Walsall 0-1 LCFC - Post Match Thread

[Spudulike]

Redemption at last. Its been 45 years of hurt. I can sleep now. 

[Number 6]

Not surprising that a team low on confidence is having issues converting chances, but I'm glad we created decent chances today. Much more positive in doing so in the second half. Dominant win not reflected in the scoreline and much better than the Gillingham performance.

[gw_leics772]

 

 

Well I ain't watching that shite for no-one

 

 

[hejammy]

Bloody hell 28 shots. That's crazy that we've only scored 1 goal. To be fair it really didn't seem like we had that many. Need to work on finishing that's for sure. Can't say BR was too negative on this one seeing as we had so many 'shots' 

[Claudio Fannieri]

We got the win and should have been way more comfortable, what concerns me is we no longer have that ruthless streak where we would put 3, 4, 5 past a team. We seem to overplay in the opposition half, looking to score the ‘perfect’ team goal rather than being direct and ruthless. 
 

There is a reason our forwards are looking wasteful and making poor decisions and I honestly believe it’s the obsession of controlling the game and possession, the amount of times we were in good positions but decisions to try and make a pass rather than go for goal is becoming all too common. 
 

Kristansen looked good and I also thought Praet looked busy and effective when he came on. I have no doubt Nacho will be dropped next week despite yet another goal to get his manager out the crap. 

[Manini]

1 hour ago, Manini said:

I think we’ll get Fulham at home next round assuming they go through today. 
 

Oo or maybe Wednesday as I think they’ll beat Fleetwood. Would like that away, think we’d lose mind. 

Both losing. Get at me for your betting tips folks. Guaranteed £££££

[Torten]

Are we a win from Wembley?

[Parafox]

Someone needs to press the reset button in Barne's football brain.

[SemperEadem]

4 minutes ago, Torten said:

Are we a win from Wembley?

No another after the next

[Raj]

25 minutes ago, hejammy said:

Bloody hell 28 shots. That's crazy that we've only scored 1 goal. To be fair it really didn't seem like we had that many. Need to work on finishing that's for sure. Can't say BR was too negative on this one seeing as we had so many 'shots' 

No way we had 28 shots!!!

 

Job dibe by the way,

Crap first half, decent second.

Good job they were sh1t.

I finally get a win in an away game.

Bring on the next one so we can win 1-0 again!!!

[Eurofox]

Bristol city in the next round please...Big Nige back at the king power 😁

[somebum]

Totally bored

[Blueman1967]

First half was cagey, second half more like it, should won by more, Kristansen look good, when he came on.

[Daggers]

KDH was great, Iverson is a shoe in for No.1 and has been all season, Nacho should be starting every game and the team organised to service him.

 

...And Rodgers needs to GTFO of Leicester.

[foxinsocks]

The whole club should be ashamed. 

[CosbehFox]

2 hours ago, martyn said:

Scoreline looks unconvincing, but I thought we were ok today. Much better performance than against Gillingham in similar conditions.

 

Use of the ball was good on a difficult pitch and we never really came under any pressure, nor had our usual 10 minutes of madness to give the opponent a sniff.

 

Barnes and Daka at anything above a 3/10 and we'd have won that by a few.

Yep totally. Had some bad luck as well before we score off a deflection. The reaction to the missed penalty was good - immediately started to playing a lot quicker 

[DanDare]

2 hours ago, LaCiudad said:

Iheanacho doesn't save his job, Iheanacho and his goals are part of his job.

True but he ain't gonna do that sitting on the bench is he.

[Sampson]

35 minutes ago, Daggers said:

KDH was great, Iverson is a shoe in for No.1 and has been all season, Nacho should be starting every game and the team organised to service him.

 

...And Rodgers needs to GTFO of Leicester.

I'm no fan of Ward and want to see Iverson given a run in the league, as I can't see how he can be any worse, but I'm not sure Iverson was particularly convincing or showed that he has to be #1 today. He didn't really have any real goalkeeping to do and his distribution looked very iffy.

[SpacedX]

Just now, Sampson said:

I'm no fan of Ward and want to see Iverson given a run in the league, as I can't see how he can be any worse, but I'm not sure Iverson was particularly convincing or showed that he has to be #1 today. He didn't really have any real goalkeeping to do and his distribution looked very iffy.

On a more positive note, Daka looked promising. An encouraging performance throughout. 

[Tommy Fresh]

Just now, Sampson said:

I'm no fan of Ward and want to see Iverson given a run in the league, as I can't see how he can be any worse, but I'm not sure Iverson was particularly convincing or showed that he has to be #1 today. He didn't really have any real goalkeeping to do and his distribution looked very iffy.

What I would say is the iffy moments Iversen had didn't lead to anything, like where he was waiting for the ball to drop so he could clear it, he got the job done. Whereas had that been Ward he'd of managed to bicycle kick it in to his own net.

[Sampson]

2 minutes ago, Tommy Fresh said:

What I would say is the iffy moments Iversen had didn't lead to anything, like where he was waiting for the ball to drop so he could clear it, he got the job done. Whereas had that been Ward he'd of managed to bicycle kick it in to his own net.

Haha, not disagreeing. Like I said, I want to see Iverson given a run, but I also wouldn't say he was particularly great today. He barely had anything to do and the little he did still had a couple of iffy moments with his feet. Still think he'd be an improvement on Ward.

Edited 28 January 2023 by Sampson

[Mike1983]

1 hour ago, Torten said:

Are we a win from Wembley?

Imagine winning the FA cup while getting relegated, that would be shithousing at its best.

[FoxTimmy2]

Just now, Mike1983 said:

Imagine winning the FA cup while getting relegated, that would be shithousing at its best.

Going out with a bang!

[Nickaj]

1 minute ago, Mike1983 said:

Imagine winning the FA cup while getting relegated, that would be shithousing at its best.

Almost happened in 1969 I think.

Yes, I really am that old

[An Away Move]

Cracking goal from Iheanacho!