Leicester 1 - 2 Villa POST MATCH

[Bluetintedspecs]

11 hours ago, Happy Fox said:

They are managed by a class manager tbf! Whereas us the less said the better.

Is that a promise? 🤞🤣

[Ric Flair]

On 31/08/2024 at 23:33, ClaphamFox said:

Cooper supposedly spent his time after leaving Forest analysing every aspect of his time there in a bid to learn from his mistakes. He even apparently recruited statisticians to help him gain a full understanding of his strengths and weaknesses as a coach. And now he’s repeating exactly the same mistakes that got him sacked from his previous job. I suppose some habits are too ingrained to change…

Don't mate, you'll be accused of trying to be trendy by being negative.

 

The warning signs are there for many of us to see, against a backdrop of many of us being utterly perplexed he was the choice in the first place.

 

For all our faults as a club, we don't usually have managers start poorly here. In the last 15 years only Sousa struggled and quickly paid the price. Sven, Pearson, Ranieri, Shakespeare, Puel, Rodgers and Maresca all started extremely well and very few made baffling decisions until they got their feet under the table.

 

I'm not afraid to say it that I view managers very simplistically. My default approach is most are ineffective, certainly past a season and if they don't even start well in the short term then get rid. I appreciate you have to rationally adjust this for a fair chance but you weigh that up against peculiar decision making and make a call. He's got to go.

 

He should never have been appointed. He should have been read the riot act in pre-season and he should be on his last warning after Saturdays team selection.

 

Let's see if anything changes come a week on Saturday. Wouldn't surprise me if we lose again, as his away form in this division defies science.

 

The next half a dozen games really are crucial to our survival, we can't afford to be patient. 35 games left, likely to be hit with a points deduction and yet this manager over 58 PL games averages 35 points a season which won't be good enough. 

 

Anyway, time to enjoy the international break. A welcome relief.

[RumbleFox]

The more I think about it the more shocking it is to start THREE defensive midfielders. I don’t think I’ve ever seen any manager do that? Yes, I know Wilf technically wasn’t being played as a DM but he is one. I swear I’m usually one of the people defending managers and asking for patience and time but I’m not feeling good about this at all.
 

I’m actually surprised there hasn’t been MORE of a reaction to that team selection. Take us down battling and fighting and we’ll respect you Steve. But three DMs, freezing out our best player and not playing one of our best attacking threats from last year is starting to feel unforgivable. 

Edited 2 September by RumbleFox

[blue army 1988]

8 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

The more I think about it the more shocking it is to start THREE defensive midfielders. I don’t think I’ve ever seen any manager do that? Yes, I know Wilf technically wasn’t being played as a DM but he is one. I swear I’m usually one of the people defending managers and asking for patience and time but I’m not feeling good about this at all.
 

I’m actually surprised there hasn’t been MORE of a reaction to that team selection. Take us down battling and fighting and we’ll respect you Steve. But three DMs, freezing out our best player and not playing one of our best attacking threats from last year is starting to feel unforgivable. 

Apart from the Morocco guy who's just joined, who would you have played in the AM role?

 

I think there hasn't been any reaction is because, as you said, Wilf was being played in the AM role and also because we don't have much options there. When this new guy gets up to speed in can see Wilf on the bench

[Bptiger]

Another poor performance, 1st half was woeful, we couldn’t get out of our own half , players could not control passes and no one could go forward . 
why the hell is malvidei not starting , he was the one bright spot in the second half , and again cooper waited to long to make replacements, he has got the team playing just keep ball at the back , we have battled well over all , put there’s no punch in the midfield 

[RumbleFox]

23 minutes ago, blue army 1988 said:

Apart from the Morocco guy who's just joined, who would you have played in the AM role?

 

I think there hasn't been any reaction is because, as you said, Wilf was being played in the AM role and also because we don't have much options there. When this new guy gets up to speed in can see Wilf on the bench

There were numerous options surely? Buonanotte? Any from BDCR, Mavididi, McAteer, christ even Ricky P or Alves?

 

I like Wilf, he was great for us and seems a genuine guy. And my post is in no way a dig at him but the stats back up he was very ineffective. It’s the mental side too. Fans and opposition see THREE DMs and get depressed/excited. 
 

Yes some of the above aren’t technically “AMs” but neither is Wilf. 

 

Edited 2 September by RumbleFox

[Ric Flair]

35 minutes ago, blue army 1988 said:

Apart from the Morocco guy who's just joined, who would you have played in the AM role?

 

I think there hasn't been any reaction is because, as you said, Wilf was being played in the AM role and also because we don't have much options there. When this new guy gets up to speed in can see Wilf on the bench

Bounanotte who played there the 1st two league games?

 

What's not talked about more is he picked these same 3 DCMs in the home cup game to a league two outfit 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Claudio Fannieri]

48 minutes ago, blue army 1988 said:

Apart from the Morocco guy who's just joined, who would you have played in the AM role?

 

I think there hasn't been any reaction is because, as you said, Wilf was being played in the AM role and also because we don't have much options there. When this new guy gets up to speed in can see Wilf on the bench

Errrrrrrr Facundo 

[Babylon]

I just don't get some managers, we were already losing. Why are you waiting until we are losing by more before making changes? We'd just got a foothold in the game I felt and at that moment we needed to bring on a proper 10 at the very least. 

 

I have no idea what the plan was for the last 10 minutes, just chuck on every forward thinking player possible and hope for the best. I don't think anyone knew where the hell they were supposed to be, how does that aid the attack?

[Finnegan]

35 minutes ago, Babylon said:

don't think anyone knew where the hell they were supposed to be, how does that aid the attack?

 

Cooperball™

[The Doctor]

41 minutes ago, Babylon said:

I just don't get some managers, we were already losing. Why are you waiting until we are losing by more before making changes? We'd just got a foothold in the game I felt and at that moment we needed to bring on a proper 10 at the very least. 

 

I have no idea what the plan was for the last 10 minutes, just chuck on every forward thinking player possible and hope for the best. I don't think anyone knew where the hell they were supposed to be, how does that aid the attack?

thats what the plan was, it's tactically inept and simplistic "more forwards = more shots" thinking without consideration of how to get the shooting opportunities in the first place 

[The Doctor]

 

state of this. Kristensen, Ayew and Skipp pretty much entirely on top of each other in average position, Ndidi playing right alongside Fatawu, just zero structure in that.

[Babylon]

32 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

Cooperball™

 

26 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

thats what the plan was, it's tactically inept and simplistic "more forwards = more shots" thinking without consideration of how to get the shooting opportunities in the first place 

I'm all for adding a bit of jeopardy into it and mixing things up, but it was just a p*** take. Used to drive me mad under Rodgers when we'd just continue to plod the ball around at a snail's pace, but this is like the polar opposite. 

[pmcla26]

13 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

 

state of this. Kristensen, Ayew and Skipp pretty much entirely on top of each other in average position, Ndidi playing right alongside Fatawu, just zero structure in that.

Yep, especially when you think how structured we were last season. How can you dismantle a successful shape so quickly when you largely have most of the same players? 

[RonnieTodger]

Think Tielemans needed to be on the opposition to remind me how good he is.