Why? Still isn't a reason to fear your opponent.
I love the bravado,but you won't have it after a couple of drubbings.
Everton regularly finish in the top half because she bottom half is so poor.
There really isn't very much quality outside the top ten or even outside the top eight because I'm not sure that Stoke have anyone? If there are any quality players they're usually a one man team.
Hull and Crystal Palace for example, both lack quality throughout and yet Palace finished 11th with this squad;
1. Neil Alexander
2. Barry Bannan
3. Yannick Bolasie
4. Marouane Chamakh
5. Damien Delaney (Leicester reject)
6. -
7. Danny Gabbidon
8. Dwight Gayle
9. Wayne Hennessey
10. Adlene Guedioura
11. Scott Dann
12. Mile Jedinak
13. Joe Ledley
14. Adrian Mariappa
15. Patrick McCarthy (Leicester reject)
16. Dean Moxey
17. Stuart O'Keefe
18. Jonathan Parr
19. Aaron Wilbraham
20. Glenn Murray
21. Jason Puncheon
22. Cameron Jerome
23. Julian Speroni
24. Jerome Thomas
25. Joel Ward
Hull made the FA Cup final and have a striker that we got rid of, deemed not good enough, from the Championship.
We won't fear any team this season and we will try to win every game, starting with Everton. You won't be so smug when you become yet another side to visit the KP and chase shadows.
You might beat us, you're expected to but I don't I expect you to at all because we will cause you problems and you will struggle to cope with our pace, that's almost a certainty.
Our players like to attack at pace and they like wide open spaces which are created by teams trying to beat us. Derby tried to play against us got caught out and we beat them 4-1. Our struggle has always been breaking teams down that park the bus, teams that try to win invariably get comfortably beaten.
We'll have more teams attacking us this season which will suit us because very few teams will catch us on the break, it really then comes down to weather we can finish the chances we create because we will create chances and if we can be tight enough in defence, that I'm not sure about right now.
Pearson signs young, hungry, talented youngsters and makes gets them working very hard together both on and off the ball and we have some genuine quality in our team and no doubt more to come.
Don't expect a walk in the park because you'll be in for a rude surprise! I think you should respect the fact that we know how good we are, we know the quality we have and we have given Man City three good games, beaten Fulham, only lost 2-1 away at Stoke with our reserves v their first team so I don't think our players fear too much.
Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City, Man Utd should all expect to win because they have world class players that are simply too good. In terms of quality we won't be able to compete with just hard and hard work.
Chances will be rare and I don't think we'll have the quality to score one chance in 90 mins so for these games we'll set up to be hard to beat whereas every other team at home we'll try to win.
Sorry to burst your bubble but your squad really doesn't have a great deal to fear because at the end if the day I'm sure Pearson will be aiming to stay up but secretly aiming for the top ten so beating Everton is something we should look to achieve if we are to reach our targets.
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Have you watched Everton play of late? It will be the Leicester players chasing shadows. You're deluding yourself if you think Leicester will be able to knock it around like they did in the Championship.
Martinez is one of the hottest managers around. Everton racked up 72 points last season,that is the highest we've ever had in the perm,not bad considering it was his first season,and he's changed the style of our play. There isn't one Leicester player that would make our first 11,and I don't see a cue of clubs wanting Pearson's signature do you?
You're a good team there's no doubt about that but you're not unbeatable and I think it's completely arrogant to think you'll beat us.
You have no idea how we play, who our players are and you clearly don't know anything about Pearson either. Martinez is a great manager no doubt, I mean he must be to get Everton to finish fifth with that squad but then you did have Barry and Lukaku who scored 18 goals between them. Take those goals away and you scored the same amount as West Brom who were fourth from bottom so unless you place those goals you could be in a world of trouble.
So whether you like it or agree with it or not, Everton are a team that we could look to beat. You don't have any world class players so really nothing to fear.
Swansea and Southampton play football so why won't we? There's less time and space in the Championship because less teams attacking leaving fewer gaps to expose.
Our players are young, skilful, very fit, work hard for each other, most of them are rapid and love running at defenders. They will cause teams a lot of problems.
Premiership defenders are no faster than Championship and Jagielka and Baines definitely aren't, so please explain why we won't be able to play around teams in the Premiership?
You're very naive if you think you'll just come and turn us over, very deluded! If I were you I'd wait until you get your own striker before you start spouting out how good you are 👍
You're a good team there's no doubt about that but you're not unbeatable and I think it's completely arrogant to think you'll beat us.
Where did I post we'd beat you? It was you who posted our squad,and then dismissed our players,I retaliated.
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So whether you like it or agree with it or not, Everton are a team that we could look to beat. You don't have any world class players so really nothing to fear.
