Match Ratings : Leicester City 0-2 West Ham United - Vote Now

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[Dickov22]

Hamer 5 Couldnt do anything about the goals

 

Benalouane 3 Not his fault he’s playing at a level way above his capability and out of position also. He’s a car crash. 

 

Morgan 6 Thought Wes had a decent game 

 

Maguire 6 As above but was awful when in midfield. Manager’s fault for playing him out of position. 

 

Fuchs 6 Did ok 

 

Diabate 6 Willing runner, nothing came off for him. I wouldn’t have subbed him off 

 

Iborra 4 Strolled around the pitch like he was playing a pre season training session kickabout. His performance a sad reflection of the lethargy, passiveness, lack of intensity that is now all so familiar when watching our team. 

 

Choudhury 5 Some misplaced passes but wasn’t bad 

 

Mahrez 5 The season can’t end soon enough for him. Showed nothing like the levels we all know he can produce 

 

Silva 6 He didn’t have his best game but he always wanted the ball and didn’t hide like most of the others. Not a number ten. Needs to be in centre mid in the thick of the action 

 

Vardy 5 Showed his frustration at times by tracking back to get the ball and making fouls- basically because he rarely gets the ball anymore. Isolated beyond belief 

 

Dragovic 6 

Iheanacho 4

Gray 4

 

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY TEAM ?

[Steve Earle]

This should be fun!

[NewquayFox]

Dragovic 7 MOTM  by a country mile.

Hamer, Fuchs & Harry 5s as they tried...

the rest 4s except for Benny & Hamza as they get 1s as they shouldn’t be playing in the Premier League just awful...

First time ever for Puel to go as he’s lost the fans and the players can’t be arsed.

West Ham were average- as was the Ref.

Atmosphere in the stadium was one of the worst I’ve sat through and feel sorry for the fans having to watch that rubbish week in week out...

[Alf Bentley]

6: Benalouane, Fuchs, Diabaté, Dragovic + West Ham + Ref

5: Maguire, Vardy

4: Hamer, Morgan, Choudhury, Iborra, Silva, Gray, Iheanacho

3: Mahrez

2: Puel, "Go"  

 

Rated Puel "Go" for first time. Would normally want to give a manager a close season to build his own squad. But a big overhaul is needed, the risk of allowing Puel to do it is too great, based on 3 months of under-performance, and the trajectory is disastrous.

 

- Surprised people are slating Benny; not a great player, but one of our better performers on the day

- Credit to Diabaté, a raw young player, but must be tough when your experienced teammates are doing so little...yet he keeps trying & was about the only one to bother West Ham creatively or as an attacking force

- Hard to rate Vardy as he got zero service & can't be expected to spend his time looking for the ball in midfield

- Hamer got away with it. OK, he made a couple of good saves later, but looked tentative early on and could easily have gifted West Ham a couple of goals

- Mahrez was our best player for several games after he returned from his sulk....but has been one of our worst for several in a row now. Not bothered, it seems....and our decline does seem to date from the whole Mahrez fiasco, even if he cannot be blamed for his teammates' lack of creativity or his manager chopping & changing team selection and formations & failing to inspire vigour in his team.

- I hope Silva and Iborra might still come good next season if we sort our midfield out, give the side some creativity & give them a consistent role...jury out

[Guest]

Hamza and Benny were two of our better players on the day but once the FT horde have made a decision it doesn't matter how you actually play.

 

Would have been better if Mahrez wasn't on the pitch - 1*

 

Morgan, Fuchs, Iborra poor games 4

 

I could be the only one voting for Puel to stay. 1 year minimum.

Edited 8 May 2018 by Guest

[davieG]

I couldn't be arsed just like them but again like them I turned up and gave them all 5s as they're all culpable for a below average performance.

[Outfox the Fox]

1 hour ago, NewquayFox said:

Dragovic 7 MOTM  by a country mile.

Hamer, Fuchs & Harry 5s as they tried...

the rest 4s except for Benny & Hamza as they get 1s as they shouldn’t be playing in the Premier League just awful...

First time ever for Puel to go as he’s lost the fans and the players can’t be arsed.

West Ham were average- as was the Ref.

Atmosphere in the stadium was one of the worst I’ve sat through and feel sorry for the fans having to watch that rubbish week in week out...

Generally agree with that, except the 1's for Benny & Choudhury (they were better than 1 - but not by much), the 4's for Silva (he was our best midfielder) & Vardy (as ever, he always kept trying), the 7 for Dragovic (he was our best player, but not that good) - and Newquay only now thinking Puel has to go!

 

Hamer - 5

Benalouane - 3

Morgan - 4

Maguire - 5

Fuchs - 5

Mahrez - 4

Iborra - 4

Choudhury - 3

Silva - 5

Diabate - 4

Vardy - 5

 

Dragovic - 6 (MotM)

Gray - 4

Iheanacho - 4

 

Puel - 2

 

West Ham & Referee - 5

 

Edited 8 May 2018 by Outfox the Fox

[daddylonglegs]

5 hours ago, Outfox the Fox said:

Generally agree with that, except the 1's for Benny & Choudhury (they were better than 1 - but not by much), the 4's for Silva (he was our best midfielder) & Vardy (as ever, he always kept trying), the 7 for Dragovic (he was our best player, but not that good) - and Newquay only now thinking Puel has to go!

