Don't have to go back that far, just have to look at the Transfer thread. Rosenior is always one set of dropped points (not even a loss) away from the critics piling on it seems..
Well, you can’t argue about three points away from home against the league favourites who spent about £30m plus wages. Somebody probably can actually.
Plenty will try. As I said to you during the week though, Leicester haven't started as well as their form guide would suggest, and watching them last night emphasised it. Their shape was so open, a few times Greaves played balls that went straight through their press to Slater or Traore with ease and their keeper looks terrible. I'm not sure they'll have a great season with what they've assembled.
a) Seri’s legs haven’t gone b) I haven’t seen the match yet, but if you have and think his legs have gone, you’re wrong c) Probably…like I say, I didn’t watch it
This is more important than double pivoting, hold up, playing out from the back bollocks could ever be
Lads matched them up man for man. Old skool and came up with the touch that won it. Take that all day. And we weren't bossed either.
Liam said in one of his post match interviews it was just to fill the bench, because of the outgoings and none of the deadline day incomings were registered in time, we were short of bodies.
Above all, what a good game to watch, I thought Liam got his tactics spot on with the players he had at his disposal. An excellent all round performance by the boys, and no mean feat to go to Lesta and get 3 points. Overall, we were more threatening than them, yes, they had 21 shots but only 1 on target, whereas we had 7 shots with 4 on target. Matty Ingram had only that one shot to save, which was straight at him. So even though they had more of the ball, we did more with it. As said above, all the team and subs were very good to a man, Vinagre really impressed, Seri was excellent, and had his best game this season. Both Jones and Greaves were solid, Jones had a couple of iffy moments, but recovered them well. Delap is just superb, his all round play is great to watch. He took his goal really well, okay a slight deflection, but even so, well crafted. Fantastic cross field ball from Seri sublime touch by Delap, a shout out for Traore who took one defender away by his run, which opened things up for Delap. The ball crossed to Connolly in the 2nd half after beating his man, which was similar to the cross which Tufan put away against BC, Aaron should have done better with, but again he showed strength, technical ability and speed. I see a bit of a criticism of Slater and find that rather uncalled-for, to say he just runs around a lot, I feel is disingenuous. I agree, his best position is further forward and on the ball we see the best of him in this position, but he is being asked to fit in alongside Seri, and IMO does a very good job. His work off the ball, often not seen by many is underrated, the fact that he puts himself in positions blocking a pass being made, is not just running around aimlessly, but has a purpose. The fact that the midfield restricted their midfield and attacking line to shots for the most part from outside the box tells you what a good job the midfield in front of the defence did, and Slater was a big part of that. One other point worth mentioning is Christie look good when he came on, and it worked well with him in front of Coyle, and he was unlucky with his shot which was well saved by their keeper. Anyhow, a wonderful win, 3 points well deserved, 10 points on the board after 5 games, and up to 6th in the table, what's not to like.
This is the key bit for me. They dominated, but were so hapless in front of goal. We created, and nearly took, a few decent chances and whether through our defending, lack of cutting edge or simple bad luck on the day they just didn't.
