Match Day Thread Leicester City v Southampton Saturday 12th January 2019 3pm

Hopefully Vestergard clatters him n gets a retrospective 3 match ban.

Win win

 

Clip of the ankle.
Three months out.
Shame.

 

Funny you say that cos I noticed they play Liverpool soon. Do you remember when Vardy virtually cost a club a trophy by injuring a Dutch CB...

 

More likely, Virgil will snap Jamie in two and take the ban.

 

I’d be feeling much more confident that we could get something from the game if we didn’t have so many injuries/suspensions.

 

Not quite scary enough for the full Gulp?

 

Indeed. Like watching a speedboat racing a supertanker. Rather worried.

Vin

 

Everytime the pressure ramps up on Claude, we seem to play them and save his skin.
I can see a rinse and repeat this weekend.

 

https://southamptonfc.com/news/2019...ampton-pre-leicester-city-premier-league-1819

Training gallery....Sam is there. Sims should be told not to stand next to Vestergaard….he looks about ten.

 

Sims could be a good option. But what those pictures really highlight is we have no-one with the instinct to stick the ball in the net. Not a poacher amongst them. Saturday is going to be a slog.

 

Going to take courage...notably by the fans. Also going to take a bit of luck....we are due some. Start with an OG from Vardy.....and then another....and then another because we can't hold onto a 2-0 lead. That should do it. Just remembered the match against Tr*****e....4 OGs....not a lot to ask, is it?

 

There's two glimmers for me.
They cannot play how they want against us, because we have no attack.
And you get the feeling the crowd want an excuse.
Hopefully all the stars align.

 

Vestergaard header. 1-0 saints. Claude gets sacked. We get out of the drop zone.

 

and then I wake up.

 

so i believe that means our only available strikers are Barnes and Long. Alrighty then.

Play deep and compact to mitigate Vardy getting in behind, try to win the ball as they aimlessly pass it about midfield and counter quickly with Long. It sounds a bit like Puel might be at that stage he was with us where he lost the players and is losing the fans so frustrating them seems like the way to go.

 

Hopefully Redmond is still brimming with confidence because he will be our main goal threat.

 

Assuming you don't think Puel is a great manager wouldn't it be better if he DIDN'T get sacked?

Sims has got to get a look in at some point

Armstrong is the closest thing we have to a poacher

Interesting that the cull hasn't touched Ely yet. Ralph may have seen something I haven't

This is the 1st time Ralph has had a whole week to prepare since the Arse and Udders games ... and we won both of them
Lets hope that helps again here

 

Redmond Hat trick.

 

I'm rather hoping there'll be 11+ players brimming with confidence otherwise we are doomed!! We just might get a result no-one has yet predicted, whatever, my radio and phone will be turned off from pre-kick-off until (maybe!!) Monday pm. A round of golf etc seems like a good way to re-direct one's attention/emotions when we're playing.

 

Ely's work rate and running are pretty good.