There's probably a certain amount of truth in that, but I didn't think we were going to score with McCormack and Keogh up front and I was hoping we'd bring on Nunez and Becchio for the last half hour. So I do think SG was right to make changes at that point. It's hard to say whether Becchio and Forssell are unfit, generally slow or whether they just had an off game. Hard to see where blame should be apportioned, but to me it seems like people are clambering to have a go at the manager when it was mistakes from the players which messed it up. Fair enough Grayson could have done more and could have done better, but we coped fine with everything Coventry were attempting to throw at us until a late, late clanger was dropped which Lonergan would have caught. It's all quite subjective really, not one of these games where it's an obviously crap team performance where you can point fingers with ease.
Even if we didn't score with McCormack and Keogh, it was wrong to take both of them off. Of all 4 strikers that played, only McCormack makes the runs that can stretch a defence. Keogh and Becchio hold the ball up and play others in, and I don't really know enough about Forsell but what I've seen he doesn't look like he can do what Ross does. Bringing off Keogh for Becchio would have provided more a goal threat, but bringing on Forsell didn't add anything. And meant the ball would keep coming back. Nunez wasn't even on the bench and neither was Sam. A bench is supposed to be able to change a game, and the 2 best players for making an impact weren't on the bench. They'd have been perfect for that, because Nunez could have replaced McCormack, and still given us a player who'd run at a defence and provide a goal threat, and Sam for Snoddy would have given us pace and width. How were Varynen and Forsell going to help us get the goal to see the game out, or protect the lead we already had?
For some reason they didn't announce the lineups before the game (or did I just get into the ground too late and miss it?) so I didn't know Nunez wasn't on the bench. From what I've seen of Vayrynen, he closes down players and keeps the ball well, just like Clayton really. I wouldn't have minded someone like Michael Brown on towards the end to rough them up a bit, but I suppose Mika's the only realistic option to try do that. He's also said he can get forward and likes to create chances, so could have helped us try to get that second goal. I wasn't expecting him to look so ineffective when he came on at all - then again he only had 10 minutes. All I've really seen of Forssell has been a good assist against Palace, a cracking shot against Pompey and a lot of huffing a puffing against the scum. But all in all, I thought he looked pretty good technically and would be decent to shoot from range and get on the end of crosses like Becchio does. When you've got Snodgrass and Pugh on the wings, you expect the delivery to be fairly decent. So I don't think bringing the Finns on was a negative change to make, but for whatever reason they didn't look like the same players they have in their other cameos. Perhaps the pair of them have done really well in training too and deserved their chance to pull something off. Puzzling why Sam and Nunez weren't on the bench though. I guess we'll never know either way - the great hole in football discussion among supporters!
Svens heros scored 2 and the poor old hornets scored 0 which is why we're back above you in the table
i dont know why but i have this massive amount of hatred for leicester that i have never had before this season... I wonder why that is.... hmmm could it be 1. Because there fans are ****ing dickheads 2. There team has tried to buy promotion and everything that moves or 3. Because there manager is probably my least favourite manager of all time and i want him to fail at everything he ever does...
I also follow Rugby Union and the feeling about Leicester also runs true against their Rugby Team. I still believe Leicester will get promoted, straight back down but promoted all the same. If they have the money I don't blame them for spending it. I do feel their manager has just snapped up everyone who becomes available without much thought of if they need them or where they will play, how that guy ever managed England is a mystery but there you go.
Its the fans As soon as they started signing players they where over here gloating trying to tell us this n that but the most annoying thing is they keep insisting on telling us how good our ex players are when we know a lot more about them then they do! ***GOTS
If you watch the replay the ball bobbled just before it came to McCormack, messing up his shot (not really his fault). Paul Rachuka was solid before the mistake. Grayson totally not at fault in my view. The players were at fault, walking up and down the pitch lazily not giving a ****e about the game, the sheer attitude was awful (mainly from the midfielders and attackers, defence was solid) especially after McCormack and Keogh left, Fossell, Becchio, Mika were the worst culprits, strolling around not a care in the world. The players were tactically stupid as well, 1-0 minuets to go you keep the good dam ball. We just continued to give away possession again and again. If we had kept possession, not booted and thrown every ball to them we would of won. They need to start listening to Grayson. No long balls, keep possession, pass it around a bit, work it up the field, put pressure on other team's attacks from the front, don't let them stroll past you while you give a cr@p attempt at jogging.
Forget about tactics. It's the goalies fault. He could have left it to touch. Or catch it. But he somehow chested it. Not even schoolboys would make a mistake like that.
