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Right, I'm going for an awe-inspiring 4-1 win ... Paddy brace, Rodrigo and Stuey Dallas💙🏆

4-0 for me

However, the Foxes have never won a Premier League away match on a Monday, drawing three and losing nine.

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That's it then, we're dooooooooooomed!!!!

Think this will be a really tough game for us.

I can see Rodgers setting Leicester up to hold their shape with men behind the ball and sit deep.

Encourage us to commit too many men forward and use Vardy’s pace to hit us on the counter.

If we manage to score first then Leicester will have to play more expansive and that should play into our hands.

To win the game we need to make sure that we are clinical early on. Ensure our crosses are threatening because that’s where we will have possession as Leicester will likely condense the centre area in front of the centre halves with a low block.

Seems the key is to keep Vardy in check.

Who has the pace to keep up with him?

Perhaps the right tactic is to have Pascal shadow him wherever he goes?

Another three points tomorrow night and it really is game on for the season - Leicester are apparently suffering injury problems.

Even so, I've been admiring Leicester's progress as a club since they were last promoted and believe this will be perhaps our toughest game this season so far.

Vardy's way too quick for Cooper so let's hope Koch can take care of him! I'd keep Klich as DM for Phillips as he looked very comfortable playing there last week and he has an experienced head and a bit of bite in him.

Otherwise, I'm no longer worrying that the better PL teams will "find us out" - because Marcelo Bielsa is a goddamned football genius who is clearly on a mission to prove to the world that he really is the dog's doodahs with regard to coaching. The better PL teams are finding out ... that they need to be really up for it when they're playing against LUFC.

Bring it on!!!

Win by 2 goals and we're 3rd in the table. Lose and we're 12th.

It's a wacky Premiership this season!

I think we can win this one. Leicester are good but every team seems to be blowing hot and cold at the moment. Hopefully they are freezing tomorrow.

3-1 Leeds. Bam Bam brace and good old Klich.

I think a lot depends on what we learned from the Wolves game. Leicester are similar to Wolves, but more incisive at the sharp end.
Is Coops fit for this? If not, can we continue with Shacks rather than Struijk - he was fantastic against Villa and created so much space for us to attack them.. However, there is a good argument for Struijk to play the Kalvin role. He was naive against Grealish, but he looked good otherwise.
As for Vardy, just accept that he is going to get a chance. As for Bam-Bam, ditto. 1-1 seems like a decent result for both teams.

Pleating Villa last time out, we had were effective at neutralising both Grealish and Watkins.

A repeat approach is needed here with Maddison and Vardy.

I think Shackleton showed that his style of play will be better suited to dealing with Leicester.

We know how Bielsa’s mindset is,

I’m going for a high scoring 4-2 to Leeds, with Vardy grabbing both Leicester’s goals.

Want to see Raphinha come on to wrap up the points in the 81st minute. A goal for Shackleton would be nice if he gets his chance as he should.

Hello Leeds fans.

This will be a very interesting game. Like a few Leicester games this year I can honestly see any result happening!

Leeds have been hugely impressive this season and Bielsa is clearly doing a blinding job. The intensity and open nature of your game has been enjoyable to watch.

We on the other hand have blown very hot and cold this season. We tend to do better against teams that come and play against us, so this could be an interesting one. We have lots of defensive injuries with Soyuncu, Pereira and Evans out. As such I expect us to protect the back line by playing in a back 5 and quite deep looking to counter press occasionally and exploit the space in behind through Vardy and Barnes.

We’ve seen this work against Man City and to lesser effect Arsenal (we didn’t really create much in that game but somehow won).

So, if we can soak up your pressure and hit you on the break, I can see us winning. However if you exploit our defensive frailties I can easily see you winning.

May the best team win.... unless we play rubbish, then let the stuffiest team win.

comment by HaveFaithInLeeds (U8688)
posted 11 hours, 57 minutes ago
Think this will be a really tough game for us.

I can see Rodgers setting Leicester up to hold their shape with men behind the ball and sit deep.

Encourage us to commit too many men forward and use Vardy’s pace to hit us on the counter.

If we manage to score first then Leicester will have to play more expansive and that should play into our hands.

To win the game we need to make sure that we are clinical early on. Ensure our crosses are threatening because that’s where we will have possession as Leicester will likely condense the centre area in front of the centre halves with a low block.


