Argarath Posted 19 July 2017 Posted 19 July 2017 12 minutes ago, Babylon said: For me James was far more expansive and showed much more to his game. To be fair, Iborra was just asked to sit in front of the defence so didn't have the chance really like James. But his performance was far more functional. James showed the defensive side (as Iborra did), but his passing was outstanding. He did two or three passes over the top that were pretty much inch perfect, same with a few passes out wide. On top of that he really drove forward and backed Mahrez and made some room / passing opportunities for him. Like I said, each to their own. It's all opinions. Ok I change Iborra for James
Babylon Posted 19 July 2017 Posted 19 July 2017 1 hour ago, Argarath said: Ok I change Iborra for James Ha ha it's your team fella!
Argarath Posted 19 July 2017 Posted 19 July 2017 1 minute ago, Babylon said: Ha ha it's your team fella! And you made a great point
Matt Posted 19 July 2017 Posted 19 July 2017 Managed to catch the last 15 minutes and the penos, gonna watch the full match tonight - Any good? Fair play for Mahrez turning up (From what I hear). What a pathetic fuck about with the penos though!!
cc_star Posted 19 July 2017 Posted 19 July 2017 11 minutes ago, Dr The Singh said: What was the result 1-1 7-6 on pennos
cc_star Posted 19 July 2017 Posted 19 July 2017 8 minutes ago, Matt said: Managed to catch the last 15 minutes and the penos, gonna watch the full match tonight - Any good? Fair play for Mahrez turning up (From what I hear). What a pathetic fuck about with the penos though!! Just watch the 1st half if I were you, most of the 2nd is tough going Mahrez was great. Personally I thought the ABBA was okay, on one outing I felt there's something in it - worth continuing trials imo
Cadno'r Cymoedd Posted 19 July 2017 Posted 19 July 2017 52 minutes ago, Dr The Singh said: What was the result Cracking game. End to end attacking football with Kingy pulling the strings with some wonderful offensive passing.
Dr The Singh Posted 19 July 2017 Posted 19 July 2017 1 minute ago, Cadno'r Cymoedd said: Cracking game. End to end attacking football with Kingy pulling the strings with some wonderful offensive passing.
st albans fox Posted 19 July 2017 Posted 19 July 2017 45 minutes ago, cc_star said: Just watch the 1st half if I were you, most of the 2nd is tough going Mahrez was great. Personally I thought the ABBA was okay, on one outing I felt there's something in it - worth continuing trials imo just a longer period of nerves whilst we take two pens. the idea that no one team has the advantage of always going first is a good one
weller54 Posted 19 July 2017 Posted 19 July 2017 1 hour ago, cc_star said: Just watch the 1st half if I were you, most of the 2nd is tough going Mahrez was great. Personally I thought the ABBA was okay, on one outing I felt there's something in it - worth continuing trials imo Definitely ok....
halfpipe Posted 19 July 2017 Posted 19 July 2017 Does anybody have a link for somewhere that I can watch this back? Cheers.
TheMightySystem Posted 19 July 2017 Posted 19 July 2017 If we go 3 at the back we can't play like today with a DM instead of a CAM, we had no link to the strikers bar hoofing it up the pitch. How I would have set up keeping the same formation and majority of players. First half. Hamer Amartey- Benny-Maguire-Elder Mahrez-James-Ndidi-Barnes Okazaki Slimani Second half. Hamer Simpson-Morgan-Moore Albrighton Fuchs Drinkwater-Iborra Lawrence Vardy-Ulloa This would have given Barnes some game time and brought Lawrence into his natural position where he could effect the game more then he did today. He looked decent enough on the ball but you can tell Lw isn't his best position.
st albans fox Posted 19 July 2017 Posted 19 July 2017 I think we saw the future post Riyad second half today albrighton wide right and no one on the left. The left back will be expected to get forward and the extra man in midfield will cover behind him. The should give us a bit extra in the middle of midfield to match up with most opponents 3 in there and one of the forward 2 will be expected to cover more on the left to assist in front on the left back when out of possession. This is based on keeping a back four - I still expect shakey to experiment with 3 at some point over the remainder of pre season.
EnglishOxide Posted 19 July 2017 Posted 19 July 2017 Think Drinkwater is going to struggle for a spot in the team this season. James is clearly more talented and has that extra intelligence and positional sense, if we are 442 it's a choice between James/Iborra/Ndidi. Iborra looks a class above King and Drinky. James does need to trim up slightly though. With regards to Slim, he looked good because he had Shinji in support. He needs to be finishing his chances though because IMO he is in direct competition with Vardy for a spot. He can't, or certainly doesn't seem happy to do the support role like Shinji/Leo/Iheanacho/Sigurdsson. Mahrez is Mahrez, he's ****ing class. Gray has big boots to fill and I'm not convinced he can.
southfox66 Posted 19 July 2017 Posted 19 July 2017 i thought Drinkwater did ok today, at the end of the days its only a friendly, even if there is a trophy at the end of it, its all pretty meaningless, but I got impression that Drinkwater realised his form had dropped at the end of last season and seem more focused today. A few of his passes where short, but nothing major to worry about. I think at start of season he are going to see Drinkwater of old. Maguire looks a good signing, had a confident game and looks like he has an alert brain, can sees danger before it arises. The only other stand out player I saw from 2nd half was Fuch he was getting in some good forward positions today, but seemed sometimes he was two steps ahead of the rest of the team
lifted*fox Posted 19 July 2017 Posted 19 July 2017 Second half was a bit meh but the humidity in HK this time of year is so draining, not surprised it was leggy tbf.
MikeyT Posted 20 July 2017 Posted 20 July 2017 I've not trawled through all the pages to see if already posted, but here is the penalty shootout in its entirety. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10954100/watch-the-leicester-v-west-brom-abba-penalty-shootout
Vlad the Fox Posted 20 July 2017 Posted 20 July 2017 1 hour ago, MikeyT said: I've not trawled through all the pages to see if already posted, but here is the penalty shootout in its entirety. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10954100/watch-the-leicester-v-west-brom-abba-penalty-shootout Cheers, I left the pub at full time, didn't realise there was to be a penalty shoot out.
CosbehFox Posted 20 July 2017 Posted 20 July 2017 Watching the highlights - heat and humidity clearly an issue combined with an awful pitch. However, it was noticeable that players have bulked during off-season.
lildave3 Posted 20 July 2017 Posted 20 July 2017 18 hours ago, Matt said: Managed to catch the last 15 minutes and the penos, gonna watch the full match tonight - Any good? Fair play for Mahrez turning up (From what I hear). What a pathetic fuck about with the penos though!! Is it pathetic because it's different?
jamfox Posted 20 July 2017 Posted 20 July 2017 23 hours ago, les-tah said: poor lad .. he didnt choose to be irish http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/james-mcclean-poppy-remembrance-day-9152012 that s not the point..
les-tah Posted 20 July 2017 Posted 20 July 2017 35 minutes ago, jamfox said: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/james-mcclean-poppy-remembrance-day-9152012 that s not the point.. i know exactly what the issue is i dont like the lad for this however if he wore a poppy hed get death threats from home, if he didnt wear it hed get death threats from England. Lose lose. Fu*ck the Ra
jamfox Posted 20 July 2017 Posted 20 July 2017 On 7/19/2017 at 14:19, les-tah said: poor lad .. he didnt choose to be irish http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/james-mcclean-poppy-remembrance-day-9152012 that s not the point.. Don't think he is scared of some agro at home , he is making a political point.
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