Leicester (H) - EFL Cup 3rd Rnd, Wed 27th Sep 2023 (7:45pm)

[Redder Lurtz]

Rob Earnshaw just mentioned that Connor Gakpo had a good game. That's good then. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

11 minutes ago, Nelly-Matip said:

Not that arsed who we get in the next round. 
 

Whoever it is will take the lead but ultimately end up getting beat 3-1. 
 

It’s just what we do. 

At half time all I could think was "I know how this goes".

[Anubis]

Let’s all take a moment to savour the fact that Connor Coady lost yet another game against us.

[etho]

22 minutes ago, Mathewbet1 said:

The Endo in the second half is the player i thought we were buying, looked great at times.

Hahaha nooone had heard of him when we bought him

[Megadrive Man]

34 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Good game. Quansah looking pretty good, Doak struggled a bit, but Elliott ran the show. He and Jones were excellent.

 

Special mention for Endo too. Put in some solid tackles and as the game wore on found more rhythm.

 

Yeah Doak looks very raw in both the games he's started this season. He's only 17 so it's understandable!

 

He might need to follow the Elliott and Quansah route of going out on loan I think to get a run of games at a lower level.

[Razoray]

1 hour ago, skend04 said:

Doak needs to cheer the fuck up. He always looks miserable as sin.

Damien Duff vibes

[El Rojo]

Very impressive stuff all over the pitch and from the subs. 
 

Endo biting in to win several challenges in the second half was particularly welcome as it’s a role from him that we’ll need in some bigger games. 

[foamer simpson]

Away to Bournemouth 

[TheHowieLama]

United get the Geordies - unlucky

[TheHowieLama]

Just now, foamer simpson said:

Away to Bournemouth 

 

Good draw

[TheHowieLama]

West Ham v Arsenal -- unlucky

[foamer simpson]

Blue Shiite home to Burnley

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, suzy said:

Nunez and big Dom on

My first thought when those two came on.

 

[Carra_is_legend]

We have some good midfielders now.

[Grinch]

That’s a pretty good draw 

[TheHowieLama]

It is -- keeps a bunch of minnows alive and has the 4 next best teams playing each other.

All with the added entertainment of Ev V Burnley.

 

Good stuff all around.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

My best bit was when we goaled them to bits

[Code]

1 hour ago, Redder Lurtz said:

 

The old "Jota's shite" reverse psychology working its usual magic. No need to thank me lads. 

Nah, you are just a bit clueless. 
 

Jota assist or scores every 119h minute when he is on the pitch, he’s excellent. 

[Anubis]

hLFC1909

 

 

Wataru Endo, game in numbers:

 

47/52 passes completed [90%]

 

5/5 Long balls completed [100%]

 

1/1 Dribble completed [100%]

 

13 recoveries!

 

4 interceptions

 

2 clearances

 

2 chances created

 

1 assist

 

Machine like performance.

[Section_31]

Sensational goals.

[Harry Squatter]

So good to see one of our players good at long range shooting. 

[DaveT]

1 hour ago, Pidge said:

18 fouls to 8 with 58% possession, guess we had some fight in us. Or the ref was shit and trying to stage manage the game. 

 

Scoreline flattered them. 

The ref was massively shite. 

[niallers]

Uniteds 12th home domestic cup draw in a row! Nothing to see here!

[Mathewbet1]

1 minute ago, niallers said:

Uniteds 12th home domestic cup draw in a row! Nothing to see here!

Its those magnetic balls

[Aventus]

Plenty to be happy about, win without any injuries. Szoboszlai being a sexy bastard as usual. Gravenberch looks like he'll become very useful, reminds me of Gini, decent engine and comfortable in tight spaces with a few men on him, things like that are critical to us being able to open games up, if he's got 3 men directly trying to get the ball off him then there's only 8 men covering the entire rest of the pitch, a couple of smooth turns and a neat pass and we're away.

Endo has announced himself and shown some of what he has to offer us going forward.

 

Important getting some of the lesser used players working together a bit, there was quite a few times where a through ball was played and nobody made a run, or a pass was played directly to a player who has already given it the toes and sprinted 10 yards ahead of where the where ball is being passed to. Chemistry like that only improves with time on the pitch so it's some small steps in the right direction.