Chelsea post match 2-4

[kingcarr21]

Musa was one of the biggest disappointments for me last night. Didn't harass the Chelsea back line at all. You saw instantly the difference when Vardy came on. Musa needs to buck his ideas up if he thinks he will be playing regular in the first team.

 

Chilwell struggled big time. Moses is a quality player though so Chilwell badly needed support from his LW which he didn't get. Schluup was poor but he has been out a while so i guess it was to be expected. 

 

The biggest disappointment for me was not seeing Kapustka on the pitch. I was gutted to not see him get on. Really want to see how he plays.

 

Wasyl was daft but still satisfying to see Costa take one to the face. Ruined the game though. As soon as Fabregas got his first we just didn't try. Extra time was a complete waste of time. Leicester didn't even try once the fourth went in.

 

All in all a very entertaining game where Chelsea scored at the worst possible time for us. Oh well. We didnt do too bad last season after going out the cup so onwards and upwards

[Monsell1976]

Just can't get my head around all the negativity around musa, ok the lad made a silly mistake with the back heal, but he also did a lot right.

If we want to be over critical we could slate them all, and blame them all for mistake's.

Here goes, gray was to blame for the second goal, had a chance to clear it, Morgan is at fault for the first, lost his man.

Sclupp offered nothing, and at times forgot he was playing, king was ok first half, but went missing when it got tough, shall I carry on.

To be singling out individual players is pointless, and unnecessary, last night we played players who have had little or no playing time, but we expect them to be up to speed.

The players got playing time in a competitive match, ok the first teamers to much time, but come on, barring some poor defending as a team, and silly tackles by was, we hammered Chelsea for 44 minutes, and our reserves did well against their reserves, which consisted of world class players.

[worthosoriginals]

Good post....

Nice to read a good sense of realism,

Rather than all the negative 'lcfc world has caved in' talk according to many on here...

Same happened after Liverpool. 

[Babylon]

25 minutes ago, kingcarr21 said:

Musa was one of the biggest disappointments for me last night. Didn't harass the Chelsea back line at all.

Well he did for our first goal, his pressure caused the bad pass straight back to us, he then put in a decent cross that found it's way to Okazaki. He's not as aggressive as Vardy that's for sure though.

[Babylon]

Funnily enough we looked like a load of rusty players who hadn't played together much... who'd have thought it.

[kingcarr21]

Just now, Babylon said:

Well he did for our first goal, his pressure caused the bad pass straight back to us, he then put in a decent cross that found it's way to Okazaki. He's not as aggressive as Vardy that's for sure though.

Unfortunately i was sat in the Kop so didnt really get a good view of the goal. Maybe im being harsh but from where i sat it didnt look like he was in the game at all. 

[AyewJoking]

46 minutes ago, Fox Ulike said:

Bang on. This was the key moment in the match that swung it their way.

 

Musa is great with the ball at his feet facing the opponent's goal, but he looks like he doesn't know how to do anything other than that! He doesn't seem to play a team role. It was very noticeable the difference when Vardy/Ulloa came on, and immediately started to close down the Chelsea defence.

 

On TV there was one moment it showed of Ranieri on the touchline talking to Musa, obviously giving him instructions. But Musa just didn't seem to acknowledge a single thing Ranieri was saying. I don't know how good his English is, but if it ain't great he certainly ain't gonna understand Uncle Claudio's pidgeon English.

i saw CR having a word with him and almost immeadiately after, musa chased one of the chelsea players down and it led to our opener.

[Babylon]

2 minutes ago, kingcarr21 said:

Unfortunately i was sat in the Kop so didnt really get a good view of the goal. Maybe im being harsh but from where i sat it didnt look like he was in the game at all. 

He wasn't particularly, but I'd say quite a few weren't.

[lifted*fox]

I personally think that had we been beaten 0-2 in normal time with that performance then we probably wouldn't be seeing as many knee-jerk reactions on here as we currently are.

 

Unfortunately we played a great first half - look like we were breezing it tbh. To be up 2-0 and then lose it 2-4 is always going to leave a sour taste, especially in the manner in which we let it happen. 

 

If we'd have made it to half time two goals up then I think we'd have probably gone on to win that last night but the two goals either side of half time knocked the stuffing out of us.

