ADK Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 Thought we sounded more comfortable with Moore in place of Whitbread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Lisemore Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 Nice to hear James had a decent game today, hopefully he'll keep his place ahead of King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryn Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 It's the time of year where having options is always going to do us a great deal of good, four points from two very tough games and hopefully a win on NYD to look forward to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterboyuk Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 Futacs was very impressive IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 Result exactly what the doctor ordered, always a bit risky playing 4-5-1, it not something I'd like us to continue doing in the long term, but fortuantley Nugent has taken a chance today, abd we desperatley needed that today. Be interested to hear how we played. Big game on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterborofox Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 Not the best game or performance but a much needed win. Typical NP away performance and a hard fought 3 points. Need more away wins like this now. Well done Leicester. But do need to play better if we're to gain promotion but nice not to play well and win for once. Oh and James was decent today encouraging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc_star Posted 29 December 2012 Author Share Posted 29 December 2012 Nice to hear James had a decent game today, hopefully he'll keep his place ahead of King. Not as clear cut as that... With the games coming every couple of days, NP said tiredness was having an impact which is perhaps a contributory reason in King being rested. Aside from that, it certainly sounded like we never got much going on the front foot. The creative, flowing football we've seen relatively often was out the window... But we dug in and got a result we needed. In other words it was a team & formation picked to get a result in a potentially tricky away game. Will we see it again, especially at home? Doubtful IMO. I think James is a useful player and King offers a lot too. Will be interesting to see what happens next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarles Barkley Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 Yep nuges right hes got 110 goals. Whos our stats guy absolute fvcking shambles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Fatboyslow_ Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 I know this isnt too do with it but Stevie howard with a brace today too Your point being ? My lad told that was his first goal in 67 games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjslcfc Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 James sounded decent. Good to see a couple players (moore and James) come in and do a top job, shows how important the squad is. 4 points from two very tough away games is delightful, shame we didnt beat barnsley and convert our chances against Cardiff, if so we would be in an even better position. Great 3 points, now lets put in the performance we know we can against Huddersfield at home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 4-5-1 and leaving out King seems to have reaped the benefits today. I'm glad we are looking more solid in the middle. James had a good game, no question, but listening to Craig it sounds as if our passing - in midfield and elsewhere - was pretty awful. At least Shakespeare sounds realistic. In fact its refreshing to hear him answering questions frankly. I'd agree about the system - it probably suits our players better for away games but it sounded to me like there was plenty of room for improvement. King needed a rest - that's been obvious to anyone for a a while now - but we won't get away with passing like that against a good team and should be thankful Burnley were significantly weakened. I'd also wonder if Whitbread's absence was significant. Moore sounded well involved and I've never seen him give the ball away like Whitbread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScouseFox Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 3 points was fúcking crucial today. I listened a bit and it sounded very dull, but does anyone care? No. Well in Nuge, bagged again and now we're out of that very tough Christmas period, still top 6 and with new signing(s) ready to rumble. Let's do this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydos Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 Where's all the 'Pearson Out' threads? Or the ones pointing out all our defects that have conveniently only become apparent in this game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbelladave Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 Great result........ Sounds like a fairly typical NFP away win, mediocre performance but we come away with all 3 points, not something we have heard very often this season. Game sounded pretty dreadful on the radio, very little football being played in difficult conditions, most telling for me was the number of times we lost possession in midfield, been a real issue for a while, doesn't seem to be getting any better. BTW, If I was Anthony Knockaert and I got to hear a recording of today's commentary I would be inviting a certain ex player outside for a frank exchange of views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBIGJOHNSTEADER; Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 AND THAT'S ONE NIL TO LEICESTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Fox Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 Onward and upward for City with the signings of Chris Wood and potentially Baptiste, Trotter/Powell (loan) to come we have a good chance to grab that second spot come the end of the season. One game at a time though has to be taken. Huddersfield at home should be a win if we play to our potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shearfox Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 A good four points from Hull and Burnley away nice stuff. Two clean sheets as well, good way to end the year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5waller5 Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 Had a lovely snooze for the last 20 minutes and woke up to Nuge being interviewed - I assume we won!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munshi Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 Had a lovely snooze for the last 20 minutes and woke up to Nuge being interviewed - I assume we won!!! Yes Yes we did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbelladave Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 Where's all the 'Pearson Out' threads? Or the ones pointing out all our defects that have conveniently only become apparent in this game? A narrow 0-1 win against a poor Burnley side who lost their only effective forward after 2 minutes....... Don't confuse a great result with another mediocre performance, there remains a hell of a lot to do if we are going to be serious about promotion. A lot of folks seem to think new players brought in next month will make the difference, personally I can't see them making much of a difference if we continue to play the same way that we have of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedlock Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 Have we turned the corner? Hopefully...... A good 3 points. A pragmatic win. Football is a 14 man(minimum)18-20 man game. Players were injured,others were rested.No big deal! It is reassuring,despite our small squad, that those coming in performed well. Onward and upward...... Up the City! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munshi Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 A narrow 0-1 win against a poor Burnley side who lost their only effective forward after 2 minutes....... Don't confuse a great result with another mediocre performance, there remains a hell of a lot to do if we are going to be serious about promotion. A lot of folks seem to think new players brought in next month will make the difference, personally I can't see them making much of a difference if we continue to play the same way that we have of late. So if we won every away game this season and played how we played today and got promoted , would you complain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydos Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 A narrow 0-1 win against a poor Burnley side who lost their only effective forward after 2 minutes....... Don't confuse a great result with another mediocre performance, there remains a hell of a lot to do if we are going to be serious about promotion. A lot of folks seem to think new players brought in next month will make the difference, personally I can't see them making much of a difference if we continue to play the same way that we have of late. We've had several good performances that haven't heralded positive results. This is football, not science, as you time and time again seem to mistake it for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5waller5 Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 Yes Yes we did Excellent - Cheers!!!! Stringer's brilliant for sending me off to the land of nod!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterboyuk Posted 29 December 2012 Share Posted 29 December 2012 Had some good stuff towards the end. Better team performance than I've seen for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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