Official Leicester City FC Thread

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Has he left yet?

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Brighton 5 Leicester 2

So this week BR decides to stick with our best CDM as a CB whilst not even including 2 specialist, international CBs in the squad Soyuncu and Vestergaard and putting 2 less experienced CBs on the bench. He maintains the hopeless Soumaré as the CDM. He leaves out Belgian international Castagne, probably our most reliable player over the last 2 years, playing youngster Thomas in his place. he drops our new star KDH and plays our no.10 Maddison out on the RW. He also dropped Jamie Vardy and played Nacho and Daka.

Of all of these changes I understand the Vardy drop, he isn't on form and played on Thursday night and Nacho and Daka are good players. In midfield we're playing 2 beautiful skill players Maddison and Tielemans along with the hopeless Soumaré who is not a CDM but more of a go forward player. We simply have sacrificed defence and without KDH we've sacrificed pressure too. Leicester are not in a position to play both Youri and Madders together at the moment. we need to stop the goals scored against us. Furthermore we've got 3 up front - all good players but Barnes is really wasted here as we are not getting enough ball to serve the forwards. we need to dominate the midfield and get hold and control the ball . we need to have a defensive mind set. A change I would have made this week would've been Ward out and Iversen in goal. I have no problem with Wardy and I thought he'd do well but after 5 games of mistakes and conceeding goals it was time to bring Iversen in. He could easily have started the season - as he did the entire pre-season and the cup match.

Leicester started with a goal almost immediately with good play and final linking between Daka and Nacho but we simply don't have the defensive know how or talent to hild onto leads. We quickly went 2-1 down before we scored another peach with a pass from youri to Daka who scored brilliantly. and then we fell to pieces. 5-2 could have been so much worse.

Brendan should walk immediately along with his staff and a new experienced interim should be in for the rest of the season. If we can't get Potter or Poch then I'm happy to go with Dyche or Bielsa on a 1 year rolling contract right now. If we don't act soon we'll have to beg Nigel Pearson to come back and save us from relegation. We have 1 point from 6 games. We are shipping goals at an alarming rate. We are better than this and need someone with new ideas to re-instill confidence in players that finished 5th in consecutive seasons not long ago.

Ward 3 - goals not necessarily his fault but his confidence is completely shot
JJ 4.5 - he's an attacking WB doing what he is told but at the moment we need a RB that defends.
N'didi 4 - he did his best but he hasn't trained to be a CB - he could be with an off -season of practice but he isn't at the moment.
Evans 6 - what is he supposed to do in this defence? He cannot cover for everyone.
Thomas 3.5 - he's doing what he's told - go forward - sadly that leaves gaping holes at the back.
Soumaré 3 - he can go forward with a ball but he's playing CDM and he has no idea where the attackers are or where he should position himself.
Tielemans 5.5 - a couple of beautiful passes and he works hard to defend but that isn't his speciality. at the moment it should be him or Maddison not both.
Maddison 5 - he's being played out of position and being asked to run back into the 6 yd box and defend, that is not his game.
Barnes 5.5 - such a danger with the ball but not getting it because we are under siege. His defence is not good but he spends more time defending than attacking.
Iheanacho 6.5 played well and looked decent
Daka 7 best game for a while and deserves a run in the team

Subs - far too late to do anything and didn't.

Rodgers 0 - wrong lineup, wrong philosophy, wrong tactics, hopeless subs. needs to walk

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Whats the deal with Soyuncu? Why has he been cut out from the squad? Also I just scanned your squad and you guys really need some CB reinforcements. Maybe getting Zagadou (although he's very injury prone) or Denayer would help as they are still free transfers.

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Whats the deal with Soyuncu? Why has he been cut out from the squad? Also I just scanned your squad and you guys really need some CB reinforcements. Maybe getting Zagadou (although he's very injury prone) or Denayer would help as they are still free transfers.

Soyuncu? Your guess is as good as mine. When we sold Maguire he stepped into the team and made the premier league's team of the season. Last year he had to play nearly every match as CB after CB was injured and out. Sure he made a few mistakes but the pressure was immense. he came across as a player that needs a vet (like Evans) next to him. Then towards the end of the season Brendan stopped picking him (With fofana and Evans back). this season he hasn't made the team despite Fofana leaving and us being weak at CB. Clearly there is a problem between him and Brendan, it seems to be irreconcilable as he's being offered to a Turkish team on a season's loan. To me it seems crazy. He should have been playing and we certainly shouldn't be weakening our weakest position further by letting him go. If/when Rodgers gets sacked the new manager will need a decent vet especially when Evans picks up his annual injuries. We needed 2 top class CBs in the window and ended up picking up just Faes. We're going to be in trouble there throughout the first half of the season even if we get another in January. Someone on a free may become a necessity rather than an option but that's ridiculous when you are a prem team isn't it?

We clearly have problems in all management areas at the present time.

[LDNMagic90]

Whats the deal with Soyuncu? Why has he been cut out from the squad? Also I just scanned your squad and you guys really need some CB reinforcements. Maybe getting Zagadou (although he's very injury prone) or Denayer would help as they are still free transfers.

