KrefelderFox666 Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 12 hours ago, EastAnglianFox said: Lucky for us I can see us sneaking an early goal to kill the tie as we are notorious for starting on the front foot and showing intent...... The problem is, even if we do, Rennes are more than capable of knocking 4 or 5 past us. I think a lot will depend on which Rennes side turn up. I can't see us put out a performance that suffocates them. I fear that we will sit back and absorb pressure only for them to get 2 goals and us then panic and get battered. 2
daddylonglegs Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 Think the point about the first 20 mins being cruical is spot on. However this is a team that was 2-1 up with 25 seconds left and lost. 1 1
filbertway Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 12 hours ago, hackneyfox said: Always so positive. I said that we've got a chance if they don't fancy it, what more do you want?!
teblin Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 I think we will score, Harvey has the beating of their captain. I think it’ll be 1-1 1
CrispinLA in Texas Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 (edited) Just got to draw or beat them, if we don't go through....think it will have a negative effect on on remaining games in the EPL, can imagine players will be thinking of their future's. It's going to be a Make or Break for mentality of our players Edited 14 March 2022 by CrispinLA in Texas
Supergray22 Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 15 minutes ago, CrispinLA in Texas said: Just got to draw or beat them, if we don't go through....think it will have a negative effect on on remaining games in the EPL, can imagine players will be thinking of their future's. It's going to be a Make or Break for mentality of our players You are right of course. I am confident we will do enough to get through. The players will be doubly up for this one. Either way we should enjoy as it’s not the type of competition we can guarantee every year. 👍🏻🦊 1
Scanchez Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 Lose this 2-1 and go through, I reckon. Need Barnes to be at it.
Royston. Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 3 hours ago, Lako42 said: I fancy them to score 4 Will be an interesting night. If we get dumped out then sack BR now and start the rebuild for next season as this one will be finished. Personally I believe Top has faith in Rodgers and will let him "overhaul" in the summer.
Lako42 Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 2 minutes ago, Royston. said: Personally I believe Top has faith in Rodgers and will let him "overhaul" in the summer. Sadly I think you are right. It's a terrifying prospect. 2
StanSP Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 Reckon we concede early, equalise just after HT, concede again but hold out, just about...
Raw Dykes Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 22 minutes ago, Lako42 said: Sadly I think you are right. It's a terrifying prospect. It's not quite so terrifying now that Congerton has gone. I think the club might have told BR he won't have so much of a say in transfers after the Bertrand and Vestergaard signings.
st albans fox Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 14 minutes ago, StanSP said: Reckon we concede early, equalise just after HT, concede again but hold out, just about... given the way we went out of the EL with vardy missing that free header in added time and then Legia missing their pen doesn’t give me much hope of that
Ric Flair Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 Just now, st albans fox said: given the way we went out of the EL with vardy missing that free header in added time and then Legia missing their pen doesn’t give me much hope of that Maddison's open goal miss still gives me nightmare vs Napoli. I hope those battle scars are used to right the wrongs, rather than lead us to further heartbreak.
K1FOX Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 We nearly always score. Attacking hasn’t been an issue. Which means we’d need to concede 4 to lose. Firm favourites if you ask me 1
gurru991 Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 (edited) Well this thread has certainly brought out the bedwetters & prophets of doom. Edited 14 March 2022 by gurru991 grammar 2
Ric Flair Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 20 minutes ago, K1FOX said: We nearly always score. Attacking hasn’t been an issue. Which means we’d need to concede 4 to lose. Firm favourites if you ask me When you consider it like thst it seems we are very much in the ascendancy but I think it all depends on the 1st goal. If they get it relatively early on then I'm not so sure we'll be a shoe in to cause them many problems going forward, I think we could crumble. I really hope he has them fired up and focused for Thursday. Any cautious uncertainty and confusion over how he wants us to try and navigate this game cannot be allowed. We aren't good at nervy football like that, we've got to play to our strengths.
Spudulike Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 5 hours ago, Stevosevic said: This is the season... ... for Leicester. This is the season for us.
Sunbury Fox Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 (edited) The concensus is that Rennes will come at us really hard at the start. Not meaning to be a bed wetter but, merely pointing out facts, in 9 of our last 11 away games we've conceded a goal in the first 34 minutes. Within that number we've conceded in the first 15 minutes in 5 games and in the first 26 minutes in 8 games. And one of the only 2 games where we didn't concede early was at Randers, who missed a hatful of chances any decent team would have buried. Makes you realise how grim we've been defensively this season. Edited 14 March 2022 by Sunbury Fox 2 1
Guest Lcfc82 Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 We need to be quick out of the blocks in this one. Can’t afford to make one of usual slow starts or Rennes will be level inside 20 minutes.
filbertway Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 I reckon we see a classic Rodgers overthinking line up. After some decent performances and an almost settled side in the 4 3 3/ 4 2 3 1 I have a feeling he'll change to a back 3/5 in order to try and make us "hard to beat" Players who were getting comfortable and developing partnerships all of a sudden have to deal with a new position and new partnerships. Rennes 2 or 3 up at the break and Rodgers then reverts back to a 4 at half time. If we go out Rodgers can blame the players for coming out of the traps too slowly, despite clearly setting them up with a "hold on" mentality from the start. In all seriousness I'd see it as a massive positive if Rodgers navigates this tie and we go through. First time we've had something to lose in a while - will he revert to type of wetting the bed when the pressure cranks up or will we see a brave performance. We're clearly prioritising this tournament now, so it's all or nothing. 2
The Year Of The Fox Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 8 hours ago, adam said: Is brendan gonna go for a back 5 then? I think he might. Park the bus and hope for the best. 🤢
Supergray22 Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Ric Flair said: Maddison's open goal miss still gives me nightmare vs Napoli. I hope those battle scars are used to right the wrongs, rather than lead us to further heartbreak. Yeah those sort of things scar me too. I try to forget but they remain in the background. luckily the positives, particularly recently, outweigh the negatives. Edited 14 March 2022 by Supergray22 .
sacreblueits442 Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 3 hours ago, K1FOX said: We nearly always score. Attacking hasn’t been an issue. Which means we’d need to concede 4 to lose. Firm favourites if you ask me ....they are good enough to get 4....!!! Lovro Majer is a quality player who will pull the strings for them. We will have to be on high alert for their movement outside our box. 1
winteriscoming Posted 14 March 2022 Posted 14 March 2022 The funniest thing is 2 months ago Rodgers didn’t even know/have any interest about this European competition. Now he’s relying on it instead of league.
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