Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

[An Away Move]

2 minutes ago, brucey said:

I still blame the assault on Fofana for everything that's gone wrong this season. 

Me too. We looked so good against Villarreal before that happened. 

[when_you're_smiling]

Liked that when the commenter said he was from Shepshed last night, Steve Mcmanaman very assertively said ‘Yes’ as if he knew exactly where Shepshed was.

 

Maybe he does and is a regular up Butthole Lane. 

[thankyouleicester]

8 minutes ago, brucey said:

I still blame the assault on Fofana for everything that's gone wrong this season. 

I agree, if we look at these games where having Fofana likely would've made a difference:

 

- Astona Villa 2-1 - (like would've drawn this) +1

- Southampton 2-2 (likely would've won this) +2

- Crystal palace 2-2 (likely would've won this) +2

- Burnley 2-2 (likely would've won this) +2

- Brighton 2-1 (likely would've drawn this) +1

 

That's a possible 8 points more than current, so without Fofana injury it's possible the foxes would have 27 points right now instead of 19.

 

Just my opinion.

Edited 10 December 2021 by thankyouleicester

[moore_94]

 

[Yes]

It’s almost like when a player isn’t looking at their next transfer and has a bit of desire to prove themselves they play well, weird. 

[turtmcfly]

1 hour ago, pmcla26 said:

I thought Barnes was our best player last night before he was taken off. Wouldn't drop him for Daka right now. 

 

He was bobbins man. Nothing he tried came off, which isn't surprising since everything he tried seemd to be of the 'mate, that's never going to come off is it?' variety. And that's just his defensive contribution.

 

Grade II*, Evans, Schmeichel and Maddison were better than him, by dint of ranging from decent akshually to 'not foot-through-TV-endagering'. But it's a measure of how bad we were that someone who had a bit of a stinker could still claim to be a middling player on the night.

 

[worth_the_wait]

1 hour ago, brucey said:

I still blame the assault on Fofana for everything that's gone wrong this season. 

It wasn't just losing a very good player.

 

It was the "oh shit" moment when, in an instant, the whole squad's morale just seemed to drop a notch.

[KFS]

21 minutes ago, Yes said:

It’s almost like when a player isn’t looking at their next transfer and has a bit of desire to prove themselves they play well, weird. 

It’s almost like he’s playing like a fan which he is, and not being told by his agent that this is a feeder club to the next step.

 

We’re going to be Southampton in a few years if we don’t get our shit together.

[lgfualol]

Make him captain

[Yes]

43 minutes ago, KFS said:

It’s almost like he’s playing like a fan which he is, and not being told by his agent that this is a feeder club to the next step.

 

We’re going to be Southampton in a few years if we don’t get our shit together.

It might come across as a simplistic view but I do genuinely believe the motivation among the majority of players has never been lower, Schmeichel talking about possibly wanting to leave at the end of his contract, Fofana talking about his dream clubs a few of which were in our league, Tielemans not signing a contract and others flirting with the idea of leaving one way or another, you have to think that’ll effect other senior players that aren’t looking to leave.
 

Meanwhile the likes of KDH and Thomas are actually playing like they want to be here, probably because they do. 

[cruzFOX]

In a game that was so frustrating to watch our young Lester lad KDH was the only player who resembled that person who’s supposed to take the game by the scruff of the neck. Isn’t this the captains job and vice captain? He was driving us forward every time. The rest of this team need some serious sorting out. Feels like a perfect storm of players, Manager & coaches to blame with everyone pointing the finger of blame and no one taking the responsibility.  Starting to smell a bit like Ole’s final chapter at manu.

[Deeg67]

I don't think KDH is a huge talent, but he's a pretty good player whose skill set is one we're sorely lacking in at the moment - an attacking midfielder who covets the ball, looks to be progressive once he gets it, and isn't afraid to try a risky pass.  And his obvious desire at the moment is in stark contrast to what looks mostly like a disinterested group of players.

 

The elephant in the room is that if we're really going to execute the overhaul everyone in this place knows in their heart of hearts we need, just firing the manager isn't going to cut it.  Vardy and Schmeichel are going to need to be phased out, and you could make a pretty compelling case that it should already be happening in both their cases.

[Strokes]

1 hour ago, lgfualol said:

Make him captain

Give him the managers job until the end of season.

