Babylon Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 14 minutes ago, WigstonWanderer said: Wasn't Slimani's injury a groin thing? Seems to be a lot of groin issues around ATM. Wtf are the players doing? Whatever it is they need to stop. Nah... he got a massive gash in the back of his leg and needed stitches.
Stadt Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 58 minutes ago, Hanan96 said: I think we should consider to put mahrez as no.10, I'm unsure with james creativity and performance for competitive league. by that we can accomodate gray as well. We've tried that and he's been a passenger in those games.
WigstonWanderer Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 11 minutes ago, Babylon said: Nah... he got a massive gash in the back of his leg and needed stitches. No I meant during last season
turtmcfly Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 11 minutes ago, Babylon said: Nah... he got a massive gash in the back of his leg and needed stitches. Slim's got a massive gash and Iborra's got a groin strain. #teambonding
Farrington fox Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 1st game just 48 hours, or so away. Thus far we've made 2 quality signings. DD and VI are going to miss the opener. If we have any ambition to finish top six, a couple more quality players need bringing in!
Sublime_Coatsworth Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 1 hour ago, StriderHiryu said: Okazaki will start instead of Ihenacho, but he will come on after 60 minutes. Andy King will come on at some point for James. TBH against Arsenal we probably need Okazaki's work rate anyway for the first 60. Overall not a bad team, but with Arsenal playing 3-4-3 this season we might get overrun. I feel we need James to step up. I hope he can because I'd be delighted if comes back after his time out of the game with injury. Yeah I could definitely see that happening, however PLEASE not Andy King!
Kitchandro Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 58 minutes ago, Fox 4 Life said: Hasn't Craig already said Kelechi won't start? Expect Okazaki and the usual hoof ball on Friday! If we play hoofball with Okazaki why would we play differently with Iheanacho?
Dan Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 King won't start but I expect him to come on. I expect Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Maguire, Fuchs, Mahrez, James, Ndidi, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy. King, Gray and Iheanacho to come on.
foxer Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 1 hour ago, AKCJ said: In a way I'm chuffed to bits because Matty is only about 5m on the old Fantasy Footie. 4.5 on the prem one. Straight in as a cheap signing. Kelechi at 7 could be a steal as well.
Dan Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 23 minutes ago, Wookie said: We've tried that and he's been a passenger in those games. Agree with this. I think he's had one good game there ever (and that was against Southampton, in a totally different system to what we'll play). We've got no real number ten in the squad.
davieG Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 Craig Shakespeare will be able to call on the services of striker Kelechi Iheanacho on Friday, but is without midfield duo Danny Drinkwater and Vicente Iborra. - Kelechi Iheanacho is fit to face Arsenal, says manager Craig Shakespeare - Danny Drinkwater and Vicente Iborra will both miss out - Robert Huth, Papy Mendy and Islam Slimani have all returned to training - The Foxes face Arsene Wenger’s men at Emirates Stadium on Friday (7.45pm kick-off) Iheanacho made an immediate impact during his first appearance for the Foxes after he came off the bench to set up Jamie Vardy for his second goal against Borussia Mönchengladbach last week. The Nigeria international was then withdrawn as a precaution after picking up a toe injury, but has now fully recovered, according to the City boss. “Danny Drinkwater as got a thigh injury and should hopefully be another week,” Shakespeare told the media on Wednesday afternoon. “On a positive note, Kelechi trained fully after his little knock against Borussia Mönchengladbach. He’s over his toe injury and he’s fully fit. 9 Shakespeare Gives Injury Update Craig Shakespeare gave an update on the Foxes injury problems ahead of their Premier League fixture against the Gunners. “Whether he can last 90 minutes, we’ll have to have a discussion about that, but he’s been training the last few days and looks sharp. That’s pleasing for us. “Robert Huth is back in training which is a real bonus because we thought he would be out for more time. He’s joined in and he will get some game time with the Under-23s on Monday. He’s well ahead of schedule and he’s raring to go. “Papy Mendy is back in training, so we get one or two back and we lose one or two but that’s the way it is at the moment in terms of injuries.” Islam Slimani was another man to pick up an injury during pre-season, this time against Wolverhampton Wanderers, but has since began training again. Shakespeare continued: “He’s returned to training. It was in an awkward place behind the knee. I think he had seven stitches in total. It was a nasty injury really. “I’m not blaming the tackle at the time because I just think it was an unfortunate situation. He’s slowly getting back and he’s joined in training the last few days. “We just need to get him sharp. He’s fully recovered from it but it was a nasty injury that just stops the mobility of the leg and the knee fully bending. He’ll be involved.” Robert Huth is back in training which is a real bonus because we thought he would be out for more time. Meanwhile, Iborra will miss out after straining his groin in training. Shakespeare expects the Spaniard to be out for up to two weeks. He added: “Iborra has picked up a groin strain the other day in training so he will miss Friday’s game. I’m just waiting on the scan results. I expect that type of injury to be no longer than seven to 14 days. “I saw Vicente’s face this morning as we had a chat. He’s obviously gutted but I think he’s experienced to know that he’ll get over it quickly. I’m without a very experienced midfield player but we’ve got enough strength in depth to deal with it.”
