Stoke post match 1-1

[SecretPro]

53 minutes ago, FIF said:

Mahrez had control of the game here are his stats:

 

Mahrez vs Stoke.

 

98 touches – most on the pitch

8.3% possession – second to Albrighton (Gray 2.9%, Vardy 1.6%)

6 shots – nobody else on the pitch took more than 3

70% - passing – one of the worst (even Gray had 80%, Vardy 83%, James top with 87%)

total passes 53 - 5^th highest, Ndidi top with 64

accurate passes 37 – chilwell had 41, Maguire top 46

key passes 1 – Vardy top with 3, Chilwell 2

Dribbles attempted 5 – top

Dribble success 60% - bottom

dribbled past 2 – second worst

Aerials won 1 – Ndidi top with 9

Aerial won percentage 17% - Morgan top 86%, Diabaté 67%

Tackle success 50% - Chilwell, Vardy, Maguire 100%

Corners 9 – Albrighton next highest with 4

Corner accuracy 44% - I guess those were the short ones to Albrighton

Dispossessed 4 – no other Leicester player more than 1

 

It's nothing to do with me hating on Mahrez, it's that he isn't living upto the hype to many on the board have put on him.

 

I want him to assist and score. I want us to win.

 

This game he was miserable and we threw away 2 points to one of the worst teams in the league.

Who were the other play makers and creators on the pitch that he could have passed too and who would have helped free him up by being marked by three players? Mahrez possession stats mean zilch if he's got the likes of James available to him. You need to look at the CM and CB and RB issues before you start to blame anything on Mahrez. I don't care what anybody says, James is fookin shite, offers nothing. Moment we bring Wes and Simpson in we revert to hoofball, these are the issues. Have a look at points gained and points dropped when Mahrez has been in the team and when he hasn't. Sure, he could have done better today but Vardy was attrocious as was Albrighton on the other side and yet none of those three were the problem today. Crazy talk. 

[Milo]

10 minutes ago, Babylon said:

 

16 minutes ago, Gerbold said:

One good through pass and the rest of the game - anonymous.

Second half yes he was, other than the header, but he was well involved first half and played well for me

 

Baffling 

[lifted*fox]

also, Chilwell proved today that all he can do is run with the ball.

 

not a single pass was weighted properly - often causing it to come up short and not find our attacker / go straight back to the opposition.

 

his headers were wild and never found our players.

 

his crossing was absolutely terrible. 

 

sorry, but he's a pace merchant - everything else in his locker is budget. 

[HighPeakFox]

Some of you are seriously over angry. 

 

It wasn't great, I fully admit, but really, cannot get involved with finger pointing and slagging our players and management off. 

 

I'm perplexed about Silva and Iborra though. I wonder what's going on behind the scenes. 

[coolhandfox]

2 wins in 11..........

 

 

We are getting worse, negative team selections, poor tactics..........

 

[Hammo]

We need to take the game to teams like Stoke when we are at home with pace and intensity, which gets the crowd up and, in turn, drives on the players.

 

In the first half we were so slow and ponderous in everything we did - even taking throw ins took 30 seconds or more!

 

We have a sufficiently good squad and team to get seventh place, but keep playing like this and the season will die a painfully slow death.

 

Other areas of weakness today:

- Woeful crosses

- Getting caught in possession

- Gray in the 'hole' (and Puel keeping him there for an hour when he obviously can't operate there)

 

and what's the issue with Silva, Claude?....

[Sunbury Fox]

We were far from our best but let's be honest 99 times out of 100 we would have won that, given the number of clear chances we had. If we had won 2 or 3-1, as we should have done, the reaction on here would be nowhere near as negative.

 

That said, the team selection was strange. James didn't do anything wrong as such but he is a limited player at this level - very odd that he is getting selected when we have the likes of Silva and Iborra on the bench. And playing Gray in the hole just didn't work and never has. Overall, we repeatedly got into some great positions down the flanks but we just didn't seem to have enough players in the box when crosses came in. 

 

Finally, I can't decide whether our set piece delivery is bad or our lack of threat from them stems from the fact we have so few tall players to attack the ball, compared to most teams. 

[Mike Oxlong]

Highlight for me was when Shaqiri eyeballed Albrighton’s tummy button. 

