Lack of creativity under Puel

[Guest Col city fan]

8 minutes ago, kingfox said:

We are crying out for a forward thinking central midfielder that's for sure; Mendy has proved though this season that he is by far our best passer of the ball. 

 

I've said that our central midfielders are far too slow on the ball; however I wouldn't put the blame entirely on them for not being creative enough. As I posted above stats prove we get in the right areas, our biggest threat comes from wide areas, always has done tbf, we just don't create enough on goal because our players don't commit themselves, we have no target man, we have nobody who breaks into the box from midfield, you get the ball into the box and it's just Vardy in there against three defenders, the likes of Maddison and the wingers stay outside the box anticipating the ball being cleared. 

 

Look at us in recent years, we always had that Plan B to rely on whether it was Slimani, Ulloa you can go even further back to the likes of Chris Wood and Steve Howard   we don't have that anymore.

I agree with this.

[siraaj_lcfc]

3 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

Mendy has been better than probably most of us thought he’d be tbf.

The problem however is clear. Mendy and Wilf are too similar. They are both destroyers. Both quick and nippy and good tacklers. Silva has been nothing other than rubbish really and Iborra is in the arse end of his career.

We need a midfield maestro. I’m not talking about Maddison cos he plays the Muzzy Izzett role and that’s fine. But Izzett was backed up by the likes of Garry Parker.. one of the best players I’ve seen in a city shirt for being able to spray the ball about.

This side needs another Parker type. Someone who is just skilful in the centre to dictate the play. Drinkwater did it but only when backed up by Kante. 

The shame is I thought this player would be Adrien Silva. But he’s been about as much use as a nun’s knockers!

I don’t think we can’t score goals but the supply remains naff to our forward players. This needs looking at imo.

I dont mind Iborra, me. I personally think he provides a different dimension and he is a good aerial threat that has scored occasionally when he plays.Scratch that. IF he plays.

[yks]

There is only one issue in our club :

Some supporters think we are a very good team.
We're not.
We will always struggle to create chances, to score, to defend, to have long run of good form.

Anyway we are comfortably midtable with a lot of space to improve, if it isn't good enough for you, there is nothing that can reasonably be done.

[fuchsntf]

2 hours ago, Col city fan said:

Mendy has been better than probably most of us thought he’d be tbf.

The problem however is clear. Mendy and Wilf are too similar. They are both destroyers. Both quick and nippy and good tacklers. Silva has been nothing other than rubbish really and Iborra is in the arse end of his career.

We need a midfield maestro. I’m not talking about Maddison cos he plays the Muzzy Izzett role and that’s fine. But Izzett was backed up by the likes of Garry Parker.. one of the best players I’ve seen in a city shirt for being able to spray the ball about.

This side needs another Parker type. Someone who is just skilful in the centre to dictate the play. Drinkwater did it but only when backed up by Kante. 

The shame is I thought this player would be Adrien Silva. But he’s been about as much use as a nun’s knockers!

I don’t think we can’t score goals but the supply remains naff to our forward players. This needs looking at imo.

Totally agree, great point on Garry Parker..if we could find a modern equivilant,he'd help Maddison,and get us IMO chasing 5th,but more importantly

We would see better and smoother performances...

Mind you,having a go at a Nun's knockers,could get Silva on track....and rekindle his vocation...and the Nuns..

[chapero82]

27 minutes ago, yks said:

There is only one issue in our club :

Some supporters think we are a very good team.
We're not.
We will always struggle to create chances, to score, to defend, to have long run of good form.

Anyway we are comfortably midtable with a lot of space to improve, if it isn't good enough for you, there is nothing that can reasonably be done.

you expect better when you spend 100 million though to be honest!

[HighPeakFox]

2 minutes ago, chapero82 said:

you expect better when you spend 100 million though to be honest!

That is a very fair point....but it is worth comparing that spending with Man City, Man Utd et al, whose sustained spending and infrastructures dwarf ours.

[Babylon]

3 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

One man's crap is another man's average. I stand by my statement, crap. Theres just a lot of crap in the PL and it's not as good as it's made out to be, the money being wasted since the increase in TV revenue is frightening. I know it's a knock on effect but as a league, even the elite clubs haven't been at the same level as the best in Europe for a number of years. Are we seeing that shift again now Pep is here and Liverpool made great strides too? 

 

 

Well the league table and all the stats say we are average, so my opinion is based on fact really. 

 

Perhaps if the league is as shit as you think, you should consider there is more to it than it just being Puel's fault if literally everyone is shit. Expecting us to be beyond everyone else and buck a league wide trend is just crazy.

[chapero82]

Just now, HighPeakFox said:

That is a very fair point....but it is worth comparing that spending with Man City, Man Utd et al, whose sustained spending and infrastructures dwarf ours.

we aren't trying to compete with Man City though mate I just expect more than one shot in the first half 

[yks]

6 minutes ago, chapero82 said:

you expect better when you spend 100 million though to be honest!

Not really, 100 Millions isn't really much this years and it's divided between 6 players, including one who was loaned and 3 substitutes.

[NaijaFox]

34 minutes ago, yks said:

There is only one issue in our club :

Some supporters think we are a very good team.
We're not.
We will always struggle to create chances, to score, to defend, to have long run of good form.

