Southampton pre match

[foxesfan98]

Jakupovic

 

Simpson

Dragovic

Maguire

Chilwell

 

Ndidi

Silva

 

Mahrez

Iheanacho

Diabate

 

Vardy

[Bob Weasel Fox]

Jakupovic 

Simpson

Maguire

Dragovic

Fuchs

Mahrez

Ndidi

Silva

Chilwell

Iheanacho

Vardy

SUBS

Hamer

Morgan

Choudhury

Gray

Diabate

Albrighton

Barnes

[Spudulike]

Southampton did a number on us in this fixture last season (0-0).

 

Set up perfectly to stop our counter-attacking when we were still very good at it. Van Dijk had Vardy in his pocket. Very impressive.

 

Claude Puel was their manager.

[Blanchflower78]

This game either sends them down or gives them a platform and momentum to stay up. Should not finish 0-0 at least! 

[Lionheart10]

Can't see anything other than a Southampton win,we've got nothing to play for and they are scrapping for survival.

[worthosoriginals]

2 minutes ago, Lionheart10 said:

Can't see anything other than a Southampton win,we've got nothing to play for and they are scrapping for survival.

beaten before kick off eh?

that's the spirit.

[gurru991]

Puel will definitely want to win this one & I think we will see a good performance from City & a win for us

[Bob Weasel Fox]

9 hours ago, gurru991 said:

Puel will definitely want to win this one & I think we will see a good performance from City & a win for us

I hope you are right  

[gw_leics772]

On 14/04/2018 at 18:32, RowlattsFox said:

If we’re not going to play Dragovic then Sam Hughes should get a go. Why not? Johnson at right back too. 

 

Last chance for Southampton, regardless of the cup semi they will be all out for this and I can’t see us having the same motivation. 

I'd be up for this re darnell.

 

Talk him into signing his contract with some promises of progression.

 

If a stellar right back then becomes available and pushes him back down the pecking order after he's signed, tough. Harsh but in our best interests. Nothing personal. It's business.

 

This would be a very good move business wise but would need the "If he loses this he might as well not turn up" brigade to wind their collective necks in.

 

I want to see progression for the long term. This is not do or die, it's a dead rubber at the arse end of a reasonable season. 8th or 12th are both nowhere to me and not involved in relegation so if WE could take a longer term view it might be helpful.

[AjcW]

Has the potential to be the exact reverse of when we played them at the end of the survival season and destroyed them

They had nothing and we had everything to play for.

 

Hope i'm wrong though! 

[Bert]

People talking about Johnson at right back, it's not gonna happen. If anything it's more likely to be Knight. But again that's unlikely too. 

 

Can see us sticking three past these. They're not good. Haven't been good all season. But because they've got something to play for they're gonna come and spank us? Nah. 

[Harry - LCFC]

In the context of this season, pretty unimportant. But for Puel and next season this could be more influential than than you might think. A poor finish to the season could easily see him leave the club.

[rachhere]

Surely we can't go from slaughtering them at their place, to losing at ours... 

[FoxinNotts]

Jakupovic 

 

Simpson

Maguire

Dragovic

Fuchs

 

Ndidi

Silva

 

Mahrez

Iheanacho

Gray

 

Vardy

[kingfox]

If he doesn't start Dragovic tomorrow, I might just have to brick his car.

[WoodyFox]

As long as Chilwell doesn't play we should win.

[rachhere]

1 minute ago, kingfox said:

If he doesn't start Dragovic tomorrow, I might just have to brick his car.

I feel like that would be justified

 

[Russell sprout]

15 hours ago, Lionheart10 said:

We've got nothing to play for and they are scrapping for survival.

8th place and extra prize money to invest in next season

[sylofox]

15 hours ago, Blanchflower78 said:

This game either sends them down or gives them a platform and momentum to stay up. Should not finish 0-0 at least! 

Can you explain how this game can send them down.

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

16 hours ago, Spudulike said:

Southampton did a number on us in this fixture last season (0-0).

 

Set up perfectly to stop our counter-attacking when we were still very good at it. Van Dijk had Vardy in his pocket. Very impressive.

 

Claude Puel was their manager.

And it was the most boring game I watched all season.

[gw_leics772]

On 14/04/2018 at 19:36, lcfcsnow said:

Iheanacho has started to look capable in the number 10 role away, some really nice assists after coming on. I have doubts whether he could impact a game starting in that role though, especially at home.

I agree that he is improving. Would like to see him given a run in that position to the end of the season now to find out once and for all. (Or at least go some way to finding out)

 

I think so far this season we have pretty much seen what doesn't work. Or at least consistently.

[Beechey]

Amartey has been training, so there's a slim chance he might make the team.

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

Draw I reckon, they're not very good and we're not arsed.

 

Actually scrap that, can't see us scoring more than one the way we're taking our chances at the moment and they've scored twice in the last two games against decent opposition and our already poor defence will be even worse with Hamer.

 

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[Tuna]

It'll be the same as Bournemouth, Stoke...we'll play ponderous possession football, have no shot on target and 88% possession. They'll score and we'll get an 82nd minute equalizer from Vardy after we start to play on the 79th minute. Boos at the final whistle. Meltdown in the post match thread.

[coolhandfox]

3 minutes ago, Tuna said:

It'll be the same as Bournemouth, Stoke...we'll play ponderous possession football, have no shot on target and 88% possession. They'll score and we'll get an 82nd minute equalizer from Vardy after we start to play on the 79th minute. Boos at the final whistle. Meltdown in the post match thread.

 Sounds about right!