The Enzo Thread

[TheStig]

22 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

The way I see it. I expected an onslaught by Coventry but they were actually pretty ordinary until they made the subs and as soon as they equalise that's when Enzo has had a howler.

 

Cannon had caused a few problems 2nd half, why on earth take him off? Coventry were always going to go for the winner and we'd have had more opportunity to counter.

 

Really bad day, I forgot how horrible it is to lose to them. I feel sick.

Big Strong Leicester Boys pod will be (more) interesting this week...... 

[Tielemans63]

Thought we actually managed the game really well until about the 70th minute. Cov made a double switch and we shit ourselves a bit. The Cannon sub was regrettable, but the lad has struggled with fitness, and we don't have an array of attacking options.

 

The Mavididi sub was weird, but I guess he thought Kasey would give his full back more cover.

 

Bad day at the office, definitely.

[The Doctor]

3 minutes ago, lcfcsnow said:

That's why I'm saying if we go up. Today was an example of us without the ball and he was unwilling to counter attack. He's also dismissed it in the past when asked about using the counter attack.

We've scored plenty on the counter this season (winks at WBA, the first two v Birmingham just in December alone, Cannon last week v Millwall) but counter as your primary strategy isn't sustainable, and generally needs to be applied sensibly, stretching ourselves at 1-0 up and a man down could have worked sure, could very easily have ended with it finishing 4 or 5 -1 instead.

[RowlattsFox]

You don't see him act too bad on the touchline but it must be what he says rather than the way he says it. 

 

Wasn't sure about Madvididi going off, think Enzo wasn't overly impressed with him first half. Difficult when a winger gets sent off, you can keep one and be unbalanced? Take off a central Midfielder? Or play narrow. Enzo went with the latter. 

 

 

[Blue-fox]

In my opinion very poor from him today. 

[Claudio Fannieri]

The only decision I could question was replacing Cannon as he looked a threat on the counter, however I also think it was a pre-mediatated change as Cannon is still working his way back after a lengthy injury and is pretty much our only striker option. It hurt us but I do think there was some sense in it. Other than that not sure what else Enzo could do, the options on the bench wouldn’t have strengthened us or necessarily given us the physical presence to see it out. Doyle and Coady could have come on but up to the 2nd goal I felt the defence had done well. 

[Shane]

think an experienced pro like coady might have been a useful sub for the last 20 if the gameplan was to sit back and soak up the pressure

[Matt]

Fully behind how and why we're playing the way we are this season but we were up against it for the first time in a while and we looked clueless, albeit with 10 men, but I didn't think we were much better before that.

 

This only makes my fears for the higher level stronger.

 

Edited 13 January 2024 by Matt

[Jimmy]

Mavididi should have stayed on with McAteer replacing Casadei 441, then if Cannon was out of gas Sharky on with one of the wingers going up top, he'll have learned a lot today

[Adster]

Armchair managers armed with hindsight out in full force again I see. 

[Jimmy]

1 minute ago, Adster said:

Armchair managers armed with hindsight out in full force again I see. 

its called a forum, people discuss things and give their opinions, after nearly 5k posts I would have thought you'd know how they worked by now ...

[Matt]

8 minutes ago, Adster said:

Armchair managers armed with hindsight out in full force again I see. 

Not being critical, simply going along with things and happy clapping arguably got us in this league. Discussions, musings, opinions and constructive criticism is allowed.

[Ian Nacho]

I can understand the questioning of the substitutions looking back on it but that's hindsight. 

 

Up until the 82nd minute we were doing well so why would you change it?

[Jimmy]

5 minutes ago, Ian Nacho said:

I can understand the questioning of the substitutions looking back on it but that's hindsight. 

 

Up until the 82nd minute we were doing well so why would you change it?

law of averages, how often when teams go ultra defensive does it actually work? he knows we can be lethal on the counter so 2 fast wingers with Cannon may have been all we needed to keep that attacking threat and lessen the defensive load

[DJ Barry Hammond]

27 minutes ago, Ian Nacho said:

I can understand the questioning of the substitutions looking back on it but that's hindsight. 

