Manchester United (H) Pre-Match

[HighPeakFox]

Just now, Danny Clender said:

Like a classic Club Sandwich?, oh yes, now that's you...

 

(It's so hard to sound benign on this forum, haha, but that is said most sincerely BTW) 

From you, I would never have been in doubt - really enjoy your evident love of LCFC and good humour.

[Guest Manini]

We’ve done well to not completely shit ourselves against Man City, Arsenal and Spurs so far this season but I think this is a step too far. Brown undies from minute one, always happens against this lot. Fernandes will score his guaranteed penalty so we’ll be playing at a -1 handicap anyway, **** it may as well completely ruin Christmas and let that big smeg fridge bastard score from a corner as well. I’ll be too pissed to care by 12:31 on Boxing Day though, which is the only saving grace. 
 

Up the Foxes, **** the Mancs. 

[Ric Flair]

Little Jengiz, little Jengiz on a dusty road

 

Need to unleash Ünder on them, Luke Shaw is a little slug.

[gw_leics772]

3 hours ago, Danny Clender said:

Prawn Sandwich Brigade. 

In England, "Prawn Sandwich Brigade" is a derogatory term for the people who attend Association football matches primarily to enjoy luxury boxes and corporate hospitality, rather than support a team or enjoy the sport.

Source; Wikipedia.

 

Every week on FoxesTalk I read more and more brigades being introduced.

So in tribute to Roy Keane and Manchester United, I thought I’d explain the various brigades of sandwiches Leicester City has.

 

Prawn Sandwich Brigade.

 

Just like all football clubs, Leicester City has a Prawn Sandwich brigade. These are the people who are not considered “real football fans” by “real football fans” because the the PSB are wealthy. Many of the ‘Prawn Sandwich Brigade” will have their own business or take on a senior position at a large corporate.

They’ll dress strategically for the game, clippy heels, softly furnished jackets and pink shirts, obviously. They certainly won’t be wearing a Leicester Jersey to the game, they wouldn’t want to get into any trouble with away fans or even worse still, engage with working class Leicester fans.

The conversation will be flowing in the box, but not exclusively about football, they’ll say things like “How did your human centred design strategy roll out?” and “Have you heard back on the planning application for Desford yet?” And “I wish I was at the Rugby…have I ever told you?…I actually prefer the Rugger…yeah I'm a massive Tigers fan”.

“Real” Football fans despise talk like this, thus they've declared a silent war against all “Prawnies” (not to be confused with Braunie’s). However, this war will have declarations of peace, especially when a Prawnie asks a "commoner" into their box. Requesting a commoner into their box could be for a variety of reasons, perhaps it’s an incentive/favor for one of their employees, or a friend in the village pub, who after years of observation has finally passed the test to try out the world of corporate football entertainment, or, most likely the most obvious reason, It's time for the Prawnie to have a proper good show off.

 

Bacon Lettuce Tomato (BLT) Brigade.

 

These are the tech heads, they are not nerds, but they do love stats and the technical side of the game. Some have even been known to carry binoculars to the game.

The BLT Brigade will sit as close to Brendan’s dug out as possible. This is so they can mirror Brendan’s body language, they’ll look happy when Brendan does, they’ll raise hands in disappointment when Brendan does, lean forward in their chair and make chapel spire fingers on their chins to be as one with the game. The BLT Brigade will have taken lip reading lessons so they can understand what’s going on the bench, this will enable them to tell fans around them great insight like “He’s just told Praet to warm up” They’ll often check their phone keeping an eye on possession stats and pass accuracy rates, they'll perhaps even take notes in a notebook. The BLT brigade are quite happy to attend games alone, but when in company they will share opinions on the game like “Their low block is deeper than their last away game, this is to compensate for Albrighton’s new shin pads”. The BLT will also say things like “Good shout Brendan, he agrees with me”, "I told you that would happen 20 minutes ago” and “Just a reminder, we’re leaving immediately on the 80th minute, I don’t want to get stuck in traffic”

 

Ham Sandwich Brigade.

 

The Ham Sangers represent the largest proportion of Leicester fans, around about 90%. They are families, they are friends, they are diverse, they say “alright” and "oweyyer" a lot, they enjoy the game, they enjoy the experience and mostly, just bleeddin love Leggeh. The Ham Sandwich Brigade will express all emotions during the game, "tut" frequently and are responsible for creating the unique King Power experience by slapping their clappers. Before the introduction of clappers, the Ham Sandwich Brigade would have to use their hands, which over time became too much of a burden, so the ground fell into silence.

