I am starting to loose the faith, so here are my thoughts, make of them what you will...
We have committed the most amount of fouls in the league. We have had 4 players sent off, and this is getting worse as it has been 3 sent off in the last 4 games. If you play for a club and you know you are going to get a right bollocking if you get sent off, you are not going to scream at the referee, or do stupid things like Maybury did against QPR.
The club captain is Danny Tiatto. WHY??? He has only appeared in 12 games, so that means constant swapping of the armband between Kisnorbo, Maybury, De Vries and Dublin. This will not make the team feel comfortable. Look at the successful teams of the last 5 years; Man Utd had Keane, Arsenal had Veira, Chelsea now have John Terry. All of these teams had a captain who was always going to start. Leicester City do not. Why not make someone who leads by example like Gudjonsson captain, or someone with a voice in the team like McCarthy. Both these players are pretty much guaranteed a place in the starting line up because of their performances. Making an inconsistent player who does not keep his position and is sent off or booked all the time is not a good decision.
We have a more than capable squad. But it is chopped and changed all the time. When we had the same back four playing for four games, we only conceded once. Then the manager publicly slated one of those players (Johansson) for underperforming, even though the manager had decided to play that person out of position.
Tiatto is suddenly thrust into the first team for an important match against Millwall, where players like Hammill or Hughes deserve that place more.
This team is CAPABLE of beating any team in this division. This is shown by the 4-2 win against Sheff Utd. We have quality players like Smith, Hughes, Williams, Maybury, McCarthy, Gudjonsson, Gerrbrand and Hume. Only a few of these players are performing to the best of their ability.
A better manager could be capable of sorting out Williams’ attitude, and get Maybury performing like he can perform.
A better manager would not allow Sylla to play almost every game if Sylla shows that attitude. A better manager would give him a kick up the arse, if CL has done this he obviously isn’t hard enough, because Sylla is still putting in the lacklustre performances, and still playing.
Perhaps a better manager could install that burst of confidence into Hume and Hammond so that they can play like they did in that match against Sheffield.
Maybe a better, braver manager would drop Rab Douglas?
Come to think of it, we are consistent, in the wrong way. We will have a player sent off every other match. We will start the game promisingly. We will concede first. We only show character when we are loosing.
We could not beat Luton, QPR, Brighton, Burnley, Watford, Crewe and Millwall at home. We were unlucky at some points, but we should be beating them.
In the 0-0 draw with Cardiff last year in the game before CL took over, we were 14th. We are now 20th.
The team that day was:
Pressman
Makin
Elliott
Heath
Stewart
Scowcroft
Nalis
Gemmill
Tiatto
Dublin
Connolly
The only players in that starting line up that I would swap with a player in the starting line up today would be Connolly for Hammond, and possibly Stewart for Tiatto.
This shows CL has built a decent team, but I am starting to wonder if he is capable of getting results. In one year, we are in a worse position than we are now. We have played 2 of the worst teams in the championship this month, and have only managed a 1-1 draw with them both, and we conceded first each time.
I know I am feeling negative after this game but I am beginning to loose the faith at the moment. CL seems too nervous and feeble for me, every time we loose it is ‘oh we were unlucky’ yes we have been unlucky on occasions but you need to take responsibility that you have not got the result you should have done Craig, not hide behind excuses and other players.
There seems to be no organisation or purpose when we play and I am starting to wonder whether a change of personnel is needed to strike a bit of life into the team, or we could be looking at joining F*rest next year...
We have committed the most amount of fouls in the league. We have had 4 players sent off, and this is getting worse as it has been 3 sent off in the last 4 games. If you play for a club and you know you are going to get a right bollocking if you get sent off, you are not going to scream at the referee, or do stupid things like Maybury did against QPR.
The club captain is Danny Tiatto. WHY??? He has only appeared in 12 games, so that means constant swapping of the armband between Kisnorbo, Maybury, De Vries and Dublin. This will not make the team feel comfortable. Look at the successful teams of the last 5 years; Man Utd had Keane, Arsenal had Veira, Chelsea now have John Terry. All of these teams had a captain who was always going to start. Leicester City do not. Why not make someone who leads by example like Gudjonsson captain, or someone with a voice in the team like McCarthy. Both these players are pretty much guaranteed a place in the starting line up because of their performances. Making an inconsistent player who does not keep his position and is sent off or booked all the time is not a good decision.
We have a more than capable squad. But it is chopped and changed all the time. When we had the same back four playing for four games, we only conceded once. Then the manager publicly slated one of those players (Johansson) for underperforming, even though the manager had decided to play that person out of position.
Tiatto is suddenly thrust into the first team for an important match against Millwall, where players like Hammill or Hughes deserve that place more.
This team is CAPABLE of beating any team in this division. This is shown by the 4-2 win against Sheff Utd. We have quality players like Smith, Hughes, Williams, Maybury, McCarthy, Gudjonsson, Gerrbrand and Hume. Only a few of these players are performing to the best of their ability.
A better manager could be capable of sorting out Williams’ attitude, and get Maybury performing like he can perform.
A better manager would not allow Sylla to play almost every game if Sylla shows that attitude. A better manager would give him a kick up the arse, if CL has done this he obviously isn’t hard enough, because Sylla is still putting in the lacklustre performances, and still playing.
Perhaps a better manager could install that burst of confidence into Hume and Hammond so that they can play like they did in that match against Sheffield.
Maybe a better, braver manager would drop Rab Douglas?
Come to think of it, we are consistent, in the wrong way. We will have a player sent off every other match. We will start the game promisingly. We will concede first. We only show character when we are loosing.
We could not beat Luton, QPR, Brighton, Burnley, Watford, Crewe and Millwall at home. We were unlucky at some points, but we should be beating them.
In the 0-0 draw with Cardiff last year in the game before CL took over, we were 14th. We are now 20th.
The team that day was:
Pressman
Makin
Elliott
Heath
Stewart
Scowcroft
Nalis
Gemmill
Tiatto
Dublin
Connolly
The only players in that starting line up that I would swap with a player in the starting line up today would be Connolly for Hammond, and possibly Stewart for Tiatto.
This shows CL has built a decent team, but I am starting to wonder if he is capable of getting results. In one year, we are in a worse position than we are now. We have played 2 of the worst teams in the championship this month, and have only managed a 1-1 draw with them both, and we conceded first each time.
I know I am feeling negative after this game but I am beginning to loose the faith at the moment. CL seems too nervous and feeble for me, every time we loose it is ‘oh we were unlucky’ yes we have been unlucky on occasions but you need to take responsibility that you have not got the result you should have done Craig, not hide behind excuses and other players.
There seems to be no organisation or purpose when we play and I am starting to wonder whether a change of personnel is needed to strike a bit of life into the team, or we could be looking at joining F*rest next year...
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