H T B
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Call me what you want, I couldn't give s number 2
Post Match Leicester 0 Southampton 0 (6-5 pens) (League cup)
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BOB HAZELL
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You could have included any of several other names here for Vardy but I agree, he was particularly poor. Looks laboured and lacking that vital sharpness to me - perhaps understandable given recent circumstances. He's so crucial to us that when he's not firing it makes things look so much worse.
cambiassoo
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Scored a late equaliser at home to Arsenal I seem to remember
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cambiassoo
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I didn't remember that. Turns out it was Craig Hignett!
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Miles Away
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Lako42
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Absolutely nowhere.
We are completely devoid of any attacking threat.
We are slow and easy to predict, opposition defenders have all ****ing day to get back into position.
We also play with a striker who will never fit into this insipid style, so in fact the managers plan is badly thought out and picks players based on name rather than ability to fit into the style.
He has no choice of course, because we don't have any other strikers in the entire football club.
The midfield is a embarrassingly defensive with Mendy and Wilf both so negative in their passing and positioning that we carry **** all threat through the middle.
Out wide we have a mixture of players, most of which are completely ineffectual and barely ever make the correct choices (Gray, Ghezzal, Ricardo...)
Overall we are blunt, ill balanced and nauseating to watch.
The best chance of scoring is when the oppositions defense is so bored they might take their eye off the game.
City Fan
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We haven’t scored more than one goal in a game since September.
Our last five games have been what you may call favourable fixtures:
West Ham home
Cardiff away
Burnley home
Brighton away
Southampton home
In those five games, we’ve scored a total of 3 goals - one of which was a penalty and one of which was just a ridiculous deflection.
It’s just not good enough.
Our last five games have been what you may call favourable fixtures:
West Ham home
Cardiff away
Burnley home
Brighton away
Southampton home
In those five games, we’ve scored a total of 3 goals - one of which was a penalty and one of which was just a ridiculous deflection.
It’s just not good enough.
camberwell fox
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Agreed CF.
I had hoped that after the time he has been afforded to him by the owners and fans that he would now be playing an attractive style of passing football.
We are so languid in possession that as others have said the opposition has time on their hands to organise and wait for our hopeful ball forward after the inevitable 10-15 crabesque moves.
We have some potentially great and speedy players at our disposal but this style is removing this from our play.
We how have the unfortunate position where I believe the players have somewhat given up in believing that Puel can adapt this team.
His days are numbered and although I have a certain amount of sympathy for him in relation to recent events at the club, I can’t wait for him to pack his bags and piss off.
Even when we were shit, we were at least for the most part entertaining.
Claude is a stadium emptier I’m afraid.
Redditch Fox
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Last line says it all.
homer
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Err... Your Honour, I call Messrs Gary Megson and Craig Levein to respond to that comment...
The difference is that those two feckwits had complete shite at their disposal. Uncle Claude has much better players, but he's just turning them into complete shite
At the risk of being shot down, I disagree with the above assessments. I watched Man City for a bit last night and there are lots of times they are languid in possession, going forwards, backwards, sideways etc whilst retaining possession of the football. There were several times, in trying to go forward progressively, they lost the ball and Guardiola was fuming - Mahrez was particularly guilty of this. He views it that don't give up after 30 passes, when if you'd made 5-10 more it would've broken the opposition system and you're creating a really good chance. What I will say is we are not incisive enough - we try a few progressive passes which get picked off and the players go ultra cautious. What is missing is a high press - we are not closing down consistently and collectively enough to win the ball back high up the field. I suspect this is because, even with Maguire at the back, we lack pace and are scared of being passed around and picked off (a bit like Palace did to us last Dec) especially at home. I don't think changing the manager would change the style - every Premier League club is trying to play a possession based game and some are doing it better than others. Bournemouth are doing it well, but they are pressing really high up the pitch and aggressively, even Huddersfield are improving with it. Just because Puel is softly-spoken, articulate, calm and measured doesn't mean he is a bad manager - gone are the days of tea-cup throwing and hairdryers with the modern professionals. We do still counter-attack (Ihenacho's goal vs Huddersfield) but is a far more measured approach which I think the young squad is still learning - it is not easy and may require additional signings and changes of personnel. I would also propose an adaptation to 352 - this would free up Maddision from defensive responsibilities. The summer signings, with the exception of Evans, lack Premier League experience but will become better in the 2nd half of the season - I think they are surprised at the physicality but look at how Mahrez beefed himself up to deal with it. Pereira, Ghezzal et al will do the same.
We have to accept the way football is being played is changing and you have to adapt. Surviving on c25% possession, running yourself ragged without the ball will get you so far, but the best teams will break that down and score. Medium to long term, developing a possession based game with a high press has to be the goal if the club is to progress and challenge the top 6.
We have to accept the way football is being played is changing and you have to adapt. Surviving on c25% possession, running yourself ragged without the ball will get you so far, but the best teams will break that down and score. Medium to long term, developing a possession based game with a high press has to be the goal if the club is to progress and challenge the top 6.
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homer
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We actually won the Premier League by doing precisely that, and the best teams didn't break us down and score. That was only two and a half years ago, FFS, not in the 1980s or something
Stop believing the current pundit driven narrative that only very heavily possession based football can possibly survive in the modern age. It's Emperor's New Clothes, it really is
Miles Away
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The whitewashing of what teams like Leicester, Bayern, Iceland and Athletico achieved over the last few years. It’s bollocks.
Fox Fan
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When in possession, we're so slow and make so many sideways passes the opposition throw 11 men behind the ball and shut us out - removing any attacking threat.
When the opposition is in possession, we also throw 11 men behind the ball, removing any counter attacking threat that could exist by leaving a pacey player like Vardy or Gray up.
It really is some of the most boring football I've ever watched and I think our discipline record is partly because the players are just getting frustrated. Vardy's Red card was and if I was being generous, I would even say that Maddison's dive was driven by frustration at the lack of opportunities being created.
There's been plenty of talk about transitioning to a new style of play, but when are we going to see it!? He's had a year and in that time he's taken a team that played some high pressing, highly entertaining football and taken it backwards. Even the talk of developing through younger players is over estimated. Chilwell has broken through, but he was well on that path. Meanwhile Gray, Diabate, Nacho etc etc have all stalled.
Had events not happened, I'm quite sure he would have already gone.
When the opposition is in possession, we also throw 11 men behind the ball, removing any counter attacking threat that could exist by leaving a pacey player like Vardy or Gray up.
It really is some of the most boring football I've ever watched and I think our discipline record is partly because the players are just getting frustrated. Vardy's Red card was and if I was being generous, I would even say that Maddison's dive was driven by frustration at the lack of opportunities being created.
There's been plenty of talk about transitioning to a new style of play, but when are we going to see it!? He's had a year and in that time he's taken a team that played some high pressing, highly entertaining football and taken it backwards. Even the talk of developing through younger players is over estimated. Chilwell has broken through, but he was well on that path. Meanwhile Gray, Diabate, Nacho etc etc have all stalled.
Had events not happened, I'm quite sure he would have already gone.
City Fan
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I think you’ve answered your own question there FF. We have transitioned already.
pork pie fox
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Ha ha I like that
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