LCFC v palace post match thread 0 - 1

[Dickov22]

How do you fit krama into our formation? He doesn't look to me to be able to play the nugent role where he drops to hassle their holding midfielders.

at some point, Nigel has to realise that we can't play two wide men. We need an extra body in the middle and that allows the free full back to get forward.

If he doesn't fit into our system, why did we sign him.

Agree on the wide men. Been saying it all season. We need three centre mids and one wide man. You can't play with two out and out wingers in this league yet we do it week in week out

[v6rat]

And Nuge came on and did a reasonable job hence he plays the next game.

If you think that our current strikers are so great, why did Pearson buy Kramaric? Probably because he thought they aren't at this level, and their goal contribution would seem to suggest part of the reason we are bottom of the Premiership.

[Babylon]

If people are suggesting Nugent deserved to start because he came on and did well at Man Utd then by that logic, Vardy should start Tues because he looked really sharp yesterday?

Both have had enough chances and have two goals from open play all season between them. Time for Kramaric to get a run of games. We are not in a position to spend all that money on a goalscorer, then not pick him.

Nugent had been positive in more than just the united game, his introduction has often coincided with us improving. Man U being just one of them, I wouldn't just use that though as we went 5 in the middle which gave us more control.

On Performance it should be Ulloa who gives was because he was dreadful. But then you have the question of who leads the line and do you drop your top goal scorer.

[Thrill Bert Fox]

Don't agree. If that were true then how is Paul Konchesky still being picked?! Nugent?! One goal in open play yet still gets picked.

I am not convinced he has any sort of system for team selection I think he just pulls the names out of a hat!

[CosbehFox]

Don't agree. If that were true then how is Paul Konchesky still being picked?! Nugent?! One goal in open play yet still gets picked.

I said ''hard work'', Nuge on more than one occasion has a great sub appearance than duly rewarded with a start. Look at how he came on against West Ham, Liverpool etc. Nuge started against Stoke, he was crap. Dropped for Spurs, dropped for United, good performance off the bench and he gets back in.

The Konchesky thing is a car crash however. The bottom line is we don't have a viable back up. If there's an area of criticism over the transfers, it's here.

[Dickov22]

Nugent had been positive in more than just the united game, his introduction has often coincided with us improving. Man U being just one of them, I wouldn't just use that though as we went 5 in the middle which gave us more control.

On Performance it should be Ulloa who gives was because he was dreadful. But then you have the question of who leads the line and do you drop your top goal scorer.

Nugent can improve us all he likes, but he's a striker who has 1 goal. It's not good enough and when we sign a striker for all of that money, he should play. No more chances for Nugent.

I love Vardy but the same has to be said of him. He's had more than enough chances and hasn't scored. As terrible as Ulloa was yesterday, he has a decent ish goals return so therefore should play ahead of Nugent and Vardy in my opinion.

[CosbehFox]

If you think that our current strikers are so great, why did Pearson buy Kramaric? Probably because he thought they aren't at this level, and their goal contribution would seem to suggest part of the reason we are bottom of the Premiership.

Have I said our strikers are so great? No. In fact I criticised Nuge's inability to beat a goalie in 1 on 1 in this thread. My posts have been defending why he was selected for yesterday's game.

[st albans fox]

If he doesn't fit into our system, why did we sign him.

Agree on the wide men. Been saying it all season. We need three centre mids and one wide man. You can't play with two out and out wingers in this league yet we do it week in week out

You can if you play one upfront. You can if you have petit and viera inbetween. sadly, we don't and the first option seems only viable with ulloa who doesn't seem mobile enough to do it effectively. I think a lone striker has to be strong and mobile to make it work. Take gayle in the first half yesterday as an example. Out muscled by wes consistently. Basically, Nigel's job is to come up with a formation that has three in the middle and allows krama to play high up. If he cracks that, we still have a chance.

[Happy Fox]

It is a sad state of affairs man, why the f**k cannot we win games against sides we should beat?

 

We need to be more clinical, that is the story of our season!!!!

 

Unfortunately It is going to take a miracle to avoid relegation it isn't impossible but knowing City we don't do the impossible very rarely anyway.

[Dickov22]

I said ''hard work'', Nuge on more than one occasion has a great sub appearance than duly rewarded with a start. Look at how he came on against West Ham, Liverpool etc. Nuge started against Stoke, he was crap. Dropped for Spurs, dropped for United, good performance off the bench and he gets back in.

The Konchesky thing is a car crash however. The bottom line is we don't have a viable back up. If there's an area of criticism over the transfers, it's here.

Not trying to argue because I agree with yours posts but you said if players fail, Pearson drops them. Konchesky Vardy Nugent have all been huge failures this season yet have played most games.

We will be relegated if David Nugent continues to miss chance after chance. Get him out, stick Kramaric in. Otherwise what on earth was the point in signing him.

[v6rat]

Have I said our strikers are so great? No. In fact I criticised Nuge's inability to beat a goalie in 1 on 1 in this thread. My posts have been defending why he was selected for yesterday's game.

So does Nugent play in the next match or not?

[Babylon]

Nugent can improve us all he likes, but he's a striker who has 1 goal. It's not good enough and when we sign a striker for all of that money, he should play. No more chances for Nugent.

I love Vardy but the same has to be said of him. He's had more than enough chances and hasn't scored. As terrible as Ulloa was yesterday, he has a decent ish goals return so therefore should play ahead of Nugent and Vardy in my opinion.

So what you are saying us Kramaric and Ullo are undroppable and should play every game no matter what their performances are like.

That, is the sort of odd team selecting that people have criticised I think. Anyway, your opinion no point in going around in circles.

[CosbehFox]

So does Nugent play in the next match or not?

