Schlupp

[Russell sprout]

Hard to deny he's doggo but he is nowhere near as bad as Akinbiyi

I was thinking more junior Lewis

[Freesolo]

His football intelligence is the same as a 13 year old kid, he ****s up some of the simplest things when going forward. its hard to watch the guy

[Charl91]

We had lots of bad players today. Konchesky and De Laet were both awful. Our midfield was pretty poor too.

 

However, Schlupp was truly terrible. He can do a job off the bench or as cover, but there's no way he should be starting. I've made it clear that I am not Nugent's biggest fan by a million miles, but he is still a lot better than Schlupp.

[J.Lisemore]

He is up there with Akinbyi as one of the worst players I've seen at Leicester.

Whilst I agree he's out of his depth, he is surely not worse than some of the dross we've seen down here in the past decade... Elvis, Jason Jarrett and Josh Low just to name a few. Although it seems to me Jeff is getting away with it a bit due to him being surrounded by decent players who are capable of getting him out of trouble.

[johnny the fox]

What is going on here?

 

I don't get it, the blokes dog muck. Pacey yes, but pace doesn't make a footballer.

 

End product is awful and goes hiding way too often. 

 

Can anyone tell me why he is starting so many games?

To call one of your own players "dog muck" is a disgrace ..calm down you fookin idiot.

[Charl91]

From 59 seconds.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5X05Qq2_1c&feature=youtu.be&t=59s

 

That's just the footballing version of the infinite monkey theorem.

 

If you showed a video of every single cross he had made, it would look a lot different.

[Beliall]

Ah.. we've had a 'Nugent out' thread, now it's Jeffs turn?

Where is the 'Is Cambiasso really the best player City have ever signed' thread? Or 'Why has Ulloa dropped his form'?

Just a thought..

Im still thrilled we have signed cambiasso, for now, he looks like he needs to get used to the prem though. And it was obvious that ulloa cant keep the scoring rate up

[Stevosevic]

To call one of your own players "dog muck" is a disgrace ..calm down you fookin idiot.

You've never called a Leicester player shit?

I'll change to not good enough for your benefit - same thing

[Mark]

I'm not sure he's got what it takes at left wing but he looked like he was turning into a more than capable left back. I'd happily have him retake that position against Swansea rather than Konchesky deal with Routledge and Dyer. 

[Guest Col city fan]

I'm not sure he's got what it takes at left wing but he looked like he was turning into a more than capable left back. I'd happily have him retake that position against Swansea rather than Konchesky deal with Routledge and Dyer.

Yes same here...

[The Doctor]

From 59 seconds.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5X05Qq2_1c&feature=youtu.be&t=59s

 

One good cross, but how often does he scuff it out of play, or how often has he been through on goal and fluffed his lines? It's a cracking delivery there, but that's been very much the exception not the rule.

[RonnieTodger]

He's just not a very good footballer. It really is as simple as that. 

He might be agile, a good athlete, quick or whatever, but he just cannot make the right decision it seems. That thing he did at Stoke when he knocked it out for a goal kick was just unbelievable

 

It's a shame, I want him to do well. He seems like a nice guy, but he's poor far too often.

[EGBFitness]

Poor mans Dyer!

I don't think we should get on his back, he's a young lad and think he is a little out his depth in the premier. It is a little frustrating to see a player who is seeming low on confidence put on the wing when you've got natural wingers sitting on the bench.

Nige has put him in as a replacement to Dyer, it's obviously not working! If Pearson wanted us to play to the style how we utilised Dyer then he should of either have him the contract he wanted, paid out for the replacement or converted Shlupp to a left winger last season.

Shlupp looks lost, he has been converted from a promising forward to a consistent left back, now he's on the left wing.

I've noticed that with his stumbling and mis control he also seems to back away from a 50/50

[Guest Col city fan]

Poor mans Dyer!

I don't think we should get on his back, he's a young lad and think he is a little out his depth in the premier. It is a little frustrating to see a player who is seeming low on confidence put on the wing when you've got natural wingers sitting on the bench.

Nige has put him in as a replacement to Dyer, it's obviously not working! If Pearson wanted us to play to the style how we utilised Dyer then he should of either have him the contract he wanted, paid out for the replacement or converted Shlupp to a left winger last season.

Shlupp looks lost, he has been converted from a promising forward to a consistent left back, now he's on the left wing.

I've noticed that with his stumbling and mis control he also seems to back away from a 50/50

Again though.. why single him out?

It's clear why Villa let Albrighton go and 'Leicester's saviour', Cambiasso, had a turd of a game today by all accounts. Yet they get away, relatively free of criticism. Is this because they are new signings and people just want to gloss over that the might not, actually, be particularly good? I don't know? We've seen Schlupp play well. Last season, he had a great run at left back. Now he's not so good in a currently poor side. Give the kid a break..

[StanSP]

Again though.. why single him out?

It's clear why Villa let Albrighton go and 'Leicester's saviour', Cambiasso, had a turd of a game today by all accounts. Yet they get away, relatively free of criticism. Is this because they are new signings and people just want to gloss over that the might not, actually, be particularly good? I don't know? We've seen Schlupp play well. Last season, he had a great run at left back. Now he's not so good in a currently poor side. Give the kid a break..

 

We're only 2 months in to the season and it's our first time back in the Premier League. No-one is bound to click that quickly in such a tough league. I don't want this to sound like glossing over but can we give them a bit more of a chance? Cambisso was poor today and I don't think he's escaped criticism (perhaps not as exaggerated as others). I actually think Albrighton is being harshly targeted as having a poor performance. 

 

Basically I wouldn't call it glossing over. Maybe people are giving them the benefit of the doubt that they'll come good in due course. 

