Match Ratings : Athletico Madrid 1-0 Leicester City - Vote Now

[Ted Maul]

Kasper, defenders and Ndidi excellent.

 

Drinkwater and Mahrez dreadful. 

 

The rest OK.

 

Shakey did well- extra man in midfield gave us a proper foothold in the game.

[iancognito]

Defensively we were rock solid and it's a shame they got the pen because they'd have got more desperate for the goal and had to open up more. Someone needs to have a word with Shinji and tell the littel basterd to stay on his feet or at least practice his diving. The Snipered look is wearing thin and even the continental refs are wise to it now. The King substitution actually worked because Greaseyman got less space to exploit and there were far less shots getting pinged in. The only spare part was - as ever all season - Mahrez. I have no idea why we're playing someone who's a shadow of his former self. If Gray was giving the ball away so often and so wasteful in attack he'd get pelters on here and be dropped. Mahrez seems untouchable and it's becoming more frustrating.

 

The 2nd leg is beautifully poised. we're 6 days away from the greatest day in our history or arriving back on planet earth with a bump. Either way, crazy times for us all.

[fairbanksh]

Schmichael 8 not much to do but still commanding 

Simpson 8 resilient

Fuchs 8 could have been roasted but solid and composed

Huth 9 I'm sure he has picked up speed ( not hard) but immense

Benny 10 feared for reaction after Everton but mom brilliant 

Ndidi 9 got better as game wore on

Drinkwater 7 struggled with their midfield 

Ockazaki 4 really poor I'm afraid

Mahrez 7 not as bad as some say. Wish people would get off his back. Def penalty watched replay back at hotel

Vardy 8 a good defence were worried by his constant harrying he's our Diego Costa orrible to play against

Subs King 7 not a fan but substitutions worked

Slimani 7 

Shakespeare 9 games don't come tougher 

Athletico 8 seriously good 

Ref 4 seriously bad

[drofmor55]

Kasper  6  Did what he had to, which was not a lot  ,...his kicking could have been better

Simpson   8        Resilient

Huth          8           "

Benaloune  8          "

Fuchs         8          " 

Albrighton  9    Used to think he would be out of his depth at this level..i was wrong

Drinkwater 7   Looks a bit lethargic lately...im probably wrong again

Ndidi        8   cant remember him ever having a bad game

Mahrez   6   always has at least 2 people marking him..shows how much other teams fear him...but his defending has gone back to being lazy,no excuse for that

Okazaki  6   buzzed around as per usual  ..his dives are embarrassing 

Vardy    7     Gave his all...cant ask more than that given he was so isolated

King   7   Tidy

Slimani  7   Battled well when he came on

Shakespeare  8  Tactically astute

Ath.Madrid   6  pleasantly dissapointed with them..we were on top when they broke away to score....we can beat these

Ref  2   i will give him the benefit of the doubt and say he was inept ...5 yards away and looking straight at it ?  

 

[Adster]

Drinkwater dreadful again, what is wrong with him. Been absolutely awful for the past 4/5 games, a complete passenger.

 

Could've conceded a few tonight from him losing possession far too easily in the middle.

[Bossman Blessed It]

13 hours ago, LCFCSOULBOY said:

Shakey completely naive tactically

 Would not win the league with his decision making and substitutions. Should have thrown another sub on to affect the clock and what was he thinking with King?. Think he should stay but we will not go far with him. Kind of like Pearson. Good man management but lacking technically. Like most English managers I am afraid

 

Bringing King on kept us in the tie. Greizmann was having an absolute field day in the first half because he had the space to drop near the half way line. Even though King didn't do much on the ball, his off the ball presence completely nullified that in the second half. We stopped Athletico from gaining a considerable advantage over us and are still in the tie. 

[Edysli]

Between. Oka and Slim there is a difference unless Shakey can't see it, 

I do understand that Slim came from an injury and is recovering but I was expecting to see Demmy Slim Vardy playing together ... That is the real trio of danger as of now.

Mahrez needs to be benched 

Albrighton can be good most of the times

Drinky benched

Not sure why he insists on King? 

 

Thanks

 

Slim is the instant killer with the header + physical presence in the box + Portuguese experience must be close to Spanish + he keeps deffenders back ..

I don't see any plus from Oka unless someone sees one or more...

 

King to cover the middle field??? Joking Shakey.

If you told me Albrighton might cover the midfield I say yes.

I would have put Ndidi Amartey Albrighton as 6-8-10

Gray Vardy Slim as 7-11-9

 

second half:

Mahrez in for Slimani

Gray switch to left

 

   Or

 

Musa in Left for Gray

(Gray gets tired at the end)

 

Please keep Albrighton as a 10 for the rest of the season

 

 

with this nothing can go wrong and LCFC will win many games .....

 

[Harry - LCFC]

Back four deserve high ratings IMO. To effectively keep a clean sheet and reduce Atletico to one clear cut chance is impressive. Albrighton and Ndidi did well too

[Beachyboy]

5 hours ago, Bossman Blessed It said:

Bringing King on kept us in the tie. Greizmann was having an absolute field day in the first half because he had the space to drop near the half way line. Even though King didn't do much on the ball, his off the ball presence completely nullified that in the second half. We stopped Athletico from gaining a considerable advantage over us and are still in the tie. 

