Post Match Tottenham 3 Leicester 1

[Rock Fox]

It's easy to say the game against Spurs didn't matter but the way I see it -this season LCFC meekly gifted six points to my Brother-in-law's team. Thanks a lot.

 

[Steve Coles]

Can you elaborate?

Particularly disappointed in the commitment to tackle, press and movement off the ball shown by Perez, Soumare and, surprisingly today, Mendy. Perhaps I’m expecting too much of present-day professional footballers but the minimum I’d expect in order to pick up a pay cheque is to hustle, and to go above and beyond particularly if playing time is limited. Not to mention that, when effort is in short supply, this only accentuates the disparity in skill level you’d expect to see when fielding a larger number of squad players.
Today may have meant little to our season in the grand scheme of things, but surely should have meant more to those in the field today, particularly the three mentioned.

 

[Micky]

They are considerably higher than us in the league

Yep. And if we'd had our first choice 11 available for the majority of the season I think wed have been above them.

 

[Graz]

Better scoreline than expected. Glad we went all out with resting players.

Interesting Castagne played instead of JJ - does that mean JJ plays Thursday?

I didn't see anything of the game. How did Daka and Nacho do today? Nacho definitely plays better with a partner, and Daka has often looks like he needs that too. Might be hard to really judge without a creative midfielder in the side today, but how did it work with both up there?

 

[Brown Nose]

This was the 5th successive game where our xG was less than one.

0.88, 0.54, 0.79, 0.24, 0.27

 

[Brown Nose]

I didn't see anything of the game. How did Daka and Nacho do today? Nacho definitely plays better with a partner, and Daka has often looks like he needs that too. Might be hard to really judge without a creative midfielder in the side today, but how did it work with both up there?

From what I saw, they didn't really play as a partnership. It was a bit disappointing really because Iheanacho seemed to be deep lying closer to Perez than Daka. Daka was just isolated again.

 

[popillius]

From what I saw, they didn't really play as a partnership. It was a bit disappointing really because Iheanacho seemed to be deep lying closer to Perez than Daka. Daka was just shit again.

Yep.

 

[H T B]

Daka was very unlucky not to score.
Keeper got his finger tips to tip the shot onto the post.

it’s okay slagging off the forwards , almost default for some, but they have had nothing to work with for ages.
Daka n Nacho aren’t JV, so whilst he was out, maybe we should have tried changing the way we play
It worked well when Barnes was out last season

 

[TornadoShaunUK]

Only real point of note from today is the obvious lack of effort demonstrated by some for whom today was a rare opportunity to show what, if any, value they might have to the squad. Whenever called upon, effort should never be in question. If it is, game over.
Our success over the last several years has been down to a collective siege mentality looking to disrupt the league’s status quo. This is predicated upon spirit and desire. The remainder of our games do matter in terms of reinstating this as the club’s ethos, culture and driving force. The run in will contribute to this being our approach for next season. If we fail to use this opportunity to rediscover and develop this as our core identity, I fear for next season and those beyond.
It’s time to find out who we are and who wants in.

TBf I think the effort has been questionable from every player in the last couple of weeks with the exception of our European outings it's a case of nothing to play for syndrome.

 

[Lako42]

Yep. And if we'd had our first choice 11 available for the majority of the season I think wed have been above them.

That would have us in the top 4, so is complete wibble..


We have a squad full of players without the desire to be that good.

 

[Miles Away]

Luckily I slept through most of this shambles as I was recovering from the New York card last night. Seems I made the right choice.
Glad to see that we made plenty of changes, maybe Brendan isn't as barking mad as I thought previously.

How was the DAZN broadcast?

 

[glyn]

This was the 5th successive game where our xG was less than one.

0.88, 0.54, 0.79, 0.24, 0.27

This is the take-home for me for the last few matches. We’re not anywhere near scoring enough goals to see off teams. I’m not bothered about today, but it does continue the theme.

oh and LCFC.com commentators remarking how it looked as if we’d done away with our issues with defending from corners recently but seemed to have returned today. Might you, possibly, make the link to the fact we didn’t have our only quality defenders playing and therefore the trend is slightly linked to personnel?

 

[glyn]

Be interested in views on Soumare from people who saw the match. on commentary sounded as if he had a reasonable match.

 

[City Fan]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen something as embarrassing as watching Soumare do multiple step overs in the middle of the pitch, before the Spurs player effortlessly poked it away from him.

 

[Brown Nose]

Be interested in views on Soumare from people who saw the match. on commentary sounded as if he had a reasonable match.

He was fine in the first half but looked unfit so, like Perez, needed hooking off after an hour.

He did much better than Mendy, who was useless. In my opinion, the issues with Soumare are his speed of thought and his fitness. Neither have improved one bit all season. There is a player there but, as with several other players, it doesn't appear as though our management team are interested in developing him.

 

[Bezu Fache Fox]

How was the DAZN broadcast?

It wasn't bad to be fair. The commentary was pretty good, they called it fairly well for the most part. Laura Woods was on point as usual between fights, she deservedly gets praise as a host, doesn't mess about like others. I'm glad Adam Smith had nothing to do with last nights show, listening to him growling his way through a six hour broadcast would have been a nightmare.

Bellew sounded like he was hammered.

Sorry to go off topic.

 

[TommyK]

Soumare has a couple of good moments.
When he used his pace and power to get down the line and put a cross in was fantastic. But too many time he just wants too much time on the ball. If there is no option for him, he struggles to create one himself and gold on to the ball.

Potentially a player in there but he needs to develop massively. He's only going to get better by playing. I'd put him in the league games for the rest of the season.