Middlesbrough V Leicester Match thread

Middlesbrough- Steele, Leadbitter, Woodgate, Varga, Carayol, Jutkiewicz, Friend, Whitehead, Parnaby, Williams, Emnes

Subs- Leutwiler, Hoyte, Ledesma, Williams L, Gibson, Smallwood, Haroun

Leicester- Schmeichel, De Laet, St. Ledger, Morgan, Whitbread, Konchesky, Drinkwater, James, King, Wood, Vardy

Subs- Logan, Moore, Schlupp, Dyer, Marshall, Waghorn, Nugent

 

Is Knocky Injured?

 

twitter is going down over this knockaert absence!!

 

Craig Shakespeare will be on the radio in 10 mins so we will find out then

 

nigel knelt down to head butt him...

 

The looney brigade over react to everything

 

Anthony Knockaert is at the Riverside but not in the matchday squad

 

My worry with the starting 11 is the lack of goals they offer

Chris Wood we know will score goals as will Andy King. Matty James scored a decent amount last season considering how many games he played but the rest score 11 goals between them last season and 5 of them was Jamie Vardy's

 

Shakey said Knockaert wasnt selected today. There is no injury

I understand that but why doesnt he make the bench then? Something doesnt add up

 

its got 6 - 6 written all over it

 

one of the few genuine game changers we have and not in the squad....like you say it doesn't add up

 

This is all abit strange to me. Nugent on the bench & no AK & if it´s true & he´s not injured then WTF is going on. I really do have a bad feeling about this season. Last season I was optimistic but this...

 

Waggy has scored 3 goals during pre season and Vardy has none, yet Vardy gets in over Waggy? What message does it send to the players

 

Sorry I know I ain´t a manager but I think NP may have lost the plot unless there is a really good explanation to all this 1st game of the season madness. Good point about Waggy, he also set a goal up for Wood aswell if I ain´t mistaken.

 

I said last season that Pearson will stick by Vardy as it was his call to shed £1 million on a non league player. Peearson is stubborn and won't like admitting a mistake.

Having said that i would love Vardy to prove us all wrong today.

 

i was convinced wood and waggy would start but tbf against monaco vardy looked dangerous.

Id have Knockaert on the bench over marshall though, on the radio he said eh wanted steel but you start with steel then bring on flair

 

Yeah he did. Plus it would gives us someone to take set pieces.


Vardy will run Woodgate ragged but Woodgate's class should keep Vardy quiet

 

I always have rated vardy all last season though

 

I agree

If we need a goal with 20 mins to go like alot of games at the start of last season we was smashing at the door but could get a goal. Knockaert is more then capable of unlocking defences