Anyway we are comfortably midtable with a lot of space to improve, if it isn't good enough for you, there is nothing that can reasonably be done.

Some supporters want us to be a very good team, which should not be an issue...

[OhYesNdidi]

7 minutes ago, chapero82 said:

you expect better when you spend 100 million though to be honest!

It’s probably closer to £20-£25m considering the players we’ve sold 

[HighPeakFox]

Just now, chapero82 said:

we aren't trying to compete with Man City though mate I just expect more than one shot in the first half 

Yes I know....of course it was disappointing. I think some expectations (not yours, just generally) are that we should somehow be that good. Prices are bonkers, and £100m, although silly money, is more indicative of an absurd market rather than a value we can relate to sensibly.

[BenTheFox]

I don't think there's been a Leicester manager who I have such mixed feelings about. I love that he's maintained faith in younger players and that he's got us keeping the ball much better. However, we are very frustrating to watch. We seem very easy to set up against and we do seem to make average sides look far better than they are. However things can change even under the same manager. About a year ago Borussia Mönchengladbach were mid-table under Hecking and a lot of their fans were really frustrated with him. Now they're in 2nd place, playing some nice stuff and looking like they might be genuine challenges. Sometimes it just takes a few things to fall into place. Can I see things changing drastically for us? Not at this current moment in all honesty.

 

Having said all of this, we are where our squad is. We should in theory be content, but I do recognise that it all feels odd at the minute. 

[yks]

1 minute ago, NaijaFox said:

Some supporters want us to be a very good team, which should not be an issue...

The issue is the constant atmosphere of negativity and putting the players and coach under pressure with constant criticism.
Complaining on a forum never improved anything at any club ever.

[HighPeakFox]

I quite like it that our defence can knock it about calmly - I think it's the knowledge/fear that it might preface the ball never reaching the danger areas and under our control that exacerbates the frustration for some.

[SpacedX]

9 hours ago, Father Ted said:

I remember the Pearson days where the first 10 minutes were all out guns blazing attack, now it's let the opposition score first. No buzz anymore.

For much of our first season in the Premiership your memory is completely fallacious. From late March - May 2015, absolutely. 

[Nalis]

I said it after the Man U game and I'll say it again now - we are basically Swansea 2013.

[winteriscoming]

We do lack creativity especially in midfield. It would be the same whoever was in charge. Take maddison for example looks good for a half then unoticable in second when sides change their system. I don't see the point of playing both ndidi and mendy when at home to sides like burnley. But then who do you bring to add creativity? No one stands out. I'll admit puel does make mistakes but what managers don't. We are a mid table side with a decent manager. Not the best manager in the League but certainly not the worse. 

[Mike Oxlong]

I’m often surprised at how few clear cut chances most teams create when the stats are made available. 

 

Think some expect  real football to be like a game of FIFA. 

 

 

[Foxaholic ME]

34 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

That is a very fair point....but it is worth comparing that spending with Man City, Man Utd et al, whose sustained spending and infrastructures dwarf ours.

 

40 minutes ago, chapero82 said:

you expect better when you spend 100 million though to be honest!

 

32 minutes ago, OhYesNdidi said:

It’s probably closer to £20-£25m considering the players we’ve sold 

Agreed whilst wasting money we got a lot in £35 for Drinkwater and same for Kante one a miracle the other a steal  thats  covered a lot of the outlay and then £60million for Mustaq  surely our spending is well below average

[Max Wall]

2 minutes ago, Foxaholic ME said:

 

 

Agreed whilst wasting money we got a lot in £35 for Drinkwater and same for Kante one a miracle the other a steal  thats  covered a lot of the outlay and then £60million for Mustaq  surely our spending is well below average

The cricketer?

[Ric Flair]

1 hour ago, chapero82 said:

you expect better when you spend 100 million though to be honest!

Yeah, 15th biggest wage bill in Europe but we daren't get upset by under achievement.

[Mr Mister]

The problem is Puel's dull, defensive tactics. It has killed any creative, attacking ability that the team had.

[OhYesNdidi]

7 minutes ago, Mr Mister said:

The problem is Puel's dull, defensive tactics. It has killed any creative, attacking ability that the team had.

That’s bs imo, we were worse before he came in and in fairness Mahrez carried us October- jan in 17/18 season which pretty much kept us up. 

[sdb]

7 hours ago, kingfox said:

 

It's not like we're not getting in the right areas, Chilwell is amongst the top ten for the most crosses this season, Albrighton just outside that bracket. 

 

Our creation comes from wide areas, stats prove it. As it was made mention of the other week we don't have a target man, we don't have a plan B, a target man would thrive on the amount of crosses we get into the box. 

 

We get in the right areas but don't create enough chances on goal because our players don't commit themselves, we aren't going to get anywhere when we are crossing the ball into one player with three defenders on him.

 

I think the stat is misleading. It makes us sound like we’re a creative juggernaut when actually we just play side to side and eventually throw it into the box where Vardy is being outnumbered 5-1. There’s no intricate or purposeful play centrally and we totally waste Vardy’s best attribute, which is stupid even if we are trying to broaden our skill set long term. 

 

Ultimately im bored out my mind watching us. Surely the manager can loosen the shackles a little bit?!