Bournemouth 1 - 0 Leicester Post match thread

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

2 minutes ago, ballsooo said:

Utterly dreadful. We're just so, so poor all over the park. Hurry up January. 

The question is, what is going to change? I doubt we will bring in the sort of player we need and if we play the same way, what difference will it make? Those are the big questions we have.

[Father Ted]

I'd rather we lose 3-2 but press high up the pitch, play a high line and go for it from the off than have to watch that dross and lose 1-0. Away form will not improve any time soon.

[Collymore]

I think Bournemouth will be found out this season. We could have easily nicked a draw today at the worst we've been for a while, and that's pretty extreme considering how woeful we've been recently.

 

Bournemouth actually played like a championship/top league 1 club tonight but the commentators on that TV channel thought they'd played out of their skin! That Francis was probably the worst player in the Prem I've seen in a while. Afobe looked like he'd be lucky to get into the Mansfield side... Cook looked handy to be fair. Wilshire looked like he was running on a treadmill, I honestly think his career is over. We made Pugh look much better than he is...

 

We were utter shite. We would have struggled against a Conference side first half.

 

 

[stretch1965]

Total shite,

King only has one good game in every eight which was Saturday. Come back kaspar and drinkwater and play 3 5 1 away from home.

[J.Lisemore]

CSKA must be laughing their heads off, I'm not giving up on Musa but he hasn't shown enough at all. 

[SheppyFox]

CR out.

[Fox92]

Just now, J.Lisemore said:

CSKA must be laughing their heads off, I'm not giving up on Musa but he hasn't shown enough at all. 

His first touch is appalling. 

[eunmac]

Last season we played some nice long 'passes' (and we used the wings).

This season it's endless hit and hope hoof balls from the back. Has to change.

[HankMarvin]

2 minutes ago, Vacamion said:

 

 

On a Leicester City forum, given what occurred only months ago, and indeed at the weekend, that is quite an assertion.

 

 

 

Consistently being the operative word, and doesn't mean over one season 

[CosbehFox]

Just now, Babylon said:

Happy to give him time, but Ranieri seems happy to do absolutely nothing about us being utter muck, is getting dictated to by the players and doesn't seem to care we don't even attempt to play football any more.

 

This is exceptionally worrying. We can moan about this player and that, but it boils down to poor management. He's not getting the best from players any more.

We rely on the opposition making mistakes as simply as that. 

 

It took Pearson two thirds of a season to realise you need three in midfield if your defenders aren't comfortable on the ball. How long is it going to take Ranieri? 

[Dr The Singh]

2 minutes ago, Mike Oxlong said:

I have to keep telling Mrs O this after our night at an upmarket hotel

When did Camponile become a upmarket hotel??

[thegaffa]

Everybody who ever questioned the ability of Kaspar, please appreciate him, as if he leaves or gets injured again we're in the sh*t.

 

[VLC86]

1 minute ago, purpleronnie said:

Let the relegation battle commence.

Battle  

[Fox92]

1 minute ago, filbertway said:

Considering how poor we looked, we created enough decent chances to win that, never mind draw. Huth, Ulloa and Vardy should all probably have done better. Okazaki had a very decent chance on the edge of the box.

Aside from the goal and a fairly simple shot from the edge of the box, I don't remember Bournemouth creating too much.

 

Absolutely loved Wilshire's tackle on Kingy, proper old school hard challenge. 

 

We look pretty bad but I'm making decent money betting against us, so it's not all bad.

Wilshere is quality, especially for an average side. We should have gone for him. At least we'd have someone that would drive and create chances.

[FoxyPalace.com]

Who has been this league longer?

 

Bournemouth look miles better than us, shocking display.

 

Wouldnt it be nice if you had a midfield who can actually pass the ball,

 

Everbody looks so uncomfortable and play is always rushed, passing is embarrassing at the level.

 

Joke from start to finish.

 

 

[Vlad the Fox]

We're not fit enough to consistently put in the high octane performanances we managed week after week last season. 

[GaelicFox]

Just now, Fox92 said:

His first touch is appalling. 

It's not even that good 

[Father Ted]

Just now, MC Prussian said:

 

Persist on a passing game with Slimani in the first half.

Introduce long balls without Slimani in the second half.

 

 

Slimani would lose headers to Wilshere, he's powderpuff in the air. Ulloa won more headers in 7 minutes tonight than Slimani has from long balls all season. 

[Izzy]

I think I'm in denial. It can't be possible to go from PL winners to being in a relegation fight in just a few months. 

[sk3forme]

Can't believe how often they conned the ref with the diving & laying on the floor from nothing tackles.

[Guest Mickyblueeyes]

It just seems we are tactically inept. Credit where credits due, last season we had the magic formation/tactics but this year we seem to have one way or lose. 

 

Sunderland

Hull

Watford

WBA

Bournemouth

 

to take no points from those fixtures in any season is not acceptable but each case they've had our number for 90 minutes. That can't be ok.

[Hammo]

Ranieri's craven, cowardly tactics in the first half - sitting deep and beckoning an average Bournemouth side into our final third - were beyond belief given the momentum we were carrying into the game from Saturday. What's the matter with him? Why not attack them from the start? Baffling.

 

And what about the performances of our new signings? Hernandez, Zieler, Slimani, Musa. Garbage, all of them. Same bang-average standard as Albrighton, King and Okazaki.

 

But Claudio is the biggest villain of all tonight.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest Col city fan]

9 minutes ago, Blue Ed said:

Absolute trash both of them..where was the desire felt really sorry for Slim, Vardy and Marhez today...totally no support, no desire to get up and give them a hand. sometimes they were the only two or three LC players in their half. I don't know if they were told not to leave their own half or what!!!!

Ah...there you have it

If I'd paid decent money to go and watch that shite away from home I'd be wanting a refund.

Fed up of saying the same old bloody thing.

Where is the creativity in this bloody team?

[Eskay]

This was absolutley awful......

 

Long ball the whole time. We looked like a championship team in a cup tie.

 

We shouldn't have taken Slimani off. Should have kept him on and instead played to his strengths.

 

Hernandez getting a rough ride on here but he wasn't too bad considering he was just covering. At least he actually gets the ball into the box.

 

Albrighton was awful. We talk about his defensive skills but they were non existant today. He's turd.

 

Shinji is awful when he has to think about something. Gray and Musa must be scratching their heads.....what do they need to do for a run in the team.

[matty2702]

Watching us this season, not just tonight, we have one player who is comfortable on the ball... mahrez. He can receive the ball under a little bit of pressure and keep possession. I'm not criticising, but everyone else seems to want to get rid of the ball and pass the responsibility onto someone else as quick as they possibly can. When I watch us I have no confidence in us manintaing possession for more than 4 passes and am simply waiting us for a player to panic and lose the ball. You can argue that last season was no different in terms of set up and tactics, but I'm sure we put together some pretty effective passages of play at times and were not JUST relying on a hopeful ball over the top..??