LCFC FOX Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 Zieler Simpson Wasyl Morgan Fuchs Amartey Drinkwater Mendy Mahrez Vardy Musa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowlattsFox Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 Need to try the 433 out. Mendy, King and Drinkwater. Gray, Musa and Mahrez. Vardy to hopefully get 30 minutes if possible. Huth and Morgan both played 90mins last night so they not start which is slightly worrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozleicester Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 We'll hammer then.. im going 6-0.. if not, then Ranieri out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchsntf Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 14 minutes ago, sm1 said: The worry is that kante's gone, but we're still playing like he's in the team. Mendy is no Kante and playing a 442 with Mendy and another CM against Barcelona is going to result in another pummelling. Claudio's spoken of having a plan B and C and i'd like to see some evidence of this against Barca. Also like to see Fuchs & Simpson start to give us some defensive shape, because friendly or no friendly, morale will be hit if we suffer another 4+ goal loss. We should shoot all posters, who carry on referring to Kante...!!! Shoot them twice, if they havent got over Cambiasso. Now if we still had Weller and Worthington...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1 Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 Its not important posters moving on from Kante, the team needs to. Playing a 442 without him against teams that will dominate possession is not great tactics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 5-1 defeat!... If we perform like today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooper Steve's shin Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 Is there any point trying out 4-3-3 with two games against one of the best teams in the world and a Mourinho/Ibrahimovic fired Manchester United? I can't see it. More likely imprint the tried and tested system on the new players. Shame the games are so close (with a fair amount of travel following the US trip), but I think we will want to avoid embarrassment/try to win much more at Wembley, so I'd expect to see 18 to 20 players used v Barca and a more settled group against Man U. Presumably the starting XI v Barcelona will be pretty close to Claudio's first choice (ideally we'd want them to have a decent, high energy 45 minutes together then rest). The Wembley side should be there or thereabouts with a week before the league kickoff. Sounds like Vardy will not be ready for Wednesday, I think we'll start Musa with Shinji behind to see if he can be the Vardy replacement/substitute. Simpson and Fuchs to come in, Hernandez may start at CB with one of the usual. Drinky and Mendy in the centre, maybe Gray in for Mahrez as he's earned it (and Mahrez has had some decent game time). Zieler to start in goal and could be in with a shout to start the season if he has a blinder, otherwise I would expect Claudio to play safe (like he did with Kanté at the start of last year). I'm pretty happy with how things are shaping up, we've clearly not yet clicked and have options - Schlupp, Ulloa, King, Amartey being key among the backups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 Looking forward to it no end and expect to see an improvement. I entirely accept the argument that we're a way short of PSGi in terms of personnel and close-season preparation. But some of our shortcomings against them were juvenile. Ruthlessness, organisation, preparation and focus is what I want to see. And some semblance of a new team emerging which plays to the various strengths of its component parts. And, between now and then, is there any chance of securing a clone for Kante. In all my years as a Leicester fan I can't remember a more influential individual, not even Davie Gibson and that says something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamafox Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 God help this forum if we get another trouncing on Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 I'd like to see a strong first team in the first half, show everyone what we can do in the CL this year and then make a load of changes at half time and then it doesn't really matter. It's half about the Utd on Sunday and all about Hull the following week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurru991 Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 Remember this is all still pre-season, Ranieri still needs to look at his options. Win or lose against Barcelona means nothing right now, It's against Hull when it starts to matter. I think Amartey alongside Drinkwater has a ton of potential & Hernandez certainly didn't look out of place. Still a lot to learn about how this team will shape up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandFox Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 I'd like to see a front 4 of Albrighton, Gray, Mahrez, and Ulloa to start. I'd also like to see Morgan get minutes with whoever he's going to pair with at Hull. Huth's still has 1 more game of his suspension. Also Ulloa and Abrighton and everyone else need to get in some low and hard shooting drills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 433 please. Musa Vardy Mahrez front three would be interesting. Just please no more Ulloa and Okazaki front two. We may as well just not leave our half 8-5 to barca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCFC FOX Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 Just now, lgfualol said: 433 please. Musa Vardy Mahrez front three would be interesting. Just please no more Shinji and Okazaki front two. We may as well just not leave our half 8-5 to barca Shinji and Okazaki ay? Hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchsntf Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 We'll lose 5-2, forum will go in meltdown... but we will go on to win the PL again, scooping up the Fa cup, just to be boring..!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 8 minutes ago, LCFC FOX said: Shinji and Okazaki ay? Hmm Woops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanlegend Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 I'd like to see: Zieler Simpson Huth Morgan Fuchs Albrighton Amartey Drinkwater Mahrez Ulloa Vardy we have to start with the team he is thinking for Communiy shield- get some continuity in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzy Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 Whatever the result, little old Leicester are playing the mighty Barcelona in the International Champions whatever it is. It's really a privilege and honour to be facing them and just shows how far we've come. I don't care what the result is as long as we don't disgrace ourselves. Leicester v Barcelona. It's a beautiful thing and we should be proud that we've earned the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurru991 Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 CR will not risk Vardy if he is iffy, anyway we know what he can do . It's the other players we need to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Fox Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 Anyone bringing up this as an indicator of how we will do in the Champions League, have a look at the seeds. We are seeded in pot one, as champions. This means we cannot face the elite of Europe in the group stage. PSG, Real Madrid, Barcelona etc. are on another level and if we do end up playing a Barca etc. it means we have qualified for the knock out stage which I would call a success. While it's great playing the best teams in the world, it's not a gauge of how we will do in the Champions League, realistically the teams we need to be competitive with in order to qualifier for the next stage are the likes of PSV, Celtic and Dynamo Kiev all good sides but much closer to where we are than Barca and PSG at this stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerrrFox Posted 31 July 2016 Share Posted 31 July 2016 Zieler Simpson Hernandez Morgan Chilwell Mahrez Amartey Drinkwater Gray Ulloa Musa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 1 August 2016 Share Posted 1 August 2016 Zieler Simpson Morgan Hernandez Simpson Mendy Drinkwater Kaputska Gray Musa Mahrez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 1 August 2016 Share Posted 1 August 2016 Easy win this one for Barcelona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harpendenfox Posted 1 August 2016 Share Posted 1 August 2016 Heading to Stockholm tomorrow for this. Childishly excited. Are there any plans to meet at a bar near the stadium on Wednesday? I saw the bloke looking for information on running routes in Stockholm, fair play, but I was thinking more along the lines of a pre match beverage or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 1 August 2016 Share Posted 1 August 2016 17 hours ago, FireFox said: No, we're not. We are the top English club, by 10 points. Whilst you're correct we need to be realistic, we were great but we can't deny we weren't helped by everyone else being totally useless for most of it. Carrying on like that would be great, be we can't expect it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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