dmayne7

Yep. Winks would make a difference but would like to see Skipp (as well) as I think he's tenacious but a little more composed on the ball

Set up the goal as well

That's because El Khannouss has been running his socks off unlike most of his teammates. He's probably won more tackles than anyone else too. Right on cue he wins the ball off Kudus with a brilliant tackle by our own corner flag. Got to wonder what games our fans watch sometimes.

Somebody needs to give him an option or he'll keep doing it.

. Is this a pisstake?

Justin needs all the protection he can get and he's getting nothing. And then he gets given the ball tucked in the corner with absolutely no passing options. Are his teammates thick?

Think the pace of this league is too quick for him in terms of thought/decision making etc. (As evidenced by missing that chance)

BEK has been immense on the ball's only been in play about 3 mins

Let's see how that shakes out in a few weeks. If somebody like BEK wasn't even getting a look it, let's take it as a positive that he's in after just 2 days of training.

So assuming Choudhury at right back, which isn't really his position? Mavididi for McAteer? With you on that but assume it's for a bit of added defensive solidity. Possible that Okoli isn't fit enough to start and Faes has been comically bad, so even though it's a worrying lack of pace, Coady can't be any worse. We've lost Ricardo, Winks and Fatawu. 3 of our best players. Whatever lineup we pick is going to look crap at the moment. At least the trio of BEK, FB and JV looks much better than what we've been used to seeing.

What would you have picked?

People say this whoever is picked. With Ricardo, Winks and Fatawu out, we've lost the core of our best team so will look crap whatever. He's dropped Faes which is a winner.

Bleach will do that to ya

It's a valid concern but ACL injuries are so much more frequent and the care that these guys get is incredible. He was a bit older but our new manager famously had his move to United canned because of an ACL and yet he went on the be one of the greatest strikers of his generation. We've got the greatest example of never writing off a player too soon playing for us. Not to mention, how many of the players that have properly made the grade here in recent years actually played regularly for us at 19? We're not good at getting players in really young. Completely agree he needs to play. Just feels like that could have been with us.

That's true. You never hear of players making the grade if they're not a regular by 19...

Rodgers gave him his debut as a 16 year old. He then played again as a 17 year old. Was supposedly going to be involved in the next few games but then had that awful injury. So Rodgers couldn't pick him, not could Sadler or Smith. So that's already 3 of your managers that could not have played him. Then the rest of my original reply to your first post applies. The idea that 6 managers have ignored him is just false.

Enzo publicly spoke about Alves but the issue was that he was coming back from the ACL injury and by the time he might have been fit, our form had nosedived and he understandably didn't want to risk him. Cooper's team selection was utterly bizarre and negative, so no chance he was ever going to get a game. There's only a trend if you ignore all context.

The player he was when he first came into the team, is completely different from the player he is now, unfortunately. Did ok on Saturday, considering.

Which is more intrusive than an armband?

. I remember that the real badge of honour was having the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe (you'll never sing that!)

Sorry. Didn't mean to be so entitled... Oh dear, my heartfelt condolences in that case . Cracks me up when people say Leicester is an absolute hole because they've clearly never had the pleasure of visiting the Medway Towns!

It's pretty understandable though. People's perception of a club is often influenced by the stature of that club when said person was younger. Growing up in Gillingham, with a lot of Gills fans in my family, I went to the 3rd tier playoff final between Man City and Gillingham (incidentally, a genuine case of corruption in the English game). I knew they were a much bigger club then but I'd always assumed they were one of those teams that would jump between the top 2 divisions, perhaps spending a little more time in the top flight. Was quite surprised when I checked and saw that only a quarter of their time was spend outside the top flight. It happened with us when we won the league as well. The media talked about it as though it was some club that had spent most of it's history in L1 when the reality is that we're one of those 20 or so clubs that probably expect their team to be playing top flight football, with a more recent history of actually winning some things. Obviously, no expectation to ever do what we did and still one of the greatest shocks. If you grew up supporting us around that time, you'd rightly be expecting us to be a top half PL team at least with the odd cup run/potential European qualification

Justin yes because he's proven in a big stretch of games, where he was playing every position in defence, that he can be outstanding at this level. However, that was a long time ago and doubt he'll ever get back to that level (much like Ndidi and Ricardo), but some confidence and he should definitely be capable of doing the job we need of him right now. Faes however, no chance. He makes a big mistake in virtually every game he plays and has done, when his job is just be steady above all else. He's also got a massively inflated ego so shipping him out as soon as we can, would be ideal.

I think we all feel like that at the best of times! But I do think that plenty of us would at least have been more cohesive in our approach. Take Skipp for example. I actually think he's a pretty good player who's been underused and given his age, English tax etc, not necessarily a terrible value deal, if we needed another home grown player. However, in the context of limited funds, how desperate we were for a ST/another Winger/strengthening the defence, and worst of all, the fact that we already had 3/4 defensively minded midfielders, it was an absolutely mental transfer. It's that complete lack of any strategy behind the deals that is so infuriating.

We should know better than anyone how much difference having players with high confidence can make. Literally the difference between a good prem player and bang average championship player. Unfortunately, some of these guys are never going to get back to heights they once hit, or at least don't look like doing so (Vardy, Ndidi, JJ, Ricardo etc). Still, a bit of confidence and enthusiasm could completely change the makeup of the team. Biggest issue is that we are absolutely desperate for some players in lots of positions now; RB/LB, CB, LW/RW and a ST. Ideally would still get a more dynamic midfielder in there, ala KDH but that's bottom of the list. Defensively something has to change and we have to find a way to replace Abdul