Don't start...

[Melton Fox]

Not really. To me Cov are irrelevant unless we are playing them. A bit like a piece of shit on somebody's shoe. I don't care, not unless it is on my shoe.

 

[Ox Fox]

Cov are losing..does that help?

Thank you God - now please make it 4-0 and I'll think about forgiving you for creating MDV.

 

[Fox Fan]

Yeah the corners were poor, dont think any were aimed at near post which in my opinion is where most corner - goals come from. Our weakness was defenitly the goalie mistakes and not making the most of our shots. But take heart people, we dominated the bulk of a game away to sheff utd their best ever sqaud under warnock, results will come.

The corners looked really good against Oxford last week. Don't know what happened there.

Melton I hope you don't have a similar attitude at the Walkers, im surpised you havent topped yourself after your reviews of the game. Lighten up!

 

[webmaster]

And who took most of them?...Wilcox I believe.

Wilcox and Williams both took corners, but the ones from Wilcox seemed to be better than the ones from Williams.


I thought generally we played well, with a couple of players causing our downfall. Rab cost us two goals, and if we hadn't conceded the first when we did I'm sure the result would have been very difficult.

MdV played fairly well in his general team play, he held the ball up and passed it well. But doing well in other areas of the pitch is no good unless he delivers in the opposition penalty area, and he still looks scared to shoot. When he gets into a goalscoring position he either tries to look for a team mate to pass it to (even if they're in a worse position), or he tries to walk the ball into the net rather than shoot whan he has the chance. I'm sure it's a confidence thing, maybe he should have a spell in the reserves to see if that helps.

I think Paddy was at least partly at fault for the third goal. He didn't push up with the rest of the defence, if he had Gillespie would have been offside.

 

[highland fox]

Wilcox and Williams both took corners, but the ones from Wilcox seemed to be better than the ones from Williams.

You are wrong Webbo...they were both equally as awful.

 

[Lako42]

it wasn't sylla's fault he drifted out of the game. he wasn't given the ball in the second half. he will be the biggest player at the club this year!

 

[Ox Fox]

Warnock in agreement with ref over second penalty shocker!

"It was a certain handball - the lad is silly and referee is a great position."

Tosser.

 

[is it a fox?]

Just got back, and I can't believe the scoreline, I'm annoyed rather than dissapointed. We bossed the second half, playing some good stuff, we looked like the home team. And actually De Vries played well in the second half. he held the ball up well, linked up with Williams and Joey, who I thought were excellent, yes De Vries needs to get his shots away quicker, but he just needs some confidence. I can see what will happen on Tuesday. 1st minute, he'll miss control it and we'll hear a huge groan and people getting on his back. He's gonna be terrifed of making a mistake. He worked really hard today and proved a problem for their defenders. Get behind our players!!

On the larger picture, I saw enough in the second half to suggest we'll be challenging for the play-off's. It was just a freak result, Sheff Utd would have taken a point before they got the second pen.

 

[Leigh]

At the risk of being repetative, this is what I thought...

Douglas was at fault for two of the goals, Stearman shouldn't have been subbed (unless he was injured of course), de Vries showed some improvement but he's never going to be the kind high-scoring player that we need.

Wilcox and Gudjonsson showed signs of improvement, Williams was good but I'd still prefer Hughes in there. Sylla looked great, he did drift in and out a bit but he showed strength (remember that run and cross from defence to the Sheff Utd box in the first few minutes?) and pace and a willingness to get stuck in. Connolly was his usual self.

There was a certain element of deja vu about today's performance, it was a bit like last season with the penalties, the awful set pieces (both attacking and defending), late goals, individual mistakes and of course goalmouth impotence. However in many spells we did play well, we passed it along the ground and kept possession for long periods, after the last few years it was amazing watching us completing about 15 passes in a row along the ground.

All that is important now is that we bounce back and win on Tuesday, we're bottom of the table now but as its the first game of the season that can be ignored at the moment but not if we lose again on Tuesday. We also need to score on Tuesday, we don't want the same situation as last season when we didn't score at home for ages.

 

[Melton Fox]

I am prepared to bow to the superior knowledge of those who attended the game. If they say MDV played well off the ball etc etc, then they are right. The camera does not pick up everything, and what it does can sometimes be deceptive. I will make a more informed judgement on MDV & Williams on Tuesday night. Hopefully I am wrong.

However MDV is a goal scorer. I don't care what he does off the ball, it isn't his job. His job is to get into the box and score. A piece of paper can tell me that he didn't do this

 

[Mike - True Blue Tinter]

De Vries is a donkey. Holds the ball up well 25 yds out but is like a rabbit in headlamps inside the box, seems incapable of the the first, or even second time shot.

Douglas seemed a poor judge of when to come for the ball or is just slow! Stupid penalty to give away, lucky not to get yellow or red carded!

Williams good solid game in the middle, Momo showed some class and can get stuck in. Wilcox seems to have his old skills back.

Up to to 80 miinutes we were the better team and with better finishing would have won.

Second penalty turned it. Looked like a good 'chest' to me with Johannson moving his arm away from the ball.

Not worried yet as we still have Hughes and Tiatto to come back, but on this showing I would expect Dublin to start in place of deVries against Stoke.

 

[Jedi]

Stearman was subbed not because he was having a poor game but because Maybury was having a poor game at left back and they would rather have Maybury at Right back where he is much better.

MDV had a good overall game apart from the fact he won't shoot.

 

[The Voice From Above]

I don't think any Leicester player played that badly apart from Wilcox who I thought was absolutely hopeless.We played OK,awful awful decision against us and the rest is history.MDV missed chances again but he wasn't that bad IMO.

Totally agree.

