Post Match Arsenal 4 Leicester 2

[camberwell fox]

We’d have more likely been on the end of a 9-0 thumping yesterday, than getting a win.

I wasn’t suggesting a hung-go approach, just a bit more aggression.

Let’s face it, trying to get to 0-0 at half time has failed us more times than it has succeeded hasn’t it?

If you haven’t got a watertight defence then why apply that pressure to it, and if you do have it, put some faith in the team and be a bit more attacking.

 

[DillyDing22]

Can we agree if he fails to win in the next batch of matches he should be under significant pressure?

100%. As I’ve said, the next four are vital. After that there will be more clarity.

 

[Volpone]

That foul on Vardy before their first goal was as blatant a case of turning a blind eye by a referee as you will ever see. Shocking bias.

 

[H T B]

That foul on Vardy before their first goal was as blatant a case of turning a blind eye by a referee as you will ever see. Shocking bias.

The commentators agreed with you.

 

[popillius]

We’d have more likely been on the end of a 9-0 thumping yesterday, than getting a win.

We scored twice when we bothered to get the ball forward.....

 

[alex]

We scored twice when we bothered to get the ball forward.....

I have to say, just before we scored the second, we looked like we'd worked out the game and looked dangerous in the middle of the pitch - looked like Buonanote was playing more centrally for a bit and I had thought it was a Steve Cooper masterclass.

 

[Cambridge_fox]

This season has relegation all over it. I hope we don’t go out with a whimper like last time. My worry is that our manager is setting us up that way.

 

[popillius]

I have to say, just before we scored the second, we looked like we'd worked out the game and looked dangerous in the middle of the pitch - looked like Buonanote was playing more centrally for a bit and I had thought it was a Steve Cooper masterclass.

Yep. Buonanotte definitely moved more central and they were struggling with his movement.

We swapped him out for Ayew....

Good times.

 

[FOX Franks]

This season has relegation all over it. I hope we don’t go out with a whimper like last time. My worry is that our manager is setting us up that way.

No. It looks far more like the great escape season, less the escape.

Always just a small amount off, but 19 2-1 losses in a season

 

[Mike - True Blue Tinter]

Is Vardy still able to run at 90+ minutes?
I expect him to be carried off with oxygen by 60 minutes.

 

[FrenchFox]

I have just looked at the player ratings for the match on the BBC website. The six lowest rated players for Leicester are all this summer's acquisitions.

OH DEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Blaarev]

I have just looked at the player ratings for the match on the BBC website. The six lowest rated players for Leicester are all this summer's acquisitions.

OH DEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[SilverFox]

I don’t agree. IF he is played in the correct position he is good at holding up the ball and linking midfield and attack and he draws fouls.

What actually happened yesterday is that we were defending so deep that there was no outlet for him or Vardy (there was t all game for Vardy).

The ball just kept coming back and we sat on the edge of our box for 15 odd minutes at the end inviting Arsenal to score.

I knew we would lose in the way we did, it was catastrophic to take that stance for 15 minutes as we weren’t defending well, we were kept in the game by Mada.

****ing infuriating to watch, we do it all the time, same tactics:

1) Start slowly and give the ball away, invite pressure and go deeper and deeper.

2) Concede 1 or 2 goals, limp to half time, clinging on to what we have.

3) Cone out second half (sometimes) better but with no substitutions.

4) Score and level.

5) Sit back deeper and deeper until the opposition score.

6) Maje substitutions that are sometimes baffling.