We may not have any world class players,but that doesn't mean we don't have a good side. We also beat Chelsea without Lukaku,and like I posted before,we haven't even started our shopping yet,so why are you even bothering looking at the squad sheet,as it may look totally different come August.
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Premiership defenders are no faster than Championship and Jagielka and Baines definitely aren't, so please explain why we won't be able to play around teams in the Premiership
Defending isn't all about speed,and the reason why Baines looked so vulnerable in the world cup,is because he didn't have Piennar protecting his back,you're also forgetting we have Oviedo,who is fast,and was brilliant when Baines was injured (I was disappointed he was dropped when Baines recovered). Everton had one of the tightest defences in the premiership,what makes you think Leicester have what it takes to break it when other established prem teams couldn't?
One last thing, Everton have finished in the top half of the league for good few season now,long before Lukaku and Barry came along,so what makes you think we'll just fall apart,if we fail to sign Barry and Lukaku?
I never said we'd beat you either but I think we'll score because we'll create chances.
Albrighton put in more crosses than another other player in the Premier League last season and we're searching for a centre forward to get on the end of them and we'll break our albeit modest record to get him and Pearson doesn't sign rubbish.
Plus we have Knocky and Mahrez as well as Albrighton with Drinkwater in the middle, who has a pass completion rate of 82%, not bad for the player with the most amount of passes in the league. He also created 62 chances and scored 7 goals, including goal of the year. This boy can pick a pass and we have the pace to get in behind. We are also looking to sign an experienced central midfielder and we have no doubt that Pearson will sign the right player,
Kasper turned down Arsenal. Upson, Morgan and Wasilewski are experienced and read the game well and Wasi isn't slow. We also have Liam Moore who will play for England one day and he's quick too and we're also looking to sign one more experienced centre half.
Both full-backs are rapid, de Laet was the fastest in the league, even quicker than our own Lloyd Dyer, and Schlupp is fast too. Our wingers are also fast and skilful, Jamie Vardy is rapid and we're on the verge of signing Frazier Campbell who again is fast, works hard
and scored nine goals in a poor Cardiff team. We'll create a lot more chances than them.
Nugent has already scored against Jagielka in their last three games so that's a huge psychological advantage for a striker.
All of this is why I think we'll score. We'll be well up for it and to Everton we're just another promoted team you're expected to beat. You'll be complacently and we can play football and keep possession so you won't like chasing us around and you won't get an easy game or any time on the ball.
Worst time to play us really because of the confidence from last season and we will play without fear. You're coming to our ground, we have a very good home record, we're not used to losing because we never give up. If you have an average day don't be surprised if you get beaten.
You've always had your own players to score goals but right now, as it stands, you don't so who exactly is going to cause our defence a problem?
Nugent has already scored against Jagielka in their last three games so that's a huge psychological advantage for a striker.
Nugent was bleeding hopeless the last time he played in the Prem. Do you honestly believes Jags will be losing sleep over facing Leicester's attack? I bet he hasn't given it a second thought. You make out that he's our only line of defence,we also have Stones and Distin.
Both full-backs are rapid, de Laet was the fastest in the league,
Baines was the best LB in the prem season before last,and Coleman was the best RB last season,so lets not start comparing full-backs.
You've always had your own players to score goals but right now, as it stands, you don't so who exactly is going to cause our defence a problem?
To be honest out attackers aren't the best,I haven't seen enough of Kone,as he was injured for most of the season,but we score goals from all over the park. The likes of Coleman,Mirallas,Osman and Naismith all chip in with goals,but like I said,we will have new players coming in,so your question is irrelevant.
I was comparing the pace of our full-backs and basically our pace all over the park.
We'll also be signing players so your argument is also irrelevant. As we stand we have strikers that can adore goals and you don't 😉
David Nugent is a lot better now than he was then too, do you not think he's improved? Dumb!! He won't care about facing Jagielka at all. Distin is past it!
We also have other forwards who your defence won't be able to keep up with like Jamie Vardy, get the ball in behind and you won't stop him, you're too slow all over the pitch.
I'll reiterate, the goals you scored from the rest of your team only amounted to West Broms total who were fourth bottom!
Like I said, sign a striker before you start spouting out how good you are because right now you now you have no idea! You'd better hope you don't sign someone like Jo because there's no guarantee that who you sign will be any good!!
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No you're an idiot and completely arrogant! I never said we'd beat you, I said we will cause you problems with our pace and the fact we play fast attacking football. You will be chasing shadows because we keep the ball very well so it's inevitable yet you completely dismiss it's possible? Yeah right! Fool!
You're coming to our ground, to play team that walked the league by amassing 102 points, scoring 83 goals in 46 games (that's two per game) and we have a very good home record. We've beaten Tottenham and Fulham recently, our reserves lost 2-1 away to Stoke's first team and Man City needed two attempts to beat us at home with all their world class players
Do you think you're going to win just because you're Everton and you finished in the top five last season? Behave mate you're nothing special and you don't have the quality of the top four to be giving it the big'un!!
