Leicester vs Birmingham - Match Thread (Pre-Season)

[Collymore]

1 minute ago, the fox said:

85th minute (at the time I posted). 2-0 up in preseason. I doubt players will do more than ride the game out or have much time to display their abilities.

Thought we were playing 120 mins but obviously not! 

[Webbo]

I wonder if the OHL manager was watching that online? Probably a couple of the youngsters that'd make their squad at least.

 

Did like the purple kit.

[the fox]

Hall had a good goal but a mistake almost resulted in the team conceding if not for Banjo stopping the shot.

 

He needs more playing time in the next game

 

Edit: I mean Banko not "Banjo" but won't change it. 

 

Edited 26 August 2020 by the fox

[ozleicester]

16 minutes ago, lgfualol said:

What

sorry poor attempt at humour re the previous threads

[danny2997]

Thought they were meant to be playing 120 minutes? 

[Bob Farley]

3 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Great half from Dewsbury-Hall. Wonder what the plan is with him this season. Championship club maybe?

Yeah Luton apparently interested.

He played well today alongside Hamza.

Edited 26 August 2020 by Bob Farley

[lgfualol]

That thailand advert gets worse every time 

[Leeds Fox]

1 minute ago, danny2997 said:

Thought they were meant to be playing 120 minutes? 

They were but it was changed as agreed by both sides.

[Collymore]

1 minute ago, Leeds Fox said:

They were but it was changed as agreed by both sides.

When was it changed and why? 

[Shane]

Tavares looked very composed. Never gave the ball away and linked up well

[TrentFox]

Some good youngsters there who aren’t a million miles away. Muskwe, Eppiah, KDH and Tavares all look tk have something about them. 

[Lineker's Left Foot]

33 minutes ago, jeffschlupp said:

Marcal-Madivadua is Portuguese/Angolese and is a Portugal youth international CM like Tavares

Think he has two brothers in the Under 16s too

[AjcW]

1 minute ago, Collymore said:

When was it changed and why? 

Birmingham didn't have as many fit an available as they were expecting. They played a couple of days ago so perhaps recovery hadn't gone as well as expected. 

[the fox]

3 minutes ago, AjcW said:

Birmingham didn't have as many fit an available as they were expecting. They played a couple of days ago so perhaps recovery hadn't gone as well as expected. 

Also heard the commentator say that they didn't have a keeper on the bench. Seem like they were a bit light in players

Edited 26 August 2020 by the fox

[Leicester_Loyal]

Add to that half of our squad seem to be on the naughty step at the minute, 90 minutes was probably best for both sides.

[Angus Scott]

It all looked very similar to the second half of last season, tons of possession, very neat on the ball, but very little end product

[Suzie the Fox]

1 minute ago, Angus Scott said:

It all looked very similar to the second half of last season, tons of possession, very neat on the ball, but very little end product

We won 2-0 so a little different. I guess when you are x2 goals up its better to keep possesion than take chances and risk the other team scoring. 

[Costock_Fox]

How was it? On a scale of Derby to Villa how badly are we getting relegated?

[Paninistickers]

19 minutes ago, TrentFox said:

Some good youngsters there who aren’t a million miles away. Muskwe, Eppiah, KDH and Tavares all look tk have something about them. 

There's a bit of Wenger's arsenal about our u23s. First time I've ever watched most of them. 

 

Like arsenals old.league cup teams, They all look bright and useful, but probably when taken away from the elite level training and comfortable facilities, it can quickly fade

[sacreblueits442]

32 minutes ago, lcfcell said:

poor pen but he’s done well Muskwe 

..knew he was not going to score!!!

As soon as the pen was given I was shouting not Muskwe, anyone else but him.

 He takes a poor penalty, always has and last season he was fighting with Hirst as to who would take a pen, he stepped up and it was saved.

 He should be banned from taking them, just instruct the team that he is not an option

[Leeds Fox]

26 minutes ago, Collymore said:

When was it changed and why? 

I’ve no idea when or why. I just recall hearing one of the commentators mention it’s been changed. 

[Foxhateram]

KDH will be around the squad this year for sure. A very assured performance. 

[Lesta2014]

Anyone on the bench who didn’t get on? 

[sacreblueits442]

..you could see we needed someone like Ovie Ejaria or Odsonne Edouard in the team!!!

  We played a lot where the player was passing in the direction that he was facing and no one seemed capable of picking the ball up and taking on a player.

  Barnes laboured to create the openings and he tended to have 3 men to beat in order to supply the pass or attempt to go on his own. With a ball player he wouldn't have to be marshalled like that as he would be the one being put clear by Ejaria or Edouard. Barnes need to play inside supporting the main striker, £19.5m for Eze would have seriously benefited our team.

[Hales]

Well I'm happy I saw Cags back, those locks blowing in the breeze 😂😍