Thracian Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 17 minutes ago, Col city fan said: Vardy tonight was absolutely exceptional. Maguire wasn't 'class'. You don't concede 4 and consider a CB to be 'class.' Stop being ridiculous. Vardy tonight though was almost unplayable. He got a 10 from me. Would have been 11 out of 10 if he'doesn't slipped the goalkeeper late on and scored again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry S Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 When iborra is back to cover the defence maybe we will improve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesta2014 Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 4 minutes ago, jon1bc said: What's your point? Very simple, did he touch the ball? I can't remember him touching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry96 Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 So disappointing but knew it would play out like that when they got the equaliser. Vardy and maguire were fantastic, need to pick ourselves back up quickly for next week and go again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlloverthefloorYesNdidi Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 4 minutes ago, st albans fox said: they changed their formation and started to get beyond our midfield into the spaces. You have to react to that. We weren't doing well once they went to five up top. Going back to two up top with ten to go undid us. The mindset had been set to hold onto what we had. Can't change it back again when they are just throwing everything at us. Sticking Amerty on in CM when we havent even played him there pre season undid us. King would have been better, for James, and fresh legs up top to help Vardy. Parking the bus with 20 minutes to go asked for it, i think we all knew we were going to lose from that sub on. Seemed a cowardly way to try and see out the win and far too early. Could have accepted that sub in maybe the 80th minute earliest. Killed the game for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 I wish I didn't care so much! Then again if I didn't the title win wouldn't have felt so amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry S Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 Vardy - best player ndidi - flashes of promise okasaki - as good as usual mahrez -obvious he dont want to be here albrighton - as good as normal james - great to see him back fuchs - good as usual simpson - good but needs cover maguire - great best defender by far morgan - good decent preformance schmeichel - couple of vital saves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunyip Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 17 minutes ago, Col city fan said: Think Shakey can see this? I so hope so. James is fighting to get back to fitness but when we took him off tonight, I just knew we were going to concede. I think I tend to think like Shakey most of the time with his selections but I cannot for the life of me fathom why he brought Amartey on and not King, and also Iheanacho before Slimani. Amartey is the pits and Slim was the target man to keep the ball up top. Je no comprende. I still think James could have lasted that last ten minutes and just seen the game out. stupid substitutions which cost us the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlloverthefloorYesNdidi Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 And Mahrez was not good. Barely looked good enough for us, let alone a top team. Could have been subbed at half time easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunyip Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 5 minutes ago, AlloverthefloorYesNdidi said: Sticking Amerty on in CM when we havent even played him there pre season undid us. King would have been better, for James, and fresh legs up top to help Vardy. Parking the bus with 20 minutes to go asked for it, i think we all knew we were going to lose from that sub on. Seemed a cowardly way to try and see out the win and far too early. Could have accepted that sub in maybe the 80th minute earliest. Killed the game for me All down to the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlloverthefloorYesNdidi Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 Just now, Bunyip said: All down to the manager. Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooksy Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 4 minutes ago, foxfanazer said: I wish I didn't care so much! Then again if I didn't the title win wouldn't have felt so amazing Same mate. ****ing gutted for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnup Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 Proud of the lads. Brilliant. Heart breaking at the end but loads of positives. @Babylon - James played and was was very good. Hats off mate ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oadby.fox Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 was at the game, big up to vards and maguire, james also played really well which surprised me a bit. i thought mahrez looked like a passenger at times, sell him off to roma and get in someone hungry instead. the subs/tactical changes worked against us tonight, i understand bringing on another defensive player but i would have preferred chilly or king for mahrez to pack out the midfield. we needed to stop them from playing, nacho hasn't had much game time and it was a bit silly to make that change at that time. having said that i was expecting to lose and scoring three goals away is good considering last years goal scoring form! still gutted to see us throw away a point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishOxide Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 8 minutes ago, ronnup said: Proud of the lads. Brilliant. Heart breaking at the end but loads of positives. @Babylon - James played and was was very good. Hats off mate ?? Fair play to you for recognising you were