Ross 'LCFC' Turner Posted 17 February 2020 Posted 17 February 2020 Didn’t Pep say after the last game their entire game plan was all about bypassing Ndidi and switching the ball out to the flanks quickly? I think 5 at the back is the only solution for this game, we can’t leave Chillwell 1v1 with Mahrez again.
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 17 February 2020 Posted 17 February 2020 1 minute ago, Ric Flair said: There's surely got to be one real statement performance and result against a rival this season, pinning my hopes on it being this game. I hope so. But surely BR has to do something tactically to throw Man City. I fear teams have read the book on us now and have figured out how to play against us.
coolhandfox Posted 17 February 2020 Posted 17 February 2020 Will be interesting what side Man C pick as the have W Ham, Us and Real Madrid and Villa in the final within the space of 12 days. I think we could see them rest a few against us......
Deeg67 Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 16 hours ago, les-tah said: They can’t win the league. They can’t play champions league next year. So they literally might aswell save all their players for Real Madrid and I mean literally every Key starter player that’s in the 11. they have nothing to gain by beating us and everything to lose if someone is injured for their last champions league game in a few years potentially. That's not the way Pep rolls, unfortunately.
Leicester_Loyal Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 6 hours ago, coolhandfox said: Will be interesting what side Man C pick as the have W Ham, Us and Real Madrid and Villa in the final within the space of 12 days. I think we could see them rest a few against us...... They've just had over 2 weeks off. If they're going to rest players, it'll be against WHU at home.
coolhandfox Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 1 hour ago, Leicester_Loyal said: They've just had over 2 weeks off. If they're going to rest players, it'll be against WHU at home. Why would you rest players straight after a two week break.
Leicester_Loyal Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 1 minute ago, coolhandfox said: Why would you rest players straight after a two week break. To give them longer off. Why would they rest them vs. the team in 3rd place? WHU are a shambles and they could field about 4 reserves and still easily beat them. Heck, we put a reserve 11 out and still beat them
coolhandfox Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 1 minute ago, Leicester_Loyal said: To give them longer off. Why would they rest them vs. the team in 3rd place? WHU are a shambles and they could field about 4 reserves and still easily beat them. Heck, we put a reserve 11 out and still beat them Because whether they finish 2nd or 3rd is irrelevant, CL is their season objective now.
Leicester_Loyal Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 5 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: Because whether they finish 2nd or 3rd is irrelevant, CL is their season objective now. Definitely not. There's a good chance they could appeal that and they'll be allowed back in, pointless throwing the league away without it being confirmed (although even if they win another 4 games they should have CL secured)
Bossman Blessed It Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 Despite our magnificent season, perhaps one of the remaining question is our ability to beat the better teams in the league. City knew that they could bully us if they targeted the left-hand side and Mahrez alongside KDB taught Chilwell a few lessons that evening. I'd personally feel a lot more confident with Fuchs there, but doubt this will be the case.
StriderHiryu Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 Think this will be a comfortable loss sadly, 2 or 3 nil to them. Not necessarily because we'll play badly but more because they are very good and I think will be seething after the UEFA decision. Mahrez had Chilwell on toast at the Etihad so that will be the area of concern. Knowing Brendan he will set us out to have a go, but they will likely punish us for it. Hope I’m wrong though!
coolhandfox Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 1 hour ago, Leicester_Loyal said: Definitely not. There's a good chance they could appeal that and they'll be allowed back in, pointless throwing the league away without it being confirmed (although even if they win another 4 games they should have CL secured) They are going to finish top 4 no matter what, which gives them CL league, whether the 2nd, 3rd or 4th. CL is their season now.....
volpeazzurro Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 1 hour ago, Bossman Blessed It said: Despite our magnificent season, perhaps one of the remaining question is our ability to beat the better teams in the league. City knew that they could bully us if they targeted the left-hand side and Mahrez alongside KDB taught Chilwell a few lessons that evening. I'd personally feel a lot more confident with Fuchs there, but doubt this will be the case. Chilwell was left exposed, sometimes he had to cover bother of them as Barnes was nowhere to be seen. It was crying out for Choudhury and different tactics but Rodgers for me got his team selection wrong and didn't seem to have any tactics! I was there and Man City could and should have scored a hatful. Fuchs in the same formation, particularly if without Ndidi, would make no difference whatsoever.
