Cov 2-1 LCFC

[Pliskin]

I have just seen a video on social media that has boiled my piss, fans applauding that crap off the pitch, once again……

 

Watching fans applaud the players after yet another collapse under pressure is deeply dispiriting. This defeat to Coventry is not just another bad result; it underlines how far we’ve fallen. A club that has lived in our shadow for much of the past two decades, beset by financial problems and devoid of real success, now appears better run, more resilient, and more coherent than us.

The repeated failures on the pitch are no coincidence—they are a direct reflection of chronic mismanagement off it. Applauding this mediocrity is not loyalty; it is acceptance. And videos like this only reinforce the uncomfortable truth that fan complicity is one of the reasons meaningful change feels so distant

[Gamble92]

54 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

I have just seen a video on social media that has boiled my piss, fans applauding that crap off the pitch, once again……

 

Watching fans applaud the players after yet another collapse under pressure is deeply dispiriting. This defeat to Coventry is not just another bad result; it underlines how far we’ve fallen. A club that has lived in our shadow for much of the past two decades, beset by financial problems and devoid of real success, now appears better run, more resilient, and more coherent than us.

The repeated failures on the pitch are no coincidence—they are a direct reflection of chronic mismanagement off it. Applauding this mediocrity is not loyalty; it is acceptance. And videos like this only reinforce the uncomfortable truth that fan complicity is one of the reasons meaningful change feels so distant

They're as complicit as anyone in our demise. Honestly, if we go out of existence they'll still be telling you we were lucky to have these frauds come and buy our club. 

[Sky Blues]

2 hours ago, Pliskin said:

I have just seen a video on social media that has boiled my piss, fans applauding that crap off the pitch, once again……

 

Watching fans applaud the players after yet another collapse under pressure is deeply dispiriting. This defeat to Coventry is not just another bad result; it underlines how far we’ve fallen. A club that has lived in our shadow for much of the past two decades, beset by financial problems and devoid of real success, now appears better run, more resilient, and more coherent than us.

The repeated failures on the pitch are no coincidence—they are a direct reflection of chronic mismanagement off it. Applauding this mediocrity is not loyalty; it is acceptance. And videos like this only reinforce the uncomfortable truth that fan complicity is one of the reasons meaningful change feels so distant

I agree with most of what you say. The difference between the two sides is the ownership. No need to mention the problems with yours. Our owner doesn't throw cash at our side. But he is a wise businessman and we're run totally different now. We're a few million in credit with transfers since he took over. We don't sign players just because we can. They must fit in with every way. 

 

You want one of our players? You pay top price. We started this season with a small squad. It has cost us in the last month as most of our players on the bench have been defenders and GK's. A couple of games ago we couldn't even fill the bench. But the players we do have give 100% all the time. Our second goal showed the difference. We had 3 players against 1 defender with 2 other defenders just watching. 

 

But you do have to separate the players from the ownership. It isn't their fault about the ownership. Your players played very well in the 1st half, the best I've seen all season. I would guess a big problem is fitness and this is down to the manager. Your GK isn't very good, Thomas has gone backwards in his development and Ayew is a very good player but as soon as a breeze comes along it blows him over. 

[Winstonthedog]

7 hours ago, DJW1 said:

If we had a proper striker we'd be in the top 6, despite our shortcomings

There were a good number of crosses into the box today ... but none of our strikers there .... seems like we only want to score that involve intricate passing ... we need a fox in the box ... some scruffy match winning goals .... 

[Gamble92]

This is a bad one this. Not going to get over it for a while. 

[LCFCJohn]

4 hours ago, Pliskin said:

I have just seen a video on social media that has boiled my piss, fans applauding that crap off the pitch, once again……

 

Watching fans applaud the players after yet another collapse under pressure is deeply dispiriting. This defeat to Coventry is not just another bad result; it underlines how far we’ve fallen. A club that has lived in our shadow for much of the past two decades, beset by financial problems and devoid of real success, now appears better run, more resilient, and more coherent than us.

The repeated failures on the pitch are no coincidence—they are a direct reflection of chronic mismanagement off it. Applauding this mediocrity is not loyalty; it is acceptance. And videos like this only reinforce the uncomfortable truth that fan complicity is one of the reasons meaningful change feels so distant

To make your mind blow, these are some comments of a particular SM page after full time. Notice the lack of coherent English in most of them though.

 

Points stolen. Great perfomance , Okoli was outstanding. Coventry got out of jail. Well done fox's.

 

Good performance for 60 mins should never have lost

Wasn’t a bad game to be fair. Can’t expect them to be the worst one week and beating the league leaders at home the next. 
It was a positive performance and it should be noted as one.

