ozleicester Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 So ive only seen highlights at the moment, but wow, seems to be an emphatic and dominant performance. The best win over the red filfth in my memory, a side who look like they should be bossing this league. Reading the post match thread and player ratings is a joy to behold, so I now ask... WHY? Why did a team that showed little to no conviction, confidence or (expletive warning) passion on Saturday, suddenly become a team of driven committed professionals? Why did a squad that is apparently not up to much suddnely become filled with "worldbeaters"? Why did Beckford, a man who has been slagged off since the minute he arrived, suddenly become a capable, quality striker? What changed over 3 days? oh and by the way... were there any boo's?
ithuriel Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 No boo boys what so ever, in fact Pearson was asked to wave and did so. Good atmosphere, players showed fight and wanted to win. Ledger played well alongside Mills, Danns played well alongside Wellens. Was a 4-4-2 rather than a 4-3-3. The referee was also excellent, no stropy card showing, just let the game flow.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 What Changed was we played forest who have scored in two games in there last 13 and are battling at the bottom of the league.
Kitchandro Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 So ive only seen highlights at the moment, but wow, seems to be an emphatic and dominant performance. The best win over the red filfth in my memory, a side who look like they should be bossing this league. Reading the post match thread and player ratings is a joy to behold, so I now ask... WHY? Why did a team that showed little to no conviction, confidence or (expletive warning) passion on Saturday, suddenly become a team of driven committed professionals? Why did a squad that is apparently not up to much suddnely become filled with "worldbeaters"? Why did Beckford, a man who has been slagged off since the minute he arrived, suddenly become a capable, quality striker? What changed over 3 days? oh and by the way... were there any boo's? Yeh, unsurprisingly the Forest fans were booing at the end. I simply think A) it was a local derby and the players new it would be unforgivable to lose B) they realised they didn't like the reaction to the Barnsley performance and would rather get their arses in gear than have everyone on their backs C) Pearson gave them a right good talking to and D) Forest were just that bad. I mean really really bad. We gave them quite a bit of space at times, especially in the middle, but they were just too retarded to do anything with it. Beckford played with the bit between his teeth and he and the team benefited from it immensely. The Forest defence played like they were on drugs (not performance enhancing ones, the other kind) and they couldn't handle his and Nugent's energetic display. The Leicester team that played tonight are all decent players on their day, tonight they were given so much room and with a positive attitude they exploited it. Against better teams we don't have the quality to break them down, and too many of those sides have outfought us, something Forest didn't have a hope of doing today, a team with even lower confidence and even less pace than us, they looked like they lack fitness and physical presence. We wanted it more than them, why we can't want it every week I don't know.
Dan Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 I'll tell you what changed. Leicester improved a bit, the opposition standard dropped dramatically. Barnsley shit all over Forest, and that is saying something.
ozleicester Posted 18 January 2012 Author Posted 18 January 2012 Wow... Florist are THAT bad?...... aaaawwwww
Wherethefoxhat? Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 What changed was that City finally played the ball on the ground and "passed" the ball through midfield instead of Mills in particular, consistently hitting the ball 70 yards in the air to all corners ! We had four in midfield who all contributed and had decent games,bringing both Nugent & Beckford into the game with passes to feet . St Ledger played very solidly at the back when required as did all the back four . We are very fortunate to have such an inspirational goalie in Kasper in all respects . Oh........and Forest were very poor !
dannythefox Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 We need to be playing Danns in the middle every game now. Wellens put a great shift in but we still need a replacement because I cant see him keeping it up. The service beckford received was 100% better then the last 6 games it works well with Nugent playing just behind him a good solid performance and AGAIN St Ledger played well same team for Southampton know one deserves to get dropped.
Burbage Fox Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 Ledger played well alongside Mills, Danns played well alongside Wellens. Was a 4-4-2 rather than a 4-3-3. Thats the main points, we moved the ball quicker in behind their defence, Danns worked and worked and unless any new faces we should keep thesame team against Saints next Monday. Having said all of that 1 Swallow does make make a summer but lets enjoy it and Forest are really shite!!!
Wherethefoxhat? Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 Ledger played well alongside Mills, Danns played well alongside Wellens. Was a 4-4-2 rather than a 4-3-3. Thats the main points, we moved the ball quicker in behind their defence, Danns worked and worked and unless any new faces we should keep thesame team against Saints next Monday. Having said all of that 1 Swallow does make make a summer but lets enjoy it and Forest are really shite!!! Ahhhh ......the new buzz phrase .......you see what you started Mr Pearson (or should i say Mr Cliche) ??? Anyway ....it was Linda Lovelace who first said it !!
