CanadianFan

“That said, he nearly died a year ago, broke his femur in four places and is lucky to be walking, let alone wanting to play football again. He’s still going to be better than Caranza I’d imagine”. Hahahahahaha. That is the funniest thing I’ve read in ages.

A picture is worth a thousand words. According to Chat GPT “Patson Daka’s last league goal for Leicester City was scored on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in a 5–0 win over Southampton at the King Power Stadium in the EFL Championship.”

It has been done before. I was at Filbert Street sometime in the 1970’s. Tottenham were all over us throughout the whole game. Very near the end we scrambled a ball in, from a corner if I remember properly. It was utter pandemonium. One of my best ever memories…..even though I can’t remember the exact time of the goal or who scored it. I do remember the celebrations though.

Watch it again. He gets up off the floor, then jogs back to defend. Winks is slowing the attacker down, providing any motivated and determined defender in Faes’s position time to get back and pressure the attacker from behind. Instead, Faes jogs back at a pace well below full-tilt aggressive defending and watches from 5 yards away as the shot is made. I guess when you spend the whole game slowly wandering round, playing tippy tappy pass backs, it is hard to shift out of first gear. If I were the manager, he’d get a right good bo llocking from me.

Lots of commentary today about the fact that we have been sussed out and need to change tactics.Totally agree. I have lots of ideas. Here is one. Don’t keep doing the thing that worked for us at the start of the season. That is;….a short pass out to Faes or Vestergard, who walk slowly out, waiting for the opposition striker to run towards them, then, at the last second, pass to someone else who is in space. Early in the season, that process kept possession, physically wore the opposition down and allowed Leicester to play out from the back. It doesn’t work any more! When Faes has the ball with someone clearly in the open in front of him, he waits and waits and waits to someone comes to him. The opposing player now knows exactly what is going to happen.. As he closes Faes down, he does it in one direction, forcing Faes to pass in the direction and to a player the opposition want. Meanwhile, they know exactly where that will be and as the attacker approaches Faes, they send someone across to cover the predictable pass. Not only does that allow them to press way more effectively, but it leads to screw ups and high risk……and the slow process allows them to get more men back to defence. For goodness sake….pass the ball quickly to a player who is open! Beat the press! Don’t encourage the press! Open up the game and get upfield quickly! Stop inviting them on! ……and it ain’t just me that can see it.

Here is my e-mail to Stream AMG, the people who provide the service: Hi I understand you are responsible for the streaming service that I pay for to watch Leicester City. Can I suggest that you get someone to watch a game or two to see whether you think the quality of service is adequate. My experience is that games have a number of problems: Sign in issues despite an existing subscription Commentary out of synchronization with the video ( not resolved by restarting) “Jittering” noise from the crowd, almost like the sound is being rapidly switched on and off. I also understand that many other fans are very disappointed. If you visit the Foxes Fan Forum and read the comments, you will see what I mean. https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/132478-foxes-hub-–-the-place-to-watch-leicester-city-live/#comments Are you aware of these problems? Do you have an action plan in place to resolve them? I await your response with interest John Keating

Here is the response they sent to me: The service is provided by an external company called Stream AMG, the service is a required by the English Football League to provide the paid service to supporters wishing to listen to the matches or in some cases being able to watch them depending on where you are in the world. The information you have provide to us below is new, we are not aware of the commentary being a head of the play when listening or watching and that is something we will, take up with them. I don’t get a chance to listen as I work all home matches and run the travel club to all away matches so don’t hear what is happening. If the service isn’t up to your standards, John, please email @[email protected] and ask them to cancel your service. We will investigate the commentary situation with them. Kind regards Jim

Very, very annoying. I’m going to send them a stiff letter. I’m sure that will make all the difference.