nickelbyfox Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 Slightly off topic but did anyone listen to the callers post match and the one bloke talk about his formation on Fifa and how he thought we should take his advice. Hahahaha - was hilarious thought we should play Kane up top, with Wood out left and Nugent out right! That really had me in stitches!
foxfanazer Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 Hahahaha - was hilarious thought we should play Kane up top, with Wood out left and Nugent out right! That really had me in stitches! I don't think it would work because Wood has on got a 53 rating for crossing and Nuge is only 60 for pace
Dan Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 I've played him at Fifa before and I hammered him, true story
Corky Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 Delighted I went, really impressed with how we played and 3-0 certainly didn't flatter us. Schmeichel's save, as brilliant as it was, was absolutely vital. It gave the crowd a lift and after that we dominated. All the defence was solid, Morgan and Keane barely giving a kick to Rhodes, with Konchesky and De Laet getting forward well and covering their wingers. Lovely to see Campbell marked out of the game and end up miscontrolling it a few times. In midfield, our two CM's were excellent, dominating their more experienced pairing and King netting a welcome goal. Drinkwater was everywhere. Marshall had a fine game on the wing, sending in threatening crosses with Knockaert doing well in the first half down the left. The strikers linked very well, a goal each, and brought others into play. Both will gain confidence from that. Even the subs when they came on contributed: Dyer with good pace and forced a save, Vardy put himself about and Waghorn, although only on for five minutes, sent in two fine corners, one of which led to the third. Given our recent form, this was a crucial win and a much improved performance. Let's build on it now, we've shown what we can do again and need to continue. Well played to everyone involved.
phillo Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 Good all round performance lets keep it going coyb
Dan Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 I'm normally not one to moan about the atmosphere but I thought it was dreadful last night. There was a solid 10-15 minute in the middle of the second half where the crowd seemed to be in almost complete silence. I don't think I heard a single song between about 55 and 70 minutes. It was pretty shit but it was improved from last week which is more what I was getting at, although you compare the result/performance I think last night would've been exactly the same if we'd lost.
mannyzlcfc Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 Slightly selective quoting. I didn't say we would. I said I expected that the owners would probably make a change if we didn't go up. I don't necessarily agree with that course of action but Nigel's not daft enough to know the owners will be looking at various options. Just thought I'd clear that up Manny. Slightly selective quoting. I didn't say we would. I said I expected that the owners would probably make a change if we didn't go up. I don't necessarily agree with that course of action but Nigel's not daft enough to know the owners will be looking at various options. Just thought I'd clear that up Manny. I apologize, you said probably change the manager, just hearing it from a journo like you who is close to city just troubled me......sorry
budfox Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 There was a marked improvement in confidence last night. I look for certain benchmarks, and one of them is De Laet storming down the wing. He had been quiet recently, but last night he absoloutly terrorised their LM and LB. We just need Knocky back beating people when they are there to be beat, and off loading the ball when they are not. If we keep this level of play up till the end of the season, i can see us getting second spot.
Grey Fox Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 It's that sort of talk/thinking that makes me fearful. If we don't go up we'll have an enormously stronger base to build off. Last summer marked the end of a period where the incoming manager had had to get rid of about 30 players in the short time he'd been here. That sort of upheaval wouldn't be needed again and we'd go through a relatively stable summer of 4-6 out & 4-6 in. We'd also have Wood for the whole season not just half of it & who knows maybe we could grab Keane on a season long loan & sign Kane permanently (if he does the business) Drinkwater, Marshall, RDL, James and others who are about 20 will be another year experienced & will grow both as individuals but also improve the team in the process. The absolute worse thing that could happen is throwing it all out the window & not turning just missing out on promotion - make the improvements and build to be well established top 2... throwing it all away to start again, with wholesale changes & a load of arrivals who play like misfits for half a season ensuring the sort of mediocre mid-table crap we had before NP put this team together. Anyway, about 40 points still to play for, so it's nothing more than idle chitter chatter & conjecture... but it does feed the minds of reactive morons Spot on, pretty much exactly what Cardiff did, and so far it seems to have worked for them. It's a bit like the tortoise and the hare. Owners often want to be the hare and keep making changes that they think will get them there quicker, but in the end the tortoise who has been left alone to get on with his job wins the race. As long as both are given decent financial resources to work with that is.
WhenYourSmilingLCFC Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 One of the best midfield performances I've seen, Drinkwater. Bossed a former top quality Premiership midfielder in Danny Murphy, who looked woeful. And an over rated Jason Lowe who somehow gets in the England U21 team. Not forgetting the rest of the team, but think Drinkwater was man of the match.
Corky Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 DJ, WHAT'S THE SCORE?! Leicester 6-0 Ipswich Leicester 3-0 Blackburn
MC Prussian Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 Watching the replay on FoxesPlayer, Schmeichel's save doesn't look as spectacular as some of you stated who were at the game. But I guess it was a tricky one to react to, as the shot was deflected, leaving the ball wobbling in another direction. Glad for Kane's impact on his first game with us. Seemed very lively, as was Marshall. And King worked his socks off in (defensive) midfield.
Guest Col city fan Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 You can stick your yawning smiley up your arse Col. If I posted one of them every time one of your posts bored me, they would have run out. If you could read, you would understand I am saying nobody's perceptions or opinions have changed, only that after a good result there is no new evidence to back up the arguments that "NP is shit", "our squad is crap" etc so those that think that don't post anything.
Carl the Llama Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 Lovely save but I'm rather disappointed after all the rave reviews.
cc_star Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 Lovely save but I'm rather disappointed after all the rave reviews. Not saying it wasn't a great save or a vitally important one - As it was both of those things. But it also had a touch of 'one for the cameras' about it
Captain... Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 Lovely save but I'm rather disappointed after all the rave reviews. I think what you miss on the video is that he was already moving and had to readjust from the deflection, not an easy thing to do.
Ric Flair Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 Kasper - no sound Get the goals up please, Davie
davieG Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 Get the goals up please, Davie Someone already posted them http://kiwi.kz/watch/pbjyuh43z8o2
Babylon Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 I don't think that video does it justice myself.
kingfox Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 You boring fookers. That save is top draw, the video was slightly jumpy in parts. It was a quality reflex save.
Simmo86 Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 Kasper - no sound Still think what I thought at the time pretty regulation save. He made it look better than it was.
Carl the Llama Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 I think what you miss on the video is that he was already moving and had to readjust from the deflection, not an easy thing to do. You boring fookers. That save is top draw, the video was slightly jumpy in parts. It was a quality reflex save. It's poor quality, but you can quite clearly see his feet are still planted on the ground after the deflection is made, giving him maximum manouverability. He did well to react to the change in direction, but the change was from straight at him to a bit to his side at a comfortable height for him to get both hands to, and the ball was slowed down a fair bit too. It's still a very tidy save, but it's hardly the changing direction in mid-air wonder save that I'd been led to believe it was. Overall I'd give it a difficulty rating of 7/10. Seen them go in, but any upper-Ch'ship standard keeper would be disappointed not to get to it.
_Fatboyslow_ Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 Yes a easy save, even I could have stopped that
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