Our slow slow slow play in attack...

[Collymore]

I know we have tactic threads but this is beyond a joke and needs more visibility IMO and highlighting for more discussion. 

 

We continuously get the ball in positions where we could have a break or attacking opportunity but we over and over again slow everything down until opposition defense has reset and we then look absolutely devoid of any idea if what we were meant to do in the first place. 

 

It's such a hard watch but like Groundhog Day. 

 

[foxfan92]

There are so many issues. Our inability to do anything with the ball, our useless defence, our inept manager and clueless decisions and lineup selections, playing our best players out of position to accommodate useless ones, giving others far too many chances producing the same awful displays. Yes we've had injury issues but it's no excuse. The list goes on and so far I've not even mentioned the bigger issues off the pitch...

[leicesterlad1989]

Yet we still somehow get hit on the counter attack, all the time. 

 

Our players love to occupy space. There's no movement. Its like watching mannequins. 

[Kitchandro]

This has been the case 2020. We play football like we think we’re too clever to score a goal. 

[Ian Nacho]

Football has changed and isn't about possession for possessions sake anymore. Top asking Maresca for us to play like Man City last time we were in the Championship says it all. We're being left behind 

[Number 6]

Groundhog Day is quite good though.

[Vlad the Fox]

I swear there was one point today where Ayew dropped deep to receive the ball and no one ran beyond him meaning that our whole team was squeezed into a 20 yard channel across the pitch 10 yards either side of the half way line.  

 

Also we get destroyed on the transition time and again. We lose the ball and the opposition get the ball into their forwards attacking our back line so quick often playing through our midfield in one pass. 

[Bert]

The problem is we are too easy to play against. All then got to do is press us high and you’ll be 2-0 up after 4 minutes. 

[kingfox]

The pace of play in the Championship has picked up since we were last in it, but we’re currently the fifth slowest team in the league in terms of direct speed. Two of the four teams slower than us have been Norwich and Swansea, both have sacked their managers. 
 

Our build up play is evidently too slow and our end product ends up being toothless. When we end up losing possession, we look far too vulnerable on transition, because we lack athleticism in midfield which then exposes our mistake ridden defence. 
 

When you don’t follow the right trends, then this is what you get. 
 

It’s about time Leicester moved away from the slow tippy-tappy bullshit, but you can guarantee if Cifuentes gets sacked, it’s either Martin or Carrick coming through the door. 

[sm1]

Soumare in the 2nd half played more forward passes, then he has in the entire 4 yrs he's been here. It shows he and others can do it, they need encouragement. Even if a few of them dont work out,  keep trying to get the ball behind the defence quickly. It isolates defenders, giving us our best chance of scoring. The reason we looked more threatening in the 2nd half was a change of mentality, the same mentality we have to start all games with. 

[Vacamion]

 

It was really weird.  We took Daka off and put Ayew up front. 

 

THEN we started pinging it long for the centre forward to run onto.  Or try, at least.

 

 

[Blue.Fox84]

12 minutes ago, kingfox said:

The pace of play in the Championship has picked up since we were last in it, but we’re currently the fifth slowest team in the league in terms of direct speed. Two of the four teams slower than us have been Norwich and Swansea, both have sacked their managers. 
 

Our build up play is evidently too slow and our end product ends up being toothless. When we end up losing possession, we look far too vulnerable on transition, because we lack athleticism in midfield which then exposes our mistake ridden defence. 
 

When you don’t follow the right trends, then this is what you get. 
 

It’s about time Leicester moved away from the slow tippy-tappy bullshit, but you can guarantee if Cifuentes gets sacked, it’s either Martin or Carrick coming through the door. 

Can’t even say it’s because teams are dropping of us which makes it more difficult to be direct/space in behind. Teams know how poor we are in possession playing out from defence, press us aggressively and win the ball in dangerous areas 

 

We’ve been getting hit on the break for 5-6 years now and haven’t learnt our lessons. Until we have a new backline nothing will change, unfortunately I have zero trust or hope that we’ll recruit the right players either at this point too when we do finally get rid 

[Swarles Barkley]

8 minutes ago, Vacamion said:

 

It was really weird.  We took Daka off and put Ayew up front. 

 

THEN we started pinging it long for the centre forward to run onto.  Or try, at least.

 

 

The tactics are odd. Reminds me of the time we used to take Slimani/Ulloa off for Albrighton who then used to cross to vardy and okazaki

[Parafox]

1 hour ago, Vacamion said:

 

It was really weird.  We took Daka off and put Ayew up front. 

 

THEN we started pinging it long for the centre forward to run onto.  Or try, at least.

 

 

 

Punting balls up to Ayew is pointless. Ayew is largely pointless.

 

He hasn't got the pace and guile of Vardy to trick defenders and get behind. 

 

If Ayew can do anything it's only one thing and that is... erm, sorry, I've forgotten.

 

Oh, maybe… nope...

 

Ah yes, fall over, that's what I was trying to think of.

[South Shire Fox]

They try and play tippy tappy football in all the wrong areas. If your CBs are having the most touches in a game then you know youve got problems. Midfielders and strikers are the ones that create goals

Edited 30 November 2025 by South Shire Fox

[fazzyfox]

And then there’s the sloppy passes on the break which under no pressure are played behind the team mate instead of in front of him, killing any momentum. If I do that in a friendly Friday night 5 a-side I’d get called out for it, these are pro’s and they’re repeating it week after week. 

A big part of it is confidence which is totally shot (spell check) at the moment but it’s a care free sloppiness and a lazy “I’ve done my bit, I’ve moved it on” attitude, think of Drinkwaters through balls in those situations, right into the stride of the player or in front of them to run on to.  We just roll it, with no pace on it behind the runner who has to stop, turn, track back to it and then somehow accelerate again in 1 stride as the opponent is now on him.

[RoboFox]

The football is ****ing honking. When everyone else is moving on from awful posession obsessive garbage, we’re still chasing it like a pound shop Manchester City from five years ago.

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

Too much of our play is reliant on slowly getting the ball out wide and expecting them to do something world class because we have zero presence up front and not much more coming up from midfield. It’s dysfunctional and easy to defend against.

[Bourbon Fox]

1 hour ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

Too much of our play is reliant on slowly getting the ball out wide and expecting them to do something world class because we have zero presence up front and not much more coming up from midfield. It’s dysfunctional and easy to defend against.

Only 22% of our shots have come from strikers. Our shots this season have an average xG of 0.09.

 

We're in the bottom 5 of the championship for both metrics.

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

It’s a dreadful style of play which the club have an obsession with for some bizarre reason. 
It’s so dull, no movement and no energy. Passing for passings sake without any cutting edge. 
It’s boring and most importantly we are rubbish at it! 
It’s beyond pathetic that we persist with it and are not learning from mistakes. 
That’s why the manager is getting the blame despite him being dealt a terrible hand to work with. 
It’s time to bin it and be more proactive when we are in possession.

Its INFURIATING. 

[cityfanlee23]

There were huge periods where we did the same under Enzo, I repeated this exact point as nauseum, the difference was we had the quality to offset the snails pace. 
 

Now we lack a lot of that edge couple with Marti-Ball actively nullifying any talent we have with a complete lack of movement from players off the ball. 

[Mike Oxlong]

If we removed the opposition goal and goalkeeper from our matches I don't think what I'd be watching would be materially different from what I'm seeing at games now