davieG Posted 12 August 2018 Share Posted 12 August 2018 19 minutes ago, Line-X said: City v Burnley (66-67) on Classic MOTD right now BT Sport. 5-1 Definitely would have been at that game but remember none of it. Some of my still all time favourite players there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey54 Posted 12 August 2018 Share Posted 12 August 2018 21 minutes ago, Line-X said: City v Burnley (66-67) on Classic MOTD right now BT Sport. I was there - imagine some of today’s superstars playing on that pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey54 Posted 12 August 2018 Share Posted 12 August 2018 2 minutes ago, davieG said: 5-1 Definitely would have been at that game but remember none of it. Some of my still all time favourite players there. Gibbo, Roberts & Sinclair. 3 great Scottish imports 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 12 August 2018 Share Posted 12 August 2018 Just now, mikey54 said: I was there - imagine some of today’s superstars playing on that pitch The Burnley player dragging himself off the pitch injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 12 August 2018 Share Posted 12 August 2018 3 minutes ago, mikey54 said: Gibbo, Roberts & Sinclair. 3 great Scottish imports Even Dougan considering the short time he was with us, so much character as well as his football. Missed the 1st 2 goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey54 Posted 12 August 2018 Share Posted 12 August 2018 2 minutes ago, davieG said: Even Dougan considering the short time he was with us, so much character as well as his football. Missed the 1st 2 goals I’ll never forget the club selling him and Banks for peanuts, imagine the FT meltdown? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 12 August 2018 Author Share Posted 12 August 2018 (edited) On 10/08/2018 at 10:11, Koke said: Totally Football Show is vastly superior. I quite like some of the guests who cone the Guardian podcast but Glendenning is the most unbearable human being. Big fan of Totally but was really annoyed with their season preview and the Wolves fans going into bias overdrive. Some of Totally’s guests can be very weak. Michael Cox and Glendinning’s Twitter spats over the summer were fun. Edited 12 August 2018 by Cardiff_Fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post urban.spaceman Posted 12 August 2018 Popular Post Share Posted 12 August 2018 Young and vibrant Leicester City finally look interesting under Claude Puel TIFO FOOTBALL Leicester City can take great heart from what they produced at Old Trafford on Friday night. They lost, they also conceded two relatively soft goals, but there was enough within their performance to believe that Claude Puel is capable of becoming more than just the manager who followed Claudio Ranieri and Craig Shakespeare. The first impression is that they’ve bought quite well. Rachid Ghezzal has clearly been recruited to do his best impression of Riyad Mahrez and, to be fair, it looks more than passable. Ricardo Pereira appears an astute signing too and, even just on the evidence of one game, looks to be a far more rounded and dynamic player than Danny Simpson. But most intriguing of all is James Maddison. Those who noticed him at Coventry and Norwich will know of his technique and understand completely why Leicester were willing to part with so much money, but – gifted though he has always obviously been – there’s never any knowing how a player will adjust to Premier League life or if he’ll be inhibited by his transfer fee. But within Friday night lay great assurance: Maddison carried himself extremely well. It will likely be some time before the full range of his influence is apparent, but he acts like he belongs at this level. He struts and swaggers around the pitch and, while body language is really just pseudo-science, it does give an indication into a player’s self-belief. If that’s to believed, Maddison is bubbling with conviction. Good for Leicester, perhaps in the long run also good for England. In other encouraging news for the national team, Demarai Gray’s contribution was intriguing. One could easily make the argument that, until this point, Gray has been one of the great under-developed talents in the league and, while his selection owed something to Marc Albrighton not being fully-fit, he took his chance well. He perhaps wasn’t as decisive as he’s capable of being, too often recycling the ball rather than really using it, but those slashing runs in-field carry a great threat and they also marry nicely with Ben Chilwell’s overlappings runs on the outside. It’s an interesting combination, one which has been used for England’s U21 side before, and there’s certainly some chemistry there. Most of all though, Leicester looked well coached. They’re certainly rusty and not quite properly conditioned, as with every other side at this time of year, but the way they kept possession (54%) and used it to apply meaningful pressure (they out-shot Manchester United 13-8 and really could have won that game) suggested that they’re ready to migrate away from their recover-and-counter style and develop a less restricting identity. The constructed opportunities this evening, they didn’t just take what they were given – and, ultimately, not many teams pen United back in their own half for long periods at Old Trafford. Leicester did. Jose Mourinho came away with the win, but his side were made to look quite ordinary and, at times, really vulnerable too. It was encouraging. It was still ultimately a loss and zero points, but the fabric of the defeat suggested that Leicester will be interesting – and, more importantly, likely to mature as the season develops. Vardy we know is a very good player, so too Harry Maguire, Adrien Silva and Kasper Schmeichel. But these flecks of developing talent (Maddison, Ndidi, Gray, Chilwell) are potentially fascinating and, on this evidence, this is a dangerous side in the making. https://www.tifofootball.com/features/young-and-vibrant-leicester-city-finally-look-interesting-under-claude-puel/ 19 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 12 August 2018 Author Share Posted 12 August 2018 That xG score ! When you compare it to the performance at Old Trafford the previous season....hang on for dear life and hope to get a point. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koke Posted 12 August 2018 Share Posted 12 August 2018 Heard a few guys in the media (Richard Keys latest) say that this current City side have become too "nice". For the best part of 25 years we have been known to play robust in-your-face football, whereas now we will dominate possession and basically look like a Poundland Arsenal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 12 August 2018 Share Posted 12 August 2018 8 minutes ago, Koke said: Heard a few guys in the media (Richard Keys latest) say that this current City side have become too "nice". For the best part of 25 years we have been known to play robust in-your-face football, whereas now we will dominate possession and basically look like a Poundland Arsenal. With the refereeing crackdown on in your face football it's inevitable, even the mildest tackles, a touch of a players back as they go leaping forwards earns a free kick. It's fast becoming non-touch so keeping possession and forcing the opposition to make the tackles puts you in a better position. Of course it helps if you've got players that can retain the ball under pressure and release it and the right moment to a team mate. Rough house football is no more, it is dead, deceased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 12 August 2018 Share Posted 12 August 2018 I quite like Ian Wright but he's suggested that Spurs should have gone in for Mahrez this summer. Ian, they couldn't even afford Jack ****ing Grealish! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 12 August 2018 Share Posted 12 August 2018 Pt 2? So we know that FT threads have a limit of 798 pages. That'll come in handy next transfer window. "Don't tempt me Frodo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie1999 Posted 12 August 2018 Share Posted 12 August 2018 The do they mean us = are they talking about us = We are paranoid = we are a little club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 12 August 2018 Share Posted 12 August 2018 24 minutes ago, Koke said: Heard a few guys in the media (Richard Keys latest) say that this current City side have become too "nice". For the best part of 25 years we have been known to play robust in-your-face football, whereas now we will dominate possession and basically look like a Poundland Arsenal. They did say that but I don't really agree with them. Look at Vardy's tackle to setup Gray, and Ndidi can mix it with the rest of them. Hardly soft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoshhFox Posted 12 August 2018 Share Posted 12 August 2018 4 hours ago, urban.spaceman said: Pt 2? So we know that FT threads have a limit of 798 pages. That'll come in handy next transfer window. "Don't tempt me Frodo" “Name this Leicester team” thread is on 1700 pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 12 August 2018 Share Posted 12 August 2018 25 minutes ago, PoshhFox said: “Name this Leicester team” thread is on 1700 pages WTF? MERGE THE THREADS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwichfox Posted 13 August 2018 Share Posted 13 August 2018 19 hours ago, davieG said: Thanks Davie Gibson with a lob Often get one myself watching Davie play.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime_Coatsworth Posted 13 August 2018 Share Posted 13 August 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, Koke said: Heard a few guys in the media (Richard Keys latest) say that this current City side have become too "nice". For the best part of 25 years we have been known to play robust in-your-face football, whereas now we will dominate possession and basically look like a Poundland Arsenal. That’s hilarious given Arsenal now looks like a Poundland Arsenal! Id love to finish above them. Again. Edited 13 August 2018 by Sublime_Coatsworth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 13 August 2018 Share Posted 13 August 2018 It's brilliant the view pundits seem to have of us after they've done a bit of research on what we're about and what we're trying to get to. It then becomes obvious which pundits are simply recycling stuff from the previous few years. Those who still label us a one dimensional, counter attacking team are lacklustre and it then becomes apparent of have much the top 6 are loved by the press Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 13 August 2018 Share Posted 13 August 2018 14 hours ago, Koke said: Heard a few guys in the media (Richard Keys latest) say that this current City side have become too "nice". For the best part of 25 years we have been known to play robust in-your-face football, whereas now we will dominate possession and basically look like a Poundland Arsenal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 14 August 2018 Share Posted 14 August 2018 Former Celtic man says Leicester City fans 'need to get realistic' He says another ninth-placed finish in the Premier League should suffice ByRichard Cusack 09:05, 14 AUG 2018 Chris Sutton says Leicester City fans should be happy with another mid-table finish in the Premier League. The Foxes finished ninth last season, and ex-Celtic striker Sutton says a similar result this season should be welcomed. City got their 2018/19 Premier League campaign off to a losing start on Friday night , going down 2-1 to Manchester United at Old Trafford. Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, he said : "Leicester fans need to get realistic, don't they? "I think if Leicester finish ninth in the Premier League, that's good. "I know people will say Leicester won the Premier League, and that's fair enough. "But I think ninth is good for Leicester." https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-celtic-fans-realistic-1894530 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil jack Posted 14 August 2018 Share Posted 14 August 2018 "I know people will say Leicester won the Premier League, and that's fair enough." Has he finally accepted it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychonaut Posted 14 August 2018 Share Posted 14 August 2018 5 minutes ago, evil jack said: "I know people will say Leicester won the Premier League, and that's fair enough." Has he finally accepted it? 16 minutes ago, davieG said: "But I think ninth is good for Leicester." Clearly not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ealingfox Posted 14 August 2018 Share Posted 14 August 2018 Gripping journalism that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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