Stoke Post Match

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

[HitchinFox]

Enough said. 

 

We looked very good. Stoke were turgid - but partly because we had a plan for them.

 

Alex Neil is a Championship level manager. No shame in that. But Maresca is a level above - and it definitely showed.

 

Stoke had injuries, which no doubt had an effect. 

[Lcfc82]

Thought it was a tough watch for the 1st hour with them camped out in there own penalty area but once they started to press a bit we got a lot better, could have won by 4 or 5 in the end.

[ronnup]

We're a relentless football machine.

 

The issue , and I dint think it's too early for this , is that it'll be almost impossible to replicate this style in the Prem

[Bob Weasel Fox]

Great win

 

Onwards and Upwards 

[moore_94]

1 hour ago, lnkstern said:

Like I said earlier, I want to see the heat map for Leicester this match, but I don't really know where to look and how long to wait.

 

Any suggestions?

WhoScored and Sofascore do them

 

On WhoScored you click on Heatmaps

 

On Sofascore you have to click on the individual players

 

https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1731662/Live/England-Championship-2023-2024-Leicester-Stoke

https://www.sofascore.com/leicester-city-stoke-city/EG#11371538

[Philkeavo]

4 minutes ago, ronnup said:

We're a relentless football machine.

 

The issue , and I dint think it's too early for this , is that it'll be almost impossible to replicate this style in the Prem

Yes, it will be with the current squad. Should we win promotion 🤞we will need to invest heavily in players capable of playing Enzoball. Burnley are trying to play that way with a squad of players not able to make that step up. Nice problem to ponder…

Edited 7 October 2023 by Philkeavo

[FoyleFox]

What were all the half-time announcements about? I only caught a few of the words clearly, something about asking people to go back in due to an incident?

[dynamark]

1 hour ago, Raj said:

I REALLY struggled at times today, it was really testing to watch at times.

I KNOW the aim and bigger picture and how teams come to play at KP BUT still there were times when you were just saying "shoot ffs" or ping it through the hole.

Still, it's a win and cruising through 

Got to agree nearly dozed off first half ,Of course vesty will have a ton of passes and he has little pace thier chance first minute if 2nd half he just couldnt stay with his man. 

Wilf is the man amazing me

[Lesterlad]

Loved Stoke singing we want the ball we want the ball, followed by we've got the ball 

[PhillippaT]

2 minutes ago, Lesterlad said:

Loved Stoke singing we want the ball we want the ball, followed by we've got the ball 

Nah - you've got to be the ball to beat us these days  

[lanefox]

9 minutes ago, FoyleFox said:

What were all the half-time announcements about? I only caught a few of the words clearly, something about asking people to go back in due to an incident?

The bright sparks at Leicester decided to open the smoking area in the family stand next to where they opened it for the away fans , people were chucking stuff 

[foxinsox]

16 minutes ago, ronnup said:

We're a relentless football machine.

 

The issue , and I dint think it's too early for this , is that it'll be almost impossible to replicate this style in the Prem

No, I think it will be possible. This team gets more and more confident with the strategy and style. 

 

I think the current team would be lower mid table in the current Prem.

[Lesterlad]

Blame the safety officer and that idiot Vicky newby for that pair of muppets. 

[MGLCFC]

I've come to accept that the majority of teams will sit back and hope for the best and try not to be humiliated. Unfortunately I think this means there are going to be a lot of games where the first half is quite tedious. I am happy that we just tire teams out and that the last 30 minutes is full throttle and exciting. There will be the odd few teams that may give it a go, Leeds, Sunderland and Ipswich and I look forward to seeing 90 minutes of entertaining football when this occurs and hopefully we still come out on top..

[Guest Mee-9]

Some right Chodes in their fanbase.

 

Walking down Welford Road shouting ‘f’ing fox shaggers’ at old geezer and kids. 
 

Absolute scum. 

[Hammo]

1 hour ago, Deeg67 said:

Vesty was a pretty decent PL player before Rodgers got hold of him.  Full credit to Enzo for realizing he was a vital cog in his system, and obviously going up against Championship attackers helps a ton.  But Vesty’s miraculous turnaround is more an indictment of Rodgers than anything else.

So true. The evidence of Rodgers’ stubborn incompetence - or sabotage - continues to stack up by the week. 

[FoyleFox]

Just now, Mee-9 said:

Some right Chodes in their fanbase.

 

Walking down Welford Road shouting ‘f’ing fox shaggers’ at old geezer and kids. 
 

Absolute scum. 

The ones being escorted down Welford Rd pre match were the same, and throwing beer and glasses.

[StriderHiryu]

1 hour ago, StatFox said:

Jannik Vestergaard is the first player to attempt 1000+ passes in the Championship in 2023/24 (1003)

He's misplaced just 67, giving him a passing accuracy of 93.62%.

As shown today though it’s not just passing for the sake of it. 95% of those passes are just to pop the ball around but he also makes decisive ones to open up play. Our defenders made tons of passes under Puel and Rodgers, but they were nowhere near as valuable. 

[Matt]

5 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

As shown today though it’s not just passing for the sake of it. 95% of those passes are just to pop the ball around but he also makes decisive ones to open up play. Our defenders made tons of passes under Puel and Rodgers, but they were nowhere near as valuable completely pointless. 

 

[Vlad the Fox]

3 minutes ago, FoyleFox said:

The ones being escorted down Welford Rd pre match were the same, and throwing beer and glasses.

Had to laugh at them giving it the big un as they went past the bricklayers, throwing beer and bottles at us, kids and pensioners, while safely hiding behind the police escort.
 

But let’s face it stoke is only second to luton as the biggest sh1t hole in England so not too surprised.  

[Bert]

Did it kick off at the train station? 
 

Riot vans & CID were flying down past the tigers ground 

[fox_favourite]

4 minutes ago, Bert said:

Did it kick off at the train station? 
 

Riot vans & CID were flying down past the tigers ground 

Vards turned up to wave the Stoke fans goodbye 

[FoyleFox]

14 minutes ago, Vlad the Fox said:

Had to laugh at them giving it the big un as they went past the bricklayers, throwing beer and bottles at us, kids and pensioners, while safely hiding behind the police escort.
 

But let’s face it stoke is only second to luton as the biggest sh1t hole in England so not too surprised.  

Yes, that's where we were. They were shouting Leicester is a sh1thole, which, is a bit rich when you're from Stoke

[Dahnsouff]

44 minutes ago, ronnup said:

We're a relentless football machine.

 

The issue , and I dint think it's too early for this , is that it'll be almost impossible to replicate this style in the Prem

Why?