Match Ratings : Leicester City 3-1 Hull City - Vote Now

[shen]

31 minutes ago, Topman said:

I gave Albrighton MOTD, he was non stop from start to finish

Thought he was better on Monday personally with end product (one assist and important contributions for the other two). Also thought Vardy was the main man that made things happen yesterday.

[MattCan]

Most of the people who were in the ground yesterday will remember Mahrez goal for eternity ... that's what football is all about ...

[Chester Dontlie]

2 hours ago, MattCan said:

Most of the people who were in the ground yesterday will remember Mahrez goal for eternity ... that's what football is all about ...

Yeah, and we've been waiting for the whole eternity for him to do that! Glad he's finally back 

 

As for my ratings, 7s for everyone except Vards and Fuchs (MOTM) who get 8s. Onwards and upwards!  I forgot about Shakes, he gets 9.

[MattCan]

37 minutes ago, Chester Dontlie said:

Yeah, and we've been waiting for the whole eternity for him to do that! Glad he's finally back 

 

As for my ratings, 7s for everyone except Vards and Fuchs (MOTM) who get 8s. Onwards and upwards!  I forgot about Shakes, he gets 9.

We didn't wait for your seal of approval to enjoy class and talent. The magic has always been there for those who can grasp it 

[Chester Dontlie]

8 minutes ago, MattCan said:

We didn't wait for your seal of approval to enjoy class and talent. The magic has always been there for those who can grasp it.

It was hidden so deep though, why didn't he want to show it sooner? I'm not nitpicking tbh the same can be said about the other lads. Just finding it a bit hilarious some folks on here look at Leicester and only see one player;)

[MattCan]

Just now, Chester Dontlie said:

It was hidden so deep though, why didn't he want to share it sooner? I'm not nitpicking tbh the same can be said about the other lads. Just finding it a bit hilarious some folks on here look at Leicester and only see one player;)

Yawning !!! 

Wrong again. You're the fanboy of the AS Roma player Salah, I remember you.

Couldn't you just leave a nice homage about a magical player unscathed and go your own way? Why does that upset you? Isn't he a Leicester player? When did I say anything negative about any Leicester player? On the contrary, I have been defending Vardy, Musa, Albrighton, Ranieri, and others.

The caravan passes ...

[lgfualol]

7s all round apart from Fuchs and Mahrez 8, and Vardy 9. 

[foxinsox]

9 hours ago, Topman said:

albrighton 9 MOTM By far

Vardy 8

rest 7

those people gave Mahrez such high marks must be only watching highlights from MOTD, I watch every game live and mahrez been quite disappointing, he has improved last 2 games but nowhere near the standard of last season, before that piece of magic which got us the goal he has been poor and was about to be subbed off for Gray, I sit right next to the bench, after he scored, Gray been told to sit back down, until the goal I thought mahrez was was non existent but the goal gave him some confidence, hopefully is a start of getting the old Riyad2 back, I also think he needs to play on the wing, when he play behind Vardy we lack the energy where shinji process, mahrez not gonna be the one running and chasing players down, against Liverpool and hull when shinji went off, it left too big a gap and the opposition was able to play the ball out and had far too much time.

I would disagree about 9 for Albrighton, but agree about Mahrez. Watching the game in person makes a big difference to scores as you can see what people do off the ball. 

 

Mahrez was lazy tracking back, and defending. While his goal was magnificent, he only woke up when he saw that he eas about to be subbed for Gray, then had a purple patch for ten minutes. 

 

His teamplay still seems poor. Too matey with Slimani, and not with the team mates who got him where he is. 

 

A great player still, but not without considerable faults. 

[Chester Dontlie]

7 hours ago, MattCan said:

Yawning !!! 

Wrong again. You're the fanboy of the AS Roma player Salah, I remember you.

Couldn't you just leave a nice homage about a magical player unscathed and go your own way? Why does that upset you? Isn't he a Leicester player? When did I say anything negative about any Leicester player? On the contrary, I have been defending Vardy, Musa, Albrighton, Ranieri, and others.

The caravan passes ...

