lou Posted 23 January 2010 Posted 23 January 2010 Christ Almighty! are you still sticking with Brown? are you not watching him at the moment, he is fookin dreadful!! Brown was a lot better today. Hes no Tunch but was a lot better than he has been lately.
dandannieldanok Posted 23 January 2010 Posted 23 January 2010 He's got to stick with the same team and run with it, Pearson's fast becoming the new Claudio Ranieri. The line-up we had today wouldn't be my ideal choice but for once I'd like to hear the words "Leicester are unchanged". We need a settled line-up and we need Pearson to stop tinkering.
MPH Posted 23 January 2010 Posted 23 January 2010 weale Morrison Taylor Hobbs Powell N'Guessan Oakley King Dyer Gallagher Howard Subs: McGivern Brown Wellens Waghorn Fryatt and any two others Shot at dawn: Nielsen
ob1kanobe0 Posted 24 January 2010 Posted 24 January 2010 Will Solano be fit enough to start?Weale Morrison Hobbs Brown Powell Solano Oakley© Wellens N'guessan Howard Fryatt Just goes to show how bad mcgivern is if we're contemplating powell. Howards way?? oakley doesn't deserve to play ahead of king, captain shmaptain. --------------------------------weale morrison--hobbs--brown--dyer solano--king--wellens--nguesson ---------waghorn--fryatt
Fox You Forest Posted 24 January 2010 Posted 24 January 2010 Weale Mcgivern Hobbs Morrison Neilson Dyer King Wellens N'Guessan Fryatt Waghorn Usual suspects on the bench.
alex Posted 24 January 2010 Posted 24 January 2010 Those who want a change in the management team can f***ing F *** Off. Go and grow up, learn about football and then and only then return. Prix.
marbelladave Posted 24 January 2010 Posted 24 January 2010 Those who want a change in the management team can f***ing F *** Off. Go and grow up, learn about football and then and only then return. Prix. Yesterday's performance was actually quite poor from a team perspective. None of our players had a complete 'mare, even McGivern and Brown played quite well at times, yet at no point, not even when we were 2-1 up, did we look in control of the game. Our defense, as a unit, looked fragile throughout, Wellens and Oakley were never strong enough to control midfield and our attack, for all the efforts and energy of N'Guessan and Waghorn hardly ever threatened. Generally although there was some decent enough play, we looked overly relaxed and uncommitted. Maybe the exclusion of 3-4 of our regular starters sent out a message that the rest of the team found hard to ignore. As for the team for Barnsley, I do not much care who starts, I just hope for a more committed and positive attitude all round!
alex Posted 24 January 2010 Posted 24 January 2010 Yesterday's performance was actually quite poor from a team perspective. None of our players had a complete 'mare, even McGivern and Brown played quite well at times, yet at no point, not even when we were 2-1 up, did we look in control of the game.Our defense, as a unit, looked fragile throughout, Wellens and Oakley were never strong enough to control midfield and our attack, for all the efforts and energy of N'Guessan and Waghorn hardly ever threatened. Generally although there was some decent enough play, we looked overly relaxed and uncommitted. Maybe the exclusion of 3-4 of our regular starters sent out a message that the rest of the team found hard to ignore. As for the team for Barnsley, I do not much care who starts, I just hope for a more committed and positive attitude all round! Whilst that may be the case, those on message-boards calling for a change in the management are lunatics. Look at the club/squad/position to that of LCFC under Levein/Holloway/Adams/Taylor and more. NP is building a great squad and side here, the best we have had for quite some time in my opinion, yet the spoilt brat LCFC teenager still moans like we have a right to win every match we play.
marbelladave Posted 24 January 2010 Posted 24 January 2010 Whilst that may be the case, those on message-boards calling for a change in the management are lunatics. Look at the club/squad/position to that of LCFC under Levein/Holloway/Adams/Taylor and more. NP is building a great squad and side here, the best we have had for quite some time in my opinion, yet the spoilt brat LCFC teenager still moans like we have a right to win every match we play. Whilst I entirely agree that Pearson has done a great job turning round the club, and deserves massive credit what I find less easy to accept is that he is building a 'great squad' and taking us forward. I understand that there are limits, mostly financial, to what can be done but our current squad is poorly balanced and what pace and creativity we have seems to be slowly being squeezed out. Peason out? No way, but a new attack or tactical coach, ermmmm.......
sbfox Posted 24 January 2010 Posted 24 January 2010 Whilst I entirely agree that Pearson has done a great job turning round the club, and deserves massive credit what I find less easy to accept is that he is building a 'great squad' and taking us forward.I understand that there are limits, mostly financial, to what can be done but our current squad is poorly balanced and what pace and creativity we have seems to be slowly being squeezed out. Peason out? No way, but a new attack or tactical coach, ermmmm....... But there's no logic whatsoever to your post.... How can Pearson be doing anything OTHER than taking us forwards? When was the last time we were a potentially top 4 side in the championship? Look where he's taken us from! Don't forget, he's only been here 18 months and in that time he's performed miracles. Your second point - with a balance sheet as fragile as ours, where do you expect to find these pacey, creative players? Oh that's right, they're the players going for 1-2 million... We don't have have those funds to splash around, what do you suggest we do? I agree, our football could benefit from being played more along the floor - Neilson and McGivern take note - but we're doing incredibly well for a newly promoted club.
