Huddersfield H post match thread 3-1

[Foxxed]

Started to doubt Puel after the selection and start but you can't argue with the result.

[lifted*fox]

Just now, That_Dude said:

That will shut up the moaners foer a couple of days.

 

it won't

[yks]

1 minute ago, That_Dude said:

That will shut up the moaners foer a couple of days.

If only.

[KingsX]

1 minute ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

A game we should win and did win. Still not convinced with us overall somehow. This team is really confusing me atm

 

I'd say that's because this can't be said to be a "mediocre" side.

 

What's good is really good, and what's bad remains poor.

 

So lots of ammunition for both sides of the Puel argument to keep fighting.

[UPinCarolina]

1 minute ago, Marutimon said:

Maddison, Iheanacho superb

Ndidi, Vardy, Chilwell, Maguire good

Surprisingly strong shift by Amartey - defensively much better than Ricardo and his recovery rate was immense.

Gray the best I've seen him play, but still no end product.

 

This may not be a popular opinion but Mendy was terrible IMHO.

If by Mendy you mean Ndidi (not that I’m happy about it)

[whoareyaaa]

Can't really grumble at the points tally so far, glad he changed it today and played 2 strikers and its paid off in the end.

 

we still need to stop conceding the first goal it gives us a mountain to climb

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

And we are still above Wolveselona despite being clearly inferior. 

Edited 22 September 2018 by Cadno'r Cymoedd

[justfoxes]

Scrappy first half a better team would have hit us hard but a much better solid second half performance, Maddison is quality and will only get better Chilwell is getting better week in week out well done lads a good result for us and CP but will it be enough to save his job who knows ?

Edited 22 September 2018 by justfoxes

[BKLFox]

3 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Lowest we can end up in the table this weekend is 9th depending on the Arsenal v Everton result tomorrow

Yep up 2 places at the very least what’s not to like.

just going to check now on how Rafa the Gaffa is getting on with his amazing style of football.

[Marutimon]

1 minute ago, UPinCarolina said:

If by Mendy you mean Ndidi (not that I’m happy about it)

Ndidi did tremendously today (6 tackles, several of them were really key). Mendy was the weak link. 

[coolhandfox]

I doubt we will see a poor team at the KP, solid enough win.

 

Great finish by Vardy, also showed great leadership.

 

Maddison continues to grow in the PL.

 

Nice to have a rightback who understands his first job is to defend.

 

Look much better when we play with a quicker tempo.

 

Still very loose at the back, gave away the ball in poor areas. 

[st albans fox]

Looked unbalanced, especially first half 

 

not often a 3-1 win feels a bit meh .....

 

anyway, onwards and upwards ......

[vanity]

3 minutes ago, FIF said:

Game we should win, we won.

 

Story of the season so far.

 

Iheanacho was great

 

Maddison and Vardy very good

 

Mendy, Amartey  and Chilwell good.

 

Puel made the changes and we won.

It was odd listening to people say Puel never makes good changes last week. Seems last week was the exception, and he actually tends to make very clever, effective changes as a rule. Today was no exception, and it is a large part of how we wind up playing better 2h than 1h.

[lifted*fox]

1 minute ago, justfoxes said:

Scrappy first half a better team would have hit us hard but a much better solid second half performance, Maddison is quality and will only get better Chilwell is getting better week in week out well done lads a good result for us and CP but will it be enough to save his job who knows ?

 

his job isn't in question though

[davelcfc100]

The game was made a poor watch at times by the extremely negative approach from Huddersfield but nothing too much to complain about, we did what we needed to do. Glad Maddison, Vardy, and Nacho all linked well and hopefully we see more of Nacho now.

[foxfanazer]

We’ve got Maddison and Vardy. Nothing else matters really 

[Ecdysiast]

Missed 1st half - second half strong all-round.

Mendy, Maddison, Vardy superb

Armatey, Chilwell, Evans, Iheanacho all very good

Maguire - solid - not at his best but 300% better than last week

Gray - positive - but ineffective

 

Great to see Shinji's smile!

 

[trabuch]

We / I needed that. Maddison looks superb. Brilliant 1st touch and one of the better free kicks I have seen from Leicester. Combine that with a great counter attack for our opener and a bit of vintage Vardy - and I am a happy man (regardless of the opposition)

 

Edit - yes and Shinji's smile!

Edited 22 September 2018 by trabuch

[Beechey]

6 minutes ago, Pete from the USA said:

Two goals on couterattacks and one on a set piece. So much for possession football. 

Who cares? Puel has always said he wanted to allow us to play fluidly with the ball as well as be able to counter. If we have the ball it limits the chances the opposition can make.

[TeaMen Tom]

1 minute ago, Marutimon said:

This may not be a popular opinion but Mendy was terrible IMHO.

Mendy didn't push forward at all - seemed to me to be playing the same role as Ndidi which doesn't make a lot of sense considering the opponent.  I thought he was OK save for a couple of giveaways.  

[Brooksy]

Decent win. Defence is wank though

 

Quality journalism from the BBC 

 

'Second-half goals from James Maddison and Jamie Vardy saw Leicester end a run of three consecutive defeats and claim only their second win of the Premier League season.'

[Larry_LCFC]

Pathetic start. We were awful. Much better second half helped by Huddersfield playing a stupidly high line.

Just goes to show why Vardy shouldn't play alone. I really do like Okazaki aswell, think he offers something very different to the team.

We have GOT to work on being more direct in our attacking. This sideways football when there are clear passes going forward needs to be stopped.

 

[Marutimon]

4 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Nice to have a rightback who understands his first job is to defend.

No more Ricardo at right back. He's a good winger, but he sucks as a right back. Amartey was immense in his role, even if he doesn't offer much up front.

[Goober]

Happy with that. Heard we’ve got the youngest squad in the league today so it’s no wonder we can look naive at times. 

 

Huddersfield weren’t great but they make you work for the points. I was seeing people say shit like ‘anything less than a comfortable 3-0 is crap’. People like that need to **** off.

 

Good win despite look dodgy at times. Buzzing with 3 points again. Overall a big well done to Claude and the boys, good response after last week especially after going behind early.

Edited 22 September 2018 by Goober

[Vacamion]

8 minutes ago, Foxxed said:

 

Very modern team this one.

 

“There’s only one way to beat them, get round the back...”