Gerard Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 27 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said: If utd play their reserves it'll be even more embarrassing when we lose to them. That's the spirit. 2
Fox in the North Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 We were able to beat a strong Utd team with a back 3 and without Maddison, as long as the players are mentally prepared for this, there’s no reason why we can’t compete and beat Man Utd. That being said I will be watching this match from behind the sofa looking through my fingers. 4
jim5000 Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 22 hours ago, WigstonWanderer said: Without Barnes, we simply have to play Vardy, otherwise we have no pace. Even out of form he scares the opposition. This is 100% true, however it's a bit worrying that the only pace we have available in the squad is a 34 year old forward looking at possibly his last season next year........... 1
enmac Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 11 hours ago, Hales said: According to their forums they are seemingly happy for us to take the points if it stops Liverpool getting top 4 😁😜😂 Andy Goldstein (Man U fan and works for MUTV) said 100% of their fans want City to win. What their players think is entirely unknown. How many of their players are Man U fans, I wonder.
knitro Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 Would like to see Praet over Maddison - James isn't right and lets give Dennis a chance to restake his claim in the squad. 3
don_danbury Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 (edited) 25 minutes ago, hejammy said: It makes me think about what the actual reason for our demise 2 seasons in a row at the close of play end of the season is? Is it that we don't have the nerve? Or that we don't have the squad and they are burned out? Any other thoughts? it's not having the nerve. we've had injuries all season Edited 10 May 2021 by don_danbury 2
jim5000 Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 15 hours ago, ARM1968 said: I bet we see the usual Rodgers caution until we’re 2-0 down. Then we’ll batter them and lose 2-1. Fear Eats At Rodgers. Foxes never quit!!! (it's just that they often don't start until the 70th minute when all is lost.........)
enmac Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 7 hours ago, moore_94 said: If this is true, Shoretire winner in the last minute How many of these are actually fans of Man U?
jim5000 Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 27 minutes ago, hejammy said: It makes me think about what the actual reason for our demise 2 seasons in a row at the close of play end of the season is? Is it that we don't have the nerve? Or that we don't have the squad and they are burned out? Any other thoughts? Chelsea, Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool, and Arsenal can all name a world class second 11. We can't, and we've had an incredibly long, compressed, and challenging season that has stretched the squad to it's limits (remember when we had 4 youth team players on the bench a few months ago) and being where we are is a massive achievement. If we can get over the line it will be our second best season of all time. 1
gurru991 Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 50 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said: If utd play their reserves it'll be even more embarrassing when we lose to them. I'm glad to see you are behind the team. Your mattress must be ruined by now or did you get the plastic sheets ! 1
enmac Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 3 hours ago, sacreblueits442 said: ....are we missing someone!!! Albrighton, of all people, must have got sent off. 1
hejammy Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 9 minutes ago, jim5000 said: Chelsea, Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool, and Arsenal can all name a world class second 11. We can't, and we've had an incredibly long, compressed, and challenging season that has stretched the squad to it's limits (remember when we had 4 youth team players on the bench a few months ago) and being where we are is a massive achievement. If we can get over the line it will be our second best season of all time. You had me concentrated until you mentioned Arsenal come on you can't be serious with that! Lol But I am not sure. We actually had some decent results when we we were down to bare bones and had youth players in the squad. Now we are back to a fairly full squad it seems to me its more about bottle than anything else.
enmac Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 The optimist in me is thinking 0-0. Would take it now. Must not forget about gd too.
