Stoke Pre Match

[Thracian]

Stoke's strikers have always caused us problems for the past 3 or 4 seasons. Hopefully Megson has the heads up on what Stoke are all about and snuffs them out, but not at the cost of us being able to attack Stoke and win the game. We're at home for fook sake.

Sidibe is an absolute shit box, but he saves his 2 goals a season for us. Fuller is slightly better, but again, he shouldn't be scoring as many goals as he does against us over the years.

My team would be as follows.

Fulop

N'Gotty

McAuley

Kisnorbo

Kaebi

Chambers

Clemence

Kishishev

Mattock

Hume

Fryatt

Subs: DJ, Stearman, Henderson, Ferreira (if fit) if not Newton or Djeziri, de Vries

It's bound to be 5-3-2 after Wednesday but I thought Stearman was far better than Chambers and would have Stearman/Kaebi on the right.

I don't see Ferreira as fit even if his hamstring heals. King looks by far the best midfielder for the bench but Megson won't go down that route so it only really leaves Newton.

Can't say I was impressed with Djeziri, and he certainly doesn't look the Megson type. So with Porter/Hayes injured Sheehan would seem the best left-side option, making the bench read: DJ, Chambers, King/Newton, Sheehan, DeVries.

[Ric Flair]

Extra-large, well you know what they say.

Your mum bought you completely the wrong size again?

I'd go with a similar side to that but replace Hume with Chambers in an Attacking Midfielder role behind the strikers and put Campbell in Hume's place up front:

Fulop

N'Gotty

McAuley

Kisnorbo

Kaebi

Chambers

Hume

Kishishev

Mattock

Campbell

Fryatt

Subs:

De Vries, Chambers, Ferreira (if fit) Stearman and Henderson

No Clemence? You're mad.

[Kent Fox]

Pizza it is then.

My team would be as follows.

Thin Crust

Tomato Sauce

Oregano

Thyme

Ham

Pineapple

Pepperoni

Spicy Beef

Chillies

Cheese

Chilli Flakes

Subs: OJ, Stella, Heineken, Fanta (if fit) if not Coke or 7-Up, Some Fries

[Ric Flair]

Sorry, Ric - Dunno how I managed that!!

:laugh:

[Raj]

No veggie option???

[dave_the_fox]

I'd go with a similar side to that but replace Hume with Chambers in an Attacking Midfielder role behind the strikers and put Campbell in Hume's place up front:

Fulop

N'Gotty

McAuley

Kisnorbo

Kaebi

Chambers

Hume

Kishishev

Mattock

Campbell

Fryatt

Subs:

De Vries, Chambers, Ferreira (if fit) Stearman and Henderson

That team is shocking! It hasnt got our best player in it! rubbish foggy horse

[RoosterRussell92]

Your mum bought you completely the wrong size again?

No Clemence? You're mad.

Not mad, just tired, bored of work and not thinking straight! Please forgive me... Should have been:

Fulop

N'Gotty

McAuley

Kisnorbo

Kaebi

Clemence

Hume

Kishishev

Mattock

Campbell

Fryatt

Subs:

De Vries, Chambers, Ferreira (if fit) Stearman and Henderson

[Kent Fox]

Pizza it is then.

My team would be as follows.

Thin Crust

Tomato Sauce

Oregano

Thyme

Ham

Pineapple

Pepperoni

Spicy Beef

Chillies

Cheese

Chilli Flakes

Subs: OJ, Stella, Heineken, Fanta (if fit) if not Coke or 7-Up, Some Fries

No veggie option???

I think you can still enjoy it with just the highlighted bits, mate

[Raj]

I think you can still enjoy it with just the highlighted bits, mate

Cheers!

[filbertway]

I'd go with

Fulop

McAuley

N'Gotty

Kisnorbo

RWB Chambers

LWB Mattock

Stearman

Clemence

Kishishev

MDV

Hume/Fryatt

Hendo, Campbell, Hume/Fryatt, Kaebi, Sheehan

[Lets Be having You]

It will be the same team that beat villa

[Ultra]

Yeah, as long as they're all fit.