I agree very bizarre comment, there was a gaping whole in the middle of the park in the 1st half which was shored up by King,

1-0 was a good result, I'd have liked to have seen Vardy an slim for the last 5-10 mins for Drinky, but am aware that would of further exposed us to a 2nd.

[Chico1958]

I'm beginning to warm towards Shakespeare

 

Benny was by far the best defender on the pitch........... Closely followed by Huth

 

Drinkwater is becoming a liability........... don't know where his head is at the moment

 

Would have preferred a bit more attacking from us but with Mahrez not firing on all cylinders we needed Gray on

 

All in all not a bad result  

[eastendfox]

I reckon Drinkwater grew into it a bit, still not great but not as bad as some make out. Mahrez was fouling for fun at one stage in the second half which was odd. But you've got to go for the majority view that Huth and Benny were the stand-outs.

[PaulW]

On 4/12/2017 at 22:42, LCFCSOULBOY said:

Shakey completely naive tactically

 Would not win the league with his decision making and substitutions. Should have thrown another sub on to affect the clock and what was he thinking with King?. Think he should stay but we will not go far with him. Kind of like Pearson. Good man management but lacking technically. Like most English managers I am afraid

 

Disagree totally.  When King came on the threat from Grizeman was almost totally nullified.  Putting a sub on doesn't affect the clock....refs/4th officials add time on for substitutions.  I would have hooked Mahrez for Gray for the last 10 mins, though.

[Mease]

On 12/04/2017 at 22:42, LCFCSOULBOY said:

Shakey completely naive tactically

 Would not win the league with his decision making and substitutions. Should have thrown another sub on to affect the clock and what was he thinking with King?. Think he should stay but we will not go far with him. Kind of like Pearson. Good man management but lacking technically. Like most English managers I am afraid

 

I thought he changed things well

in the second half to nullify AG threat to be fair to him?

[jayfox26]

On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 22:42, LCFCSOULBOY said:

Shakey completely naive tactically

 Would not win the league with his decision making and substitutions. Should have thrown another sub on to affect the clock and what was he thinking with King?. Think he should stay but we will not go far with him. Kind of like Pearson. Good man management but lacking technically. Like most English managers I am afraid

 

Surely this is a joke. Either that or you really are clueless! 

[LCFCSOULBOY]

On 4/14/2017 at 09:43, jayfox26 said:

Surely this is a joke. Either that or you really are clueless! 

No about right I would say. Not looking through blue tinted specs. Again today against Crystal Palace. We look disjointed. No more threat going forward. Similar to before Ranieri's departure. When he first left the players looked up for a fight. Against Athletico we had the fight but tactically disjointed and unthreatening. Athelico looked comfortable the whole time. Tired? Obviously today but again had no answer after they got their first. After then it was a forgotten conclusion that they would get another. Honestly thought they were going to go on and snatch the win. Look a different team under Alydyce. We can slag him off all day long but he does know how to organise a team and adjust during the game. Shakey lovely guy, fine coach but I haven't seen anything there yet to convince me how he will grind out results. Everton and again today not impressed. Against Athletico the team worked their socks off but would not be able to do that week after week.

 

 

[jayfox26]

10 hours ago, LCFCSOULBOY said:

No about right I would say. Not looking through blue tinted specs. Again today against Crystal Palace. We look disjointed. No more threat going forward. Similar to before Ranieri's departure. When he first left the players looked up for a fight. Against Athletico we had the fight but tactically disjointed and unthreatening. Athelico looked comfortable the whole time. Tired? Obviously today but again had no answer after they got their first. After then it was a forgotten conclusion that they would get another. Honestly thought they were going to go on and snatch the win. Look a different team under Alydyce. We can slag him off all day long but he does know how to organise a team and adjust during the game. Shakey lovely guy, fine coach but I haven't seen anything there yet to convince me how he will grind out results. Everton and again today not impressed. Against Athletico the team worked their socks off but would not be able to do that week after week.

 

 

He's lost 1 game in the league since taking over a sinking ship. I'm guessing winning the league has gone to your head and you expect us to maintain that level every season? Well that's not the reality. We've had a pretty poor season but that has now changed into a decent season since Shakespeare took over. We beat sevilla against all odds and kept a world class  team at bay apart from a poor refereeing decision. Since he took over we beat Liverpool 3-1, Hull 3-1, sevilla 2-0, West ham 3-2, Stoke 2-0, Sunderland 2-0 and then lost 4-2 to Everton, 1-0 to Madrid and drew 2-2 with palace. 19 goals in 9 games is just over 2 goals a game. Not bad really. Add that to the fact we have no squad depth and the players are knackered then I think he's done an excellent job. Give him the job permanently in the summer in my opinion. Oh and if you think he's not up to the job, enlighten me as to who you believe should take the job? 

[LCFCSOULBOY]

When you are winning everything looks great. But when the wobble occurs or just under achieving you need to be able to grind out wins. Sorry but haven't seen that yet. I am sorry but that is my observation. In Spain thought we should have had more of a go.