RothleyFox Posted 26 October 2014 Posted 26 October 2014 Swansea have had three years in the premiership , finishing 11th , 9th and 12th . They have players such as Bony , Routlege , Sigurdsson and Montero who would all walk into our team ! Do we really expect to go there and claim all 3 points ! I would have been pleased with 1 point and a decent performance. Remember we only need three teams below us at the end of the season , and we can move forward.
theessexfox Posted 26 October 2014 Posted 26 October 2014 They are a solid PL team and they know how to win matches, have their own identity and way of playing, but the disappointing thing is that we didn't test them or make them play well for their 3 points.
Webbo Posted 26 October 2014 Posted 26 October 2014 It was more the manner of the defeat. We looked a league apart yesterday.
RothleyFox Posted 26 October 2014 Author Posted 26 October 2014 That's my point , If we can survive this year , We can build and improve gong forward Can we continue to play Vardy, Nugent and Leo away from home ? I don't think so
Osavo Posted 26 October 2014 Posted 26 October 2014 Yes, Swansea may be an established Premier League side and although I wouldn't expect us to go there and win, the way we played was more worrying. We created next to nothing in front of goal, and the fast paced pressing game which worked so well for us in the first few weeks was completely non - existent yesterday. We need to sort it out quickly or we will be seriously looking over our shoulders.
ChrisWoodIsClass Posted 26 October 2014 Posted 26 October 2014 That's my point , If we can survive this year , We can build and improve gong forward Can we continue to play Vardy, Nugent and Leo away from home ? I don't think so I dont get it tho what do people want, you're saying we can't keep playing all 3 away. well Nigel played only leo at newcastle and got slated for being negative
Osavo Posted 26 October 2014 Posted 26 October 2014 I dont get it tho what do people want, you're saying we can't keep playing all 3 away. well Nigel played only leo at newcastle and got slated for being negativeThat's because he was too negative, Newcastle were there for the taking and we should have got at them from the off. Swansea on the other hand are a fluid side that are more likely to capitalise on a 2 man midfield. Whilst I'm strongly against changing the tactics for every match, we need to look at the opposition and make more subtle changes which will still suit our game but give us more of a chance of winning.
Freesolo Posted 26 October 2014 Posted 26 October 2014 How much is 3 years in the Prem worth in Cash for the club? compared to 3 years in the Championship
shailen Posted 26 October 2014 Posted 26 October 2014 Honestly think we are as good as Swansea were three years ago.
Bayfox Posted 27 October 2014 Posted 27 October 2014 That's my point , If we can survive this year , We can build and improve gong forward Can we continue to play Vardy, Nugent and Leo away from home ? I don't think so hold on. so you hope we can survive. yet hold up swansea as the bench mark for what you can do and point out then finished 17th 14th and 10th. no wait...... that's it they never really struggled as there positions you highlighted show.
ozleicester Posted 27 October 2014 Posted 27 October 2014 How many of our team, would walk into a starting place at any other Prem league club?
ScouseFox Posted 27 October 2014 Posted 27 October 2014 How many of our team, would walk into a starting place at any other Prem league club? de laet aside our whole xi (whatever xi we put out) would walk into burnley or qpr's *awaits blackburnclaret response about burnley being a northern real madrid*
Freesolo Posted 27 October 2014 Posted 27 October 2014 How many of our team, would walk into a starting place at any other Prem league club? Not a easy question to answer but i guess we will find out if we go down
Bert Posted 27 October 2014 Posted 27 October 2014 But we managed to beat a more established premier league club in our only away win this season?
UpTheLeagueFox Posted 27 October 2014 Posted 27 October 2014 But we managed to beat a more established premier league club in our only away win this season? And that established PL club (with better players and a manager with loads more PL experience) has only two more points than us after nine games.
Dan Posted 27 October 2014 Posted 27 October 2014 Yesterdays performance wasn't of a team that was finishing 11th though.
davieG Posted 27 October 2014 Posted 27 October 2014 1 forward, 2 forwards, 3 forwards it's not the problem. We're simply not playing very well as team, there's little point in slagging off individual players or formations when it's a team mentality ptoblrm. The belief and confidence they had has vanished and we're in danger of repeating our dismal run of 2 seasons ago.
