Kasper Simpson Huth Morgan Fuchs Mahrez Inler Kante Albrighton Kramaric Vardy if fit Okazaki if not. Arsenal ripped the defence apart in the only real drumming we have had in one and a half seasons. Two central defencive midfielders will help out at the back. Also allowing Kante to push forward with a little pace through the middle. Give Inler three or four games, he's a quality operater he will come good and capable of being playmaker whilst sitting back.
I'd bring in Ulloa for Okazaki and adjust later on if necc, no need to go more defensive when the way we play is to outscore the other side.
Incredible that a team with that front 4 would "snatch your hand off for a draw" against little old Leicester.
Looking forward to streaming the game today , good luck and cheer like hell in support ....it can go along way .... 2-1 Foxes ..
Am not sure what our formation is going to be - 4-3-3 like BBC have predicted or 4-5-1 with Vardy up front on his own or maybe even 4-4-1-1 with Mahrez behind Vardy. Glad to see Drinkwater back irregardless. please log in to view this image
Yeah looks like Inler´s going to get a run out. 4-3-3 which will be sort of a 5-2-2-1 at times with Inler holding in MID just in front of the back 4. Albrighton & Mahrez will be suppyling the ammo for Vardy with Drinky & Kanté linking up. That´s how I see it.
Very nervy start, looked a bit better last ten minutes of first half when we stopped giving the ball away. Hope Vardy doesn't come to rue missing when through.
Both teams deserved their point , the big difference is Leicester players deserved their merger wages ...well done and good luck 2nd half of the season ...have a good New Year.
I would suggest that this game shows that we are more than worthy to compete at the top table ... what a fabulous year we have had... MOM Kante .... inspirational ... Inler? not a bad footballer but a bit of a pussy ... Ref very poor .. Fernandinho commits the worst foul of the night and gets away scot free ... ref then compounds it by giving Sterling a free kick after no advantage having not brought play back for the foul on Mahrez when he should then have booked Fernandinho as well ...
Well that brings to an end the 'horror run of fixtures' in which we suffered one defeat. We deserve to be top four and hopefully the players continue to believe and keep the doubters at bay. Great performance but even more so when you think about the vast difference in cost of squad etc. Our back four were immense, never looked like conceding from any of the numerous corners City had and as usual we looked sharp on the break. Great second half where we matched them in every way. Even though its a home 0-0 pretty darn happy.
Pretty much on the money ... we caused that squad of Galacticos just as many problems as they caused us ... and arguably had the best chances ... it is a true measure of how far we have come ...and a great come back from what was, for us, a lacklustre showing at Liverpool .. which can happily be forgiven ... we didn't get spanked 4-0 at the Saints for instance ... we are hanging in there... and trading blows with the very best .... as equals
At the start of the season I think we might all have taken being joint top at the half-way stage with two defeats against Arsenal and Liverpool
Important we took something from tonight's game after the "bad day at the office" game at Anfield. A good point and yet again.... KANTE ... what a player he is. Morgan, outstanding again.
Alot of people criticising Inler He has hardly played and then thrown in against Man City. Do people really expect him to then boss Yaya Toure, David Silva, Fernandinho and Kevin De Bruyne? He did ok IMO but it will take him time to get up to speed before we see the best of him. His qualities cant be denied as his CV proves. Its purely the form of Kante and Drinkwater to why he isnt playing. If he had signed before the season started maybe Drinkwater wouldnt have been given his opportunity at the start and Inler would have kept his shirt Look how long it took Fuchs to get a chance and now he looks a class act
..technically Inler was very good... my only gripe was that he ducked at least 3 challenges where he was favourite to win the ball when the rest were throwing their bodies on the line ..situations where, if he had actually won the ball, we could have gone on to good opportunities...
It´s plain & simple from my point of view. I tipped us to get 36 points (I think) & we got 39. I tipped us to get 2 - 4 pts in Dec (after I seen the fixtures) we got 10. I hoped we´d be some where around 10th around about this time of the season, we are joint top. I predicted we´d lose 2-0 v Man City, we drew 0-0. So to sum up... "I´M H.A.P.P.Y"
