LCFC vs. Palace Post-Match Thread

[Guest Lcfc82]

6 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

 

I’LL WRITE THIS IN CAPITALS SO EVERYONE SEES IT 

 

 

 

MENDY IS NOT IN EITHER SQUAD

 

I THINK HE CAN PLAY IN THE LEAGUE CUP 

 

 

I’ve just replied to a post asking if he is fit, not sure what you’re getting excited about 

[foxinsocks]

I honestly believe that the players have lost belief in rodgers - he need to earn it back.  His love of madders and ayoze and lack of belief in nacho  has undone him.

[Guest kristianity77]

10 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

I hope you are wrong, but fear you are right.

 

Tielemans wants out because that Cup win is as good as it will get and yeah we have quite a few older established players still here that can't go on forever.

 

If we were going to bring someone in, it would have to be done in the same way Rodgers himself was; get them in toward the back end of the season so they can asses the squad and get preseason planned to the minute detail.

 

I want to say that I am extremely pro-Rodgers and really want him to turn it around here. But the shelf life for managers in the Premier League is extremely short and I don't think Top will tolerate no European football next season.If we don't get back on form soon, it will go that way for sure.

I dont think that's true.  Rodgers absolutely won't be getting the boot if we finish 7th or 8th.

 

The problem is, currently, we don't look like finishing anywhere near those positions.  In my opinion this season, we will do well to get 50 points with how bad its been so far.

[StanSP]

1 hour ago, Scotch said:

Hamza Choudhury should never play for us again. In a game we're most were pretty bad he done his best to stand out amongst the rest as being particularly honking. 

 

He's lower level championship AT BEST!

Pretty sure he was one of our better players?

[st albans fox]

1 minute ago, Lcfc82 said:

I’ve just replied to a post asking if he is fit, not sure what you’re getting excited about 

People keep asking about mendy 

 

they may as well ask about praet 

 

if you’re replying to a question on his fitness then the person asking clearly doesn’t know he’s unavailable……

 

 

[UHDrive]

I've been concerned since the beginning of the season. Our play in midfield and attacking phases is slow, clumsy, innacuarate, errorstrewn.

 

For the last two seasons we've been quick with the ball, direct, confident, had slick play and interchange and ran with a swagger. 

 

That's all gone now and the only a few things I can put my fingers on;

 

1) Bulk incoming signings

2) Fans back in stadiums. 

3) Maddison not linking play between midfield and attack on right centre mid position.

4) Bertrand - we desperately need JJ back to go at LB while Castagne shifts to LB. 

5) Linking full backs and wingers with creative players.

 

The last few years have seen our fullbacks/wingbacks/wingers move play further up the field and drag the midfield with it. But now that's not happening. Castagna has no one to go to! He would usually play to Ndidi or Perez but today he had Choudhury who always goes backwards. 

 

No different on the left really. Bertrand isn't making runs right up the touchline and he doesnt contribute to meaningful play with Tielemans. 

 

We need to sort out our flanks ASAP. 

[Silva Fox]

Looking on the bright side at least we won't concede next weekend!  

[Webbo]

So to summarise, whoever wasn't playing should have been and the reason we didnt win was because Brendan subbed Choudhury who was awful and not fit enough for 90 minutes. 

[Matt]

11 minutes ago, Silva Fox said:

Looking on the bright side at least we won't concede next weekend!  

 

I'm gonna buy one of these and pretend we're playing.

[Fox85]

1 hour ago, MrsJohnMurphy said:

Comedy gold you are mate

About as much comedy gold as you are suggesting I'm your mate.

[UniFox21]

I'd ban Soy, Vestegard and Castagne from going away and just have them sit in their back 4 for the entire international break until they work together

[Gazza3]

Lost just about every 50/50 challenge, this for me is worrying . Every team we play seem more up for it than we do . It has the feel of Puels last few months

[Ian Nacho]

We just look soft as sh*t. Teams don’t fear playing us. 

[MrsJohnMurphy]

12 minutes ago, Fox85 said:

About as much comedy gold as you are suggesting I'm your mate.

 

 

 

Thankfully.....you're not

[OntarioFox]

Hamza's best 60 minutes in a Leicester shirt. He was doing everything that Ndidi hasn't been in our recent performances - getting properly stuck in and turning defense into attack. Reward? Subbed off and we instantly lose our shape & focus, then concede.

 

Lookman putting a shift in while Barnes has his worst game in a Leicester shirt. Reward? Subbed off and we lose the shape we've clawed back, then concede.

