Leicester City 3-0 Preston North End - Post Match Thread

[Bordersfox]

41 minutes ago, Flamey said:

Are you on here 'lost in space'? 

Sadly their forum is moderated for new members as I have tried and failed to reply to lost in space.  And it was a perfectly reasonable and balanced post as well. 

 

We are best in the world! We have beaten Preston! Preston, birthplace of giants",

 

Tim Farron, Susan Hanson, Clark Carlisle, Stu Bennet, Mary Ann Hobbs, Mazia Mogra, Jessica Taylor, Ken Nicol, your boys took one hell of a beating! 

[StriderHiryu]

20 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Thought that Winks looked a bit ragged at times tonight. Probably understandable with the amount of games he's been playing and with a suspension hanging over him. 

He definitely backed out of a few challenges, the first time I've seen him do that.

[jonthefox]

[Gamble92]

Think it's worth trying a few other out in Winks' role as we start to pull a bit further away. We could really do with giving him more of a rest. If anything happens to him I'd be worried.

[StatFox]

1 hour ago, whoareyaaa said:

 

Admin is a Leicester fan 😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️

[ts_1010]

3 minutes ago, Gamble92 said:

Think it's worth trying a few other out in Winks' role as we start to pull a bit further away. We could really do with giving him more of a rest. If anything happens to him I'd be worried.

Seeing as he's on 4 yellows, he might be about to give himself a rest. Which is another reason to do as you say.

[StriderHiryu]

 

A certain previous manager could have learnt a thing or two from the new one...

[Unabomber]

Just read a few pages of the Preston forum, hilarious stuff. They just go on about money and parachute payments. Surely we still made a profit on the players we sold with those we got in? And haven’t even spent any parachute money? Blame Rodgers for us being in this league and us now pissing it. 

[StatFox]

◎ Wilfred Ndidi's last three seasons (all competitions):
Matches played: 96
G/A: 8

◉ Wilfred Ndidi this season (all competitions):
Matches played: 13
G/A: 6

Reborn under Maresca.

P.S. Owner of 'Leicester City News' on facebook don't take this one without credit. Ty

[BenTheFox]

We were poor until we got the first goal. However, low blocks are never easy to breakdown. There's a reason why it is the popukar for managers with inferior players, it often works! After we got the goal we were in complete control of the game. The second goal was an absolute beauty. Yubus Akgun looks a real player!

[DerbyshireFox]

Comfortable in the end. Hard to create in the first half, and how they missed that chance when put through in the first half I don’t know. They grew into the first half when we hadn’t created much. Once we got in front though, we really showed our class. Comfortable win in the end, scored some lovely goals. Five straight wins in the league since losing to Hull shows Enzo is building a good mentality, which is really pleasing to see after last season’s debacle 

[Mike Oxlong]

2 hours ago, Mike1983 said:

If Enzo can start Danny Ward in the PL and not see us relegated then he’s arguably the best manager in history. 

Maybe he’d play him as a number 10. 

 

Danny could be great at the no look assist. 

[South Shire Fox]

Pretty sloppy the first half but as soon as the first went in it was game over. KDH MOTM, hes been quality the last few games since he came off the bench at Norwich. His passing and decision making is day and night from what it was before the international break. Thought Yunus and Iheanacho were very good when they came on aswell. Sharpest ive seen Kelechi in a while.

 

Also couldnt understand a word of any Preston chants, sounded like they were singing ‘we are Leeds’ from where i was sitting 😂

[urban.spaceman]

 

 

[HybridFox]

4 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

 

 

"Mum it's not fair, tell him!"

[Fightforever]

31 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

Just read a few pages of the Preston forum, hilarious stuff. They just go on about money and parachute payments. Surely we still made a profit on the players we sold with those we got in? And haven’t even spent any parachute money? Blame Rodgers for us being in this league and us now pissing it. 

All our parachute money went to the banks we owed money as collateral if we ever got relegated didn’t it?
 

All the money we spent this season was from the player sales.

 

Even then this season our best players have been the ones who were here beforehand anyway. 

Edited 4 October 2023 by Fightforever

[leicesterisme]

This league is absolutely terrified of us and rightly so. 
 

The way the 3rd placed team came and set up was hillarious, it wasn’t possible for them to be any deeper.
 

We are going to set records that will never ever come close to being broken. 

[justfoxes]

36 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

 

A certain previous manager could have learnt a thing or two from the new one...

