Rating v Cov

[harryboi72]

the reason i chant for weale is because he is alot better than ricardo, we live in a country of free speech and your having a go at me because of my opinion, i dont trust ricardo and weale may make mistakes but he also makes alot of good saves whereas ricardo looks shaky whenever the ball enters the box

[harryboi72]

Whats the point in you even turning up? Get behind the team!!

Why were you singing for Weale? Because Ricardo made a mistake? Yakubu missed 3 chances but did you sing for 'Waghorn'? No? Why not? There is no difference between a goalkeeper making a mistake and a forward missing chance after chance. The goalkeeper's mistake gets highlighted where as the strikers doesn't!!

Get behind the side!

and as for you,the reason i turn up is because im a proud supporter of leicester city and have deep passion for the club, im always behind the club but if players arent performing they dont deserve to wear the leicester badge on their kits, we need to be playing the best team possible each week and weale is better than ricardo, berner is better than PVA, im usually a fan off abe but he wasnt any good yesterday and thats why i called him shit,if yakubu dont start putting more effort in then he shouldnt be in the team,gallagher may be able to cross or take a free kick but the amount of balls he needlessly wastes is stupid,he wimps out of 9 out of 10 tackles and he doesnt put in 100%

[martyn]

Ricardo 5.5 - Generally ok but dropped a massive ricket for the goal

Naughton 8.5 - Far and away the standout performer. Great strike, tireless going forward and decent in defence.

Bruma 6.5 - Looked uncomfortable 1st 30 minutes, mistimed his jumps and couldn't assert himself against King. Improved thereafter.

Bamba 7 - Weakest game I've seen from him so far and still gets a 7. King was probably the most troublesome opponent he's contested so far and it showed.

PvA 6 - A profligate last 10 minutes has probably left everyone thinking he was worse than actually was the case. Was adequate for most of the game save for generally losing out against their continuous diagonal hoofs.

Abe 6.5 - Seems to have the highest range of scores here. For me, he was extremely tidy in possession and spread play nicely without really stamping any authority on the game. He still gets done on the half turn too easily and isn't strong enough in the challenge.

Wellens 6.5 - Some decent crossfield balls but our lack of movement in attack meant he didn't have the opportunity to be incisive in forward areas

King 5 - Got forward on 1 or 2 occasions but never involved and looked off the pace.

Gallagher 4.5 - Pretty poor showing here. Dispossessed far too easily, never offered a threat. Weak.

Yakubu 5 - General play was ok today but fluffed 3 gilt edged opportunities which ultimately, are what he is here to take.

Vassell 6.5 - Lively first half an hour but all his work is done in areas which don't hurt the opposition.

Subs: Dyer 5.5, Waghorn 5.5 Oakley N/A

[hackneyfox]

Okay, I see what you mean. Maybe I didn't phrase it write with what you have quoted me on. What I meant is that who I would rather have on the wing, left or right, is Gallagher.

You've got caught in the wrong discussion here, you're disagreeing between Gallagher & Vassel when Dyer is on the left.

The discussion is, we have 2 wide places and 3 players, who do you drop?

Dyer

[hackneyfox]

and as for you,the reason i turn up is because im a proud supporter of leicester city and have deep passion for the club, im always behind the club but if players arent performing they dont deserve to wear the leicester badge on their kits, we need to be playing the best team possible each week and weale is better than ricardo, berner is better than PVA, im usually a fan off abe but he wasnt any good yesterday and thats why i called him shit,if yakubu dont start putting more effort in then he shouldnt be in the team,gallagher may be able to cross or take a free kick but the amount of balls he needlessly wastes is stupid,he wimps out of 9 out of 10 tackles and he doesnt put in 100%

Fook me, that about half the side you've dismissed?

Will you boo each on of them?

I was expecting it to kick off in The Kop after half time, there were a number of very upset people, when it started in the 2nd half there was a quick roar of shutthe****up etc and it all quietened down.

[hackneyfox]

fft

[shiv]

Ricardo - 6 From the Kop, its hard to say much about his first half performance, could have done better with the goal though. Solid second half, and he was clearly frustrated by Covs constant time wasting, looking to get it forward quickly as time ran out.

Naughton - 9 MOTM. Quality getting forward, quality at the back, and a cracking goal to top it off.