I really hope that Martinez and your players are as complacent as you are because you'll get beaten if you think you don't have to turn up, we're no mugs but you'll soon find that out!
Also Distin is 36 so yeah I would definitely say he's past it and has no chance if keeping up with Vardy or Campbell and neither does Jagielka and we like playing the ball in behind so I think you should play Stones 👍
Leicester are a reasonable sized club, we have a decent stadium which will be increased to 45,000 after two seasons, should we stay up. This is something that the owners want and something the stadium was built to allow.
We've got more money than Everton and our owners have a plan to be in the top five in the next five years so we have ambition, money and a manager to do it without wasting it on overpaid journeymen. Pearson signs young, quality players who work hard had can play football, he doesn't sign names.
We have signed one of the best wingers in the league in Albrighton, with the most crosses into the box you could argue he's the best winger in the league and he left Villa for us. This team is going places so you should see us similarly to Swansea and Southampton who both played football out of the division and have both finished in the top ten in the Premier League. We're not Cardiff, Norwich etc
I actually like Everton and always have ever since Lineker signed for you. I've been to Goodison twice in 1985 when we won 2-1 and 2000 when we drew 2-2.
I hope you do sign Barry and the quality you need to break into the top four because I don't like cockneys so would much prefer northern teams to be in the top four! I don't like your arrogance though!!
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Konchesky isn't first choice and Upson is cover only and Joe Davis is for our development squad. We also signed Barmby for the future too.
We have been linked with Barry too but it was reported that you'll pay him £60k week whereas Pearson won't spend that when you can get someone a lot less known to do a similar job for a lot less money.
Unlike the big clubs we have an academy that we place a lot of value on. Instead of wasting cash on money hungry foreigners or journeymen we will look to bring our own players through like Moore, Schlupp and King who will all play big parts next season.
I said we have nothing to fear from Everton because with the exception of the top four and their world class players we have nobody to fear, why should we? You're a good team but not one filled with fear!
Every game is going to be tough but Everton at home is a game that we would look to win, away of course not but at home we'll definitely fancy ourselves but you have completely dismissed us.
You will have never have heard of our players and this is your problem and will be everyone's problem because if you underestimate us and get caught out.
GK Kasper - turned down Arsenal
RB de Laet - fastest player in the league
CB Morgan - quality, reads the game very well
CB Wasilewski - 60 caps Poland/current player
CB Moore (U21 and quality, he'll play for England)
LB Schlupp - fast and loves to attack
MD Mahrez - skilful, loves running at players, fast
MD Knockheart - skilful, loves running at players, fast
MD Drinkwater - check his stats. Best player in league!
MD James - composed on the ball, breaks up play
MD King - plays for Wales
FW Vardy - he will seriously cause problems, he's very fast, plays on the shoulder of the last defender, chases everything and is a nightmare for defenders and he knows where the net is.
FW Nugent is a quality footballer, very good first touch, good at running at players and he regularly scores quality goals where he passes it into the net from 25 yards. Scored 22 last season and had 13 assists, second highest in the league so clearly not crap!
We've got ourselves out of the Championship adhering to FFP which was a huge job for Pearson because he had to get rid of pretty much all of Sven's rubbish, over paid signings and replace them with cheap/free players from talented, hungry young players from Manchester United, Vardy from non-league and our two French players all for next to nothing. Our scouting staff are excellent and unearthed Knocky, Mahrez and Vardy from nowhere, this is probably the biggest difference between our clubs because you won't look for unknown gems.
Our squad is very young and is only going to get better. It's not going to take a massive overhaul so won't cost a huge amount of money and the owners have vowed to spend £180m in the next five years which is completely reasonable given that we will have made a lot more from Sky. £180m spent on a team that doesn't need much spending in it is a hell if a lot.
To break into the top five we will be looking to finish above Everton, Tottenham (who we have already finished above for several consecutive seasons when we were last in the Premiership) and Arsenal, which right now sounds ridiculous but the majority of our team can stay together for the next 8-10 years.
So in five years time it's conceivable that Moore, Drinky and Vardy could be playing for England, Knocky for France, Schlupp for Ghana, Mahrez for Algeria and then whoever else we sign. These players have a huge amount of potential and are all expected to do very well next season.
I also have little doubt that Pearson will sign another experienced centre half, an experienced defensive midfielder, Frazier Campbell and a big no. 9. With those additions we'll be a top ten team because like I've said before I don't think there is a huge amount of quality outside the top ten.
I'm not saying we'll win and I'm not saying you're not a good team either but we won't fear you.
