possiblygeorge Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 I'm still feeling so deflated. We did very little wrong and on another day win comfortably but I suppose that equals things out after our very ugly win against Norwich. Chelsea drew at home to a couple of very average sides this time last season so certainly not a catastrophe. I'll feel so much better tonight though If Swansea, Liverpool and West Ham do us favours. I've gotten over it, just looking forward to see if Tottenscum/Arsenal can drop points tonight. Good chance they will. Mind you add the Arsenal Vs Tottenham game to be played out still, it's still very much in ours hands.
AKCJ Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 I think if Spurs had Villa at home i'd feel worse. I don't think Spurs will win tonight. If they do then they are hot favourites in my opinion. Fair play if they do win the league to be fair as long as they're not absolute mincers in victory. Rather them than Arsenal that's for damned sure.
Thracian Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 I'm still feeling so deflated. We did very little wrong and on another day win comfortably but I suppose that equals things out after our very ugly win against Norwich. Chelsea drew at home to a couple of very average sides this time last season so certainly not a catastrophe. I'll feel so much better tonight though If Swansea, Liverpool and West Ham do us favours. We did quite a lot wrong - in defence and attack - and you get nothing for hitting the woodwork or missing chances in any other way. And if we did the same on another day we'd likely have a similar outcome. What we need to do is learn from it, while not forgetting the good things we did and therefore to come out stronger still.
AKCJ Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 Fair play to West Brom for almost being certain of avoiding relegation with Jonas Olssen as their main centre back. I've seen some shit defenders in my time but he is utterly woeful. Must have put a fiver on us to win the league in August.
shen Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 I appreciate that it's a cracking effort from Gardner, but Schmeichel really does make Gardner's decision on where to place the ball very easy indeed. Schmeichel was stood too far to the left with no chance of getting anywhere near it so long as it's on target, something which was emphasised by Gardner's placement over power. If Schmeichel stands more centrally it becomes a far more difficult decision for Gardner as not only does he have to give more thought to where to place the ball but he also has to consider the amount of power in the strike in order to beat the keeper. Did you see Messi's free kick against Sevilla with English commentary the other day? He criticised the keeper for doing exactly what you suggest, being more central. "You have to trust your wall, that's what it's there for". Messi ended up scoring with an outswinging kick into the far corner with the keeper nowhere near it. Because the free kick was so central, Schmeichel really had no option. He has to cover one side and hope the wall does it's job of making it difficult for the taker. If the free kick was on either side of the penalty area, the angle becomes more acute and he can come closer to the near post relative to the taker. And finally, with Schmeichel not being a particularly tall keeper and not being a great jumper, he will always be challenged in these situations.
Spence Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 https://streamable.com/e6kk Disappointed with Schmeichel on this looking at the replay. Not because he doesn't dive but the reason he doesn't dive. He takes a little two-footed bounce as Gardner strikes it which leaves him in the air until the ball is well on it's way into the back of the net. I'm by no means a keeper but isn't this a pretty awful mistake? its a similar thing of what you do in tennis, before your opposing player hits the ball you 'split-step' aka having a small jump in the air so that you're not flat footed if you're opposing player hits the ball cross court where you weren't expecting. I assume this is what Schmeichel is doing here. Not bad goal-keeping just had no chance of saving the great strike.
fuchsntf Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 I think I have seen it posted somewhere someone else, but when Kante returns, could King take up that 2nd strikers position next to Vardy, he can cover back like Shinji, so that side wouldnt be a problem.He might be sharper around the box too. I read some critic over Huths part in the 1st goal, I have seen the game 4 times now, the pass and channelling of the ball dictated the postion Huth took to defend it, at 1st he was ok,but Rondon was that tick quicker, he did push Huth but just a normal tussel. Good goal, we were pushing up and we were caught with no other defender who could of covered behind Schmeichel.Annoying but thats football.WBAs goals were well taken as I see it and no blame on any individual. Last night was just one of those nights.Great performance just missing that last clinical finish. However ever the season delivers, I thank Claudio, the players for giving us something to dream about well into.....March/April/maybe May. Unlike previous similar situations, if the results go against us tonight, we are still in with a chance, and in the game of Londoners obligation, vs our dream.I am and will end up content, this ride as been so brilliant.My only disappointment would now be no top 3, but I wont go on any witchhunt, or be presumptious in believing I know who should obviously be replaced.
Len Finsbury Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 King is completely different to Kante including his strengths and weaknesses. Kante is all-action, very easily seen and just the sort of obvious trier fans love. But he's more than that. He wins the ball - not by accident but because of his timing of when to pounce which is the split second his "prey" has lost even a modicum of control. Another strength is his incredible athleticism at a faster pace than most players can sustain. He also tends to tackle on his feet unlike, say, Danny Tiatto in the past again, again unlike tiatto he doesn't go giving daft fouls away or getting himself unnecessarily booked or sent off. Latterly he's also tried to get forward a bit more although it's not his natural forte. King is understated in every way and never elaborates or does more than he need, even when he scores goals. Look at his goal - he turned an easily missable chance into a tap-in because he stayed cool and just did what was necessary to hit the net. He didn't blast the ball and risk it going over the bar but thought first and placed it into the corner. Even only others last night had been so clinical, especially Shinji and Morgan. But to suggest he doesn't offer the same defensible qualities as Kante is misleading. His style is different, no question and even his strengths but King defends admirably in many ways - shadowing people, covering spaces, aerially and through his thoughtfulness in where to play the ball quickly. What he's not so good at, and where Kante excels, is tracking people, particularly for pace, dealing with being turned by the runner and pinching the ball. But then Kante doesn't score or make many goals or pass the ball so quickly or accurately so what we've actually got is two excellent players who do things differently and, check for yourself, but so many of King's goals are sublime. As I said last night, I'm just glad Ranieri's got him doing some attacking again. He made a good goal for Shinji against Spurs and played a lot of forward or crteative passes last night rather than just the safe pass We conceded two goals last night but I seem to remember West Brom causing us problems from free-kicks in the past - they were very accurate and dangrous yesterday, for sure and that's where one of their goals came from. The other was plain and simply the fault of Huth in not being sufficiently alert to the scorer's run and then getting uncharacteristically outmuscled on the ball as well Yes, West Brom had two or three other decent chances but it's hard to remember Kasper having saves to make or the visitors tearing us apart with their play. A man on the spare most might help for free-kicks though. I'm not entirely sure who you're disagreeing with there, Thracian. Seems like you're saying exactly the same thing as I did but in greater detail.
