61 atttempts on goal

[maccfox]

in the last 3 games for 3 goals!!!! need a striker u say? didnt we spend a huge amount for us on a striker? yes we did and he plays in midfield. 4-3-3 they say? attacking football the Sousa way they say? bollox we played 4-5-1 today no width at all. Have we not seen Warnocks teams before? well organised with big centre halves? No? well playing the long ball game to a short arsed cant be arsed forward was always going to work wasnt it? what it didnt but why? Oh thanks Paulo for the clarification apparantly QPR battled and were a nasty team shocking news has the News Of the World been told? how very dare they battle. But hey now that Paulo has told everyone we dont do battles nobody will do it against us will they? ... oh dear!

Paolo you still have some time tho as far as im concerned the Jury is still out on you the art of a good manager is getting more out of your players than even they believe is possible not having a plan of how to play and forcing the players to play that way whether capable or not. Barcelona could play the Paulo way but the fact they havent been in for any of our players tells all!!

Can do better must do better and soon

[STUHILL]

Haha I thought the title would mean a positive topic. Not saying I am too happy about only scoring 3 times out of 61 attempts but I am glad we are at least making the chances, we just don't have a striker capable of finishing. Waggy was played out of position and Fryatt really wasn't up to it today, so I expect Sousa to change that for tuesday. We are crying out for a direct striker who has some pace and can header a ball too or at least can hold the ball up to bring the wider players in to play.

I still buy in to the Sousa style but I think he is trying to do it with some players that don't have the quality required. I don't think we are a million miles away though and hopefully we will see it now in our next few games. He has to tweak it for tuesday though. Today didn't quite work in the final 3rd.

[James.]

What's worrying is that Swansea had a shit load of shots and not many goals when Sousa was there. This came up when the rumour were circulating about Sousa joining us and everyone put it down to Swansea having rubbish strikers.

Is everyone still thinking that's the case?

From what I've read it seems we now love to pass it around a lot but finish up with a speculative shot. And we simply don't have the players to turn speculation into goals. My fear is that Sousa keeps the fans on his side with a performance like against Cardiff every so often but for the majority of the time his tactics simply don't work. And even though we may reflect on some fine football we'll be stuck in the bottom half of the table.

Still far from convinced about Sousa.

[AndyBrew]

In Sousas defence I personally think when he said "nasty" he was referring to the sudden array of QPR injuries around the 70 minute mark which in my opinion was a blatant piece of professionalism to take the heat out of what was becoming a Leicester head of steam, I think Sousa was trying to choose his words carefully I.e. Avoid the word "cheating"

[milan_foxes]

I'd love to know which players helped made up that 61 figure.

[Lillehamring]

i think these figures are testament to the fact that the problem isn't what sousa is doing but what the players on the field are doing.

lets not forget that the majority of those shots (yesterday at least) were off target.

Fryatt, we know can score for fun, but he seems to go through phases; howard,as we know is nothing like a prolific striker, whatever he may or may not offer in the build up, he offers very little in the way of goals.

i don't know what the solution is, but this problem is NOT about tactics, it's about application and decision making.

if we are to stick with 433, i'd like to see waghorn up front and centre.

again, the lack of our reserves team is proving to be a massive false economy.

[adamkhalifa]

Disagree with the above post strongly. Its all about the setup and instructions.

As for the formation, 4-3-3 is what he wants us to believe, Paulo has always liked the 4-5-1 system, as intimated by the Swansea fans. He’s not going to change that. He will live and die by this. It’s not a flexible system, it’s just a system that can makes Oakley look good.

I don’t think the strikers are the core problem.

I would like to see the same passing style, but with an intent on hurting your opponent. Not just passing for the sake of it. Passing to your team mate half a yard away doesn’t make sense to me. They need to commit the opponents, or at least get them out of position.

Those 61 shots were probably from about 30 yards.

Team for next game

Weale

Robbie

Morrison

Hobbs

Berner

Abe

King Power

Bellends

Dyer

Waggers

Fox in the box Fryatt

[maccfox]

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lets not forget that the majority of those shots (yesterday at least) were off target.

Fryatt, we know can score for fun, but he seems to go through phases; howard,as we know is nothing like a prolific striker, whatever he may or may not offer in the build up, he offers very little in the way of goals.

