Have we performed a U-turn

[Bryn]

As said before he's got a long way to go to get a lot of us back on side but no point jettisoning him now, he's earned some breathing space. Performances are ok and results good.

[AyewJoking]

No we picked up points against some dross.

 

The most positive thing is we are at least competing.

[Stevosevic]

Let’s see how the West Ham and Everton games go shall we.

 

We easily lose both on this seasons showing along with the Man City game at home.

 

That will mean bottom 3 for the break. 

Edited 25 October 2022 by Stevosevic

[Spudulike]

7 minutes ago, Royston. said:

No we picked up points against some dross.

 

The most positive thing is we are at least competing.

Dross they might be but one has just beaten Liverpool. 

 

[dmayne7]

1 hour ago, Dusty said:

Whilst he’s clearly got carried away, the over reaction here is ridiculous as well. Even when the football is going well you lot still find something to get annoyed about.

Going well? Jeez, the bar is low for you. We're hovering outside the relegation zone having only beaten the bottom 3 teams, with a squad that's been finishing in the European places. I don't think most of us are even annoyed by this, just calling it out for the awful journalism it is.

[Dahnsouff]

1 minute ago, dmayne7 said:

Going well? Jeez, the bar is low for you. We're hovering outside the relegation zone having only beaten the bottom 3 teams, with a squad that's been finishing in the European places. I don't think most of us are even annoyed by this, just calling it out for the awful journalism it is.

Most journalism is awful, this is a sensationalist, but not worth our knickers in a bunch over

[kingkisnorbo]

No. 

[gurru991]

No we have not !!

We have grabbed some breathing space but there is still a long way to go.

[Strokes]

No, let’s start beating teams further up the table before we talk of any redemption. 

[Dandy king]

Am I the only one who read '10 points from 5 matches is champions League form ' to mean that it's a points return that gets you into the top 4 if you keep it up. Don't see why you would get particularly wound up about it 

[fox_up_north]

Glad I didn't click the link to read that utter guff. Lasted the first paragraph. 

[coolhandfox]

1 hour ago, Stevosevic said:

Let’s see how the West Ham and Everton games go shall we.

 

We easily lose both on this seasons showing along with the Man City game at home.

 

That will mean bottom 3 for the break. 

Both have hardly been great themselves, only 2 points and 3 points ahead of us.

[Arkie Bennett]

It must be a club press release because it certainly isn't intelligent journalism.

[Stevosevic]

24 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Both have hardly been great themselves, only 2 points and 3 points ahead of us.

I don’t disagree but let’s see how we do first.

 

they’re both away from home and our away form hasn’t been up to much for quite some time. 

[gurru991]

19 minutes ago, Arkie Bennett said:

It must be a club press release because it certainly isn't intelligent journalism.

Is that like Military Intelligence or Jumbo shrimp ?

[EastAnglianFox]

No and no again....for the stability and safety of our club he needs to go asap. ...Still 18 months to late.

[Harpenden Fox]

If we can secure 4 points from these last three games it would suggest to me that whilst we clearly have not turned the corner yet, we will be well placed to do so when the League returns. We’d be on 15 points from 15 games which would certainly suggest a recovery from a month ago.

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

4 hours ago, FoyleFox said:

Getting his notes from Brendan's little black book...

He'd have an Ocado at 6.30 on a Sunday night if that was the case. 

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

4 hours ago, davieG said:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-rodgers-form-relegation-7744043

 

Leicester City's Champions League form prompts big question – but answer is not yet definitive
A closer look at Leicester City's recent games and whether they have indeed performed the U-turn they needed to after one of the worst starts in Premier League history

ByJordan Blackwell
12:07, 25 OCT 2022

Brendan Rodgers looks on during the Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City (Image: Getty)

Jamie Vardy downs a can of Red Bull, finishes off an incisive counter, and taunts the home crowd, capping the club’s biggest away win since that night in Southampton three years ago. It is textbook Leicester City. They are back. Or are they?

This is an undeniably good run. Ten points from five games is Champions League form. The last time City claimed a greater haul over the same period was in January 2021, during which they briefly sat top of the Premier League table. So to earn that many points immediately after one of the worst starts to a campaign by any club in Premier League history is impressive.

What it almost certainly means is that Brendan Rodgers will still be in charge of the club when the league pauses for the World Cup, which in turn means he is very likely to be in the dugout when it all kicks off again on Boxing Day. He has stoically got on with his job and begun to rescue a situation that many doubted he could turn around.

 

The consensus among supporters was that 11 points from a possible 15 were required for it to be considered that City had turned a corner. They may have fallen one short of that, but four clean sheets out of five may mean that many fans overlook that discrepancy.

