LCFC v Everton, 21/09/2024

[Clever Fox]

I'd prefer to see us play with our two proper Wingers. Mav and Fats. Both offer a lot more in a need to win game. Fats can assist JJ in defence while Mav can hold the Ball up better than VK bringing others into the game. While also spreading there defence thin across the back.

 

I expect to see Edourd replace Vardy up top at some point in the second half.

 

It will be tight but I feel we can win this if the players keep the mommentum up against an Everton team clearly down on confidence.

[alfox13]

Three hail Marys. 

[alfox13]

Drop Christianson move Justin to the left and play Ricardo. 

[kyleolly]

Hopefully Edouardy start 

[ronnup]

Same 11 with Edouard not Vardy I suspect

 

Will feel sick all day

[Ric Flair]

Just on my first tin

[RumbleFox]

It’s ridiculous to say this game is a must win.

 

But, you know, must win. 

[Claudio Fannieri]

I really hope Cooper shows he is prepared to be flexible in his team selection and pick horses for courses and not just go with what worked last week. Very different approach needed today. 
 

They will sit deep so we need players capable of drawing them out, it will be very similar to last season so highly likely we will control and dominate possession, I have horrible feeling he will go with a very defensive and workmanlike line up and we end up struggling to break them down and get hit with a sucker punch and lose 1-0
 

my team would be, not that I think he will go for it. 
 

Mads

 

Riccy

Vesty

Okoli

Justin 

 

Winks

Skipp

 

Abdul

Bilal

Mavididi

 

Eduaord 

 

subs

Iversen

VK

Faes

Choudhury

Ndidi

Facundo

Ayew

McAteer

Vardy 

[Mickyblueeyes]

Had a dream we were 4-0 down at half time. Happy Saturday everyone

[lcfc sheff]

15 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Just on my first tin

I hope it’s not beans!

[lcfc sheff]

I think he’ll start same line up as last game. He’ll want physicality surely. Will save our more attacking line up for the cup game

[Fazzer 7]

If he doesn't start Facundo I'll be bledy fuming 

[Happy Fox]

1 minute ago, lcfc sheff said:

I hope it’s not beans!

It’s Spaghetti Coops 

[The Doctor]

if he goes 3 dcms at home again he needs giving a pair of concrete boots and chucking the soar. Same with Ayew tbqh, Everton are shit, get Facundo or Bilal, Fatawu and Mavididi on the same pitch. Ayew can come on if we're leading with 15 to go and do the one thing he does well, fall over and cause breaks in play.

[Greg2607]

2 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

if he goes 3 dcms at home again he needs giving a pair of concrete boots and chucking the soar. Same with Ayew tbqh, Everton are shit, get Facundo or Bilal, Fatawu and Mavididi on the same pitch. Ayew can come on if we're leading with 15 to go and do the one thing he does well, fall over and cause breaks in play.

He isn't "really" playing with 3 DCM's is he.  Ndidi is currently 3rd in the assists chart. He's using him to turnover play in our attacking third.  it's unlikely that other 10's would be able to do this as effectively.  

 

It's a bit of a strange renaissance for Wilf really.  It shouldn't really work, none of us would have predicted it prior to maresca shifting him forward, but somehow, he does a job. 

 

It's not as pretty to watch as Madison at 10.  But I'd almost rather have Wilf further forward if he HAS to start, as his loose passes are lest likely to hurt us that far up field AND he creates an opportunity to turnover play where it's most likely to hurt our opposition. 

[Fox85]

We will lose today due to a negative approach to the game then rather than blame the real reason this Squad is failing the happy clappers will blame the ref or other officiating.

 

Leicester 1 - Everton 3

[The Doctor]

3 minutes ago, Greg2607 said:

He isn't "really" playing with 3 DCM's is he.  Ndidi is currently 3rd in the assists chart. He's using him to turnover play in our attacking third.  it's unlikely that other 10's would be able to do this as effectively.  

 

It's a bit of a strange renaissance for Wilf really.  It shouldn't really work, none of us would have predicted it prior to maresca shifting him forward, but somehow, he does a job. 

 

It's not as pretty to watch as Madison at 10.  But I'd almost rather have Wilf further forward if he HAS to start, as his loose passes are lest likely to hurt us that far up field AND he creates an opportunity to turnover play where it's most likely to hurt our opposition. 

Yes, he's playing him as an advanced destroyer but wilf is not, nor will he ever be, the man to unpick a stubborn defence. Play him there by all means against bigger sides or away from home, where teams won't sit in and dare us to break them down, but Everton will do that and Wilf will be as useful in that role in this game as a space heater in the Sahara.

[Grebfromgrebland]

It gets quite cold at night in the desert.

[MANFACE]

This is, as all matches will be, differcult. But I'm sure we will win this, maybe by just one goal.

I'm sure all the players will know this, and Cooper.

When we win today, it will be a massive boost for all of us.

 

[Haywood_6]

I think we’ll see no changes, or maybe one change at most. I’d like to see us go more attacking, especially considering how little possession Everton have had. We need our best players on the ball. But I just can't see it - he'll probably play it safe at first and maybe adjust later in the game. Excited to see Edouard make his debut, should definitely come on second half you'd think.

[Plastik Man]

11 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

Unless I'm mistaken, Vestergaards not been in any of the footage shown this week in training. Cooper said there's no injuries as well.

If I'm not mistaken the footage was all filmed in landscape, not the required portrait for Vestergaard, shoulders up, to feature.

 

[Nickaj]

55 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Just on my first tin

How long  'til the second tin?

[Nolucklcfc]

Whilst ndidi did well last week, he is a DM by trade and we need a different profile of player at home to Everton in that position. That said, is he going to drop him after last week? No chance. 

[Richmondfox]

2 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

Yes, he's playing him as an advanced destroyer but wilf is not, nor will he ever be, the man to unpick a stubborn defence. Play him there by all means against bigger sides or away from home, where teams won't sit in and dare us to break them down, but Everton will do that and Wilf will be as useful in that role in this game as a space heater in the Sahara.

I would leave Wilf out for this game.  He just floats around too much watching players run by when high up the pitch.  He is good when things are falling apart and he doesn’t have to think.  We have enough young skilled players to take long shots which at worst will force a save for whoever we have upfront to pounce on. Ayew has shown why he peaked at Palace. 

 

Cooper will already have the excuse’s lined up.  

 

I’m sure he will start defensive in selection and any change will be reactive 10mins too late. No point being so defensive yet getting JJ or VK to double up on a forward leaving a winger with all the space to put the ball in a dangerous area.

[Ashley]

Please win today Leicester.