Dynamogoon Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Doesn't matter where we are in league. 2nd or 12th. I want to beat teams such as Bournemouth at home and having seen the performance today it wasn't good enough. Just because we're 2nd does that mean we can't moan? Yes
Seth's dong Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 2 in the table ... but not played well in the last 3 games ...thought fuchs and kante were great today. looking back over the first half of the season I think Kante, mahrez, vardy, morgan ; huth drinkwater albrighton fuchs have been consistent enough but it would be good for the future to get 4-5 more players in who could achieve the same standard, think leo, shinji, are not consistent enough to be considered over the long term..would like to see kramaric in for a few games Couldn't have put it better myself!
Guest Col city fan Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Said a few weeks ago that offensively, we are a two man team. If Vards and Mahrez aren't on form or injured or whatever there are too few goals in this team. Ulloa today was utterly dreadful and I was pleased to see Nathan Dyer come on at half time...Only to witness one of the worst halves of football I've seen from a City player in recent years. He himself was banging his own head when he put the ball into touch yet again. Today's game showed why we need to strengthen up front in Jan if we are to push for the Champs League spot. We are relying excessively on just two blokes for goals...which is probably putting them under too much pressure. That said..if Mahrez would have converted today we'd have won. Bournemouth after the sending off were never going to get a goal. We'd have got three points and would have been second. Claudio..We've done amazingly well. Cement it now if possible with a striker and a midfield playmaker.
Great Boos Up Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Were people seriously booing the team? Definitely heard a few in the Kop. The boos were for Bournemouth timewasting.
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 The boos were for Bournemouth timewasting. Yeah agreed, that and the ref not doing anything about it.
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Another thing - with Boric taking about 20 seconds to take his many kicks, how come the ref didn't bang on an extra minute or so on added time? He was blantantly taking the piss and got away with it
Buzzell Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Said a few weeks ago that offensively, we are a two man team. If Vards and Mahrez aren't on form or injured or whatever there are too few goals in this team. Ulloa today was utterly dreadful and I was pleased to see Nathan Dyer come on at half time...Only to witness one of the worst halves of football I've seen from a City player in recent years. He himself was banging his own head when he put the ball into touch yet again. Today's game showed why we need to strengthen up front in Jan if we are to push for the Champs League spot. We are relying excessively on just two blokes for goals...which is probably putting them under too much pressure. That said..if Mahrez would have converted today we'd have won. Bournemouth after the sending off were never going to get a goal. We'd have got three points and would have been second. Claudio..We've done amazingly well. Cement it now if possible with a striker and a midfield playmaker. Completely agree. We need more contribution in terms of goals. We can't rely on two players to score us to victory and Ulloa and Okazaki are offering nothing in terms of goals atm. Either give Kramaric a chance or sign another striker in January. Would be nice if we signed a midfielder who has a goal in him too.
Weller in Tights Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 But it would certainly explain why he's won fvck all. Seriously, a respected manager in many countries, currently managing our team and doing well and your response is "he's won fvck all". Are you just generally a glass half empty type of person? A WUM ? Or are you just a bit of a *unt?
Raj Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Knew it be a tough game for everyone concerned.Its hard to be up for Bournemouth when you've played Liverpool,Man.C,Chelsea.They are a decent team well set up and work well together. We could and should have won and I actually thought we played well at times. Wes from a yard out,Vardy hitting the woodwork, Riyadh missing a pen. In the bigger scheme of things more than happy where we are.Just remember how hard it is in this league to be consistent, especially as high standards we've set of late
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Need further attacking options 40 points though And another pizza for the boys? . . .
inckley fox Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 The penalty was debatable, obviously. The question is whether there was sufficient contact from the defender to bring Vardy down before he touched the ball, and it seems Vardy was on his way to deck before the Bournemouth guy got his foot on it. Harsh, especially when you consider it would have been deemed a great challenge some years back, but not as clear-cut a refereeing error as some made out. We missed the pen regardless, and almost certainly should have had another penalty near the end, so it's hard for Bournemouth to claim too much bad luck. I'm not too panic-stricken about Vardy and Mahrez struggling for goals. They need a rest and this was always bound to happen. What's worrying is that the second striker (be it Okazaki or Ulloa) and the other attacking midfielders (Albrighton, Dyer) have failed to chip in. For two games running, on three separate occasions, we've missed out on a goal because one of the aforementioned has failed to commit himself when the ball's been whipped across goal. So if we need a clue as to where the investment is needed, it probably lies there. But the truth is that if we were ever going to finish top four, or even six, others would have to step up, especially as sides close down our two star men more and create more space for others. Dyer, for instance, had plenty of chances to make something happen today but it never worked out for him. This will have to change, depending on how lofty our aims are. I thought it was a reasonable display overall, especially second half, and it didn't seem to me that we were 'never going to score'. There were excellent chances. If we want to look for a reason for the 'goal drought' I'd say we had the same problem in the first half that we've had for the past three matches - a very costly one - which is that we were carrying one guy who didn't do the closing down, or putting in full-blooded challenges for 50-50s, or the quick one-touch football which our success has been based on, and subsequently helped take the wind out of our sails. Against Liverpool it was King, Inler against Man City, today it was Ulloa. It's a real lesson in how one very weak link can steal the momentum away from you. You're always under pressure if it's 0-0 at half time against weaker opposition.
