Castagne

[The_77]

3 hours ago, taupe said:

Maybe there was a clock nearby

 

Edit: nah, seriously, you need something better than that to suggest it didn't happen. Me? I take more of a 'whatever' approach. I'm sure there are often 'discussions' on the training ground but I wouldn't necessarily make too much of it.

 

 

My comment was intended to be tongue in cheek. 😜 I have the same attitude about it as you, tbh. 

[daddylonglegs]

2 hours ago, Paninistickers said:

What kind of balance is appropriate when it involves a lad horribly out his depth and, at a guess, perhaps amongst the worst 5 or 6 players in the league ?

He's probably our third best left back. He's definitely not horribly out of his depth, though. He's regularly dependable. 

 

Not to say he hasn't been below average this season, but to describe him as 'amongst the worst 5 or 6 players in the league' is ridiculous. 

[LCFCJohn]

2 hours ago, Paninistickers said:

What kind of balance is appropriate when it involves a lad horribly out his depth and, at a guess, perhaps amongst the worst 5 or 6 players in the league ?

Completely unfair on Thomas to say worst 5 or 6. Under a semi-competent manager he would be a very useful player. The link up with Barnes when they have not been in poor form was excellent, add KDH in on the left side that’s what we want to see, academy produced talent. 
Rodgers could make prime Fuchs would look shit to be fair. 

[Jimmy]

Napoleon Complex can't cope with string characters, that's why we lack leadership, someone shows some and gets dropped....

[KingsX]

7 hours ago, turlo said:

a good rumour to start the day

 

     

[Corky]

On 13/09/2022 at 19:29, Ric Flair said:

Another player Brendan has signed or had signed for him that could well be out of favour. Astonishing, the bloke is a disgrace to this club now.

New signings make all the difference Ric!!!

 

Just not Brendan's, though.

[blue army 1988]

15 hours ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

I am really shocked at this as Castagne has always seemed to be really professional and one of the last players you would expect to be accused of not training to the required levels. 
 

How much longer is this going to be allowed to continue, Rodgers behaviour is becoming more and more infuriating every day. 
 

With the exception of the tea lady I am not sure he has anyone else left to alienate. 

I've heard Rodgers only likes coffee ☕ 😳 

 

Tea lady is furious after being told she doesn't "step it up" and thinks she's made it by being spoken about by the Birch on a Thursday on the radio. 

[dannythefox]

9 hours ago, Paninistickers said:

What kind of balance is appropriate when it involves a lad horribly out his depth and, at a guess, perhaps amongst the worst 5 or 6 players in the league ?

This the same kid that had Salah in his back pocket when we beat Liverpool last season? 

[FoxyJim1987]

3 minutes ago, dannythefox said:

This the same kid that had Salah in his back pocket when we beat Liverpool last season? 

Would have been interpreted in a totally different way if Salah had scored either his penalty or the easy 6 yard headed rebound early on in the game. One decent game in about 3 seasons doesn't mean he's good enough. Any idiot can see Castagne is a better player. Rodgers wouldn't have signed Bertrand if we thought Thomas was good enough. It's a shame cos he's a Leicester lad and we all want him to be elite, but he's not. 

[moore_94]

6 minutes ago, FoxyJim1987 said:

Would have been interpreted in a totally different way if Salah had scored either his penalty or the easy 6 yard headed rebound early on in the game. One decent game in about 3 seasons doesn't mean he's good enough. Any idiot can see Castagne is a better player. Rodgers wouldn't have signed Bertrand if we thought Thomas was good enough. It's a shame cos he's a Leicester lad and we all want him to be elite, but he's not. 

Bertrand was signed because all of our other full backs other than Thomas were either just coming back off very serious injuries or were out injured for another 6-9 months and we had just lost Fuchs

 

He was pretty damn good in the FA Cup Final as well

Edited 14 September 2022 by moore_94

[FoxyJim1987]

2 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Bertrand was signed because all of our other full backs other than Thomas were either just coming back off very serious injuries or were out injured for another 6-9 months and we had just lost Fuchs

 

He was pretty damn good in the FA Cup Final as well

Justin was due back early in the season, if we had faith in Thomas there was no need for a third left back, especially as Castagne can also play there. He was ok in the final. Look I'm not saying he's terrible or shite but he's just not consistently premier League standard.

[dannythefox]

4 minutes ago, FoxyJim1987 said:

Would have been interpreted in a totally different way if Salah had scored either his penalty or the easy 6 yard headed rebound early on in the game. One decent game in about 3 seasons doesn't mean he's good enough. Any idiot can see Castagne is a better player. Rodgers wouldn't have signed Bertrand if we thought Thomas was good enough. It's a shame cos he's a Leicester lad and we all want him to be elite, but he's not. 

He’s had plenty of decent games, he did fine against Utd apart from the goal but that’s always going to happen when he doesn’t play. Yes he needs to improve but it’s difficult with lack of game time. Castagne is the better player but he should be he’s got bags of experience at the highest level. I wouldn’t even class chilwell as elite so I think your asking too much to be fair. 

[moore_94]

20 minutes ago, FoxyJim1987 said:

Justin was due back early in the season, if we had faith in Thomas there was no need for a third left back, especially as Castagne can also play there. He was ok in the final. Look I'm not saying he's terrible or shite but he's just not consistently premier League standard.