GianEmmo Zola Posted 24 January 2010 Posted 24 January 2010 Makes me laugh calling for pearson's head! funny. so would you rather go back to the last 5 years excluding the league 1 title, under holloway, megson, allen, levein etc... all struggling at the bottom end of the championship. think i would rather keep Pearson. Sorry forgot to put my team! GK. Weale LB. McGivern CB. Hobbs CB. Brown RB. Morrison LW. Dyer CM. Wellens CM. King RW. Oakley ST. Howard ST. Fryatt Bench. Logan, Powell, N'Guessan, Waghorn, Gallacher, Kermagant, Neilson
marbelladave Posted 24 January 2010 Posted 24 January 2010 But there's no logic whatsoever to your post.... How can Pearson be doing anything OTHER than taking us forwards? When was the last time we were a potentially top 4 side in the championship? Look where he's taken us from! Don't forget, he's only been here 18 months and in that time he's performed miracles. Your second point - with a balance sheet as fragile as ours, where do you expect to find these pacey, creative players? Oh that's right, they're the players going for 1-2 million... We don't have have those funds to splash around, what do you suggest we do? I agree, our football could benefit from being played more along the floor - Neilson and McGivern take note - but we're doing incredibly well for a newly promoted club. Pearson has taken us forward, no argument. The point being made is that we have got to where we are by playing much the same personnel and style as we did in league 1. Back in the autumn it looked like we were making a move away from the longball game but our attempts to change were inept, the diamond and the rather odd 4-2-2-2 formations really did not even look like being the answer. When the shit hit the fan in Nottingham and Bristol we reverted to longball 4-4-2 and stabilised the ship, but this style is not going to get us close to promotion. I was not suggesting that we should be buying expebsive players, the pacy / creative players I was referring to were those we already have! Dyer has been in and out of the side, N'Guessan, despite showing some promise rarely gets a start and Gradel and Adams have been shipped out. Gallagher, a thoughtful creative player with no pace is deployed on the wing etc etc.
Fez of Mahrez Posted 24 January 2010 Posted 24 January 2010 Weale Morrison Hobbs Brown McGivernOakley King WellensN'Guessan Fryatt Waghorn
lcfcadam Posted 24 January 2010 Posted 24 January 2010 Whilst that may be the case, those on message-boards calling for a change in the management are lunatics. Look at the club/squad/position to that of LCFC under Levein/Holloway/Adams/Taylor and more. NP is building a great squad and side here, the best we have had for quite some time in my opinion, yet the spoilt brat LCFC teenager still moans like we have a right to win every match we play. I quite agree, but when you spend shitloads of hard-earned money at our age (speaking from the 'spoilt brat teenager' perspective) to follow the team, witness them put themselves in a very winnable position in a game, and then throw it away, I can assure you we have a right to be frustrated. Okay, so this season it's mainly been Scunny and yesterday, and people calling for Pearson's head are morons but I seriously don't think it's fair to have a go at people who expect us to get a victory once we've shown we're good enough to do so. Forest Away? We weren't as good as them in any respect and got beaten by the better side by miles. So not frustrating at all for me personally, just disappointing that we aren't as good as a big rival. But Scunny away and yesterday? I felt like throwing a fooking axe at players who are simply not winning a game that they should have. Pair that with very, very average performances at home against Bristol City, Sheffield Wednesday, Swansea (FA Cup) and Ipswich and some anger is inevitable.
lcfcadam Posted 24 January 2010 Posted 24 January 2010 And for what it's worth: GK Weale LB Powell CB Brown CB Hobbs RB Morrison LM Dyer CM Wellens CM Oakley RM Solano LS Howard RS Fryatt I think our best chance of getting something from this game is to revert to the basic League One formula, as demonstrated against Sheffield Wednesday - trying another midfield / upfront combination seems to be too inconsistent, in fact just a downright gamble at the moment.