How dare you mention that charlatan in the same Breath as our glorious Italian stallion super talented tactician of a Manager now go and wash your mouth out you little schitt Stryder !!😉😂

[StriderHiryu]

Leicester City 3 - 0 Preston North End Post Match

 

 

Although the pre-match prediction did pan out as such, more happened in this game than you might first have thought, which is why it was a classic case of "a tale of two halves"

 

First Half

 

 

• Preston came to defend but sprung a surprise. They didn't defend 541, but 4411, as seen in the picture.
  • Enzo made a change, he pushed Ricardo up as an auxiliary additional CAM to complement Ndidi and KDH. This is because he wanted a superiority in the final phase to make it 6 vs 5.
  • However, Ryan Lowe second guessed this and had Duane Holmes man-mark Harry Winks.
  • This is why we were so lethargic in the first half, and why Winks (who was one yellow away from missing the next match) was restricted. He didn't have the bounce pass on to play around the corner like he would do usually.
  • The net effect was that KDH and Ndidi didn't receive the ball much. A problem of our own making... there was too much traffic! Wilf got it just 10 times in the first half!
    • Take a look at the average pitch positions, all of our players got in each others way. We were playing too centrally and right into Preston's hands.
• When we tried to force play in the first half, this is where we turned the ball over and gave chances away.
  • Coady was a prime offender in doing this. On current form you would play Vestergaard ahead of him for the CD quarterback role. Of course he is recovering from a fairly serious injury!

 

 

 

Second Half

 

 

• We made one very simple change. We moved Ricardo back to deeper on the pitch in his usual double pivot role with Winks.
• At the same time, Preston were tired, they were chasing us the entire game, and had just 22% possession.
• Ndidi and KDH started to receive the ball and began to run the game.
• We scored with our first real opportunity, but it was a tired lunge from McCann who was tired. If we didn't score then, we had 30 minutes plus stoppages... it would have been hard for them to hold out for that long.
  • This is especially true when the cavalry from the bench were sent on, with Iheanacho now free to drift between the lines as a false 9 having the freedom of the king Power.

 

Overall

 

This was the most defensive display a team has played against us for years. Tony Pulis for WBA during the home match against them in 2016 is the last time I remember something like this. Despite that, we kept it patient and found the answer. It's funny, as @cityfanlee23 and I were disappointed that we weren't going for it enough in the first half, but ironically we were poor in the first half because we were going for it too much! Actually, moving Ricardo BACKWARDS meant we were better at going forwards. Funny how football can work like that.

 

Enzo Maresca is a top, top, TOP manager. This era is going to be really enjoyable. Forza Enzo!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 5 October 2023 by StriderHiryu

[ALC Fox]

16 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said:

Pretty sloppy the first half but as soon as the first went in it was game over. KDH MOTM, hes been quality the last few games since he came off the bench at Norwich. His passing and decision making is day and night from what it was before the international break. Thought Yunus and Iheanacho were very good when they came on aswell. Sharpest ive seen Kelechi in a while.

 

Also couldnt understand a word of any Preston chants, sounded like they were singing ‘we are Leeds’ from where i was sitting 😂

I'm sure their most enthusiastic chant of the night didn't actually have any words. It was f***ing weird.

[Gamble92]

55 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

Just read a few pages of the Preston forum, hilarious stuff. They just go on about money and parachute payments. Surely we still made a profit on the players we sold with those we got in? And haven’t even spent any parachute money? Blame Rodgers for us being in this league and us now pissing it. 

Only thing them parachute payments will be spent on is Rudkin and Whelan's end of season Piss The League Buffet

[sacreblueits442]

1 hour ago, StriderHiryu said:

He definitely backed out of a few challenges, the first time I've seen him do that.

...probably mindful of his yellow card situation!!!

There's no point going into challenges half-cocked, you tend to come off worse in these scenarios, and we really cannot afford to have him on the treatment table for 10 weeks.

[Deeg67]

The key for clubs like us to promote out of this league is breaking down teams that park the bus.  The fact that we’re showing signs of doing it consistently is a huge leading indicator that we’re going to make it a short stay in the Championship. 

[MPH]

So the last team to get more than 100 points in the championship was us in 13-14 with 102 points. The record is Reading in  05-06 with 106 points….

 

 

Just sayin’

[fox_favourite]

I think the last few games have proven what a crime last season was, and should show the wider media and the footballing world how much of a fraud Bodgers is!

 

The squad we have, we shouldn't really be in this league. Thanks Bodgers, thanks a lot! 

Edited 5 October 2023 by fox_favourite