Match Ratings : Stoke 2-2 Leicester - Vote Now!

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[Aus Fox]

Kasper 6 solid enough, 2 1on 1s. Being ultra critical could he have come out quicker both times?

De Laet 6 not nearly as bad as some make out.

Morgan 4 at fault for both goals, but solid second half.

Huth 7 best game so far for Huth

Jeff.7 would be 8 or 9 if the boy could cross

Inler 6 average at best, still growing an learning the English game.

Kante 8 here there every fooking where, gave it away a little to easy at times, but wins it back so often.

Drinkwater 8 MotM for me, other than a few overhit Hollywood balls, did everything right today.

Shinji 5 quiet,

Vardy 7 standard Vardy, chased everything and got his reward.

Subs all 6

Stoke 6 best team we've played so far, when all their players are match fit and gel will be a real force.

Ref: 6 not great but the best this season.

[Hirsty The Blue 94]

Kasper 6 - Couldn't do much with the goals. Made a couple of saves and catches.

RDL 5 - No defensive help again leaves him exposed, done regularly though, especially first half. Pace a danger in the 2nd.

Morgan 5 - Awful mistake for the goal. Recovered well second half.

Huth 7 - Best game of the season for us. Dealt with his best mate Walters well.

Schlupp 6 - Some great, some terrible. Standard Schlupp. Similar end product to Navas.

Mahrez 7 - Soft in 1st half. Took pen well and was better after that.

Inler 4 - Too slow. Have possession away, rightly hooked off and can't start next week.

Drinkwater 6 - Gave the ball away alot by trying to play difficult pass. Drive us forward in the 2nd half. Bought pen well.

Kante 8 MOTM - Brilliant in the middle, absolutely everywhere and passed the ball well. Always a card risk with the volume of tackles he makes.

Okazaki 4 - Too soft. Got pushed off the ball easily. Missed a sitter when he was offside. Shouldn't start next week.

Vardy 7 - Brilliant strength, pace and work rate. Took his goal magnificently.

Albrighton 6 - Didn't do that much but provided more balance to the side.

Ulloa 6 - Held the ball up, put himself about and did well when he came on.

King N/A -

Stoke 6 - First half very good, 2nd half folded and allowed us back in, some very good individuals going forward.

Ref 6 - Decent, should have given them a free kick for the goal we scored.

Claudio 6 - Again picks a strange starting 11, but rectified it with astute changes. Worried that a better side would have killed is off again before we get our best 11 on the park.

[GorlestonFox]

6/7s all around apart from Inler who got a 5

[Thracian]

Kasper 6 (Better distribution, the odd save but not over-troubled other than having no chance with the goals)   

De Laet 5 (One decent shot in the first half and other good things apart from his calamitous mistake for their first goal).

 

Morgan 3 (Gifted them the second goal, failed to spot the runner for the first and unnecessarily involved in the controversy before Vardy's goal when he should have cleared the ball straight over the touchline, though I'm glad he didn't).

 

Huth 7 (Solid enough and in no way at fault for their second goal. He simply facilitated an easy clearance for Morgan that didn't happen)

   
Schlupp 7.5 (Started well and remained a danger although I'm quite serious about him working overtime on his crosses. There's no point in being fast and getting into good positions unless you can cross the ball accurately and create an end product. Mind you, someone should perhaps have got on the end of his low crosses.). 

Inler 4 (Allowed the scorer free passage to run from midfield through our backline and was otherwise ineffective). 

 

Kante 8 (A natural member of our team with his tireless determination to retrieve the ball, his quick passing and his willingness to find more space. Unlucky not to score as well when he brought the best save of the match) 

 

Drinkwater 6.5 (To many errors in the first half with being caught on the ball and some poor passing but never let his head drop and gradually won through to be one of our better players in a generally ordinary collective performance).

 

Mahrez 7 (One goal, one assist and lots of mistakes and cul-de-sac runs. Fortunately most mistakes can be forgiven when countered by goals and assists and that's what he and Vardy are contributing so regularly)  

Shinji 4 (Can't remember a single important thing he did although there might have been one shot. Needs to be working in a pass-and-move situation but seemed to lack the strength, guile or presence to do anything of consequence. After a good first appearance for Leicester he's starting to look a disappointment rather than a dangerous international striker)  

 

Vardy 7.5 (Even without the ball vardy has to be marked. Another vital goal and two or three other shots that might have gone in or even won the match. I just love the bloke's attitude. He'd make a feast out of a plate of crumbs)  

Albrighton 6.5 (Helped turn the tide in our favour for all that he should have been on from the start).

