Babylon Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 2 hours ago, Dames said: He’s not helped himself in the past few months with some of his tactical decisions and choices. Anything in particular you didn't like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dames Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 23 minutes ago, Babylon said: Anything in particular you didn't like? Yeah the fact we’ve not had a settled starting 11 all season. Every game theres several changes. When it looks like we have the chance to kick on and build some momentum theres a raft of changes and the team looks berift of ideas and confidence. Brighton away was a prime example with starting with Okazaki up front and Iborra in the middle with Mendy.. That was a winnable game but he set up for damage control from the start. Whilst Morgan has improved lately he was struggling earlier in the season but was still starting ahead of arguably better options at the time. Its the inconsistency of his decisions really. They would actually be solved by some consistency and maybe we wouldnt be so boring to watch and we’d be winning more games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrington fox Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 So, do we know yet who are ruled out through injury ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Hero Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 If Nacho starts I fancy him to bag, although he needs a run in his side. Looked genuinely sharp at times he’s had that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BraunstoneFox23 Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 We really should be beating these, shouldn't we? Taking the CR factor out of the equation we'd be favourites, so I'm inclined to think we'll see this through. 0-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanan96 Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 22 minutes ago, Dames said: Yeah the fact we’ve not had a settled starting 11 all season. Every game theres several changes. When it looks like we have the chance to kick on and build some momentum theres a raft of changes and the team looks berift of ideas and confidence. Brighton away was a prime example with starting with Okazaki up front and Iborra in the middle with Mendy.. That was a winnable game but he set up for damage control from the start. Whilst Morgan has improved lately he was struggling earlier in the season but was still starting ahead of arguably better options at the time. Its the inconsistency of his decisions really. They would actually be solved by some consistency and maybe we wouldnt be so boring to watch and we’d be winning more games. It's more because of circumstances rather than we don't have settled xi. Brighton games was just 4 day priors Southampton which is normal to do some rotation in iborra for ndidi, ndidi plays with high workrate and energy, plays 3 match in 7 day might worn him off Okazaki start because vardy isn't fit enough for 90. We can't force him for sure. Morgan start also due to circumstances. We have evans started early season against wolves, right after he's able to play after injury, as well when morgan is fit. He's look very rusty, while soyuncu still struggle with adaptation. When evans are fully fit, maguire got injured. Morgan have to start for a while unfortunately. There's 2 times we have unchanged xi this season. And the other time, even we didn't have unchanged sides, most of our player are same. The one get replaced is due to circumstances like above. Kasper, ricardo, chilwel, mendy, ndidi, gray, madison, and vardy are part of our settled xi. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Countryfox Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 Vardy in, win ... Vardy out, doubt. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxed Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 49 minutes ago, Countryfox said: Vardy in, win ... Vardy out, doubt. In, out, in, out sharky's all about. Y'play 'arry maguire an y'concede a goal, that's what it's alll abbbouuut... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ealingfox Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachhere Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 6 minutes ago, ealingfox said: ? Indeed...very strange thing to post if he isn't going to play... Think we can be confident he is at least on the bench in that case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 1 minute ago, rachhere said: Indeed...very strange thing to post if he isn't going to play... Think we can be confident he is at least on the bench in that case. Often used to be the case that the player selected to do the Lcfc video pre game stuff on the Friday unexpectedly wasn’t in the team Saturday ...... I’m glad that for once we are trying to be quieter about our player availability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 1 hour ago, Dames said: Yeah the fact we’ve not had a settled starting 11 all season. Every game theres several changes. When it looks like we have the chance to kick on and build some momentum theres a raft of changes and the team looks berift of ideas and confidence. Brighton away was a prime example with starting with Okazaki up front and Iborra in the middle with Mendy.. That was a winnable game but he set up for damage control from the start. Whilst Morgan has improved lately he was struggling earlier in the season but was still starting ahead of arguably better options at the time. Its the inconsistency of his decisions really. They would actually be solved by some consistency and maybe we wouldnt be so boring to watch and we’d be winning more games. We've had new players to try and fit into the team, it's always going to lead to a mixed line up for some time as players get upto speed, or he tries others. He's clearly staring to settle on a favoured team at the moment. Vardy had trained for one day and Nacho wouldn't have got back until Training Thursday at the very earliest for Brighton, as Nigeria were playing in Africa on the Tuesday