wrong about him. That's what debate is all about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ttfn Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 Yes, we lost the game because of individual mistakes, but you can't just separate the individual errors from the formation that we adopted when Iheanacho came on. At that point we were asking for trouble in a way that we weren't with Okazaki on (stopping threats at source) or in the 4-5-1 (more bodies in and around the box). Also, people saying King wouldn't have made a difference? If there's one thing we're all agreed Andy King can do it's make totally nondescript 5 yard passes to retain possession. That is exactly what we needed today. Loads of positives though - we tried to win the game which is already a big step up from last season, Vardy looked razor sharp and James was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendanmcgovern1988 Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 Considering all the pre season negativity I think we played really well! We knew we were up against it from minute 1 and tbf we competed for long parts without our star man having any influence, that is my only criticism, he should've been off at half time, everyone else was brilliant, their strength in depth showed but i'm more optimistic about chances this season after that, albeit a shit way to lose, that team spirit seems to be there again which is a huge positive, and Matty James had a great game which can only bode well, just hope confidence isn't shattered! Schmeichel also showed how ****ing class he is and how important he is to us....Also Marc Albrighton was quality tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 **** everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM1968 Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 Not many teams going to score 3 at the Emirates. Mind you I doubt many will concede 4. All in all as expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfcdamo Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 So gutted hate arsenal so much we are jinxed at there place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain... Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 My thoughts during the game included: Morgan's having a poor game Mahrez is having a stinker C'mon Shakey make some subs No not that sub Don't just sit back Not that sub either FFS! My overriding feeling after the game is we played really well in patches, but still room for improvement, I don't feel anywhere near as negative as after the Hull game last season, plenty of positives: Vardy Maguire Fuchs Albrighton all looking very good Okazaki Ndidi James Kasper Simpson looked good Mahrez and Morgan were nowhere near their best, but that is the nature of a team game, and Shakespeare didn't manage the game well. Overall it was a good performance and enough positives to think this will be a good season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 Still believe Creg was a poor choice for manager, tactical naivety again on display tonight. Our defence hasn't been improved enough during the summer. Mahrez needs to go while we can still get a tube of Pringles and half a tin of Fanta for him. I find it so sad how he's royally pissing on his legacy. On the upside, it was like being managed by Keegan. If we attack like that all season it'll be entertaining if nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livid Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 Up until the Amartey substitution our game plan was working perfectly. We saw it in away games at the end of last season where Shakespeare was setting us up very negatively away from home, but it wasn't working. It's almost like he couldn't resist going back to that when he brought Amartey on. We surrendered any attacking potency and invited them onto us. The last few years should have provided more than enough evidence about what happens at the Emirates when we do that. I hope he learns from his mistakes because there's no leniency in the PL. I just have a feeling he's not quite got it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendanmcgovern1988 Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 The mistake tonight was keeping mahrez on the pitch, lacazette pulled onto the left wing and caused problems 2nd half, wenger won the game with his subs, shakey didn't lose it with his, we're renound for being a counter attacking team, why would he take our most creative player off winning away from home, thats conceding defeat in itself imo. we were unlucky and wenger's plan b got him out the shit cos we competed until the subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunyip Posted 11 August 2017 Share Posted 11 August 2017 13 hours ago, Livid said: Up until the Amartey substitution our game plan was working perfectly. We saw it in away games at the end of last season where Shakespeare was setting us up very negatively away from home, but it wasn't working. It's almost like he couldn't resist going back to that when he brought Amartey on. We surrendered any attacking potency and invited them onto us. The last few years should have provided more than enough evidence about what happens at the Emirates when we do that. I hope he learns from his mistakes because there's no leniency in the PL. I just have a feeling he's not quite got it yet. If he hasn't got it yet he never will. I'm only a fan and the minute he started making those silly substitutes I knew we would lose the game. How long has he been in the game? how long an assistant manager? It's not just at the Emirates those kinds of stupid mistakes could have been made at any ground against any opposition. He's not up to it and even in the post match interview would not admit it was his fault. He will be awarded the O.B.E by the owners very soon ( out by Easter ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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