Post Match Swansea 1 Leicester 2

[LudlowFox]

I find Appleton's post match comments quite revealing. He's a little less guarded than an experienced manager, and I find that illuminating.

Read his comments in the Mercury about Shinji and the no. 10 role. It really does highlight an area of what many might consider to be a weakness in our formation.

 

[deleted member]

Just proves once again that there’s not much wrong with our 442 and that these players are capable of turning up if they’re in the right mood.

The challenge now is finding a manager who can inspire them to performances like that on a weekly basis.

I do believe it’s tactics. I was adamant that it was our 4-4-2 but you could clearly see different tactics in play.

Mahrez- was coming more central and when he got the ball he’d turn and look forward rather than constantly try a touch on ball and run and he supported Vardy when Shinji was deeper

Wilf/Iborra - would look for low across the ground passes and not high over the top

Shinji - played along a line giving support to all players

As a team they didn’t hoof or try to counter attack every ball. It was hold gather thoughts and move forward

 

[Miles Away]

Our away form has been so so so poor that a win on the road has to be seen as some sort of return, irrelevant of the opposition.

 

[alex]

I wasn't at the KP on Monday - but watched on Sky. I was there yesterday. Seemed like utter chalk & cheese in terms of quality of possession to me. We should and could have won that 5-1 yesterday.

 

[SJN-Fox]

Our away form has been so so so poor that a win on the road has to be seen as some sort of return, irrelevant of the opposition.

I think it's something like two wins from the last twenty five away games in the league before yesterday.

 

[fox58]

I wasn't at the KP on Monday - but watched on Sky. I was there yesterday. Seemed like utter chalk & cheese in terms of quality of possession to me. We should and could have won that 5-1 yesterday.

biggest difference for me was,we moved the ball a lot quicker, Monday night a couple of sideways passes and West Brom had 10 men back behind the ball. Yesterday we didn't give them time to do that.

 

[Redditch Fox]

Afraid not.

Swansea were and are diabolical. As has already been proven for well over a season, we can't play it and get results against anyone remotely decent, not consistently.

Second half they seriously pushed us, anyone with an ounce of ability more than likely cracks us.

All is not solved.

I'm sort of grateful that we can beat anyone at all - especially away. My guess is that we need more flexibility in set-up. Hopefully, Silva will help with that - tho we've seen enough not to assume that the high price of an individual means that they will necessarily change the world.

 

[Speedy1]

Quote from the comments below Guardian match report:

"Cannot believe how much room Mahrez was allowed. So often he has two or even three players on him as soon as he gets he ball. This is why he has failed to shine so often since winning Prem"

Like to see him come on here with ideas like that.

Also says Swansea had 30 shots off target. Typo surely?

 

[Jeff]

says Swansea had 30 shots off target. Typo surely?

They had 19 shots, only four were on target. You do the maths...

 

[Blue Maniac]

They had 19 shots, only four were on target. You do the maths...

I just did it. Hypothesis: someone watched the game with a mirror next to their screen.