Ah fine mate I must've missed your posts defending other players, I though you were exclusively Mahrez fanboy since whenever I read your posts Riyad is the constant, if not the only, feature  (Still Salah is still the bestest ever though, if he was a superhero he would be Schlupperman's sidekick and we would call him Salahmahrezeater. Just saying)

 

To stay more on the topic, I thought Albrighton was fab. He was great against Liverpool and this game too. So happy to see everyone come alive under Shakes

[MattCan]

6 hours ago, Chester Dontlie said:

Ah fine mate I must've missed your posts defending other players, I though you were exclusively Mahrez fanboy since whenever I read your posts Riyad is the constant, if not the only, feature  (Still Salah is still the bestest ever though, if he was a superhero he would be Schlupperman's sidekick and we would call him Salahmahrezeater. Just saying)

 

To stay more on the topic, I thought Albrighton was fab. He was great against Liverpool and this game too. So happy to see everyone come alive under Shakes

 

 

 

Too bad you have missed my other numerous posts and too bad (for you) that Mahrez is such a magical player ...

 

Again:

 

Most of the people who were in the ground yesterday will remember Mahrez goal for eternity ... that's what football is all about ...

 

 

 

[Mike Oxlong]

22 hours ago, ZeGuy said:

No, I respect your opinion but if someone disagrees with me and quotes me directly, I expect they could at least write more than a one sentence comment and tell me why, in this case, Albrighton had a cracking game. I gave my reasons, still waiting for yours. 

 

 

Thracian is your man

[Thracian]

On 05/03/2017 at 16:38, shen said:

Kasper - 7 - Another alert save from Niasse and generally solid performance. Almost prevented the goal with a touch on the cross. A little more contact would've taken it beyond Clucas.

 

Simpson - 7 - Thought he was pretty solid and even got forward a lot more than we are used to seeing. Couldn't keep pace with Grosicki for their goal and was kept under pressure whenever Hull attacked down our right, but coped with it all right.

 

Morgan - 7 - Again another that could've maybe done a little more to stop Niasse, but other than that dealt with crosses well together with Huth.

 

Huth - 7 - Similar to Morgan. He really is shit with his feet though with a shanked effort reminiscent of his Stoke free kick last season and a couple of unsuccesful swings early in the game. Was alert to recycle the ball up to Mahrez' goal, which is probably the most undeserved assist he's ever had!

 

Fuchs - 8 - Verging on a 9. Very solid defensively and our one proper footballer in our back line. So much build up play went through him. Great interplay with Vardy and movement for the goal. Did well scoring with his weaker foot. Decent delivery most of the time too.

 

Mahrez - 8 - Like Fuchs, was close to a 9 for me. Possibly his most allround performance in a Leicester shirt. Was tracking back, making interceptions, dropped deep to build up play, popped up on the left then center then right and kept probing for passes. Most of these were unsuccesful and his first touch wasn't as good as we know it can be, but he still produced some great crosses with his right first half. In the match thread I was a little frustrated that things weren't coming off for him, but to his credit he kept trying and lo and behold, his efforts were rewarded with a brilliant solo effort. I really don't know how he managed to score from there with his weaker foot and little backlift at the near post. So relieved for him and that's another monkey off this team's back. Watch him go on a run now!

 

Ndidi - 7 - Bad mistake for their goal, but having lost the ball so high up the pitch, it's unfair to pin the blame all on him. Got skinned by Clucas too second half which got people criticising him in the match thread, but his head never went down to his great credit. Truth was he had a decent game otherwise. A handful of vital interceptions, great positioning and physical presence in the middle and finally got an 'assist' for the third goal.

 

Drinkwater - 6 - As Finnegan pointed out, he could've prevented the goal had he kept his eyes on Clucas instead of instinctively running to the goal line. Wasn't as imposing as last time around, but combative as ever and did his bit for the win. Tried to repeat the trick from last week and didn't catch the ball too badly.

 

Albrighton - 7 - Another energetic performance with lots of movement and commitment. Didn't quite reach the heights of the Liverpool game, but keep this up Marc!

 

Okazaki - 7 - Typical performance by Shinji. Chased and harried all day. Crucial team contribution made all the more evident by the slump of the previous 6 months.

 

Vardy - 9 MOTM - Seem to remember Ranocchia saying they had made plans on how to stop Vardy. Fair enough, he didn't really get a sniff at goal but he proved just as lethal with his allround play. Was back to his aggressive harrying best and looked lightning quick. Worked the channels superbly and what delightful build-up play for the equalizer. Set up several other chances and I'm a little bit surprised at the level of quality of his crosses/passes. Another player who makes or breaks our playing style.

