LCFC 3-2 Millwall - FA Cup - Post Match Thread

[moore_94]

Made hard work of it towards the end but good to see some good performances and minutes for squad players

 

Who do we want next round then?

[lnkstern]

A number of changes to the squad by Enzo, as expected.  Good to see some of the lesser-used players get some match-time.

 

Millwall came out with attacking intent and were on top for large parts of the first half.  Stolarczyk made some key saves.  We got two good goals on quick counterattacks.  You could tell that the Leicester players, especially the defense, were still trying to figure out how to work together.

 

Millwall pulled a goal back early in the second half, and the tension ratcheted back up.  Then a superb long ball from Doyle put Cannon behind the defense; he slotted it home for the Foxes third goal.

 

Late goal by Millwall put us right back in squeaky-bum mode, but in the end Leicester saw the match out.

 

Ricardo, Casadei, Stolarczyk, Choudhury, and Cannon all played well, I thought.

 

The defense wasn't as cohesive as you might want (unsurprising), but mostly kept the ball out of the net.

 

Also very good to see the debut of Maswanhise!

[ARM1968]

Considering the side put out we got away with that. Good job we were clinical and they weren’t. 

[Cincinnati Fox]

Need to work on defending set pieces 

[foxfanazer]

Easy 

[Gravel]

HMS Piss the Cup

[Beechey]

Take that with 9 changes or whatever it was

[kingfox]

Time to bring him back

[Aus Fox]

Let’s not get too carried away, but I think I might get the flights booked early…

[Pliskin]

Job done, don’t really give a **** how we did it, had to make loads of changes as this isn’t a priority this season. 

[peterborofox]

Why are we still embarrassingly bad at defending corners 😂 laughable

 

Glad we won though 😂

[Tielemans63]

We've got a proper player in Cannon.

 

Nelson looking promising too

[Jobyfox]

To play a reserve side and win is all you can ask for really.

 

It’s never going to be the most cohesive performance.

 

Job done 

[KingsX]

 

               

[coolhandfox]

Just now, Cincinnati Fox said:

Need to work on defending set pieces 

Nice easy when you have a side that never played together.

[Bezzanator89]

Set pieces threaten to be our undoing one day. Can be considered a little fortunate not to be taken to a replay. However...

 

Into the 4th round, can we sing the Wembley song yet?

[David Hankey]

Glad to get that one out of the way. Onwards to Round 4.

[Simonb]

Plenty of first team players got a rest 

Blooded a couple of young players.

Doyle, sloppy but returning from a long period out.

Cannon sharp, casadei finally looked good.

Wins a win.

[Hollism94]

As someone pointed out in another thread, Swansea game will now be rearranged for after Afcon. Massive benefit for us.

 

Avoided the replay, and getting knocked out the cup is horrible anyway so I’m glad we’ve saved that for another time.

[Strokes]

Not our greatest performance but loads of positives to bring forward.

 

In the hat.

[leicesterlad1989]

Made it hard work but we will take it. Really like what I'm seeing from Cannon. 

[coolhandfox]

1 minute ago, kingfox said:

Time to bring him back

We weren't really much better with him.

 

How about get someone decent!

Edited 6 January by coolhandfox

[CrispinLA in Texas]

That was such an entertaining game... loved it 

[Mendi]

What a close game it was.

[StriderHiryu]

Lucky to win that, but we made a lot of changes, so perhaps not unexpected.

 

Ben Nelson was really solid and quietly impressive.

 

Casadei had his best game for me. Still made a few brainfart decisions, but he played some great passes into Cannon and got himself a goal and assist. This was the first time I thought "he could have a future with us".

 

Cannon is very exciting! I think he should have scored more than one though!

 

Choudhury for me was man of the match. Never gave the ball away and made some great defensive contributions.

 

 

Edited 6 January by StriderHiryu