 

Seen it with my own two eyes now. I don't think that performance was as bad as it's being made out on here - we managed that first half pretty well and once we went up, we had them on the ropes until half time. We then make two baffling subs while they're in the ascendency, invite unnecessary extra pressure and panic stations in our crappy defence leads to us conceding pathetic goals.

 

That two points dropped is entirely on Rodgers. I'm done with him.

[Gamble92]

It sounds simple to say but when you look at our next few fixtures it makes you realise that you can't get away with the last 2 results. 

 

I think Vestergaard could look okay next to Fofana but playing alongside an out of form Soyuncu is suicide at the minute. We looked like we knew we wouldn't cope with their pace from second 1. I struggle to see how they'll keep a clean sheet. 

 

I also hate the way we keep saying it'll come good. It doesn't just come good. Even Rodgers has adopted this kind of language. I feel like at times over the last 2 seasons we've actually been better than the tactics and invidiuals got us out of it but because it's a high profile manager he got more praise for things than he should. Not to say that was always the case. Today certainly was though. 

[enmac]

On a positive note. Napoli are 4 points on top of Serie A. They've scored 23 and conceded only 3.

We scored 2 against them. 

[enmac]

49 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Pretty sure he was one of our better players?

He was rated MOM, including both sides at 7.8 on fotmob. 

[18to18]

1 hour ago, st albans fox said:

 

I’LL WRITE THIS IN CAPITALS SO EVERYONE SEES IT 

 

 

 

MENDY IS NOT IN EITHER SQUAD

 

I THINK HE CAN PLAY IN THE LEAGUE CUP 

 

 

Are those clouds falling into line?

 

I'm aware, I'm unsure of the decision-making to bin Mendy for Hamza.  The midfield desperately needs someone to retain possession and recycle when needed.  That's Mendy's forte.

[dorsetboy]

vardy and nacho when played together have scored 36 goals in 34 games  yet brendan still decides to play just vardy bar today , all this tinkering is not helping and this must be the 50th time i have said vestergaard and bertrand were desperation signings and poor ones at that. 

 

My mate is a saints fan and says they are a lot more solid since those 2 left they are better at the back but fked themselves up by sellings ings so now cant score  

[st albans fox]

10 minutes ago, 18to18 said:

Are those clouds falling into line?

 

I'm aware, I'm unsure of the decision-making to bin Mendy for Hamza.  The midfield desperately needs someone to retain possession and recycle when needed.  That's Mendy's forte.

Because to include pappy you have to drop a different foreign player from the squad - hamza is a free entry as home grown 

[Sunbury Fox]

A pretty depressing afternoon. You know it's bad when the likes of McArthur and Milivojevic are overrunning your midfield. 

 

Our defence is laughably bad. Their second goal would have been regarded as a bad one to concede by a Sunday league team.

 

But overall Palace more than deserved a point. They were quicker, slicker, pressed better and just appeared fitter and more motivated than us. 

 

Rodgers really needs to earn his money now. A big issue is how we can fit Iheanacho into the team. I don't think 442 can work in the PL any more, as we saw today,  and we look awful in a 352. Maybe a diamond is a possibility but then we'd have no width and there is no way that Bertrand has the energy to get up and down for 90 minutes from left back.

 

Finally, what the hell has happened to Barnes? Looks totally bereft of confidence and very sluggish. We need our big players to step up soon because we are not too good to be dragged down into the dog fight at the bottom on current form. 

 

Looking forward to having 2 weeks off from watching the team to be honest. 

 

 

Edited 3 October 2021 by Sunbury Fox

[Matt]

I’m just annoyed we lost on possession in the 1st and 2nd half/Overall.

 

I can see why Rodgers had the mardys. 
 

Edited 3 October 2021 by Matt

[l444ry]

Thought we were comfortable first half and had the cat in the bag at half time. Looked like Palace were playing into our hands. Mind you, was from the usual awful view you get at Selhurst Park. Couldn't believe our second half showing. Just caved in. Taking Hamza off did it for me. His passing was questionable at times but he put a real shift in today and was missed in midfield. Both their goals were scored shortly after each substitution so don't know what that says about the mess we're in regarding tactics, concentration and mentality.  

[jim5000]

1 hour ago, st albans fox said:

People keep asking about mendy 

 

they may as well ask about praet 

 

if you’re replying to a question on his fitness then the person asking clearly doesn’t know he’s unavailable……

 

 

 

I've seen those posts about Mendy as well. Not sure why Rodgers isn't picking him at least for the bench if Ndidi isn't fit.