filbertway Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 19 minutes ago, Harry - LCFC said: You don't pick players 'out of interest', that's what friendlies are for. You pick the team you think is best. Pretty long time to wait till the next friendlies though. Fair enough though. I'd pick them because I think they're probably better than their counterparts but I'm not sure as I haven't seen them play in a competitive match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkerPen Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 has to be Okazaki and Vardy or Musa up top - I cant see it working with them both in the team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seenitall Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 Kasper Simpson Morgan Huth Fuchs Mahrez Mendy Drinkwater Musa Okazaki Vardy Albrighton and Ulloa on 2nd half for Musa/Okaxaki if it hasn't worked well enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxinsocks Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 have I missed something... why wasn't mendy in the squad for hull? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfpipe Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 2 minutes ago, foxinsocks said: have I missed something... why wasn't mendy in the squad for hull? His wife was giving birth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxinsocks Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 37 minutes ago, halfpipe said: His wife was giving birth. Thanks... I presume CR will have looked at his options: amarty/mendy to partner Drinky. This is critical for us to sort out asap. Hopefully he will tell them to be more direct - earlier balls into the box. marhrez running into the box and shooting not passing. Musa likewise. WE need to be quicker and more direct before the centre backs get settled. That was true in Hull and utd games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamba's Babes Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 My heart sinks every time we bring Ulloa on. Please replace him Claudio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertstreet Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 4 minutes ago, Bamba's Babes said: My heart sinks every time we bring Ulloa on. Please replace him Claudio. yeah he was shit against norwich and west ham last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamba's Babes Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 25 minutes ago, filbertstreet said: yeah he was shit against norwich and west ham last season No he wasn't. Strange comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpe's Fox Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 10 minutes ago, Bamba's Babes said: No he wasn't. Strange comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 Love how people palm stuff of as a joke when it obviously wasn't a joke. I had people behind me at Hull shouting "get Ulloa on and bang the ball up"... He hardly wins headers, he's better with the ball at his feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 2 hours ago, halfpipe said: His wife was giving birth. How bloody inconsiderate was that!!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy boxing Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 Against mertsacker and kochelny run musa ruuunnnnnn! Feed the moose and he will score! Feed the moose and he will score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc_star Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 1 minute ago, foxy boxing said: Against mertsacker and kochelny run musa ruuunnnnnn! Feed the moose and he will score! Feed the moose and he will score That involves having someone who can pass to a blue shirt Also, Mertersacker is injured for next few months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 Back to basics will be standard team from last year with mendy in for NG. claudio might be tempted to play 4-2-3-1 with King and mendy behind albrighton- drinks-riyad in attempt not to lose any ground on arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kingson Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 7 hours ago, Sooper Steve's shin said: You're changing five players there from the opening day - we didn't play great, but Ranieri (despite his reputation) has not been one for wholesale changes. Even last year it took a few games for him to bed Kanté into a starting spot even though he clearly had something. With this in mind, I don't think he'll change the keeper; Huth should come back. Maybe Mendy gets a start ahead of King, but I'm not even sure he'll do that. I don't think he will drop a young lad like Gray, a new signing like Musa or two of our key title winners in Vardy and Mahrez just yet. It's good that we have some options now, but it will take time to click just as it did last season - maybe more so as I think our pre-season wasn't ideal. What is distressing me is reading about Gueye's debut at Everton (one of the nationals compared him to Kanté). If NG was so crucial to how we played, why didn't we get a like for like - he always seemed an obvious replacement. Mendy had better be damn good - I don't buy that he was brought in as anything other than Kanté's replacement, so he has to be up to it. Trouble is, you're trying the impossible in attempting to replace NG like for like. It was always going to be a difficult proposition, though I admit it does look like we're lacking defensive depth in central midfield. King, god bloody love him, is clearly not the answer over the course of a 38-game season. We don't know whether Mendy is yet but he seems more of a passer and controller. He wasn't brought in as Kante's replacement though - that was always just tabloid nonsense. We wanted him last summer and kept on wanting him since. We still need another midfield to *actually* replace Kante. Personally I think Ranieri goes back to Okazaki for this one. We're not going to see much of the ball and his defensive efforts might just help us have things our own way a bit. His relief work is a vastly underrated part of his game (even simply winning fouls). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr The Singh Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 3 hours ago, halfpipe said: His wife was giving birth. Lame excuse, not dedicated to the cause, get rid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrytaggart Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 Winit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfcdamo Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 Kasper Simpson Huth Morgan Fuchs Mahrez Drinkwater Mendy Albrighton/musa Okazaki Vardy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 Few rumours down here that Jonny Evans will be available for selection for them on sat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SystonFox Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 Lmfao. Jonny Evans in an arsenal shirt. His Christmases have all came at once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertstreet Posted 16 August 2016 Share Posted 16 August 2016 Jonny Evans looks like Jason Manford's gimpy brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adimo1409 Posted 17 August 2016 Share Posted 17 August 2016 I think Okazaki should start , he isn't that good in term of offensive solutions but the pressure he makes and defenders and workrate is well needed Musa should start from the left , that's his natural pôsition Mendy as well needs to start , king is not good enough to be a starter Hernandez was awful last game , didn't like his defending at all , even in friendlies he didn't impress me , only thing good about him is the throw-ins , Huth will be here soon hopefully The team lacked focus last game but it's only one game, next games will be so hard then CL games will kick in not convinced by Simpson either since lst year he offers nothing on offense and even defensively is not that good, the club should've got a decent RB we'll see how it goes from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 17 August 2016 Share Posted 17 August 2016 6 hours ago, Dr The Singh said: Lame excuse, not dedicated to the cause, get rid Exactly what I thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggs Posted 17 August 2016 Share Posted 17 August 2016 more distractions than usual for us with wages, media transfer news, real transfer news and more preseason travel than usual. Our start is bound to be affected but this group is pretty special including Simpson, Albighton and Schmeical and we will settle in fairly quickly. Some great leaders in the club and expect a good game this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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