Pre Match Manchester City v Leicester

[jb5000]

Aguero took a nasty looking knock on Tuesday too. Someone remind Wes and Rob that he doesn't like it up him.

 

[Brown Nose]

Game plan will be interesting from Ranieri.

Inler for Okazaki for me. Keep it tight first half. Second half, as the home fans get restless and the team get nervous, push on a bit and hope to nick it.

Got a feeling that they might do us though. Early goals against need to be guarded against.

 

[Blaarev]

Got a feeling that they might do us though.

Place a bet on it and you'll share the glory for our win with Lawro

 

[SwedeFox]

We're going in with a point that would be fantastic for us. They're the ones who need to score, not us. It's not a bad situation to be in.

 

[londonfox]

Of the current Premier League teams, the only one (excluding Man City) who Aguero hasn't scored against is Leicester City,

If this stat is still in place in 24 hours we will be at worst three points clear of them and still top of the league.

 

[TornadoShaunUK]

Same as for me. I can see the sense in starting 4-5-1 in the first half but IMO it never really works. It just wastes a half's worth of chances. Go there to try and win and do it from the off, no point sitting back for 45 mins in the hope of hitting them on the counter attack, they will be expecting that. We are solid enough with 4-4-2 and have more attacking threat that way.

 

[homer]

Don't overthink it, Claudio - stick with what has made us wonderful

If it all goes tits up, so be it, but to piss around with 4-5-1, or anything else, is a cowards way out

Same team as Tuesday, same approach to the game

 

[Matt_B]

Don't overthink it, Claudio - stick with what has made us wonderful

If it all goes tits up, so be it, but to piss around with 4-5-1, or anything else, is a cowards way out

Same team as Tuesday, same approach to the game

Hear he're

 

[Lako42]

just get at them, these are shit at the back and we can put the frighteners right up em.

I think its going to suit us, as long as we play in our usual style.

I'm expecting 0-0 at half time with a 1-0 win for the foxes come full time.

 

[Graz]

Don't overthink it, Claudio - stick with what has made us wonderful

If it all goes tits up, so be it, but to piss around with 4-5-1, or anything else, is a cowards way out

Same team as Tuesday, same approach to the game

This all day. They're defence won't like our pace flying at them.

I think we'll lose but let's give it a fight still

Happily take a point

 

[LCFC'sGodWears9]

Same as for me. I can see the sense in starting 4-5-1 in the first half but IMO it never really works. It just wastes a half's worth of chances. Go there to try and win and do it from the off, no point sitting back for 45 mins in the hope of hitting them on the counter attack, they will be expecting that. We are solid enough with 4-4-2 and have more attacking threat that way.

Agreed, we resort to aimless punts hoping Vardy performs a minor miracle when we play 4-5-1.

 

[TornadoShaunUK]

Better to lose attacking than lose parking the bus!

 

[Micky]

We have been wonderful so far this season, truly Roy of the Rovers stuff. I have been tearful on numerous occasions. Tomorrow though we play the best team in the league who have a wealth of talent. I suspect that they will have huge amounts of possession and I cannot see how we will prevent them from scoring. Our run to come to an end. 3-0 to them.

 

[Motown Fox]

That's it Micky still loving the pessimism.

 

[Cate Fox]

Get in to um...

 

[LeeCovFox]

There is a balance to be struck. I sympathise with the notion that we should just 'get at them' and agree that we have the tools to expose some of their key weaknesses. However they also have some excellent qualities and I'd draw parallels with our attempt to 'get at' Arsenal at the KP.

I don't advocate trying to escape with a goalless draw. We should attack Manchester City. But we should do so more intelligently, and probably more sparingly, than I'd expect us to do versus Norwich in three week's time. Keeping our shape will be very important in this one; Manchester City's players move very well off the ball. Keep shape, cede possession, kill them with well timed counter attacking football.

 

[Dour]

We have been wonderful so far this season, truly Roy of the Rovers stuff. I have been tearful on numerous occasions. Tomorrow though we play the best team in the league who have a wealth of talent. I suspect that they will have huge amounts of possession and I cannot see how we will prevent them from scoring. Our run to come to an end. 3-0 to them.

At last. The voice of sanity.

Now I can go to bed happy.

 

[NYC Fox]

Park the bus, niggle Aguero until he loses it, score in the 89th minute.

 

[londonfox]

Better to lose attacking than lose parking the bus!

Better to not lose at all

 

[TEX277]

17th October 2015 - The last time Man City won back-to-back Premier League matches.