Liverpool 2 Leicester 1 post match thread

[Dawko]

Ndidi, the most over-hyped player on this forum.

He may get a foot in a tackle now and again, but what happens to the ball after that, God only knows.

He can't head the ball.

He's had one lucky goal and a couple of assists.

I, for what it matters, have no confidence in him at all and I hope that after the Huddersfield game, when Silva starts playing, he'll

spend most of the games on the bench.

I think that he'll make a better Basketball player.

[Realist Guy In The Room]

We were fairly ok in patches today but our problem is, if our offensive players are slightly off kilter, we’re not going to win games.  In terms of league position, anywhere between 8th and 12th is realistic for our team as it is now and is probably something we as fans need to get used to.

 

On our day, we can be a game for anyone but the reality is, we’ll have off days as much as ons.  We’re not going to challenge for Europe unless we spend some serious cash to not just improve the starting 11 but the squad also.  Without that, every season we’ll win a few, lose a few, draw a few.  Some performances will be mindblowingly good and some will be simply awful but most will fall inbetween.

 

Today was a good example where we got in front, coped fairly well with what was thrown at us but when we had the ball, just lacked a little bit of quality to keep it and do something effective with it.

 

Mahrez and Vardy are our top boys but even they wouldnt make a top 4 side.  The rest of our squad is mid-table fodder which is where we’ll end up most seasons.  

 

We’re finding our place in the footballing pyramid.

[CosbehFox]

2 minutes ago, Dawko said:

Ndidi, the most over-hyped player on this forum.

He may get a foot in a tackle now and again, but what happens to the ball after that, God only knows.

He can't head the ball.

He's had one lucky goal and a couple of assists.

I, for what it matters, have no confidence in him at all and I hope that after the Huddersfield game, when Silva starts playing, he'll

spend most of the games on the bench.

I think that he'll make a better Basketball player.

Why Basketball? 

[Parafox]

1 minute ago, Webbo said:

Shakey's gone now, whether he'd have done better is immaterial. I'm not calling for him to be sacked and unless we're in the bottom 3 I won't but he's got to up is game.

Hopefully he can. Southampton were a bit of a flash in the pan when they got 8th and a cup final. He needs players that can match his style. Let's hope the scouting/signing team are on the same page and that our owners are willing to invest.

[Parafox]

3 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Why Basketball? 

Netball would be better. Team full of girls who, when they get the ball, they can't move.

[ZeGuy]

Jesus fcking Christ this forum.

 

Apparently some deluded fans still didn't realize that it's not 2015/16 anymore while others jubilantly call for the head of a manager they never liked.

 

Can do without this toxic shit until next year.

 

[Guest Col city fan]

21 minutes ago, kingfox said:

Exactly, the depth isn't there because what we have underneath the usual starting 11, consists of average players or shit signings.

 

The likes of Simpson, Morgan, Huth and Fuchs probably only have a season or two left as capable starters. Underneath that you have Amartey who in two years we still don't know his strongest position, Chilwell who looks capable one week then looks out of his depth the next and Dragovic who has done fvck all so far. Maguire is our only defender that is ready made for the long term.

 

As for midfield if we get a few injuries in the centre then we're left with Andy King. Mahrez, Gray and Albrighton will look brilliant one week then will look shit the next. If all players are fit the depth is there, we have Silva to come in and Matty James can do a job, as soon as we get a few injuries though we're fvcked.

 

Up front you're relying heavily on Vardy and Shinji, Shinji recently hasn't been getting the game time he deserves, you can tell Puel prefers playing Albrighton - Mahrez - Gray. Slimani had a good pre season and some good performances in the cup, now his head looks elsewhere. Iheanacho, Ulloa and Musa are laughing stocks.

 

This team will just continue to muddle along, as I said above, they'll impress some weeks and then they'll look shit for some weeks.

I agree. But as I’ve said before, I don’t think we can judge Puel until he’s had a couple of transfer windows. This is not his squad and he needs time to rebuild it.

It needs rebuilding as much as possible with a clear out of plenty of players.

[Buzzell]

We lost against one of the big sides. Ahhh well on to the next one.

[RODNEY FERNIO]

Get real lads ... the difference was Salah.

A winger that's scored 23 goals and we are only half way through the season.

Thought the lads put a good effort in today.

Salah and De Bruyne are on a different level at the moment .... better teams than us can't stop them.

[Johnthefoxrayner]

2 hours ago, ARTY_FOX said:

Poor management cost us from a leading position again. Need to have some ambition in a game after we score the first. 

Poor passing cost us the game 

Liverpool were there for  the taking but we kept giving the ball away, 

[Stan]

 

2 hours ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

I ****ing hate how we now just protect the win when we're 1-0 up, we're not good enough defensively, why park it when we'll just end up chasing the game anyway when they inevitably succeed? Puel needs to go 

Stop being such an utter d**k.

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[I am an Ostrich]

17 minutes ago, buzzer_b said:

We lost against one of the big sides. Ahhh well on to the next one.

And last week we lost to one of the small sides, it needs sorting.

