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The "do they mean us?" thread pt 3

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https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/worrying-leicester-city-verdict-national-7461754

 

BBC Sport, Tim Oscroft

Leicester's only signing of the summer so far came in the week leading up to this match, but the arrival of Alex Smithies on a free transfer as third-choice goalkeeper is not a move that will have set the hearts of Foxes fans racing. The signs at Emirates Stadium were that Brendan Rodgers' squad needs bolstering urgently, especially with rumours linking Wesley Fofana and James Maddison to Chelsea and Newcastle respectively.

 

And when Youri Tielemans was substituted after an hour, some Arsenal fans greeted his departure with a cheeky chant of "we'll see you next week". But the starting line-up, unchanged from the draw with Brentford six days earlier, suggests this is just about Leicester's first-choice selection - and if that is the case then they will need to improve to avoid a struggle this season.

The introduction of Kelechi Iheanacho gave the Foxes more bite, and his good work provided Maddison with the chance to size up Ramsdale before shooting between this legs to give his side hope again. But another lapse at the back within a few seconds put the 2015-16 champions two goals down once more, and this time there was no way back.

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The Telegraph, Sam Dean

Leicester might have felt their luck was turning when they were awarded a penalty late in the first half, but a review of the pitchside monitor showed that Ramsdale had not made contact with Vardy, who endured a difficult afternoon.

Saliba’s own-goal, headed beyond Ramsdale as he raced back towards his own box, provided a brief moment of hope for Leicester. But then Ward, the replacement for the departed Kasper Schmeichel, dropped a simple cross at the feet of Jesus.

From there, Xhaka tapped home. Leicester pushed again, with Maddison firing through Ramsdale’s legs — could the Arsenal goalkeeper have done better? — but once again the visitors collapsed immediately afterwards.

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The Daily Mail, Daniel Matthews

Leicester are paying the price for a barren summer. After Jesus’ first-half double, they were staring down the barrel. Brendan Rodgers’ did threaten to nick something after the break – clawing the score back to 2-1 and 3-2 thanks to a couple of gifts from Arsenal.

Beyond that, though, they were second best. Is it any wonder? Until Friday, Leicester were the only club in Europe’s top five leagues not make a senior summer signing.

And what difference would ex-Cardiff goalkeeper Alex Smithies, picked up for free, have made here? Except, perhaps, to hold on to Ben White’s cross on 55 minutes. Instead, Danny Ward – starting following the departure of Kasper Schmeichel – dropped it at the feet of Jesus, who fed Granit Xhaka to make it 3-1.

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The Guardian, Ed Aarons

Leicester had been denied a penalty when Jamie Vardy hit the deck after reaching the ball before Ramsdale. The referee, Darren England, instantly pointed to the spot but that was swiftly overruled by VAR after replays showed there had been minimal contact, although Vardy escaped a booking.

Leicester were also in the giving mood and Ward’s failure to gather a simple cross two minutes later allowed Xhaka to restore the two-goal cushion. Rodgers responded by abandoning his three-man defence before Kelechi Iheanacho was summoned to replace Vardy.

A last-ditch clearance from Saliba was required to keep out the Nigerian but when Iheanacho set up Maddison to make it 3-2 with 16 minutes left, it seemed as if Leicester could even snatch a point. But "in key moments of the game we made mistakes," acknowledged Rodgers.

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Sky Sports, Peter Smith

Vardy had a penalty award rightly taken away after VAR Mike Dean advised referee Darren England to re-assess the minimal contact between Ramsdale and the striker just before half-time. Temperatures rose in the stadium when a replay was shown on the big screen, with the Foxes frontman loudly booed.

The action and goals continued to flow after the break, with Leicester twice getting a foothold in the match and Arsenal twice swiftly striking back. First, an own goal from the otherwise impressive William Saliba (53) was countered two minutes later by an equally bad blunder from Leicester 'keeper Danny Ward, which allowed Jesus to tee up Granit Xhaka to sweep in.

 

And then James Maddison's drive (74) was followed within 60 seconds by Gabriel Martinelli's second of the season.

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I detest how journalists view everything through the transfer lens. Not the negative set up and poor coaching, it’s not like if we spent £16m on a Ligue 1 winger - we win that game.

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Worst PL XI

 

https://www.football365.com/news/feature-premier-league-weekend-worst-xi-two-man-utd-players-de-gea-tielemans-coutinho

 

Only two Man Utd players deemed bad enough for Prem weekend’s worst XI…
Date published: Monday 15th August 2022 11:33 - Ian Watson

David De Gea reacts while Brentford celebrate scoring against Manchester United.
One was David De Gea, but his rating was still very generous. Elsewhere, Youri Tielemans chose a wrong day to have a bad game.

Here is the Premier League weekend’s worst XI according to Whoscored ratings…

 

GK: David De Gea – 6.12
We’re flabbergasted the Man Utd keeper earned a six after a first-half horror show at Brentford. The first goal was his mistake, and he was largely culpable for the second too. Leicester’s Danny Ward was awarded the same rating for his performance in the 4-2 defeat Arsenal but we’re making a judgement call – De Gea was unspeakably bad, as he admitted.

