I think there will be a change to the way we play away from home, and more of a balanced view to the side that we put out post Champs Lge.
My team for the Chelea match would be:
Schmiechel
Hernandez Huth Morgan Fuchs
Amartey
Drinkwater Mendy
Mahrez Okazaki
Vardy
Going forwards i'd play something like this away from home whilst the champions league fixtures are on. A more compact set up but with pace and link play on the ball. I wouldn't really attribute positions to Mahrez and Okazaki, instead just seeing them as link up players between Drinkwater, Mendy, the fullbacks and Vardy.
AT HOME until Christmas: i'd start playing Chilwell and Gray and see Vardy as a half time or 60mins impact player so he can smash the champions league and really give our away games a run. It was clear from Saturday that we can't pile that play him in every game and expect the same player.
In this formation i'd ask Chilwell to get forward and also threaten Simpson with the big stick if he doesn't start playing the ball more quickly and acknowledging that we can only overload the opposition if he gets over the halfyway line more than twice a game.
For me Okazaki HAS to start and run his arse off for 60 minutes. He's a talismanic figure for us who has a vastly underrated impact on the ability of Drinkwater, Mahrez, Vardy, Albrighton etc to get the space and ball they need to do their jobs....
Some hard decisions for Don Claudio to make, but he has to make them or risk us standing still whilst everyone flourishes around us.
Oh, and we need Adrien Silva and Michael Keane in January....
Schmeichel
Simpson Huth Morgan Chilwell
Amartey Drinkwater
Mahrez Okazaki Gray
Slimani
My team for the Chelea match would be:
Schmiechel
Hernandez Huth Morgan Fuchs
Amartey
Drinkwater Mendy
Mahrez Okazaki
Vardy
Going forwards i'd play something like this away from home whilst the champions league fixtures are on. A more compact set up but with pace and link play on the ball. I wouldn't really attribute positions to Mahrez and Okazaki, instead just seeing them as link up players between Drinkwater, Mendy, the fullbacks and Vardy.
AT HOME until Christmas: i'd start playing Chilwell and Gray and see Vardy as a half time or 60mins impact player so he can smash the champions league and really give our away games a run. It was clear from Saturday that we can't pile that play him in every game and expect the same player.
In this formation i'd ask Chilwell to get forward and also threaten Simpson with the big stick if he doesn't start playing the ball more quickly and acknowledging that we can only overload the opposition if he gets over the halfyway line more than twice a game.
For me Okazaki HAS to start and run his arse off for 60 minutes. He's a talismanic figure for us who has a vastly underrated impact on the ability of Drinkwater, Mahrez, Vardy, Albrighton etc to get the space and ball they need to do their jobs....
Some hard decisions for Don Claudio to make, but he has to make them or risk us standing still whilst everyone flourishes around us.
Oh, and we need Adrien Silva and Michael Keane in January....
Schmeichel
Simpson Huth Morgan Chilwell
Amartey Drinkwater
Mahrez Okazaki Gray
Slimani