Cardiff Pre Match

[justfoxes]

Really hoping CP starts with the same 11 hoping exhaustion doesn’t take its toll on any?

CP needs to put out a strong 11 to show our intention go for the jugular from the kick off, really hoping we can keep the momentum going with this one and get the  3 points from this game of which we should be beating Cardiff !

 

I’m going for a 3-0 but if we do click I can see this one being a higher score !!

COME ON VICHAI’S BLUE FOXES ARMY !

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[lcfcsnow]

1 minute ago, justfoxes said:

Really hoping CP starts with the same 11

A midfield trio of Choudhury Ndidi and Mendy is far too negative against Cardiff, he has make a change there.

[Stevosevic]

There will be changes. 

 

I imagine Gray will come in

[MPH]

5 minutes ago, lcfcsnow said:

A midfield trio of Choudhury Ndidi and Mendy is far too negative against Cardiff, he has make a change there.

 

 

i think if Hamza and mendy use their energy to press a bit more and our front 3 harras their defense it could still work. either way 4-3-3 seems to work well... i’d only change a winning team out of necessity. 

[whoareyaaa]

Probably bring fuschs in for Chilwell (looked tired) and maybe rest Nididi for Silva/Ghezzal

 

Keep the 4-3-3

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[HighPeakFox]

Just now, MPH said:

 

 

i think if Hamza and mendy use their energy to press a bit more and our front 3 harras their defense it could still work. either way 4-3-3 seems to work well... i’d only change a winning team out of necessity. 

I hear you.

[MPH]

3 minutes ago, Stevosevic said:

There will be changes. 

 

I imagine Gray will come in

 

 

if Vardy needs resting i’d really like him to go with Okazaki for the first half at least...

[yks]

Some players have played 3 * 90 minutes in 8 days, there will be, I think, a heavy rotation.

I think Iborra, Gray and Soyuncu/Evans will start the game, maybe even Ghezzal, Iheanacho, Simpson, Fuchs and people will be mad at Puel for that.
We might also "go back" to 4-2-3-1 (even if we played in that system for more than one hour today) and people will be mad at Puel for that.
I also think we'll struggle against a team sitting back for 90 minutes and might not win and people will be mad at Puel for that.

Or maybe we will crush them with the exact same team as today with 3 defensive CM and people will be mad at Puel for that because he didn't align this team before. (even from people thinking we shouldn't have played with two CM as defensive as Ndidi and Mendy before...)

Anyway, I'm not sure about anything except one thing.

Edited 26 December 2018 by yks

[baldeagle]

Cardiff will sit with 10 men behind the ball . We will need to change out formation 

[Dames]

Confidence is high and if no-one is injured then don’t change a winning team, just give them more licence to attack.

 

A raft of changes and a poor performance could leave us back at square one. For once i’d like to see the team under Puel push on and not waste an opportunity.

[Clarkey123]

Please please please if we rest Vardy put Okazaki in not iheanacho

[Trav Le Bleu]

In some ways it's a must win to properly silence any doubters.

 

Not saying Puel will be sacked if he loses, but the regular Puel Out massive will be in full voice. Having said that, I think we could go on a ten game winning streak and the first game we lose, they'd be chiming up.

[ozvaldo]

A few changes to keep it fresh.

 

4-3-3

 

Kasper

Ricardo Harry Evans Chilly

Hamza Iborra Mendy

Gray Vardy Maddison 

[Dorchester Fox]

Those moaning about how playing Mendy, N’Didi and Hamza in a midfield three would be too defensive were clearly not watching the tactical changes today.. 

 

There was impressive fluidity - with tactical nous today. 

 

You’re all too fixed in obvious formations. 

[Dames]

2 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

In some ways it's a must win to properly silence any doubters.

 

Not saying Puel will be sacked if he loses, but the regular Puel Out massive will be in full voice. Having said that, I think we could go on a ten game winning streak and the first game we lose, they'd be chiming up.

I agree with it being a must win in the sense that it could be a massive opportunity to kick on as it would eliminate any creeping doubts about the last 2 results being ‘freak’ results.