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Of the 61 shots 33 were on target. So over 50% of our efforts are on target but less than 10% go in

[JoeyB]

Disagree with the above post strongly. Its all about the setup and instructions.

As for the formation, 4-3-3 is what he wants us to believe, Paulo has always liked the 4-5-1 system, as intimated by the Swansea fans. He’s not going to change that. He will live and die by this. It’s not a flexible system, it’s just a system that can makes Oakley look good.

I don’t think the strikers are the core problem.

I would like to see the same passing style, but with an intent on hurting your opponent. Not just passing for the sake of it. Passing to your team mate half a yard away doesn’t make sense to me. They need to commit the opponents, or at least get them out of position.

Those 61 shots were probably from about 30 yards.

Team for next game

Weale

Robbie

Morrison

Hobbs

Berner

Abe

King Power

Bellends

Dyer

Waggers

Fox in the box Fryatt

hardly anyone shoots from outside the area, when we get near the box we normally try and make one pass to many and end up cocking it up or hit it and go way over.

i think we need to revert to a 4-4-2 and stick howard and waghorn up front, you don't have to stick to the traditional 4-4-2 you can go for a diamond and have king or gallagher playing just behind the forwards, we might be a bit narrow but its always another option as i don't think the 4-5-1 is working!

[davieG]

From foxblogger - more stats

Wasted Chances

Posted on 19/09/2010 by foxblogger

This season Leicester City have hit 111 attempts on goal, their opponents have attempted 61.

This season Leicester City have scored 6 goals, their opponents have scored 12.

It’s no stretch to say that these numbers make for depressing reading, and whilst City can point to some mitigating factors such as disallowed goals (Middlesbrough, Reading) and penalty appeals (QPR) the truth is the Foxes need to shape up in front of goal.

At the moment this looking all too like Swansea’s failing frontline of 2009/10. Last season the Swans made 523 attempts on goal and scored just 40 goals (a chance conversion rate of 7.65%). Let’s be generous and pretend the two aforementioned disallowed goals counted, and go further to say that City slotted in a penalty today too. If we did that City’s chance conversion rate this season would be 7.89%. In reality, it’s 5.26%.

To put it another way, City are creating 20 chances for every goal they score. By contrast QPR are scoring one goal for every five chances they make.

At the back there is better news to report. Despite the goals conceded, City are restricting their opponents to fewer opportunities than last season. In 09/10 there were on average 12 attempts on the Leicester goal in each match. This season there have been 8.7.

City’s opponents have been ruthless in front of goal this season, but that can’t last forever. Last season the average chance conversion rate in the Championship was 11%. So far this season Leicester’s opponents have scored with 19.6% of attempts on goal.

So to get the job done City need to find a front line that works. There’s enough talent in the squad to put one together and the Carling Cup tie at Pompey offers the perfect opportunity to experiment. Portsmouth are converting just 2.29% of their chances at the moment

[Trav Le Bleu]

Fryatt, we know can score for fun, but he seems to go through phases; howard,as we know is nothing like a prolific striker, whatever he may or may not offer in the build up, he offers very little in the way of goals.

I would add to that Waghorn, who whilst good and very commited, was hardly prolific. We haven't had an out and out goal scorer (at this level) since Dickov, and to be honest, that's clutching at straws.

Good strikers cost A LOT of money and Sousa didn't know how much he had to spend until the last week of the transfer window. I can't see how he can be criticised for a lack of goals with the team we (and he) have.

[Koke]

As I said previously, Fryatt, Wahorn, Dyer, King and Gallagher scored nearly 50 goals combined last season. They are good individual attacking players in their own respect. They haven't suddenly become woeful overnight.

So far only King has managed to take his good form from last season into this season. Waghorn have just arrived. Gallagher and Fryatt have been in and out of the team. Eventually we will come good, and those shots will turn into goals.

[fleckneymike]

As I said previously, Fryatt, Wahorn, Dyer, King and Gallagher scored nearly 50 goals combined last season. They are good individual attacking players in their own respect. They haven't suddenly become woeful overnight.

So far only King has managed to take his good form from last season into this season. Waghorn have just arrived. Gallagher and Fryatt have been in and out of the team. Eventually we will come good, and those shots will turn into goals.

That doesn't tell the full story though.

They got 42 league goals, but Dyer got just 3.

Also of that 42 ,19 were scored whilst Fryatt was out injured.

