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

[FOXSE]

2 minutes ago, FosseSpark said:

Cannon could/should have had a hat trick. Very vardy sequence, when the confidence comes he will be a nightmare.

He doesn't look short on confidence! I think there will be days he plays like that and smashes four in.

[Ric Flair]

Ben Nelson take a bow. Proper defensive display, useful on the ball too. Got to be pushing 1st team properly now, forget Doyle, Nelson is the bigger talent and ours.

 

Tom Cannon is so impressive too, I've every confidence that barring injuries he is the real deal.

 

Great to see Maswanhise finally make his debut for us 3 seasons after it should have happened.

 

Casadei seemed much more aggressive today, which was positive.

 

An enjoyable game but we gifted them a lot of chances 1st half and 2nd half our set piece defending was revolting. Its a major weakness of ours, 2hich having been subjected to it for 2 seasons under Rodgers before he tried to remedy it, is frustrating. Enzo needs to get to the bottom of it.

 

Right, I want Maidstone Utd at home.

[Dr The Singh]

Shame Nelson isn't left footed, nest and tidy player

[bmt]

Their second goal was an embarrassment. Hamza, Casadei and Cannon all looked very good

[surrifox]

12 minutes ago, Jobyfox said:

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 

Away at a ground that’s never easy to play at too 

[FoyleFox]

Just now, surrifox said:

Away at a ground that’s never easy to play at too 

Thanks Ben 

[lcfc_forever]

Millwall's best three chances all came from corners, of which two they converted. From open play, they had shots but nothing particularly threatening while our chances were higher quality and closer to goal, so think the commentator was OTT in playing up their dominance.  

 

But we created our own issues. Thought Doyle was poor (except that through ball to Cannon) and Stolarcyk's kicking got worse towards the end, indirectly leading to the 2nd goal. 

 

Enjoyed seeing Coady in the middle of the 3, thought he was very good and his passing between the lines was impressive. Ricardo was class, and Nelson looked really promising as well. 

 

Pleased to see Casadei's contribution, Cannon's finish was Vardy-esque and Albrighton was solid as usual. 

 

Choudhury was my man of the match as well, made some crucial interceptions and was efficient in his distribution.

 

Clearly need to work on set piece defending. We seem to concede three types of goal most - worldies and deflections, which you can't do much about. But the one we can is set pieces - Millwall especially have shown us up in how we defend them.

 

Hopefully that gets addressed urgently on the training pitch. 

[justfoxes]

Cannon 3 goals in 2 games really staking his claim for next Championship game V Cov Schitty  next Saturday can see this lad become a prolific scorer for us really getting that confidence each game he plays, played really well today getting into some great spaces unfortunately wasn’t given much service first half but that goal he took was amazing the first touch to go round the keeper to slot home he’s definitely been watching or been learning from the GOAT !

 

[Foxaholic ME]

3 minutes ago, surrifox said:

Away at a ground that’s never easy to play at too 

W

[Ric Flair]

4 minutes ago, Dr The Singh said:

Shame Nelson isn't left footed, nest and tidy player

 

[Finnegan]

6 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

forget Doyle, Nelson is the bigger talent and ours.

 

Love a good foxestalk post match reaction 

[Foxaholic ME]

Just now, Foxaholic ME said:

We have lost the last 3 cup ties here so perhaps more credit is due to a win in an entertaining game by our reserves

 

Just now, Foxaholic ME said:

W

 

[ealingfox]

Was the penalty decision near the end as bad as it looked from the stand?

[CloudFox]

5 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Ben Nelson take a bow. Proper defensive display, useful on the ball too. Got to be pushing 1st team properly now, forget Doyle, Nelson is the bigger talent and ours.

 

6 minutes ago, Dr The Singh said:

Shame Nelson isn't left footed, nest and tidy player

He played really well. Never got shaken by their press, which was very encouraging. Would have liked to see what his passing range is like to figure out which position he can fit best (central or RCB), but with performances like that, he'll get plenty of chances to show us.

[KingsX]

They are freakin' ecstatic on the Millwall forum 

 

That was a great game to watch.

We should all be so proud of our players today!

The whole team played brilliant today

Wow, so many players had their best game of the season

Wonderful game to watch

Hard to explain how good we were

 

They spent two-thirds of the match two goals down to our B team and got kicked out of the Cup    That's a sorry lot

[Muzzy_no7]

2 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

 

BuT NeLsON iSnT tWO FoOtEd oN fM24🤪

[CloudFox]

1 minute ago, ealingfox said:

Was the penalty decision near the end as bad as it looked from the stand?

It looked horrendous right in front of me. How on earth did the ref not give that? Albrighton was livid.

[Bob Weasel Fox]

Any away win is a good win

 

even in the cup 

 

onwards and upwards 

[Steve Earle]

Newport or Eastleigh away please

[Guest nathan.]

Strange game really.

 

Defending set pieces needs attention.

[Muzzy_no7]

From the Millwall forum:

 

‘That will be the hardest game Leicester have had this season, we were the better team by far, this is a different Millwall team now the attacking intent is there for all to see.’

 

Jesus wept🙈

[cruzFOX]

In the whole we dominated millwall easy snd only made it a game by gifting 2 set piece opportunities which millwall were happy to take. Then its crap the pants to the finish line. We can certainly avoid this kind of stress and either bury teams with more goals or become defensively tighter.

anyway a win us a win and we played well.

cannon is close to scoring a hatrick one game soon. He’s arrived just in time for us.

[FoxinNotts]

Can anyone post one of those links to the goals please?

[Stormfox]

13 minutes ago, Dr The Singh said:

Shame Nelson isn't left footed, nest and tidy player

He is both footed

[Big_Nige]

20 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

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.

 

 

I thought Nelson’s reading of the game, in terms of getting in front of his man and making interceptions was exceptional. Yunis and Casadei will get the praise for the second goal, but Nelson was breaking up their attacks like that all day. Also really comfortable on the ball and was looking to break the lines from the first minute. Very promising