Burnley Post Match

[Lillehamring]

We were lucky to come away with a point. If Burnley would have shown a little bit more composure infront of goal and if it was'nt for Fulop we would have been 4 or 5 down at half time. And we would have deserved it.

But even so if we played awful, Hume scored though (therefore doing his job) and lost 6-1 we wouldn't be full of praise for the strikers even then.

again.... but they didn't & for the same reason we didn't create chances - cause they aren't that good. on the night we happened to have - ok - 'enough' quality up front to match them...

...the point is that burnley scored a goal & we scored a goal - thus it was a draw - nothing to do with luck. as bad as we were, burnley weren't good enough to beat us.

sorry to confuse you guys by looking for positives, but we got a result, we did enough right (as much as burnley) to get a point...

[Thracian]

Holloway has to keep changing the team around until he can find out what his best team is. Until he knows what his best team is, line-ups won't be consistent. It's frustrating as a supporter because we've already seen what these players can and can't do in most cases but he has to do it. He might be able to get more out of certain individuals than other managers have in the past. It's alright saying we need to field a team that play football to the same tune but Holloway doesn't know enough about the players yet to know who fits in with his plans.

Well he could've started Shaun Newton again or given young Andy King another start but if that would've been wise, I don't know. Newton's been poor but King made a decent impact from the bench. The number of defenders on the pitch last night underlines the need for some experienced, quality midfielders in January more than anything else e.g negative tactics etc.

If Holloway wants to know his best team he should either watch the videos with some urgency or give you a ring. I'm bloody sure he doesn't need to spend weeks on the process. If he does, by the time he figures the answer he could well become another one sliding down Mandaric's managerial waste disposal chute.

[Hullfox]

If Holloway wants to know his best team he should either watch the videos with some urgency or give you a ring. I'm bloody sure he doesn't need to spend weeks on the process. If he does, by the time he figures the answer he could well become another one sliding down Mandaric's managerial waste disposal shoot.

It's chute.

[Babylon]

It's chute.

It's not... he lines up his bin bags and blows them to bits with an AK47.

[Hullfox]

It's not... he lines up his bin bags and blows them to bits with an AK47.

Yeah, he chutes them with a gun.

[The People's Hero]

If Holloway wants to know his best team he should either watch the videos with some urgency or give you a ring. I'm bloody sure he doesn't need to spend weeks on the process. If he does, by the time he figures the answer he could well become another one sliding down Mandaric's managerial waste disposal shoot.

Way to go, journo!

[Thracian]

Way to go, journo!

Seemed quite appropriate on reflection - at least metapohorically.

[danny.]

just watched the highlights http://www.football.virginmedia.com/page/LeicesterCity/

looks like maybury was very at fault for their goal.

I hate to say this, but cracking run and cross from stearman for our goal!

[Jonbluefox9]

If Holloway wants to know his best team he should either watch the videos with some urgency or give you a ring. I'm bloody sure he doesn't need to spend weeks on the process. If he does, by the time he figures the answer he could well become another one sliding down Mandaric's managerial waste disposal chute.

It's these kind of knee jerk methods of judging players which have made us the team we are today. Allen came in and tried to judge people from videos, even choosing to sign Newton going on what he saw. Unfortunately footage doesn't always tell the whole story. Until you know what makes people tick and perform, you don't know if they're the kind of people you want to keep. Holloway's interview previewing the WBA game is interesting. He said that he's told the players that he wants them to stand up and be counted and if they can't do it they'll be replaced. I'm willing to sit back and see which ones rise to the challenge and which ones flop because now we have someone in charge who will get rid if they do the latter.

[Simi]

It's these kind of knee jerk methods of judging players which have made us the team we are today. Allen came in and tried to judge people from videos, even choosing to sign Newton going on what he saw. Unfortunately footage doesn't always tell the whole story. Until you know what makes people tick and perform, you don't know if they're the kind of people you want to keep. Holloway's interview previewing the WBA game is interesting. He said that he's told the players that he wants them to stand up and be counted and if they can't do it they'll be replaced. I'm willing to sit back and see which ones rise to the challenge and which ones flop because now we have someone in charge who will get rid if they do the latter.