Mack Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 We were much much better last night, and as Pearson said after the game it was our application to the task that made the difference. That's the first time I've seen Beckford put a shift in wearing a Foxes shirt, Gallagher ran his bollocks off for 90 minutes, St Ledger improved the back line in Bamba's absence, and in general all the players actually showed some effort and passion. It's really nice to see Wellens getting the credit he deserves from last night to boot. He was superb. When you add our dedication to the task to a poor standard of opposition then you have you answer. Having said that, if we play like that week in week out we shouldn't be too far away from where we need to be. Big relief. Let hope they can keep it up.
Jace Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 Quick accurate passing along the ground was key to me plenty of movement with players regularly making runs into into space to receive a pass. Very different from what I have recently seen from Leicester we were like the English equivalent of Barcelona or Swansea
Raj Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 We were much much better last night, and as Pearson said after the game it was our application to the task that made the difference. That's the first time I've seen Beckford put a shift in wearing a Foxes shirt, Gallagher ran his bollocks off for 90 minutes, St Ledger improved the back line in Bamba's absence, and in general all the players actually showed some effort and passion. It's really nice to see Wellens getting the credit he deserves from last night to boot. He was superb. When you add our dedication to the task to a poor standard of opposition then you have you answer. Having said that, if we play like that week in week out we shouldn't be too far away from where we need to be. Big relief. Let hope they can keep it up. I agree with you on all that Mack. Just need Mills to stop trying his Beckhamesque 40 yarder passes to no one! Up the Reds.... i mean City!
Saxondale Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 This is why I think (from the Post-Match Thread) It is difficult to countenance that this was fundamentally the same team that got battered by Barnsley. However, things were different. After last Saturday's disaster, somebody started a thread asking to describe what went wrong in ten words. I said "no pressing, no condidence, no effort, no strategy, no idea". All of these things were different last night: Pressing - We consistently pressed and chased balls from start to finish Confidence - Even though the team had obviously had a massive bollocking, they were playing with their heads up right kick off. Effort - We tried hard all over he pitch for the full 90 mins Strategy - The team looked lots more regimented and comfortable with the fairly rigid 4-4-2. Idea - We consistently looked like we might score What epitomised our performance, for me, was watching Nugent sprint 50 yards to close down two Forest defenders when were 4-0 up and about 85 mins gone. We can't get too carried away, obviously, because Forest were truly dire and Guy Moussi looked as comforable at CB as a nun at a porn convention. But I think this is mitigated by the WAY we beat them and how much we dominated hem. I hope this shows the team what they are capable of and we can carry some momentum forward in the league.
harpendenfox Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 Forest don't have a midfield enforcer, indeed any type of enforcer. When teams back off us, we play nicely. If they get at us, we shrink. That hasn't changed. The need for a rottweiller in midfield remains
Bloomer Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 Poor opponents, early goal/confidence, bit less pressure in the cup, perhaps a bit of attitude change. To do list still includes consistency and how to defend for 90 mins.
Captain... Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 Against Barnsley we conceded first, against Forest we scored first (with their help). We have conceded first and quite early at home in the last few games and each time it looks to batter our fragile confidence, even though against Ipswich, Barnsley and Pompey, we got back in to the game, the crowd had turned and the player's heads were down. For some reason we have turned in to this extreme confidence team where if we get ahead we can batter teams but if we go behind we just deflate.
jprs1976 Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 i would imagine that the boo boys didn't go to the game as it was too cold for them and they had to stay at home as it was a school night as well AWESOME performance from the foxes, bring on southampton now, if we perform that good against them we will rip them apart
Corky Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 Forest were shocking, but we played with a bit more tempo and were up for it. Need to do it in league games.
body102 Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 I thought the atmosphere was a lot better last night than it has been in recent games and that was with 7000 less there than usual .There was a group at the back of the family stand that actually got the songs going . I also think the tempo from the off by city was also a factor in the atmosphere being better . Hope it continues
Jollie Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 We have beaten Derby, Cov and now Forest...If only Southampton was just a touch north of junction 22 on the M1 we killl 'em!
Alexikokopops Posted 18 January 2012 Posted 18 January 2012 Forest are, like, well shit. That's what changed since Saturday. I mean they're really shit
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