Guest Col city fan Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 9 minutes ago, Fox92 said: Wish people would stop bringing up Cambiasso. Kante is a bigger loss (or at least looks like a bigger loss so far). He was real box to box and it doesn't look like we have that. Midfield seems to lack quality all of a sudden. I can't mention Cambiasso..so I won't. With losing Kante, I maintain we've lost the best player in the world at what he does. It's a pre season friendly though...means nothing whatsoever really.
Fox92 Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Just now, Col city fan said: I can't mention Cambiasso..so I won't. With losing Kante, I maintain we've lost the best player in the world at what he does. It's a pretty season friendly though...means nothing whatsoever really. Agree Col. I never get worked up over friendlies and certainly don't take anything.
Guest Cujek Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 1 hour ago, ben_lcfc said: I am worried that: - We'll struggle to compete with the 'Top Top' teams - We haven't spent enough money and don't have enough quality at RB, CM and ST - We don't look sharp enough (7 days until the community shield) - Our delivery and finishing is poor - AND even managerless dull city could do us on the first game of the season. On a positive note we caused PSG a few problems. We have a lot to do in a short space of time! Can we do it? Please stop it lolol It's a pre season friendly in a joke tournament. You think Claudio is going to give away our champions league tactics? You think we will set up like that against psg for real? Please get some perspective.
purpleronnie Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Hoped we'd keep it to a small loss, can't believe anyone really expected us to win. PSG are one of the best teams in Europe and would walk the prem.
Woollett's Wellies Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 I'm afraid where we are now means we have a pre-season that is heavy on travel and commercial opportunity but light on games and squad development. I'm not too concerned about this result as, yes, it's a friendly, but I do feel we would have benefitted from a couple more games in this pre-season against teams that would enable the newcomers to adapt more gradually into the team method and the intensity of the league they're going to be playing in week after week.
Jimothy Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 5 minutes ago, Fox92 said: Wish people would stop bringing up Cambiasso. Kante is a bigger loss (or at least looks like a bigger loss so far). He was real box to box and it doesn't look like we have that. Just pointing out how people panicked last year. Yes Kante is a bigger loss, he played a key role in a league winning side, Cambiasso didn't, so Kante is a much bigger loss. But people thought it was doom and gloom a year back, and Kante came along and eventually found his place in the team and was amazing. I trust the management to either adapt our play or use a player to play similar but slightly different role, just as they did with the loss of Cambiasso.
Holly B Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Quite near the dug out and nobody seemed too bothered about the score more interested in players welfare which was fine for me We have treated friendlies the same way for a few seasons now so why panic on here ? Is it like this every preseason ? Most likely that we will lose to Barca and Manure but who really cares ? All about preparing for the Hull game
Livid Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 I can't wait for them to come home and get back down to work. I think we're going to be fine but we have a perfect set up with our training facilities here but we're all over the place, doing photo ops, social media stuff, Puma ads, visiting sports stores. I know why we've done this pre-season tour, and in the main it's not for football reasons. I would just be happier if we were getting down to business at home.
Fox92 Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 2 minutes ago, Holly B said: Quite near the dug out and nobody seemed too bothered about the score more interested in players welfare which was fine for me We have treated friendlies the same way for a few seasons now so why panic on here ? Is it like this every preseason ? Most likely that we will lose to Barca and Manure but who really cares ? All about preparing for the Hull game Yes it's the same every season on here. You should have seen it three/four years ago when we were losing to the likes of Northampton and Shrewsbury. The Manchester United game is a final though, don't really want to be losing that.
Guest Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 6 minutes ago, Holly B said: Quite near the dug out and nobody seemed too bothered about the score more interested in players welfare which was fine for me We have treated friendlies the same way for a few seasons now so why panic on here ? Is it like this every preseason ? Most likely that we will lose to Barca and Manure but who really cares ? All about preparing for the Hull game Yeah it's like this every season. Only this season some people don't seem to be able to manage expectations and we've picked up some bellends on the way to the title last season it seems too.
Sindidragon Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Once Vardy returns all will be ok. Muss needs to sharpen up. We got caught on the break. A dose of our own medicine? Ok a good learni g curve. Now we must stay positive. The next two games will test us too. Here's a positive- no injuries
Holly B Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Great I'll start worrying a bit if we are poor against Hull
TrentFox Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Everything is black and white on here it seems. Either losing a friendly means nothing it it's the end of the world. How about some middle ground? Like, maybe the result and cohesiveness of the display are not that important.... but maybe how individual players 'look' is quite relevant? They may not be in right team or formation yet, but that shouldn't alter how a player moves / competes / passes / controls etc etc
davieG Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Apart from the plus of extra match and general fitness it will also give the management a chance to see how players react to the long distance travel and how they manage/administer a game on Sunday followed by one on Wednesday
reynard Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 41 minutes ago, Woollett's Wellies said: I'm afraid where we are now means we have a pre-season that is heavy on travel and commercial opportunity but light on games and squad development. I'm not too concerned about this result as, yes, it's a friendly, but I do feel we would have benefitted from a couple more games in this pre-season against teams that would enable the newcomers to adapt more gradually into the team method and the intensity of the league they're going to be playing in week after week. I agree with this. My main concern at present is that we are just messing around in a stupid pre-season tournament that is doing little for good preparation for the coming season. I'd rather have played the likes of say Wolves or Forest than jetting over the world. Still we'll see.
