Not much to disagree with in the ratings Dunge other than you've been too generous to our 'defence' - yet another game, yet another dead ball situation where we concede. You would think perhaps that a topic of conversation before the game might have been about this Rudiger chap, whatever you do, don't let him have a free header from the six yard line. Or something to that effect, but it seems this was not the case. It will probably be a shock to us all when we get a game at which we don't concede such a goal!

I'm going to give Brendan 2 out of 10. Playing 5 at the back doesn't work against the better sides, it just ends up with us getting overrun in midfield. Hence contributing in part to the struggles of our midfielders you've detailed. At least when he did it against Arsenal he had the nous to change it at half time contributing towards a much improved second half performance. Yesterday he not only made the same mistake in starting with 5 at the back but also compounded this by maintaining it through the whole game - so disappointingly he doesn't seem to have learnt from our abject first half against the Gunners. Don't get me wrong, I doubt the formation would have had much impact on the end result against a Chelsea side who look like champions, but at least we may have made a better fist of being competetive. If playing 3 CBs is a way to getting more height in the defence, well that worked just fine didn't it?

2 out of 10 is way too much for Soumare and Rodgers. I give them both zero.

This is worrying now. It doesn’t feel like we’re out of form, it feels like something more is going on. Unhappy players? Unsettled players? Untalented players?

I don’t believe it’s the latter so I hope Rodgers can fix it and fast. Back to basics and maybe 4-1-4-1 again just to solidify in midfield.

Special mention for both Mark and Daniel, two underated players who shone agian yesterday, dropped for the next match without doubt.

I give no blame to any players though, just the Manager.

Clueless and Lost for a while now, still, we must be doing well from his perspective, every back pass keeping possession is the start of another attack.

Hard luck yesterday chaps. I was expecting a very tough game but we could have been out of sight at half time. Your players were all over the shop defensively. Not sure if just international hangover or Brendan just got it all wrong. The kante goal he had free reign of the whole pitch

comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 4 minutes ago
Hard luck yesterday chaps. I was expecting a very tough game but we could have been out of sight at half time. Your players were all over the shop defensively. Not sure if just international hangover or Brendan just got it all wrong. The kante goal he had free reign of the whole pitch
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We’ve been all over the place for a while now. It’s worrying.

Very honest assessment DM. Agree with nearly all of it.

I think you might have been a bit harsh on Kasper and Castagne. They both put the effort in and, apart from one appalling pass out, Kasper did OK.

Thought Amartey had a good game and whilst Albrighton really shoiuld not be starting games for us his effort was a shining beacon of light on an otherwise dull afternoon.

WTF have we done signing Soumare?

Regarding Soumare have you seen his stats at Lille. In 84 games he had the grand total of 2 assists and 1 goal. They say he is not a defensive midfielder so I am not sure what he brings to the side.

Overly generous with 2 for Soumare. Frankly, it is arguable that we would have been better off with ten men, which would have led to a higher work rate from the others. Choudhury would have been a better selection from the off - more mobile and aggressive, but no improvement if you were looking to be creative. Maddison could have done that though. We’d have needed a back four though. Mmm!

Ah yes back 4 but Brendan can remember a game where the back 5 worked 3 blue moons on a Tuesday ago, why change a ‘winning’ tactic.

Ratings way too high for most but agree with the sevens

agree with most markings A poor performance all round..The problem we have defending corners has been an issue since Morgan and Huth last played.One manager after another failed to grasp it.. At the moment it is getting worse. When we defend a corner Vardy stands at the near post and contributes nothing.He has even scored an own goal and one just over the bar with Schmeichell nowhere.He should be standing outside the penalty area keeping at least one center defender back..Gabriel and Ruddeger have scored recently. I dont know what they are dong at this million pound new training ground but defending corners doesnt seem to be on the agenda.Is it down to Bredan or tourre his defensive coach.If any manager is playing Leicester in the coming weeks i would tell their players dont do any running and exercises just take 40 corners from the left and the same from the right and come back tommorow and do the same Easy 3 points.

With set pieces, I’d rather we left three up front at this point. We’re conceding anyway, so let’s put some pressure on our opponents to get it right.

comment by The_Dungeon_Master (U4830)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
With set pieces, I’d rather we left three up front at this point. We’re conceding anyway, so let’s put some pressure on our opponents to get it right.
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Too right Dunge. We used to do that under Claudio, but we also had Morgan and Huth winning most of the balls coming in. Currently, even if we get a head on it, it comes straight back because there's nobody to pick it up and move it forward.

Interesting point. I've always thought Vardy should be near the half way line defending corners. If I'm an opposition defender, I'd be delighted to see him in his own box. Not much of a threat there.