Match Thread Southampton v Leicester

[SwedeFox]

Destroyed by poor marking and Ward-Prowse's crosses

 

[Borderfox]

Defence is shocking!

 

[camberwell fox]

Hmmmmmmmm

 

[Miles Away]

Very very poor organizationally. Men against boys on set pieces. Ulloa should have started this game in place of Okazaki.

 

[Profondo Rosso]

Got to get Mahrez on at HT, surely?

 

[Jeff]

For Okazaki

I'd bring him on for Simpson, and go to three at the back.

 

[Jeff]

Ulloa should have started this game in place of Okazaki.

Is Ulloa fit?

The fact that he's not even on the bench makes me think he must be injured.

 

[MerseyFox]

Just not at the races today. Very odd performance so far.

 

[Profondo Rosso]

Just not at the races today. Very odd performance so far.

But defensively we've been like this all season. We have a very, very good attack, but our back 5 is dogturd. It's just Southampton are good enough to nullify our attack (and we've left one of our 2 star attacking players on the bench).

 

[Brown Nose]

I'd bring him on for Simpson, and go to three at the back.

Not a bad shout (it won't happen though).

If we did make that sort of change, I'd swap out Simpson for Benny and push Schlupp up front with Vardy. As well as Mahrez for Oka-cantstandup-i.

 

[MerseyFox]

But defensively we've been like this all season. We have a very, very good attack, but our back 5 is dogturd. It's just Southampton are good enough to nullify our attack.

We have barely been able to string 2 passes together.

 

[Mystery benefactor]

I wasn't expecting 3 points at Southampton anyway.

 

[MerseyFox]

Their second goal was so offside

 

[homer]

Laughable defending. Lazy stuff up front. Okazaki and Schlupp look like pub players

Tragic to watch

 

[Profondo Rosso]

As well as Mahrez for Oka-cantstandup-i.

Agreed. I really fail to see what Okazaki offers that Nugent didn't. Ulloa should surely be ahead of him in the pecking order (and probably Kramaric too)?

 

[Jeff]

 

[Brown Nose]

Their second goal was so offside

True. It was still terrible defending though.

 

[camberwell fox]

We had about half a dozen warnings of their aerial threat before they actually scored.

Need to change it at H/T.

 

[Brown Nose]

Agreed. I really fail to see what Okazaki offers that Nugent didn't. Ulloa should surely be ahead of him in the pecking order (and probably Kramaric too)?

Okazaki did very well at West Ham. Apart from that, I've not been impressed by him at all.

Away from home, I really don't mind us going with only Vardy up front. It's better passing and control that we need, not a poor man's version of Steve Claridge.

If Ulloa or Kramaric want a start, they need to do something more to earn it.

 

[Brown Nose]

Dyer and Mahrez coming on at half time for Okazaki and Schlupp