Atalanta match thread

[Nalis]

Any Seria A aficionados know how close to a first XI this Atalanta team is? 

[Stadt]

“Bird’s eye view from the bench”

[ozleicester]

1 minute ago, RumbleFox said:

There's no I in bench.  X

but there is in bitch

[Stadt]

Just now, Nalis said:

Any Seria A aficionados know how close to a first XI this Atalanta team is? 

Pretty much is.

[UniFox21]

Just now, Nalis said:

Any Seria A aficionados know how close to a first XI this Atalanta team is? 

Alejandro Gomez is on the bench who id say would usually start 

[ozleicester]

meh first half... ive revised my expectations to 7th8th

[turtmcfly]

2 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

There's no I in bench.  X

 

There is in panchina.

 

X

[Finnegan]

1 hour ago, Goober said:

In fairness Albrighton's gone up another level this pre season. Whether he can be trusted to sustain it is another question 

 

Every pre season there's players who are "on fire", it's all a load of rubbish. He's been playing against dross. 

 

We know what Albrightons level is, it's not a mystery, he's been here years. 

[TonyN11]

8 minutes ago, FoxyPalace.com said:

Perez so much reminds me of Mahrez 

Should have gone to Specsavers

[Guest]

Fun game so far.

 

Would Kelechi have scored? 

[Haywood_6]

Italian cheating bastards

[don_danbury]

2 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

Alejandro Gomez is on the bench who id say would usually start 

just checked his wiki out. 5ft5. is there anyone playing in the prem that small?

[Fox42]

10 minutes ago, FoxyPalace.com said:

Perez so much reminds me of Mahrez 

Same hairstyle I’ll give you that

[Farrington fox]

New winger needed. 

[StriderHiryu]

I think this is a great match for the final friendly. It's like pushing yourself that bit extra in the gym. Not so much that you have no chance, but enough that you know you are going to be hurting afterwards.

 

They were the better side in the half but we finished stronger, and could have been one up through Vardy.

 

Think Rodgers will get into the players a little. Atalanta are controlling the game for large spells, and our passing is not as fast or as crisp as theirs. Quite literally if we want to know how to improve, try to emulate their style of play, where they move vertically up the pitch very quickly but generally through quick ground passes as one-two's.

[Dahnsouff]

10 minutes ago, spacemunky said:

Nacho on for Vardy? 

Yeah, give him 20 minutes.

[HankMarvin]

Just now, don_danbury said:

just checked his wiki out. 5ft5. is there anyone playing in the prem that small?

fraser smaller

[Nalis]

Enjoying this King Power ad, feel like I'm on holiday in a random hotel abroad or something.

[UniFox21]

1 minute ago, don_danbury said:

just checked his wiki out. 5ft5. is there anyone playing in the prem that small?

Not sure, but he's fooking rapid 

[martyn]

Would like to see Soyuncu be a bit braver in possession. 

 

Whilst we all know 80m is great business for Maguire, this game might look a bit different if we had a centre half looking to break lines and beat the Atalanta press. Too many patterns of play resulting in Kasper forced to go long. 

[TonyN11]

1 minute ago, don_danbury said:

just checked his wiki out. 5ft5. is there anyone playing in the prem that small?

Yep Torreira at Arsenal and Peter Crou .... ah no, he’s retired 

[RumbleFox]

5 minutes ago, turtmcfly said:

 

There is in panchina.

 

X

As if I just Googled panchina.  X

[daverollo]

Good first half, Atalanta are a class side and moved the ball around really well. Was until the last 20 that our guys found their accurate passing.

 

sadly Albrighton is a passenger at this level, his feet and speed of thought aren’t quick enough and looks like he’s on a different wave length to the rest of the team. Bring on The Barnes

[slymunn]

11 minutes ago, don_danbury said:

just checked his wiki out. 5ft5. is there anyone playing in the prem that small?

Think Ryan Fraser is smaller.

[psychonaut]

A comfortable 8-12th finish 1st half performance