Fortunately, LCFC overcame this apathy by introducing concertinaed paper/card instruments, which when struck, make a loud clapping sound. LCFC and The Ham Sandwich Brigade are currently at advanced design stages of creating an updated version of the clapper, which when struck, the new model will be able to sound voice simulated expressions like "Did you f***ing see that?" "GOOOOOOOOOAAALLLL" “F**K off Ref” “You need to get to Specsavers” and “You’re S**T ahhhhhhhhhh…..ahhhhhhh………..ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh………ahhhhhhhhhhh” This will reduce all effort required, other than turning up to the game.

 

 

Cheese and Onion Cob Brigade.

 

The Cheese and Onion Brigade mostly hail from NW Leics i.e Coalville, Whitwick, Measham and its environs. On the whole they are fine to approach, but a word of warning, they are extremely cautious of their city dwelling brethren's. One wrong word can lead to civil war, so just make sure you have an App on your phone that can translate “Pit Talk”. If all else fails, simply default to saying “ahhhhhh” and “uuh ahhhh” whenever they finish their sentences. Although many fans from this area will say “All Lives Matter” sadly, the Cheese and Onion Cob brigade, are happy to use casual racism during their experience of the game. Therefore, If you do engage in football chat with one of them, please stick to discussing our white players. Tielemans is just about ok, but definitely don't go near any of the players of African heritage.

Rumour has it, there is a new brigade to rival this one, The Pork Pie and Stilton Sandwich Brigade, word has it, similar in appearance and outlook to The Cheese and Onion Cob Brigade, just a little easier to understand.

 

 

Crisp Sandwich Brigade.

 

This Brigades motto is “I'm Leicester 'til I die”.

In their own terms, they are the true fans and whilst the majority of all other brigades will avoid this lot, it’s a fruitless task because they are the most visible brigade we have. Any pre-match drink, in any pre-match bar within 3 miles of the KP you will spot one of them. They’ll be wearing a shirt from the 2008-9 season and will be holding a pint of lager in one hand and a can of lager in the other. This is by far the booziest brigade and whilst largely on the whole they are fine to chat to, perhaps just leave them to chat to their own.

 

NB: The Crisp Sandwich Brigade come in differing varieties of sub nutters.

 

Ready Salted - This brigade are often easy to spot as they’ll either be wearing an England top or some nice gear from Pilot. Largely a very safe sub-brigade as they know how to handle themselves and overall, mange all the other sub nutters. If you support VAR, Europe, Taking the Knee and Maddison’s back-packs, do not go near them.

 

Beef and Onion - Potentially quite rare as they perhaps don’t even go to home games, for obvious reasons. If identified at home games, they should not be approached, do not engage and generally avoid at all costs unless you know some of the old “Top Boys”.

 

Cheese and Onion - Ironically, they are the funniest of all brigades. They will shout “Hey!! calm down…calm down” to Liverpool and Everton Fans, blow kisses to Brighton fans and boo all ex Leicester Players. When fans are allowed back in to games and we play Chelsea with Ben Chilwell, you will be advised to wear a reinforced girdle to protect your sides.

 

Prawn Cocktail - These are the absolute melon twisters, they are always utterly s**t faced, they’ll probably be assisted on various other face melters as well and shout obscenities like “HARRY KANE IS A W****R” or “SHUT IT MOURINHO YOU STUPID C**T” even when the opposition is Crystal Palace.

 

So which brigade are you?

 

Merry Christmas!!

 

 

Cheese and onion crisp sandwich is how I like to think of myself, but like a good prawn cocktail crisp sarnie on special occasions.

[sdb]

1 hour ago, Manini said:

We’ve done well to not completely shit ourselves against Man City, Arsenal and Spurs so far this season but I think this is a step too far. Brown undies from minute one, always happens against this lot. Fernandes will score his guaranteed penalty so we’ll be playing at a -1 handicap anyway, **** it may as well completely ruin Christmas and let that big smeg fridge bastard score from a corner as well. I’ll be too pissed to care by 12:31 on Boxing Day though, which is the only saving grace. 
 

Up the Foxes, **** the Mancs. 

A fernandes pen and Maguire header do feel more than likely!

[gerblod]

If we play the same controlled defence game we did against the Lillywhites, then there's nothing to fear. That was a true XI man game and, if they've caught on to how that clicks, then it will be a tight game in our favour. I honestly believe that City are a better team, man-for-man - it's up to them to believe in themselves, to dig in and deal with the initial onslaught in a disciplined way.

I'd prefer Ünder to start - to give them a bit of a guessing game and to test them out. I like the way he'll take a poke from distance. Fair play to Albrighton, but United's defence isn't as well-drilled as Spurs'. I'd love to see Slabhead lose his rag after being given the runaround.

