murphy 6,762 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January Play the first team. We have a week's rest before and after. No need to rotate. I would dance naked on a wasp's nest smothered in jam to see us win the FA Cup! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jerry 44 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January Just now, murphy said: Play the first team. We have a week's rest before and after. No need to rotate. I would dance naked on a wasp's nest smothered in jam to see us win the FA Cup! Having been at the 69 Cup Final so would i 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Daz93 218 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January 6 days till this game then a full week till the game after, so I’d expect a strong team to help keep the momentum up but still rest a few to manage those that have been injured. Ward Ricardo Fofana Soyuncu JJ Mendy Under Praet Tielemans Barnes Iheanacho 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Earle 1,136 Posted 3 January Author Report Share Posted 3 January 9 minutes ago, murphy said: Play the first team. We have a week's rest before and after. No need to rotate. I would dance naked on a wasp's nest smothered in jam to see us win the FA Cup! Mods, is it possible to ‘like’, lots, the second paragraph of a post, while running away as fast as possible from the sheer silliness of the first?!? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Weasel Fox 4,057 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January FA Cup is still a massive dream for most Leicester fans so please make the team as strong as possible thanks 🙏 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jazzy_Jeff 266 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January Schmeichel Justin Amartey Soyuncu Thomas Mendy Tielemans Praet Under Perez Barnes Link to post Share on other sites
Clever Fox 1,488 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January 30 minutes ago, Bob Weasel Fox said: FA Cup is still a massive dream for most Leicester fans so please make the team as strong as possible thanks 🙏 Yes, As someone who's seen us lose the 3 finals in the 60s as a young Fan I was devastated. To win the league and an FA cup in the same decade would be amazing. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Pliskin 2,739 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January (edited) Danny Taffarel Timmy Carlos Caglar Nesta Daniel Thuram Luke Cafu Papy Makelele Taveres Barnsaldino Ayoze Di Baggio Cengiz Del Piero Kalechi. Edited 3 January by Pliskin Link to post Share on other sites
Ric Flair 21,514 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January Ward Castagne Soyuncu Amartey Thomas Mendy Praet Ünder Perez Barnes Iheanacho 2 Link to post Share on other sites
jerry 44 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January 53 minutes ago, Jazzy_Jeff said: Schmeichel Justin Amartey Soyuncu Thomas Mendy Tielemans Praet Under Perez Barnes Ricardo if fit. Link to post Share on other sites
AKCJ 15,250 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January Ward JJ Amartey Soyuncu Thomas Under Mendy Praet Albrighton Perez Iheanacho 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Angus Scott 416 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January All this talk about playing a weak side does my head in. There is no game this midweek or the midweek after, so we should play as strong a team as possible. We play our players vast sums of money to actually play football, not sit on their asses at home watching soccer saturday. What is the point of football if you don't try & win things & we have a very good chance of winning the FA Cup, whereas we have little chance of winning the Prem & even qualifying for Europe will be very difficult. We cannot afford to take Stoke lightly & we do not want another Newport so I do not want to see Choudhury or Nacho but would loe to see Ricky & Cags 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Gazza M 682 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January No need to rest players for this. If they can't play once a week there is something wrong. Maybe a start for Soyuncu to get 60-70 minutes. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cadno'r Cymoedd 1,693 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January I can remember the 1969 final and if we get a chance to win it, which we are capable of I'm sure, then let's play a side decent enough to win and get as far as we can in each round. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gamble92 1,299 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January I went uni there and have a lot of friends from there. We are infinitely better and I should have a great weekend. 0-1 loss garunteed then. Link to post Share on other sites
Reg Vardy 471 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January Ward Ricky p Cags Fofana TC N’didi Under Tielemans Maddison Perez Vardy 5 changes from today....decent side Link to post Share on other sites
King of Gipsy Lane 304 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January U23 team please let’s not mess about champions league more important than some tin cup ! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites
lgfualol 10,235 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January (edited) Ward Ricardo (Castagne if rick not fit) Fofana Soy Thomas Mendy Praet Maddison Ünder Nacho Barnes Edited 3 January by lgfualol Link to post Share on other sites
Bats8711 434 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January Yes - there is a week before and after this game. But then we play Chelsea 3 days after Southampton. If we want certain first teamers to play both games (*cough* VARDY *cough*) then they need to be rested for this one. Vardy, Tielemans, Evans, JJ are all obvious rests (wouldn't even have them in the squad). Also call me crazy but with our recent record of bringing injured players back I don't want Ricardo anywhere near this game. Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post The whole world smiles 4,997 Posted 3 January Popular Post Report Share Posted 3 January There's a break between Stoke and Southampton. However.... There is no break between the 4th round (if we qualify) and Everton away or the 5th round or the sparta prauge games, so we need our squad players to be sharp and feeling engaged. 6 Link to post Share on other sites
StanSP 28,178 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January Kasper Castagne - Amartey - Soyuncu - Fuchs Mendy Under - Praet - Maddison Perez - Iheanacho No need to risk too many senior regulars. Would be good to get Soyuncu more minutes and to be honest I've only picked Amartey there as it means Fofana and Evans can rest, but really it could be anyone with Soyuncu as long as they or he don't get injured. Similar for Castagne - was today vs Newcastle his first full 90 since returning from injury? The midfield and attack can be quite flexible. Could easily be a 4-1-3-2 or 4-2-3-1 with Perez dropping deeper just behind Kelechi and Praet dropping in the 'Youri' role next to Mendy. No need to play Ndidi, Vardy, Youri, Justin. Got a feeling Albrighton could play. Under has to play surely. Needs a full 90. Link to post Share on other sites
Webbo 17,090 Posted 3 January Report Share Posted 3 January I wonder if we'll want to put Slimani and Gray in the shop window. Link to post Share on other sites
The whole world smiles 4,997 Posted 4 January Report Share Posted 4 January 43 minutes ago, Webbo said: I wonder if we'll want to put Slimani and Gray in the shop window. They mentioned this on radio leicester. I didn't get the logic, Surely clubs know what they are signing with them two, must be loads of footage and scouting data available - they have played in over 175 Premier league matches between them. I could understand if it was a player like Tavares who's mostly played reserve football but these are established and famous professionals no club is gonna let a performance against Stoke in the cup influence their decision one way or the other are they? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Aus Fox 8,566 Posted 4 January Report Share Posted 4 January Get some game time into some fringe players, make sure everyone is as close to match fit as possible if required to be called upon. I would expect with Stoke chasing a playoff spot, they will rotate. I would give the players who have come back from injury and those over 30 a rest. Ward JJ Soyuncu Amartey Thomas Mendy Praet Under Perez Barnes Iheanacho Bench: Fuchs, Choudhury (If still here), Morgan, Stolarczyk, Ricardo (give him 20 mins if fit enough), Leshabela, Tavares Should be enough to get us in the bag for round 4 Link to post Share on other sites
TK95 2,282 Posted 4 January Report Share Posted 4 January Saw this thread and thought we'd gone back in time Completely forgot about the cup! Link to post Share on other sites
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