 

Subs:

 

Gray - 6 - He's a great sub when Albrighton or Mahrez are tired. Fine effort that lead to the corner for the third goal and made an effort defensively as well.

 

Slimani - N/A - Not on long enough to make a telling impact.

 

Ref - 5 - Not great, not shocking either

 

Shakespeare - 9 - Two wins out of two. Little to argue with. He's got the players performing and it's gotten emphatic results. What's not to like? Subs were predictable, but maybe a little on the late side, although I don't feel it warrants criticism.

An excellent summary. Fair and perceptive.  

[volpeazzurro]

On Monday, March 06, 2017 at 16:34, MattCan said:

 

 

 

 

Too bad you have missed my other numerous posts and too bad (for you) that Mahrez is such a magical player ...

 

Again:

 

Most of the people who were in the ground yesterday will remember Mahrez goal for eternity ... that's what football is all about ...

 

 

 

They'll probably also remember how knackered he was ten minutes before half time and after ten minutes into the second half!  Goals change games though and his was an absolute beauty!  However, inactivity and laziness causes goals to go in at your own end and one great goal doesn't make a season!  I  just wonder if there's something medically wrong with him as despite not putting the graft in, he seems severely lacking in stamina. His skills have never been in doubt but there's definitely something amiss with him imo.

[MattCan]

37 minutes ago, volpeazzurro said:

They'll probably also remember how knackered he was ten minutes before half time and after ten minutes into the second half!  Goals change games though and his was an absolute beauty!  However, inactivity and laziness causes goals to go in at your own end and one great goal doesn't make a season!  I  just wonder if there's something medically wrong with him as despite not putting the graft in, he seems severely lacking in stamina. His skills have never been in doubt but there's definitely something amiss with him imo.

Could you prescribe vitamins? 

[Babylon]

On 05/03/2017 at 18:45, ZeGuy said:

You give Albrighton an 8 and Mahrez a 7.5 (6 without the goal lol).

 

Please explain.

 

Is it the usual workhorse high rating en vogue on this forum? How can you give an 8 to someone who offensively brought little to nothing and whose pass and cross completion is incredibly low? He ain't a FB, he's a winger for god's sake.

 

I can't wrap my head around it. On one hand you have one guy who pulled the strings all the game, scored a cracking goal and even put a defensive shift which is NOT his primary task. Yet he gets a 7.5.

 

On the other you have a percheron who plowed the field well but whose crosses, shots and passes most of the time end by the opposition or in row Z. He gets an 8.

 

Go figure.

I'd have marked Albrighton ahead also, in a game where the tempo we played at a lot of the time was far to slow. He and Vardy were the two who stood out as attempting to play at the high intensity that they didn't like. Whether people think it was improved from Mahrez or not, I thought he still looked not interested. With Kasper at one point going absolutely nuts at him.

 

It comes down to whether you vote on game defining moments, or whether you go for their affect on the game over the full 90. I thought Albrighton was better over the 90 by some distance, but obviously Mahrez had the game defining moment

[ZeGuy]

29 minutes ago, Babylon said:

I'd have marked Albrighton ahead also, in a game where the tempo we played at a lot of the time was far to slow. He and Vardy were the two who stood out as attempting to play at the high intensity that they didn't like. Whether people think it was improved from Mahrez or not, I thought he still looked not interested. With Kasper at one point going absolutely nuts at him.

 

It comes down to whether you vote on game defining moments, or whether you go for their affect on the game over the full 90. I thought Albrighton was better over the 90 by some distance, but obviously Mahrez had the game defining moment

Albrighton didn't have a bad game, don't misunderstand me but there is something people don't seem to grasp. He's not a full back so I'm also judging on what he can bring forward. His offensive display against Hull was not great. I'm having a hard time seeing him getting better scores than Mahrez.

 

It seriously baffles me that people are still branding him as not interested. And makes me somewhat sad.  He did put a shift yesterday, was very active forward and scored a great goal. A game changing goal. And that's exactly what you should expect from him and rightly criticize him when he fails to influence the game one way or another. You can plow the field all you want and still lose at the end of the day.

