Leicester 2 Burnley 1 Post match thread

[DerbyshireFox]

A win for the boss, and his first ever horse he bought won against the odds today at 33-1, something beautifully poetic about that 🦊💙😢

 

First home game I’ve had to miss in a very long time today, traveling back from holiday 😩. Sounded like we had a lot of the ball first half without doing enough with it. Two very good goals, possibly a bit lucky with the VAR call late on. General radio consensus was we just about deserved to win. The past few seasons, that is a game we would’ve drawn or lost, so this is definitely a step in the right direction. It doesn’t always have to be pretty, and we saw it over the line today. If we can win like that, then we are onto something.

[Mickey O'Neil]

2 hours ago, StanSP said:

Wtf that doesn't make sense

 

If it's a push it's a push. Why should that be allowed if it's been spotted then Garth

 

👍👍

 

It’s like when commentators say “he was just onside there, the goal should stand.”  
 

No. Fvck off. He was either on or off. Like a switch mate. There’s only one or the other. No grey area in that. 
 

That’s what infuriates me. 

[Koke]

Burnley are a well oiled outfit. Still can't stand the pricks. Good win but our xG doesn't look impressive.

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[Guest Danny Clender]

 I will fiynd them....and aye will kill them...

[StriderHiryu]

 

I really, really like this team goal we scored today. Not necessarily a brilliant goal, but quite indicative of Leicester under Rodgers. Gray is superb in this sequence and gives a glimpse of his true ability, Ricardo is his usual amazing self, and I like Praet here too, who doesn't overdo things, but instinctively knows what to do and makes the simple things look easy, supporting the play and moving after his pass to potentially receive the ball again and to keep the play going. Barnes is sharp thinking in jumping over the ball, understanding a team mate will have also supported the attack and will be better placed to strike it than him, and as for Tielemans, well pick that one out! What a howitzer!

 

This is a clip that shows fluid movement, fast passing, quick interchange of the ball between players, multiple players supporting the attack trying to score, and a great finish at the end. Honestly, I can't think of any Leicester side that played like this consistently. We've seen plenty of goals already this season like this. Even our title winning heroes didn't play this sort of style, even if they were amazingly effective in other ways.

 

A style like this is what means you will beat well organized defensive teams like Burnley on a more consistent basis, and is the evolution a team needs to make to go from midtable to dreaming about glory. Very enjoyable!

[foxinsocks]

Anyone think kasper a bit poor today... or is it just me.  I dont want him gone I just want him to work on his gane

[fox in the sox]

We are never going to look as good against a team like Burnley compared to Bournemouth for example. It's just about getting the win in these matches and moving on.

[Guest ttfn]

I thought we just about deserved the win today.

 

Burnley scored with their first attack and then proceeded to waste as much time as possible but after we went 2-1 up they showed that they’re a really decent outfit (as they did in glimpses beforehand). For a while it was trendy to say that Stoke under Pulis were more than a long ball team and I personally never got that. But Burnley - the Stoke of our time - pleasantly surprised me when they actually tried to play, which makes it alll the more disappointing that they spent 90% of the game trying to spoil it.

 

I thought Perez looked excellent until Burnley went ahead, some lovely one touch flicks and lay offs and some great movement off the ball - he gave Pieters a really hard time. But thereafter he was once again totally ineffectual. People need to wake up to the fact that he will be next to useless for 90% of the season, much as he is every season. There will come a point - probably February or March - where he goes mad and scores 5 goals in 3 games but until that point we need to hope that he continues to chug along in a way which doesn’t negatively impact the team.

 

Maddison’s decision making was poor today, which is a shame as it appeared to be something he’d improved significantly from last year.

 

Another solid game from Wilf, who has established himself as our most important player. 

 

[Foxxed]

5 hours ago, Paddy. said:

Not a bad start to the season....

 

 

I'm sure Khun Vichai would have been happy with that.

Only nine games but that's a sexy table.

 

Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and us. Spurs are out of the Champions League places and Man Utd are so far down they don't even fit in the screenshot 

[kyleolly]

29 minutes ago, foxinsocks said:

Anyone think kasper a bit poor today... or is it just me.  I dont want him gone I just want him to work on his gane

He wasn’t at his best today but he’s been excellent so far this season so I won’t be too critical, I thought he was fairly commanding and came out well for crosses which is usually the weak area of his game!

[Anglodanglo]

1 hour ago, Koke said:

Burnley are a well oiled outfit. Still can't stand the pricks. Good win but our xG doesn't look impressive.

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Not a pop at you mate.

 

As long as actual goals continue to reap actual points, xG can go suck on someone else's spreadsheet 

[Bert]

I didn’t think we were as bad as some people are making out. They’re an incredibly hard team to play against and break down. We were patient throughout and got our just rewards. Our biggest problem today was that we seemed to put pressure on ourselves. 

 

By the way. How infuriating is Chilwell at times? The amount of times he goes backwards when he could have a go is so frustrating. 

[StriderHiryu]

Think the manager called the game pretty well here:

 

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“It’s a very good three points without us being anywhere near our best,”

“I thought that we started slowly and we weren’t aggressive enough. Too many players probably felt that we could just play with the ball and not without the ball.

“At this level, you can’t do that against a good team like Burnley who haven’t been beaten away from home since the beginning of the season. You have to earn the right, and we didn’t do that.

