Hull City... 1st up.. Away.

[Soar Fox]

Schmeichel 

 

Simpson

Wasilewski

Morgan

Fuchs

 

Mahrez

King

Drinkwater

Gray

 

Okazaki

Vardy

 

Subs: Zieler, Mendy, Schlupp, Musa, Ulloa, Hernandez, Amartey. 

[oxtonfox]

Think this may be our easiest game of the season because I see Hull being relegation favourites. That will not mean it's easy of course because we are Leicester! I see it being tight at first with us once again starting slowly and them getting a head of steam up. If we can keep them out for first 30 mins then that will be good. In the end I expect our class to see us through so I go for 2-0 both in the second half and Vardy with one. 

 

Team... I think Claudio will stick initially with the team that won the league where he can. I expect he will use this as the default starting line up for the first 2 or 3 games before a dose of reality kicks in. So 4-4-2: Hernandez for Huth and maybe Mahrez and Vardy up front initially with King-Drinky-Amartey and Albrighton in midfield. Subs will be Musa, Okazaki, Gray, barring any injuries... 

 

 

[Devonfox1884]

Kasper 

 

Simpson

Hernandez

Morgan

Fuchs

 

Mahrez

Mendy

Drinky

Schlupp

 

Okazaki

Vardy

[tsintskaro]

Albrighton and Okazaki will be in starting XI,you wil see

No King for sure

 

Yes,i know there is no "weak" club and you should respect your opponent 

but this is great chance for leicester to begin PL with scoring 3-4 goals and receive none.Hull is in worst possible situation right now

I hope Ranieri will not play 1-0 game

[RowlattsFox]

Kasper

 

Simpson

Hernandez

Morgan

Fuchs 

 

Mahrez

Drinkwater

Mendy

Gray

 

okazaki

vardy 

 

subs: 

zieler

amartey

chilwell

albrighton

kapustka

Musa

Ulloa

 

i think we can afford to risk gray and mahrez against hull. 

[ozvaldo]

33 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

Kasper

 

Simpson

Hernandez

Morgan

Fuchs 

 

Mahrez

Drinkwater

Mendy

Gray

 

okazaki

vardy 

 

subs: 

zieler

amartey

chilwell

albrighton

kapustka

Musa

Ulloa

 

i think we can afford to risk gray and mahrez against hull. 

 

That's exactly what I would pick. 

[ealingfox]

Simpson needs binning. Kanté made him look far better than he is last year by protecting the area in front of the corner of the box. That said we won't be able to get a better RB in in time so will give him the nod for this game.

 

Also want Zieler to get the nod as Kasper was poor yesterday. Now he's got his big-money deal he could use a wake-up call so there's no slacking.

 

People are going overboard a bit with the Gray hype but I agree he deserves a start.

 

Can probably get away with the 442 for this game but I maintain after yesterday that we can't get away with it any more against better sides. Would like to see Amartey given the first crack at the holding role if we switch to a 3.

 

Zieler

Simpson

Hernandez

Morgan

Fuchs

Mahrez

Drinkwater

King

Gray

Okazaki

Vardy

 

[sm1]

Can see us playing the same team that started the first half against United. Personally i'd go for 433

Kasper

Simpson, Was, Morgan, Fuchs

Amartey, Drinky, Mendy

Mahrez, Vardy, Gray

[ousefox]

11/10 on sky bet to win is surely worth a few quid

[Ted Maul]

Having to go to a wedding instead of this, I don't see what would possess someone to organise that on the first day of the football season.

 

I will be watching on Sky Go in the church, sorry Jesus.

[Balgair]

If Phelan is still in charge Sat Hull could be tough. Phelan had a pretty decent boss to emulate at United.

[adam]

Hull only have 13 fit players madness. 

 

 

Mike ****ing Dean is the ref

[Ted Maul]

17 minutes ago, Balgair said:

If Phelan is still in charge Sat Hull could be tough. Phelan had a pretty decent boss to emulate at United.

I agree, they will have that continuity and a bit of stability if they keep him. I'm hoping their owners make some sort of ridiculous left-field appointment over the next couple of days to really balls up their preparations.

[leicesterseddon]

I think CR will start with Okazaki and Vardy up front. Still not convinced about Okazaki to be honest - but I feel a bit happier now we have Musa in the squad as well. 

 

Personally I think Gray (and possibly Schlupp) will feature much more this year - but for the game this Saturday, I can just about see him sticking with Albrighton. 

 

Defence is the real worry - Hernandez is probably the best partner for Morgan. Wasilewski is too inconsistent/risky.

 

I'm not too sure about the centre of midfield - Mendy/Drinkwater is probably the best combination on paper, but I wouldn't mind seeing Amartey at all. He was a bit unlucky last year because he never really got a proper run in the side, but you can see he has potential. 

 

The key will be giving the midfield a bit of bite to cope with the loss of Kante...