 

Ulloa 6 (Never outstanding or even particularly dangerous but offered the outlet I expected and was more of a handful than Shinji. Might even have played a small part in our equaliser). 
 

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[Mike Oxlong]

Kasper 6 solid enough, 2 1on 1s. Being ultra critical could he have come out quicker both times?

De Laet 6 not nearly as bad as some make out.

Morgan 4 at fault for both goals, but solid second half.

Huth 7 best game so far for Huth

Jeff.7 would be 8 or 9 if the boy could cross

Inler 6 average at best, still growing an learning the English game.

Kante 8 here there every fooking where, gave it away a little to easy at times, but wins it back so often.

Drinkwater 8 MotM for me, other than a few overhit Hollywood balls, did everything right today.

Shinji 5 quiet,

Vardy 7 standard Vardy, chased everything and got his reward.

Subs all 6

Stoke 6 best team we've played so far, when all their players are match fit and gel will be a real force.

Ref: 6 not great but the best this season.

Riyad - "cough"

[shen]

Shinji 4 (Can't remember a single important thing he did although there might have been one shot. Needs to be working in a pass-and-move situation but seemed to lack the strength, guile or presence to do anything of consequence. After a good first appearance for Leicester he's starting to look a disappointment rather than a dangerous international striker)  

 

Agree with all you ratings, even if I think you're being a bit generous with Schlupp and Kanté. Schlupp's end product as you say was woeful and he had his usual lapses at the back. 6 at best. Kante must've thrown away about half of the balls he won back impressively. Not composed on the ball. 7 at best.

 

-But I find your assessment of Shinji bang on. Bar against a terrible Sunderland side and a goal vs West Ham, he's been ineffective to downright poor since. £7-9 mil looks like bad business to me.

 

Ulloa looks rusty (understandable), although we know his first touch is rarely good. Why does Kramaric not get a look-in?

[Thracian]

Agree with all you ratings, even if I think you're being a bit generous with Schlupp and Kanté. Schlupp's end product as you say was woeful and he had his usual lapses at the back. 6 at best. Kante must've thrown away about half of the balls he won back impressively. Not composed on the ball. 7 at best.

 

-But I find your assessment of Shinji bang on. Bar against a terrible Sunderland side and a goal vs West Ham, he's been ineffective to downright poor since. £7-9 mil looks like bad business to me.

 

Ulloa looks rusty (understandable), although we know his first touch is rarely good. Why does Kramaric not get a look-in?

 

 

I've no idea concerning Kramaric because I've hardly seen him play. Those who have talk of an immensely skillful player with an eye for goal and my only reaction is that he must be pretty bad in footballing terms not to be able to find a place in our strikeforce...especially from the bench.

 

If we don't think he's good enough why did we sign him? And if we do, why don't we use him cos our strikeforce looks way below what's necessary for all that Vardy and Mahrez have combined to disguise the fact.

 

With Shinji is seems to be a lack of physicality. He's willing and brave enough but just not strong enough, clever enough or quite quick enough to make an impact. It's alright people talking about international goals but, in my younger days, I'd have scored, no problem, against some of the opposition.

 

The Premiership is a completely different prospect to low-grade internationals. It's exhausting, demanding and a place where only the strongest survive and, so far, I've seen very few strengths which threaten to make Shinji exceptional.

 

It's not as if he's just been unlucky. He's not had enough serious goal attempts for a striker. Okay you can point to the service - we still don't have the most creative midfield - and you don't get too many passes off Mahrez cos he's greedy or Schlupp because his radar's a bit faulty - but brilliant strikers make their own rules and find their own supply if they have to...or else!

 

Ulloa's shown he can score at a reasonably consistent level but no longer gets the game time and there must be a reason for that - perhaps because he's so ordinary when he's not scoring and not like, say Teddy Sheringham, who could forever create something for others even if not scoring himself.           

 

With Vardy his pace and aggression make him useful whether he's scoring or not, because he upsets defences and makes space for others. Mahrez too can be forgiven anything because, one way or another, he makes things happen whether he's playing well generally or not. Ulloa and Shinji don't seem to have that effect although perhaps in Ulloa's case he does, but I've just forgotten how!   .  

[shen]

Maybe it's just down to Shinji gelling with the team which takes time, but I just feel that his role or the way he executes it, is completely off.

It's been four games now that he's been overrun or by-passed, and I don't see that changing with the way Ranieri deploys the team.

He doesn't hold on to the ball well enough, he's not pacy enough to threaten with runs, he's not exactly brilliant when picking out a pass and never looks dangerous.