N'Didi and Tielemans should be the key factors in this. It'll be interesting to see how BR and his crew have figured out how to deal with Fernandes.

I suspect, because it's United, they'll be well up for it.

 

Nothing gives the country more festive cheer than when United get a good stuffing. 

[jeffschlupp]

Vardy is fully fit, and Soyuncu could be ready for this one or Monday.

 

I would think Rodgers will go with a similar team to the Spurs game for this one, then look to rotate heavily for Palace:

Schmeichel

Justin Evans Fofana Castagne

Ndidi Tielemans

Albrighton Maddison Barnes

Vardy

 

With the Palace side potentially being:

Schmeichel

Amartey Soyuncu Fuchs

Albrighton/JJ Mendy Praet Thomas

Under Iheanacho Perez

 

That would make 9 changes and still be a very decent team, with Soyuncu off for Morgan, Evans or Fofana after an hour or so.

[Deeg67]

You think Albrighton will play twice in three days?  I'm not so sure.

[filbertway]

21 minutes ago, jeffschlupp said:

Vardy is fully fit, and Soyuncu could be ready for this one or Monday.

 

I would think Rodgers will go with a similar team to the Spurs game for this one, then look to rotate heavily for Palace:

Schmeichel

Justin Evans Fofana Castagne

Ndidi Tielemans

Albrighton Maddison Barnes

Vardy

 

With the Palace side potentially being:

Schmeichel

Amartey Soyuncu Fuchs

Albrighton/JJ Mendy Praet Thomas

Under Iheanacho Perez

 

That would make 9 changes and still be a very decent team, with Soyuncu off for Morgan, Evans or Fofana after an hour or so.

That team wouldn't beat palace.

[turlo]

Go with the same set up as we did against spurs with Albrighton/Justin combo taking care of the Martial/Rashford threat on Utds left, Ndidi on Bruno in the middle and hit them fast counter attacks 

[jeffschlupp]

2 minutes ago, filbertway said:

That team wouldn't beat palace.

Schmeichel

Justin Morgan Evans Fuchs

Mendy Choudhury

Gray Perez Albrighton

Iheanacho

 

Went to West Ham and won 2-1 last year. We can't play the same team twice in 3 days.

[jeffschlupp]

5 minutes ago, Deeg67 said:

You think Albrighton will play twice in three days?  I'm not so sure.

Would ideally have Ricardo back but I don't think he will. You could go 4atb and have Amartey RB and Fuchs (or Morgan) into CB but you're then bringing Hamza in to play alongside Mendy.

[Jazzy_Jeff]

I think it’ll be same 11 against Utd as against Spurs with the palace game looking something like

 

Schmeichel

 

amartey

soyuncu

fofana

thomas

 

mendy

praet

 

under

perez

barnes

 

iheanacho 

[filbertway]

Just now, jeffschlupp said:

Schmeichel

Justin Morgan Evans Fuchs

Mendy Choudhury

Gray Perez Albrighton

Iheanacho

 

Went to West Ham and won 2-1 last year. We can't play the same team twice in 3 days.

West Ham under Pellegrini who were one of the few teams softer than ours. In my opinion, if Rodgers named a team close to what you suggested, we'd be lucky to come away wtih a point against a team like Palace. 

 

That being said, Rodgers may see if from your point of view. Or most likely, nobody in the world will be able to work outside what's going on in that lunatics head haha

 

 

[moore_94]

 

[Guest Col city fan]

Utd will concede goals but going forward they are starting to really look dangerous

I predict goals and we’ll lose this one 

[StriderHiryu]

6 hours ago, Danny Clender said:

Prawn Sandwich Brigade. 

In England, "Prawn Sandwich Brigade" is a derogatory term for the people who attend Association football matches primarily to enjoy luxury boxes and corporate hospitality, rather than support a team or enjoy the sport.

Source; Wikipedia.

 

Every week on FoxesTalk I read more and more brigades being introduced.

So in tribute to Roy Keane and Manchester United, I thought I’d explain the various brigades of sandwiches Leicester City has.

 

Prawn Sandwich Brigade.

 

Just like all football clubs, Leicester City has a Prawn Sandwich brigade. These are the people who are not considered “real football fans” by “real football fans” because the the PSB are wealthy. Many of the ‘Prawn Sandwich Brigade” will have their own business or take on a senior position at a large corporate.

They’ll dress strategically for the game, clippy heels, softly furnished jackets and pink shirts, obviously. They certainly won’t be wearing a Leicester Jersey to the game, they wouldn’t want to get into any trouble with away fans or even worse still, engage with working class Leicester fans.