[Clever Fox]

9 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

I agree. But as I’ve said before, I don’t think we can judge Puel until he’s had a couple of transfer windows. This is not his squad and he needs time to rebuild it.

It needs rebuilding as much as possible with a clear out of plenty of players.

Agreed, But it's not just about Puel. The Club have to step up their recruitment by signing better players. But first we need to clear out the ones we don't want.

I think the Club are hoping to unearth another couple of players like Mahrez and Kante. And will continue to buy inferior quality. Not bad players just not good enough.

What also worries me is Puel said in today's Mercury that he want's to work with young players.While that's admiral and it's something he's good at, We're never going

to hold onto our best players in that scenario.

If that's the vision the Club have then I think we might be in for a relegation fight, Whereas the addition of more steel, pace and quality is all the current team needs.

[KJT]

Salah made all the difference as some posts have suggested, without him Liverpool wouldn't have won a lot of games this season, he been a revelation, their scouting team really made good signing in a couple of their players

[Foxesmints]

3 hours ago, Kitchandro said:

Puel is not only a poor manager, he is a coward.

 

He might as well be telling the players as they walk out onto the pitch 'you can't win this, just try to keep the score down'.

Muppet!

[Great Boos Up]

3 hours ago, EnderbyFox said:

Genuinely bored of this season already. 

Great isn't it! For the first time in in what - 4/5 years I can look forward to a game without feeling nauseous and accepting the result.

Still 8th at new year. I've actually started to enjoy watching the football dogfight from other teams.

(A win on new year will keep it that way).

 

[FoxInTheBirstallBox]

1 hour ago, Dawko said:

Ndidi, the most over-hyped player on this forum.

He may get a foot in a tackle now and again, but what happens to the ball after that, God only knows.

He can't head the ball.

He's had one lucky goal and a couple of assists.

I, for what it matters, have no confidence in him at all and I hope that after the Huddersfield game, when Silva starts playing, he'll

spend most of the games on the bench.

I think that he'll make a better Basketball player.

Wow trying to be funny and racist at the same time

 

What a clueless nob end you are 

[Bob Weasel Fox]

3 hours ago, Collibosher70 said:

Silva to make a difference in midfield hopefully.

I hope he seriously improves us in all honesty

 

hopefully this current run is just a blip

 

up the Foxes

[dynamark]

Not read the rest of the thread but couple of points

Kasper did a lot better today with corners and crosses started further out looked like a deliberate change of style.

I think we-- Ndidi- only gave away one free kick at about 25 yards out so little danger from free kicks

But we kicked it out countless times mainly through Kasper and won very few of the balls that stayed in play-threw away a ton of possession and PUEL SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT -but he didnt

 

[Claridge]

Maguire was brilliant for 99% of the match but as in most games his daydreaming cost us a goal.

[Clever Fox]

11 minutes ago, Claridge said:

Maguire was brilliant for 99% of the match but as in most games his daydreaming cost us a goal.

I wouldn't say he was daydreaming more a lack of experience. He got too tight to Salah which is all Salah was looking for to turn him. Had he taken a step back he would have taken the ball as Salah turned or got a block in. This season is a big learning curve for him and he's rising to the challenge.

[Ricey]

13 minutes ago, Claridge said:

Maguire was brilliant for 99% of the match but as in most games his daydreaming cost us a goal.

At fault for the goal and continually played balls to red shirts or out for a throw.

 

Pretty much every match for the last few weeks he’s been at fault for at least one goal. Morgan on the other hand I’m struggling to think of many goals this season that he’s been at fault for.

 

His poor man marking and tendency to charge forward is costing us. He’s probably lucky that Huth is injured/unfit.

[dynamark]

If we wait for the likes of Maguire to learn and Chilwell to get game time and Puel to have two transfer windows we could be in division 1.

Ive mentioned before Hull were relegated giving away a load of goals.And the booking was very silly and unprofessional.

[Donut]

2 hours ago, Webbo said:

I'm not sure yet, but I'm not overly impressed so far. Our only dominant  performance so far was against Southampton.

How many times in a season do you EXPECT leicester to dominate a game.

 

DOMINATE was the word you used. Be unquestionnably better in every department of the game than the opposition for almost all of 90 mins?

 

Considering we are basically no better than most of the teams in the league who most are very evenly matched, we wont dominate them.

 

Weve had periods WITHIN games where weve been dominant. 

 

First half v everton. First half v spurs. Spells in first and second half vs newcastle, whole game v southampton.

 

Puel is definitely improving the team. Lord knows why we are questionning him.

 

We ideally want him here 4 or 5 years. That would show sustained success.

 

This run is 4 GAMES.

 

He has had no transfer windows. Previous managers and recruitment have stitched him up in the sense some areas he has no cover, some areas arent good cover, and some areas dont have the characteristics he wants to implement the style he wants.

 

He is still new to the job as well, and still assessing our ability to carry out his gameplans and hes looking how to improve us and where to strengthen.

 

We will be somewhere around this position end of season regardless of who we perceive as 'easy' or 'difficult' opponents and we need to stop reacting to every single game in isolation.

 

[FoxInTheBirstallBox]

Is it right that I've read Maguire will miss the next game through 5 yellows?