[NewEnglandFox]

People need to work on their argument for dropping Albrighton, it really shows their complacency and tolerance towards another winger who isn't putting his own shift in. Albrighton's trying even though his end product isn't there. Want to know who isn't defending? Mahrez? Want to know who's moves aren't working? Mahrez? Want to know who is visably upset with his game? Mopey Mahrez.

[brucey]

26 minutes ago, NewEnglandFox said:

People need to work on their argument for dropping Albrighton, it really shows their complacency and tolerance towards another winger who isn't putting his own shift in. Albrighton's trying even though his end product isn't there. Want to know who isn't defending? Mahrez? Want to know who's moves aren't working? Mahrez? Want to know who is visably upset with his game? Mopey Mahrez.

Problem with benching Mahrez is that makes for a very upset Mahrez and no one is risking that until after the 31st August.

Also I think it's been mentioned (by Claudio?) that he drops form if he doesn't play every week.

Not that he is in form currently, but gaining confidence from scoring/winning is the only way to restore his form.

[lcfcben76]

1 hour ago, NewEnglandFox said:

People need to work on their argument for dropping Albrighton, it really shows their complacency and tolerance towards another winger who isn't putting his own shift in. Albrighton's trying even though his end product isn't there. Want to know who isn't defending? Mahrez? Want to know who's moves aren't working? Mahrez? Want to know who is visably upset with his game? Mopey Mahrez.

But can Albrighton match Mahrez's goals and assists return? No, in fact he couldn't get near so your argument is invalid. 

 

Dont get get me wrong I like Albrighton and would play him or gray on Saturday but you can't compare Albrighton to Mahrez imo

[UPinCarolina]

For the sake of continued argument, here's a proposed lineup from Joe Prince-Wright, NBC Sports/Pro Soccer Talk lead writer.

 

Leicester City

—– Schmeichel —–

— Simpson — Morgan — Huth — Fuchs —

Mahrez — Mendy — Drinkwater — Albrighton

— Vardy — Musa —

http://soccer.nbcsports.com/2016/08/08/strongest-possible-xis-for-all-20-premier-league-teams/

[Balgair]

I think we can get a good result if we aren't complacent or disinterested...

[yorkie1999]

21 minutes ago, UPinCarolina said:

For the sake of continued argument, here's a proposed lineup from Joe Prince-Wright, NBC Sports/Pro Soccer Talk lead writer.

 

Leicester City

—– Schmeichel —–

— Simpson — Morgan — Huth — Fuchs —

Mahrez — Mendy — Drinkwater — Albrighton

— Vardy — Musa —

http://soccer.nbcsports.com/2016/08/08/strongest-possible-xis-for-all-20-premier-league-teams/

Which is, imo, our best line up, unfortunately Huth is out.

[tsintskaro]

As already was said two attack-minded wingers who are too lazy to work in defence is bit dangerous while there is problem(?) chosing right central midfielder.

Albrighton has no technical skills and is no game changer,but his work rate is definitely needed.Claudio is not a man who will replace  him after one bad game

I think Gray will come after 60 minutes,despite club would be winning by that time or not

And What about Vardy/Musa - yes the idea is hunting,imagine these to pace whores together,but in starting XI i doubt there would be both

 

[Dusty]

Dropping Huth for Hernandez is ridiculous, Hernandez is not strong enough to be a CB, if he plays he should be a RB. Those calling for mahrez and Morgan to be dropped are deluded too, it's preseason, get over it. 

[NewEnglandFox]

48 minutes ago, lcfcben76 said:

But can Albrighton match Mahrez's goals and assists return? No, in fact he couldn't get near so your argument is invalid. 

 

Dont get get me wrong I like Albrighton and would play him or gray on Saturday but you can't compare Albrighton to Mahrez imo

Can Mahrez match his own? Or do we have an Eden Hazard on our hands? We can't be afraid to drop our out of form players. Mahrez has been exposed for trying to take on as many defenders as are put in front of him. I've been saying this for at least 6 months. Now we're at three lackluster games in a row and in each game his opponents were waiting to exploit his signature move. Hull are Hull but they aren't stupid. Mahrez failed to adapt this game, relying on what wasn't working to work again. How many times should we allow this to continue? Gray has a box of tricks as well and has showed a more diversified skillset to beat defenders. 

[1969]

9 minutes ago, Dusty said:

Dropping Huth for Hernandez is ridiculous, Hernandez is not strong enough to be a CB, if he plays he should be a RB. Those calling for mahrez and Morgan to be dropped are deluded too, it's preseason, get over it. 

Huth is suspended. With Was not included against Man Utd then presumably it will be Morgan and Hernandez as our CB's. Absolutely agree with the rest of your post.

[Great Boos Up]

Do we really need to start our best line up against Dull. It could be a long ol' season and last year we were blessed virtually injury free.

Cards may be a bigger issue this season and we don't want to be left short handed in a much more difficult game.