[Mr Mister]

We were too defensive. We should have attacked and gone for the kill from the 1st minute. 

[lestajigs]

1 hour ago, GingerrrFox said:

**** Danny Simpson off and **** Wes Morgan off.

 

It’s no coincidence since both have been back in the side that we have started going backwards in performance. The perfect example was Wes underhitting a simple 5 yard pass to Riyad that nearly resulted in conceding possession just outside our box and Danny Simpson kept misplacing passes and losing possession. 

 

Both not good enough at all for the style of football we want to play now. Albrighton should be at right back for the rest of the season till we can improve that position in the summer. Dragovic is twice the player Wes Morgan is.

 

What and James performance was acceptable, far worse then them 2 

Edited 24 February 2018 by lestajigs

[chapero82]

5 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said:

We were far from our best but let's be honest 99 times out of 100 we would have won that, given the number of clear chances we had. If we had won 2 or 3-1, as we should have done, the reaction on here would be nowhere near as negative.

 

That said, the team selection was strange. James didn't do anything wrong as such but he is a limited player at this level - very odd that he is getting selected when we have the likes of Silva and Iborra on the bench. And playing Gray in the hole just didn't work and never has. Overall, we repeatedly got into some great positions down the flanks but we just didn't seem to have enough players in the box when crosses came in. 

 

Finally, I can't decide whether our set piece delivery is bad or our lack of threat from them stems from the fact we have so few tall players to attack the ball, compared to most teams. 

Hmm you say 99 times out of a 100 we have won 2 in 11 and the exact same thing happened against Swansea  

[EastAnglianFox]

Cant be arsed to go through every page, but if you are a manager and are playing James ahead of Silva and Iborra at home to Stoke then im sorry but you deserve all the shite you get.

[lestajigs]

We are not gonna do anything with Mattt ****ing janes in midfield!! Championship player at best 

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

2 hours ago, foxes21 said:

We don’t have the players to play Puel’s style of play. It’s going to take a massive overhaul to play the way Puel wants, possibly three transfer windows. 

 

Unfortunately in the premier league, most managers don’t get that long especially if results aren’t going your way. 

If he wants to play Puel's style, perhaps Puel ought to pick the sort of players that can sort of play it! His selections continue to baffle.

[Col city fan]

To be honest, that was the sort of match where an on-form Nigel Pearson side would have just controlled the game and won two nil.

Same under Ranners of course, at least in that first season.

I’m really surprised at a few things: Silva not playing. Amartey has gone awol and loaning out Slim only to lump it up into the box to a diminutive Vardy.

That makes no sense.

[The Doctor]

3 minutes ago, Cadno'r Cymoedd said:

If he wants to play Puel's style, perhaps Puel ought to pick the sort of players that can sort of play it! His selections continue to baffle.

Simpson aside, who couldn't play Puels style? Morgans passing isn't as bad as people make out, James is a tidy player, Chilwell is very attacking and so on. Unlocking packed defences is the issue, not controlling the play and passing it out 

Edited 24 February 2018 by The Doctor

[BACKO]

Puel got it horribly wrong again!  Team selection is just baffling.

James proved again today he does not have the quality to boss a premier league game.

Gray was completely ineffective.

Morgan should not have replaced Drago, his whole game is too sluggish now.

Chilwell just doesnt look comfortable in the defensive third and there is no end product in the attacking third.

 

We were poor today, even our most consistent players Vardy/Mahrez/Ndidi didnt deliver like we expect them too.

 

Time to get Silva, Diabete, Amartey and Drago involved, they deserve it!

 

 

 

[ithuriel]

2 hours ago, cc_star said:

Absolutely nothing on for him while Gray was on, while Albrighton was higher up, while Vardy was easily handled by Zouma

 

Until Butland's og after great Mahrez pass & Albrighton smash, Stoke had one of their easiest games of the season

 

Bizarre starting 11

Lethargic players lacking urgency, yet again.

Bad non-penetrative possession tactics

Gray, Simpson & others are absolute crap

 

Puel should have a lot to answer for and just what does he feed to the players pre-game & at HT, sleeping pills?