 

RB: Adam Smith – 6.28
The Whoscored algorithm was in a generous mood across the board this weekend, with far fewer fives being handed out than we’d normally expect. Normally Smith’s score from the 4-0 defeat at Man City would spare him from inclusion –  the Bournemouth right-wing-back was only 0.13 worse than City’s Kyle Walker – but not this week. The 31-year-old was no worse than any of his team-mates and actually rated better than Jack Stacey, the Cherries’ wing-back on the opposite side, as well as Lewis Cook and…

 

CB: Jefferson Lerma – 6.01
Scott Parker chose to keep midfielder Lerma in defence and Argentinian centre-back Marcos Senesi on the bench, and since most specialists will struggle with Erling Haaland and City this season, it would be churlish to be too hard on the Bournemouth man. Marked down for an unfortunate own goal even if his feet were nailed to the floor when Joao Cancelo smashed the ball across the box.

 

 

CB: Jonny Evans – 6.21
The Leicester defender looked to have the measure of Gabriel Jesus early on, but then the Arsenal striker had his way with Evans and the rest of the Foxes. The Northern Irishman lost three of his four duels and came out the loser in his only attempted tackle.

 

LB: Lucas Digne – 6.06
Digne’s scruffy own goal late on made for a ridiculously nervy ending for Villa, during which time Everton should have equalised. The ex-Toffee won only 40% of his duels, while going forward – as he must in this Villa side – five of his seven crosses reached Everton players while none of his three dribbles were successful.


 

CM: Christian Eriksen – 5.66
Back at Brentford, where he was weirdly booed, Eriksen was attributed with an error that led to a goal and while it was his giveaway for Mathias Jensen to score the Bees’ second, the root cause was a poor decision by De Gea to give it to him in the first place. Eriksen was actually one of the shiniest turds in a United side that, incredibly, contained no other players scoring below a six. Marcus Rashford scored 7.24. Silly computer.

 

CM: Youri Tielemans – 6.00
We assume the Belgium midfielder was hoping to impress Mikel Arteta so that Arsenal would pull their finger out and actually make an offer, but instead, Tielemans may have condemned himself to another season in Leicester’s midfield. Hooked by Brendan Rodgers after failing to find his first touch for an hour.

 

RM: Daniel Podence – 5.67
The Wolves winger, playing a more central role against Fulham, managed to find a team-mate with only half of his 30 passes at Molineux on Saturday. Podence had one big chance which he missed by some distance and lost four of his five duels.

 

LM: Philippe Coutinho – 5.89
The Brazil star kept his place in Steven Gerrard’s XI but Coutinho repaid his manager’s faith with a largely anonymous performance against Everton that lasted only an hour. Then Emi Buendia came on in his place – his preferred position as a no.10 – and in the half hour that remained created more chances than any other player on the pitch and scored Villa’s decisive second goal. The bench surely beckons against Palace next week, assuming he’s fit, since Gerrard seems to have found a shape that suits Villa.

 

CF: Callum Wilson – 6.00
Wilson emphasised Newcastle’s need for a new forward with a largely invisible performance at Brighton, where he lost more duels – eight of his 10 – than anyone else on the pitch. Released from Lewis Dunk’s pocket only upon being substituted late on.

 

CF: Brennan Johnson – 5.92
The Forest youngster makes this XI for the second time this season, which feels harsh because he hasn’t looked out of his depth in his first two games as a Premier League player. Last week he was little worse than any of his team-mates at Newcastle, while on Sunday against West Ham, he was a lively presence throughout and was only denied his first top-flight goal by a marginal offside call.

 

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2 minutes ago, davieG said:

Worst PL XI

 

https://www.football365.com/news/feature-premier-league-weekend-worst-xi-two-man-utd-players-de-gea-tielemans-coutinho

 

Only two Man Utd players deemed bad enough for Prem weekend’s worst XI…
Date published: Monday 15th August 2022 11:33 - Ian Watson

David De Gea reacts while Brentford celebrate scoring against Manchester United.
One was David De Gea, but his rating was still very generous. Elsewhere, Youri Tielemans chose a wrong day to have a bad game.

Here is the Premier League weekend’s worst XI according to Whoscored ratings…

 

GK: David De Gea – 6.12
We’re flabbergasted the Man Utd keeper earned a six after a first-half horror show at Brentford. The first goal was his mistake, and he was largely culpable for the second too. Leicester’s Danny Ward was awarded the same rating for his performance in the 4-2 defeat Arsenal but we’re making a judgement call – De Gea was unspeakably bad, as he admitted.

