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…this is the last one peeps!!! It has been 11 years and having the opportunity to access a different perspective after games and to converse with some like-minded people has been a blessing. I have noticed as a consequence of this forum, that my choice of words away from the forum has changed, and even if I am not using profanity in my post, I am still absorbing it via the posts that I read. It is not me, or how I converse with people, and this is now an appropriate time to move on. I will miss posters such as @Volperazzo, @Gerblod, @Crispin and @MPH, and @Matt, a diehard supporter who is quite vocal and very passionate about what he feels, and I like his honesty. The imitable @FUCHSNTF I wish all the best in his journey. We all have one thing in common: as a supporter of this club, but we are all not the same. We have different beliefs, political allegiances, and views on social interactions. There are posters on here who frown at diversity, who are condescending and downright patronising, I can’t say that I will be missing those. All I look forward to is promotion this season and Maresca at the helm for the next 10 years, we can but hope.

...you may just have redeemed yourself!!! If we do not pick up another player either in January or in the summer, this one is the player to go for. Intelligent, good on the ball, a bit Crouch-like and most importantly can finish. Steers the ball into the net, no need for pace, perhaps the rest of our forward line can learn something from him. Transfer market has him at 10m euros, he is worth twice as much for our setup and style of play.

...he is always slipping over, irrespective of which pitch he is playing on he tends to end up on the ground anyway!!!

...there is that tendency, just not able to hold their discipline and work the play as they should!!! You could see Maresca's frustration with what they were showing up front.

...we had become disjointed by then, it would be different if we had our wingers and midfielders supplying him at that point!!!

...sorry you feel that way, my first post was done this way and I decided to make all my posts that way!!! There however is an ignore button I am told.

...my initial post was regarding the chances that we created and the poor decisions made to execute in those instances!!! We were more direct at the start of the second half (not the norm) and gained from it putting us 4 ahead before 60 minutes. I do not expect us to be perfect in every game, we can't be, but this team has underlying problems where we struggle to make the right decisions in the last third, and it is a worry. Nb. I do read my post.

...you look at the first half and nothing I have said was incorrect!!! The first goal in the second half was a 70-yard ball that we utilised and scored. We do not often go too up and that 7-minute patch was not the norm for us. The scoreline for me covers our deficiencies upfront, great to score goals, and great to have the win, but people are quick to overlook things due to a win, the problems are still there. On Wednesday we may only get 2 chances, we need to be clinical, and we can't afford to keep butchering such clear chances. Maresca said he was not that happy with our play, he sees it!!

...do you remember that Boxing Day result, it could happen again with this team!!! Wasteful today in the first half, with too many great opportunities going begging, making the wrong decisions again. Maresca has said the forwards have a license to play what they see, but there needs to be a coaching intervention sooner rather than later, knowing the right option to take at the right time. Three goals in the first 7 minutes of the second half have glossed over the performance, too much sloppy play letting them in and not having total control when 4 - 0 up. Daka scoring was good to see, There was no Vardy, Nacho or Yunus on the bench, it will be interesting to see what we put out on Wednesday.

...what more can you say!!!

...lots of ideas, my penny worth would be parking on the Fosse Road and walking down the Narborough Road on to Upperton Road to the statue of liberty roundabout. Once there it is 150 yards to the stadium, burger bars less than a 100 yards from the ground on the way. Once you walk back to your car, you are not that far from getting on to the motorway.

...he was doing that in pre-season, notably against Liverpool where he outstripped their defender, demonstrating that he had some speed!!! He did not have any fear regarding who he came up against, it was good to see.

...he is not skinny, he has bulked up a bit and looks like he is eager to catch up with what was lost!!! Braybrooke is the one that needs the additional physicality and I hope that he will develop as much as Alves.

...that same scenario happens a lot of times in games, where a team is defending a corner or a set piece!!! The usual outcome is the ball is cleared by a defender and the opposition would pick up the second ball, as they are just on the edge of your 18 yard box. In this instance the ball fell kindly for us and Nacho managed to get it under control whilst looking to transition the ball. KDH and Winks breaking out was intelligent play, having noticed the opportunity. We need the composure when we are under the kosh to exploit that situation as a norm, we normally see that situation as anywhere will do, so long as the ball is away from our goal. It is strange how our play becomes frantic, when put under pressure, contrary to the coaching and the beliefs of Maresca.

...those attempts at goal have nothing to do with coaches asking anything of him!!! He had no idea what to do in those instances, his only idea was to put his foot through the ball shooting at an angle at the well guarded near post. Like Fatawu on the other side, once they run out of ideas what to do, they have a thrash at the ball. They both have the skill to execute in those situations, just need a better understanding of the threat that they can pose and the different ways to implement it.

.. but he still had his liberty!!!

...it was a pre-meditated assault!!! something such as that off a football pitch would have him up infront of a magistrate.

...imagine how much more successful he would be if he played from the right, using his better feet!!!

...not that bit, the part where he picks out the pass!!!

...be aware of potential space to thread through passes to the forward players!!! He needs to be thinking as a #10, dropping deep is not what we want.

...the weird thing is, this is what Nacho should be doing, further up the pitch!!!

... his speed like many players does not hurt the opposition when you know there is no end product at the end of it!!! Why elect to shoot with his left, he is an inverted winger for a reason. I would imagine if Clough had him as a player he would most likely issue a fine everytime he made these silly decisions. It needs to be brought to his attention, not left for him to work it out.

...Mavididi, those two situations where the defender comes across and puts in a block!!! Right there is a great opportunity to shape to feign to shoot and chop back to roll the ball to someone open or steer the ball into the far post. He is nearly 26 and he does not have the imagination to be inventive in these situations. This has got to be where any of the coaches have to get involved with developing players, it will not take too much time or effort to sit him down and show him other options. He has been at this level for sometime, needs to be challenged to improve his game, but our coaches are just not astute enough to take away his poor execution around the box. I really have no idea what they view coaching to be.

...always want to go to YouTube to take a look at players, so I will take a look later!!! McAteer has scored as much for us this season as well as Ndidi, those numbers are not someone pulling up trees.

...you will probably find the #8s are more likely to pick-up the most goals than the striker!!! The style of play lends itself to the midfield getting into the box to score. We either tweak the style where the striker does not drop or we bring in a technical player who is as much of a midfielder as an out and out striker.