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Unperforming against poor teams!

By LCFC_15, in Leicester City Forum

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LCFC_15

LCFC_15

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To be in the play-offs or higher you need to perform against poor teams that are struggling. Even if we are not playing well winning the game 1-0 is the way forward sometimes.

Looking at the current Championship Table we have lost points to poor teams that are unperforming this year such as:

Doncaster (A) - Lose 2-1

Portsmouth (H + A) - Draw 1-1

Nott Forest (A) - Draw 2-2

Bristol City (H) - Lose 2-1, (A) - Lose 3-2

Millwall (H) - Lose 3-0

Peterborough (H) - Draw 1-1

Watford (A) - Lose 3-2

Barnsley (H) - Lose 2-1, (A) - Draw 1-1

Ipswich (H) - Draw 1-1

From the following results we have got 6 points from a possible 36 and have conceded in each of the games. one word describes this: SHOCKING

The defending this year has been absolutely shocking. Need a powerful defensive midfielder next season to help the defence.

This shows we are not title-contenders as we were favourites to gain automatic promotion at the start of the season. It's been a stop start season - sacking Sven-Göran Eriksson ( spent millions in the summer, unbalance team - changing the team very often, unconsistent results) - appointing Nigel Pearson (balancing the team right) - going in the right direction. If he had not gone to Hull in 2010 we probably would have been in the premier league by now.

From now to the end of the season whatever happens enjoy it. We still are in the F.A Cup (quarter-finals against Chelsea) - If we win we go to Wembley. Play-offs unlikely this year but you never know.

HAVE FAITH IN NIGEL PEARSON!!!!!

RizLCFC

RizLCFC

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Them teams always play against us with a defensive formation, happy to take a point, and we've never found a way to get past their defence, even if we do we seem to concede at least two, usually down to defensive errors when the previous week against say a Cardiff or Southampton, teams who play a more open game we look great, just not good enough, no plan b and not enough steel in the side to grind out a result against the strugglers!

dave the caveman

dave the caveman

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We still are in the F.A Cup (quarter-finals against Chelsea) - If we win we go to Wembley

Thanks for pointing this out and for your thorough explanations. I'm sure i'm not the only forum member who had literally no idea we were in this position. I though we'd gone out to F C Genk in the eight-hundreth round last mid-shocktober.

Finnegan

Finnegan

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If Pearson had never left we'd have no Nugent, Konchesky, Kasper, etc. Who have been out best players this year?

... Oh yeah...

Sven served his purpose and has an important part in our story, Pearson's team of mediocre journeymen would have slumped to second season syndrome in a flash.

Heart-Shaped Fox

Heart-Shaped Fox

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I think we have a problem where we like to play at other teams' level.

Last night we apparantly were lumping balls aimlessly up the field. Why? We havent been playing that way recently. We try to play their game and suffer from it.

kingfox

kingfox

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That is incredibly shit, and quite frankly a joke.

When people set results out like that it's quite scary.

Not been a good season at all, we ain't going up, we ain't getting a play off place.

This season is a one to forget, only a few players earn praise, rest need to leave in the summer I think.

marbelladave

marbelladave

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Thank you for stating the obvious in a way that anyone can understand, those opening stats are horrifying.... :thumbup:

Now comes the difficult bit, can you explain why a team capable of doing the double over Southhampton and beating several other top 6 sides can do so poorly against teams mostly in the bottom half?

It can't be ability and it has happened far too often to be the usual 'anybody can beat anybody in this league' nonsense, so what's the problem?

I have my own views but I would love to here what other people think, any takers?

Guesty

Guesty

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Thank you for stating the obvious in a way that anyone can understand, those opening stats are horrifying.... :thumbup:

Now comes the difficult bit, can you explain why a team capable of doing the double over Southhampton and beating several other top 6 sides can do so poorly against teams mostly in the bottom half?

It can't be ability and it has happened far too often to be the usual 'anybody can beat anybody in this league' nonsense, so what's the problem?

I have my own views but I would love to here what other people think, any takers?

I think it mental. I think they bottle it when theres pressure. No one expects them to win against the better teams so they play a better free flowing game. Against the poorer teams the fans expect them to win and the pressure gets to them. They don't take risks because they don't want ot be the player who keeps making the mistakes.

It doesn't help that the poorer teams are more physical and sit back. We don't have a mobile traget man so when we hoof it it just comes back. We also don't have a big defensive mid so the defence isn't protected enough.

Against Cov people say they were poor but they still had a few good chances if they had a striker who coulld shoot we would have found that game a lot harder.

Corky

Corky

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Thank you for stating the obvious in a way that anyone can understand, those opening stats are horrifying.... :thumbup:

Now comes the difficult bit, can you explain why a team capable of doing the double over Southhampton and beating several other top 6 sides can do so poorly against teams mostly in the bottom half?

It can't be ability and it has happened far too often to be the usual 'anybody can beat anybody in this league' nonsense, so what's the problem?

I have my own views but I would love to here what other people think, any takers?

As I said, questions about the mentality need to be asked.

We are capable of beating the better teams (and playing well against them). As you say, if it had happened once or twice then you could put it down to off-days, but it's far too regular for that.

We are game-raisers, pure and simple. Or maybe we just assume everyone down at the bottom is as bad as Coventry, I don't know :dunno:

But it needs to be rectified or we'll be stuck in this position again next year.

wellyfox

wellyfox

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Thank you for stating the obvious in a way that anyone can understand, those opening stats are horrifying.... :thumbup:

Now comes the difficult bit, can you explain why a team capable of doing the double over Southhampton and beating several other top 6 sides can do so poorly against teams mostly in the bottom half?

It can't be ability and it has happened far too often to be the usual 'anybody can beat anybody in this league' nonsense, so what's the problem?

I have my own views but I would love to here what other people think, any takers?

Nothing new us doing this.

Back to the early 80's the old top 5 as they called them Liverpool Everton Man u Arsenal and Shitspurs.

None of them beat us and we did the double over liverpool and we still went down.

As I said in another thread teams in shite form can't wait to play us has always been like it.

Happy Fox

Happy Fox

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Isn't that the Championship summed up though in those results!

You could say that but not being disrespectful we have to beat those teams at the bottom and around us if we want to get promotion which is sadly what we haven't done consistently enough.

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