 

Up until the 82nd minute we were doing well so why would you change it?

It’s about managing energy levels - in the modern game you should be looking to get your full 5 on most games.

 

It’s noticeable Enzo doesn’t which I’m going to suggest means he’s not completely happy with his options from the bench. 

[trabuch]

40 minutes ago, Ian Nacho said:

I can understand the questioning of the substitutions looking back on it but that's hindsight. 

 

Up until the 82nd minute we were doing well so why would you change it?

Because we were knackered.

[Nolucklcfc]

Kasey has played full back loads of times in his career and is probably better defensively, I’d imagine that was the thinking behind the change 

[ian__marshall]

Been incredible all season so won't be too harsh on him but thought the subs today weren't the best. 

 

Personally thought he should have pulled Cannon for McAteer once Fatawu got the red. For me our 9 is a bit of a luxury in this system as our wide players offer a lot on the counter and are pretty decent in front of goal so I'd have like us to keep our shape and sacrifice the striker given we were one up. It would have meant them needing to swap out a CB to gain any benefit which would have opened up more space on the turnover. 

 

I'd also have subbed Casadei for Hamza at half time to sure up the middle of the park and provide more protection when they pushed more players into midfield. 

 

It's frustrating given the game and the bragging rights at stake but Enzo has got way more right than he's got wrong this season so it'd be incredibly unfair to criticise too much. 

[whoareyaaa]

Like players managers are going to have a bad day, luckily for us Enzo usually gets it spot on that's why we are top.

 

Fatawu didn't do us any favours neither did the ref.

Edited 13 January 2024 by whoareyaaa

[UniFox21]

Getting concerned with the amount he gets pissed off when there's a poor reaction to us being shit. Think he'll be off at the first chance

 

 

[Beechey]

2 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

Getting concerned with the amount he gets pissed off when there's a poor reaction to us being shit. Think he'll be off at the first chance

 

 

We’d deserve whatever dross we’d get afterwards as well. But as long as the “lump it forwards” crowd are happy…

[SafewayFox]

1 minute ago, Beechey said:

We’d deserve whatever dross we’d get afterwards as well. But as long as the “lump it forwards” crowd are happy…

I’m not defending those fans but his comment about winning 26 games from 34 being “not easy” is where I think Enzo needs to refrain from.

 

This starting 11 is bottom 6/8 PL standard at least.

 

Our wage bill is huge and 95% of clubs in the Championship are dross.

 

He did have a rotten mentality to deal with but just being a new voice helps with that in itself.

[HitchinFox]

Would be such a Leicester thing to happen, for Enzo to fvck off due to our troglodyte fanbase, then become a top European manager elsewhere. 

Meanwhile, the GerRiD FoRwARd brigade get their wish with Sean Dyche. Mid-table Championship for next 10 years, but at least "we're energetic and full of effort". 

Idiots. 

 

 

[Mickyblueeyes]

Enzo is the first manager since Nigel Pearson who I feel the club is “safe” with. Very few managers in my time of supporting Leicester where I’ve had that feeling (I enjoyed and probably would’ve had the same feeling with Little and O’Neil but was far too young to appreciate it). 
 

I hope we learn to get behind him. The man will leave us in a much better position to what he found us in. That I can almost guarantee. 

[FOXSE]

Just now, HitchinFox said:

Would be such a Leicester thing to happen, for Enzo to fvck off due to our troglodyte fanbase, then become a top European manager elsewhere. 

Meanwhile, the GerRiD FoRwARd brigade get their wish with Sean Dyche. Mid-table Championship for next 10 years, but at least "we're energetic and full of effort". 

Idiots. 

 

 

I was just about to post something similar: some fans would be much happier playing a more 'traditional way' and fighting to get in to the play offs every year.