Today's positive

[Grewks]

Drinkwater. Thought he was class. I was extremely worried pre-season and whether or not he had been made to look good last year by kante. But today shows how hard this lad works. It was a 'Kanbiasso' performance from Danny. Spreading the ball about first time a la esteban and picking up the ball like N'golo. We lost the game despite him being the best midfielder on the pitch, as unfortunately, he was joined by the worst midfielder on the pitch. We wouldn't have lost had he been partnered by ex lower league and Leicester reject Clucas, who was everything King wasn't.

[Juvenile]

Agreed, hopefully Mendy will be in for Arsenal but we do need to buy a step in. We can't rely on King, that is clear to see. RB CB and CDM. 

[JerryLundegaard]

Never knew Clucas was on our books.

[Jimothy]

Need to get Amartey in midfield, he's the natural Kante replacement.

[KFS]

1 minute ago, Facecloth said:

Need to get Amartey in midfield, he's the natural Kante replacement.

Played well when he came on I thought

[SystonFox]

Amartey looked good when he came on.

atmosphere pre match and first half was class. Second half even after we scored the fans were poor. I was stood bang in the middle of our corner row S.

 

hull deserved their victory. Fair play to them

[st albans fox]

Hope to be proved wrong but I'm yet to see in amartey what some others do. 

 

king hasnt had had a long preseason and in my opinion, it was poor management to stick him in a two today in what was bound to be a congested area. 

[lgfualol]

I would like to see Amartey, drinky and mendy mid 3 if we dont buy anyone new. Amartey will only get better with more experience, I think he looks better every time he plays.

 

[Guest bennytwohats]

I actually thought Drinky was poor. Was just as guilty of giving up possession as anyone else (bar Mahrez, who was giving it away more than the rest of them). Quite a lot of aimless balls pumped up to nobody.

 

We were poor across the park today. Only player I thought left the pitch with any credit was Okazaki who looked incredibly sharp and up for it.

[sylofox]

On todays showing yes him and Gray were class. But like the rest of the squad they need to brush up on passing. Far to many over hit under hit or wide of the mark passes. Also CR needs to send the whole squad to finishing school.

[StanSP]

Okazaki made the clearest difference when he came on. Immediately got in to the thick of it and provided the link between midfield and Vardy.

[Fox92]

There were no positives today. Awful performance.

 

Drinkwater stood out again but he's doing the work of two. I didn't think we'd miss Kante this early.

[Larry_LCFC]

3 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

There were no positives today. Awful performance.

 

Drinkwater stood out again but he's doing the work of two. I didn't think we'd miss Kante this early.

There are always positives. Fitness improved as a result if nothing else.

[It'sblueupnorth]

3 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

There were no positives today. Awful performance.

 

Drinkwater stood out again but he's doing the work of two. I didn't think we'd miss Kante this early.

There are always positives. For instance, hull didn't have 12 men which spared us a fraction of embarrassment. We didn't concede 3. We scored 1 etc etc

[sylofox]

6 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

There were no positives today. Awful performance.

 

Drinkwater stood out again but he's doing the work of two. I didn't think we'd miss Kante this early.

 

3 minutes ago, Larry_LCFC said:

There are always positives. Fitness improved as a result if nothing else.

 

1 minute ago, It'sblueupnorth said:

There are always positives. For instance, hull didn't have 12 men which spared us a fraction of embarrassment. We didn't concede 3. We scored 1 etc etc

I may be wrong but thinking he ment as an individual player or team performance.

[AlgerianFox]

Mahrez's penalty.

 

Very good for his confidence.

[Guest CityFan 06]

You know what it was today, I think we had two technically good centre midfielders playing together, where as last season there was the balance between the technicality of Drinkwater and the tackling work by Kante. I think that balance is important. I'm thinking Drinkwater and King are quite similar players, whereas if someone was in there like Amartey or Mendy alongside either Drinkwater/King, it would create that balance again. Don't get me wrong Drinkwater and King can tackle, but I think we need to get back to having the balance of a defensive minded midfielder and the technical baller. Drinkwater is used to that too.

[dayday]

God help us if Danny gets injured, i only hope Ranieri has got somebody lined up.

[HankMarvin]

Amartey doesn't look confident on the ball and almost seems to delay his pass, i didn't see drinkwater spraying any balls he was barely on the ball, spent most of the time in the CDM role chasing it

[Guest Cujek]

I guess you can call it a positive that no one will be after Mahrez any more after that performance, but means we can't get 50 mil for him any more

[themightyfin]

Drinkwater was the nearest player to Snodgrass when they broke for the winner after Kaspers poor throw and while Snodgrass Made his run and found space on the edge of the box Drinkwater I'm afraid did nothing more than amble back and let Snodgrass make his run and find the space he needed. Ball watching or lack of concentration or fitness or a combo of all three? 

[boots60]

OkazakI

Admission capped at £30

Ale in the workies near the ground was cheap

Sun was shining

Another freebie t shirt

We are no longer in the relegation places

[HankMarvin]

we are not Newcastle supporters

[Dr The Singh]

The only positives for me were drinking in a bar in new York 7.30am in the morning and meeting new friends and fans

[Kitchandro]

Wasn't his best game but he was doing two people's jobs!

 

he is clearly a class act and if you let him do his thing he's the best central midfielder in England.

 

okazaki has impressed me since pre-season started and deserves to be picked next week.