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West Ham (A) Mon 23/08/21 @ 8pm

By Koke, in Leicester City Forum

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goose2010

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We have gone to places harder than this with weaker squads and got results in the past. 

 

It will be tough as they are a lot better and stronger than they used to be. 

 

BUT is it what it is. Everyone plays to their best and we get a result its that simple. 

 

 

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Foxxed

Foxxed

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51 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

Daka scores I’m on the pitch!!!


Cool. Could do with some defensive cover.

 

1 hour ago, StriderHiryu said:

Antonio though unpredictable, is an old fashioned centre forward. Amartey is no world beater, but he's physically well built and can handle himself. Players Jimenez, Antonio, Wood suit his game better than say playing against a prime Jamie Vardy or Sergio Aguero. The worst sort of opponent for Amartey would be Liverpool who play an insane high line and press from the front with skilful forwards that are lighting quick and when counter pressing. West Ham are a counter attacking team that will let us have the ball and look to find Antonio when attacking without a counter attack. When they aren't breaking, Amartey should be OK. (Famous last words).

 

I agree with you, but after seeing the Wolves game Moyes will tell his team to target Amartey at every opportunity, I know I would! So he will be forced into longer passes. We could tell him to play it long, but we can't really do that either when we have a front 4 of Barnes, Vardy, Perez and Maddison. I think the way to deal with it make sure that Ricardo, Ndidi and Tielemans all make themselves available to receive a short pass from him. Worst case scenario have Amartey play it long if he's under pressure. The thing is though with teams that press is that if you beat the press and play out of it, you cut the other team open completely. Barnes had a chance to make it 2-0 against Wolves which came about because we played out from the press and they committed too many players forwards when pressing. West Ham most often play a deep block, so ironically when they choose to press us high up the pitch, those might be the time when we can create our best attacks.

Aye. The team will need to work together to stop them targeting Amartay. I’d like to see Soumare give us a little more protection ahead of him.

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leicesterseddon

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Feeling pretty despondent about our prospects this season given our injury record already. 
 

So going to put the optimistic hat on and look at the bright side for tonight:

 

1) West Ham are a good team but they aren’t as good as us 

 

2) Their resurgence towards the end of last season was in large part down to Lingard, who isn’t there 

 

3) Amartey, for all his scares, is not as bad as some think & could be a good match for Antonio 

 

4) Our record at their ground in recent years, last season aside, is pretty decent 

 

5) Despite our defensive woes, the midfield and attack are stronger this year 

 

6) Hopefully we will play 4 at the back!

 

 

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volpeazzurro

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5 hours ago, weller54 said:

Agree..

Both lightweight especially against this lot!

Like to see KDH start tonight.

I'd certainly like to see Soumare with Ndidi and Tielemans from the start. He's incredibly good at keeping the ball, strong and keeps things fairly simple. As the season goes on I see his presence alongside Ndidi as an enabler to assist Tielemans to perform even better. I think those three have the potential to be as good as anyone else as a midfield 3 in the Premiership. They need game time to get to know each other and whether they have Maddison just in front of them, Albrighton to their right, or even a straight 3 of any of the 4 Vardy, Iheanacho, Barnes and Daka in front of them, I think it's potentially very exciting. Whilst I hold my hands up as being a Perez detractor, I do recognise that he generally gives of his best, albeit I think he might have done a bit more regarding his core strength issues, his days out for me should be very limited now as we have far superior options. 

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Pliskin

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19 minutes ago, leicesterseddon said:

Feeling pretty despondent about our prospects this season given our injury record already. 
 

So going to put the optimistic hat on and look at the bright side for tonight:

 

1) West Ham are a good team but they aren’t as good as us 

 

2) Their resurgence towards the end of last season was in large part down to Lingard, who isn’t there 

 

3) Amartey, for all his scares, is not as bad as some think & could be a good match for Antonio 

 

4) Our record at their ground in recent years, last season aside, is pretty decent 

 

5) Despite our defensive woes, the midfield and attack are stronger this year 

 

6) Hopefully we will play 4 at the back!

 

 

I think you’ll be surprised. They absolutely mullered us over two games last season, in fact we only started plying in the last twenty minutes of the second game. 
 

I just hope the first two competitive games are a sign that we’re defensively strong, but the ease of which Wolves breached us worries me somewhat. 
 