night. To me it's just something else to moan about and people are ignoring the circumstances around Okazaki having to play. Iborra is a more creative option than N'didi as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UPinCarolina Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 1 hour ago, Countryfox said: Vardy in, win ... Vardy out, doubt. Feel the same, sadly. If he's on the bench I'm confident, but I think we may need him more at the weekend then we do right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xen Posted 5 December 2018 Popular Post Share Posted 5 December 2018 1 hour ago, Dames said: Yeah the fact we’ve not had a settled starting 11 all season. Every game theres several changes. When it looks like we have the chance to kick on and build some momentum theres a raft of changes and the team looks berift of ideas and confidence. Brighton away was a prime example with starting with Okazaki up front and Iborra in the middle with Mendy.. That was a winnable game but he set up for damage control from the start. Whilst Morgan has improved lately he was struggling earlier in the season but was still starting ahead of arguably better options at the time. Its the inconsistency of his decisions really. They would actually be solved by some consistency and maybe we wouldnt be so boring to watch and we’d be winning more games. We haven't had a settled 11 for, amongst other reasons: Vardy/Maguire lack of fitness following WC Soyuncu injured at start of season, plus the language barrier making it hard for him to settle Evans' niggling injuries Morgan's suspension (#1) Vardy's suspension (3 games) Gray's injury Morgan's suspension (#2) Amartey's injury Maguire's injury The helicopter incident, with some players travelling to Thailand, and some not in the right mental state to perform certain roles Maddison's suspension Iborra's injury Vardy's injury/injuries Player's fitness after international fixtures And that doesn't include altering things to suit the opponents, changing formation/style as we adapt to a new, younger squad, training injuries and poor form that we haven't heard about, etc. We also have to manage players expectations and pitch time to get the most out of them - Silva, Gray, Ghezzal, Iheanacho for instance. Managing a squad is all about making those changes and trying to maintain a balance and momentum. Puel's had an incredibly hard job so far this season with all of the above coming at inopportune moments, and yet we're sat on the cusp of 6th place and have shown that, when we click, we're capable of playing very, very good football. Give it time, let Puel bring in the next few pieces of the jigsaw in January, and with a bit more luck w.r.t. players' availability we'll start to see a more settled XI 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanefox Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 Can’t get my head round the point people are trying to make about the team changes, we’ve either had suspensions or inuries stopping us from doing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 Up the City. A result would make our position in the table look great and be much needed with the games coming up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoareyaaa Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 Big performance needed tonight, 3 points are there for the taking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leamington Fox Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 On 01/12/2018 at 22:14, murphy said: Yeah, me too, but if we do that, I really hope the fans sing for Puel too. A couple of big chants for Ranieri, but nothing more. Would be disrespectful to Puel to chant for Claudio throughout the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brucey Posted 5 December 2018 Popular Post Share Posted 5 December 2018 Just now, Leamington Fox said: A couple of big chants for Ranieri, but nothing more. Would be disrespectful to Puel to chant for Claudio throughout the game. A couple? We better not be chanting for Ranieri at all during the game... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwl fox Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 8 minutes ago, brucey said: A couple? We better not be chanting for Ranieri at all during the game... Not until we're 3-0 up at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucey Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 2 minutes ago, nwl fox said: Not until we're 3-0 up at least The last time we were 3-0 up and chanted for Ranieri, we conceded within 60 seconds... Not for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yks Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 48 minutes ago, lanefox said: Can’t get my head round the point people are trying to make about the team changes, we’ve either had suspensions or inuries stopping us from doing it Exactly, this thing about a settled eleven might be one the most stupid thing I read on this forum. Even without talking about injuries or suspension, ofc you have to sometimes rotate players due to tiredness, weeks with 3 games or simply to keep the substitues (and the usual starters) involved and motivated. That has nothing to do with "the coach has no idea whose are his best players". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsItMuzzy Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 first time he's posted one of these in a while - could be starting or at least on bench? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc sheff Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 2 minutes ago, IsItMuzzy said: first time he's posted one of these in a while - could be starting or at least on bench? Bench definitely, Ghezzal is still out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester Dontlie Posted 5 December 2018 Share Posted 5 December 2018 We should leave Ranieri chants to Fulham supporters, he's their manager now. Ranners or not, this should be a win. Fulham 0 - 2 LCFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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