The young players you mentioned may turn out to be good players,but are any of them as good as Barkley,McCarthy and Stones? Loads of players look good in the lower leagues and fall flat when they make the step up; you only have to look at Zaha.
Like I posted,Leicester may have a crop of talented young lads ,but I wouldn't start bragging until we've seen them play in the top flight, Everyone thought Nugent would make the step up (I actually wanted him),but he failed,as did Beckford,who was also nippy and bagged loads of goals in lower league.
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To break into the top five we will be looking to finish above Everton, Tottenham (who we have already finished above for several consecutive seasons when we were last in the Premiership) and Arsenal
Forest won the European Cup twice on the bounce, does that give them an advantage if they ever made the CL? It must be near on ten years since Leicester were in the top flight,and since then Everton have improved immensely,so just because you finished above Everton years back does't mean it increases your chances this time round.
I never came here to have a pop,you pîssed me off with your big I am. Leicester did well last season,and you may well beat Everton, but I think you've got a cheek dismissing Jags,Baines and Distin,when they've been part of one of the tightest defences in the perm.
Just out of curiosity,if the Leicester players are as good as you make out,then why are they still at your club? Look at Shaw,he's only 18,and he's just gone for £27m,I don't see a queue of top clubs offering huge sums of cash for your players. Do you honesty believe that Schmeichel would still be at your club if he knew he'd be a certain starter at Arsenal?
To be fair this has or probably got out of hand by us both sticking up for our team. One of your fans likened us to Norwich which got my back up because we are a quality football team.
I've supported Leicester since 1980 and this is the best, most exciting team we've ever had and every Leicester fan thinks that because we know how special this group of players, the manager and the owners are.
I have never said that we will win this game but I will stand by the fact this is a game that Pearson and us as fans, will be looking to win and if you don't turn up you will get turned over. To beat us you'll have to be at your best.
Players outside the Premiership don't get a look in but next season when all the eyes are on them things will change. Drinkwater I think will be one of England's best midfielders in a long time.
He had the most amount of passes in the league with an 82% pass rate, an avg 18m passes which shows he's playing balls out wide and through to the forwards not sideways. So yes I would say he is as good as anybody! He would have made it at United if he was given the chance.
Liam Moore is playing for the U21's and will make the step up before too long. He'll become a better player than Jagielka in my opinion and I expect him to partner Cahill at some point in the next year or two. He reads the game well, good in the air, quick and very composed on the ball. He's quality.
Vardy came from non-league so hasn't been around for very long but he will cause teams a lot of trouble next season.
From what I've seen of Barkley, which admittedly is only for England, Knocky and Mahrez are every bit as good as, these boys are class.
The difference with Nuge playing in the Prem before was he was playing in a team with poor service and now he's in his prime and he is a much better all round player than rubbish like Beckford.
Vardy and Nugent are both a lot better, have a much better attitude and work well for our team. Beckford didn't and Pearson binned him off! That said we will have Campbell and another striker before the season starts.
This will be a tough game for you and arguably the worst time to play us and I think you need to acknowledge that we could turn you over because it really could happen if you turn up expecting to win!
Just because you're Everton and finished fifth doesn't mean anything, this is a new season and you're coming to the home of the Championship Champions full of confidence. Not an easy game at all.
Liam Moore is playing for the U21's and will make the step up before too long. He'll become a better player than Jagielka in my opinion and I expect him to partner Cahill at some point in the next year or two.
He'll have to get past Stones first,who's younger and has already got caps for England. I don't underestimate Leicester, I would have rather played you later on into the season, promoted teams seem to play well when they first come up,it's later on into the season is when they normally start to drop off.
Anyhow good look for the new season,I'm off to wum the reds.
I haven't seen Stones play but I hope he is as good as you say because like I said I do want Everton to do well. I like Martinez and Everton are a proper club not like your plastic neighbours!
Man City are my favourite Premier League team because their fans have seen them play in Division 4 and win the Premiership not like their plastic neighbours either and I don't like Cockneys so I'd prefer Everton or Man City to win the league.
This was never a wum effort as you'll see from my original post and I didn't intend to disrespect your team because you're obviously a good side but I took offence at the idea that we were just another promoted team and that you'll just have to turn up to win. The top four can just turn up and a bit of world class will beat you and my argument is Everton don't have that threat, if you don't turn up you will most likely lose, that's all I was saying!
I do think this is a game that both sets of fans will think they can win and whoever does will have to play very well to win and will hopefully deserve it. I think it will be 1-1 personally.
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posted on 26/6/14
Why? Still isn't a reason to fear your opponent.
I love the bravado,but you won't have it after a couple of drubbings.
posted on 27/6/14
Everton regularly finish in the top half because she bottom half is so poor.
