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[Nigel Graham Pearson]

Benny was the least of our worries today (which is really saying something about the situation we’re in). 

[foxinsox]

20 minutes ago, Raj said:

Funny how so many players are "injured" all of a sudden. We were renowned for having a great success at keeping players fit and healthy. Call me  sceptical....

Some have been injured on field, so are kosher. Perhaps something wrong in training and preparation, but not phoning in a sickie. 

Edited 5 May 2018 by foxinsox

[foxinsox]

24 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

No one was motm 

 

hamza was little boy lost against their physical midfield 

 

diabate not much different

 

benny was Benny - he was clearly told not to go forward 

 

Iborra not nearly fit enough to play

 

silva very much out of his comfort zone first half 

 

mahrez struggling to get involved 

 

vardy starved 

 

no shape and no direction.  It is frustrating - we did need to get control middle first half but as we kept possssion (seemed aimlessly but it’s important to make them run about sometimes) the crowd become restless and in the end we just lumped it back to them. if only we had shown more intent in recent games, the players would be indulged a bit by the crowd to play keep ball more. 

 

Anyway, it’s quite clear that whilst they are trying, they aren’t clear what they are supposed to be doing

 

havent read the thread but assume we are clear that their first goal was a foul on Fuchs and this ref who sent off wilf for nothing at Brighton failed to dismiss their right back for denying vardy a clear goal scoring opportunity?? 

I agree, but best of a poor bunch. Fuchs OK too. Drago good when he came on. Diabate best of a pisspoor midfield. Vardy feeding off scraps. 

 

So Benny best of a bad lot of starters. 

[Ricey]

28 minutes ago, Raj said:

Funny how so many players are "injured" all of a sudden. We were renowned for having a great success at keeping players fit and healthy. Call me  sceptical....

This had crossed my mind. No sign of Simpson or Okazaki today and Chilwell was in th car park whilst the lap of honour was going on.

[Suzie the Fox]

2 hours ago, Dr The Singh said:

The only positive for me is that Stoke got relagated

and Spurs lost to West Brom  

[Raj]

And hands up if it was YOU who decided after having a few too many points and too much sun,that they would run onto the field of play and get a nice few years ban!!!!

[reynard]

Puel reached his nadir for me today. I don't care about injuries that was a team set up with no idea how to play, no idea how to attack, not much idea how to defend and clearly sent out there with little motivation or desire to win or play for this manager. His half time sustitution and moving Maguire to central midfield was at best confusing and got us nowhere. The sign of a desperate manager completely out of his depth and totally and utterly clueless.

If he's the manager next season we will be relegated. Doesn't matter how much money we spend he just hasn't got what it takes. I realise English is not his first language but he can't communicate properly.

Simply a disastrous appointment. Almost better to have no manager at all than Puel at the moment.

As to the players frankly shameful.

Our young players simply don't look anywhere near ready either. Massive summer ahead probaly need to clear out 10 players and start over almost completely again. However, a new manger with a positive outlook might work. Under Puel every single player except Vardy has regressed. he hasn't improved a single player.

Time for him to be sacked, now, not at the end of the season.

Rudkin must take some of the blame. He's in charge of football matters for which finding a management team is a big part. He's failed at that along with failing on the recruitment side as well. he should resign,but then I don't expect he'd think he should, in which case he should be fired immediately.

[st albans fox]

10 minutes ago, reynard said:

Puel reached his nadir for me today. I don't care about injuries that was a team set up with no idea how to play, no idea how to attack, not much idea how to defend and clearly sent out there with little motivation or desire to win or play for this manager. His half time sustitution and moving Maguire to central midfield was at best confusing and got us nowhere. The sign of a desperate manager completely out of his depth and totally and utterly clueless.

If he's the manager next season we will be relegated.

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Iborra couldn’t continue - what options did he really have if he wanted to retain the shape (though that was surely questionable) 

Edited 5 May 2018 by st albans fox

[hackenbacker]

4 hours ago, UPinCarolina said:

I still believe, rightly I think, that sacking Puel won't fix a damn thing. The rot is deeper.

I agree  ....  the problem is though those people who are responsible for appointing and sacking the manager are also one of the main problems  with this club  but even so they are not going to sack themselves  instead they are going to sack the manager and the next one that comes in will  still have the same woeful hierarchy to deal with.

 

we need a fan revolution   and we need it now!

[Mike Oxlong]

You know it’s a shit-arse day when the biggest effort on the pitch is from the pitch invader trying to escape the stewards. 

[Corky]

Complete waste of time. Didn't feel angry, annoyed, livid- just resigned to the usual crap served up at home.

 

Everything was missing today and the only slight positive was Diabate who was then taken off for a totally ineffective Gray which summed the whole thing up.

 

But at least we get to do it all again on Wednesday

 

[CarbonVirtine]

3 hours ago, FIF said:

and didn't take the completely ineffective and untrying Mahrez off.

We're told Mahrez can 'make things happen'. I'd always assumed that meant on the pitch but now I'm not so sure.