The conversation will be flowing in the box, but not exclusively about football, they’ll say things like “How did your human centred design strategy roll out?” and “Have you heard back on the planning application for Desford yet?” And “I wish I was at the Rugby…have I ever told you?…I actually prefer the Rugger…yeah I'm a massive Tigers fan”.

“Real” Football fans despise talk like this, thus they've declared a silent war against all “Prawnies” (not to be confused with Braunie’s). However, this war will have declarations of peace, especially when a Prawnie asks a "commoner" into their box. Requesting a commoner into their box could be for a variety of reasons, perhaps it’s an incentive/favor for one of their employees, or a friend in the village pub, who after years of observation has finally passed the test to try out the world of corporate football entertainment, or, most likely the most obvious reason, It's time for the Prawnie to have a proper good show off.

 

Bacon Lettuce Tomato (BLT) Brigade.

 

These are the tech heads, they are not nerds, but they do love stats and the technical side of the game. Some have even been known to carry binoculars to the game.

The BLT Brigade will sit as close to Brendan’s dug out as possible. This is so they can mirror Brendan’s body language, they’ll look happy when Brendan does, they’ll raise hands in disappointment when Brendan does, lean forward in their chair and make chapel spire fingers on their chins to be as one with the game. The BLT Brigade will have taken lip reading lessons so they can understand what’s going on the bench, this will enable them to tell fans around them great insight like “He’s just told Praet to warm up” They’ll often check their phone keeping an eye on possession stats and pass accuracy rates, they'll perhaps even take notes in a notebook. The BLT brigade are quite happy to attend games alone, but when in company they will share opinions on the game like “Their low block is deeper than their last away game, this is to compensate for Albrighton’s new shin pads”. The BLT will also say things like “Good shout Brendan, he agrees with me”, "I told you that would happen 20 minutes ago” and “Just a reminder, we’re leaving immediately on the 80th minute, I don’t want to get stuck in traffic”

 

Ham Sandwich Brigade.

 

The Ham Sangers represent the largest proportion of Leicester fans, around about 90%. They are families, they are friends, they are diverse, they say “alright” and "oweyyer" a lot, they enjoy the game, they enjoy the experience and mostly, just bleeddin love Leggeh. The Ham Sandwich Brigade will express all emotions during the game, "tut" frequently and are responsible for creating the unique King Power experience by slapping their clappers. Before the introduction of clappers, the Ham Sandwich Brigade would have to use their hands, which over time became too much of a burden, so the ground fell into silence.

Fortunately, LCFC overcame this apathy by introducing concertinaed paper/card instruments, which when struck, make a loud clapping sound. LCFC and The Ham Sandwich Brigade are currently at advanced design stages of creating an updated version of the clapper, which when struck, the new model will be able to sound voice simulated expressions like "Did you f***ing see that?" "GOOOOOOOOOAAALLLL" “F**K off Ref” “You need to get to Specsavers” and “You’re S**T ahhhhhhhhhh…..ahhhhhhh………..ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh………ahhhhhhhhhhh” This will reduce all effort required, other than turning up to the game.

 

 

Cheese and Onion Cob Brigade.

 

The Cheese and Onion Brigade mostly hail from NW Leics i.e Coalville, Whitwick, Measham and its environs. On the whole they are fine to approach, but a word of warning, they are extremely cautious of their city dwelling brethren's. One wrong word can lead to civil war, so just make sure you have an App on your phone that can translate “Pit Talk”. If all else fails, simply default to saying “ahhhhhh” and “uuh ahhhh” whenever they finish their sentences. Although many fans from this area will say “All Lives Matter” sadly, the Cheese and Onion Cob brigade, are happy to use casual racism during their experience of the game. Therefore, If you do engage in football chat with one of them, please stick to discussing our white players. Tielemans is just about ok, but definitely don't go near any of the players of African heritage.

Rumour has it, there is a new brigade to rival this one, The Pork Pie and Stilton Sandwich Brigade, word has it, similar in appearance and outlook to The Cheese and Onion Cob Brigade, just a little easier to understand.

 

 

Crisp Sandwich Brigade.

 

This Brigades motto is “I'm Leicester 'til I die”.

In their own terms, they are the true fans and whilst the majority of all other brigades will avoid this lot, it’s a fruitless task because they are the most visible brigade we have. Any pre-match drink, in any pre-match bar within 3 miles of the KP you will spot one of them. They’ll be wearing a shirt from the 2008-9 season and will be holding a pint of lager in one hand and a can of lager in the other. This is by far the booziest brigade and whilst largely on the whole they are fine to chat to, perhaps just leave them to chat to their own.

