smr

Baked beans and toast for him tonight then.

Brilliant result. Said we'd smash em 4-0, wasn't far off. Nice to see Iborra play and get a goal too

we're gonna smash em 4-0.

I don't understand why we are rotating our players so much, it's no wonder we're playing awful football at the moment. When Drag came in to cover for Morgan he was excellent and merited his stay and place in the team, to only get the boot when Morgan got fit again. Why drop a defender when he's playing well and helping the team? I get the fact that Morgan is our defacto leader but we were churning out good football and decent results without him. Just because he may have an air of leadership about him doesn't mean he should walk straight back into the team, or does it ? Maybe I'm missing the point. But yesterday, again, he didn't do anything to make me think "wow this guys got to be the first name on the teamsheet before every match" and he gave away the ball on a few occasions.... Speaking of which, how many times did we pass the ball to their players yesterday? It was flabbergasting, we made it look more difficult than it should have been. I lost count of how many times one of our players had the ball and gave it away to a Bournemouth player, most times even making it look like it was meant to be passed to them. Did anyone else notice yesterday how much we were trying to hoof the ball over to Vardy as well? Where has this "pass on the floor" mentality Puel's repeatedly saying in his post match interviews gone, there was hardly any of that yesterday. He alluded to the point that he doesn't like long balls yet for the first half especially and towards the second half end that's all we were doing, lobbing balls over Vardy's head for him to run on to. When we were passing the ball around when Puel first took over we were zipping it along the pitch with pace and accuracy, giving the other team no time to think. It was fast, frenetic, exciting and accurate. WTF has happened to that? Which probably gets answered by another thing annoying me - team rotation - as mentioned Drag imo should still be in the team, ahead of Morgan, and I thought he and Maguire were gelling well together. Then there's Amartey, he, like Drag was also playing very well and then as soon as Simpson recovered he was displaced out of the team - what good is that doing for a footballer's mentality and confidence? Play well? Good. Get dropped. He must be wondering what he has to do - if that's not good enough then what else is it? Does the manager even like me? Drag, Amartey, both playing well : keep them in the fecking team then, you don't need to be a genius to work that out. Then there's the engine of the team, Iborra, James, Silva, Ndidi - why is James in the team? What did he do yesterday that was better than what Iborra offers? Iborra is a player who has that ability to create 2-3 seconds space around him, almost like some sort of force-field the opposition players can't cross. It gives him time and the rest of the players time to exploit defensive lines and make runs wherever - forward, out wide, in behind etc. He brings calm and a collectiveness which James has no ability to do so. Why not just keep Iborra in the team and play him every game, Wilf's a starter every week and rightly so - why not make Silva a regular starter - We've then got Iborra who can instill a bit of calm in the midfield and create space, play make and distribute, we've got Wilf who can read the opposition attacks, defend, intercept, tackle, knock the ball around, and Silva who needs the game time and confidence but has the creativity to make cutting balls through the middle, and outwide to our wingers. Vardy needs someone playing up front with him too - there's been too many chances and crosses where we've had no one in the box on the end of them. I'd like to see Diabete playing up front with Vardy, he can score, he's quick and reads the game well. Why not try that? Above all though I think the inconsistency and rotation of the team is a massive factor as to why we're playing without any identity at the moment - the players don't know who they're playing with from one game week to the next so how can they get used to playing as a cohesive unit?

Exactly the team I and the old man came up with leaving the Stoke game. Why didn't he play this team against Stoke? Why did Drag lose his place when he's been excellent? Silva has way more creativity and influence I think than James, and we have that balanced with Ndidi in midfield who can tackle and intercept as well as distribute... Also agree with Amartey being in the team, why did he get dropped? He's been excellent too....

Incidentally I did a job for his neighbor on Thursday. As I was leaving he told me Adrien Silva lives next door to him. As you might imagine it's a very very nice house.

thought it was 65k or so. It's a shame though as Wembley should be reserved just for the final imo, half the magic is in getting there, if you've already been there not long before to the semis it kinda takes that magic away.

whats the capacity of the etihad though, for instance, not far off 80,000?

why dont they have semi finals at grounds other than wembley ? kind of takes away from the final and the big day thing imo.

Good draw that. At home n all. We will beat them. They were absolute dogshit when I watched them get beaten by watford last week. Strong team and with our fans behind us I fancy us to win.

Good result! Quarter finals brill. Anyone see Vardy auditioning for the manager's job at the end?

Thought my soundbar was playing up at first. Couldnt hear the fans all i coyuld hear was the commentary.

I think that was out of choice and tactics but it was working (long balls over the top to vardy)... they knit the ball around so quickly and press extremely high so balls over the top was a way to challenge them and imo it was working fine. Then that changed with 4 at the back. It killed our midfield and as they were pressing so high they were completely on top of us. I expect us to go back to passing the ball around against the rest of the premier league though.

Last 25 minutes of the first half we had a real buzz about us. Sub at half time reminded me of the shamble sub at arsenal. Why? Completely took the sting out of our tail. Going 4 at the back made us nervy and awkward looking. Frustrating. How can such a tactical error be so obvious to anyone watchig at home yet the man getting paid big money thinks it makes sense? Schmeichel was horrendous too.. worst ive seen him play.

Vardy shouldve nutted him.

Well played kasper. Ffs.

Men vs boys now :/

Wtf did our players actually just vanish?

Have man city stolen our buddhist monks for their half time entertainment?

Great goal. Much better by us after the first 20 minutes. Lovely move befor3 the corner just before vardys goal.

I think he will play.

Funds must be running low. Must be getting bored of kwiksave food.

£20 and a bag pork scratchins.

Dunno about you but i just drove past bentley showroom and valued it at £1.50.