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Southampton 0 - 9 (NINE) Leicester City A Post Match Thread

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Let me just say (again), Harvey Barnes is critical on the left. He can do things nobody else on our team can, he routinely handles facing 2-3 defenders with aplomb and that nutmeg to set up the 2nd goal was precisely why he needs to play. Keep starting him, keep feeding him, the goals will come, but his impact is far greater than simple statistics will reveal.

 

Leicester is far, far more dangerous on the left with Barnes than Maddison, not just bc Madders is better centrally, not just bc Barnes is a better attacking wing than Maddison, but because Chilwell (despite the interest from MC) is not really a threat to attack the goal directly. We have seen Chilwell play his best football when he has an attacking wing to play off, to do the little 1-2s, to get around the corner on the right back and push the ball into the opponent's box. When we pair Chilwell with Maddison on the left, that side grinds to a halt, because we have two players more comfortable with passing than attacking, and other teams understand that. It allows the defense to pay more attention to Vardy and to either focus on our attack down the right wing or to try to deny Tielemans the ball so as to isolate Maddison (or vice versa, two tactics we are seeing lately, ESPECIALLY when Maddison is on the left, as devoting an extra defender to deny Tielemans the ball stifles our creativity when Maddison is on the left). 

 

This is not to say it is bad Chilwell isn't much for directly attacking the defense, not when he can make passes like the one that netter Perez his second goal. I know Perez is going today, but I still think we should move for Zaha in the January window, and Perez can substitute or back-up Vards. Demari + 65-70 million for Zaha is the move of a team that wants to challenge in both the league and Europe.

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Best performance of my life. Unbelievable stuff. Record away win in Top Flight history. 

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9-0

 

Making the impossible possible!

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