I agree we will come good but playing 433(451) doesn't suit Fryatt and we're less likely to score with him in the side when playing that system.

[The Doctor]

In Sousas defence I personally think when he said "nasty" he was referring to the sudden array of QPR injuries around the 70 minute mark which in my opinion was a blatant piece of professionalism to take the heat out of what was becoming a Leicester head of steam, I think Sousa was trying to choose his words carefully I.e. Avoid the word "cheating"

he does seem to be careful not to make what he's trying to say too obvious e.g. his comments on the ref after Saturday :

I'm fighting all the time for honesty. The referee, when he was asked if he saw certain things, said 'No.' Everybody can make mistakes but honesty is something you either have or not. QPR don't need to be helped in that way

just me or is he accusing the referee of being a liar with regards to the penalty?

[Callabinho]

Matty Fryatt enjoyed his best scoring seasons along side Howard...Does that not say anything? Personally i would never play him without Howard along side him! Id go back to basics against pompey. BBC are already branding us "Struggling Leicester".

[jamesmilner]

this is the only statistic im worried about

Npower Championship table

Monday, 20 September 2010 00:00 UK

Position Team P GD PTS

Full Npower Championship table

1 QPR

2 Ipswich

3 Cardiff

4 Norwich

5 Watford

6 Swansea

7 Doncaster

8 Burnley

9 Millwall

10 Barnsley

11 Coventry

12 Leeds

13 Middlesbrough

14 Sheff Utd

15 S****horpe

16 Reading

17 Nott'm Forest

18 Hull

19 Crystal Palace

20 Derby

21 Bristol City

22 LEICESTER CITY

23 Preston

24 Portsmouth

[Trickyfox]

I've been tothe last home games and the ref has been S**T every time... I agree at 70minsthere players tookthe edge off the game by time wasting - Sousa needs to change in round, NO OAKLEY, NIELSON OR FRYATT. abe needs to play to bring some quality to the midfield, and stop playing 4-5-1 at home... we needed to take the game to QPR...

[The Doctor]

I've been to the last home games and the ref has been S**T every time... I agree at 70 mins there players took the edge off the game by time wasting - Sousa needs to change in round, NO OAKLEY, NIELSON OR FRYATT. abe needs to play to bring some quality to the midfield, and stop playing 4-5-1 at home... we needed to take the game to QPR...

not seen them play this season then? They've performed well.

Neilson looks more comfortable playing and is even starting to bomb forward. The amount of times we had the ball on saturday on the left hand side of the field (about half way) and Neilson was free and a good 10 or so yards into their half, Good ball across and he's got room to run, but we were too slow in going for that pass.

And Oakley seems to be getting more involved, chasing back and winning the ball back as much as he can. Much better since he's been moved infield rather than being played on the wing as he was under Pearson.

[Fox92]

61 attempts on goal.... at least we are creating those chances. We just need a player to finish them off.

Look at the posotives

Bellends

Why?

[jamesmilner]

large al, oakley and neilson aren't good enough . they've been poor all season , stop listening to stringer and young they're clueless. i dont know what games you were watching but oakley gives the ball away far too much,creates nothing , neilson is just rubbish . sorry

[DB11]

large al, oakley and neilson aren't good enough . they've been poor all season , stop listening to stringer and young they're clueless. i dont know what games you were watching but oakley gives the ball away far too much,creates nothing , neilson is just rubbish . sorry

Well he's not rubbish is he? He's improved ten fold since last season.

[Guest]

large al, oakley and neilson aren't good enough . they've been poor all season , stop listening to stringer and young they're clueless. i dont know what games you were watching but oakley gives the ball away far too much,creates nothing , neilson is just rubbish . sorry

I don't know what games you were watching (or indeed not watching) but Neilson's been pretty consistent, if not a world beater, and apart from Saturday Oakley's picked his game up. Open your eyes lad

[Fox92]

large al, oakley and neilson aren't good enough . they've been poor all season , stop listening to stringer and young they're clueless. i dont know what games you were watching but oakley gives the ball away far too much,creates nothing , neilson is just rubbish . sorry

Nielson may not be the best full back in the league, but he has improved since last season. He seems to have more confidence and show that on the pitch. Same with Oakley, now he is in his natural position, we seem to be seeing the player that has been great for Southampton and Derby in the past.