Good write up in the mail Leicester 0-1 Hull: The Tigers maul the Foxes as Liam Delap's winner ends the Championship front-runners' 100 per cent start to the season By Ryan Walker For Mailonline Updated 18:33, 02 Sep 2023 Manchester City's loanee Liam Delap put the visitors ahead in the first half Leceister have won all four of their opening matches so far in the Championship Enzo Maresca's side were unable to claim a point from the visiting side Leicester City's 100 per cent winning start in the Championship was brought to a surprising end as Hull hauled the early season pace-setters back down to earth in a smash-and-grab victory. If the Foxes are Premier League bound then this performance wasn't one that will get them very far in the English top-flight as Liam Delap's first-half strike sealed three points for the Tigers at what remains one of the Championship's toughest grounds to visit. The visitor's weren't shy about showing their confidence as they played out from the back with passes between goalkeeper and defence continuing throughout, despite a sea of blue being ready to pounce. The issue for Liam Rosenior's side was contending with Leicester's fluid versatility when they attacked in the early exchanges. Bookings for defenders Alfie Jones and Lewie Coyle in the first 10 minutes highlighted Hull's defensive struggles, but their attackers enjoyed freedom and exploited it at every opportunity, with Liam Delap at the heart of everything positive. please log in to view this image Liam Delap - on loan from Manchester City - celebrates scoring the eventual winner for his side please log in to view this image Kelechi Iheanacho of Leicester City battles against Hull City's Alfie Jones during the match Maresca will have seen the Manchester City academy product's quality first-hand during their time together at the Etihad and would have recognised the 20-year-old's impending goal threat when he cut in from the wing, drifted past Callum Doyle with ease and finished into the bottom corner as his shot deflected off Jannik Vestergaard to give Hull the lead after 15 minutes. please log in to view this image There was immaturity in Leicester's defending as Aaron Connolly began winning his individual battle up against Wout Faes and Hull's approach of two passes through the middle before going wide continuing to work almost every time. It was route one tactics working up against elementary defending, and most importantly was effective. Ricardo Pereira, Wilfred Ndidi and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall sought equalisers with speculative efforts from range, while Kelechi Iheanacho's blushes were spared at the end of the first-half after he rounded goalkeeper Matt Ingram but watched his eventual shot blocked on the line before the offside flag went up. The host's continued to test Hull's resolve at the start of the second half through the same approach that hadn't yet worked, Iheanacho remained the focal point amidst a lack of quality in the final third and Maresca reacted by making a triple change after less than 10 minutes, but it was Hull who remained in the ascendancy. Connolly should have settled the game in the 59th minute but smashed his strike over the bar, before Fatawu got home supporters off their seats as his shot rebound off the post moments later. Veteran striker and Premier League winner Jamie Vardy began the game on the bench Ryan Christie would later force a brilliant save from Mads Hermansen. Leicester were good up until the point they had to actually put the ball in the back of the net. Jamie Vardy came off the bench but failed to have a sniff at goal, Dewsbury-Hall was wasteful in the box and Pereira's efforts from outside the box summed up Leicester's afternoon. The Foxes might be the favourites for promotion but Hull exposed fragilities in Maresca's side that other teams will be paying close attention to. MATCH FACTS AND PLAYER RATINGS Leicester (4-3-3): Hermansen 6, Faes 5, Doyle 5, Winks 5, Iheanacho 5 (Vardy 68', 5), Pereira 6, Dewsbury-Hall 5, Vestergaard 6, Ndidi 6 (Casadei 54'), Akgun 4 (Fatawu 54', 7), McAteer 6 (Mavididi 54', 6) Unused subs: Justin, Choudhury, Marcal, Stolarczyk, Nelson Booked: Winks, Vestergaard, Fatawu Manager: Enzo Maresca 6 Hull City (4-2-3-1): Ingram 7, Coyle 6, Vinagre 6 (McLoughlin 63'), Greaves 7, Jones 7, Traore 6 (Christie 63'), Delap 7(Sayyadmanesh 85' 5), Seri 7, Slater 6, Twine 6, Connolly 8(Lokilo 75') Unused subs: Sinik, Vaughan, Allsop, Smith, Lo-Tutala Scorers: Delap 15' Booked: Jones, Coyle, Delap, Vinagre, Greaves, Ingram, Sayyadmanesh Manager: Liam Rosenior 8 Referee: John Busby 5
Now if only Liam would stop acting like he knows what he's doing! Fortunately, there are a few on here who can see right through his act and are not blinded by history.
I'm at a loss in trying to understand the animosity on this forum in general nowadays.It's not about the football anymore,it's a series of running battles between posters who can't agree on anything ...Civility seems to have gone right out of the window from both sides of the coin and poster pouncing and winding up are at an all time high. That was one hell of a result yesterday,I personally didn't expect it(I had hoped for a draw and genuinely didn't think we'd get anywhere near them) but I took that 3 points with both hands,one clutching a large celebratory single malt whisky and I'll hope for more. There really shouldn't be any need to analyse and scrutinise individual players or argue about who was wrong/who was right.It's piss poor and petty .We win as a Team,we lose as a team,we draw as a team...It really is that simple!!! UTT.