sk3since03 Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 Only thing Andy King is good for now is the " The many faces of Andy King " thread! Hope he doesn't bloody start Friday I like Kingy btw.
thegaffa Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 1 hour ago, WigstonWanderer said: Wasn't Slimani's injury a groin thing? Seems to be a lot of groin issues around ATM. Wtf are the players doing? Whatever it is they need to stop. Maybe pearsons daughter is back on the scene.
Foxxed Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 Ndidi is first choice in defensive midfield. The other should ideally suppl the strikers. Looking at preseason James just edges Iborra. If we want to strengthen midfield defensively we're screwed, however. I'd suggest Mendy but then I have dim and unpleasant memories of Mendy, his ankle and his last Arsenal game.
Larry_LCFC Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 How we are suffering so many injuries before the season has even bloody started is beyond me. Are players made of paper these days?
lifted*fox Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 BUT IT'S FINE WE'VE GOT LOADS OF MIDFIELD PLAYERS LET DRINKWATER GO TO CHELSEA INNIT.
Bryn Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 Less of a headache for Shakey then, James nailed on to start now you'd think.
Vindaloo FOX Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 Papy Mendy back in training, how many times have we heard that . hope the poor lad gets some game time at some point .
brucey Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 James and Ndidi would have been my choice anyway. Would have liked to start with Nacho for 60 min then take him off for Iborra to (hopefully) protect a lead. Hope Nacho gets at least 45 mins, but he'll probably only come on after Shinji's usual 60.
foxes21 Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 Hopefully by the time King comes on for James we are protecting a lead & have two banks of four behind the ball. King is quite good in them situations to be fair & is always in the right place. Also if we're leading I'd bring on Chilwell at LW & Iheanacho for Okazaki.
biggs Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 1 hour ago, Dan LCFC said: King won't start but I expect him to come on. I expect Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Maguire, Fuchs, Mahrez, James, Ndidi, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy. King, Gray and Iheanacho to come on. I'd exprect the same but hope the 2 centre midfielders look good avoid injury and King only appears to kill time when we're 2-1 up with a few minutes to go !!!
cc_star Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 49 minutes ago, Larry_LCFC said: How we are suffering so many injuries before the season has even bloody started is beyond me. Are players made of paper these days? Non-impact injuries we're suffering could be down to a lack of research on transfer targets, or down to training methods We seemed to go a very long time during Pearson's 2nd reign right through to his team playing under Ranieri, with minimal injuries & hardly anyone injured & certainly not repeatedly The fact we've got Slimani & Iborra potentially missing out for the same reason is probably coincidence, but if this crops up again or with others, then we may need to make changes
ARM1968 Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 Standard 2 or 3-1 beating for me. Arsenal usually start well and then fade after Christmas. Can't see us coming away with anything but a lesson.
NotTheMarketLeader Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 1 hour ago, foxes21 said: Hopefully by the time King comes on for James we are protecting a lead & have two banks of four behind the ball. King is quite good in them situations to be fair & is always in the right place. Also if we're leading I'd bring on Chilwell at LW & Iheanacho for Okazaki. I prefer 5 banks of 2, if not 10 banks of 1.
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