cityfanlee23

Oh god, ruud no

Defensively as a deep block we have improved massively, under cooper they would have dribbled the ball into the box and be 4-1 up.

Don't spoil it im 2 mins behind

Yep and i'm not ignoring those moments, he got back to help Kristiansen out around the 47th and got a good slide in to stop the attack, moments later he then fell asleep and let 2 drift past him, he's been one of our better players in a very poor overall performance, all that happened was live during the game I commented that he looks nowhere near up to speed because of the sloppy pass and sluggish foul he gave away moments later, it was just a live response reaction as I've seen him make multiple sloppy attempts at passes/tackles. I'm glad he's throwing himself about and others need to do it more.

Yes, because he's not up to speed with the flow of the game in my opinion, as are most of the players.

I simply picked him out in that moment because he made a really sloppy pass and followed it up with a clumsy foul. He's not up to speed, I said it. His performance has been a 5/10 just like 90% of the squad today, just because there are some 3/10's doesn't mean he's suddenly playing well. Again, I just said it in that moment because he made 2 errors in quick succession.

I picked him out in that moment because he made a really poor sluggish pass, then followed it up with a really clumsy foul, a few minutes later let 2 players drift past him like he wasn't even there. Plenty of players to moan about, sure, I just mentioned him. I don't see the point in "rounding up" a players performance because they are the best of a bad bunch.

I haven't ignored the good things he has done. He's been okay in a really poor performance overall, but he's been sluggish on multiple occasions.

Again, being one of our best players isn't hard when we have barely left our own box all game. He's running about a bit sure, but he's not up to the pace of the game yet. He had a moment in the 47th where he tracked back to help Kristiansen and put a good slide in, we got the ball out and he started to jog forward as you do, kristiansen got himself out of position and bilal watched 2 west ham players just drift past him and made no effort to track back again. Being one of the better players on the pitch when we've played awful doesn't mean he's playing good enough.

We've been completely dominated but we've defended much better.

Vesty has been our best player, just ahead of Vardy who hasn't been given any service.

So poor then? Vardy had a great finish and hasn't been in the game since so it's not a very high bar. I've seen Bilal make 3 very clumsy and heavy lunges where he's given a foul away or completely missed the ball.

Ndidi has been getting his toe in today good to see.

Al Khannouss is nowhere near up to speed with this game. Looks heavy on his feet.

GET IN!!!!!!!

I just want to see a rocket straight up Soumare, none of his usual jogging around, hope Ruud can make him a warrior.

Hopefully the defensive structure work we've been doing comes in handy, we desperately need it tonight. Happy he's shaking a few things up, but the CB/CM combo is dodgy

Not sure about dropping Mavididi, but dropping Faes is huge, playing El Khannouss as an attacking midfielder also positive. Take this tbh.

To be honest 2 days of work really isn’t enough to massively turn things around, but if Ruud can get a basic defensive structure into the team, and get the players fighting we could see a massive improvement. All I care about is performance here, result is ideally needed but he’s taken over a complete mess, so I can’t expect much from him so early on, just fight for the badge, never shirk a tackle and hope Buonanotte, Vardy or Mavididi can produce a piece of magic.

We need a huge window in January which will be difficult, but just some random defenders names to throw out there, proper football manager stuff. Cancel Edouards loan deal. Victor Lindelof - (Loan) Not the greatest, but is a huge improvement on Faes, he's struggling for game time and his deal is up in the summer, a good 6 month loan deal could be what he needs to put himself in the window for potential clubs Devyn Rensch - Dutch right back at Ajax, he's been slightly unsettled last couple of seasons as he was fighting with Mazraoui for a starting place before Mazraoui joined Bayern, 21 years old and his deal is up in the summer, maybe he wants to join the Dutch revolution in Leicester and would likely be on a cut price deal if he's only got 6 months left. Chancel Mbemba - CB, Played 54 prem games for Newcastle 2015-2018 before moving to Porto, played 87 games for Porto over 4 years and moved to Marseille where he's played 61 games in 2 seasons, not featuring this season, deal is up in summer. Very random one: Simon Kjaer - (6 month deal if interested) he's on a free transfer and had a pretty solid Euros as Denmark Captain, very solid on the ball, played 20+ games for Milan last season and Milan fans loved him, if he's kept fit he could help shore up the defence on a short term 6-12 month deal, he retired from International football in August but I don't think he's fully retired from club football?

Yeah he's a big risk but JJ needs a rest, I was also not 100% sure on El Khannouss, I think he will give us a bit of flair coming from central to link the defence to the attack with Buonanotte, but he leaves us a bit more exposed in the middle

I still dislike him for that, embodies the problem at the club.

We just seem to have absolutely no standards, no leadership, nobody cares. Watching Ndidi and Soumare today every time Brentford broke through our pitifully weak midfield they were more often than not jogging back. First priority in January for me is to sign some nasty bastard player who is willing to lead this lot, we need to rebuild this squad in Summer with STANDARDS. If you can't follow the standards you're out. Blood sweat and tears for the badge. If you are jogging on the pitch you'll never play again. Where are the Roy Keane/Vieira/Adams/Keown leaders anymore? Absolutely spineless bunch. I wouldn't care if any of them left really. A couple i'd be a bit nostalgic over, but the vast majority can go and rot in the Championship for all I care.