 

Yet people are still slating him. I sincerely don't know if it's bias or people genuinely couldn't value his work on the attacking front.

 

The day he'll leave will be a sad day for the club, because he's an extremely gifted player. He always had this laid back attitude and doesn't defend much. That's something that makes him what he is for the better or the worse. You can find an Albrighton at every corner of the street. Not sure the same can be said about Mahrez.

[Babylon]

14 minutes ago, ZeGuy said:

Albrighton didn't have a bad game, don't misunderstand me but there is something people don't seem to grasp. He's not a full back so I'm also judging on what he can bring forward. His offensive display against Hull was not great. I'm having a hard time seeing him getting better scores than Mahrez.

 

It seriously baffles me that people are still branding him as not interested. And makes me somewhat sad.  He did put a shift yesterday, was very active forward and scored a great goal. A game changing goal. And that's exactly what you should expect from him and rightly criticize him when he fails to influence the game one way or another. You can plow the field all you want and still lose at the end of the day.

 

Yet people are still slating him. I sincerely don't know if it's bias or people genuinely couldn't value his work on the attacking front.

 

The day he'll leave will be a sad day for the club, because he's an extremely gifted player. He always had this laid back attitude and doesn't defend much. That's something that makes him what he is for the better or the worse. You can find an Albrighton at every corner of the street. Not sure the same can be said about Mahrez.

Nobody is saying Albrighton is a better player, everyone understands his limitations. And there's no bias, I just didn't think he was very good for the vast majority of the game. Mahrez is a far better player than Albrighton, if he doesn't make the most of his extra ability I'm going to judge him for it.

 

You say he was active going forward but I remember very little of it, there was a good cross on his right foot first half and the goal. But other than that I spent the rest of the game pulling my hair out. Because someone with his ability shouldn't be surrendering the ball as easily as he did sometimes.

 

Take away his goal and I thought he's have been one of our worst players on the pitch. But he scored, so well done to him for that... but someone of his ability should be capable of more than what I saw before it. He tracked back and put a very good tackle in at one point, but there is a reason Kasper kept going ape shit at him. Far too often he'd let the player go past, do the half run "I'm trying" jog and give up.... suddenly getting on his toes and running up the pitch waving for the ball when someone else turns it over.

 

Can I also say, you keep going on about Albrighton not being a full back, I don't think anyone even mentioned his defensive work. Yes it was good, but like I said I voted him up as I thought his tempo and willingness to make runs and try and get in behind caused them problems. He might not have put in that killer pass like he did against Liverpool. But it's about getting us into positive positions also. He bust a gut to make the space and make those runs to pass and move and get us into the right areas.

 

[ZeGuy]

2 hours ago, Babylon said:

Nobody is saying Albrighton is a better player, everyone understands his limitations. And there's no bias, I just didn't think he was very good for the vast majority of the game. Mahrez is a far better player than Albrighton, if he doesn't make the most of his extra ability I'm going to judge him for it.

 

You say he was active going forward but I remember very little of it, there was a good cross on his right foot first half and the goal. But other than that I spent the rest of the game pulling my hair out. Because someone with his ability shouldn't be surrendering the ball as easily as he did sometimes.

 

Take away his goal and I thought he's have been one of our worst players on the pitch. But he scored, so well done to him for that... but someone of his ability should be capable of more than what I saw before it. He tracked back and put a very good tackle in at one point, but there is a reason Kasper kept going ape shit at him. Far too often he'd let the player go past, do the half run "I'm trying" jog and give up.... suddenly getting on his toes and running up the pitch waving for the ball when someone else turns it over.

 

Can I also say, you keep going on about Albrighton not being a full back, I don't think anyone even mentioned his defensive work. Yes it was good, but like I said I voted him up as I thought his tempo and willingness to make runs and try and get in behind caused them problems. He might not have put in that killer pass like he did against Liverpool. But it's about getting us into positive positions also. He bust a gut to make the space and make those runs to pass and move and get us into the right areas.

 

Just let us agree to disagree.

 

I personally think that Mahrez was very present and an important link in the attack against Hull. Much more than Albrighton whom I actually like. He did make some crappy passes for sure. I hope his goal will give him the confidence boost so we can see the Mahrez of last season. The guy who can change a game because he didn't show much of it this season for whatever reason.