SecretPro Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 ...to never start another game with Nugent and Vardy up top - could genuinely be one of the worst premier league strike partnerships there has ever been. On a side note, we were dire today.
Charl91 Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 Don't know what Pearson was drinking when he made the team selection, but I could do with some after watching that performance.
Jakemoore Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 How about we start a barely fit Kramaric then?! There were many things to moan about today but that isn't one of them...
SecretPro Posted 17 January 2015 Author Posted 17 January 2015 Wasn't thinking kramaric, was thinking ulloa, you know, that guy who's our top scorer?
Charl91 Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 How about we start a barely fit Kramaric then?! There were many things to moan about today but that isn't one of them... What 'bout that Ulloa guy? You know, the one with most of our goals Or that Albrighton guy, who had a stormer of a match against Villa.
SecretPro Posted 17 January 2015 Author Posted 17 January 2015 Look at the stats this season with Vardy/Nugent pairing up. Anyone defending that partnership is clueless. It offers literally zero options in the prem especially when playing hoofball.
Blanesta Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 It was the service to the strikers that was the problem, the second half was terrible.
shailen Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 Ulloa not starting was strange for me. Not the reason we lost though although Vardy was poor. A very dire team performance, and we were second best for the whole game. Deservedly lost
Spicer Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 Vardy looks so out of his depth, a bit like his first season. Nugent has moments of magic but the rest of his play is average.
Spudulike Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 Leo was awful last week. Playing two mobile strikers against potentially a lumbering defence was a reasonable tactic. It failed due to poor service. That's all.
elangLCFC Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 Arsenal absolutely killed Stoke playing the ball along the ground and exploiting their lack of pace and sharpness. Leo is an aerial player who we brought on towards the end when that was our only option. Can't understand the criticism of this one
SecretPro Posted 17 January 2015 Author Posted 17 January 2015 Leo was awful last week. Playing two mobile strikers against potentially a lumbering defence was a reasonable tactic. It failed due to poor service. That's all. Seriously, people are going to defend a partnership with 2 goals from open play all season? Yes service is very poor, but Ulloa has mustered 8 goals from that service. Vardy is actually laughable, hasnt even looked close to scoring recently.
GingerrrFox Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 Arsenal absolutely killed Stoke playing the ball along the ground and exploiting their lack of pace and sharpness. Leo is an aerial player who we brought on towards the end when that was our only option. Can't understand the criticism of this one We spent the whole game lumping it long to Vardy and Nugent.
SecretPro Posted 17 January 2015 Author Posted 17 January 2015 We spent the whole game lumping it long to Vardy and Nugent. This. And please people, get rid of this blind loyalty, sometimes its this at managment level that is costing us.
Littletoe Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 Drinkwater and King were the problem second half. They didn't get a foothold on the game and they we're too hesitant bombing forward to provide service. Poor support from the midfield cost us this game, nothing more.
JonnyBoy Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 Not starting ulloa today was criminal. Like I said pre... We start two strikers that have scored 2 open play goals in 22 games. Doesn't take a genius does it Pearson to work that one out
Al-aLondon-Foxile Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 Drinkwater and King were the problem second half. They didn't get a foothold on the game and they we're too hesitant bombing forward to provide service. Poor support from the midfield cost us this game, nothing more. This. Never got on top, and got what we deserved. No striker would have had a good game at the top of that team today.
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 I don't care how many times I say it, Pearson is naive, and still appears to have learnt nothing this season. Moan at me all you like people, but stop burying your heads in the sand. Three points down the drain today, and no excuses by all accounts.
ronnup Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 Wasn't there (in Mexico) but sounded like the midfield was the problem. Didn't get the ball or move it fast enough.
Jakemoore Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 What 'bout that Ulloa guy? You know, the one with most of our goals Or that Albrighton guy, who had a stormer of a match against Villa. I agree with the Albrighton point but I think pearson wanted to capitalise on a slow Stoke back 4 by playing vardy and nuge. Although I think he got it wrong today. I've changed my mind.
Jordan Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 I don't care how many times I say it, Pearson is naive, and still appears to have learnt nothing this season. Moan at me all you like people, but stop burying your heads in the sand. Three points down the drain today, and no excuses by all accounts. We had two fit central midfielders, Drinkwater and King. Fans can rip on Nugent and Vardy striker partnership all you'd like, but remember last season when this message board was full of criticism for the DD/King midfield pair, saying they can't play together?We were dominated in the midfield, that's not Pearson's fault, he picked the only central midfielders he had. He tried to sign another midfielder this week, but Maloney's transfer breaking down due to him failing to agree on personal terms is hardly Pearson's fault. I'm not a fan of some of the in-game switches Pearson made, but there was nothing he could have done to help the midfield with Cambiasso, James, and Hammond all out. It really didn't matter at all who was starting up front--service was choked out from the midfield line. DD and King were pushed so far back by Stoke's midfield. Just about the only sort of chances Leicester created came from Schlupp making plays on his own down the left, and we barely got anything out of that.
SecretPro Posted 17 January 2015 Author Posted 17 January 2015 Ok we can blame midfield today but **** ME LOOK AT THE STATS VARDY AND NUGENT ARE SHIT TOGETHER. From now on top two should always be either Kramaric with Ulloa or Ulloa and Nugent who seem to have a decent understanding. Ideally it should just be Kramaric and Ulloa and the other used as impact subs only because seriously, they are not good enough and 2 in 22 is a ****ing shocking statistic.
Claridge Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 We had two fit central midfielders, Drinkwater and King. Fans can rip on Nugent and Vardy striker partnership all you'd like, but remember last season when this message board was full of criticism for the DD/King midfield pair, saying they can't play together? We were dominated in the midfield, that's not Pearson's fault, he picked the only central midfielders he had. He tried to sign another midfielder this week, but Maloney's transfer breaking down due to him failing to agree on personal terms is hardly Pearson's fault. I'm not a fan of some of the in-game switches Pearson made, but there was nothing he could have done to help the midfield with Cambiasso, James, and Hammond all out. It really didn't matter at all who was starting up front--service was choked out from the midfield line. DD and King were pushed so far back by Stoke's midfield. Just about the only sort of chances Leicester created came from Schlupp making plays on his own down the left, and we barely got anything out of that. At least ulloa would of won some aerial battles nugent doesn't even jump and I'm not sure I would call him quick as some have.
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