[connorlcfc]

i'm sorry but i totally agree hes done sweet F*** all, he balloons every thing over the bar or hits the corner flag i was surprised when he scored last game. he's just not good enough , he struggles to get in the game and when he is he never does anything 

[EGBFitness]

Again though.. why single him out?

It's clear why Villa let Albrighton go and 'Leicester's saviour', Cambiasso, had a turd of a game today by all accounts. Yet they get away, relatively free of criticism. Is this because they are new signings and people just want to gloss over that the might not, actually, be particularly good? I don't know? We've seen Schlupp play well. Last season, he had a great run at left back. Now he's not so good in a currently poor side. Give the kid a break..

Mate did you actually read the post!?

In none of that I was slagging off Schlupp or defending performances of other players.

Why target Schlupp?- maybe the post thread is about Schlupp which means the topic of my conversation will be about Schlupp

Other players performances- yes there's a few players that aren't stepping up to the mark at the minute; Kasper, Nuge, Ulloa has been quite few games, Cambiasso wasn't great today. Hard to judge Albrighton from about 60 minutes football so far with us, he looked promising attacking and crossing.

Criticism of Schlupp- I was stating that he is a player low on confidence who is playing out of he's position! We had a quick decent winger in Dyer who we refused to give a contract, Pearson obviously thinks that Schlupp is a like for like replacement. He looked good as a forward when came in, strong season last year at LB but left winger is not a position for him and we shouldn't be playing him there. Why try and teach him a new position in the premier league! I like Schlupp but you can tell he is not happy and not enjoying playing there, with this comes sloppy play, backing out of challenges etc.

[inckley fox]

Again though.. why single him out?

It's clear why Villa let Albrighton go and 'Leicester's saviour', Cambiasso, had a turd of a game today by all accounts. Yet they get away, relatively free of criticism. Is this because they are new signings and people just want to gloss over that the might not, actually, be particularly good? I don't know? We've seen Schlupp play well. Last season, he had a great run at left back. Now he's not so good in a currently poor side. Give the kid a break..

 

I wouldn't single Albrighton or Schlupp out either. I'm more concerned about a defence which could easily have conceded 2, 3 or 4 today, has averaged two against for the past four matches, and which the manager seems reluctant to tinker with. Konchesky is getting regularly exposed, De Laet has been very shaky and there is precious little cover for the centre backs. Our summer transfer activity is starting to look highly suspect in that department.

 

Schlupp was poor - and I would firmly agree with those who say he chickened out of several 50/50s today - but over the course of his footballing career he has only looked at first team standard - in the first and in the second tier - at left back. He might think he's a winger or a forward, but we've yet to see him in his best position this season.

 

He has the potential to be a decent full back, and played the role when we were at our peak last season. He's young and will get better. Let's not give up on him yet.

[inckley fox]

It's also worth adding that the wings are not an obvious problem for us - we have Albrighton, Mahrez, Schlupp, Knockaert, Powell, Lawrence who can all play the role. Full back may well be more of an issue.

 

What I'm getting at, I suppose, is that we might be getting out priorities a little muddled. A young professional, playing in a position which is neither his preferred role, nor that at which he has previously excelled, is not really our biggest problem.

 

Neither is our failure to take chances. This is Pearson's common excuse because it papers over the real cracks. In truth we had only two very good opportunities against one of the PL's worst defences today. We were as defensive in the first half as we were in the second half against Burnley. Off-the-ball movement was non-existent, challenges were shirked and I have rarely seen players as static as ours when attacking set pieces. Our shots to goals ratio, on the other hand, is excellent this season.

 

The collapse in our work ethic, defensive frailties / lack of options, failure to act quickly in attacking situations, instability in the line-up etc. are far greater concerns than any individual shortcomings, on the part of Schlupp at left wing, or Ulloa / James in their openings in front of goal.

[City_4_Life]

Did we have any other option for left wing?

[inckley fox]

He's just not a very good footballer. It really is as simple as that. 

He might be agile, a good athlete, quick or whatever, but he just cannot make the right decision it seems. That thing he did at Stoke when he knocked it out for a goal kick was just unbelievable

 

It's a shame, I want him to do well. He seems like a nice guy, but he's poor far too often.

 

He made plenty of right decisions when he established himself as our first choice left back during our record-breaking winning run last season.

 

Okay, I know last season counts for nothing now, but can we really say that a young left back looking shaky on the wing, in a side which is looking shaky throughout, is simply 'not a very good footballer'? After all, plenty of very good footballers did no better than he did today.

 

The manager needs to step forward now. He has to motivate his men, pick tactics which are apt for the opposition we come against, learn how to coach set pieces adequately, settle his line-up and - if he's still here come January, as I hope he is - do a far more effective job of improving on that line-up than he did in the last transfer window.

 

Schlupp was poor, granted, but by focusing on his inadequacies in a position which isn't his best position, we're simply overlooking the biggest flaws in our recent displays.

[inckley fox]

Did we have any other option for left wing?

 

Knockaert, Mahrez (not everybody who played international football in midweek was rested today!), Powell, Lawrence.

[City_4_Life]

Knockaert, Mahrez (not everybody who played international football in midweek was rested today!), Powell, Lawrence.

 

IMO Knockaert is not a winger, Mahrez was obviously out for some reason, and i honestly dont think Powell is a winger either.

 

Lawrence is a fair enough answer but i cant say he is any better without seeing him play.

[Foxy harry]

i swear a few months ago we were all singing his praises

[TheUltimateWinner]

Looks scared on the ball, looks scared to get the ball, looks scared to challenge, looks scared when he has to make a decision what to do, most the time he just kicks it out of play or run then kick it out of play.