There really isn't very much quality outside the top ten or even outside the top eight because I'm not sure that Stoke have anyone? If there are any quality players they're usually a one man team.
Hull and Crystal Palace for example, both lack quality throughout and yet Palace finished 11th with this squad;
1. Neil Alexander
2. Barry Bannan
3. Yannick Bolasie
4. Marouane Chamakh
5. Damien Delaney (Leicester reject)
6. -
7. Danny Gabbidon
8. Dwight Gayle
9. Wayne Hennessey
10. Adlene Guedioura
11. Scott Dann
12. Mile Jedinak
13. Joe Ledley
14. Adrian Mariappa
15. Patrick McCarthy (Leicester reject)
16. Dean Moxey
17. Stuart O'Keefe
18. Jonathan Parr
19. Aaron Wilbraham
20. Glenn Murray
21. Jason Puncheon
22. Cameron Jerome
23. Julian Speroni
24. Jerome Thomas
25. Joel Ward
Hull made the FA Cup final and have a striker that we got rid of, deemed not good enough, from the Championship.
We won't fear any team this season and we will try to win every game, starting with Everton. You won't be so smug when you become yet another side to visit the KP and chase shadows.
You might beat us, you're expected to but I don't I expect you to at all because we will cause you problems and you will struggle to cope with our pace, that's almost a certainty.
Our players like to attack at pace and they like wide open spaces which are created by teams trying to beat us. Derby tried to play against us got caught out and we beat them 4-1. Our struggle has always been breaking teams down that park the bus, teams that try to win invariably get comfortably beaten.
We'll have more teams attacking us this season which will suit us because very few teams will catch us on the break, it really then comes down to weather we can finish the chances we create because we will create chances and if we can be tight enough in defence, that I'm not sure about right now.
Pearson signs young, hungry, talented youngsters and makes gets them working very hard together both on and off the ball and we have some genuine quality in our team and no doubt more to come.
Don't expect a walk in the park because you'll be in for a rude surprise! I think you should respect the fact that we know how good we are, we know the quality we have and we have given Man City three good games, beaten Fulham, only lost 2-1 away at Stoke with our reserves v their first team so I don't think our players fear too much.
Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City, Man Utd should all expect to win because they have world class players that are simply too good. In terms of quality we won't be able to compete with just hard and hard work.
Chances will be rare and I don't think we'll have the quality to score one chance in 90 mins so for these games we'll set up to be hard to beat whereas every other team at home we'll try to win.
Sorry to burst your bubble but your squad really doesn't have a great deal to fear because at the end if the day I'm sure Pearson will be aiming to stay up but secretly aiming for the top ten so beating Everton is something we should look to achieve if we are to reach our targets.
posted on 27/6/14
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posted on 27/6/14
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Have you watched Everton play of late? It will be the Leicester players chasing shadows. You're deluding yourself if you think Leicester will be able to knock it around like they did in the Championship.
Martinez is one of the hottest managers around. Everton racked up 72 points last season,that is the highest we've ever had in the perm,not bad considering it was his first season,and he's changed the style of our play. There isn't one Leicester player that would make our first 11,and I don't see a cue of clubs wanting Pearson's signature do you?
posted on 27/6/14
You're a good team there's no doubt about that but you're not unbeatable and I think it's completely arrogant to think you'll beat us.
You have no idea how we play, who our players are and you clearly don't know anything about Pearson either. Martinez is a great manager no doubt, I mean he must be to get Everton to finish fifth with that squad but then you did have Barry and Lukaku who scored 18 goals between them. Take those goals away and you scored the same amount as West Brom who were fourth from bottom so unless you place those goals you could be in a world of trouble.
So whether you like it or agree with it or not, Everton are a team that we could look to beat. You don't have any world class players so really nothing to fear.
Swansea and Southampton play football so why won't we? There's less time and space in the Championship because less teams attacking leaving fewer gaps to expose.
Our players are young, skilful, very fit, work hard for each other, most of them are rapid and love running at defenders. They will cause teams a lot of problems.
Premiership defenders are no faster than Championship and Jagielka and Baines definitely aren't, so please explain why we won't be able to play around teams in the Premiership?
You're very naive if you think you'll just come and turn us over, very deluded! If I were you I'd wait until you get your own striker before you start spouting out how good you are 👍
posted on 27/6/14
You're a good team there's no doubt about that but you're not unbeatable and I think it's completely arrogant to think you'll beat us.
Where did I post we'd beat you? It was you who posted our squad,and then dismissed our players,I retaliated.
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So whether you like it or agree with it or not, Everton are a team that we could look to beat. You don't have any world class players so really nothing to fear.
We may not have any world class players,but that doesn't mean we don't have a good side. We also beat Chelsea without Lukaku,and like I posted before,we haven't even started our shopping yet,so why are you even bothering looking at the squad sheet,as it may look totally different come August.