Have to agree with a lot of that, a shambolic non performance today 

[l444ry]

James is not as bad as far too many keep ranting but was strange he got in ahead of Iborra and Silva, particularly Silva as he might have given us more going forward against negative opposition. Biggest issue for me is that you won't make much headway when, week in and week out, only 2 of the front 4 ever turn up. Albrighton and Gray do not suit the system and Iheanacho is too often lazy and ineffective. Would like to see Okazaki and Diabate join Riyad behind Vardy.

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

5 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

Simpson aside, who couldn't play Puels style? Morgans passing isn't as bad as people make out, James is a tidy player, Chilwell is very attacking and so on. Unlocking packed defences is the issue, not controlling the play and passing it out 

Well I suspect Iborra and Silva might be a tad more adept at passing and holding onto the ball than many out there today. Simpson was awful any time the ball went near him and Amartey is more comfortable if far from the finished article. Dragovic is better with ball than Morgan. 

[HankMarvin]

7 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

To be honest, that was the sort of match where an on-form Nigel Pearson side would have just controlled the game and won two nil.

Same under Ranners of course, at least in that first season.

I’m really surprised at a few things: Silva not playing. Amartey has gone awol and loaning out Slim only to lump it up into the box to a diminutive Vardy.

That makes no sense.

[The Doctor]

1 minute ago, Cadno'r Cymoedd said:

Well I suspect Iborra and Silva might be a tad more adept at passing and holding onto the ball than many out there today. Simpson was awful any time the ball went near him and Amartey is more comfortable if far from the finished article. Dragovic is better with ball than Morgan. 

Iborra and Silva no doubt fit that style of play, but they're not being kept out by people who don't. Aside from Simpson, whose attempts to move forward are painful to watch, it's not players who can't pass, it's that we're reliant on one player to unpick a packed defence. 

[Monsell1976]

54 minutes ago, kingfox said:

Let's all blame the likes of Morgan, Chilwell and James for "not being good enough".

 

If anyone's to blame then it's our wingers and our striker. Mahrez, Gray, Albrighton and Vardy were diabolical today, giving the ball away, putting in terrible crosses, not creating enough. 

 

It was the same against Sheffield United, the same against Swansea, we get the ball in good areas yet our final ball always lets us down, our attacking play has been so wasteful recently and it's starting to become a major problem.

 

We are too reliant on Vardy, we are too reliant on Mahrez, Gray has done fvck all recently, Diabate has promise but right now he's not fully ready, Albrighton will give 100% but his crossing especially today was shocking at times, Iheanacho only scores in cup games.

 

We miss Shinji and I still don't get why we let both of our target men leave.

 A lot of blame has to be directed at the manager, poor selection and poor negative tactics.

 

Morgan and Simpson coming back in is a disgrace, and unfair on amartey and dragovic, but that’s  not their fault, they did ok but we know they are limited players, and tend to hoof, which is how stoke wanted us to play and it made it all too easy for them to defend.

 

 Agree with your comments about the attacking players, albrighton was especially awful, gray a waste of time, mahrez tried, and vardy didn’t look interested, as probably got fed up of the poor service.

 

 Kasper contributed to the poor display, conceded possession so many times with his shocking distribution, most kicks long straight to them, or out of play.

 

 James, he shouldn’t be blamed, we know what he offers, and he’s not going to say “boss don’t pick me”, but he’s not mobile enough, and is a plodder, doing the simple ok, without offering a great deal to the team, which is where it gets unfair on him, as fans get frustrated at his limitations, as we know we have better on the bench, so the manager is responsible.

 

One or two can be pleased with their performance today, but the majority it wasn’t good enough, and when there is better quality sitting and watching, the manager needs to wake up, as some of these are either not good enough, or have let him down, and 2 wins in 11, he needs to change his mentality, and change what is clearly not working, as we look very disjointed at times.

Edited 24 February 2018 by Monsell1976

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

2 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

Iborra and Silva no doubt fit that style of play, but they're not being kept out by people who don't. Aside from Simpson, whose attempts to move forward are painful to watch, it's not players who can't pass, it's that we're reliant on one player to unpick a packed defence. 

Who's keeping Iborra and Silva out then? Apart from Puel?

[The Doctor]

Just now, Cadno'r Cymoedd said:

Who's keeping Iborra and Silva out then? Apart from Puel?

James and Ndidi... You know - the ones playing ahead of them?