Bruma - 7 Shaky start, but warmed to the task as the game went on. Looks pretty solid.

Bamba - 7 Decent, but didn't reach some of the ludicrously high standards he's been setting recently. Liked the fact that when I read the comment from the Cov fan asking if Bamba is 'normally that good?', the answer that sprung to mind instantly was 'No, he's normally even better'

Van Aanholt - 5 Great at getting forward, clearly has a toblerone for a left foot. Won some corners, and at least had the guts to take a shot, really needs to stop lifting his head when shooting and crossing.

Abe - 7 Good to have him back, covered lots of ground and was inches away from scoring a good goal.

King - 6 Not much space for him to get in the box, as Cov constantly had plenty of men behind the ball. Could have done better with a first half shot that tamely went straight into Westwoods time wasting hands.

Wellens - 7 Better than against Bristol, sprayed a couple of very good passes across the park.

Vassell - 8 Best of the front 3, good dribbling and linked up well with Naughton.

Yakubu - 6 Missed a couple of decent chances, seemed to give up in the second half a bit.

Gallagher - 6 Argggghhhhh. For the love of god stop wussing out of shots when closed down. Every time anyone closes him down, he gets scared and his shot goes flying 20 yards over. Skied an absolutely guilt edged chance in the first half. Mini rant over, apart from this he was ok.

Subs:

Waghorn - 6 Good effort, abysmal corners

Dyer - 6 Didn't get much ball.

Oakley - N/A not on very long, didn't really do much.

Bonus stats:

Possesion:

Leicester 30%

Cov 20%

Cov wasting time before throw ins, free kicks, goal kicks etc 50%

Pretty much sums up my thoughts...

[davieG]

and as for you,the reason i turn up is because im a proud supporter of leicester city and have deep passion for the club, im always behind the club but if players arent performing they dont deserve to wear the leicester badge on their kits, we need to be playing the best team possible each week and weale is better than ricardo, berner is better than PVA, im usually a fan off abe but he wasnt any good yesterday and thats why i called him shit,if yakubu dont start putting more effort in then he shouldnt be in the team,gallagher may be able to cross or take a free kick but the amount of balls he needlessly wastes is stupid,he wimps out of 9 out of 10 tackles and he doesnt put in 100%

Sven picks those players so shouldn't you be singing Sven out or you don't know what you're doing.

[The Doctor]

well hes alot better than gallagher and we dont appear to have any other proper right midfielders

which is why we shouldn't play 4-4-2 (unless we move naughton to right mid, but then we have to bring in lamey behind him), but vassell struggles somewhat playing as a wide striker in the 4-3-3 we play at the moment so he'd be even worse if moved to right mid where he'd have to track back as well as looking forward.

[marbelladave]

which is why we shouldn't play 4-4-2 (unless we move naughton to right mid, but then we have to bring in lamey behind him), but vassell struggles somewhat playing as a wide striker in the 4-3-3 we play at the moment so he'd be even worse if moved to right mid where he'd have to track back as well as looking forward.

Spot on.....

We should not even contemplate playing 4-4-2 with the players we have available.

We need wide men who can actually do a bit in midfield, tucking in when required, playing the passing game when in possesion and getting forward effectively as a real attacking threat.

We do not have one single player who fits the bill, Gallagher probably comes closest though as we know he lacks pace and, although much improved in the last month or two, can be a bit lightweight in defence.

We have the players to play 3-5-2 which though I admit is not my favourite set up, it is a 'natural' for us.

Not sure that we should be making such a big change at this time in the season....

[cc_star]

Spot on.....

We should not even contemplate playing 4-4-2 with the players we have available.

We need wide men who can actually do a bit in midfield, tucking in when required, playing the passing game when in possesion and getting forward effectively as a real attacking threat.

We do not have one single player who fits the bill, Gallagher probably comes closest though as we know he lacks pace and, although much improved in the last month or two, can be a bit lightweight in defence.

We have the players to play 3-5-2 which though I admit is not my favourite set up, it is a 'natural' for us.

Not sure that we should be making such a big change at this time in the season....

I don't think Sven's going to change anything, he's got a system and he's chopped & changed personnel to suit it - probably at the expense of team-building and of course team-work when things aren't going our way on the pitch, but it has helped us climb this far up the table, whether it can help us to the next stage or not - I don't know.

