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Stoke/Rotherham Matches Thread

By urban.spaceman, in Leicester City Forum

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mozartfox

mozartfox

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1 hour ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

 

What about Rotherham’s first goal?

Er ...was he the only one playing in defense??  All his fault?? I do not think so.

FoxFossil

FoxFossil

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3 minutes ago, mozartfox said:

Er ...was he the only one playing in defense??  All his fault?? I do not think so.

Does seem to go to ground early, which he did for first goal, and we've seen before I think.  Maybe this is something that can be coached out.

LCFC FOX

LCFC FOX

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2 hours ago, LC/FC said:

So I take it we did the "woooaaaahh you're shit ahhhh" chant without understanding that he's ours? 

 Yep every goal kick, and they weren’t the only chants at him either lol 

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Babylon

Babylon

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9 hours ago, HighPeakFox said:

4 years, I believe.

Two at most! I’m sure his shorter than usual contract for an expensive signing is totally down to them knowing as soon as you get to two years left on a contract, a bit more power shifts back to the player,  because clubs will think more carefully about doing a deal and  it letting it get down to one year left, which can open a can of worms.

Babylon

Babylon

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10 hours ago, UPinCarolina said:

Tielemans isn’t long for us.

It’s been said to death but having him is so important. It was a relatively quiet day for him, but the fact we have him and Maddison now if ones having a quiet game the other seems to step up. When it was just Maddison it was far too easy to stunt our creativity.

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ithuriel

ithuriel

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Was a decent day if very wet yesterday, only really annoying thing was on the way back to Leicester some silly blonde swerving all over the road, stuffing her face whilst driving at speed.

First time I'd been to the Bet365, was a lot smaller than I thought it would be.

Thought we were decent if only playing at what seemed 75% and with a pokey referee, though it was funny when he collided with the Stoke player.

reynard

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A very decent pre-season so far. However, to make top6 I feel we are a striker and top quality winger away from this. Still too dependent upon Vardy for my liking.

HighPeakFox

HighPeakFox

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2 hours ago, Babylon said:

Two at most! I’m sure his shorter than usual contract for an expensive signing is totally down to them knowing as soon as you get to two years left on a contract, a bit more power shifts back to the player,  because clubs will think more carefully about doing a deal and  it letting it get down to one year left, which can open a can of worms.

I know, I was just countering the absurd gloom of someone already resigned to his sale, when he's only just joined permanently.

Raw Dykes

Raw Dykes

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31 minutes ago, reynard said:

A very decent pre-season so far. However, to make top6 I feel we are a striker and top quality winger away from this. Still too dependent upon Vardy for my liking.

I'm not sure if we do need another winger. I think Perez will prove to be a piece of the jigsaw that has been missing. I think this season could be huge for Barnes. I think he could become a very valuable player for us soon. Albrighton has looked more dangerous this pre-season. There's also the option of playing JJ at RB and playing Ricardo on the wing, as well. I think Rodgers will get more out of each player than Puel would have.

 

Re: strikers. Tough one. If Vardy stays injury-free, no-one else will get a look-in. Now we've also got Perez who can step in. I know Iheanacho has been mostly rubbish for us so far, and I'm sure most people have written him off, but he's improving currently. Looks fitter and sharper, and more confident. In the unlikely event that both Vardy and Perez are both unavailable, and providing the crowd stay off his back, I believe KI could still come good. Again, it's yet to be seen whether Rodgers can get Kelechi playing effectively for us.

 

We'd find it tough to bring in a decent striker who's happy to sit on the bench every week. Anyone good enough will cost a fortune, and there's a good chance we'll never really need him. Strikers who are good enough for where we want to be, and who are also happy to hardly ever get on the pitch don't grow on trees. It's just not worth it.

 

If the club went out and got another versatile player like Perez, who can play as a striker or a winger, I'd see the sense in it, although I would worry that Barnes's minutes would be limited.

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Wolfox

Wolfox

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3 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

How come some fans chose to go to Rotherham over stoke? 

Have you ever been to Stoke? :whistle:

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Wolfox

Wolfox

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Just now, Unabomber said:

That argument would be ok if the comparable wasn’t Rotherham 

Tongue was in cheek….!  What a choice…!! 

 

Throw in Stevenage or Blackburn and the tour of Britain’s cra@pest towns would have been complete 

CosbehFox

CosbehFox

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26 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

How come some fans chose to go to Rotherham over stoke? 

Well didn’t know how the squad would be split until late this week. 

 

And it was the first time weve played at Rotherham’s ground on a weekend 

Bluetintedspecs

Bluetintedspecs

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12 hours ago, UPinCarolina said:

Tielemans isn’t long for us.

I will counter your overt negativity with.......he signs a 5 year extension after we complete the treble treble :P yes highly unlikely but why live life in such a negative bubble? I bet you're a blast at parties.

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volpeazzurro

volpeazzurro

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14 hours ago, LC/FC said:

Claudio's biggest failing. Buying a player who scored a wonder goal in a preseason friendly and thus setting a bad precedent for him. 

If Gray ever learns that it's a 'TEAM' game, he might fulfil his potential. 

But he still seems to want to go it alone and redo the wonder strike thus proving to himself or others that he's that good. But it's an ego thing with him. In the 4 years he's been here, he's barely been a team player because he chooses not to be. Everytime he makes the wrong choice to shoot or not make the right pass is him showing his own immaturity as a player. We get on his case about his non development because after all this time, he has not kicked on as a Leicester player because he is just not a team player.

If and when he chooses to pull his head out of his arse, get off his high horse and understands that football is more than just him scoring 30 yarders, that it's about playing for the team, he may actually become a decent footballer. 

Right now he's a poor footballer that can score a decent goal. 

I hardly think it a failing by Claudio do you,  why do some fans want to consistently stick the boot into the man who guided to our biggest achievement ever at any given opportunity? 

 

Whether he was responsible or not (and he consistently denied involvement in transfers), Gray in real terms cost a paltry about 3m. A very young man who looked at the time a real prospect. Shortly afterwards he got capped for England. Whatever happens to him I think we could reasonably quadruple our initial outlay on him. Some buys work some don't but Gray is hardly a Slimani or Silva so where's the problem? IF a professional like Rodgers decides he is unable to get a tune out of him he'll be gone. Meanwhile, bearing in mind he's returned to preseason a bit later than some, if Rodgers believes that he's worth persisting with a bit longer then I think I trust his judgement, we have nothing to lose.

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