The real Leicester City played today!

Wrong tactics.

Why was Gallagher upfront and Dyer who can't defend in midfield when we're scrapping for our lives?

****ing Woeful!

Played **** before we went down wrongfully to ten men.

Going up in our ****ing dreams.

Not an overeaction, it has been obvious for a long long time.

 

Yes, thats an over reaction.

Last 3 games we've looked really good and today we looked decent despite being down to ten men for an hour.

 

once again a very very poor decision by an overpaid and underskilled official has changed the game.
its about time that the refs were forced to give after match interviews to explain their decisions

 

oh **** me rigid, in a game they were always going to be really up for we went down to ten men and lost a goal after half an hour. Its not the end of the world. Saints lost at donny, its an incredibly hard competitive league and if we hadnt played ****e and lost 4 home games we would be top 6.

I do however agree some of the tactics were iffy when we went down to 10 men. I understand a striker had to be withdrew, but then why second half take danns off who is really energetic and bring gallagher on who tackles like a girl. Im sorry but a point would have been great but we blew it again through simple errors, koren we all know is great at shooting from 20-30 yards yet three times in the last 20 mins we didnt close him down and bingo he scores one. Its frustrating but theres ages to go and we are looking better under pearson who will i am sure sign 4 or 5 of his own guys in jan and discard the deadwood like ball, johnson, paintsil and get in a winger another defender (for the ten games mills will miss due to getting sent off every other game). all is not lost, despite what a lot think hull are a good side, and thats all because of our manager who i am sure will make us a good side in a years time with more money than hull have had at their disposal.

 

I would of preferred if Pearson put Fernandes on for Danns and Howard on for Nugent (who I thought was excellent again).

 

First of all, I don't think it was a red card - I thought it was a fantastic tackle and the decision changed the game and meant we employed the tactics that you felt were wrong.

I would say that, had Koren not scored that goal, we would be on here lauding a magnificent defensive, resilient performance. As it is, I think it was a stout defensive effort and everyone gave 100%. We probably deserved a point out of that and I think, had it been 11 v 11, the result might have been different. The problem for me was that we held them off quite well but when we had the ball, we didn't keep it well enough which invited more pressure on us. I think it would have been better to bring on Howard rather than Gallagher to play the lone striker role. Maybe Big Steve isn't as mobile and wouldn't chase defenders as much but he would have held the ball up and would have had a proper out ball and there wouldn't have been as much pressure on us at the end as there actually was.

But we'll take heart from this and won't get too down. Hull were OK, wasn't that impressed. Stewart looked bright on the wing but apart from that, I don't think there was much that we should be worried about but I still can see us and them both being in and around the play-offs come the end of the season. Daggers just summed it up on the radio well for me; disappointed but bizarrely encouraged.

 

Gallagher hardly chased the ball either did he?

He has to be the slowest winger ever.

 

Palace and Blackpool we looked good.

Both away games we have been hanging on.

Ten men didn't help and we did well to last till the 88th min but we didn't string a pass together or involve the strikers when we had 11 men.

Tactics at the end was ridiculous. Dyer should have been upfront to chase defenders and be an outlet while Gally ( shouldn't have come on) should have gone wide.

Fernandes was good when he came on and should start away games instead of King who offers very little at the best of times.

Not an overreaction, it is analysis. Try and tell me none of this did happens and I am completely wrong.

 

The fact is we got three points and you lot might as well get used to boring football - remember what happened the last time he was manager . The old saying 'never go back ' comes to mind, i fear it will end in tears for you still £1m in the bank isn't bad.t

 

'Get used to boring football' - You mean like 5 goals at home in two games? Come again, its just that Pearson did his best with what he could at Hull. Now he has better players at Leicester he's playing much better football and scoring more goals.

 

Thanks for the heads up on a manager we had for two years ...

 

Well you didn't go to the Portsmouth game then. We were attacking them for the last 10 minutes.

One loss in 4 and two wins isn't bad. Build on a solid performance today and look forward to the Peterborough game

 

Well you didn't go to the Portsmouth game then. We were attacking them for the last 10 minutes.
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What happened to the other 80mins then?

Your second comment I agree with but at the end of the day, we need to go up and the ref performances we cant control but our tactics we can and they were wrong in the second half.

 

Other 80 minutes was fairly even. As proven by a 1-1 scoreline.


If you read around i've already said that Fernandes should have come on for Danns and Howard for Nugent. Not that that changed the game though.

 

joe we are in agreement like i said- gally should never have come on, danns, dyer, gelson, nugent, these are exactly the type of players you need to harry, chase and run their heart out, gally is a luxury player, him and king are and should be used sparingly in away games. we simply do not seem to be able to play anywhere near as well away as we do mostly at home. early season our away form was excellent as it was built on a solid base- methinks gelson, danns should play away games not king and gally, why he took danns off today i have no idea, and we agree with you on the tactics- however the originhal post was slightly o.t.t- we may well still go up its very early days and we are 1 point off 6th and 5 off 3rd.

 

First bad performance in 4 really.

We didn't deserve anything today, apart from defending admirably with 10 men and the goal we weren't on our game at all, even with 11.

Konchesky was MOTM and Bamba and Peltier did OK. Kasper was again tremendous and can't be blamed.

I thought everyone else was poor. Wellens ans Danns in particular were shocking.

I thought Nigel got everything wrong today, Danns shouldn't have started and shouldn't have gone off after the penalty/red card incident. We invited pressure with our substitutions and were battered for the whole of the second half. I don't think Beckford should have gone off as we needed to occupy their defenders more. It was just wave and wave after attack and we couldn't get out as we accepted it. Gally was completely the wrong player to bring on in that situation as well, Howard would have done a better job.

Mills should be the big talking point though - definitely a penalty, not a sending off - but the bottom line is you have to wonder what he is doing with his tiny, tiny brain. Just as at Birmingham he has cost us with a stupid challenge. He had made a great tackle, then when Kasper was about to deal with it (and that's why it wasn't a red) he flicks out at McLean. I'm fed up of him being a thick loudmouth who does things like that. He has really cost us again. He is supposed to be the captain and therefore should show a bit of maturity and experience.

He will be out for a few games now but I wouldn't want him in for quite a while unless St Ledger or Bamba has an absolute mare or get injured/suspended. Mills has really made it difficult for us today, though as I said, I think Nigel got his team and subs wrong.

 

in short we are far too inconsistent to be considered at this stage for promotion and we need some 'game-breakers' who can really do it for us. hopefully nige will sign andros townsend, simon cox, and liam ridgewell in jan, that would be ideal.

 

Is this the clutching at straws game?

Clear red, tackle from behind, took man not ball when our striker was about to score anyway. Plus Mills was the last man. I don't think you having 11 men would have made a difference. Typical dull Nigel Pearson team who don't know what to do with the ball in the final third.

Thanks for the 3 points, careful what you wish for!

 

There was no way he was going to score, it was McLean for ****s sake

In all seriousness once Mills had made the original fair challenge, the ball was Kaspers, he would not have scored, so not a sending off but a very stupid tackle from Mills.

And we didn't get the ball in the final 3rd really, second half we were camped in our own half. You didn't do much better without Nige either, despite dominating possession you scored with a penalty and a long ranger.