As soon as Ulloa comes on, the opposition defence is pushed back and he always occupies one defender. On top of that, he will usually win his aerial duels.

 

If Shinji is deployed further forward like against Sunderland, I might see his fortunes changing, especially if we play Kanté who seems to be able to steal the ball every time he gives chase.

[Thracian]

Maybe it's just down to Shinji gelling with the team which takes time, but I just feel that his role or the way he executes it, is completely off.

It's been four games now that he's been overrun or by-passed, and I don't see that changing with the way Ranieri deploys the team.

He doesn't hold on to the ball well enough, he's not pacy enough to threaten with runs, he's not exactly brilliant when picking out a pass and never looks dangerous.

As soon as Ulloa comes on, the opposition defence is pushed back and he always occupies one defender. On top of that, he will usually win his aerial duels.

 

If Shinji is deployed further forward like against Sunderland, I might see his fortunes changing, especially if we play Kanté who seems to be able to steal the ball every time he gives chase.

 

 

Maybe some of the problem is that we're increasingly focusing our attack through Mahrez who, for all his skill, is hardly a player you'd bet on getting a pass from.

 

On the hand maybe Shinji needs to learn from the example of Mahrez and start demanding the ball like the good professional he's supposed to be.

 

Because Mahrez in insatiable. He frustrates me no-end at times but no matter how many times he  trips over himself, gets mugged by a defender or simply gets suffocated by numbers he gets his breath and tries again. Questions, questions, questions.....defenders never get a moment's peace no matter how well they think they're coping.

 

Shinji looked as dynamic as Kante on day one. But since then he's looked like a road runner who's lost his way in a foreign land. He huffs and puffs but doesn't know which way to turn for the best.    

 

I feel for the bloke cos he's not short of talent or desire but he needs to slake a great big spoonful of Mahrez' conviction. The little Algerian hasn't got goals and assists through non-stop brilliance. He's got 'em because he believes in himself and never gives up whatever falls he takes on the journey.

 

Frank Large had a heart like that. Worst footballer I ever saw become a hero in the professional game. Simply because he'd run through a meat churner to get a goal. Haha Vardy's got the skills of Pele by comparison. But their tickers might have been cloned!  .             .      

[Dickov22]

Kasper 6 Little he could do about either goal

De Laet 4 Very poor performance from him. Pathetic for the first goal

Huth 5 Almost as at fault as Wes was for the second goal and cannot believe anyone could suggest otherwise

Morgan 5 Other than the goal he was good but that was so costly

Schlupp 6 End product was poor and he looked vulnerable when the winger had him one on one

Kante 8 Not a wide man. Gives the ball away loads but just wins it back straightaway. A real terrier

Drinkwater 7 Dis great for the pen and another good game

Inler 5 Does some good things but just looks off the pace

Mahrez 7 Despite being up against a full back who stopped him playing, he never gave up

Vardy 8 Standard from him. His goal wasn't easy either

Okazaki 5 Missed a good chance when he was offside. Looked lightweight

Albrighton 5 Didn't do anything of note. Kept just hitting and hoping

Ulloa 6 Looked clumsy but gave us the physical presence you need at Stoke

Wish Ranieri would stop trying to accommodate Inler, Kante and Drinkwater at the expense of the team and our shape. Kante isn't a wide man. Obvious

[Dan]

I've given almost the exact same ratings as Dickov.

 

Little disappointed in Okazaki. He looked fantastic in the first two games but he's done absolutely nothing since.

[Guest MattP]

Kasper 6 - Nothing really to do.

RDL 5 - Skinned far too often, caught out of position, needs to up his game. Teams are finding out our full backs are very dodgy defensively.

Morgan 5 - Comical stuff on the second goal.

Huth 6 - Doesn't look the same player as last season.

Schulpp 6 - That moment in the second half summed him up, sublime skill to beat someone then balloons it into the stand with all the time in the World to cross.

Drinkwater 6 - Excellent at times and very average at times, has to be stuck with though as we are seeing serious promise this season.

Inler 4 - Appalling, no idea what is going on but this isn't the Inler I've watched before. Needs to be taken out the side until he is up with the pace.

Kante 7 - Gave the ball away a bit but on the whole I thought he looked very good, brilliant at regaining possession and was unlucky not to score.

Mahrez 8 - Standard. Goal and an assist and you feel like something will happen everytime he gets the ball.

Okazaki 5 - Poor and correctly replaced, linesman gave him a gift when he was about two yards offside and he still couldn't take advantage.

Vardy 8 - Standard, terrorised them and times and deserved his goal, such a shame that didn't fly in near the end.