fuchsntf Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 We did quite a lot wrong - in defence and attack - and you get nothing for hitting the woodwork or missing chances in any other way. And if we did the same on another day we'd likely have a similar outcome. What we need to do is learn from it, while not forgetting the good things we did and therefore to come out stronger still. I hope we carry on getting it quite wrong, like last night, then the title is definitly ours.
Haydos Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 its a similar thing of what you do in tennis, before your opposing player hits the ball you 'split-step' aka having a small jump in the air so that you're not flat footed if you're opposing player hits the ball cross court where you weren't expecting. I assume this is what Schmeichel is doing here. Not bad goal-keeping just had no chance of saving the great strike. I think you're right, he just seems to time it so wrong, he should be landing as Gardner is about to strike, no? Not taking off. Either way, hope he's not caught out like that again.
Fox Ulike Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 I think you're right, he just seems to time it so wrong, he should be landing as Gardner is about to strike, no? Not taking off. Either way, hope he's not caught out like that again. It's just a great free-kick. It's over the wall at pace... and it's right in the corner. I doubt Gardner's hit one better than that in his life, and there's not a keeper on God's Earth who's saving that.
NewEnglandFox Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 If there is one problem with the free kick, it was how it was given away.
LJS Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 If there is one problem with the free kick, it was how it was given away. Indeed, it was needless. We have a habit of losing our discipline in the area around the box; a few of us have spoken of it being among our biggest weaknesses this season and we've paid for it in two of our last three games. fortunately it has been a season of very few weaknesses. I'm not too disappointed with last night in hindsight. The general performance was good and the issues which caused us not to win are easily fixable. Other sides around us will drop points; we all know it isn't as simple as looking at form and fixtures and predicting points won. If it was we'd be in the second tier now. We'll be there or thereabouts.
Arkie Bennett Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 If there is one problem with the free kick, it was how it was given away.I'd like to see a replay, as in the run-up to conceding the free kick, we struggled to clear a cross from our left. I did wonder if Kasper could have dealt with it.
Carl the Llama Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 I still thing it's strange seeing a Leicester-West Brom scoreline that reads 2-2, my brain keeps wanting to substitute our 2 for a 3.
filbertway Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 I never really saw the point in having a wall as a keeper. Never had one if the ball was further than 25 yards out much to the bemusement of everybody on the pitch haha. You've got to back yourself to save all but the best of strikes then. Obviously the opposition can make a wall, which would probably start happening if a keeper did start doing that in the professional game.
NewEnglandFox Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 I'd like to see a replay, as in the run-up to conceding the free kick, we struggled to clear a cross from our left. I did wonder if Kasper could have dealt with it. https://streamable.com/u80p Can't blame Kasper.
biggs Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 The difference between finishing and not will sometimes be a matter of inches. Calling the finishing poor is ridiculous. Both were missed opportunities by players that won the ball in a difficult area of the pitch and both were inches away from having us jump out of our seats and going nuts. Not poor.....just not great. Poor would be blowing it way over, losing the header, not putting in the effort to take it away from the defender. Watched the game again last night and entertainment wise it was worth watching twice. BTW...those bashing Gray....he was the one who set up Morgan for his missed opportunity. Albrighton was playing well but Gray was fine too. I believe Ranieri got it right again.
Countryfox Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 Calling the finishing poor is ridiculous. Poor would be blowing it way over, losing the header, not putting in the effort to take it away from the defender.
foxaholic Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 Mahrez getting grief? Really? He's about our only player who can make something. Maybe if some of our other forward players could create anything rather than taking a pass and jut passing it back into the same position he wouldn't have such pressure to create. He might be good but he has plenty on the debit side 2 missed penalties 4 points ridiculous hand ball last night 2 points only miss in Capitol one penalty shoot out
Trav Le Bleu Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 2 points dropped. Seems like one point gained after tonight's results.
erlee Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 I'm still feeling so deflated. We did very little wrong and on another day win comfortably but I suppose that equals things out after our very ugly win against Norwich. Chelsea drew at home to a couple of very average sides this time last season so certainly not a catastrophe. I'll feel so much better tonight though If Swansea, Liverpool and West Ham do us favours. DON'T BE...SPUDS GOT DONE today
ARM1968 Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 Great point now. Could, maybe should have been 3, but it wasn't. Spuds and the Arse showing the expected lack of bottle. Still think Wengers Whingers will do Spurs Saturday.
Filbert1962 Posted 2 March 2016 Posted 2 March 2016 I'm still feeling so deflated. We did very little wrong and on another day win comfortably but I suppose that equals things out after our very ugly win against Norwich. Chelsea drew at home to a couple of very average sides this time last season so certainly not a catastrophe. I'll feel so much better tonight though If Swansea, Liverpool and West Ham do us favours. West Ham, Swansea and Liverpool, thank you VERY, VERY much.
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