[Fez of Mahrez]

It's these kind of knee jerk methods of judging players which have made us the team we are today. Allen came in and tried to judge people from videos, even choosing to sign Newton going on what he saw. Unfortunately footage doesn't always tell the whole story. Until you know what makes people tick and perform, you don't know if they're the kind of people you want to keep. Holloway's interview previewing the WBA game is interesting. He said that he's told the players that he wants them to stand up and be counted and if they can't do it they'll be replaced. I'm willing to sit back and see which ones rise to the challenge and which ones flop because now we have someone in charge who will get rid if they do the latter.

Now I know how mediocre songwriters feel when they say they wish they'd written Imagine or Wonderwall or Like A Rolling Stone.

Sorry for the sycophancy but that's just spot on and a pleasure to read.

[Hullfox]

It's these kind of knee jerk methods of judging players which have made us the team we are today. Allen came in and tried to judge people from videos, even choosing to sign Newton going on what he saw. Unfortunately footage doesn't always tell the whole story. Until you know what makes people tick and perform, you don't know if they're the kind of people you want to keep. Holloway's interview previewing the WBA game is interesting. He said that he's told the players that he wants them to stand up and be counted and if they can't do it they'll be replaced. I'm willing to sit back and see which ones rise to the challenge and which ones flop because now we have someone in charge who will get rid if they do the latter.

Brilliantly put JBF.

If only some others could see the sense in what you say.

[Joe.]

I really don't know why he's still here.

Surely he's not that bad that groundless Scottish third div sides wouldn't want him...

I'n sure they'd have him, it's wages that are the problem. I reckon Maybury's on a handy wage here, and even if he's not playing he'll still be content with life here.

I don't expect him to start Saturday. Anybody know the injury situation with Chambers?

[Thracian]

just watched the highlights http://www.football.virginmedia.com/page/LeicesterCity/

looks like maybury was very at fault for their goal.

I hate to say this, but cracking run and cross from stearman for our goal!

Hate to tell you this but you'll lose all your friends if you start posting comments like that about Maybury at a time when everyone should be seeing the best in people and celebrating the winning of a valuable point through a five second burst of fearless football. Burnley were bloody lucky we didn't really go at em - for a second time!

As for Maybury's role in their goal, he's not played first team football for ages. You cannot expect him to have been the fittest, fastest and most alert he's ever been. At least he wasn't injured and showed himself willing to put in a shift a long way from home.

I've mentioned this for your own good. I hope we don't fall out over it because, as TPH will tell you, I cannot afford to lose more friends. If I do I'll very soon have no friends left and that's not a nice thought with Christmas coming.

What's more I don't want you to end up feeling like me.

I'm actually feeling guilty for suggesting that playing nine defenders wasn't really the way our club should be thinking, not the way I thought MM intended to play, and was suspiciously like Robert Kelly used to go about things.

But the faithful are right. There's nothing in the rules says a club can't play nine defenders, or even 10, and it is well known that most of our 400 travelling diehards don't mind what sort of football we play so long as they wear Leicester shirts and run over to acknowledge them before the kick off.

They're also right to be happy. They know their football. We had a shot and we won a point. That's some outcome considering how many shots Burnley had and is more than we managed on Saturday with what, by comparison, was unbridled attacking. That Burnley goal and point beg only one question.

Were we really fair to get rid of Levein and Kelly? And couldn't our club have saved lots of money by just letting them carry on with what they were doing?

After all we'd won five home League games by now under Kelly last season compared with only four under what is broadly a one-manager-per-month system. And we won at Burnley!

To think I wasn't satisfied!

[Fez of Mahrez]

It's a shame your posts aren't as quick and incisive as the attacking football you crave.

[Geo V]

Every time I see Maybury on the pitch he looks solid enough but is always good for making a silly decision that costs us a goal. He is a master at it.

[Thracian]

It's a shame your posts aren't as quick and incisive as the attacking football you crave.

Minds don't come that quick.

[MC Prussian]

I hate draws

But we're the experts.