But why Megson insists on putting Chambers in midfield and Stearman as wing-back, only he can tell us.

Wednesday's win shouldn't blind us to the fact that this combination doesn't work.

Chambers was dire at Charlton and not that much better at Villa (even allowing for his role in the winner).

But he's the best right-back we have at the club. So it makes sense to play him there.

[Kent Fox]

Yeah, as long as they're all fit.

But why Megson insists on putting Chambers in midfield and Stearman as wing-back, only he can tell us.

Wednesday's win shouldn't blind us to the fact that this combination doesn't work.

Chambers was dire at Charlton and not that much better at Villa (even allowing for his role in the winner).

But he's the best right-back we have at the club. So it makes sense to play him there.

If winning is not proof that it does work, what makes you think it doesn't??

Also, this system was employed by MON quite successfully was it not?

[WetFlannel]

it would be stupid to change the team that played on wednesday...

[Mark]

If winning is not proof that it does work, what makes you think it doesn't??

Also, this system was employed by MON quite successfully was it not?

Cup games are a one off, we always seem to over perform compared to our league performances. But yeah 3-5-2 was successful for MON, but the wing backs much offer something in the second third and we need much more than Clemence in the midfield, otherwise it's a very defensive 5-3-2.

[TheBlinding]

I hope Megson realises that Villa away and Stoke at home are two completley different games and that the team that played Wednesday night had absolutley nothing going forward. 8 defensive players is crap attitude to take at home.

Fulop

N'gotty McAuley Kisnorbo

Kaabi----------------------Mattock/Sheehan

Kishishev Clemence

Hume

Fryatt Campbell

Subs: Henderson, Mattock/Sheehan, Stearman, Cort, Djerziri

[Kent Fox]

Cup games are a one off, we always seem to over perform compared to our league performances. But yeah 3-5-2 was successful for MON, but the wing backs much offer something in the second third and we need much more than Clemence in the midfield, otherwise it's a very defensive 5-3-2.

I don't disagree. I like the flexibility of 3-5-2 going to 5-3-2. I do think there are times to play a defensive game (Villa) but would like to see the inclusion of Kaebi and Ferriera as wing backs more often.

I just wanted to know why Ultra thought it doesn't work as a system, when it clearly does.

[Thracian]

I hope Megson realises that Villa away and Stoke at home are two completley different games and that the team that played Wednesday night had absolutley nothing going forward. 8 defensive players is crap attitude to take at home.

Fulop

N'gotty McAuley Kisnorbo

Kaabi----------------------Mattock/Sheehan

Kishishev Clemence

Hume

Fryatt Campbell

Subs: Henderson, Mattock/Sheehan, Stearman, Cort, Djerziri

Didn't we finish with eight or effectively nine defenders against QPR?

In fact I've heard we're having a giant line of pickets painted above the entrance to the players tunnel and the words - "This is Leicester - Welcome To De Fence".

[TheBlinding]

Didn't we finish with eight or effectively nine defenders against QPR?

In fact I've heard we're having a giant line of pickets painted above the entrance to the players tunnel and the words - "This is Leicester - Welcome To De Fence".

Probably, more potential goal scorers, that's what I say

[Thracian]

Probably, more potential goal scorers, that's what I say

I don't want any now. I'm warming up to Megson Mode cos there's a lot of fun to be had that I never imagined. In fact I want to see if Megson can emerge as the greatest defensive manager of all time - better, more famous and more celebrated than George Graham.

There's 40 games to go and we've scored seven goals and taken six points. If we win 20 games 1-0 that'll give us 66 points and another 15 goalless draws will lift that to 81 - enough perhaps to secure promotion.

But best of all we could surely set a record for going up with only 27 goals to our name. Mandaric would save stacks only playing one forward (strikers are always expensive) and with all this worry about having to score goals lifted from the manager's shoulders, he could spend all the training sessions working on the defensive strategy, making the team even more efficient than at present.

Surely no other club would commit so much time to the defensive side so there's a good chance we'd be different class to the rest.

The PR opportunities from DeFence would be endless. And we'd get far more publicity from a 27-goal season than with 80-odd goals like so many promotion sides.

