Quorn_fox

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One thing that I don’t quite understand about RVN’s coaching career is that he’s 48 and has managed less than 100 competitive games. He spent donkeys years coaching the PSV youth sides. Usually an ambitious coach (especially with a profile like his) are testing themselves at a higher level right from the off.

Cheerio then, James (no ‘Madders’ crap for me). Thanks for the goals and assists but I’m not particularly sorry to see you go. Difficult to love someone who’s so in love with themself I guess.

Shades of Mike Walker in 1995….

I’m concerned about the potential Marsch appointment but I think it’s worth pointing out that, when thinking about two of our most successful managers in the last 20 years, one had just been sacked by Greece and other had been let go by Southampton after barely keeping them in the Championship. King Power have generally done okay with their appointments, got to hope they’ve done their due diligence again.

With Amartey, Ndidi and Soumare starting I fear the Premier League record for turnovers in possession might be in doubt.

I think the phrase ‘hit a raw nerve’ is pretty apt here.

You don’t know exactly what goes on, but sometimes you get clues.

We’re long past the period where the team takes on the identify of its manager. We have a squad that excels when the going is good. Put us under pressure and the glaring lack of character, individually and collectively is obvious. That stems from Rodgers and his pass the buck mentality. I particularly worry now that with the likes of Schmeichel going we’re now relying on the likes of Jonny Evans (Barcelona/taxi) and the darts/pubs clique of Maddison, Barnes et al that the right sort of ethos isn’t exactly running through the squad as it should be. Hope I’m wrong but there’s a few worrying signs about.

Great news, just need to keep him fit!

Bristol City have made ten substitutions in the first half of matches this season. Either Big Nige is having tactical trouble early on, or things aren’t that great for them injury-wise under Rennie either.

I thought that the change to how we set up from goal kicks and playing out from the back really helped us today. Playing it long more often took the pressure off Schmeichel’s passing and allowed us to win the ball back in their half. Our pressing from their goal kicks too was much more organised and let us win the ball back in their half too, which led to the penalty. Hope this approach continues, thoughts?

The biggest decision to make is which of their centre halves to bet on to score from a set piece.

There’s very little difference in quality between the teams in 5th and 15th this season, we are where we should be considering how we’ve played. Defensively we’ve been dreadful, individually, collectively, in open play and at set pieces. Vestergaard and Soyuncu have been incredibly poor and the full backs/wing backs (Ricardo aside) have offered nothing going forward. Our pressing (Man Utd and Brighton in the cup aside) has been atrocious. Attacking wise we’ve perked up in the last few weeks and that’s given some grounds for optimism. Getting Youri further forward has been key to this but we could really do with the wing backs (if we do stick to a five) taking a chance now and again. With Vardy, Daka and Iheanacho up front I’m not worried about us taking chances, but when you need to score two every game to have a chance of winning it you know where the problem lies. Focus has to be on the defensive shape which has been woeful for a long time.

At least if we lose the match we might beat them on Scrabble points.

For technique, Muzzy’s goal vs Grimsby or Joachim vs Barnsley. Plenty of lower league or amateurs will hit a 25 yard screamer once in their career. For crowd reaction, Thompson at Wembley vs Swindon or Walshy’s equaliser vs Arsenal in the 3-3. The way he wound up Ian Wright at the end was hilarious too!

If someone is getting confused between Dwight McNeil and Harvey Barnes then I hope that for the sake of all road users it was them being chauffeured out of the training ground.

Martin Hinteregger?

Had my ST refunded this morning, now just waiting on the Chelsea game.

Plenty of time to start figuring out who’s going to mark Rudiger at set pieces...

I thought that this was an interesting comment too.... 🤔

It’s the 8.15pm ko’s I’m not keen on. We haven’t got one (yet), but that’s going to mean me getting home by 11pm, and that’s for a home game.

I’m genuinely intrigued as to the instructions Chilwell has when going forward. I lose count of the number of times he drives forward into the final third, the winger tracks him back so he stops, then passes sideways or backwards and doesn’t go any further forward. Contrast with Ricardo who is always looking for the one-two and attempting to get to the byline where he can cut the ball back or across, which is where Vardy’s goal at Spurs (plus another one at home?) came from. It really limits our attacking play when teams sit deep at home.

Totally disagree with the ‘mostly woeful’ comment regarding Barnes, but there’s something not right with how he and Chilwell interact on that side of the pitch.

This thread (and some of the others on the first page) are another example of how pre-conceived thoughts really do affect the brain. Before both of them came on yesterday several people around me were chuntering at the prospect of Ghezzal and (to a greater degree) Iheanacho coming on. Whatever either of them did was going to be filtered through that blinkered viewpoint. Again, its interesting to see which players have had a thread dedicated to them since the match and who hasn’t. To my mind, Ghezzal strengths are that he plays with his head up, is technically pretty good and keeps possession well. He also manages to find space for himself too. On the flip side, he lacks pace, but what makes this worse is that he dwells when on the ball, rather than releasing it quickly. I’m not saying he’s going to be an amazing player for us, but I think there’s a realistic prospect that he could be a good squad player, which for his fee isn’t the worst thing in the world.