CanadianFan

It has been done before. I was at Filbert Street sometime in the 1970’s. Tottenham were all over us throughout the whole game. Very near the end we scrambled a ball in, from a corner if I remember properly. It was utter pandemonium. One of my best ever memories…..even though I can’t remember the exact time of the goal or who scored it. I do remember the celebrations though.

Watch it again. He gets up off the floor, then jogs back to defend. Winks is slowing the attacker down, providing any motivated and determined defender in Faes’s position time to get back and pressure the attacker from behind. Instead, Faes jogs back at a pace well below full-tilt aggressive defending and watches from 5 yards away as the shot is made. I guess when you spend the whole game slowly wandering round, playing tippy tappy pass backs, it is hard to shift out of first gear. If I were the manager, he’d get a right good bo llocking from me.

Lots of commentary today about the fact that we have been sussed out and need to change tactics.Totally agree. I have lots of ideas. Here is one. Don’t keep doing the thing that worked for us at the start of the season. That is;….a short pass out to Faes or Vestergard, who walk slowly out, waiting for the opposition striker to run towards them, then, at the last second, pass to someone else who is in space. Early in the season, that process kept possession, physically wore the opposition down and allowed Leicester to play out from the back. It doesn’t work any more! When Faes has the ball with someone clearly in the open in front of him, he waits and waits and waits to someone comes to him. The opposing player now knows exactly what is going to happen.. As he closes Faes down, he does it in one direction, forcing Faes to pass in the direction and to a player the opposition want. Meanwhile, they know exactly where that will be and as the attacker approaches Faes, they send someone across to cover the predictable pass. Not only does that allow them to press way more effectively, but it leads to screw ups and high risk……and the slow process allows them to get more men back to defence. For goodness sake….pass the ball quickly to a player who is open! Beat the press! Don’t encourage the press! Open up the game and get upfield quickly! Stop inviting them on! ……and it ain’t just me that can see it.

Here is my e-mail to Stream AMG, the people who provide the service: Hi I understand you are responsible for the streaming service that I pay for to watch Leicester City. Can I suggest that you get someone to watch a game or two to see whether you think the quality of service is adequate. My experience is that games have a number of problems: Sign in issues despite an existing subscription Commentary out of synchronization with the video ( not resolved by restarting) “Jittering” noise from the crowd, almost like the sound is being rapidly switched on and off. I also understand that many other fans are very disappointed. If you visit the Foxes Fan Forum and read the comments, you will see what I mean. https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/132478-foxes-hub-–-the-place-to-watch-leicester-city-live/#comments Are you aware of these problems? Do you have an action plan in place to resolve them? I await your response with interest John Keating

Here is the response they sent to me: The service is provided by an external company called Stream AMG, the service is a required by the English Football League to provide the paid service to supporters wishing to listen to the matches or in some cases being able to watch them depending on where you are in the world. The information you have provide to us below is new, we are not aware of the commentary being a head of the play when listening or watching and that is something we will, take up with them. I don’t get a chance to listen as I work all home matches and run the travel club to all away matches so don’t hear what is happening. If the service isn’t up to your standards, John, please email @[email protected] and ask them to cancel your service. We will investigate the commentary situation with them. Kind regards Jim

Very, very annoying. I’m going to send them a stiff letter. I’m sure that will make all the difference.

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Nor me.

After paying for this and paying for DAZN to watch the games that are not shown on Foxes Hub, this is really annoying. Complete incompetence. Not even a message on the screen saying “sorry, trying to fix it” Everyone is busy contacting friends and searching the web to find out that it is a generic problem, not a log in problem. Awful customer support.

Actually that isn’t correct. We travelled from Canada and got 5 tickets for the Leeds game based solely on the fact that we were International Members. I was astounded that we could manage to do that…especially for such a critical game. I can only believe that there was very low demand.

I’ve read all the way through this thread and am still a little confused. For away tickets, from what I can see, it looks like not all of them will be posted out to the buyers. Some are held back and people are told to show up at the ground and show ID before being given the tickets. However, I’m still a little unclear about what happens at the away ground at the turnstile. Is everyone’s ID checked to see if it matches the ticket? Are some people’s ID checked? Or are nobody’s ID checked? I’m coming from Canada to watch a game, so it is somewhat important to me. By the way, please no comments about me being a plastic tourist fan and whether or not I should be using someone else’s ticket. I’ve been a loyal supporter for over 50 years and still watch every game with my family, even in Canada. However, for some unfathomable reason, International Members are not entitled to buy away tickets except though a highly improbable “draw” where we might get zero tickets or we might not all get tickets, or we might not get seated together. Therefore, I have no other choice. I think I am entitled to watch my first live away game in many years. I’ve earned it…….especially after watching Leicester lose an away game at Bristol City on a Tuesday night with the rain pouring down, sometime in the 1970’s. By the way, I’m 66 years old, bringing my grandkids to see their first ever live Leicester game, so I’m not planning on running onto the pitch and attacking the referee. ……

We can, and have, bought some international memberships, but they provide little probability of getting tickets. Apparently, we go into a “draw”. No idea how many tickets they have and the likelihood of success. I’d rather have a bit more confidence when we get on the plane . Hospitality is a great suggestion and I will certainly look into that to see if anything works that is affordable. In the meantime, someone else has already messaged me to say that he might be able to get a couple of tickets…which is great. I have zero expectation of getting 6 tickets together for both games and will be happy if any of us get tickets for any game….especially the grandkids. I have a Canadian son-in-law who went down to the King Power a few years ago and watched an excellent game (when they used to do that sort of thing) and since then he is 100% Leicester and knows more about the injury situation and the stadium expansion than I do. Hahaha. Along with my daughter, who was born at the Leicester Infirmary, he shouts louder than I do when we score and moans louder than I do when Amartey screws up. 6 of us watch every Leicester game (and lots of others) every week.

I’ve been a Leicester fan for over 50 years. Lived in Highfields, New Parks, Rusheymead, and East Goscote. I am visiting Leicester from Ontario, Canada, (where we have lived for many years), on the above dates. Ideally, I’d like to try and get tickets for both games for all 6 of us, including two grandkids who have never been to England before, but watch all Leicester’s games live on TV. I don’t think that is very likely, but I live in hope. If anyone can give me advice on how to get any tickets, or can actually provide a ticket it would be very much appreciated.

I’ve never responded to any of these chant suggestions before, but, because I’m an old git who regrets not being born in those halcyon days of camaraderie, I really liked this. I think it would be great fun. Although I might suggest that a couple of other lyric changes might make it more relevant.