Leicester 1-0 Sunderland Post Match Thread.

[Milo]

Fvck me, that was a hard watch. 
 

I’m not a huge Fatawu fan, but he was immense this evening. 

I’d love us to put a really strong boot on the neck of our opponents when we’re ahead, but it doesn’t seem like we have the make up to do it. 
 

Onwards, and (slightly nervously) upwards 

 

 

 

[Tielemans63]

Just now, Stevosevic said:

Not bothered about performances anymore. 
 

Played well in other games and not won. 
 

Started very brightly and thought we were going to have a few goals tonight 

I get your point, but I think you should be. We were dreadful against a poor Sunderland side with no recognised forward and shorn of their best players. That was a shocking performance. So lethargic.

[Md9]

Don’t worry they will score a 95th min defection of 6 players 

[funkyrobot]

1 minute ago, FOXSE said:

Penalty all day long.....

That’s never a penalty. As clear a dive as you will ever see. Unbelievable how you can watch action replays of that and say penalty. 😮 

[beepee1984]

Great first 12 minutes and won the game even though I was already questioning whether it was going to be one of those days

(The next 78 minutes were not so good, but) Sunderland didn't score so a much needed 3 points

 

[Steve Earle]

That was atrocious. Second half as bad as I’ve seen at this level. KDH & Choudhury did everything they possibly could to engineer an equaliser for Sunderland, I’ve no idea how we held on. It was agony to watch and I can’t see that team, playing like that, getting promoted. 
But Wilf’s back & hopefully Vestergaard will bring much needed calmness to the back line. Miss Ricardo hugely.

[FrankieADZ]

thank god we won 

 

was heart attack moments for most the second half if im honest

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

Ipswich miss their penalty. 😂

[Md9]

Kdh hardly in the Game at all mavadidi wasn’t great either. Don’t get at 1-0’uo just stop playing could have been clear at half time if we kept going 

[EastAnglianFox]

Never felt so meh after a win

 

im sorry I don’t buy into what he’s doing, I just dont

[RowlattsFox]

Says it all that Fatawus defensive work was the most impressive thing. Other than Doyle in the first 20 minutes who was class then we were obviously told to stop playing forward passes. 

[Langston]

Shat ourselves at 1-0 probably as a result of recent fixtures tbh. We came out fantastically and should’ve been 3/4 up.

I get the idea of protecting a lead when we’ve been so fragile but it just didn’t help us at all. Winning tonight is huge though and Ndidi coming back is such a boon.

 

Fatawu is an absolute gem.

[Nod.E]

For god sake can we learn how to see out a win? Just a training session practicing taking it into the corner or something?

 

Or, I don't know, maybe show some attacking intent at 1-0 and put it to bed.

 

Absolute heartburn of a performance second half. 

 

We win because Sunderland are crap and the ref is a bottle job in the end. 

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

****. Ipswich have scored now. 

[shen]

Massive relief getting 3 points. That smacked of lack of confidence after our defeats. Let's hope this will lift some pressure and get their heads back on track. 

Getting Wilf back could prove vital, even if Yunus did alright today, particularly first half.

[MancFox24]

We showed some real fight there and threw our bodies on the line, so that's a positive. The overall performance was really confusing though, they look sometimes as though they're caught in 2 minds about whether to stick or twist and we were just inviting pressure on at the end. We've lost and drawn games we should have won this year though so let's take it and move on 

[fuchsntf]

Vesty & Ndidi back…

If Ndid has one leg,Akgun runs chases down,

but..I can’t see him staying unless he covers the wing

and he’s good there…But not No8 IMO.

[TeaMen Tom]

I was yelling for Maresca to take off KDH. Then I realized they had no one to replace him. I think the lack of options in the mid field hurt them tonight but a win is a win.

Hermansen, Coady, Doyle and Fatawu were good. Vardy got the goal - and no service after that. The rest....ugh. KDH was awful. If he makes a decent pass they probably have 1 and maybe 2 extra goals and we don't have to sweat.

 

Justin was so bad on the weekend I'd run Doyle back out there again on Saturday. Though maybe he starts for Hamza who probably needs a break? Maresca not being able to play any other style may dictate Hamza being back out there again.

Edited 5 March 2024 by TeaMen Tom

[RobHawk]

Only saw the second half, not a pleasant watch, but we needed that 3 points. 

 

I don't mind winning ugly now and again.

 

Fair play to Sunderland, what the lacked in quality they made up for with grit and determination. 

[Gamble92]

That was exactly like the tactics Southgate employed against Italy in the Euros final. Absolutely bizarre from Enzo second half and even though I'm a big fan of his style because of the great things it can do - that wasn't even an example of that. It was just strange to see us give such a poor team that much respect.

[An Away Move]

1 minute ago, funkyrobot said:

That’s never a penalty. As clear a dive as you will ever see. Unbelievable how you can watch action replays of that and say penalty. 😮 

If he’d have made less of it it would have been given. 

[Dahnsouff]

OG for Ipswich. 

[UniFox21]

2 woefully out of form sides, yet we've grinded a win out.

[adam]

Why can't we attack like Ipswich anymore.

[lcfcsnow]

3 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said:

I get your point, but I think you should be. We were dreadful against a poor Sunderland side with no recognised forward and shorn of their best players. That was a shocking performance. So lethargic.

Watching Ipswich since our game finished is a reminder of why I started to follow football. We only want to attack if a perfect opportunity is there, otherwise it’s recycle recycle it’s really hard to enjoy.

 

Put teams under pressure and chances will come. It doesn’t always have to be a perfect move.