 

Unlucky foxes worth minimum point, dont think anyone had a really bad game, played well against current leaders just few unfortunate things against us. And as for cov never seen so much diving and play acting

 

Decent game , hard luck Leicester , good manager build for next season , don’t want to be in the play offs …

 

Best performance in my humble opinion

[MC Prussian]

10 hours ago, ozvaldo said:

If we had a proper striker, we’d have won today. 
 

We’d have had at least 3 in the first half. 

Yesterday wasn't down to a lack of strikers, it was down to a lack of decision-making and taking your chances.

We have wingers and attacking midfielders and central midfielders who all know how to score when given the opportunity.

 

Just not against Cov.

[Jazzy_Jeff]

7 hours ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

You what? 
 

What’s happening with Mavididi and Fatawu if we’re going 3-5-2?

 

And when are you applying this shape change? 
 

At halftime, where up to that point we had looked really good in our original shape? 
 

I think changing formation to one we haven’t played or trained for, that also takes two of our most threatening attacking players out of their natural positions would be a very bizarre move for a manager to make.

If you’re saying we have a manager at this level who only trains a team to play one formation that is a huge problem - all teams need flexibility.

 

Fatawu was poor. We would have been better of sacrificing him to improve the shape of the team. 
 

The change should have come at the 3/4 stage when it was one way traffic. We were getting penned it but they were leaving gaps where we could have hit them on the break.

 

If we had got to the stage where the team was as below we were set up to soak up pressure and counter:

 

Stolarcyzk

 

okoli

vestergaard

nelson

 

ricardo

choudhury

skipp

james

aluko

 

mavididi

daka

[ceebeefox]

7 hours ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

You what? 
 

What’s happening with Mavididi and Fatawu if we’re going 3-5-2?

 

And when are you applying this shape change? 
 

At halftime, where up to that point we had looked really good in our original shape? 
 

I think changing formation to one we haven’t played or trained for, that also takes two of our most threatening attacking players out of their natural positions would be a very bizarre move for a manager to make.

If MON took over tomorrow Fatawu and Mav would be the wing backs, and why not? 3 centre halves and Skippy in front should be enough in this league, Guppy and Impey didn’t get their shorts dirty in his era but crossed it for fun. Obviously Fatawu would be left and Mavadidi right.

[danny.]

1 hour ago, LCFCJohn said:

To make your mind blow, these are some comments of a particular SM page after full time. Notice the lack of coherent English in most of them though.

 

Points stolen. Great perfomance , Okoli was outstanding. Coventry got out of jail. Well done fox's.

 

Good performance for 60 mins should never have lost

Wasn’t a bad game to be fair. Can’t expect them to be the worst one week and beating the league leaders at home the next. 
It was a positive performance and it should be noted as one.

 

Unlucky foxes worth minimum point, dont think anyone had a really bad game, played well against current leaders just few unfortunate things against us. And as for cov never seen so much diving and play acting

 

Decent game , hard luck Leicester , good manager build for next season , don’t want to be in the play offs …

 

Best performance in my humble opinion

Are fox’s would of won if that ref werent such are idiots 

[funkyrobot]

43 minutes ago, Jazzy_Jeff said:

If you’re saying we have a manager at this level who only trains a team to play one formation that is a huge problem - all teams need flexibility.

 

Fatawu was poor. We would have been better of sacrificing him to improve the shape of the team. 
 

The change should have come at the 3/4 stage when it was one way traffic. We were getting penned it but they were leaving gaps where we could have hit them on the break.

 

If we had got to the stage where the team was as below we were set up to soak up pressure and counter:

 

Stolarcyzk

 

okoli

vestergaard

nelson

 

ricardo

choudhury

skipp

james

aluko

 

mavididi

daka

What is the point of putting Patson Daka in any team. Absolute waste of a shirt. 

[Josh.c]

Why start a lb who has the strength of a 8 year old we need new owners sack the board and certainly sack the manager much rather have some 12 year old lad Atleast he would press the ball.

[Jazzy_Jeff]

17 minutes ago, funkyrobot said:

What is the point of putting Patson Daka in any team. Absolute waste of a shirt. 

Pace. That’s all he’s got. 

[Pliskin]

21 minutes ago, funkyrobot said:

What is the point of putting Patson Daka in any team. Absolute waste of a shirt. 

He can do the donkey work that in a different system would allow Mav, Fatawu, and James to be the main attack.

 

At the moment, our wingers are isolated, and Ayew just completely stifles any momentum going forward. 
 

Under Cifuentes, there is no point playing anyone, his system strangles any threat we have, the team aren’t match for or match ready, and there’s absolutely no tactical identity whatsoever. 
 

There’s little point trying to achieve anything under him, we’re clinging on by our fingernails at the moment, with nothing but blind hope things might improve. 

[ozleicester]

Once again, i fear i have failed to understand the game ive been watchiing and playing for more than 50 years.
 