Buzzell Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Need further attacking options 40 points though And another pizza for the boys? . . . Nah. Champagne for the lads for hitting the 40 mark.
sdb Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 What's worse than any individual performance today is the absolute bullshhiitee i've just read on pages 1 & 2. I couldn't go beyond that but if you posted on those pages, you are - almost to a man - an absolute bellend. We drew a game FFS!!!
dannythefox Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Poor again just like the Liverpool game the first half we got the ball in the wide areas 3 times. Need to take our chances mahrez needs dropping for the cup game and we defo need to buy a striker.
sdb Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 The penalty was debatable, obviously. The question is whether there was sufficient contact from the defender to bring Vardy down before he touched the ball, and it seems Vardy was on his way to deck before the Bournemouth guy got his foot on it. Harsh, especially when you consider it would have been deemed a great challenge some years back, but not as clear-cut a refereeing error as some made out. We missed the pen regardless, and almost certainly should have had another penalty near the end, so it's hard for Bournemouth to claim too much bad luck. I'm not too panic-stricken about Vardy and Mahrez struggling for goals. They need a rest and this was always bound to happen. What's worrying is that the second striker (be it Okazaki or Ulloa) and the other attacking midfielders (Albrighton, Dyer) have failed to chip in. For two games running, on three separate occasions, we've missed out on a goal because one of the aforementioned has failed to commit himself when the ball's been whipped across goal. So if we need a clue as to where the investment is needed, it probably lies there. But the truth is that if we were ever going to finish top four, or even six, others would have to step up, especially as sides close down our two star men more and create more space for others. Dyer, for instance, had plenty of chances to make something happen today but it never worked out for him. This will have to change, depending on how lofty our aims are. I thought it was a reasonable display overall, especially second half, and it didn't seem to me that we were 'never going to score'. There were excellent chances. If we want to look for a reason for the 'goal drought' I'd say we had the same problem in the first half that we've had for the past three matches - a very costly one - which is that we were carrying one guy who didn't do the closing down, or putting in full-blooded challenges for 50-50s, or the quick one-touch football which our success has been based on, and subsequently helped take the wind out of our sails. Against Liverpool it was King, Inler against Man City, today it was Ulloa. It's a real lesson in how one very weak link can steal the momentum away from you. You're always under pressure if it's 0-0 at half time against weaker opposition. All seems pretty reasonable. You might be best off away from this place tonight.
Babylon Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Comes on to foxestalk...witnesses people who were bellends two years ago, and one year ago, still being utter bellends despite us outrageously over performing compared to expectations ... Yep that's enough for me.
iamafox Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Not going to make excuses like 'the ref was shit' or 'they cheated'. We just weren't good enough today. The players looked jaded and lacked the energy to perform to the levels we know they are capable of, as we have seen many times this season. Also we looked more nervous in possession. We didn't create as many chances either but they were golden ones, such as Vardy hitting the post and Mahrez missing the penalty. If we were on form, I'm sure we would have scored from those chances.
reynard Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Ok after that the question is are we really serious about trying to get a top 6 finish? if so the evidence of the last three games is that we need 3 or 4 quality players especially up front. These will be difficult to come by in January but attempts must be made. Otherwise we could just slip quietly down to about 9th or 10th. Against 10 men (who should take great credit for the way they defended and closed us down) we simply didn't have the quality to break them down. Kante was brilliant but he isn't a goal scoring midfielder. We really needed someone to drop their shoulder and try and take them on. Some players were not good enough today and sometimes that happens but we clearly need another striker. Only Vardy is good enough at the level we are. If we're happy to finish 10th or so then leave things as they are and we can probably muster enough points to make it. However, I want to see us go for this. We may never have another chance but I don't think our current squad is good enough. Also I thought Ranieri got it wrong today. I can understand caution against the likes of Man City but against sides like Bournemouth we need to be more on the front foot from the start of the game and not wait until the second half. It wasn't bad today but not good enough for top four standards. I'd rest every single starting player except Ulloa for the cup match which really doesn't matter this season.
dannythefox Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Vardy needs to take the penaltys from now on mahrez with that stupid run up has missed twice now.
Jfox90 Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 After a disappointing draw againist a decent yet 10 man bournemouth, all you have to do for a pick me up is check the table, realize we're 2nd, still 7points clear off 5th and mainly reached our seasons target very prematurely and been pretty spoilt this far...we know they'll be dips, we just didnt capitilize today no one really higher than a 7, in a nil nil probably have to give motm to kante, huth or morgan
Guest CityFan 06 Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 The original aim pre season of comfortable survival has been achieved, and in some style, so this is very positive. I said before the campaign started, I'd be happy with comfortable survival, but what we are doing and have been doing is incredible really. I as much as anyone else would love a top 4 finish. But what's so great about this season is that even if we finish in the top 10 itself, that's superb in my eyes and a real great development for our club.
cjslcfc Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Fvcking hell. Wanted to quote all the knee-jerkers but there's just too many to put in one post. Honestly can't believe some of the comments I'm reading right now... Get a grip!
suffolk fox Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Over reaction drama queens come out in force after a poor result at home against Bournemouth. Yes, it was one of those games how people can say though that Bournemouth had the best chances I don't know Kasper didn't have a shot to save all game. Too many players didn't show up today and because of that we couldn't break down a stubborn Bournemouth. Mahrez was poor and looked knackered, Dyer had ice skates on and Couldn't stay on his feet, Ulloa got Chris Wood syndrome and Couldn't trap a bag of cement. That said, we should have won Vardy hitting the post from six yards and Mahrez unable to score from a penalty when he should have. What's the point of long throwing it if you don't put the opposition keeper under enough pressure? It's a waste of a throw. Positives are we are now safe on 40 points and sit second in the table. Let's rest a few in the cup and go again a week on Wednesday at Spuds.
foxes_rule1978 Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 We were always going to have a bad patch... every team in world football suffers them, yes even Barcelona
Raj Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Fvcking hell. Wanted to quote all the knee-jerkers but there's just too many to put in one post. Honestly can't believe some of the comments I'm reading right now... Get a grip! Go on...quote the bastard knee jerkers into shame!!!
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