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Premiership defenders are no faster than Championship and Jagielka and Baines definitely aren't, so please explain why we won't be able to play around teams in the Premiership
Defending isn't all about speed,and the reason why Baines looked so vulnerable in the world cup,is because he didn't have Piennar protecting his back,you're also forgetting we have Oviedo,who is fast,and was brilliant when Baines was injured (I was disappointed he was dropped when Baines recovered). Everton had one of the tightest defences in the premiership,what makes you think Leicester have what it takes to break it when other established prem teams couldn't?
One last thing, Everton have finished in the top half of the league for good few season now,long before Lukaku and Barry came along,so what makes you think we'll just fall apart,if we fail to sign Barry and Lukaku?
posted on 27/6/14
I never said we'd beat you either but I think we'll score because we'll create chances.
Albrighton put in more crosses than another other player in the Premier League last season and we're searching for a centre forward to get on the end of them and we'll break our albeit modest record to get him and Pearson doesn't sign rubbish.
Plus we have Knocky and Mahrez as well as Albrighton with Drinkwater in the middle, who has a pass completion rate of 82%, not bad for the player with the most amount of passes in the league. He also created 62 chances and scored 7 goals, including goal of the year. This boy can pick a pass and we have the pace to get in behind. We are also looking to sign an experienced central midfielder and we have no doubt that Pearson will sign the right player,
Kasper turned down Arsenal. Upson, Morgan and Wasilewski are experienced and read the game well and Wasi isn't slow. We also have Liam Moore who will play for England one day and he's quick too and we're also looking to sign one more experienced centre half.
Both full-backs are rapid, de Laet was the fastest in the league, even quicker than our own Lloyd Dyer, and Schlupp is fast too. Our wingers are also fast and skilful, Jamie Vardy is rapid and we're on the verge of signing Frazier Campbell who again is fast, works hard
and scored nine goals in a poor Cardiff team. We'll create a lot more chances than them.
Nugent has already scored against Jagielka in their last three games so that's a huge psychological advantage for a striker.
All of this is why I think we'll score. We'll be well up for it and to Everton we're just another promoted team you're expected to beat. You'll be complacently and we can play football and keep possession so you won't like chasing us around and you won't get an easy game or any time on the ball.
Worst time to play us really because of the confidence from last season and we will play without fear. You're coming to our ground, we have a very good home record, we're not used to losing because we never give up. If you have an average day don't be surprised if you get beaten.
posted on 27/6/14
You've always had your own players to score goals but right now, as it stands, you don't so who exactly is going to cause our defence a problem?
posted on 27/6/14
Nugent has already scored against Jagielka in their last three games so that's a huge psychological advantage for a striker.
Nugent was bleeding hopeless the last time he played in the Prem. Do you honestly believes Jags will be losing sleep over facing Leicester's attack? I bet he hasn't given it a second thought. You make out that he's our only line of defence,we also have Stones and Distin.
Both full-backs are rapid, de Laet was the fastest in the league,
Baines was the best LB in the prem season before last,and Coleman was the best RB last season,so lets not start comparing full-backs.
You've always had your own players to score goals but right now, as it stands, you don't so who exactly is going to cause our defence a problem?
To be honest out attackers aren't the best,I haven't seen enough of Kone,as he was injured for most of the season,but we score goals from all over the park. The likes of Coleman,Mirallas,Osman and Naismith all chip in with goals,but like I said,we will have new players coming in,so your question is irrelevant.
posted on 27/6/14
I was comparing the pace of our full-backs and basically our pace all over the park.
We'll also be signing players so your argument is also irrelevant. As we stand we have strikers that can adore goals and you don't 😉
posted on 27/6/14
David Nugent is a lot better now than he was then too, do you not think he's improved? Dumb!! He won't care about facing Jagielka at all. Distin is past it!
We also have other forwards who your defence won't be able to keep up with like Jamie Vardy, get the ball in behind and you won't stop him, you're too slow all over the pitch.
posted on 27/6/14
I'll reiterate, the goals you scored from the rest of your team only amounted to West Broms total who were fourth bottom!
Like I said, sign a striker before you start spouting out how good you are because right now you now you have no idea! You'd better hope you don't sign someone like Jo because there's no guarantee that who you sign will be any good!!
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posted on 27/6/14
No you're an idiot and completely arrogant! I never said we'd beat you, I said we will cause you problems with our pace and the fact we play fast attacking football. You will be chasing shadows because we keep the ball very well so it's inevitable yet you completely dismiss it's possible? Yeah right! Fool!