[Muzzy_no7]

6 hours ago, Pliskin said:

I have just seen a video on social media that has boiled my piss, fans applauding that crap off the pitch, once again……

 

Watching fans applaud the players after yet another collapse under pressure is deeply dispiriting. This defeat to Coventry is not just another bad result; it underlines how far we’ve fallen. A club that has lived in our shadow for much of the past two decades, beset by financial problems and devoid of real success, now appears better run, more resilient, and more coherent than us.

The repeated failures on the pitch are no coincidence—they are a direct reflection of chronic mismanagement off it. Applauding this mediocrity is not loyalty; it is acceptance. And videos like this only reinforce the uncomfortable truth that fan complicity is one of the reasons meaningful change feels so distant

It was the first 10-12 rows of the away end as usual. Sit down all game and then clap the lads 

[Pliskin]

4 hours ago, Sky Blues said:

I agree with most of what you say. The difference between the two sides is the ownership. No need to mention the problems with yours. Our owner doesn't throw cash at our side. But he is a wise businessman and we're run totally different now. We're a few million in credit with transfers since he took over. We don't sign players just because we can. They must fit in with every way. 

 

You want one of our players? You pay top price. We started this season with a small squad. It has cost us in the last month as most of our players on the bench have been defenders and GK's. A couple of games ago we couldn't even fill the bench. But the players we do have give 100% all the time. Our second goal showed the difference. We had 3 players against 1 defender with 2 other defenders just watching. 

 

But you do have to separate the players from the ownership. It isn't their fault about the ownership. Your players played very well in the 1st half, the best I've seen all season. I would guess a big problem is fitness and this is down to the manager. Your GK isn't very good, Thomas has gone backwards in his development and Ayew is a very good player but as soon as a breeze comes along it blows him over. 

I agree with most of your points also. 
 

The problem with us and some of our fans unfortunately runs deeper than 90 minutes. We’re obviously now at different points in our existence, you’re on the up, and we are very much on the decline. 
 

However, regardless of the performance in the first half yesterday, throughout the season, we’ve mostly been horrid. And throughout this horrid period, large portions of the fanbase have clapped regardless…… 4-0 down at half time against QPR? Some still clap and try and find excuses. 
 

There’s a wide acceptance, from some of the fanbase that this regression is perfectly normal, and acceptable…. And unfortunately it is this that makes them complicit in our demise, incapable of even having an ounce of criticism towards the board and the club at the moment.

 

I think for us, after the decade we’ve had, it’s very difficult to get behind these players…. The academy lads I can get behind, but the likes of Jordan Ayew? Never…. It’s frankly an absolute disgrace they allowed him to don the number 9 shirt…… in my opinion it should have been retired when Vardy left, because in my opinion, as things stand we will never have a better player play for us again, in my lifetime certainly.

 

You’re not wrong we are disgustingly unfit, we can only play for 45 minutes  it seems, and this is Marti’s fault, as well as the complete lack of proactive tactical awareness. 
 

I do also agree with you with regarding Stolarczyk… I used to rate him highly, however in the last month or so I’ve come to realise he’s garbage. Yes he is young, pulls off the odd good save, but he concedes a lot of poor goals, doesn’t command his penalty area, and is poor in possession. I’d prefer to play Begovic just for the experience…

 

In a nutshell, I just can’t connect with this club at the moment, as I’m sure you can appreciate having gone through some boardroom hell yourselves…

[sdb]

13 hours ago, Pliskin said:

For large spells of the first half, we looked every bit the side in control. From the opening exchanges there was a clear intent to play with pace and aggression, pressing Coventry high up the pitch and forcing them into rushed decisions. The tempo of our play was impressive, with quick ball circulation and a willingness from players to rotate positions, particularly in the attacking third, which repeatedly pulled Coventry’s defensive structure out of shape.

 

The goal itself was the clearest illustration of what we can be when things click. It came from sharp, interchangeable passing, players moving intelligently between the lines, and an understanding of space that Coventry struggled to cope with. It was slick, modern football, and for a period it felt as though we were on the verge of running away with the game.

 

In truth, we probably should have gone into the break three goals to the good. There were several gilt-edged chances to effectively kill the contest, but poor execution in key moments let Coventry off the hook. Some final passes lacked the required precision, while at other times attackers failed to position themselves smartly in the penalty area, arriving too early or too late to convert promising situations. These were not chances created by luck or chaos, but by good football — which makes their wastefulness all the more frustrating.

 

While the half was largely positive, it wasn’t entirely without warning signs. Coventry did pose a threat on transition and from moments of our carelessness, but those dangers were mostly managed well. We showed decent defensive discipline, recovering their shape quickly and making important interventions when required. The warning shots were there, but at the interval we still looked the sharper, fitter, and more coherent side.

