Last night was a disaster result despite the brave face some are putting on. We absolutely dominated and Leicester were every bit as shiete as everyone expected.
But we didn’t win.
For me the decision not to start Kulu was a very bad one, BJ was horrendous. Sarr was also shocking but we had to play him because of Biss being an idiot.
My real frustration lay in 2 places, 1) the 11 picked last night was not our strongest and we left 2 good players in Kulu and Bergvall on the bench and brought in Sarr and BJ - the former 2 have been far better in pre season that the latter 2.
My second frustration is letting a geriatric Vardy score from a header - it’s the sort of goal we conceded time and time again. All of our players forwards, simple cross into the box and we’ve left their only striker unmarked. Given how highly we all rate Romero and VDV where does the blame sit for this - it has to be Ange.
Extremely disappointed by the result and for all his moaning after the Man City game last season, he deserves moaning back for still not being able to build a solid defence.
Everton will be a nightmare Saturday, they will
Camp in nice and deep - knock it long to a couple of fast players and try to win corners knowing we switch off aerially. If he doesn’t win that one then it’s fair to say the league campaign will be an absolute slog - we’ve already dropped points to the worst side in the division and Everton aren’t much better
Ange
posted on 20/8/24
Depends on what our aspirations are. If we are happy with mediocre then the result was absoutely fine. If we want to make a statement and show we are serious this season then the result was poor. But I'd say the result is expected as we aren't a serious club. We are what we are I spose
posted on 20/8/24
comment by (K̇ash) - Slot's First Dance - Free Palestine 🇵🇸 (U1108)
posted 3 hours, 43 minutes ago
Why did he take Maddison off for a kid? Surely you had a better chance of winning with him on the pitch? I think at times he makes subs for the sake of subs.
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At 78 minutes.
Isn't that WAY later than he usually subs?
It wasn't happening, got to tray something different in the last 10.
posted on 20/8/24
I think among other things yesterday showed your forward line lacks the necessary quality to get you where you want to be. Johnson for the price you paid is terrible him failing over his own feet yesterday just summed him up. You've obviously got to give Solanke time but those misses were very Richarlison esque I don't really see him as much of an upgrade on Richarlison but time will tell I guess. You obviously dominated the ball quite a lot but to be honest I saw similar things to last season there were a couple of occasions where if Leicester had more quality they could of broken through your press the better teams will be able to do that and you will again be relying on Vicario racing off his line or Van der Ven racing back and probably doing his hamstrings again.
posted on 20/8/24
could have*
posted on 20/8/24
comment by Bake 'em away toys (U7303)
posted 3 hours, 23 minutes ago
Depends on what our aspirations are. If we are happy with mediocre then the result was absoutely fine. If we want to make a statement and show we are serious this season then the result was poor. But I'd say the result is expected as we aren't a serious club. We are what we are I spose
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You don't make a statement against a newly promoted team. What is this fasination with making a statement? How many times have we had a statement win against Man City for example? Only to lose the next game after?
Making a statement signing like Eze, for example, is not going to solve our defensive issues. The forever achillies heel of Spurs.
posted on 21/8/24
comment by Luka Bosh Brasi (U22178)
posted 56 minutes ago
comment by Bake 'em away toys (U7303)
posted 3 hours, 23 minutes ago
Depends on what our aspirations are. If we are happy with mediocre then the result was absoutely fine. If we want to make a statement and show we are serious this season then the result was poor. But I'd say the result is expected as we aren't a serious club. We are what we are I spose
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You don't make a statement against a newly promoted team. What is this fasination with making a statement? How many times have we had a statement win against Man City for example? Only to lose the next game after?
Making a statement signing like Eze, for example, is not going to solve our defensive issues. The forever achillies heel of Spurs.
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The statement isn't the one result, it would be a collection of results or a run of form, at least that's what I think Bake em is getting at. I guess if we're already drawing against newly promoted sides then you're not really in the position to do that, although we'll have to see if this will be more of a one off for this season or just more a continuation of what was going on the end of last season. If it wasn't for that form people would be less skeptical about this draw. Unfortunately however, this result and performance came with all the hallmarks of what was going wrong back then too.
posted on 21/8/24
As I have said earlier, the first 4 games will tell us all we need to know about this current squad
Personally I am totally unimpressed by the incomings and think that Cheapskate Levy has his fingerprints all over the deals.
I cannot believe Aussieglue chose this lot.
Any manager would have wanted top class talent such as Eze or Dani Olmo.
What has come in isn't ready to play premiership football. And we'll soon see the truth of this. Monday's result was just the start.
posted on 21/8/24
And Aussieglue is going to find out that he is not the managerial genius he thinks he is.
posted on 21/8/24
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 3 hours, 11 minutes ago
As I have said earlier, the first 4 games will tell us all we need to know about this current squad
Personally I am totally unimpressed by the incomings and think that Cheapskate Levy has his fingerprints all over the deals.
I cannot believe Aussieglue chose this lot.
Any manager would have wanted top class talent such as Eze or Dani Olmo.
What has come in isn't ready to play premiership football. And we'll soon see the truth of this. Monday's result was just the start.
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They would have to time travel or switch to rugby in order to play Premiership football
posted on 21/8/24
Good to see you on the mend Strike
That 1-1 must have hit you hardest!
Anyway, at least we draw when we should have won, years ago we would have lost....Progress