 

If its a poor result and a poor performance it would make things worse than previously as it would be a big crash from the highs we’ve just had. 

[Nalis]

Watch us lose this 0-1 ffs 

[Collymore]

Shinji = 0 goal threat but excellent work rate.

 

Nacho = 0 goal threat and 0 work rate. 

 

Shinji is the lesser of two evils but we need to address the striker situation as a priority in January. 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

1 minute ago, Nalis said:

Watch us lose this 0-1 ffs 

With a goal that deflects in off Lee Peltier's left arse cheek.

[jayfox26]

Beat Chelsea, beat Man City so anyone with any sense will put their mortgage on us losing! Its the Leicester way unfortunately. 

 

 Even making a few changes, We should beat these though. They work hard, like you'd expect a Neil Warnock team to do, but they do lack any real quality.

 

I think the team will be picked on fitness rather than quality/lack of quality of the opposition. The last 2 games will have taken alot out of the players so changes may be needed and fans need to understand and accept that Puel will do what is best for the team and the players when he picks the team. Too many changes could lose our momentum but 2-3 changes wouldn't have too much of an effect. We just need to ensure at least one of Ricardo or Maddison start as they are our main creative threats. 

[lgfualol]

Probs need a couple changes

 

Schmeichel

Richardo Evans Maguire Fuchs

Choudhury Ndidi Iborra (big man for set pieces)

Albrighton Vardy Maddison

[TheLittleBigMan]

I've heard these guys are welsh. Could be fake news. 

[Nick]

4 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

In some ways it's a must win to properly silence any doubters.

 

Not saying Puel will be sacked if he loses, but the regular Puel Out massive will be in full voice. Having said that, I think we could go on a ten game winning streak and the first game we lose, they'd be chiming up.

I have to be honest Trav it’s really difficult listening to the descriptions of ‘Puel out people’, ‘people who hate Puel’ etc...

 

Its not black and white / them and us.

 

I’ve never had a problem with the man, I’ve had a problem over the last 12 months with the footballing product inclusive of set up and selection. If he can start setting the team up in a fashion which gets performances out of players, win or lose I’ll be okay - I just struggle to watch or get behind 80% of the football we’ve played over the past 12 months.

 

This week demonstrated we are capable of great performances. Let’s be honest - it’s taken a bit of time. I’d like to see that flexibility in set up, hunger, movement, creativity and passing continue. If it doesn’t he will end up losing his job at some point for the same reasons he did at Southampton, rightly or wrongly.

 

My main concern has always been that we will lose key personnel if Puel persists in playing a brand of football that doesn’t allow them to meet their personal ambitions, develop and play to their strengths. Today we saw some real passion, effort and determination to get to the ball first...

 

Something has changed - there’s obviously some movement behind the scenes but I’ll embrace any change that results in performances like this. 

 

Not everybody that called for his head lacks patience, dislikes the man, resents giving youth a chance, or doesn’t understand that we have to transition into a team that can play on the front foot and not just counter attack, or that Vardy can’t be played full time on the shoulder of the opposition...

 

Puel has done some great stuff, bought a couple of gems and has had some good results and the opposite can be said of all those things too. 

 

I think the key in all this is attempting to be moderate when we write - balanced.

 

All people that vote one way or another do so for a host of reasons and shouldn’t be all lumped together as one entity and have a set of beliefs attributed to them like a label.

[StriderHiryu]

Be patient, get behind the lads and make the same atmosphere as today!

 

This will be a totally different game with us seeing plenty of the ball. I actually hope he starts with the same 11 but given how many games we've played and how tiring these two will have been you wouldn't be surprised at all if he rotate heavily. Possibly even Nacho being left out completely today means he will start this game.

 

I just hope we show the same attacking intent. In recent games, we've put some really nice moves together!

[TheLittleBigMan]

1 minute ago, Swan Lesta said:

If he can start setting the team up in a fashion

 

He has, he just needs to sort the goal celebrations. Fu*k me they are dog sh*t.

[TheLittleBigMan]

6 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

Be patient, get behind the lads and make the same atmosphere as today!

Bit like christmas. Everyone's nice for a day then we all go back to being dicks for the rest of the year.