You're coming to our ground, to play team that walked the league by amassing 102 points, scoring 83 goals in 46 games (that's two per game) and we have a very good home record. We've beaten Tottenham and Fulham recently, our reserves lost 2-1 away to Stoke's first team and Man City needed two attempts to beat us at home with all their world class players
Do you think you're going to win just because you're Everton and you finished in the top five last season? Behave mate you're nothing special and you don't have the quality of the top four to be giving it the big'un!!
I really hope that Martinez and your players are as complacent as you are because you'll get beaten if you think you don't have to turn up, we're no mugs but you'll soon find that out!
posted on 27/6/14
Also Distin is 36 so yeah I would definitely say he's past it and has no chance if keeping up with Vardy or Campbell and neither does Jagielka and we like playing the ball in behind so I think you should play Stones 👍
posted on 27/6/14
Leicester are a reasonable sized club, we have a decent stadium which will be increased to 45,000 after two seasons, should we stay up. This is something that the owners want and something the stadium was built to allow.
We've got more money than Everton and our owners have a plan to be in the top five in the next five years so we have ambition, money and a manager to do it without wasting it on overpaid journeymen. Pearson signs young, quality players who work hard had can play football, he doesn't sign names.
We have signed one of the best wingers in the league in Albrighton, with the most crosses into the box you could argue he's the best winger in the league and he left Villa for us. This team is going places so you should see us similarly to Swansea and Southampton who both played football out of the division and have both finished in the top ten in the Premier League. We're not Cardiff, Norwich etc
posted on 27/6/14
I actually like Everton and always have ever since Lineker signed for you. I've been to Goodison twice in 1985 when we won 2-1 and 2000 when we drew 2-2.
I hope you do sign Barry and the quality you need to break into the top four because I don't like cockneys so would much prefer northern teams to be in the top four! I don't like your arrogance though!!
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posted on 28/6/14
Konchesky isn't first choice and Upson is cover only and Joe Davis is for our development squad. We also signed Barmby for the future too.
We have been linked with Barry too but it was reported that you'll pay him £60k week whereas Pearson won't spend that when you can get someone a lot less known to do a similar job for a lot less money.
Unlike the big clubs we have an academy that we place a lot of value on. Instead of wasting cash on money hungry foreigners or journeymen we will look to bring our own players through like Moore, Schlupp and King who will all play big parts next season.
I said we have nothing to fear from Everton because with the exception of the top four and their world class players we have nobody to fear, why should we? You're a good team but not one filled with fear!
Every game is going to be tough but Everton at home is a game that we would look to win, away of course not but at home we'll definitely fancy ourselves but you have completely dismissed us.
You will have never have heard of our players and this is your problem and will be everyone's problem because if you underestimate us and get caught out.
GK Kasper - turned down Arsenal
RB de Laet - fastest player in the league
CB Morgan - quality, reads the game very well
CB Wasilewski - 60 caps Poland/current player
CB Moore (U21 and quality, he'll play for England)
LB Schlupp - fast and loves to attack
MD Mahrez - skilful, loves running at players, fast
MD Knockheart - skilful, loves running at players, fast
MD Drinkwater - check his stats. Best player in league!
MD James - composed on the ball, breaks up play
MD King - plays for Wales
FW Vardy - he will seriously cause problems, he's very fast, plays on the shoulder of the last defender, chases everything and is a nightmare for defenders and he knows where the net is.
FW Nugent is a quality footballer, very good first touch, good at running at players and he regularly scores quality goals where he passes it into the net from 25 yards. Scored 22 last season and had 13 assists, second highest in the league so clearly not crap!
We've got ourselves out of the Championship adhering to FFP which was a huge job for Pearson because he had to get rid of pretty much all of Sven's rubbish, over paid signings and replace them with cheap/free players from talented, hungry young players from Manchester United, Vardy from non-league and our two French players all for next to nothing. Our scouting staff are excellent and unearthed Knocky, Mahrez and Vardy from nowhere, this is probably the biggest difference between our clubs because you won't look for unknown gems.
Our squad is very young and is only going to get better. It's not going to take a massive overhaul so won't cost a huge amount of money and the owners have vowed to spend £180m in the next five years which is completely reasonable given that we will have made a lot more from Sky. £180m spent on a team that doesn't need much spending in it is a hell if a lot.
To break into the top five we will be looking to finish above Everton, Tottenham (who we have already finished above for several consecutive seasons when we were last in the Premiership) and Arsenal, which right now sounds ridiculous but the majority of our team can stay together for the next 8-10 years.
So in five years time it's conceivable that Moore, Drinky and Vardy could be playing for England, Knocky for France, Schlupp for Ghana, Mahrez for Algeria and then whoever else we sign. These players have a huge amount of potential and are all expected to do very well next season.
I also have little doubt that Pearson will sign another experienced centre half, an experienced defensive midfielder, Frazier Campbell and a big no. 9. With those additions we'll be a top ten team because like I've said before I don't think there is a huge amount of quality outside the top ten.