Deeg67 Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 Pep will be more worried about rust than fatigue after a two-week break, unfortunately. Maybe if we're lucky he'll decide to make sure everyone plays one time between the West Ham game and our game, but I suspect we'll see 8-9 regulars lining up against us.
CosbehFox Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 There's a lot of discussion about Man City rotating/prioritising. Ultimately we've gotta go high tempo on them and see if they like running after us for bit. We will see then how much they are prioritising. But if we stand off and be submissive, they will find their pattern. I'd play something like 5-3-2; Barnes support Vardy in attack for counter attacks. Three in midfield to crowd it out. Three at back to support wing backs in overlaps.
Rusko187 Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 Expecting a tonking, think we need a bit of a re-think on tactics as the football has been yielding some dull performances in places. Fear this game is going to be about damage limitation though, that said I'd look at getting 3 in the back so we have enough defensive cover. It was highlighted that a contributing factor for us conceding was our full-backs losing their man, perhaps we're asking too much of them going forward, and not supplying the support they need for defending.
Ric Flair Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 Man City are bearable, we showed that under Puel and even under Rodgers the away game last season we kept the quite comfortably at bay until the Kompany screamer and should have equalised through Iheanacho. Man City were very good against us before Christmas and they could have got 5 or 6 but we also missed some chances so the one thing that is a likely given is we'll get opportunities and we have to take them. I am not usually an advocate of anything other than 4-1-4-1 but we need to frustrate them and have pace to move the ball when we get a chance. 3-4-1-2 Kasper Soyuncu Evans Bennett Chilwell Ndidi Tielemans Ricardo Maddison Vardy Barnes
sdb Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 Just win. Please! 3 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Man City are bearable, we showed that under Puel and even under Rodgers the away game last season we kept the quite comfortably at bay until the Kompany screamer and should have equalised through Iheanacho. Man City were very good against us before Christmas and they could have got 5 or 6 but we also missed some chances so the one thing that is a likely given is we'll get opportunities and we have to take them. I am not usually an advocate of anything other than 4-1-4-1 but we need to frustrate them and have pace to move the ball when we get a chance. 3-4-1-2 Kasper Soyuncu Evans Bennett Chilwell Ndidi Tielemans Ricardo Maddison Vardy Barnes That's what I'd go with. Maybe with Fuchs if a shift is needed at some point. Agree with the game plan. We can't outplay man city.
Grebfromgrebland Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 We have to change our style and go full on counter attack. Maybe play gray instead of Perez for his pace. Dare we drop Vardy for iheanacho?
Clt1900 Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 Schmeichel Bennett Soyuncu Evans Ricardo Praet Tielemans Chilwell Maddison Iheanacho Vardy
foxfan92 Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 2 hours ago, Clt1900 said: Schmeichel Bennett Soyuncu Evans Ricardo Praet Tielemans Chilwell Maddison Iheanacho Vardy Is that assuming N'didi isn't fit?
filbertway Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 Hard to be massively excited for this, no idea what Rodgers does, but the players rarely look like they have any belief in themselves before we play bigger teams. Based on recent evidence, I'm expecting a weird change in formation that suits Man City and allows them to exploit an obvious weakness. It'll then take Rodgers either a few goals or 70 minutes to rectify the issue. Come Saturday afternoon though I'll have forgot all that and have 100% faith that Rodgers will finally get it right
Guest An Sionnach Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 As always for me not leaving Aguero with any clear chance is key . He is one of the best strikers I have ever seen . I would not expect Rodgers to set up the same as the last match . We need to vary our tactics and not be predictable . Long balls can beat the press so I would go with Vardy and Barnes.
Steve Earle Posted 18 February 2020 Posted 18 February 2020 15 hours ago, Ross 'LCFC' Turner said: Didn’t Pep say after the last game their entire game plan was all about bypassing Ndidi and switching the ball out to the flanks quickly? I think 5 at the back is the only solution for this game, we can’t leave Chillwell 1v1 with Mahrez again. Completely agree. Then add five in midfield. And two up front. 🙏
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