Mark Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 14 hours ago, AlloverthefloorYesNdidi said: Demarai Gray actually did something good today, was involved in the build up that led to our goal. Did more than Chilwell did around the box with half the pitch time. He performs much better on the right, like Albrighton performs much better on the left. But for some reason, 99% of the time under Puel they play on the other sides. Even last night not long after the goal Gray had moved back over to the left again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox 4 Life Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 Simply put he is being played out of position. He is best as a no.10 behind Vardy. He needs to be central to be most effective yet Puel continues to play him out wide. I watched alot of him at Norwich as have family involved with the club and everything went through him centrally, I can't understand why Puel does not play to people's strengths. This kid is special believe me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riot Van Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 Not sure how to feel about him tbh. You don't play how he did in his first PL game against Man U if there wasn't a great player in there but he's been distinctly average for some time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanchflower78 Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 Watching Brooks for Bournemouth who is having another fine game. Similar players but Brooks plays much higher up the pitch and links well. Sure Maddison will pick up his form but agree with posters, he needs to be allowed to play centrally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mint23 Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 We’rd Not playing to his strengths, he needs to play either more central at the top of a midfield 3 or in the whole as a number 10 but with better ball playing footballers in the middle behind him. Our problem is the obsession with playing both Wilf and Mendy every week and they just don’t move the ball quick enough. If we can find Maddison earlier when he still has a bit of space he’ll be a real asset. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claridge Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 Bit of a prima Donna , loves a bit of play acting/diving.Legend in his own mirror 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 59 minutes ago, Fox 4 Life said: Simply put he is being played out of position. He is best as a no.10 behind Vardy. He needs to be central to be most effective yet Puel continues to play him out wide. I watched alot of him at Norwich as have family involved with the club and everything went through him centrally, I can't understand why Puel does not play to people's strengths. This kid is special believe me. Yer, but don't worry, Puel knows what he is doing. It's all part of his long term plan you know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 Yes his Instagram posts are rubbish and he's a pretty boy he does these stupid handshakes, but it's his first season in the Prem, in a new team, with new surroundings and he's only young, add in the fact he's our main source of creativity, and the lad deserves some slack and also some credit for his performances this year. He does need to bulk up abit though and be a bit braver. His set pieces seem to have gone backwards as well, needs to really work on them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nettle Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 He'll never succeed here whilst playing under Puel and his shight tactics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 His corners are pretty awful. How is it Maguire can be such a threat for England but we can't hit him for shit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebfromgrebland Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 There's a lot of bias here. Yesterday Madison set up Maguire for a free header directly from a corner which Maguire fluffed. The real issue is that we're not taking enough of our chances we create enough to win most games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brucey Posted 13 January 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 13 January 2019 It seems a poor result can affect perceptions tremendously. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VLC86 Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 56 minutes ago, brucey said: It seems a poor result can affect perceptions tremendously. What the **** is that stat? We didn’t have 8 actual chances yesterday so how has he created that many? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don_danbury Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 obviously a BS stat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Oxlong Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 Does it mean he floated in eight corners ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 2 hours ago, Fox 4 Life said: Simply put he is being played out of position. He is best as a no.10 behind Vardy. He needs to be central to be most effective yet Puel continues to play him out wide. I watched alot of him at Norwich as have family involved with the club and everything went through him centrally, I can't understand why Puel does not play to people's strengths. This kid is special believe me. Being played out of position doesn’t affect your inability to take a corner or free kick. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesta Legend Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 Stat seems fine, 23 shots yesterday.... We have good young players, would love to see them given a positive licence to express themselves going forward. One can hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 4 hours ago, Lesta Legend said: Stat seems fine, 23 shots yesterday.... We have good young players, would love to see them given a positive licence to express themselves going forward. One can hope 23 shots, what the fcuk? Barely any of them were clear cut chances. This is why stats can be shown to be a load of bollocks. Maddison's corners and free kicks were a disgrace yesterday and there were two tame headers from Maguire that wouldn't have gone in even if my Nan was in goal, who snuffed in 9 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SecretPro Posted 13 January 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 13 January 2019 I'll post again then..... People really not got anything better to do than slate a young kid who's our second top goal scorer and number 1 in assists whilst being played out of position and in a style that doesn't suit him? Jesus, there's plenty of things to moan about this season, Maddison isn't one. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilbertFrog Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 Needs time 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inckley fox Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 He's got potential. I wouldn't slate him for our lack of success from corners because we frequently field only 2-3 players over 6ft. 44 crosses went in yesterday and we met 6 of them, and not all of that was because the crosses were awful, or Vardy was awful for failing to outjump the CBs. We lack presence in the box in those situations. Puel was premature in likening him to Hoddle, and the England call-up didn't help either because he's not done enough for that. And it's worth us reminding ourselves that his pedigree before joining us wasn't far off Barnes' pedigree now, in that he'd had a good year in the second tier and little more. That doesn't mean he won't become a great player, but it reminds us how quickly the media jump on the bandwagon when there's a new young creative English player on the scene. I'd be critical of his selfishness - too many attacks end with his long range shots or darting runs into dead end streets. He doesn't do a great deal of the 'dirty work' in closing players down, or competing for and winning second balls, but some of that may be the manager telling him to conserve his energy. And we often struggle physically in games when we play him alongside other less workmanlike attacking players (Gray, for instance. And neither would I be fooled by the fact that they looked decent together in the second half yesterday, because Soton dug in so deep that any creative player was going to get opportunities. Albrighton would have looked decent too over 45 mins where non-stop crossing was the order of the day). Overall, I'd take the view that he's a work in progress who should be far from one of the first names on the team sheet. He needs game time, but if he's up against Albrighton (as poor as he was yesterday, he's had a good couple of months), Barnes and possibly Pereira, or if we're going to regularly limit ourselves to two AMs, then he'll have a fight on for his place. And that might be a good thing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volpeazzurro Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 8 hours ago, Fox 4 Life said: Simply put he is being played out of position. He is best as a no.10 behind Vardy. He needs to be central to be most effective yet Puel continues to play him out wide. I watched alot of him at Norwich as have family involved with the club and everything went through him centrally, I can't understand why Puel does not play to people's strengths. This kid is special believe me. He is special but still finding his feet, he's still quite lightweight fairly easy to push off the ball but most of the time he hasn't been played out wide, in fact sometimes you can see Puel waving him forward as he comes too deep and sometimes is positionally nieve. He at times is outsmarted by better defenders, it's a big step up from the Championship and his fitness too wasn't up to it when he first came. All this is entirely understandable as he's learning his trade. He's a brilliant young talent we're lucky to have. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Toddybad Posted 13 January 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 13 January 2019 Honestly. The more I read of our 'fans'' views, the more I question whether it's worth following football any more. Young lad. First season in prem. During his first five months in the prem the club has seen a huge tragedy. At the same time the manager is under huge pressure and his teammates are struggling. Undoubted quality. Takes ownership on the pitch. Picked for England squad. Fans moaning. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy harry Posted 14 January 2019 Share Posted 14 January 2019 Was bound to happen from the very moment we decided not to sign another playmaker. Obviously a player in there but we cant rely on a 21 year old to consistently provide chances in his first season in the prem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rachhere Posted 14 January 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 14 January 2019 Just seen on social media that the little girl Sophie that he has been supporting has relapsed and is seriously ill. I know this isn't about football, but its bound to affect him this week. Back to talking about the football anyhow... Slightly baffled about how anyone could criticise him to be honest. Can you imagine where we would be in the table without him? 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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