 

Mentally, he's still in airport waiting rooms.

[jammie82uk]

52 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Iborra couldn’t continue - what options did he really have if he wanted to retain the shape (though that was surely questionable) 

 

Harvey Barnes was on the bench 

[Sunbury Fox]

4 hours ago, funkyrobot said:

Think you’re being generous to choudhury. For me he positions himself behind the full backs and closer to Morgan, a safe place where he can wall pass for eternity. 

Totally agree with this. I've never seen a midfielder play so deep. He's basically a third centre back and less good on the ball than Harry and Dragovic.

 

Today reminded me of a game in MON's first season with us. We were beaten 2-0 at home by Sheffield United in the Championship and we were utter rank, like today.  Everyone wanted MON out afterwards but that game proved to be a turning point, after which we went on a run to get promoted and the rest is history.

 

Somehow, I don't see the same happening with Puel. At the start of this bad run I think we had some seriously bad luck but now we're just awful. Today me and my 2 boys did a 230 mile round trip to see that. Totally depressing. We never leave early but today was an exception. I thought the Newcastle and Palace games were bad but that first half today was truly appalling. Change is needed and now. 

 

Edited 5 May 2018 by Sunbury Fox

[Mark]

54 minutes ago, jammie82uk said:

Harvey Barnes was on the bench 

I thought the same, was a good opportunity but on come Gray and Iheanacho later in the game to do what they normally do

[Sunbury Fox]

2 hours ago, st albans fox said:

No one was motm 

 

hamza was little boy lost against their physical midfield 

 

diabate not much different

 

benny was Benny - he was clearly told not to go forward 

 

Iborra not nearly fit enough to play

 

silva very much out of his comfort zone first half 

 

mahrez struggling to get involved 

 

vardy starved 

 

no shape and no direction.  It is frustrating - we did need to get control middle first half but as we kept possssion (seemed aimlessly but it’s important to make them run about sometimes) the crowd become restless and in the end we just lumped it back to them. if only we had shown more intent in recent games, the players would be indulged a bit by the crowd to play keep ball more. 

 

Anyway, it’s quite clear that whilst they are trying, they aren’t clear what they are supposed to be doing

 

havent read the thread but assume we are clear that their first goal was a foul on Fuchs and this ref who sent off wilf for nothing at Brighton failed to dismiss their right back for denying vardy a clear goal scoring opportunity?? 

I thought it was just me?! Was absolutely a foul on Fuchs and how that was not a red card is just ridiculous. Not saying we'd have won if either decision had gone our way, such was our ineptitude, but the officials were shocking today. 

[Arriba Los Zorros]

What a horrible manager he is. If he stays, we won't win at home all of next season. Piss off back to France Claude, we don't want you in Leicester

[Callabinho]

In all seriousness Wednesday will be border line criminal..... As will Tottenham... I genuinely fear a premier league record scoreline in one of those two games.....

[boosmanana]

Pathetic lack of effort from most of the players. Aimless, spineless and inept.

Puel set the team up like an idiot and made daft substitutions too. Now firmly of the belief that we won't get any better until he's gone.

Cresswell should have been sent off. 

Why start Silva out of position? Why move Maguire into midfield rather than Silva?

Why not play Dragovic when Morgan is clearly finished as a premiership player?

Why swing aimless crosses in constantly to nobody?

Why can't professional footballers make a simple 5 yard pass to someone's feet? 

400 mile round trip every home game to watch a distinct lack of effort and lack of a plan is getting more and more tedious by the game.

 

 

[funkyrobot]

3 hours ago, Ricey said:

This had crossed my mind. No sign of Simpson or Okazaki today and Chilwell was in th car park whilst the lap of honour was going on.

Simpson did part of the birch thing (walking for a bit with James and Albrighton.)

[fazzyfox]

The amount of times I shouted "who wants it" (a minger in the row in front smiled and put her hand up), "help him out", "give him an option" and when defending "go to him". If we could see it surely Puel could, so what did he do about it? Did the players ignore his instructions during the game? To read all the rallying cry stuff in the programme and then see that - no one brave enough to want the responsibility of having the ball, no one prepared to help out their mate, no longer in the trenches together, lazy buck passers, hoping someone else does what needs doing. £45 to watch a training session of sideways passing again. Was hoping for something competitive but the shape failed along with the attitudes and we didn't get near them. In recent times we let things happen to us - that was not a decent Premier League side that beat us today we just offered nothing to hurt them or contain them.

[daddylonglegs]

If Puel goes means that Rudkin & whoever else is in charge of recruiting and coaching these players goes then I’m all in. If it doesn’t then Puel may as well be the one to lead us into League 1

[JohnLennon]

For what it's worth i'm sorry for Puel, i'll be the first to say we should get Benitez

[urban.spaceman]

10 hours ago, Paddy. said:

Please can we never, ever use the term 'Wet Spam' ever again?

 

Almost as painful as the match itself.

 

[Ted Maul]

Still can't believe he took Diabate off.