Patson Daka

[Twitcher]

1 minute ago, NaijaFox said:

Not. There likely to be changes from the Man City game.

Having a much deeper squad means we can rotate starters.

You wouldn't play our full strength side in Europe?

[st albans fox]

5 minutes ago, Twitcher said:

You wouldn't play our full strength side in Europe?

 Not if you want to keep the squad 100% fit and avoid some unnecessary muscle strains …….

 

Some players need to get match sharp too - we may need them if we get some injuries. 

[NaijaFox]

11 minutes ago, Twitcher said:

You wouldn't play our full strength side in Europe?

We can rotate and still have a pretty "full strength" squad.

Frankly we now have about 14/15 players who (depending on form/formation) could easily be in our "starting XI".

 

Edited 12 September 2021 by NaijaFox

[Webbo]

23 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

 Not if you want to keep the squad 100% fit and avoid some unnecessary muscle strains …….

 

Some players need to get match sharp too - we may need them if we get some injuries. 

If we top the group we go straight into the knockouts, if we come second it's an extra round of matches. Napoli are our main contenders for top spot, we need to beat them at home. Most of the players have just had 2 weeks off, it's still early season, I don't think there'll be many changes.

[Claridge]

  No chance Brendan makes many if any changes thursday

[moore_94]

21 minutes ago, Webbo said:

If we top the group we go straight into the knockouts, if we come second it's an extra round of matches. Napoli are our main contenders for top spot, we need to beat them at home. Most of the players have just had 2 weeks off, it's still early season, I don't think there'll be many changes.

I believe in that extra round of matches is where you also face the Champions League dropouts

[st albans fox]

31 minutes ago, Webbo said:

If we top the group we go straight into the knockouts, if we come second it's an extra round of matches. Napoli are our main contenders for top spot, we need to beat them at home. Most of the players have just had 2 weeks off, it's still early season, I don't think there'll be many changes.

I’m not disagreeing with you in respect of what Brendan will do

 

im just saying what I think he should do to avoid injuries etc - but that doesn’t seem to be his modus operandi- they’re just collateral  damage …..

[Mr Weller]

Brendon will make some changes, otherwise there’d be no point having a bigger squad. He also knows he has to keep fringe players motivated. His priority will be the league so expect a Soumare, Daka or Lookman to make an appearance 

[Pliskin]

1 hour ago, Claridge said:

  No chance Brendan makes many if any changes thursday

He will have to, with Brighton at the weekend and then a trip to Millwall. I do expect a few changes. 

[Claridge]

1 hour ago, Pliskin said:

He will have to, with Brighton at the weekend and then a trip to Millwall. I do expect a few changes. 

Hope it’s Maddison and albrighton and the rest the same as saturday

[Finnegan]

18 hours ago, foxile5 said:

It's entirely possible that Daka will score 10+ this season and not start regularly in the league. And that's okay. Long term; not impact. 

 

Whilst I agree with this and think Rodgers will definitely take his time with Daka, I do think there's a bit of risk of stalling his progress. 

 

Iheanacho came to us high on confidence with a reputation as a great finisher with a high goal per minutes rate off the bench for Man City. We took that confidence and a mixture of injuries and mismanagement absolutely ruined him for years. 

 

Strikers need consistent opportunities, momentum is a big part of keeping up their goal scoring form. 

 

Daka came to us on a massive high after an incredible goal scoring season and there's a risk that if we bench him for too long, we'll stunt the progress of the guy we're hoping is our actual Vardy successor. 

 

Rodgers has to manage the right balance to keep up Vardy's excellent start to the season whilst also making sure Daka gets more than the odd 5 minute cameo to run around closing down and not getting a sniff. 

 

Absolutely not easy at all from the managers point of view. 

[StriderHiryu]

No love for Patson? He looked raw but was impressive throughout the game. Very unfortunate to be given offside, as I thought he was on.

 

He also played about 4 positions in the game. Sometimes he was the lone striker, sometimes he was part of two up top, sometimes he was a right winger, sometimes he was a 10. A very challenging role to play against a very impressive team.

 

Patson still has a lot to work on, but I would be shocked if he's not a success here. Seems like a very good player and a very good man. His emotion at the goal made me very happy.

[Tielemans63]

I like him a lot. Gutted that his goal was disallowed, genuinely thought he was just on

[KFS]

Really shit to have been ruled offside. He needed that goal big time 

[It'sblueupnorth]

Really like him, thought he had a good game and gutted for him that his goal was ruled out must have only been a foot at most. Excited to see him get going

[TrentFox]

He was off for the goal. Don’t think there’s any doubt about it. No position to judge him after one game, but i think some of the hype about him in here in the summer looks well wide of the mark. 

[Mark]

I don't know what Rodgers was thinking but we had Iheanacho and Daka in the wrong positions, Daka was so unsuited to the wide right role.

[Les-TA-Jon]

Anyone got any pictures or footage of the offside? 

[Les-TA-Jon]

Just now, Mark said:

I don't know what Rodgers was thinking but we had Iheanacho and Daka in the wrong positions, Daka was so unsuited to the wide right role.

Nacho doesn’t do much running with the ball. He’s better back to goal, ball into feet and bringing others into the game. Him central and Daka running in the channels made total sense

[5waller5]

1 minute ago, TrentFox said:

He was off for the goal. Don’t think there’s any doubt about it. No position to judge him after one game, but i think some of the hype about him in here in the summer looks well wide of the mark. 

I disagree on both points

 

[It'sblueupnorth]

1 minute ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

Anyone got any pictures or footage of the offside? 

 

[BraunstoneFox23]

Get him in the side, i back him to score at the weekend if he gets a chance.

[Finnegan]

1 minute ago, It'sblueupnorth said:

 

 

Surely Malcuit is playing him on? 

 

And even if not, I thought they'd opted for thicker lines and benefit of the doubt this season? 

 

[TrentFox]

1 minute ago, 5waller5 said:

I disagree on both points

 

Totally understand your disagreement on the second point. But on the first, on the lines on sky he was about 12-18 inches off. Confess I didn’t watch the after match stuff. Did they find a different graphic? 

[Koke]

He will score 10-12 goals this season without starting many games.