Emil Riis joins on 4 year deal - Official

[ClaphamFox]

17 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

The odd chorus of boos from fans isn't the reason we've lost to Burton, Oxford and Peterborough home

True, but the facts speak for themselves. We've lost three of our four home league games, conceding nine goals, and are 2nd bottom of the home league table. We're unbeaten away and are 10th in the away league table. This is continuing a pattern from last season, when we were also better away than at home.

 

The team clearly has a major problem playing at the KP. We can blame them for being gutless cowards and they can blame us for being toxic, but clearly something needs to change or we're heading straight for another relegation scrap.

Edited 7 hours ago by ClaphamFox

[deep blue]

I wonder how much the lack of confidence shown by players comes not so much because of fan reaction but rather from the instruction to play in a way that doesn't come natural to them (such as over-passing, esp in defence)... being over-coached, which results in deliberating too long on the ball, and to have to abandon your footballing instincts,

[AKCJ]

I find it incredible that we've managed to assemble a squad full of sopping wet flannels.

 

The players are largely well supported at kick off and the boos only really started when it went 2-0. If Everton, Newcastle, Villa etc went 3-0 down at home to Robbie Savage's Peterborough United it would be like World War 3. Leicester fans are as meek as could be when you actually look at whats happening on the pitch and it's still too much for this squad.

It's like a social experiment to see how difficult it is to shape the mentality of football fans into total apathy despite this being the club we all love and the club we spend our hard earned money to follow.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

17 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

True, but the facts speak for themselves. We've lost three of our four home league games, conceding nine goals, and are 2nd bottom of the home league table. We're unbeaten away and are 10th in the away league table. This is continuing a pattern from last season, when we were also better away than at home.

 

The team clearly has a major problem playing at the KP. We can blame them for being gutless cowards and they can blame us for being toxic, but clearly something needs to change or we're heading straight for another relegation scrap.

What comes first, the players being shit or the criticism of them? Every week one comes before the other, I'm sure you know which way round it is

[AKCJ]

Further to that point. A lot of these players absolutely can handle criticism because they do not care. This "oh won't someone please think of the players" carry on is all a diversion because we can see with our own eyes that these players do not put in the bare minimum amount of effort needed to do well.

 

They bare face lie about the effort they're putting in and nobody challenges it.

[MonarchFox]

36 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

True, but the facts speak for themselves. We've lost three of our four home league games, conceding nine goals, and are 2nd bottom of the home league table. We're unbeaten away and are 10th in the away league table. This is continuing a pattern from last season, when we were also better away than at home.

 

The team clearly has a major problem playing at the KP. We can blame them for being gutless cowards and they can blame us for being toxic, but clearly something needs to change or we're heading straight for another relegation scrap.

We are already in a relegation scrap.

 

I don't get to as many games I would like due my kids playing (and to be fair they are a better watch).  I've made 2 home league games this year and was pretty surprised how quickly certain fans are on the backs of players etc.  It was less than 5 mins, still 0 - 0 and both teams were finding their feet in the game.  I get it though, the regulars turn up (having paid good money) expecting the same to happen as the week before and 1 bad pass, touch starts them off.  It's ends up being a downwards spiral throughout, we just need something to spark that revival.

 

Some players don't give a **** what the crowd thinks, others do.  We just tar them all with the same brush and lets face it some aren't good enough but we are stuck with them at present.

[ClaphamFox]

29 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

What comes first, the players being shit or the criticism of them? Every week one comes before the other, I'm sure you know which way round it is

I do indeed. However, I would also argue that Martin is a key factor in the players being shit. If you manage a football club and know that your fans are depressed and cynical after successive relegations, you might conclude that sending the players out with an overly-elaborate game plan that requires perfect concentration and execution, and for which several of your first 11 don't have the technical ability for, might not be the best way to boost confidence. But Russell is apparently unshakeable in his belief that he can create true football perfection while still picking the likes of McCarthy, Thomas, Okoli and BDCR, to name just a few.

My confidence would be pretty flimsy too if I knew I was a very limited footballer and Martin asked me to play as if I'd come up though Barcelona's academy.

[lcfc sheff]

Yeah to go back on point, looks a good enough striker. Shame about the rest of the team 

[Narborough Road Fox]

3 hours ago, lcfc sheff said:

Yeah to go back on point, looks a good enough striker. Shame about the rest of the team 

I really like him. Don't think he gets enough support from other players though.

[Lambert09]

I think he’d score tons if we have a conventional #10 behind him. 
 

Will be interesting to see if that’s where Smallbone slots in 

[LeePhilpottsBaldSpot]

13 minutes ago, Lambert09 said:

I think he’d score tons if we have a conventional #10 behind him. 
 

Will be interesting to see if that’s where Smallbone slots in 

Or Chaplin, if he can stay fit