Candidcamera Posted 27 October 2014 Posted 27 October 2014 I think we have to learn lessons and this was our worst performance so far. It is OK being tactical against the top 6 clubs but the rest we need a team capable of attacking on the break and defending in numbers. This was how we prepared for the season and we should know our best 11 just like we did last year. It is what we do against those teams not how they set up to play. I could understand the line up and how it played if we were into the last throws of the season. I would like to see a return of the young quick team we were last year. Plus building in the likes of King and Cambiasso who have both performed well.
st albans fox Posted 27 October 2014 Posted 27 October 2014 I wonder if our game by game drop in performance has anything to do with the other sides watching how we perform and tactically adjusting the way they deal with us??
MC Prussian Posted 27 October 2014 Posted 27 October 2014 Yesterdays performance wasn't of a team that was finishing 11th though. On 21st of September, our performance was that of a Top Six team. So, the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. The Swansea game was a terrible ordeal for any Leicester fan, but I'm sure we'll manage the turnaround. We have all the talent at our disposal, it's just one of them rough patches most teams in this division experience from time to time. I mean, it could be worse. Look at QPR and Burnley.
Sunbury Fox Posted 27 October 2014 Posted 27 October 2014 I'm sure that's true to an extent but for me many of our problems are self inflicted. Too many personnel and formation changes, players being played out of position, starting players who did not even start in the Championship ie Hammond, Schlupp on the wing. Still not convinced by the summer business either. Think we bulked out the squad rather than adding real quality. It wasn't easy for Nige to get that quality given the salary cap and the fact that many top players are not likely to want to join a newly promoted club. All that said, the thing is that the teams who have come up and done well like Swansea have continued to play the same way after promotion. We appear to have changed what was a highly successful formula. It could be that our 2 key midfielders, DD and James, are simply lacking fitness after missing the early weeks. If those 2 get firing again and we play the ball on the floor and use the wings we can still get back on track.
Callabinho Posted 27 October 2014 Posted 27 October 2014 After about 11-12 games ideally we will want 11-12 points. If we can roughly average a point a game, then we shall be safe. The first few games were all FA cup finals to us, now we've got to learn how to pick up those nitty gritty points that'll keep us safe, starting with WBA, getting the balance right is key and I think Nige and the boys thought we had adapter better than we actually have. We haven't got the personnel to experiment with different systems, or the experience to do so, get back to basics and build from there. As some people have previously mentioned successful teams don't just change over night, against the bigger teams you'll have to change, which we did, but against the smaller teams we have to revert to what got us here in the first place. Palace beat us playing to their strengths, Burnley drew doing the same, as did Newcastle and Swansea, the one factor in each of those games was, that we didn't, we tried to be clever and try different things and it backfired. Against WBA go back to 4-4-2, James and Drinky in the middle, Mahrez and Knockaert out wide, Ulloa and Vardy up top. Get back to playing to OUR strengths.
suffolk fox Posted 27 October 2014 Posted 27 October 2014 If you compare the chelsea away performance whereby we created chances against the champions elect this season then look at our performances against Palace, Newcastle and Swansea they are poles apart. We have been extremely poor in the latter three and look odds on relegation candidates. I am flabbergasted by the op and threads like this? Swansea are good but for fawds sake they aint no prima donnas aka real madrid/ bayern munich. Play like we did on Saturday away from home again and even Burnley and qpr would batter us.
The Guvnor Posted 27 October 2014 Posted 27 October 2014 I wonder if our game by game drop in performance has anything to do with the other sides watching how we perform and tactically adjusting the way they deal with us?? That may assist the opposition tactically but how can that affect our pace, desire to win the ball, be first to second ball situations and woeful passing?
sylofox Posted 27 October 2014 Posted 27 October 2014 I'm sure that's true to an extent but for me many of our problems are self inflicted. Too many personnel and formation changes, players being played out of position, starting players who did not even start in the Championship ie Hammond, Schlupp on the wing. Still not convinced by the summer business either. Think we bulked out the squad rather than adding real quality. It wasn't easy for Nige to get that quality given the salary cap and the fact that many top players are not likely to want to join a newly promoted club. All that said, the thing is that the teams who have come up and done well like Swansea have continued to play the same way after promotion. We appear to have changed what was a highly successful formula. It could be that our 2 key midfielders, DD and James, are simply lacking fitness after missing the early weeks. If those 2 get firing again and we play the ball on the floor and use the wings we can still get back on track. Well you could add Kingy to that as well. So as James and Drinky were our main pair by far last season can you please explain one thing for me. Who was Pearson expected to play when James and Drinky were out injured?
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