But for the direction City were heading, turning one corner was not enough. They needed a full U-turn to get back on track. They are making progress, but it does not feel like that 180 is yet complete.

Let’s start with the considerable improvements. City are enjoying longer spells of control in matches and in the period where they are not, they are at least putting up some resistance. Earlier in the season, when City lost grip of a match, usually in the second half, they would utterly crumble. They were played through and played around. There was no semblance of a contest.

At Wolves, City were the dominant side from the middle of the first half through to the five minutes before the break, and then from the hour mark to the full-time whistle. In those periods, City’s cohesion, intensity, co-operation, and tactical idea made them a very good team. Wolves didn’t have a sniff.

That one of their big periods of control came at the end of the match was significant. That they are fourth in a table of first-half results shows seeing out games has been a major barrier to success this season. At Molineux, and against Leeds a few days earlier, City earned the three points comfortably because, through cool heads and composed, high-energy play, they did not let the opposition back in.

City’s defence is also much better, in more ways than one. There have been showings where they have completely shut down the opposition, like against Crystal Palace, whereas the rearguard action at Wolves was tested, but performed like a fully-functioning defence should.

Wolves had chances, but they did not breeze through to create them (at least not after the first quarter of an hour). City put up a fight when they did reach the box. Players threw bodies in the way of shots, and if they weren’t there, Danny Ward dived to make saves. The Welshman, perhaps buoyed by the improvements the likes of Wout Faes have brought to the defence, looks more confident and it is having a tangible effect on his form.

In the early weeks of the season, it felt like City laid out the red carpet for the opposition the moment they got into the final third. There is a greater doggedness to them now.

Players have been adapting to individual instructions to help out the back-line too. Youri Tielemans has been doubling up his duties to fill in at right-back, while James Maddison marshalled Wolves’ attack-minded full-back Hugo Bueno rather than pushed forward.

At the other end, there was a team that ran hard and exploited Wolves’ weaknesses. Recognising that they were uncomfortable in possession at the back, City pressed hard and caused turnovers. Recognising that Jonny was incapable of keeping pace with Harvey Barnes, City targeted his side.

These are all signs of a good football team. But those aspects need to be continued when the games get tougher.

City have won three matches and those three clubs now occupy the relegation spots. It is important that those games were won, but it means there will be much more difficult opponents to come, where the improvements will be put to the test, not least in the next three weeks.

And further progression is required. City were perhaps fortunate not to concede at least once in the game. Wolves had more shots and more touches inside the box than they have had in any other fixture this season. A lot of those good moments came in the first 15 minutes, when City were all at sea. If any of those chances had found the net – and they’re not going to stay out every week – then the match could have been very different.

Plus, Tielemans cannot be relied upon to score goal-of-the-season contenders from 25 yards every game. City are not going to score four goals from five shots every game. That dazzling individual quality throughout City’s team should be the icing on the cake. A team is not successful on that alone.

Supporters are beginning to see what they have known to be true about these players: they are a talented, competitive, and intelligent group. But one good five-game run is not enough to get them from the depths they were to the heights they can reach.

Is this Leicester City? Nearly, but not quite yet.

Some reasonable points. But early says. I'll reserve judgement until we meet top or mid table sides again. 

[Fear Of The Fox]

Win against ManCity and we'll be in a good form. Right now we're just in "out of relegation" form. 

The only one being in Champions League form is me. 

 

 

This is what wife said. 

[Daggers]

Betteridge's law of headlines

[coolhandfox]

1 hour ago, Stevosevic said:

I don’t disagree but let’s see how we do first.

 

they’re both away from home and our away form hasn’t been up to much for quite some time. 

100%, I'd be happy if we won 1.

[filbertway]

No.

[Finnegan]

FFS

 

Why can't anything ever just be in balance. We've done terribly, now we're doing better. It should be enough to say that despite everything it's really good progress to win a few games on the bounce.

 

It doesn't matter how much quality in the squad, it is a big psychological recovery to win three in four with several clean sheets, even if they are against other struggling sides. That's an achievement as it is. 

 

Just frame it like that. Champions League form fvcking hell why make it something it's not and then just set yourself up for more ridicule and disappointment. Man makes Stringer look like Bernstein and Woodward. 

[Mr Weller 2]

Why do I get the impression some people actually enjoy being relentlessly negative. The article was posing the question have we turned a corner and simply considering the extent to which that might be the case. 
 

Quite a well written and informative article in my view, which is more than be said for the quality of some of the responses.