 

NB: The Crisp Sandwich Brigade come in differing varieties of sub nutters.

 

Ready Salted - This brigade are often easy to spot as they’ll either be wearing an England top or some nice gear from Pilot. Largely a very safe sub-brigade as they know how to handle themselves and overall, mange all the other sub nutters. If you support VAR, Europe, Taking the Knee and Maddison’s back-packs, do not go near them.

 

Beef and Onion - Potentially quite rare as they perhaps don’t even go to home games, for obvious reasons. If identified at home games, they should not be approached, do not engage and generally avoid at all costs unless you know some of the old “Top Boys”.

 

Cheese and Onion - Ironically, they are the funniest of all brigades. They will shout “Hey!! calm down…calm down” to Liverpool and Everton Fans, blow kisses to Brighton fans and boo all ex Leicester Players. When fans are allowed back in to games and we play Chelsea with Ben Chilwell, you will be advised to wear a reinforced girdle to protect your sides.

 

Prawn Cocktail - These are the absolute melon twisters, they are always utterly s**t faced, they’ll probably be assisted on various other face melters as well and shout obscenities like “HARRY KANE IS A W****R” or “SHUT IT MOURINHO YOU STUPID C**T” even when the opposition is Crystal Palace.

 

So which brigade are you?

 

Merry Christmas!!

 

 

 

This is an absolutely legendary post. The level of nuance in it is off the scale!

[MGLCFC]

1 hour ago, filbertway said:

That team wouldn't beat palace.

Depends whether Palace put a weakened team out.

[RowlattsFox]

We will make 8/9 changes for Palace. Kasper, Justin and Fofana probably only ones who will play in both. Winning one of the games will be decent enough. You could argue we play our strongest at Palace but that won't happen.

 

Kasper, Justin, amartey, Fofana, Soyuncu, Thomas, Mendy, Choudhury, Praet, under, Iheanacho and Perez to start at palace. Rancid team but I doubt we'll take any chances. Stink the place out and bring the big guns on to win the game in the second half 

Edited 22 December 2020 by RowlattsFox

[NaijaFox]

36 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

We will make 8/9 changes for Palace. Kasper, Justin and Fofana probably only ones who will play in both. Winning one of the games will be decent enough. You could argue we play our strongest at Palace but that won't happen.

 

Kasper, Justin, amartey, Fofana, Soyuncu, Thomas, Mendy, Choudhury, Praet, under, Iheanacho and Perez to start at palace. Rancid team but I doubt we'll take any chances. Stink the place out and bring the big guns on to win the game in the second half 

I think our lineup will be 'stronger' than that for Palace.

After that game we have almost a week before Newcastle.

[Ric Flair]

Palace away will be like West Ham away last season, will be the sort of team we picked for our EL games. Ünder will have a field day.

[RowlattsFox]

8 minutes ago, NaijaFox said:

I think our lineup will be 'stronger' than that for Palace.

After that game we have almost a week before Newcastle.

It's more about recovery from the Man Utd game, than when the next game is. We might go a little bit stronger, but Vardy and Evans definitely won't play, neither will Albrighton if he plays against Man Utd. No way we risk Castagne and probably Ndidi too soon after injuries. 

[Foxes96]

1 hour ago, RowlattsFox said:

We will make 8/9 changes for Palace. Kasper, Justin and Fofana probably only ones who will play in both. Winning one of the games will be decent enough. You could argue we play our strongest at Palace but that won't happen.

 

Kasper, Justin, amartey, Fofana, Soyuncu, Thomas, Mendy, Choudhury, Praet, under, Iheanacho and Perez to start at palace. Rancid team but I doubt we'll take any chances. Stink the place out and bring the big guns on to win the game in the second half 

 

26 minutes ago, NaijaFox said:

I think our lineup will be 'stronger' than that for Palace.

After that game we have almost a week before Newcastle.

 

Not sure we can get much stronger than playing with 12 players, Palace won’t be able to cope 

[Guest Danny Clender]

2 hours ago, StriderHiryu said:

 

This is an absolutely legendary post. The level of nuance in it is off the scale!

Coming from you, this means a lot. 

[RowlattsFox]

5 minutes ago, Foxes96 said:

 

 

Not sure we can get much stronger than playing with 12 players, Palace won’t be able to cope 

Ha, I thought it looked too many so checked and still didn't notice  at least it means we don't have to play Mendy and Choudhury 

Edited 22 December 2020 by RowlattsFox