SpacedX Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 5 minutes ago, goody2028 said: Anyone for this, would love to see ulloa start. Was just a theory to see what people think, if not ulloa then Musa... No, I'd like to see Chilwell given a chance at LB and Amartey in for Wes. Nothing we can do at RB for now. I'll also go against the gran and suggest that Albrighton's graft is precisely what we need right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy boxing Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 2 minutes ago, Line-X said: No, I'd like to see Chilwell given a chance at LB and Amartey in for Wes. Nothing we can do at RB for now. I'll also go against the gran and suggest that Albrighton's graft is precisely what we need right now. Never go against your gran mate! She knows best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpacedX Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 Just now, foxy boxing said: Never go against your gran mate! She knows best Good spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpacedX Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 Actually - I'd start her in preference to Simpson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 Gran> Huth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goody2028 Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 Feel like if ulloa got consecutive game time he will show us what he did in the great escape season, I do think he will pop up with some vital goals but like you say when the naughty step beckons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartfox Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 FT will go into meltdown if the 'usual' back 4 are retained and we suffer another defeat. God I pray we get a result whoever plays.......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwichfox Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 Just now, mozartfox said: FT will go into meltdown if the 'usual' back 4 are retained and we suffer another defeat. God I pray we get a result whoever plays.......................... And rightly so..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royston. Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 Schmeichel Simpson Morgan huth benalouane chilwell Albrighton ndidi mendy Gray Mahrez Slimani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucey Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 Mercury saying Simpson possibly injured - ankle? Also says Vardy possibly injured.. wouldn't be bothered if Slim was fully fit, but he isn't. Ulloa still definitely out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwichfox Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 Just now, brucey said: Mercury saying Simpson possibly injured - ankle? Also says Vardy possibly injured.. wouldn't be bothered if Slim was fully fit, but he isn't. Ulloa still definitely out. Jeezzzzz, forget the team coach, we'll go down in a convoy of ambulances.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 It won't be easy choosing the team. It was essentially two reserves teams in the Cup and until Derby became a spent force and were overwhelmed in extra time. We'd played indifferently in one half and okay in the other, not a good advert really for the 90 minute game against Swansea aqway. King played as important a part as most but 120 minutes against Derby will have taken its toll, so, likely-as-not, there goes our accurate two-touch passing, the varied spreading of play which was the foundation of our eventual dominance and his renewed goal threat.. Unfortunately we've no-one else who can do his job and I'm not even sure we'll start with sufficient threat to even justify his inclusion from the off. Ranieri's approach will surely be to stay safe for 45 minutes using Albrighton as a workhorse on one flank and perhaps Chilwell on the other with a three-man central midfield of NDidi, Drinkwater, Mendy and leave Vardy up front on their lonesome. It'd mean virtually no threat, awful football but maximum resilience except that Swansea would feel able to commit more men forward and potentially swamp our now-suspect defence. A less likely option would be to attack the game from the off and sustain that attitude based on the fact that attack might well be our best defence and three away points would be a massive boost given today's results. But how to do it without using King? I just don't see it. Maybe he'll be part of a three man substitution in the second half with Grey and Mahrez. Let the heavyweights soften them up in the first 45 so the lock-pickers can do their job later. It's a risky strategy but then they all are now. I still don't think we know, or even have, a "strongest team" and that's part of our problem. We're like a selection of ingredients from all over the world that might somehow blend together on the day but might just as easily taste awful in a football sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chico1958 Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 If Vardy, Slim and Leo aren't available Gray in the front of Rihad but I think it's going to be Moose up front. It's going to be tough people either way............. they're really up for this Nerves are kicking in again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretPro Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 Dead nervous about tomorrow. Wouldn't mind Vardy being injured if Slim was fit. Shame if Simpson is injured because means we will waste Amartey at RB when we could have put him in at CB. Fully expecting Morgan and Huth to start tomorrow now. Just need a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAprice_ Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 31 minutes ago, Royston. said: Schmeichel Simpson Morgan huth benalouane chilwell Albrighton ndidi mendy Gray Mahrez Slimani Don't think the Ref will let us play that team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 Very interesting post as usual Mr Thracian 22 minutes ago, Thracian said: It's a risky strategy but then they all are now. I still don't think we know, or even have, a "strongest team" and that's part of our problem. We're like a selection of ingredients from all over the world that might somehow blend together on the day but might just as easily taste awful in a football sense. ...and even when you don’t make sense you make good sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volpeazzurro Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 15 minutes ago, Thracian said: It won't be easy choosing the team. It was essentially two reserves teams in the Cup and until Derby became a spent force and were overwhelmed in extra time. We'd played indifferently in one half and okay in the other, not a good advert really for the 90 minute game against Swansea aqway. King played as important a part as most but 120 minutes against Derby will have taken its toll, so, likely-as-not, there goes our accurate two-touch passing, the varied spreading of play which was the foundation of our eventual dominance and his renewed goal threat.. Unfortunately we've no-one else who can do his job and I'm not even sure we'll start with sufficient threat to even justify his inclusion from the off. Ranieri's approach will surely be to stay safe for 45 minutes using Albrighton as a workhorse on one flank and perhaps Chilwell on the other with a three-man central midfield of NDidi, Drinkwater, Mendy and leave Vardy up front on their lonesome. It'd mean virtually no threat, awful football but maximum resilience except that Swansea would feel able to commit more men forward and potentially swamp our now-suspect defence. A less likely option would be to attack the game from the off and sustain that attitude based on the fact that attack might well be our best defence and three away points would be a massive boost given today's results. But how to do it without using King? I just don't see it. Maybe he'll be part of a three man substitution in the second half with Grey and Mahrez. Let the heavyweights soften them up in the first 45 so the lock-pickers can do their job later. It's a risky strategy but then they all are now. I still don't think we know, or even have, a "strongest team" and that's part of our problem. We're like a selection of ingredients from all over the world that might somehow blend together on the day but might just as easily taste awful in a football sense. I agree totally with the reserve side analogy. However, apart from the goal, King stunk the place out in the first half and his constant wayward passing to the opposition, if it had been a decent opposition, could have lead to dire consequences. He also muffed things up by hindering his own players! As the game progressed in the second half, his superior fitness showed against a Championship B team as you quite rightly point out. All things are relative but if you want resilience against a Premiership team at this moment in time imo, King the elusive is not your man. Chilwell, Ndidi and Albrighton I can readily accept, but King should only be used in a dire emergency at the moment however much I actually admire him as a person, he's just not the man for a fight, unless you want a missing one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 6 hours ago, foxes21 said: shame benalouane isn't in the squad. only consolation is if wague starts instead of huth and turns out to be a world beater. Which is highly unlikely for a 25 year old who can't get a game at Granada or Udinese. It was always going to be Huth and Morgan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfcfoz Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 I'm on the gray fox wine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxtonfox Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 5 minutes ago, Gerard said: Which is highly unlikely for a 25 year old who can't get a game at Granada or Udinese. It was always going to be Huth and Morgan We go 1 or 2 down early as Swansea are on a roll then ref Moss brandishes the cards and big Huthy gets sent off as we get frustrated with decisions. Ranieri is sent to the stands in protest; Swansea shut up shop and nick a third as we get leggy having only 9% possession and 23 accurate passes all game and we troop off heads down when Schmiechel attempts to strangle Mahrez for not tracking back for their third. Basically usual away day blues lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartfox Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 5 minutes ago, lcfcfoz said: I'm on the gray fox wine Hopefully CR drinks 3 bottles and forgets the usual back 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leamington Fox Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 1 hour ago, goody2028 said: Feel like if ulloa got consecutive game time he will show us what he did in the great escape season, I do think he will pop up with some vital goals but like you say when the naughty step beckons... Slimani over Ulloa every single day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Fox Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 Ffs some of the overreacting on here, we know ONE player has tweeted they are not in the squad. And it's straight to bullshit, he always picks the same team, we're going to lose. We don't know the team yet, we don't know the reasons why, maybe he's not fully fit, maybe he hasn't trained well, maybe when morale is low CR doesn't want to drop his captain. There are a million things going on behind the scenes that we have no idea of on here. Maybe comment in the team and formation after the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamark Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 Ulloa we seem to be forgetting he said didn't wish to play for us anymore couple of weeks back therefore he is 'injured' He should not be anywhere near the stadium training ground or a salary cheque.Need some discipline and he should be sat watching on TV.Not acceptable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim5000 Posted 11 February 2017 Share Posted 11 February 2017 4 hours ago, AKCJ said: I like losing 3-0 because I don't want to risk someone that's played once all season in the most important game of the season. ok. Surely it comes back to Ranieri though. He has stuck with Morgan and Huth for so long, and not rotated, that he has done himself out of options. Anyone coming into that central defensive position now HAS to do it without playing there this season, Ranieri hasn't rotated or kept things fresh and is now paying the price for it. I'd go with Benny anyway, he can't be any worse than Morgan and Huth have been the past few matches..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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