“Thankfully, we got a goal just before half-time. It was a great cross and wonderful leap by Jamie and finish. But we had to be more aggressive in the game, it was too timid. Like I say, we didn’t want to do the other side of the game.”

 

“In the second half, we were much better in our intent and, of course, we started to threaten them much more,” he said. “We had a plan for the game that if we needed to chase it, how we could go after the game because we want to win every game.

“It was a wonderful piece of play by Demarai on the side – a nice combination and cross – and Youri finished it really well. We were about to make a sub to try and make an impact in the game, but we got the goal and then the plan changes because we feel then that Burnley will go a bit more direct with two strikers.

 

“We end up putting Wes in, looking to see the game through. It’s not one of our most fluent performances, but Burnley are a difficult team to play against. When I came into here, everyone talked about these being the types of games that the team might have drawn and even lost a number of them, so to win it, it’s a big psychological boost as well.

“Also, pay tribute to the players, and the supporters, because today, the emotion of the game – I’ve been involved in games like this as well, where the emotion of the game can always be a flat performance, a 0-0.

 

“We end up getting the three points, which is great for the supporters, because they were amazing for us today. Hopefully they can go away and be proud of seeing their team not making the best performance, but in terms of fight, they did us very proud.”

 

“Like I say, it’s very difficult because the players will feel that. What we wanted to do today, we said that we wanted to fight for the result. Khun Vichai left an incredible legacy here and what I’ve tried to do since I’ve come in is tap into that and one of the key words was ‘fight’, that I’ve always heard from Khun Top and the guys.

“We’ve tried to do that in every game, and today, like we say, we fought, we went behind in the game and showed a great mentality. Our aim is to make this place a really, really difficult place to come and get a result. Another win helps you on the way to achieving that.”

 

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I think it's encouraging that rather than tooting his own horn, he's acknowledging we ground out a result in this one and can improve. I also like that he knows we start too slowly, even though this is a problem that we can't seem to fix! We've had it since the title if I am being honest.

 

Anyway in Rodgers we trust!

[Corky]

Not a thriller and not our best performance but we've ground out a victory, two very well worked and finished goals. Maybe some luck with the disallowed goal, I'll judge later on MOTD.

 

At times our tempo was too slow and other times we stepped it up and looked threatening. Burnley were very well organised with a threat so it wasn't a comfortable match but I felt we defended their set-pieces particularly well.

 

A very encouraging couple of months results-wise and I think we can improve in some areas too.

[Raw Dykes]

4 hours ago, orangecity23 said:

Dyche had stupid face. So I ate him.

 

Itchy. Tasty.

Thanks. I knew someone would remember it.

[Spudulike]

Everytime I start to feel sympathy for Burnley I just remember that goal by Vokes a few seasons back that he put in with his hand and ran away celebrating eventhough he knew he cheated. What goes around... 

[UniFox21]

Burnley remind me so much of Stoke from a few years back. 

They're a solid team, but will offer little threat apart from aerially and with crosses

[Mendi]

An emotional afternoon, but good win tough game.

[Unabomber]

Their time wasting from the first minute was pretty disgusting. Very tough game and good to have won.

[TJB-fox]

1 hour ago, Bert said:

I didn’t think we were as bad as some people are making out. They’re an incredibly hard team to play against and break down. We were patient throughout and got our just rewards. Our biggest problem today was that we seemed to put pressure on ourselves. 

 

By the way. How infuriating is Chilwell at times? The amount of times he goes backwards when he could have a go is so frustrating. 

I wish he’d roll the ball into the forward players (mainly Barnes and Maddison) feet far more often than he does, even when they have their back to goal/ a fullback pressing them. 

[orangecity23]

51 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Everytime I start to feel sympathy for Burnley I just remember that goal by Vokes a few seasons back that he put in with his hand and ran away celebrating eventhough he knew he cheated. What goes around... 

Or, let's not forget that last season, Maguire got sent off for a very similar trip - and I'm sure the boiled egg head thought that was definitely a foul. Dyche is a cretin, always whinging about refs, while his "honest" lads are diving, fouling and time wasting all over the pitch. He's a modern day Neil Warnock.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11708/11667929/harry-maguire-red-card-shocked-burnley-says-sean-dyche

[MC Prussian]

What really pleased me again today was the amount of young players either starting or being brought on:

 

James Maddison

Ben Chilwell

Youri Tielemans

Dennis Praet

Demarai Gray

Harvey Barnes

Caglar Söyüncü

 

All 25 or younger.

Then Choudhury and Justin on the bench, plus Ricardo Pereira and Perez at 26 just scraping that limit.

Part of me still hopes Iheanacho (23) to get more minutes and to come good, as well.

 

The future's bright, the future's Leicester.

[HybridFox]

Another game we might have drawn with a whimper last year. We are putting teams to the sword and that is crucial if we're aiming for Europe.

[Ric Flair]

Demarai Gray was in the mixer today weren't he, should seldom start a game but shows how useful he is when the game needs stretching.

[ScouseFox]

3 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Demarai Gray was in the mixer today weren't he, should seldom start a game but shows how useful he is when the game needs stretching.

really good today, whether he's better or worse than perez is a conversation i cba with, but he is something very different. and that's great if we can continue to interchange them and they both play reasonably well. 

 

our wingers are still a bit weird. they're all (currently) just not quite playing well enough, for me. they are 4 completely different players and 4 really good options but they still all need to up their game.