EGBFitness Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 Solid performance. Personally think Copenhagen was the better side, surprised how well they ball, very good technical team and caused a few problems with their big forward. Drinky had another good game, thought Fuchs and Albrigton played well too but MOTM for me based purely on his reaction to their player down in the first half and that save at the end is Kasper - world class save and kept us the 3 points which to be fair felt like they could of nicked something towards the end. Quality goal from Mahrez too!
foxfanazer Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 1 hour ago, Col city fan said: Did you read the start of the match thread? I ain't easily shocked, but I was at some of the guff I was reading about King. I did. It seems to me that he's just an easy target and highly underappreciated. 'King's ivinsible' is just one of the many foxestalk buzzwords that are said so often people believe it. He doesn't have the range of passing of DD and he's no Kante but he's always given his best for us and has come up with some big moments for us. He was superb tonight so lets give the lad some credit
Livid Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 We were better but not great. There were spells of the Leicester of last season and much more commitment and effort than at the weekend. There were also some forced balls forward and some bad decisions at times. Copenhagen I thought were decent, they knocked the ball around with the confidence of a team on a 20+ match unbeaten run. If they had got a point I wouldn't have begrudged them it.
foxfanazer Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 Disagree with those saying Copenhagen were the better side and we were lucky. Ok we weren't at our best but if it wasn't for a wrong call by the linesman we'd have comfortably beaten them
The whole world smiles Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 35 minutes ago, Izzy Muzzett said: If you're not genuinely happy, thrilled, proud and excited of what we've achieved so far in our FIRST EVER champions league campaign, then you never will be. I actually feel sorry for you. Get off your fvckin entitled high horses, remember who we are and where we've come from, and realise we may NEVER experience this again. There's Derby, Forest and even Man U and Chelsea fans who'd give their right arm to be in the CL this season. Well they're not. And we are. And you can pull apart our performances and criticise the opposition all you want, but you ain't gonna spoil my once in a lifetime enjoyment of al this. Fu*king well said that man! These are my thoughts exactly only more eloquently put than I would have managed.
Max Power Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 Thought they were the better side. Our use of the ball was terrible. Good to grind out a win but plenty of the same issues remain.
lee7 Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 Throughout the first half I was becoming annoyed at the constant hoofing of the ball and losing possession however after listening to radio Leicester apparently this was what Ranieri wanted! He said if we tried to keep possession they would close us down too quickly. Personally I'd rather see us pass it along the floor more.
worthosoriginals Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 You should have seen some of the flares around in the early 70s.
GazzinderFox Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 I enjoyed that moment in the second half when the regressed alcoholic who was commenting on the game remembered mid sentence which bank he was heavily in arrears to and needed to contact immediately in order to prevent foreclosure on his 500k house.
TheSomersetFox Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 - Really happy we managed to win tonight. - Our football in the first half was so, so shit. Fvck knows why we keep playing like that. Much better for pretty much most of the second half though. - Fans were a bit subdued, but it was still loud in parts. First half performance didn't help too much I guess as it was absolutely buzzing to begin with. Thee guy in UFS who kept shouting at fans telling them to 'fvcking sing' etc too... I appreciate what he was trying to do but that's totally the wrong way to go about it. - Kasper's save was unbelievable, what a hero
Matt Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 Played reasonably well. Schmeichel won the game for us, he really can be brilliant, but then he can be really stupid, suppose it's the peril's of being a keeper, if only he could sort his kicking out!! Vardy looked close to himself tonight, not quite there but not far of the Vardy we know. Kingy but don't let John catch me saying that! Drinky Quality as standard. Morgan/Huth - Can they please communicate, Stop going for the same fucking balls!! Have the had a falling out or something, talk to each other FFS! Mahrez, despite scoring the goal that won the game, still isn't quite there, but again, getting there. Thought we were quiet as a crowd today, it's got going in parts but wasn't great. The jobs not done yet, but it's not far off, can we now focus and take the league abit more serious now, please?!
foxes21 Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 Copenhagen knocked the ball around well, but only had 2 decent chances. We defended excellently
Hammo Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 Great result and so close now to last 16, which is a fantastic achievement, but let's be honest, apart from the third quarter, when Riyad started working his magic, it was not pleasant viewing. Kasper's wonder save will be talked about for years. It denied Copenhagen what would probably have been a deserved point ( though I've now seen Slimani's 'offside' goal on tv and it should have been given - just!). The way I see it is that when we knock the ball around, we are a useful side, but when we speculatively launch it from deep, which is far too often, or whenever the increasingly useless Albrighton tries to pass or cross it, we just hand the ball to the opposition, inviting pressure back on us when there is no need. I'll always take a win however it is obtained, but we were quite lucky tonight. Mahrez and Schmeichel were very good, the defence and central midfield solid, but the unwillingness to retain possession remains a problem - as does our concentration and precision in the final third. And finally, quite how Albrighton stays in the team while Gray couldn't even get on the bench (he wasn't injured) is an absolute mystery.