 

The second half, however, was a completely different story — and a deeply concerning one. we start was poor, lacking intensity and focus, and it was no surprise when Coventry capitalised. The equalising goal was painfully simple, born from passive defending and a complete absence of aggression. Runners were allowed to move freely, space was left unprotected, and Coventry were gifted an opportunity that a well-organised side simply does not concede.

 

From that moment on, our system appeared to fall apart. The basic principles of professional football were no longer being adhered to. Players stopped tracking runners, failed to defend the space behind them, and were far too slow and timid when attempting to win the ball back. The team lost its shape with alarming ease, leaving gaps between the lines that Coventry exploited with growing confidence.

 

What was most worrying was that these issues were not new. The signs were evident, even in the first half, yet there was no visible correction. Marti failed to recognise — or act upon — the warning signals as the game drifted away. As the half wore on, our fitness levels seemed to fall off a cliff. The intensity that defined their first-half pressing disappeared, replaced by laboured movement and slow reactions.

 

Decision-making in the final third also deteriorated badly. Attacks broke down through rushed shots, poor choices, and a lack of composure, further highlighting a side playing without clarity or belief. The most dangerous players were increasingly isolated or misused, unable to influence the game in meaningful ways.

 

Ultimately, yet again as it has done many times this season…. this defeat feels self-inflicted. We should have won this game comfortably if we had taken our first-half chances. Instead, a lack of fitness, amateur defensive mistakes, and questionable tactical management proved costly. The team looks unfit, disjointed, and not fully aligned with the manager’s philosophy — and more worryingly, that philosophy does not appear to be getting the best out of the players at his disposal.

 

There is talent in this squad, and the first half showed what is possible when things function properly. This was a game that should have been put to bed early — instead, it became another painful lesson in what happens when promise goes unfulfilled. But this isn’t the first time this season…..

 

This, 100%

 

I think you could apply this to about a dozen games this season. What's the opposite of being clinical? Because that's what we are.

[sdb]

4 hours ago, Sky Blues said:

I agree with most of what you say. The difference between the two sides is the ownership. No need to mention the problems with yours. Our owner doesn't throw cash at our side. But he is a wise businessman and we're run totally different now. We're a few million in credit with transfers since he took over. We don't sign players just because we can. They must fit in with every way. 

 

You want one of our players? You pay top price. We started this season with a small squad. It has cost us in the last month as most of our players on the bench have been defenders and GK's. A couple of games ago we couldn't even fill the bench. But the players we do have give 100% all the time. Our second goal showed the difference. We had 3 players against 1 defender with 2 other defenders just watching. 

 

But you do have to separate the players from the ownership. It isn't their fault about the ownership. Your players played very well in the 1st half, the best I've seen all season. I would guess a big problem is fitness and this is down to the manager. Your GK isn't very good, Thomas has gone backwards in his development and Ayew is a very good player but as soon as a breeze comes along it blows him over. 

Fair play for your very reasonable post!

 

Ownership appears to become more and more important with each passing year. Very few clubs with poor ownership are thriving, in any division. It sounds obvious but I think the gap between top and bottom sides is narrowing. Lazy or ignorant owners can destroy a club through sheer arrogance or neglect so quickly now, as we're finding out. FA Cup winners 4 years ago and now we're a feeble Championship side. 

 

 

[sdb]

13 hours ago, Tommy G said:

Everyone else’s fault he’s crap then? You could apply that logic throughout the team in that case 

? Read my post again 😅

[Raj]

Just seen the highlights and the defending  fir our goals is non league standard.

The 2nd goal looks like pur defenders are blind or p1ssed up.

 

[waddadamadda]

15 hours ago, Parafox said:

 

An ignorant vocal minority as is the case with every football club.

 

We have a number of "vile creatures" within our fanbase as well.

 

In every club, there's those fans that are insightful, those that have responses and opinions based on the events occurring in front of them and others that are just thick knuckle draggers.

Absolutely agree with you. 

[Scottfarcus]

Luke Thomas is so pathetic!  He’s been at the center of so many goals for other teams!  He was literally on his ass yesterday when Coventry put away the winning goal.  He’s just not good enough!  Him and his horrid long throw!  Have we ever even scored a goal from his long throw? Can they please stop that dreadful Thomas long throw!!!!??

[CosbehFox]

16 hours ago, RonnieTodger said:

It gets worse

Anstey beat Cov Sphinx thankfully with Waghorn on the scoresheet 

[sdb]

13 minutes ago, Scottfarcus said:

Luke Thomas is so pathetic!  He’s been at the center of so many goals for other teams!  He was literally on his ass yesterday when Coventry put away the winning goal.  He’s just not good enough!  Him and his horrid long throw!  Have we ever even scored a goal from his long throw? Can they please stop that dreadful Thomas long throw!!!!??

Scored? He's not beaten the first man yet! Surely someone else in the side can throw a ball longer than him? It's embarrassing!