 

Hamer - 5

Benalouane - 3

Morgan - 4

Maguire - 5

Fuchs - 5

Mahrez - 4

Iborra - 4

Choudhury - 3

Silva - 5

Diabate - 4

Vardy - 5

 

Dragovic - 6 (MotM)

Gray - 4

Iheanacho - 4

 

Puel - 2

 

West Ham & Referee - 5

 

 

The referee had one decision to make, got it wrong and you gave him a 5! 

[WigstonWanderer]

Didn’t think Benelouane was that bad personally. People probably judging him on reputation rather than actual performance. Choudhury did Ok but very deep, more of a centre half. 

[Ian Nacho]

47 minutes ago, WigstonWanderer said:

Didn’t think Benelouane was that bad personally. People probably judging him on reputation rather than actual performance. Choudhury did Ok but very deep, more of a centre half. 

Thought Benny was MOTM, didn't take much mind.

[ZeGuy]

5 for Nacho, Benny Diabaté and Dragovic.

3 for Mahrez

4 for the rest

 

Puel 3: lost the plot

 

Aside from the new comers who had a point to prove, the players have been a disgrace on the pitch, with a special mention to Mahrez who might as well not been there.

 

Benny did well for a guy who didn't play since forever and I hope people now get why Chilwell is playing and not Fuchs. The latter has been skinned and outplayed the whole game. Thanks for everything but about time for him to try his luck in the MLS.

 

Puel hooking off Diabaté and Nacho and persisting with Morgan and a disinterested Mahrez drove me nuts. Getting the boot next week anyway.

Edited 9 May 2018 by ZeGuy

[daddylonglegs]

21 minutes ago, Gerbold said:

I think what you mean is that the referee made one decision that you believed was questionable. He made upwards of fifteen or so decisions through the game - at a guess. I gave him a 'Good' rating. Actually, in retrospect, I maybe should have given him 'Very Good'.

Sure, my opinion. In my opinion you should apply the rules of the game. If you think not applying said rules, is 'very good', that's your opinion too. 

[daddylonglegs]

1 minute ago, Gerbold said:

You cannot base a rating of any referee on one non-critical decision. You can carry around that particular 'beef' all you like but it wouldn't have changed the result one little bit. City were p**s poor - as a team.

How is a blatant red card not a critical decision? Although I agree we were and are shocking, I wouldn't say that it definitely wouldn't have changed the result. 

[Alf Bentley]

3 hours ago, Gerbold said:

Like you, I cannot see Puel doing anything with this squad. It's going to take someone tough and determined to sort this lot out.

Mahrez is now a walking jinx on the team. I see, according to the 'Times of London' that Man City are still interested. Soonest out, quickest forgotten - the epitome of an individualist playing a team game. But wouldn't you like to see Silva and Mahrez blended into one (with the positive aspects, of course).

City still have the basis of a good side - if the squad doesn't get ripped apart in the close season. I could see Maguire going - he must be pretty pi**ed off with coming to a team he thought had potential and finding a caucus of mini-managers intent on subverting the supposed boss.

I think, if he's going to go, then it does need to be quick - to persuade those who still have an interest in being at Leicester that things are going to improve.

Diabaté is consistently showing up most of his fellow players - I'd be embarrassed if I wasn't playing 100% with him on the pitch.

And Newcastle apparently don't want Slimani - so there's another problem for the manager (whomsoever that might be) to deal with.

Happy Days!

 

Pretty much agree with that - and I was optimistic about Puel after his first 2-3 months. I could see what he was trying to do - playing more passing football. It wasn't perfect, as some of the players at his disposal didn't suit the system. But it was a promising start.

 

The shift to a negative trajectory absolutely coincided with the Mahrez fiasco, even though he played well in the first few matches after he came back. That might just be coincidence, but it seems unlikely - especially as the same team had mostly been playing well during the previous 2-3 months. During previous months, we'd focused on possession, but possession with a purpose - there was some creativity and penetration, and the players were moving the ball quicker - and moving into space more.

 

Puel has been unlucky with recent injuries and suspensions (or has he? why are we suddenly getting more muscular injuries - and red cards? we've heard complaints about training lacking intensity, and it's clear from the players' demeanor that confidence and morale must be low.....and Claude hasn't found a way to turn that around). But injuries and suspensions don't explain the decline. We were playing crap well before the recent spate of player absences.

 

I agree that, with the right manager and the right recruitment, we still have the basis for a good side. We have a spine: Schmeichel-Maguire-Ndidi-Vardy (I assume Kasper's just had a poorish season but will bounce back).

I just hope we either have a new manager lined up soon or, if the owners are going to entrust the overhaul to Claude, that we make some good early signings. Because, like you, I fear that if our better players don't see a reason for hope, some of them will want out (Maguire, Ndidi, even Vardy). We have other players who could come good in 18-19, mature players unused to the PL (Silva, Iborra), youngsters (Chilwell, Diabaté, Iheanacho - I've given up on Gray) and old hands who can recover form (Schmeichel, Albrighton). Even then, however, we probably need about 4 new first-team starters, plus a similar number of subs/viable replacements....some big decisions for the manager. Get many wrong & we will struggle.

 

Slimani has shown enough to suggest that he can perform for someone - but not us, as he's a bad fit. Unfortunately, his injury record means the owners will probably have to take a big loss to move him on (transfer or loan).

A big couple of months ahead - especially with the World Cup complicating potential transfer dealings....