Probably not, if he does it's worthy of criticism.

[v6rat]

Probably not, if he does it's worthy of criticism.

Just for the record, I'm neither a lover or hater of Nugent, I'm only interested in Leicester City staying in the Premiership, as I'm sure we all are.

Despite what people think and say about Ulloa, he is our top scorer, so for me it's about finding a system and strike partner that can play along side him. That may be Kramaric but until he gets a few games in we will never know. What we do know is that considering the amount of chances we have created over plenty of matches this season, is that Nugent and Vardys goal return is poor at best.

[Phube]

And Nuge came on and did a reasonable job hence he plays the next game.

With Man U 3-0 and cruising...

[Ian S]

Simpson wasn't out of his depth at all, just left constantly one-on-one with that diving fcvkwit Zaha and he's still a country mile ahead of RDL.

 

Cambiasso had his usual range of passes but aside from Mahrez there was no spark at all. Nugent's attempted chip in the first half and complete inability to have a shot when he was clean through summed the game up. We simply aren't good enough at this level and as much as I've defended Pearson all season, you don't pay £9M (or whatever it actually is) for a striker and give him 20 minutes game time in what was a must-win game.

 

Playing like that, we'll get nothing against the top sides coming up and by the time we're next at home could be 5-7 points adrift of 17th. Even more disppointing than the Stoke and Burnley games, as we had enough chances to win all 3.

Funniest comment of the thread,Simpson a country mile ahead of RDL.

Have you watched the last few games.? No attacking threat apart from a fleeting moment at White Hart Lane, he is slow,looks lazy on occasions and yesterday put himself under pressure with a stupid booking in the first half that meant he dare not touch Zaha again.

[Guest Col city fan]

I really don't see why people have such a problem with it. It seems to me people are suggesting he's now undroppable due to his price tag, now matter how he's playing or the situation. Players take time to adapt, I'm actually more surprised he started the united game than this one, as we and others often introduce new players gradually to the team.

In my opinion, Babs, you keep on missing the point.

Given the circumstances the club is in, when you break your transfer record for your star striker, he has to be the first name on the team sheet. You buy him at this expense, to play him. He must be better than what you already have. He's the player to score you the goals to keep you up.

With the circumstances we are in, you don't buy a striker that's gonna take three months to bed in. You don't have time.

Which makes this a rather bizarre signing. We've broken the transfer record for a kid who we then put on the bench whilst continuing to play Nugent who has got what? One league goal all season?

If anyone gets this, I'm afraid I don't.

We needed THE striker to hit the ground running, play every game and score goals.

We have done some strange transfer dealings this season.

[Fox92]

When many were planning for Europe after the away win at Stoke I said, "Leicester are the poorest team I had seen in over 6 years in the premiership".

 

Not much has happened since to change my view.

 

Pick my lottery numbers for me.

[v6rat]

Players take time to adapt, as we and others often introduce new players gradually to the team.

Whilst I appreciate that I have edited your quote heavily, it's just to make a comment without starting another thread, I can't for the life of me understand why a 42 year old goalkeeper walked straight into the team when Hamer looked to be doing pretty well.

[st albans fox]

Had CP not appointed tony Pullis they would be in the championship now. Much of the reason for their survival last campaign was the signings they made in jan. We can but hope ...............

[Dickov22]

So what you are saying us Kramaric and Ullo are undroppable and should play every game no matter what their performances are like.

That, is the sort of odd team selecting that people have criticised I think. Anyway, your opinion no point in going around in circles.

No I didn't suggest that at all. What I said was, Nugent and Vardy have had plenty of starts. Plenty of chances to do it, and they've not performed. Their goal return is disgraceful. We've signed a striker based on the fact we can't score. He deserves the chances Nugent and Vardy have had - a run of games.

[Fox Ulike]

In my opinion, Babs, you keep on missing the point.

Given the circumstances the club is in, when you break your transfer record for your star striker, he has to be the first name on the team sheet. You buy him at this expense, to play him. He must be better than what you already have. He's the player to score you the goals to keep you up.

With the circumstances we are in, you don't buy a striker that's gonna take three months to bed in. You don't have time.

Which makes this a rather bizarre signing. We've broken the transfer record for a kid who we then put on the bench whilst continuing to play Nugent who has got what? One league goal all season?

If anyone gets this, I'm afraid I don't.

We needed THE striker to hit the ground running, play every game and score goals.

We have done some strange transfer dealings this season.

Exactly.

Just seen west broms line up and they have got fletcher and callum mcmanaman playing.

They have strenghtened in the areas they need in the window with players who will hit the ground running.

We bought someone to replace our top scorer and record signing! No wonder ulloa was poor yesterday hes probably completely fvcked off about being replaced.

We needed to buy some competition for NUGENT's place, not Ulloa.

Its a complete fvck up.

[The Year Of The Fox]

Oh, and the atmosphere in L Block yesterday?

Shit

[Raj]

Palace fan in peace here.

So goes without saying the best side lost Saturday. Although it is no consolation - I can't remember the last side that gave us so much trouble defensively. Saw a few posts suggesting you should have taken advantage of a weaker Palace side (being without Jedinak and Bolasie) - to be honest we haven't been weaker without them and have outplayed Southampton, Burnley, Tottenham and (although we lost) Everton recently without them. Certainly you are miles ahead of Villa, QPR and Burnley - and genuinely hope results turn for you and you can finish above them at the end of the season.

On that "incident" - looked like just the sort of nothing that the media love to stir up.

Best of luck for the season.

thanks for your comments but we are too busy arguing amongst ourselves!!! !

[Raj]

P.s its absurd that we buy a 9million pound striker and give him 20odd mins ahead of a player whost scored 2 goals all season....amazing