 

[Chrysalis]

Stearman was subbed not because he was having a poor game but because Maybury was having a poor game at left back and they would rather have Maybury at Right back where he is much better.

MDV had a good overall game apart from the fact he won't shoot.

ahh so maybury was out of position?

 

[Steven]

My take on this one.

Douglas - was poor made 2 critical mistakes conceding the 1st penalty and 4th goal.
Maybury - Good defending but slow and hesistant when in possesion
Rest of defense looked very solid until the 2nd penalty
Wilcox - Looked very good, distribution excellent.
Syllia - Outstanding pace and attitude, will be a key player for Leics.
Williams - Positive at going forward.
Godjhannsen - Felt was poor, weak link in midfield
Connoly - Stood out, took his goal well still having to make too many moves tho.
Devries - Good at holding the ball up which I think is his primary role, however probably had the most chances in the game out of all strikers on the pitch and should have scored.

Elvis - Came on too late to make an impact.

Conclusiion - Felt we played very well and were starting to dominate the game until the shock 2nd penalty, after that the team fell apart at the back and didnt recover causing the the last 2 goals. The goalie looks unconfident which isnt a good sign and dublin might be better starter then devries.

I agree with most of that. CL should not be playing Maybury at LB. Douglas needs to buck his ideas up because that level of performance is poor, not only for the goals but also for the hesitancy on any number of occasions. Johanssen looked good as did McCarthy (most of the time).

Gudjonsson will never be good enough and he allowed Sheff U to get into the game more in the second half. Williams was very good. Sylla and Wilcox were fine though Sylla did not get enough ball.

Connolly is player I have never really rated but I thought he was very good today and finally I cannot understand the anti de Vries hysteria, as if that performance today is truly the worst by a City player or he is the worst City player of all time, then we will playing Champions League football in a couple of years time. :icon_lol: :icon_lol:

S - strengths -

defense and midfield​

W - weaknesses -

the choice by CL of Maybury at LB, the LB position and the inability to convert the pressure we had for 20 mins between the 55th and 75th minutes. Gudjonsson. Worst of all Douglas. ​

O - opportunities -

we created any number of chances and had any number of dead ball situations. We dominated for long periods and generally bossed the game for 80 mins.​

T - threats -

The inability of the side to capitalise on the dominace of the general play towhit goalscoring. The LB position and CL playing the wrong player in that position today. Players not hungry enough - both Webber and Ifill looked more up for it than our defence.​

Sheffield deserved it by about 2-1, it was a freak result, however there are elements in it that bode well in some cases and bode ill in others. Five out of ten, must do better. :icon_conf :icon_conf :icon_roll

 

[Leigh]

Now do PESTLE.

 

[Steven]

Now do PESTLE.

I know what PEST is so what is the extra LE ?

 

[Leigh]

Legal and Environmental I believe

 

[PFKAKTF FOX]

I was at the game, there was no way that the result reflected the game, we were for the first 80 minutes excellent, we played good football at a very high tempo, we bossed midfield and the front two were combining well and giving the Sheff Utd defenders a torrid time. The second penalty knocked the stuffing out of the team and with a reasonably young side they lost their shape whilst chasing the game. I am not too disheartned, I felt the performance was better than most witnessed last season. It was a freak result which no doubt gives the fickle boneheads the chance to shout Levein out.

As for the players, Williams played well but I thought he drifted in and out of the game although for 25 minutes of the second half he was head and shoulders above everybody.

Joey was excellent today, played really well and seemed to play with a little more composure.

The back 4 played well although Maybury wasnt as much of a threat down the left as he is when on the right.

Sylla was superb looks a real handful.

Wilcox did ok had some nice touches on the ball, although isnt defensively minded enough and left Maybury exposed.

De Vries had a good game very good link up play, and worked tirelessly for the team. Get behind him he is definately a confidence player and I thought the partnership with Connolly looked very promising.

Douglas looked hesitant and was at fault for the penalty, but he also made a couple of very good saves, I think it may well have been nerves on his debut and therefore should be given the benefit of doubt.

Another plus point was the fact we still have a number of players to come back and yet we still gave a team, that will be up in the promotion shake up, a hell of a game, in fact for the first 35 minutes of the second half we were by far and away the better side.

 

[is it a fox?]

I was at the game, there was no way that the result reflected the game, we were for the first 80 minutes excellent, we played good football at a very high tempo, we bossed midfield and the front two were combining well and giving the Sheff Utd defenders a torrid time. The second penalty knocked the stuffing out of the team and with a reasonably young side they lost their shape whilst chasing the game. I am not too disheartned, I felt the performance was better than most witnessed last season. It was a freak result which no doubt gives the fickle boneheads the chance to shout Levein out.

As for the players, Williams played well but I thought he drifted in and out of the game although for 25 minutes of the second half he was head and shoulders above everybody.

Joey was excellent today, played really well and seemed to play with a little more composure.

The back 4 played well although Maybury wasnt as much of a threat down the left as he is when on the right.

Sylla was superb looks a real handful.

Wilcox did ok had some nice touches on the ball, although isnt defensively minded enough and left Maybury exposed.

De Vries had a good game very good link up play, and worked tirelessly for the team. Get behind him he is definately a confidence player and I thought the partnership with Connolly looked very promising.

Douglas looked hesitant and was at fault for the penalty, but he also made a couple of very good saves, I think it may well have been nerves on his debut and therefore should be given the benefit of doubt.

Another plus point was the fact we still have a number of players to come back and yet we still gave a team, that will be up in the promotion shake up, a hell of a game, in fact for the first 35 minutes of the second half we were by far and away the better side.

Well said. Get behind the team on Tuesday, I have a feeling Stoke could feel a backlash.