 

RB: Adam Smith – 6.28
The Whoscored algorithm was in a generous mood across the board this weekend, with far fewer fives being handed out than we’d normally expect. Normally Smith’s score from the 4-0 defeat at Man City would spare him from inclusion –  the Bournemouth right-wing-back was only 0.13 worse than City’s Kyle Walker – but not this week. The 31-year-old was no worse than any of his team-mates and actually rated better than Jack Stacey, the Cherries’ wing-back on the opposite side, as well as Lewis Cook and…

 

CB: Jefferson Lerma – 6.01
Scott Parker chose to keep midfielder Lerma in defence and Argentinian centre-back Marcos Senesi on the bench, and since most specialists will struggle with Erling Haaland and City this season, it would be churlish to be too hard on the Bournemouth man. Marked down for an unfortunate own goal even if his feet were nailed to the floor when Joao Cancelo smashed the ball across the box.

 

 

CB: Jonny Evans – 6.21
The Leicester defender looked to have the measure of Gabriel Jesus early on, but then the Arsenal striker had his way with Evans and the rest of the Foxes. The Northern Irishman lost three of his four duels and came out the loser in his only attempted tackle.

 

LB: Lucas Digne – 6.06
Digne’s scruffy own goal late on made for a ridiculously nervy ending for Villa, during which time Everton should have equalised. The ex-Toffee won only 40% of his duels, while going forward – as he must in this Villa side – five of his seven crosses reached Everton players while none of his three dribbles were successful.


 

CM: Christian Eriksen – 5.66
Back at Brentford, where he was weirdly booed, Eriksen was attributed with an error that led to a goal and while it was his giveaway for Mathias Jensen to score the Bees’ second, the root cause was a poor decision by De Gea to give it to him in the first place. Eriksen was actually one of the shiniest turds in a United side that, incredibly, contained no other players scoring below a six. Marcus Rashford scored 7.24. Silly computer.

 

CM: Youri Tielemans – 6.00
We assume the Belgium midfielder was hoping to impress Mikel Arteta so that Arsenal would pull their finger out and actually make an offer, but instead, Tielemans may have condemned himself to another season in Leicester’s midfield. Hooked by Brendan Rodgers after failing to find his first touch for an hour.

 

RM: Daniel Podence – 5.67
The Wolves winger, playing a more central role against Fulham, managed to find a team-mate with only half of his 30 passes at Molineux on Saturday. Podence had one big chance which he missed by some distance and lost four of his five duels.

 

LM: Philippe Coutinho – 5.89
The Brazil star kept his place in Steven Gerrard’s XI but Coutinho repaid his manager’s faith with a largely anonymous performance against Everton that lasted only an hour. Then Emi Buendia came on in his place – his preferred position as a no.10 – and in the half hour that remained created more chances than any other player on the pitch and scored Villa’s decisive second goal. The bench surely beckons against Palace next week, assuming he’s fit, since Gerrard seems to have found a shape that suits Villa.

 

CF: Callum Wilson – 6.00
Wilson emphasised Newcastle’s need for a new forward with a largely invisible performance at Brighton, where he lost more duels – eight of his 10 – than anyone else on the pitch. Released from Lewis Dunk’s pocket only upon being substituted late on.

 

CF: Brennan Johnson – 5.92
The Forest youngster makes this XI for the second time this season, which feels harsh because he hasn’t looked out of his depth in his first two games as a Premier League player. Last week he was little worse than any of his team-mates at Newcastle, while on Sunday against West Ham, he was a lively presence throughout and was only denied his first top-flight goal by a marginal offside call.

 

How can vards have avoided that eleven ?

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5 hours ago, davieG said:

Tielemans may have condemned himself to another season in Leicester’s midfield.

I know articles such as the worst XI are intended to be a bit tounge in cheek, but this subliminal messaging putting down clubs that are non-rich 6 is just unnecessary. Its this language that propogates the idea of the European Super League. 

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Airport in Leicestershire stocks local club shirt. ****. Right. Off. 
 

I never once flew from East Mids whilst it was named Nottingham East Midlands. Yes…Manchester was a pain in the arse to get to for a 2 hour flight to Benidorm. But principal is principal, and as you can also tell I’m a very rational man. 

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Airport in Leicestershire stocks local club shirt. ****. Right. Off. 
 

I never once flew from East Mids whilst it was named Nottingham East Midlands. Yes…Manchester was a pain in the arse to get to for a 2 hour flight to Benidorm. But principal is principal, and as you can also tell I’m a very rational man. 

Me neither. I actually emailed them each time I inconveniently booked a flight from Brum.or Luton to tell them they'd missed out again, lol

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Airport in Leicestershire stocks local club shirt. ****. Right. Off. 
 

I never once flew from East Mids whilst it was named Nottingham East Midlands. Yes…Manchester was a pain in the arse to get to for a 2 hour flight to Benidorm. But principal is principal, and as you can also tell I’m a very rational man. 

 

I really admire how much you seem to despise Forest and anything associated with them.

 

We could all learn a thing or two from you.

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4 minutes ago, walkerleeds said:

 

I really admire how much you seem to despise Forest and anything associated with them.

 

We could all learn a thing or two from you.

Ask me if I’ve ever stepped foot in an area densely populated by trees. No. I won’t have it. I AM A RATIONAL MAN

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