SheppyFox Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 PANIC!! Joking aside, Manchester Utd got beaten by Dortmund pretty badly in a friendly, although Dortmund are good I don't consider them as strong as PSG, we are fine. Whether we won or not we need a striker a cm and a new rb IMO anyway, so don't worry Chill, Winston!
Kinowe Soorie Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Chilwell isn't ready yet. Left side was poor. PSG are good!
FireFox Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 1 hour ago, Facecloth said: I can't wait for the reactions should Messi or Suarez score against us on Wednesday. God forbid we don't shut out the worlds best strikers in a friendly But what if Zieler does keep a clean sheet against them? Selection headache for Man U then.
Livid Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 I'm more hacked off than concerned. If we're going to all give it the 'We're Champions of England we know what we are' we have to put in a performance to match. I expected a defeat last night, just not by that margin. It's ok saying we took it easy, trying out systems, avoiding injuries etc but if both teams had the same mindset towards the game we still lost 4-0.
C-man Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 I'm not worried but I am a little confused as to why we haven't tried 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 yet. It's immediately clear that neither Amartey nor Mendy will be able to do the work of NGK on their own, so we probably need 2 bods in there with Drinkwater. Which combination from DA, NM and AK, I'm not sure. If the season started tomorrow, Gray and Chilwell must start. Particularly the latter as Fuchs looks off the pace (although we can't moan too much he'd only played 20 mins at left wing vs Celtic before tonight!)
davieG Posted 31 July 2016 Posted 31 July 2016 Ranieri: Bad Result, Good Experience Posted: Sun 31 Jul 2016 Author: Leicester City image: http://www.lcfc.com/cms_images/match/ranieri-4-3-np65280-3217066_613x460.jpg Claudio Ranieri Image by: Plumb Images Retention of perspective was high on the agenda for Claudio Ranieri after his Leicester City side’s pre-season defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in Los Angeles. - Leicester City beaten 4-0 by Paris Saint-Germain in Los Angeles - Second game of International Champions Cup and third friendly brings City’s first defeat - Manager Claudio Ranieri pleased with experience, if disappointed with the result - City to tackle first ever UEFA Champions League campaign in the new season Retention of perspective was high on the agenda for Claudio Ranieri after his Leicester City side’s pre-season defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in Los Angeles. It was a challenging second outing in the International Champions Cup for the Premier League winners, who conceded twice in each half to the French champions in a 4-0 defeat at Carson’s StubHub Center. Establishing match fitness in preparation for the new season will have been top of the priorities for Ranieri’s men, but sampling the kind of quality they will face in their forthcoming debut in the UEFA Champions League gave added value to the experience. “I think it’s a good experience for us,” Ranieri told the media after the game. “PSG is a good team that is building to win the Champions League. They have a big squad with big players and for our players it was a good experience. “They are a little ahead of us in their preparation (for the season). We wanted to press them, but it was difficult. When you go to press and you don’t arrive at the right time, they move the ball quickly away from you. “Maybe if we had scored a goal when we had the chance at the start of the second half, maybe we can change something, but it was a good, good experience. “A bad result, but I think we can improve from this defeat.” City had been under pressure up until PSG took the lead halfway through the first half – Edinson Cavani ramming home a penalty after a Daniel Amartey foul on Jonathan Ikone. They conceded a second after probably their best spell of the game – Ikone scoring on the break after Riyad Mahrez and Amartey (twice) had both gone close. PSG continued to show their class after the break and Lucas nodded in a third before fellow substitute Odsonne Edouard rounded off the scoring in stoppage time. “The lesson is to be calm, have respect and restart with the same mentality as well as last season. That is the most important thing,” Ranieri said, reflecting further on his side’s defeat. “We have to be intelligent because we conceded goals. The first was a clear penalty, but after that there were too many counter attacks. We have to stay calm and try to wait for the right moment to have some chances for us.” After a positive week in LA, the Foxes now head to Stockholm to play Spanish champions Barcelona – a side Ranieri feels will provide a similarly difficult test for his team. “It is another big team who keep possession of the ball. That is normal,” he said. “We can’t keep possession of the ball. That is not our quality. Our quality is to be together and strong. With the right discipline and run. “At this moment we can’t run as well as last season. That is normal.” Read more at http://www.lcfc.com/news/article/2016-17/manager-claudio-ranieri-3217068.aspx#x2w3yzOyiqM708VF.99
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