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so they will park the bus & wang it over the top for vardy to chase

comment by Merseysidefox (U4842)
posted 25 minutes ago
Hello Leeds fans.

This will be a very interesting game. Like a few Leicester games this year I can honestly see any result happening!

Leeds have been hugely impressive this season and Bielsa is clearly doing a blinding job. The intensity and open nature of your game has been enjoyable to watch.

We on the other hand have blown very hot and cold this season. We tend to do better against teams that come and play against us, so this could be an interesting one. We have lots of defensive injuries with Soyuncu, Pereira and Evans out. As such I expect us to protect the back line by playing in a back 5 and quite deep looking to counter press occasionally and exploit the space in behind through Vardy and Barnes.

We’ve seen this work against Man City and to lesser effect Arsenal (we didn’t really create much in that game but somehow won).

So, if we can soak up your pressure and hit you on the break, I can see us winning. However if you exploit our defensive frailties I can easily see you winning.

May the best team win.... unless we play rubbish, then let the stuffiest team win.
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we too have major injuries, so no excuses

I think one of the tricky things for tonight's match is that I have no idea how we'll set up. Will we try to play or will we sit in and play on the counter? Will we go with a back 3/5 or a back 4? Will Vardy play the whole match or will there be a plan in place for him to play a set 60 and then get subbed with the Europa League match with Braga and an injury niggle in mind?

If we had fewer injuries, didn't have Europa League matches around and weren't surrounded with theoretically tough fixtures, I reckon we'd try to go toe-to-toe resulting in a really expansive match. But given the situation I wouldn't be surprised to see us let Leeds do the running and ask them to break down a deep-set defence. I'd be happy with a point tonight, and maybe Rodgers would too.

With the potential of having all our first choice back four out injured and without our best midfielder and CDM I can see only the one approach. It’ll be five at the back and a defensive. Looking at Leeds approach in these early games it might be irresistible force meets immovable object tonight.

Despite my reservations with Rodger’s tactics at times we’ve done pretty well to hang in there with the personnel available and the additional Europa games. I can only imagine what we’d had thought in the middle of last season if someone said we’d be playing some of these early games without: Vardy, Maddison, N’didi, Soyuncu and Ricardo. Fair play to the ones who have stepped up like Mendy.

An early goal could be important. An early Leeds goal and we’ll need a lot more creativity than we’ve seen in some of these early games.

Joby - I think the important thing for us in the event of an early Leeds goal would be not to go 2 goals down. So even then I'd back hanging in there and not stepping out straight away.

this is the game that if we played it 4 times in a row we would probably split the games. i just can't see it being anything high scoring. i'll go 1-0 leeds or 1-1 with dallas getting the goal. hopefully we'll surprise me again like we have so many times the last three years.

Difficult game to predict, fancy our chances given they played away from home in Europe on Thursday and we didn't, but then Wolvea beat us 1 nil at ER. Leicester are a threat on the counter after we get sucked in. Should be a good game. 1-1 Koch header

Leicester will likely be set up 5-2-3 out of possession. Similar to how England were actually.

Our huge danger is being left 3 on 3 on the counter.

I can see our full backs playing almost as central midfielders at times with the wingers stretching as wide as possible to try and give Bamford and Rodrigo as much space as possible in the middle. If Leicester do sit in and contain then I think we will look like 2-3-1-4 at times. With a front 4 of Harrison, Rodrigo, Bamford, Costa. Klich begins and then behind him Dallas, Struijk, Ayling.

This will allow us to attempt to block the path to their forwards and suffocate the counter early.

Would snap your hand off for a draw right now.

With Castagne, Evans Soyunco and Pereira all out - that is our entire first choice back four missing. We've used Ndidi to fill in at CB previously, but he is now also out for a few months.

With the prospect of Wes Morgan marshalling the back four I am fearful of a drubbing. Leeds have been mightily impressive this season and are clearly suited to the PL. I think we will struggle to match their intensity and sheer workrate.

3-2 Leeds

3-1 Leeds
We need to score first tho

Johnny Evans missing is a huge blow for Leicester.
He is such an influential player his absence could tip the balance for us.

Looking forward to this game and expect it will be more exciting than most of the weekends turgid games.