JJ definitely wasn’t expected back that soon, more likely towards the end of the year (ended up being January)

 

We were going to have to go into the season with Ricardo who was still a big risk following his own ACL injury, Castagne who had just recently had his face caved in, was in need of shoulder surgery and often picks up an injury, and Thomas - there was an obvious need for some depth

 

He was much better than just ok in the final, he was great, and there aren’t that many, if any, 21 year olds putting in regular consistent performances in the Prem outside of probably a few at the big 6

 

I am not saying he is good enough at this point to be starting for us but some people behave like he has never shown a hint of being good

Edited 14 September 2022 by moore_94

[iancognito]

I have more of an issue with JJ's form this season than Thomas but if there's any truth (there isn't) that Castagne was dropped for losing his man at the back post then to replace him with Thomas would be like dropping Tielemans for only passing sideways and bringing in Mendy

 

The latest in a string of baffling decisions.

[funkyrobot]

21 hours ago, BKLFox said:

It all points towards the lack of forward protection on the right, we could have prime Cafu but even he’d struggle with the lopsided set up.

He tried Timmy on his own and now Justin and I hope he realises it’s not the man but formation which I do think he will after that Brighton shambles and hence why I think we will see a big name in midfield dropped to create balance in the Spurs game.

Timmy has looked more secure than JJ when doing the same (thankless) task on the right. We are so desperate to get KDH playing that he’ll totally lob-side the formation to enable it. When he, Barnes and Thomas play we have 3 wide left players who never switch out of their narrow furrows and nothing on the right other than JJ.

[iancognito]

1 minute ago, funkyrobot said:

Timmy has looked more secure than JJ when doing the same (thankless) task on the right. We are so desperate to get KDH playing that he’ll totally lob-side the formation to enable it. When he, Barnes and Thomas play we have 3 wide left players who never switch out of their narrow furrows and nothing on the right other than JJ.

Bizarre to me that - if only to balance it up - he's not using Albrighton. A guy who always tracks back and puts a shift in even if his end product going forward is waning. Especially having made him vice captain and not played him since in the league.

[funkyrobot]

8 minutes ago, iancognito said:

Bizarre to me that - if only to balance it up - he's not using Albrighton. A guy who always tracks back and puts a shift in even if his end product going forward is waning. Especially having made him vice captain and not played him since in the league.

Agree. Last year Rodgers would’ve ensured cover on the right with our existing squad either through Albrighton or via makeshift right wingers in Perez or Maddison. Even though they aren’t perfect solutions, they provided balance, width and cover for the right back. For me Rodgers should recall Castagne and revert back to a 433 or deploy a 4141. We need balance and width both sides. Obviously I’d prefer Iversen to play behind either of those formations too! 

[moore_94]

1 minute ago, funkyrobot said:

Agree. Last year Rodgers would’ve ensured cover on the right with our existing squad either through Albrighton or via makeshift right wingers in Perez or Maddison. Even though they aren’t perfect solutions, they provided balance, width and cover for the right back. For me Rodgers should recall Castagne and revert back to a 433 or deploy a 4141. We need balance and width both sides. Obviously I’d prefer Iversen to play behind either of those formations too! 

The system he is going for at the moment with Thomas playing as an inverted wing back and Justin having to cover the whole right side himself is just insane

 

It leaves so many weaknesses and gaps that he seemingly hasn’t bothered with accounting for

 

[Arriba Los Zorros]

12 hours ago, Hales said:

On twitter so take it as you will but there are a few of these stories coming out now......

No smoke without fire? 🤔

 

I'm team Timmy! 😁

Rodgers you sad pathetic little scrote

 

Also just when you thought it was impossible to love Tim any more! 

[trabuch]

6 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

The system he is going for at the moment with Thomas playing as an inverted wing back and Justin having to cover the whole right side himself is just insane

 

It leaves so many weaknesses and gaps that he seemingly hasn’t bothered with accounting for

 

I genuinely don't get the impression he is bothered. It's not a good situation. We dislike him and he seems to dislike us, and this can't go on any longer. 

[BKLFox]

The issue is trying to get Ndidi, Youri, Madders, KDH and Barnes all in before you even talk about lone striker or 2.

We need to go back to basics, to get 3 of those central midfield we need to go with a back 3 and wingbacks but obviously lose Barnes and probably KDH just because of the skill set of the other 3

Or we go with a back 4 but then have a dedicated wide right as per Sharky hell even try Praet as long as he stays right not floating inside, obviously then you have to lose creativity from the middle keeping Barnes but losing 2 of those other 4

 

As I say style out the window we need to shore things up with a solid shape and then every player needs to graft hard that’s a player requirement not a managers 1.

[CloudFox]

14 hours ago, turlo said:

a good rumour to start the day 

 

 

 

 

13 hours ago, Hales said:

On twitter so take it as you will but there are a few of these stories coming out now......

No smoke without fire? 🤔

 

I'm team Timmy! 😁

Okay, under no circumstances can we ever let Timmy leave now. Love the guy already for his honesty and work ethic, so if there is even a jot of truth in this, he's a goddamn hero.

[CrispinLA in Texas]

1 minute ago, CloudFox said:

 

Okay, under no circumstances can we ever let Timmy leave now. Love the guy already for his honesty and work ethic, so if there is even a jot of truth in this, he's a goddamn hero.

Trouble is Brendan thinks he's more important than the players and there all replaceable if he had the money 🤑, but as he said himself he can always rely on Thomas and Amarty 🤣

[trabuch]

46 minutes ago, CrispinLA in Texas said:

Trouble is Brendan thinks he's more important than the players and there all replaceable if he had the money 🤑, but as he said himself he can always rely on Thomas and Amarty 🤣

It's funny cos it's true. (I mean it's not funny, but I am this is becoming a tragicomedy)

Edited 14 September 2022 by trabuch

[Deeg67]

Basically our reality until the board gets their head out of their ass is that our selection is based on players Rodgers hasn't blacklisted.  So no Praet, Soy, Chestnuts, and Kasper has already buggered off.  If we stick with him much longer he'll only be able to use Amartey, Thomas, Albrighton and youth squad callups - only a question of time.

Edited 15 September 2022 by Deeg67