We will see, but I’m not overly confident about this one. 

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FoxesWalk

FoxesWalk

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25 minutes ago, leicesterseddon said:

Feeling pretty despondent about our prospects this season given our injury record already. 
 

So going to put the optimistic hat on and look at the bright side for tonight:

 

1) West Ham are a good team but they aren’t as good as us 

 

2) Their resurgence towards the end of last season was in large part down to Lingard, who isn’t there 

 

3) Amartey, for all his scares, is not as bad as some think & could be a good match for Antonio 

 

4) Our record at their ground in recent years, last season aside, is pretty decent 

 

5) Despite our defensive woes, the midfield and attack are stronger this year 

 

6) Hopefully we will play 4 at the back!

 

 

If we win the midfield battle we should have a good chance of winning the game, regardless of who is alongside Soyuncu. I think we will win the midfield battle (assuming Wilf is playing his preferred position...), but their physicality in both boxes worries me a bit. 

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brockmyster

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24 minutes ago, FoxesWalk said:

If we win the midfield battle we should have a good chance of winning the game, regardless of who is alongside Soyuncu. I think we will win the midfield battle (assuming Wilf is playing his preferred position...), but their physicality in both boxes worries me a bit. 

Sums it up well, set pieces always worry me. But that midfield battle against Rice & Soucek should be one Wilf & Youri can win with their eyes closed.

 

The threat of Barnes might hopefully keep Coufal at bay going forward too as they can't afford to be leaving him and Vardy free to burst through.

Scanchez

Scanchez

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54 minutes ago, FoxOnWheels said:

He’s definitely bit taller than that surely 

I thought that too but just checked on Wikipedia and it's saying 1.8m, which is a bout 5ft 9.

Roughly translated, that's about the same height as Julian Joachim wearing a top hat.

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jayfox26

jayfox26

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2 hours ago, vadera69 said:

Where is everyone drinking before the match? Are there any away pubs? 

In my front room or possibly down my local pub. Not sure if its an away pub, its in Bolton if that's any help?

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jayfox26

jayfox26

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16 minutes ago, Steve Earle said:

Assuming Vesty's injured, I wonder if we'll go 433, with Soumare added to the midfield and Madders reprising the role he played at Spurs last season?

I glanced at this and read it "assuming Vardys injured" and nearly just threw my phone across the room until I re read it. Please dont do this to me again. Full names please. 

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jayfox26

jayfox26

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3 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

Just be glad he didn't use initials otherwise it would've been RIP to your phone. 

I did think this. If anyone refers to Vestergaard as JV, I may have to hunt them down and inflict pain on them! 

Spudulike

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Not sure about all this talk of Soumaré providing the extra strength and ball retention. Only seen him once for us and, unless my eyes deceived me, he was guilty of getting on the wrong side of opponents, being out muscled and giving the ball away on at least two occasions in the short time he was on the pitch. Early days but if I was to choose now then KDH would be in front of him in the pecking order. 

sacreblueits442

sacreblueits442

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1 minute ago, Spudulike said:

Not sure about all this talk of Soumaré providing the extra strength and ball retention. Only seen him once for us and, unless my eyes deceived me, he was guilty of getting on the wrong side of opponents, being out muscled and giving the ball away on at least two occasions in the short time he was on the pitch. Early days but if I was to choose now then KDH would be in front of him in the pecking order. 

...he needs to get up to speed with the pace of the Premier League!!!

He can only get there by playing but playing KDH tonight ahead of him could be an option, but we need three in the midfield.

Steve Earle

Steve Earle

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11 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Not sure about all this talk of Soumaré providing the extra strength and ball retention. Only seen him once for us and, unless my eyes deceived me, he was guilty of getting on the wrong side of opponents, being out muscled and giving the ball away on at least two occasions in the short time he was on the pitch. Early days but if I was to choose now then KDH would be in front of him in the pecking order. 

Your eyes deceived you I'd surmise...

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TJB-fox

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11 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said:

...he needs to get up to speed with the pace of the Premier League!!!

He can only get there by playing but playing KDH tonight ahead of him could be an option, but we need three in the midfield.

Well don’t fret my old fruit, no matter what formation BR plays we will definitely have 3 in the middle.

 

Will always be Tielemans Ndidi Maddison , or a variation of 👍

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