 

I certainly left the game feeling annoyed and frustrated and I don't think losing whilst having to sit through another 30 minutes of ET garbage football helped.

 

In reflection today I don't think we were bad at all in the first half especially considering the number of rusty outsiders and unfit players we fielded. There were some nice bits of football played and you have to remember that we'll never field that sort of setup in games that matter this season - you might see the inclusion of one or two of them with our 'full team' but never all of them.

 

Bit annoying but hey ho - life goes on. Definitely some massive over-reactions on here though.

[Beliall]

16 minutes ago, Royston. said:

i saw CR having a word with him and almost immeadiately after, musa chased one of the chelsea players down and it led to our opener.

Yeah lol, he ran onto the pitch like a bat out of hell, and kept going

[Ozwin]

Worst part of the night was the bloke(s) at the back of SK2 giving it the biggun' shouting at fans (with kids) leaving early. Calling them plastics, fickle and all sorts. Just the worst sort of fan. 

[The Doctor]

Seen the replay of the red - clear as day. Stupid but not a player who deserves it more than that slimeball Costs.

[foxfan92]

Was a little disappointed with Musa. One time he pressed their defenders (seemingly immediately following Ranieri's instruction) we scored. 

 

I was screaming at him to do it again all match. His pace should make him a nightmare for defenders giving them no time on the ball.

 

While Was was silly getting sent off at least he was trying hard all match. 

 

Still if we were to play badly I'd rather this match than in the league or Europe. Onwards and upwards!

[RastaDog]

I'm not now as concerned by the result as I was last night!

 

Tbh, I could see it coming well before Waz's act of rampage. At half time in fact. I didn't think we looked at all cohesive and, despite looking the better team for large periods, I wouldn't go so far as to say we owned them 1st half. Their pace (particularly Moses) was doing for us. As they game wore on, and they grew in confidence, I could see us being overhauled. Our goals, well taken as they were, were due equally to their defensive cock ups as to our (particularly Shinji's) tenacity. 

 

But, tbh, I wasn't expecting us to win that one (would have been great though, and I was chuckling at 2-0 up!) so I'm not downhearted. What does concern me though, and I think was evidenced, is that we don't have too many names to call upon if we get injuries/suspensions. I don't think we have the players to just slot in, we'd have to change shape to some degree. We look particularly vulnerable at CB (as seemingly Benny isn't considered). It is something that concerns and I don't think I'm being (overly) negative to point that out.  

[foxy boxing]

their goal just before half time let them back into it and it gave them hope for the second half if we hadn't conceded then we would have gone on to win, it was a stupid goal to give away just before the break and we should have remained switched on. playing extra time might have killed us for the weekend but we will just have to wait and see. apart from the barcelona match musa is struggling a bit and he really needs to come good for us at some stage this season, he is not the finished article but needs to keep working on his game and his distribution

[foxes21]

If Musa was more aggressive and pressed like Vardy we'd have a hell of a player on our hands. Still only 23 (allegedly ) so he has time to improve his game.

 

[fuchsntf]

1 hour ago, Monsell1976 said:

Just can't get my head around all the negativity around musa, ok the lad made a silly mistake with the back heal, but he also did a lot right.

If we want to be over critical we could slate them all, and blame them all for mistake's.

Here goes, gray was to blame for the second goal, had a chance to clear it, Morgan is at fault for the first, lost his man.

Sclupp offered nothing, and at times forgot he was playing, king was ok first half, but went missing when it got tough, shall I carry on.

To be singling out individual players is pointless, and unnecessary, last night we played players who have had little or no playing time, but we expect them to be up to speed.

The players got playing time in a competitive match, ok the first teamers to much time, but come on, barring some poor defending as a team, and silly tackles by was, we hammered Chelsea for 44 minutes, and our reserves did well against their reserves, which consisted of world class players.

Top post...

Pinpoints excellently the   over -the- top- criticism 

on individual players in individual games.

[Kitchandro]

If Schlupp wasn't so retarded we'd be in the 4th round now. Why the fvck did he dummy that chance at the end of normal time? Just sums up why he's so useless, he is completely braindead. He should be such an effective player with that pace and strength, but he isn't, because he's thick. Plus he can't kick a ball and doesn't try. Just absolutely fed up with the bastard.