No - let's get behind the club. Let's make "8 Til Late Leicester" something special. Something never seen before. Let's make a virtue of defence. If Joey came back perhaps he could score from the halfway line and become the first team to win a match without going into the opposition half.

Imagine that for a publicity coup. We'd make news around the world.

We could also have another catchphrase: "Our Goal is No Goals".

Get behind Megson was the plea and I'm warming to the bloke."

Attacking always was risky.

[David O'Leary]

I don't want any now. I'm warming up to Megson Mode cos there's a lot of fun to be had that I never imagined. In fact I want to see if Megson can emerge as the greatest defensive manager of all time - better, more famous and more celebrated than George Graham.

There's 40 games to go and we've scored seven goals and taken six points. If we win 20 games 1-0 that'll give us 66 points and another 15 goalless draws will lift that to 81 - enough perhaps to secure promotion.

But best of all we could surely set a record for going up with only 27 goals to our name. Mandaric would save stacks only playing one forward (strikers are always expensive) and with all this worry about having to score goals lifted from the manager's shoulders, he could spend all the training sessions working on the defensive strategy, making the team even more efficient than at present.

Surely no other club would commit so much time to the defensive side so there's a good chance we'd be different class to the rest.

The PR opportunities from DeFence would be endless. And we'd get far more publicity from a 27-goal season than with 80-odd goals like so many promotion sides.

No - let's get behind the club. Let's make "8 Til Late Leicester" something special. Something never seen before. Let's make a virtue of defence. If Joey came back perhaps he could score from the halfway line and become the first team to win a match without going into the opposition half.

Imagine that for a publicity coup. We'd make news around the world.

We could also have another catchphrase: "Our Goal is No Goals".

Get behind Megson was the plea and I'm warming to the bloke."

Attacking always was risky.

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[Ultra]

I don't disagree. I like the flexibility of 3-5-2 going to 5-3-2. I do think there are times to play a defensive game (Villa) but would like to see the inclusion of Kaebi and Ferriera as wing backs more often.

I just wanted to know why Ultra thought it doesn't work as a system, when it clearly does.

Didn't question the system, just the roles of the people within it. Stearman and Chambers should be swapped.

Seeing as you raised the question of the MON side, how many of our current bunch would have made the side in 2000?

[Ultra]

I don't want any now. I'm warming up to Megson Mode cos there's a lot of fun to be had that I never imagined. In fact I want to see if Megson can emerge as the greatest defensive manager of all time - better, more famous and more celebrated than George Graham.

There's 40 games to go and we've scored seven goals and taken six points. If we win 20 games 1-0 that'll give us 66 points and another 15 goalless draws will lift that to 81 - enough perhaps to secure promotion.

But best of all we could surely set a record for going up with only 27 goals to our name. Mandaric would save stacks only playing one forward (strikers are always expensive) and with all this worry about having to score goals lifted from the manager's shoulders, he could spend all the training sessions working on the defensive strategy, making the team even more efficient than at present.

Surely no other club would commit so much time to the defensive side so there's a good chance we'd be different class to the rest.

The PR opportunities from DeFence would be endless. And we'd get far more publicity from a 27-goal season than with 80-odd goals like so many promotion sides.

No - let's get behind the club. Let's make "8 Til Late Leicester" something special. Something never seen before. Let's make a virtue of defence. If Joey came back perhaps he could score from the halfway line and become the first team to win a match without going into the opposition half.

Imagine that for a publicity coup. We'd make news around the world.

We could also have another catchphrase: "Our Goal is No Goals".

Get behind Megson was the plea and I'm warming to the bloke."

Attacking always was risky.

:laugh:

Mind you... Mandaric did warn last night that we could be grinding out a few 1-0 wins this season..

[filbertway]

:laugh:

Mind you... Mandaric did warn last night that we could be grinding out a few 1-0 wins this season..

Shows how stupid our fans are if they need to be warned that.

[Raj]

Shows how stupid our fans are if they need to be warned that.

I NEEDED to be warned!

Thanks for the warning Milan