[CloudFox]

6 minutes ago, Deeg67 said:

I don't think KDH is a huge talent, but he's a pretty good player whose skill set is one we're sorely lacking in at the moment - an attacking midfielder who covets the ball, looks to be progressive once he gets it, and isn't afraid to try a risky pass.  And his obvious desire at the moment is in stark contrast to what looks mostly like a disinterested group of players.

 

The elephant in the room is that if we're really going to execute the overhaul everyone in this place knows in their heart of hearts we need, just firing the manager isn't going to cut it.  Vardy and Schmeichel are going to need to be phased out, and you could make a pretty compelling case that it should already be happening in both their cases.

I think he's shown in his past few games that he's good enough for this level though, and works damn hard. With more game time I think he's going to become the steady performer we can rely on, and one who at least tries to grab games by the scruff of the neck.

 

As for phasing Vardy and Schmeichel out, we certainly seem to have Vardy's successor in Daka. Iversen is perhaps intended to be Schmeichel's. I'd like to see him in and around the first team for us next year, but his experience at Preston is so important for the time being.

Edited 10 December 2021 by CloudFox

[Deeg67]

42 minutes ago, CloudFox said:

I think he's shown in his past few games that he's good enough for this level though, and works damn hard. With more game time I think he's going to become the steady performer we can rely on, and one who at least tries to grab games by the scruff of the neck.

 

As for phasing Vardy and Schmeichel out, we certainly seem to have Vardy's successor in Daka. Iversen is perhaps intended to be Schmeichel's. I'd like to see him in and around the first team for us next year, but his experience at Preston is so important for the time being.

I wouldn’t mind seeing what Ward could do in an extended run of matches before binning him for Iversen.

[Incognito]

14 hours ago, when_you're_smiling said:

Liked that when the commenter said he was from Shepshed last night, Steve Mcmanaman very assertively said ‘Yes’ as if he knew exactly where Shepshed was.

 

Maybe he does and is a regular up Butthole Lane. 

Did you hear the bit when McManaman was on about how he watches our 18s and 23s, and how the style of football permeates from first team all the way down.

 

The blagger has clearly never watched our 23s what with Beagleball...!

[Dan LCFC]

On 09/12/2021 at 18:41, Ric Flair said:

Probably the closest player we've got at the minute to a character who will drag us over the line. Do not be surprised if he leads us to a win here. He wants this, unlike some of these spotty little herberts

In a nutshell - I've liked him. Not the finished article but offers plenty that we're lacking. He reminds me a bit of Conor Gallagher and he's another I really quite like.

 

I'd keep him in the side. He's been one of the very few pluses lately.

[Devonfox1884]

I love this guy. He’s the only one showing a bit of fight and passion a the minute - while we have some very skilful players, if they traded some of that for the mindset and passion Kiernan seemingly has, we’d be in a much better place as a team I feel.

[moore_94]

Another good performance from the stately home today

 

Has that energy that our midfield badly needs at times

[Corky]

Liking this lad more and more. Commentator mentioned he'd been given a chance because of injuries etc but he's earned his place now.

 

Gives us movement, wants to have the ball.

[Alex_LCFC]

Plays with passion like any one of us would given the chance wearing the shirt 

 

but has the talent and composure to go with it

 

great start 

[KFS]

Like the way he recycles the ball, creates a ‘double press’ when playing with Ndidi, and how he plays with a passion that any of us would 

[ParkerPen]

5 minutes ago, KFS said:

Like the way he recycles the ball, creates a ‘double press’ when playing with Ndidi, and how he plays with a passion that any of us would 

Does plenty more but also helps keep the tempo up

[Marshall Cockney Fox]

I want to like the lad as he's home grown. And he's clearly a tidy player. I'm just not convinced he's Prem level. He is one paced, excessively one footed and got mugged in possession multiple times. To me he's a championship midfielder. But he may evolve or end up as 4/5th choice here. 

 

[StriderHiryu]

KDH has been our second best "signing" this season IMO. Daka clearly the best, but for me KDH has been more impressive than Soumare or Lookman, and clearly better than the Southampton two.

 

He deserves to keep his place in the team and is doing well. He strikes me as the sort of player that will get better with regular game time too.