jim5000 Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 7 hours ago, deanolegend1989 said: Nearly every ambitious and good team play 4 at the back. No one really in the Prem plays 5 atb except Wolves I think and they are poor and dull. What 5 atb does is cover for limitations, so for Wolves Coady is better in a 5 and they have lost Jiminez and Jota so know they don’t have the quality to control games at the front and middle. We do and have proved it in nearly every game we’ve played when we play 4 atb and a strong middle. In fact I can barely remember losing a game if we have a back 4 when we also have a strong midfield of Ndidi Youri and/or Madders/Praet. I think Praet has fallen out with Rodgers because he’s by far the best player we have in the middle aside from the obvious 2. A middle 3 of those with Madders getting more forward would work a treat. It would also get Castange comfortable bombing down the RW and have more control in the middle with the extra body, which will relieve the pressure on our 2 CBs. Our biggest issue is because we have 5atb and don’t know whether to drop deep or go high and especially without Evans , will struggle to defend and keep a tight shape for 90 mins, the best way to counter this is press higher and cause mistakes to kill opponents attacks sooner. Weve gone into a habit and rut of allowing pressure on us and being camped in. We need to press higher and attack the game, support our front men and don’t give them time on the ball. Setting up 5atb is telling our players to sit deeper naturally and then our midfield drop deeper naturally and start picking it up near the half way line and this allows teams to press and compress the game. This is NOT the type of games that Youri can dictate because we are getting him in non dangerous areas. This is also not the type of game Madders wants, he wants to be picking it up in the final 3rd where he’s best. This is also terrible for Vards because he’s then got to break 2 banks of 4 with us picking it up so deep there’s no space what so ever, we are so easy to defend against. Whilst the easy option is to slam Vardy or Madders for being poor etc etc, the bigger picture is the set up and that’s why the blame is firmly at Rodgers door and why he MUST change and see the rut he’s got into with his 1 dimensional tactics. You are absolutely right, what 5 at the back does is cover for limitations. And those limitations are long term injuries to Justin, Barnes, and an unfit Pereira and Maddison. We switched to 5 at the back as we didn't have enough fit wide forwards, and playing wingbacks (although we only have one fit wingback) allowed us to play two central forwards in Vardy and Iheanacho, which was our only option as Nacho can't play on his own, and even if he is, we don't have any wide forwards to make a front 3. So Rodgers switched to 5 at the back to cover limitations. Limitations which we will have until at least the start of next season. 1
jim5000 Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 7 minutes ago, hejammy said: You had me concentrated until you mentioned Arsenal come on you can't be serious with that! Lol But I am not sure. We actually had some decent results when we we were down to bare bones and had youth players in the squad. Now we are back to a fairly full squad it seems to me its more about bottle than anything else. Arsenal have got a crap manager. Chelsea have demonstrated that bringing back a club legend doesn't nessacarily work (although Man U have shown otherwise). If Arsenal pinched Rodgers this summer, I think that we could easily swap league positions with them. The fact is they are a rich club and have a large squad to go with that, so in the past season and half where everything has been fuched up by covid, they have had more resources to cope with that. The fact they haven't is because they have a crap manager that they brought in for nostalgic reasons. It's like if we appoint Muzzy Izzet as manager.
jim5000 Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 3 hours ago, whoareyaaa said: we need to go out there with no fear, play how we know we can and take all 3 points nothing to lose now 4 cup finals 4 cup finals. 1 of which is a cup final
KrefelderFox666 Posted 10 May 2021 Posted 10 May 2021 1 hour ago, jim5000 said: Chelsea, Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool, and Arsenal can all name a world class second 11. We can't, and we've had an incredibly long, compressed, and challenging season that has stretched the squad to it's limits (remember when we had 4 youth team players on the bench a few months ago) and being where we are is a massive achievement. If we can get over the line it will be our second best season of all time. Even more frustrating because now that we have just about everyone fit, we are losing it.
WigstonWanderer Posted 11 May 2021 Posted 11 May 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, jim5000 said: This is 100% true, however it's a bit worrying that the only pace we have available in the squad is a 34 year old forward looking at possibly his last season next year........... The only alternative with any pace at the moment is Ünder, and that seems unlikely. Besides, Vardy usually contributes something, even when not playing well. I’d go 4231 with Vardy, Perez and Ünder behind Kelechi. Bring on Maddison for Perez and Albrighton for one of the others later if it isn’t working. Edited 11 May 2021 by WigstonWanderer
turlo Posted 11 May 2021 Posted 11 May 2021 2 hours ago, hejammy said: It makes me think about what the actual reason for our demise 2 seasons in a row at the close of play end of the season is? Is it that we don't have the nerve? Or that we don't have the squad and they are burned out? Any other thoughts? Up until the Newcastle game i thought this was down to our thin squad & injuries over the season resulting in players being burned out.. However against Newcastle we simply imploded at a critical point in the season which i put down to mental weakness when the pressure is really on.
enmac Posted 11 May 2021 Posted 11 May 2021 We all suffer from mental weakness. Just look at all the comments on here. 3
enmac Posted 11 May 2021 Posted 11 May 2021 If there was a crowd at OT tomorrow the chant I would love to hear is: " Boring, boring Leicester." I am not an arsenal fan.
glebe_sydneyfox Posted 11 May 2021 Posted 11 May 2021 It's on at the kid friendly time of 3am in Sydney. I'll be up for it but I sure as hell hope it's a win or my Wednesday is going to truly suck. 1
Milo Posted 11 May 2021 Posted 11 May 2021 20 minutes ago, glebe_sydneyfox said: It's on at the kid friendly time of 3am in Sydney. I'll be up for it but I sure as hell hope it's a win or my Wednesday is going to truly suck. Let’s hope the players will be, too. 3
NaijaFox Posted 11 May 2021 Posted 11 May 2021 6 hours ago, hejammy said: It makes me think about what the actual reason for our demise 2 seasons in a row at the close of play end of the season is? Is it that we don't have the nerve? Or that we don't have the squad and they are burned out? Any other thoughts? Darn! At least wait until the season is over before the post-mortem. Last I checked, we ARE in 4th place, with 3 games against teams we've already beaten this season. COYF
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