Thracian Posted 24 January 2010 Posted 24 January 2010 But there's no logic whatsoever to your post.... How can Pearson be doing anything OTHER than taking us forwards? Your second point - with a balance sheet as fragile as ours, where do you expect to find these pacey, creative players? Oh that's right, they're the players going for 1-2 million... We don't have have those funds to splash around, what do you suggest we do? I agree, our football could benefit from being played more along the floor - Neilson and McGivern take note - but we're doing incredibly well for a newly promoted club. So what have we really done to aid our development this season in terms of signings? In what ways are we a better team?
foxaholic Posted 24 January 2010 Posted 24 January 2010 Yeah because Pearson and co have done so badly since they came here. Who do you think we are QPR? Remember what happened last time we chopped and changed manager? We were relegated under a manager proven to probably be one of the best in this division with the jobs he's done at QPR, Blackpool and Plymouth.I can understand the frustration in parts. We seemed to start very well and now it seems to be falling away a little. And I know we all have our views on how the team should play, I for one am sick to death of seeing Gallagher or Oakley on the right, and both the full backs are getting on my nerves. But what are we going to do, Pearson clearly doesn't rate his right sided options and players aren't exactly easy to come by to replace to full back. He's clearly looking to address the right side issue with Solano, who will also add experience and quality deliver. Pearson hasn't completed two years in management yet and is showing a hell of a lot of promise, we'd be mad to get rid. People always say look at Fergie or Wenger to see what sticking with a boss can do in terms of sucess, but I think we should look to Birmingham and McLeish. When he joined they were midtable in the Premiership, that season they went down. They could have got rid, but they stuck with him, they went back up and look at them now. Continuity is important in football and too many clubs are too quick to chop and change. \I agree every manager sacked by Leicester with the possible exception of matin allen has done well elsewhere holloway levein were called everything so possiblly leicester are very difficult to manage micky adams got promotion when we were in administration as we averaged 30,000 and still was not well regarded.
The Doctor Posted 25 January 2010 Posted 25 January 2010 I have no idea i liked the team that NP put out today and we still lost.We need 3 points somehow. Whens Dj back? I would probably bring some or all of Fryatt, Howard, King, Dyer, Powell, Neilson into it. supposedly end of the month. GK: Weale RB:Neilson CB:Morrison CB:Hobbs LB:Brown CM:Oakley CM:Wellens CM: King CAM: Gallagher ST: Fryatt ST: Kermorgant Subs Pentney, Mcgivern, Worley (or youth team CB), N'Guessan, Dyer, Waghorn, Howard.
Guest Posted 25 January 2010 Posted 25 January 2010 So what have we really done to aid our development this season in terms of signings? In what ways are we a better team? We aren't struggling at the bottom of the Championship. If that's not going forwards, what is?
sbfox Posted 25 January 2010 Posted 25 January 2010 So what have we really done to aid our development this season in terms of signings? In what ways are we a better team? Why do we necessarily need a team full of new signings? We cantered to the League 1 title and justifiably those players that performed so well last year have been given a chance. However, signings that have taken us forwards? Weale, for one. When did we last have a GOOD goalkeeper for a sustained amount of time? I honestly can't think of one... Plus, Nige bought a load of players at the start of the League 1 campaign with an eye on the future. Granted, Morrison will never be a leading Prem defender, but he's def improved since last year and is now a more than capable Championship defender.
Sods Posted 25 January 2010 Posted 25 January 2010 I would generally keep the same team apart from swap King for Wellens, Berner in for McGivern if fit. I can see Pearson playing Oakley, King, Wellens and Dyer. But N'Guessan looked so worrying for Barnsley. Howard and Fryatt look like they will be starting up front with Solano on the bench.
marbelladave Posted 25 January 2010 Posted 25 January 2010 I would generally keep the same team apart from swap King for Wellens, Berner in for McGivern if fit. I can see Pearson playing Oakley, King, Wellens and Dyer. But N'Guessan looked so worrying for Barnsley. Howard and Fryatt look like they will be starting up front with Solano on the bench. Here's a radical thought for you, Assuming Pearson plays his usual midfield, as I think likely, how about letting N'Guessan partner Fryatt up front. Pacy, strong and a real goal threat...... :thumbup:
maddog Posted 25 January 2010 Posted 25 January 2010 Lets not forget that in our previous 3 Championship seasons we never even made it into the top 6 for one match. We were never in the playoffs places for even 1 week of an entire 3 seasons!!! We always lost our opening game of the season and never caught up with the playoffs for the next 45 games. We've been in and around the playoffs all season long. It's easy to forget how good that is considering we could never make it into the top six at all, and you start taking it for granted when we're there all the time.
Callabinho Posted 25 January 2010 Posted 25 January 2010 Whats the crack with this Taylor everyone keeps talking about, nobby is the only signing we will make and the fact he got rejected by sheff united and Colchester speaks for it self ! down the table we go ?
Callabinho Posted 25 January 2010 Posted 25 January 2010 This should be the team for Barnsley he hmm... GK - Sergio Asenjo LB - Urby Emmanuelson CB - Mamadou Sakho CB- Puyol RB- David Santon CDM - Gago LAM - Stéphane Sessegnon RAM - Alexis Sanches CAM - Mamadou Coulibaly LF - Carlos Vela RF - Ezequiel Lavezzi Subs: Steve Howardinho, Douglas Costa, Gonzalo Higuain, Abou Diaby, Robbie Nielsonaldo, Tales de Souza. That should do it
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