IMO we don't have the staff to play 4-4-2, we need a box to box player, who can be the hardman where necessary, a performance typified by Bowyer in the League Cup Final yesterday, although Abe does play box to box he never will have the physical presence in this country to do that. Wellens would be better if someone else was winning the ball and passing it to him for him to distribute like only he can. King is all about off-the-ball movement. Oakley is probably the closes thing we've got to a box to box midfielder but he's far from 'hard' and although he rushes opposing players he doesn't physically assert himself to take control of the area.

I think we do have the personnel to play 3-5-2 and in my opinion this could work much better for us than our current set-up, particularly away from home

Goalie

Bamba - Bruma - Mee

Naughton -------------------Van Anholt

Abe - Wellens - King

WaggyorVassell - Yakubu

This would suit our RB/LB better who obviously both like to get forward, but when they can't we have the extra man at the back which at times, our lack of looking like we can keep a clean sheet, shows we need. It will also have 2 upfront so we can put their defence under pressure as Yakubu is obviously never going to close anyone down.

[Fox92]

and as for you,the reason i turn up is because im a proud supporter of leicester city and have deep passion for the club, im always behind the club but if players arent performing they dont deserve to wear the leicester badge on their kits, we need to be playing the best team possible each week and weale is better than ricardo, berner is better than PVA, im usually a fan off abe but he wasnt any good yesterday and thats why i called him shit,if yakubu dont start putting more effort in then he shouldnt be in the team,gallagher may be able to cross or take a free kick but the amount of balls he needlessly wastes is stupid,he wimps out of 9 out of 10 tackles and he doesnt put in 100%

In my opinion I still feel shaky when Weale plays. Im not a big fan of Weale. His kicking puts us under pressure because we haven't got an arial threat, but Ricardo's distribution is fantastic. Ricardo has a stronger hand that Weale and Weale looks dodgy from long shots. They might cancel each other out.

I don't think we have a "good" goalkeeper, we haven't for ages.

Berner? Really? Van Aanholt got beat for the goal but if Berner played he'd be getting beat with every move on the left because he has no pace. I do like Berner, he is calm and steadies it up but I can't see what we'd achieve by replacing Van Aanholt with Berner, unless we drop Gallagher and start Van Aanholt left midfield and Berner left back.

I agree totally with Gallagher.

Sven picks those players so shouldn't you be singing Sven out or you don't know what you're doing.

Exactly

[marbelladave]

I don't think Sven's going to change anything, he's got a system and he's chopped & changed personnel to suit it - probably at the expense of team-building and of course team-work when things aren't going our way on the pitch, but it has helped us climb this far up the table, whether it can help us to the next stage or not - I don't know.

IMO we don't have the staff to play 4-4-2, we need a box to box player, who can be the hardman where necessary, a performance typified by Bowyer in the League Cup Final yesterday, although Abe does play box to box he never will have the physical presence in this country to do that. Wellens would be better if someone else was winning the ball and passing it to him for him to distribute like only he can. King is all about off-the-ball movement. Oakley is probably the closes thing we've got to a box to box midfielder but he's far from 'hard' and although he rushes opposing players he doesn't physically assert himself to take control of the area.

I think we do have the personnel to play 3-5-2 and in my opinion this could work much better for us than our current set-up, particularly away from home

Goalie

Bamba - Bruma - Mee

Naughton -------------------Van Anholt

Abe - Wellens - King

WaggyorVassell - Yakubu

This would suit our RB/LB better who obviously both like to get forward, but when they can't we have the extra man at the back which at times, our lack of looking like we can keep a clean sheet, shows we need. It will also have 2 upfront so we can put their defence under pressure as Yakubu is obviously never going to close anyone down.

All very sensible, none of the players we have in the wide positions are 'proper' midfielders who would tuck in and help the center pairing in a 4-4-2, which is why we get over run when ever we try it. With the wide players we do have, we would probably need two Bowyers (or similar) just to hold it together...

Your 3-5-2 setup is exactly what I have in mind, though with the extra security we have at the back I would try Gallagher in place of Abe.

[harryboi72]

im just putting my opinion forward here, tbh im not that bothered who plays as long as they put in 100% and pick up the points and seen as last 2 games weve got 1 out of 6 then either a change needs to be made or the players need a kick up the arse seen as its a crucial time in the season