AjcW Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 Good stuff! Looked our usual solid defensive self, although the stubborn mule that is Wes Morgan is starting to piss me off, injured quite clearly after five minutes and no one dared say a thing to him... yes he's the captain but someone needs to manage him and his fitness THREE years without a break, at all. I'm saying it out of concern more than anything, he played brilliantly second half but if he'd been tested at all first half we'd have been screwed. In other news and not to put a dampener on things, but putting the Champions League in to perspective........ Current Second Placed Sides: - Real Madrid - PSG - Sevilla - Bayern Munich - Besiktas
Dan Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 Called the 1-0 win. A scrappy game, not one for the neutral, but an effective performance. Thought Simpson, Mahrez and Schmeichel had great games. Schmeichel may have just pulled his best, and most important save out for us there. It had to be against the Danish champions. European aways going into 2017 guaranteed. Fantastic stuff.
VLC86 Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 1 hour ago, murphy said: OMG - don't tell me there's two of them! ****ing hope so but surely there would be a risk of the world imploding with two Shinjis smiling at the same time.
sylofox Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 great result for us and a great result in the other game. They have to go for the win in two weeks. That should play into our hands the draw won't help them. We could be group winners after that game. Would so love another 1-0 We must be the only team to win our first 3 games and not concede a goal in CL history?
limeydale Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 2 hours ago, fuchsntf said: Stewards should earn their money...Security what security.... Dude you can make a flare the width of your hand for less than $2 bucks, very easy to disguise as your "junk". If someone wants to get it in they will, stewards or no. It is unreasonable to think security will catch every illicit device. Even if everyone was strip searched and checked, some sick fvk would still get them in. We all know it was the KOB fans that brought them in and set them off (when was the last time flares were set off in the KP in a home league match?) ergo in my opinion the club whose fans set the flares off should be fined.
Riot Van Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 Thought we were pretty poor. It's really starting to irk me how gray and kapustka are not getting a look in.
Guest Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 1 hour ago, Izzy Muzzett said: If you're not genuinely happy, thrilled, proud and excited of what we've achieved so far in our FIRST EVER champions league campaign, then you never will be. I actually feel sorry for you. Get off your fvckin entitled high horses, remember who we are and where we've come from, and realise we may NEVER experience this again. There's Derby, Forest and even Man U and Chelsea fans who'd give their right arm to be in the CL this season. Well they're not. And we are. And you can pull apart our performances and criticise the opposition all you want, but you ain't gonna spoil my once in a lifetime enjoyment of al this. Can we at least have a moan about the price of pies? really takes a shine off the whole day.
fridoux Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 hoofing, hoofing, hoofing.... the game was a torture. we cant play the whole season like that, not able to do more than 3 passes ! kasper is the playmaker of the team !!! long balls all the time, this was copenhagen not real madrid
lcfcdamo Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 44 minutes ago, Hammo said: Great result and so close now to last 16, which is a fantastic achievement, but let's be honest, apart from the third quarter, when Riyad started working his magic, it was not pleasant viewing. Kasper's wonder save will be talked about for years. It denied Copenhagen what would probably have been a deserved point ( though I've now seen Slimani's 'offside' goal on tv and it should have been given - just!). The way I see it is that when we knock the ball around, we are a useful side, but when we speculatively launch it from deep, which is far too often, or whenever the increasingly useless Albrighton tries to pass or cross it, we just hand the ball to the opposition, inviting pressure back on us when there is no need. I'll always take a win however it is obtained, but we were quite lucky tonight. Mahrez and Schmeichel were very good, the defence and central midfield solid, but the unwillingness to retain possession remains a problem - as does our concentration and precision in the final third. And finally, quite how Albrighton stays in the team while Gray couldn't even get on the bench (he wasn't injured) is an absolute mystery. Its a joke that's wot it is a disgrace aswell im starting to get really pissed of with the Albrighton gray thing so god nos wot gray must be like to not even get on the bench aswell wot is thinking
lcfcdamo Posted 18 October 2016 Posted 18 October 2016 5 minutes ago, Riot Van said: Thought we were pretty poor. It's really starting to irk me how gray and kapustka are not getting a look in. Tell me about it started to get me really pissed off seems like Albrighton can play so shit but still play twice a week
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