[PL] Leicester City (A): Post Match

[Camble]

I would have played Allen tonight to be honest. He's played well and actually been a threat in front of goal.

Benteke. Andy Carrol looked a better buy for God sake. He is useless. Can't run, can't shoot, can't pass, can't win a header, can't dribble. I'd rather play Ojo or Sinclair which is insane considering we spunked £32m on him. I was against signing him as I thought he wouldn't suit our style of play but I thought he'd at least contribute to something...


Moreno is clueless defensively. I'd play him further forward but would rather play Flanno at LB.

[brightred]

We are ****!
A fit Andy Carroll is way better than Benteke.

Who do we blame? Brendan, the transfer committee or both?

[Fierce]

We are ****!
A fit Andy Carroll is way better than Benteke.

Who do we blame? Brendan, the transfer committee or both?

Definitely both. But perhaps not either in isolation

It just seems like it was all wrong. It would work if all parties shared the same footballing vision, but it's clear that nothing could be further from the truth

We're ****ing lucky that our revenues are so big. There aren't many clubs could afford the volume of absolute howlers we've had in the transfer market

We have to get it right soon. It can't go on forever

[frank the tank]

it's a weird state off affairs & yes surely to god our scouts can do a better job. ****, me or you could do a better job given a couple of hundred million to buy players.

Totally agree. How we laughed at spurs when they spunled the Bale money. Well they've come out the other side by bringing through some of their young players (kane) good scouting (alli, dier) and good management.

We have more than ****ed upsince we sold Suarez. Its been a cluster****.

But i think the way to fix it is getting the one or two best players available and combining that with bringing through youth.

I think if we see 6 x £20m players in the summer then we would be starting again and rolling a dice.

I would just like to see 2 players that make a genuine difference - a goalscorer and a goalie - and we can go from there.

[gratziani]

We keep saying if we had a fit Sturridge we would be top four , Groundhog day from last season all over again , I kept defending Brendan with that one.

Now people are saying they would rather have Carroll than Benteke , desperate times and all that.

We need to build a team that scores from midfield and attack with the often mentioned pace like when we had Sterling Suarez and Sturridge , do you remember when they scared everybody to death as a three.

[Slinky Skills]

I reckon Origi is pretty quick

Ings is / was also probably quick enough

The rest are slow

Ojo looks to have a decent turn of pace also. I would have him on the bench

Ojo should really be starting games now.

[gratziani]

That goal from Vardy was a worldie by the way after seeing it, player at the top of his game.

When Suarez scored goals like that all the time we never blamed keepers

[Phoenix07]

Not blaming Mignolet for that. We were playing a high line on occasions, and part of that involves the keeper being higher up too, sweeping any balls coming his way.

I'll blame the ****ness in front of him, which provided the circumstances for the goal to occur.

[gratziani]

Not blaming Mignolet for that. We were playing a high line on occasions, and part of that involves the keeper being higher up too, sweeping any balls coming his way.

I'll blame the ****ness in front of him, which provided the circumstances for the goal to occur.

Yep we were in their box and let them get the ball out so easy, that non tackle on Mahrez was ****ing weak.

[Maxiedge]

Another point, most of the shooting outside the box is shocking but it's the reaction afterwards from the player that is most worrying. It's kind of heads down/who cares. At least look up and take responsibility or show some emotion. It's as if they're playing a testimonial of some kind.

And it can't be just bad luck that we can't get a shot on target. It's incredibly frustrating watching players shoot when they themselves clearly don't believe they'll score. I've said for a while there's something rotten about this current line-up Klopp seems to favour and I really hope he'll mix it up next game.

If you want to read more into it, it seems we lack a team spirit even though on the face of it, the team works hard. Some of the decisions to shoot are very individualistic

[baitman]

hats off to leicester for that performance, they were excellent.

they showed how pressing should work.
they were happy to make it look like they were sitting back when our centre backs had the ball but once it was played out to the channels and the left or right back became isolated they were on them like a rash.

by not chasing the ball in the final third [nearest our goal] they were abel to maintain a more compact shape. if we threatened to come over the half way line they then pressed and harried our players. any balls won were quickly played out and mahrez and vardy looked excellent.

the training and preparation by ranieri was plain for all to see..
why cant we play so tight and be so well drilled...

[Phoenix07]

We need time on the training pitch. If we had one game a week, and were playing this ****e, then I'd be concerned. My worry is how bad we'll continue to be until the summer.

[Chris]

the training and preparation by ranieri was plain for all to see..
why cant we play so tight and be so well drilled...

It's almost like Ranieri had a full pre season and loads of spare time during the season.

[Lecter]

Ojo should really be starting games now.

I would start myself ahead of Benteke, I'm 44 my knees have gone my ankle is knackered and I'm not fit but I'd be in the box more often than Benteke

[Lecter]

We need time on the training pitch. If we had one game a week, and were playing this ****e, then I'd be concerned. My worry is how bad we'll continue to be until the summer.

I'm convinced that as Origi and Ings get fit and maybe even the odd lunar eclipse (sorry Daniel Sturridge appearance) we will see results improve

I'm not too worried frankly