I'm not saying we'll win and I'm not saying you're not a good team either but we won't fear you.
posted on 28/6/14
The young players you mentioned may turn out to be good players,but are any of them as good as Barkley,McCarthy and Stones? Loads of players look good in the lower leagues and fall flat when they make the step up; you only have to look at Zaha.
Like I posted,Leicester may have a crop of talented young lads ,but I wouldn't start bragging until we've seen them play in the top flight, Everyone thought Nugent would make the step up (I actually wanted him),but he failed,as did Beckford,who was also nippy and bagged loads of goals in lower league.
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To break into the top five we will be looking to finish above Everton, Tottenham (who we have already finished above for several consecutive seasons when we were last in the Premiership) and Arsenal
Forest won the European Cup twice on the bounce, does that give them an advantage if they ever made the CL? It must be near on ten years since Leicester were in the top flight,and since then Everton have improved immensely,so just because you finished above Everton years back does't mean it increases your chances this time round.
I never came here to have a pop,you pîssed me off with your big I am. Leicester did well last season,and you may well beat Everton, but I think you've got a cheek dismissing Jags,Baines and Distin,when they've been part of one of the tightest defences in the perm.
Just out of curiosity,if the Leicester players are as good as you make out,then why are they still at your club? Look at Shaw,he's only 18,and he's just gone for £27m,I don't see a queue of top clubs offering huge sums of cash for your players. Do you honesty believe that Schmeichel would still be at your club if he knew he'd be a certain starter at Arsenal?
posted on 28/6/14
To be fair this has or probably got out of hand by us both sticking up for our team. One of your fans likened us to Norwich which got my back up because we are a quality football team.
I've supported Leicester since 1980 and this is the best, most exciting team we've ever had and every Leicester fan thinks that because we know how special this group of players, the manager and the owners are.
I have never said that we will win this game but I will stand by the fact this is a game that Pearson and us as fans, will be looking to win and if you don't turn up you will get turned over. To beat us you'll have to be at your best.
Players outside the Premiership don't get a look in but next season when all the eyes are on them things will change. Drinkwater I think will be one of England's best midfielders in a long time.
He had the most amount of passes in the league with an 82% pass rate, an avg 18m passes which shows he's playing balls out wide and through to the forwards not sideways. So yes I would say he is as good as anybody! He would have made it at United if he was given the chance.
Liam Moore is playing for the U21's and will make the step up before too long. He'll become a better player than Jagielka in my opinion and I expect him to partner Cahill at some point in the next year or two. He reads the game well, good in the air, quick and very composed on the ball. He's quality.
Vardy came from non-league so hasn't been around for very long but he will cause teams a lot of trouble next season.
From what I've seen of Barkley, which admittedly is only for England, Knocky and Mahrez are every bit as good as, these boys are class.
The difference with Nuge playing in the Prem before was he was playing in a team with poor service and now he's in his prime and he is a much better all round player than rubbish like Beckford.
Vardy and Nugent are both a lot better, have a much better attitude and work well for our team. Beckford didn't and Pearson binned him off! That said we will have Campbell and another striker before the season starts.
This will be a tough game for you and arguably the worst time to play us and I think you need to acknowledge that we could turn you over because it really could happen if you turn up expecting to win!
Just because you're Everton and finished fifth doesn't mean anything, this is a new season and you're coming to the home of the Championship Champions full of confidence. Not an easy game at all.
posted on 28/6/14
Liam Moore is playing for the U21's and will make the step up before too long. He'll become a better player than Jagielka in my opinion and I expect him to partner Cahill at some point in the next year or two.
He'll have to get past Stones first,who's younger and has already got caps for England. I don't underestimate Leicester, I would have rather played you later on into the season, promoted teams seem to play well when they first come up,it's later on into the season is when they normally start to drop off.
Anyhow good look for the new season,I'm off to wum the reds.
posted on 28/6/14
I haven't seen Stones play but I hope he is as good as you say because like I said I do want Everton to do well. I like Martinez and Everton are a proper club not like your plastic neighbours!
Man City are my favourite Premier League team because their fans have seen them play in Division 4 and win the Premiership not like their plastic neighbours either and I don't like Cockneys so I'd prefer Everton or Man City to win the league.
This was never a wum effort as you'll see from my original post and I didn't intend to disrespect your team because you're obviously a good side but I took offence at the idea that we were just another promoted team and that you'll just have to turn up to win. The top four can just turn up and a bit of world class will beat you and my argument is Everton don't have that threat, if you don't turn up you will most likely lose, that's all I was saying!
I do think this is a game that both sets of fans will think they can win and whoever does will have to play very well to win and will hopefully deserve it. I think it will be 1-1 personally.
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