Leicester(a) Premier League - Match Thread

[The Golden Eel]

Not sure Gomez is the answer. Young for a centre back, missed a lot of time in the game over the last two years. Plus didn't he play everyone onside last night for the first goal?

 

Yeah, but we know for certain the other two are shite.

[Strontium]

With the right team selection, I am confident we can salvage a point.

[Baltar]

I just know one truth, we will absolutely batter them and still end up losing. That's how we roll.

[Lee909]

I would be giving Ward a extended run in the side myself.

 

Neither goal his fault. Thought he commanded his area well. Needs to be playing games before we loose him. He isnt a kid anymore so needs to be a regular number 1 somewhere

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Mignolet

 

Gomez

Matip

Lovren

Robertson

 

Can

Henderson

 

Coutinho

 

Salah

Sturridge

Firmino

 

Can and Henderson both to be fairly conservative and just mainly sit. If Vardy can get our back four/two isolated and run at them, he'll have a field day.

 

Coutinho creating centrally and roaming around with the safety net of the two behind him just sitting.

 

Sturridge being instructed to jib all the deep lying forward stuff and to play a bit like a poacher. Just floating around centrally to make little runs behind their centre backs and to give us a presence in the box for when crosses come in.

 

I think Gomez should get a run at right back. TAA impressed in the Hoffenheim game but has looked shaky on a few occasions since. Maybe while Mané is out, he could offer an option higher up the pitch where his crossing ability might be more effective and where he might not be as exposed defensively.

[ngogswilly]

Hard to know what to do with Firmino because hes far more effective central than out wide but Sturridge always has a goal in him if he gets the service.

 

Could try 2 up top but think I recall us trying that before with Firmino and him looking like he hadnt a clue how to play with a striker partner.

[ben48]

Mignolet

 

Gomez

Matip

Lovren

Robertson

 

Can

Henderson

 

Coutinho

 

Salah

Sturridge

Firmino

 

Can and Henderson both to be fairly conservative and just mainly sit. If Vardy can get our back four/two isolated and run at them, he'll have a field day.

 

Coutinho creating centrally and roaming around with the safety net of the two behind him just sitting.

 

Sturridge being instructed to jib all the deep lying forward stuff and to play a bit like a poacher. Just floating around centrally to make little runs behind their centre backs and to give us a presence in the box for when crosses come in.

 

I think Gomez should get a run at right back. TAA impressed in the Hoffenheim game but has looked shaky on a few occasions since. Maybe while Mané is out, he could offer an option higher up the pitch where his crossing ability might be more effective and where he might not be as exposed defensively.

I'm sorry mate but we need all hands to the pumps,Sturridge has offered next to nothing for years now,never challenges the centre backs,hopeless in the air unless in hits him on the head.We would be better off playing five in midfield, with Henderson selling programs as usual I am fucked if I know what we can do.

[janmolby]

Firmino is our best defender, I'd play him as high up the pitch as possible

[johnsusername]

We should play with 15 players. Might just get something out the game.

[Tony Moanero]

Hope they kick our bollocks up into our mouths, again.

[jimmycase]

Klopp's inadvertently created a bit of a mini crisis when he made so many changes for Burnley. I dont think we needed 7 changes this early in the season even with our heavy schedule. In turn, that made the defeat last night into a far bigger issue when really, as dave says in the match report, the game was pretty inconsequential to the season.

 

He's got to get a settled team in for this one so that means mignolet, lovren, salah, can and firmino come back in.

 

Going to be one to dig deep and stop trying to score the perfect goal all the time. Need a win but think the best we'll get will be a scoring draw.

[Mark M]

Hard to know what to do with Firmino because hes far more effective central than out wide but Sturridge always has a goal in him if he gets the service.

 

Could try 2 up top but think I recall us trying that before with Firmino and him looking like he hadnt a clue how to play with a striker partner.

 

Personally its a waste playing Firmino out wide either play him centre or don't bother.

Klopp very rarely changes to a 2 up top formation I'd like to see him try it more.

I think West Ham away last season might have been the last time he went 2 up top when Sturridge scored. 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

I'm sorry mate but we need all hands to the pumps,Sturridge has offered next to nothing for years now,never challenges the centre backs,hopeless in the air unless in hits him on the head.We would be better off playing five in midfield, with Henderson selling programs as usual I am fucked if I know what we can do.

We need workrate and digging in, true.

 

But, equally, you could make a case that we also need to have a presence in the box for when crosses come in etc. Firmino has the better work rate but seems to do most of his best work facing away from goal and in the channels.

 

Our defence is a big issue at the moment but, a few games aside, the attack is hardly firing on all cylinders either and, for me, it could be worth playing a more conventional striker.

 

The striker presses in our system to force the centre backs to go long. Leicester do that anyway.

[Mark M]

Apparently Lovern is not training today and is a doubt for saturday according to the Echo.

 

Both him and Matip missed a lot of matches here and there though minor knocks last season.

 

The decision not to bring in players at CB could well kill our season before we get to january.

[Bobby Hundreds]

I think most of our problems stem from the midfield and the defence feels the brunt of it. I pray by some miracle we manage to get keita in January and by then the whole season hasn't already been ruined. Henderson and gini just seem to be completely fucking clueless they may as well play keepy ups against a wall yeah they will keep the ball moving but ultimately achieve fuck all except maybe annoy the shit out of the person on the other side of the wall.

 

The defenders are still shit though klavan plays like his controller isn't plugged in but he thinks it is.

[Jockey]

Just fucking win. 

[Anny Road]

With our pace should we not sit back a bit away from home against sides with pace. Bring them on and hit them on the counter.

[an tha]

Apparently Lovern is not training today and is a doubt for saturday according to the Echo.

 

Both him and Matip missed a lot of matches here and there though minor knocks last season.

 

The decision not to bring in players at CB could well kill our season before we get to january.

It is only a matter of time before Emre Can starts games for us at centre half - just like Lucas did....why?... simply because we totally fucked up in the window by not strengthening an obvious huge area of weakness.

[joe_fishfish]

With our pace should we not sit back a bit away from home against sides with pace. Bring them on and hit them on the counter.

 

Course we should, we won't though.

[thompsonsnose]

It is only a matter of time before Emre Can starts games for us at centre half - just like Lucas did....why?... simply because we totally fucked up in the window by not strengthening an obvious huge area of weakness.

Yup.

[Em City]

For the love of fuck, do not play Sturridge and Firmino together again.

 

One's a cripple and the other is useless out wide. We hamper ourselves in two positions straight away when we play those two together.

[stringvest]

I'll be glad to see Moreno back tbh.  Our full backs have had all day on the ball for most of the last two game and done sweet fa with it.  

 

 

that's not fair on our left back yesterday.  He put loads of top quality crosses in.  

[Grinch]

that's not fair on our left back yesterday.  He put loads of top quality crosses in.  

 

He was given all night on the ball first half and put in one great cross.   Considering he had the freedom of the pitch thanks to Coutinho, that's not enough.   Still much better than his woeful outing against Burnley where he showed his second half form for 90 mins.

 

It's clear to see why Moreno is still our number one left back tbh.

[stringvest]

He was given all night on the ball first half and put in one great cross.   Considering he had the freedom of the pitch thanks to Coutinho, that's not enough.   Still much better than his woeful outing against Burnley where he showed his second half form for 90 mins.

 

It's clear to see why Moreno is still our number one left back tbh.

 

 

wow.  

[magicrat]

wow.  

x2

 

Robertson would start in my world