front 3 of BDCR, Ayew and Vardy probably wasn't that wise vs a Spurs side who play a high line and can't defend. Both Ayew and BDCR showed fight today though, and that's what I've been calling for since Ruud arrived.

That’s it, and I think that’s why a lot of us have been turned over the last 8 games. We improved generally on the ball, but the fight completely disappeared when Ruud turned up, it was lacking under Cooper but we collapsed after he left. Multiple players went straight over to Ruud today and celebrated with him, if the players show they are fighting it becomes so much easier for fans to get behind them. Mistakes can often be forgiven, lack of effort cannot.

Also, the dark arts were risky today but in the end, Ayew, BDCR and Jakub bought us time and broke up the flow of the game, was really worried it would have been 10+ added on, in the end 7 mins was manageable, well done to those players, we need to get more professional and sometimes that means the dark arts of time wasting.

I'd keep BDCR on next game, but I do feel like Ruud needed to bring Mavididi on at the 65-70 mark.

Seeing Ruud post-match there was inspiring, players going straight over to him to hug him. I don't think my brain can take much more of this roller coaster, Friday I convinced myself to be Ruud in, saw the lineup and was Ruud out, post match I'm Ruud in. Maybe I need to be a bit less emotional and reactive.

We NEEDED this today, generally a professional performance, we still lack the attacking quality in the final 3rd but the goals were taken and we cannot complain. I'd love to say this was a corner turned, however I can't help but feel this performance had an aura of Steve Cooper about it, we ground out a touch result but I just don't know if lessons are going to be learned. The starting line up was grim, but I was happy with elements of BDCR's play today and although he didn't set the world alight, he did his job and put in a professional performance. Ruud needed this, we all did, now we desperately need a couple of signings through the door and we might just be able to do this, as it stands are out back out of the bottom 3, considering how awful we've been for 7 games, we are very fortunate, it's between the bottom 4 and nobody else at this point, and Wolves have a better squad on paper, this fight is about who of the bottom 4 have the heart, grit and fight to survive. Soumare was often classy today, can't wait to see him when Ndidi gets back. Ruud has bought time today, we need this squad to rally together behind him and fight for every single ball.

Soumare has had a great game today, if we had Ndidi next to him he will shine for us. We just need a confident Bouba who will grab the ball and drive it forward.

Hearing the fans sing the Vichai song made me quite sad there, everything that song represents has been dismantled. We need leaders again.

This is where leaders need to stand up and be counted.

Skipp and Coady on. 5-2 Spurs

Big Woyo, 3-1 to bury the game, Ruud starts chants of "boom boom boom, lemme hear you say woyo"

As it stands.

Dark arts from Jakub, but we will end up with 10 mins added and concede. It's not worth it.

He went down with cramp, lets not kid ourselves he was probably going to hook him anyway but on this occasion it's not worth risking bilal for another 20mins

Yep, time wasting mid game almost isn't worth it anymore, by the time we get to the 90th min players will be dead on their feet with 10 to play.

Need to bring Mavididi on and tell him just to put his head down and run. I am impressed with BDCR today though, real professional performance.

The entire front 3 need to be subbed for fresh legs, Coulibaly on.

I think the big problem we have, is that due to the lack of midfield fight, we can't allow Bilal and Vardy to sit on the last man, and 38 year old Vardy can't play this role well, he doesn't have the turn of foot anymore. If we are forced to play this style, Vardy should be on the bench.

This is what blows my mind. we have absolutely nothing on the break. At this point we would probably be more successful just doing FIFA 2010 moves of spamming through balls through to the striker with 95 pace.

I think the defence is the biggest problem, but the attack is only a fraction behind them. We need to move on this season.

I don't think BDCR has done a lot wrong today, him and Kristiansen have been offering themselves in the right areas, he obviously isn't one of our best players but he's done okay today for how poor we are in the final 3rd.

He looks the real deal, but honestly think he's been average today, miscontrolled the ball at least 3x that I've seen from really simple passes. He needs freedom, we miss Ndidi massively.

He's one of our better players today and he's been bang average. He's lost the ball at least 3x today from poor control.