Defensively we were a shambles again. Morgan needs to buck his ideas up. It's so frustrating because at times this season we've looked the same side as last season and at others we've looked totally unrecognisable.

Really disappointed in us in extra time - yes we were down to 10 men but let's be fair, we didn't put in any effort at all. If that was a league or champions league game we'd have put up more of a fight with 8 men. But that's why I don't bother going to cup games anymore.

[Dames]

1 minute ago, Kitchandro said:

If Schlupp wasn't so retarded we'd be in the 4th round now. Why the fvck did he dummy that chance at the end of normal time? Just sums up why he's so useless, he is completely braindead. He should be such an effective player with that pace and strength, but he isn't, because he's thick. Plus he can't kick a ball and doesn't try. Just absolutely fed up with the bastard.

Defensively we were a shambles again. Morgan needs to buck his ideas up. It's so frustrating because at times this season we've looked the same side as last season and at others we've looked totally unrecognisable.

Really disappointed in us in extra time - yes we were down to 10 men but let's be fair, we didn't put in any effort at all. If that was a league or champions league game we'd have put up more of a fight with 8 men. But that's why I don't bother going to cup games anymore.

 

Hard to disagree with the assessment of Schlupp - We really should have took that WBA were offering.

 

Not so concerned about the cup as we haven't had a good cup run in forever but I am concerned about how shaky the defence looks without Huth playing - If Huth gets injured we could honestly be looking at a relegation scrap because Morgan seems to completely melt down when Huth isn't in the team.

[AKCJ]

15 hours ago, Tuna said:

 

Unforgivable that really, on a yellow and right in front of the referee, just monumentally stupid.

All opinions but I gave him a standing ovation for that.

[yorkie1999]

1 hour ago, Ozwin said:

Worst part of the night was the bloke(s) at the back of SK2 giving it the biggun' shouting at fans (with kids) leaving early. Calling them plastics, fickle and all sorts. Just the worst sort of fan. 

I left 5 minutes early because 2nd half in extra time was just boring, but what i can say is, it is right what they say about beating the traffic. i was in lfe in about 10 minutes.  

[Bluearmyfox28]

Poor substitutes & Was being absolutely stupid cost us this game.

 

Schlupp & King should both have been brought off. Musa shouldn't have been brought off, as he was the only player making a difference.

 

Sky ruined the game too. So many of the usual Leicester fans watched the game at home as it was cheaper. Which meant the majority of the ground was full of fake Leicester fans or fans that supported Chelsea.

 

Really disappointed yesterday, because if we were to have beaten Chelsea I think we could of had a really good cup run.

[MattyFromLE]

I think the criticism of Musa is maybe a little premature. Remember when Vardy came in? His first season (both Championship, and Premier League) he struggled. He wasn't the only player that was poor last night. 

 

I thought King looked half a yard too slow. He was hesitant to go into tackles and should have scored at the end. I think Chillwell struggled - he's going to need game time I think. Schluppy, is a weird one as I really, really, really want him to be successful. He's had a large time out injured over the past 12 months or so, so will give him the benefit of lack of match fitness. 

 

Positives though: 

 

Zieler - If I was Kasper, I'd be worrying. He made some fantastic saves last night, and kept us in it near the end of the game. His kicking isn't quiiteeee as accurate as Kaspers. But Zieler seems calm and collected, sometimes Kasper can get a bit erratic.

Gray - Looked sharp and in most parts tried to be positive. 

Drinkwater - Just a boss, isn't he?

Okazaki - Love his smile. Don't think he should have come off - but he looked knackered when he did. Took both goals well (although scuffed).  

[ARM1968]

Chillwell doesn't have the pace to cut it in my opinion. Tidy most of the time but lacks that acceleration you need to get to a situation or recover. 

 

We switched off after the second goal and got what we deserved frankly. 

 

Just a lack of concentration and proffesionalism. Poor really from a winning position. Still, less games to play I suppose. 

[Izzy]

36 minutes ago, Bluearmyfox28 said:

 

Sky ruined the game too. So many of the usual Leicester fans watched the game at home as it was cheaper. Which meant the majority of the ground was full of fake Leicester fans or fans that supported Chelsea.

 

Those pesky fake Leicester fans. How dare they spend their hard earned cash on a ticket, nearly filling the ground and pumping even more money into the club. Disgraceful if you ask me