Burnley (A) pre match

[Guest An Sionnach]

8 minutes ago, Paddy. said:

If Fuchs does start then I'd like to see Chillers on the bench. Absolutely love Fuchsy but he's not got the legs for 90 minutes now. Against Villa I thought he was 8/10 first half and 5/10 second half. He read the game brilliantly in the first 45 but they doubled up on him in the second and exposed his lack of pace. He really struggled after half time and Jonny was going mad at him for the entire second half.

With Wilf out and Mendy playing he is needed to counteract any aerial threat because if Burnley are chasing the game they will go route 1.  .2-0 up and ten minutes to go probably bring Benko on as well , we need to get this job done.

[StriderHiryu]

Decent team that. Sean got the last one right and got it right multiple times last season so it's probably correct. Praet for Tielemans I'm not 100% sold on because although Praet was decent in the last match I still don't think he's had a match where he's played at peak Maddison / Tielemans level. But Burnley is a very different test to usual because they bypass midfield entirely so despite Mendy and Praet not being the most physical it may not actually matter. We need to get our foot on the ball and play though, because we've really sturggled to to do that over the last 4-6 weeks whereas we were mint at it a bit earlier in the season.

 

Make no mistake about it tomorrow is a real test. Tons of games coming up now in quick succession means we need to use the depth of our squad.

[Realjimbo]

If The fox starts then it's a given chillers will be on the bench.

[Shane]

Think Maddison needs a rest, could start Gray and use Perez as a number 10.

[Realjimbo]

Too much to leave Maddison out too, I reckon Sean has got this spot on again!

 

[CosbehFox]

1 hour ago, mabrah said:

Serious question; is the lineup even decided this early? 

Highly doubt it’s revealed to the players this early but they may have worked on something in training 

[Farrington fox]

1 hour ago, Shane said:

Think Maddison needs a rest, could start Gray and use Perez as a number 10.

He’s had all week!

[Chester Dontlie]

Three points would be absolutely fabulous! Come on You Foxes! Need to gain some distance on Chelski since they've just lost to Newcastle!!

[Blanchflower78]

Big game, we need the confidence restoring in some and given results today a great opportunity to take advantage. Expect this to be far tougher than wed like tho... 

[Lcfc-1992]

Nobody needs a rest, they’ve had over a week. Anyone not playing that usually does is because they haven’t been good enough or injured. 

[HighPeakFox]

Weirdly, I'm more optimistic for this than I was.

[HybridFox]

PLEASE win tomorrow! We'll be nine points ahead!

[Guest SO1]

2 hours ago, jeffschlupp said:

It's the perfect opportunity to play Fuchs. Brendan can come out and say it was tactical based on his height and physicality, but in actual fact he takes Chilwell out of the firing line, gives him some rest, and can bring him back on Wednesday when he should be okay against probably Snodgrass.

 

I never did get the dislike for Mendy, it wasn't his fault he was played with Ndidi when he ought to be competing with him. I get the impression that a Brendan Rodgers team relies on a more positionally steady focal point at 'no. 6' - Lucas Leiva, Scott Brown, Steven Gerrard, Nampalys Mendy as opposed to Emre Can, Jordan Henderson, Hamza Choudhury.

 

Hamza is a very similar player to Henderson I think, and Rodgers ultimately preferred Gerrard in the deeper role despite the fact you'd say Henderson is the more 'defensive' player. You need composure, positional awareness and the ability to turn on the ball at the blink of the eye in that role, and Hamza struggles in those areas.

 

Praet should help us keep the ball (easy to get drawn into playing their hoofball).

Mendy = Joe Allen and Hamza = Henderson ????

[Guest An Sionnach]

Once again Hamza is a different player to Mendy and Ndidi , they are principally protecting the C.Bs. Hamza is a box to box midfielder, supporting the attack as well as covering the wide defenders. If he had played against Man City,  Mahrez would not have found it so easy. Fabinho plays the Ndidi role for Liverpool and Henderson does the box to box work.

[NaijaFox]

1 hour ago, Paddy. said:

If Fuchs does start then I'd like to see Chillers on the bench. Absolutely love Fuchsy but he's not got the legs for 90 minutes now. Against Villa I thought he was 8/10 first half and 5/10 second half. He read the game brilliantly in the first 45 but they doubled up on him in the second and exposed his lack of pace. He really struggled after half time and Jonny was going mad at him for the entire second half. Would be useful to have Ben to come on when Christian starts to tire.

Depends on who else on the bench. If we are only carrying one FB on the bench (most likely), I would opt for Justin since he can comfortably cover both RB and LB.

[DerbyshireFox]

Most of today’s results have fallen for us. Hopefully we can take the baton and run with it tomorrow. Great opportunity to stretch the lead again despite patchy form. Would be more than happy for Papy to come in if required. Was seamless at West Ham

[Farrington fox]

Get this won. And put nine points between us and 4th. 

[FoxinNotts]

51 minutes ago, TK95 said:

PLEASE win tomorrow! We'll be nine points ahead!

And more importantly 14 ahead of 5th

[hackneyfox]

20 minutes ago, DerbyshireFox said:

Hopefully we can take the baton and run with it tomorrow. 

I'd sooner it was the ball.

[DerbyshireFox]

3 minutes ago, hackneyfox said:

I'd sooner it was the ball.

[Livid]

1 hour ago, HighPeakFox said:

Weirdly, I'm more optimistic for this than I was.

I’m the opposite, just the Leicester of old hanging around in my psyche. 
 

Burnley are very hot and cold, I can see them being right up for this. Throw in our recent performances and missing the big bad Wilf And I’m nervous. 
 

Would love another decent away performance to bring the confidence back and cement the top four position. 

[reynard]

Massive game tomorrow. With our tricky run of fixtures in February I would say this and the West Ham games are games we really need to win.

[WigstonWanderer]

Barnes looked completely lost against Saints and needs to be taken out of the firing line 

[cruzFOX]

Hope the lads are plenty motivated to unleash hell on these guys! Let’s smash 3 goals in the 1st half and put this game the to bed quick.

final score prediction: 4-0 to the foxes. 👊🏾

(I wish)

[Realjimbo]

Back to 2nd tomorrow with a simple 12- 0 win.... 🙄