LCFC vs Cov - Match Thread

[Sly]

Daka pushes pushes us up the pitch more 

[JonnyBoy]

This is a horrible game to watch, they look a lot more likely to score than us

[lcfcdamo]

Thomas constantly gives the ball away

[whoareyaaa]

Just now, Sly said:

Daka pushes pushes us up the pitch more 

Yea need him on on

[Parafox]

5 minutes ago, djskydiver said:

League one here we come

Ffs give over

[Hales]

It will settle....they are playing such a high press. They cant keep it the whole game. It will be fine

Edited 20 September 2025 by Hales

[LCFCJohn]

We lack pace and energy. Ayew playing as striker doesn’t help us. I wonder how we’d look if in the second half we had

 

Winks James

Fatawu Ayew Monga

Carranza

[JonnyBoy]

I thought Marti’s tactics include pressing high and the winning the ball back.. no? 

[Sly]

Just now, whoareyaaa said:

Yea need him on on

James isn’t a 10 really. 
 

Soumare is missing in this game. 

[Flappit]

Don't think the tactic of pushing it down the line for Ayew to outpace the right back is gonna bear much fruit... 

[egg_fried_rice]

Can’t get out our own half. Cov’s press is better than our ability to play around or through it.

[hejammy]

With this high line we need Daka... 

[Dahnsouff]

Left side is just not much cop at the moment

[Tielemans63]

We shouldn't be scared to go more direct and try and play over the press. We really struggle with a high press, and I can't help but feel we're playing into Cov's hands a bit here.

[FoxesWalk]

1 minute ago, JonnyBoy said:

I thought Marti’s tactics include pressing high and the winning the ball back.. no? 

Hard to high press when all of their outfield players are inside our third of the pitch 

 

need to go direct but Ayew is playing like a CDM

Edited 20 September 2025 by FoxesWalk

[hejammy]

Ffs Mav why dive! 

[Richmondfox]

2 minutes ago, Sly said:

Mavididi is really struggling to get into this again.

 

This hasn’t been a great half. 
 

We really struggle when we are pressed. 
 

We just can’t dominate a game. 

They are causing their own problems by trying to play slowly against a good press.  Everyone stops moving into space once the chuckle brothers slip into to me to you mode. 

[TrentFox]

This is challenging. Second best - and by a lot. Soooo slow on the ball. Invites a high press. Ayew is our best outlet, but his lack of mobility is such an issue for is getting up the pitch. 

[Jobyfox]

1 minute ago, Sly said:

Daka pushes pushes us up the pitch more 

With Ayew there is no outlet ball. No physicality and no pace. 
 

I still maintain that the team would play better, as a whole, with Daka at no. 9. Hopefully Carranza will come good. 

[whoareyaaa]

2 minutes ago, Sly said:

James isn’t a 10 really. 
 

Soumare is missing in this game. 

Yea Hamza for Soumare, Ayew for Daka, Kristensen for Thomas, Monga for Mav

Edited 20 September 2025 by whoareyaaa

[-sodapop]

Strange that Winks is playing deeper than Soumare, feel like their strengths would be the other way around. 

 

Also, Lampard always looks like he's caught a whiff of something unpleasant. 

[egg_fried_rice]

Why can’t Mavididi just hit it first time! Always taking too many touches

[Sly]

Just now, TrentFox said:

This is challenging. Second best - and by a lot. Soooo slow on the ball. Invites a high press. Ayew is our best outlet, but his lack of mobility is such an issue for is getting up the pitch. 

He’d be better behind Daka in my opinion. 

[TrickyTrevLeftPeg]

The problem for me is that when Ayew drops deep we have no outlet so their back line can push basically to half way line and pen us in. We can't play out from the back 

 

If you want Ayew to start you play him as the 10 where he can drop deep and hold the ball up. You then need a Striker such as Daka who wants to run in behind forcing there defence to start to drop off and we get more space and allowed to play out from back and dictate the game.

 

The problem for me is we need a striker who wants to stretch the play 

Edited 20 September 2025 by TrickyTrevLeftPeg

[SecretPro]

Just now, egg_fried_rice said:

Why can’t Mavididi just hit it first time! Always taking too many touches

He's really not very good. Prefer Monga.