Advance notice please boys if you are going to play as badly again this season. I live in London and had a wonderful time last season taking the urine (p**s is banned) out of the Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham fans (sort of mates). Well, you have to do something on a wet Saturday! Alas, I got it back with a dividend after the Hull game.
Forget Kante. He has gone and was only part of the team. For what it is worth I think there were too many changes, apart from the forced ones.. We need to start from a stable position and ease the new players in. We missed Huth causing trouble in their goalmouth. Ulloa should have been brought on earlier. Gray? Not his day. My main concern is whether the opposition have sussed Vardy. Great chasing the through ball but did not get many yesterday. Let's hope we can turn Arsenal over.
Advance notice please...
posted on 14/8/16
Yeah good point Schlupp. It could be used as one of two tactics
Ranieri said he has a surprise plan b up his sleeve. If that was it yesterday I'm not amused!!
posted on 14/8/16
comment by Blackstarr (U12353)
posted 2 hours, 9 minutes ago
Yeah good point Schlupp. It could be used as one of two tactics
Ranieri said he has a surprise plan b up his sleeve. If that was it yesterday I'm not amused!!
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If you look back to the beginning of last season it wasnt until we got tonked by Arsenal that we finally settled. Ranieri's no fool. He'll see what needs to be done.
posted on 14/8/16
I fear a backlash from Arsenal next week!!!!
posted on 14/8/16
Hopefully they'll collapse BS - lots of pressure on them this season after limited transfer action.
Will be a very tough game though and it won't be pretty if we're sat on 0 points after 2 games!
posted on 14/8/16
I'm actually glad Arsenal got beat today. They have got to expect a backlash from us also.
Defending Champions, playing at home, 1st game defeat to the expected difficult season for Hull City, Robert Huth back, Okazaki & Albrighton restored to the starting 11 and one of Mendy or Amartey in for Andy King, a full house of 32,000 roaring the roof off................what's not to be positive about!!??
Stick with 4-4-2, as a new system against a team like Arsenal, we may get thumped. So, it would be only 1 player coming in to partner the regular 11 from most of last season. Playing a new formation with 2 or 3 new players, against the Gunners may be a step too far, too soon?
I do believe we can win this match or at least take a point.
We owe them one for the double they did on us last season. The lads know they can compete with Arsenal. It showed at the Emirates last time out, albeit in defeat....cruelly.
As for Andy King........a good, honest pro, top bloke off the pitch, honest & likeable. Like i've said in a previous post that i just wish he would excell in games instead of being steady, 6-7 out of ten every game. He needs more dynamism, more often, to get the odd 8 or 9.
Good for seeing a game out if we are 1 or 2 up with little threat in our goalmouth. Needs more aggression for a starting spot, more conviction. Come on Kingy, you can do this?
Want Schmeichel to stay calmer also as he's very, very passionate about defending as a team. He did give Demarai Gray a dodgy ball out which led to Hull scoring the 2nd. Kaspers error that one really. Gray had 2 or 3 players too close to him when it got near him.
As much as Musa is doing fairly well in the side, i think bringing him on may benefit us short term. I did opt for a Vardy/ Musa partnership against Hull as my preference but it didn't click smoothly. Get Okazaki back in with Vardy to defend from the front, wear down the opposition defence, then bring on Musa to do the damage. Integrate thereafter if he impresses.
My team to face Arsenal .....
Schmeichel
Simpson Morgan Huth Fuchs
Mahrez Drinkwater Amartey/Mendy Albrighton
Vardy Okazaki
Stick to tried & trusted, familiarity, because it works.
If we win this one, EVERYONE will sit up, think twice and wonder again.
COME ON LEICESTER CITY............COME ON CLAUDIO...............get 'em going!
UTF.
posted on 14/8/16
Nice one play the pitch. I actually feel much better!
posted on 14/8/16
No probs Blackstarr. We've gotta be positive, regardless.
Otherwise it filters through to the players.
But if we are labouring game in and game out, then , yeah, i will be one of the first to blow a fuse.
We can beat Arsenal.
posted on 15/8/16
I think the hole left by Kante left the CB's exposed a little (we did miss Huth too). In my humble opinion, we should go 4-1-4-1,
Schmeichel
Simpson Huth Morgan Fuchs
Amartey
Mahrez Mendy Drinkwater musa
Vardy
posted on 15/8/16
I'd revert to as close to last season's successful lineup as practicable:
Schmeichel
Simpson Huth Morgan Fuchs
Mahrez Drink water Mendy
posted on 15/8/16
Mahrez Drinky Mendy (if fit, otherwise King) Albrighton
Okazaki
Vardy
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