Man City 6- Leicester 3 post match thread.

[adejo92]

Scoring 3 goals would be much more positive if our defending wasn't so bad.

 

It's like trying to empty a sinking ship with a tea spoon.

[filbertway]

I think Liverpool will properly spank us as they're a lot more high tempo than Man City.  Poor players plus lack of rest should see us ran over like a steam train to be fair.

 

Good to see some heart from the lads today though, had absolutely no expectations going into today and a fair few of those players can come out with their heads held high.

[lcfc_forever]

Whatever the issues with this team, with set pieces the biggest problem, they show guts and resilience. Sounds like we gifted four goals to Man City today, but we kept going. Our pace and creativity is our strength, and we're a threat against any team. 

 

Looked like we'd made improvements in recent games but the enforced changes in personnel defensively meant it was disorganised again. Please get a set piece coach in January! 

 

Hopefully we play the diamond on Tuesday that worked well, with Kelechi alongside Vardy, and the same midfield as against Liverpool. 

 

 

[turlo]

Just now, David Hankey said:

"take some positives" another horrible phrase particularly when you've just been stuffed.

positives being we're actually half decent going forward and might as well go for it against the scousers. 

[David Hankey]

Just now, phoneticerror said:

Boys did better than I expected 

You said it there "boys" v men

[Royston.]

Turned on bt sport score and saw 4-0.

Thought ok, pretty much expected, then saw "25 mins"

Better get rummed up before match of the day, it gonna be sensational

[Hamilton Fox]

Defence was awful as expected, set pieces awful as expected, lost as expected. 

Tielemans was dreadful but Maddison was brilliant - second half we showed some fight and quality going forward which gives you some hope 

[Blanchflower78]

3 minutes ago, browniefox said:

"Right boss, we are 1 goal away from the comeback, what should we do?"

 

"Let's take youri off and put Hamza on, that'll show em"

Hadn't we just gone to 5-3 at that point and one eye on having another top player available in 2 days time?

[Tom12345]

As poor as Tielemans was, he should not have been brought off after we came back to 4-3. Hamza clearly would not do much more than Tielemans. I was hoping we bring Vardy on and throw everything at Man C.

 

At the end, we conceded from 4 set pieces: two poor penalties; two corners. The others were poor defensive lapses.

 

That Fofana injury has seriously stuffed our season up. At the least we would not have gotten Vestergaard.  Sue Villarreal!!

[kingfox]

After going 3 at the back...

 

Nacho 1 goal, 2 assists.

 

Might not be everyone’s favourite formation, but Nacho continues to be a beast in that system.

[NaijaFox]

We've conceded the fourth most goals in the PL this season...

If it was not for our not-too-shabby attack, we would be battling relegation.  

[HybridFox]

Showed some fight in the second half but if that isn't a wake up call to invest big in a new defence in January, I don't know what is 

[Beechey]

9 minutes ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

"we won the second half"

 

 

Have you pasted that meme into Paint and then taken a screenshot of Paint?

Edited 26 December 2021 by Beechey

[Tom12345]

Just now, Blanchflower78 said:

Hadn't we just gone to 5-3 at that point and one eye on having another top player available in 2 days time?

No. We were 4-3.

[Hammo]

4 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said:

Imagine what might be possible if we could defend set pieces 

… or, more to the point, if our manager actually had the ability to change the way we defend set pieces.

[NaijaFox]

1 minute ago, kingfox said:

After going 3 at the back...

 

Nacho 1 goal, 2 assists.

 

Might not be everyone’s favourite formation, but Nacho continues to be a beast in that system.

Shame Ederson's head denied him a second...

If we'd pull them back to 5-4 that late, we might have gotten something out of it.

[southfox66]

I guess for a moment we had a glimmer of hope and to get three in open play at their place almost makes it a part victory. 

 

We need two top class central defencers in the transfer window, not has beens, future potential or stop gap signings. 

[Blue ROI]

Considering we had very few of our best 11 and were 4-0 down to one of the best teams in football getting it back to 4-3 was astonishing. Bizarrely one of our best shows of the season. 

 

6-3 was a little bit harsh on us overall. 

[BigGibbo]

We conceded 6. The end.

[wokinghamfox]

16 minutes ago, kingfox said:

If we disregard the first half, we won 3-2.

25 minutes!. We won the last 65 3-2

[Guest Col city fan]

Another great example that epitomes the season

Going forward, we look slick. Maddison really put himself in the shop window today by playing really well in a rubbish team 

But defensively…. A back four of Amartey, Vestergaard, Thomas and Albrighton is championship standard

And they had zero protection in front of them

The reality is that Man City scored four and just switched off. It was like a practice match for them.

As soon as we started scoring, they upped a gear and tried again

If they’d have REALLY wanted to, they’d have got 8 or 9 today I think 

[Arkie Bennett]

That could have been much worse. And the total of 9 goals got me a nice payout at 35-1.

 

We're a dangerous team when we attack. But we're a danger to ourselves in defence. That said, Man C were always likely to stick six past us, whatever our line-up. We weren't humiliated today. 

[sycokilla]

10 minutes ago, browniefox said:

"Right boss, we are 1 goal away from the comeback, what should we do?"

 

"Let's take youri off and put Hamza on, that'll show em"

Youri was terrible today

[Blanchflower78]

4 minutes ago, Tom12345 said:

No. We were 4-3.

So when Laporte scores in 69th minute to make it 5-3 and effectively over, we definitely didn't bring Hamza on for Youri in 71st minute.... 🤔

[turlo]

4 minutes ago, Tom12345 said:

As poor as Tielemans was, he should not have been brought off after we came back to 4-3. Hamza clearly would not do much more than Tielemans. I was hoping we bring Vardy on and throw everything at Man C.

 

At the end, we conceded from 4 set pieces: two poor penalties; two corners. The others were poor defensive lapses.

 

That Fofana injury has seriously stuffed our season up. At the least we would not have gotten Vestergaard.  Sue Villarreal!!

it went 5-3 before we took him off, so a choice of running him into the ground further after he's just comeback from injury or giving him 20 mins off to recover for the scousers