Soyuncu? Your guess is as good as mine. When we sold Maguire he stepped into the team and made the premier league's team of the season. Last year he had to play nearly every match as CB after CB was injured and out. Sure he made a few mistakes but the pressure was immense. he came across as a player that needs a vet (like Evans) next to him. Then towards the end of the season Brendan stopped picking him (With fofana and Evans back). this season he hasn't made the team despite Fofana leaving and us being weak at CB. Clearly there is a problem between him and Brendan, it seems to be irreconcilable as he's being offered to a Turkish team on a season's loan. To me it seems crazy. He should have been playing and we certainly shouldn't be weakening our weakest position further by letting him go. If/when Rodgers gets sacked the new manager will need a decent vet especially when Evans picks up his annual injuries. We needed 2 top class CBs in the window and ended up picking up just Faes. We're going to be in trouble there throughout the first half of the season even if we get another in January. Someone on a free may become a necessity rather than an option but that's ridiculous when you are a prem team isn't it?

We clearly have problems in all management areas at the present time.

Yeah see I don’t get that with managers, BR is complaining about the lack of transfers etc however he has a very capable CB in Soyuncu. Every time I’ve watched him I’ve thought he’s pretty decent, as you said he needs an experienced head next to him at times but you can see he’s talented. I mean Ndidi should not be playing CB for you guys when he’s a force as a DM. It’s coming across as if BR is almost trying to sabotage everything because he didn’t get more signings. I still think you guys can turn it around though, we are still early in the season and whether that’s with BR or not there’s no way that you guys will stay in the position you’re in.

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Strong rumour that Brendan is out before the villa match and the new manager will be in the stands - Thomas Frank.

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Strong rumour that Brendan is out before the villa match and the new manager will be in the stands - Thomas Frank.

Thomas Frank would be an amazing appointment! I really hope Villa leave Rodgers alone lol, the guy needs a break from management. Villa will finish him after his second season lol.

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The Tuchel firing has obstructed the BR firing. He may still be in charge against Villa. A match that could be the final straw for coaches (a Leicester win could do that)- Has that ever happened before?

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Hoping that Brighton think Rodgers is better than anyone else they'll get and step in for him today, save us compensation and maybe they'll even pay some - though if I were Top I'd let him go for nothing.

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It's hard to get the energy together let alone the thoughts.

Spurs 6 Leicester 2

The score line isn't a fair reflection on the match but when you've got 1 point from 7 matches and conceded more than 3 per game with 11 goals against in the last 2 games then no matter how "unfortunate" homers think they are, or how decent the manager's results over th years have been, it's time for the manager to go.

Let's do it now, get someone in very quickly so that they have the whole international break to be ready for the biggest match of the season. An East Midlands Derby with the team that humiliated you in the Cup last year and stand 1 place above you in the league. A must win game and a win that'll move us off the bottom or a nail in the coffin of relegation early in the season. A new manager and it's possible we pick up 15 points from the next 5 games and are in the top half, thinking of Europe at the World cup break.

As for the match, Brendan dumped Soumaré, Left vardy on the bench, brought back KDH but left Ward in goal. Oh and Wout Faes made his debut. Spurs had lost in the week, had Harry Kane looking for his 18th goal against us in 12 matches and had dropped Son because he hadn't scored in 6 matches - what could possibly go wrong?

Leicester started lacking confidence but with energy. They got at spurs got a penalty, missed it and scored the retake only to let Kane score his 18th against us within 2 minutes from a corner and then let dier score his first in a couple of years (probably since he scored against us) to go 2-1 down. Then Leicester fought and dominated and got back into the match with a cool Maddison goal. Thinking we're the better team going out for the second half is never a good thing at the moment, within 2 minutes N'Didi gave the ball away and Spurs were ahead 3-2. surprisingly Leicester then took control and had the chances to get level, that is until about the 70th minute when Son came on. He quickly scored 2 fantastic goals, missed a couple more and ended up with a hat-trick as Spurs won 6-2. He's like a young Vardy and today he could do no wrong.


Ward 3 He made a couple of saves but also let in 6 which luckily wasn't 8, If not Iversen now, then when?
Castagne 5 good going forward, not so good in defence, great play for our second goal.
Evans 4 good first half but errors crept in as he was left exposed at the back in the second half.
Faes 5.5 Grew into the game well and if he isn't infected by the team malaise could prove to be a good signing.
JJ 4 good first half, disappeared in the second
N'Didi 4 good first half, mistake for their 3rd and then always on the back foot.
Tielemans 6 stole balls and passed well at times, at other times lost the ball but never stopped fighting
KDH 6 Wonderfully aggressive first half, not so good in the second then wrongly substituted.
Maddison 7.5 great game, especially first half, wonderful goal and could have had another and an assist.
Barnes 2 I love him but he was poor yesterday throughout.
Daka 6.5 Deserves to continue to start in place of Vardy but should he be in a 1 or 2 up front.

Vardy 4 introduced too late, not sure he touched the ball
Iheanacho 4 introduced too late, not sure he touched the ball meaningfully
Soumaré 3.5, watched the attacker glide past him for the final goal, waste of space defensively.

Brendan 1, his attacking philosophy is leaving us too open at the back, he needs to go.

[LDNMagic90]

Dyche? Kjetil Knutsen? Poch? Or Frank? If you guys are going to fire Rodgers?

[HIF]

Dyche? Kjetil Knutsen? Poch? Or Frank? If you guys are going to fire Rodgers?

Let's see.

[HIF]

Dyche? Kjetil Knutsen? Poch? Or Frank? If you guys are going to fire Rodgers?

Latest is that Rodgers will continue. Not sure how good the atmosphere will be for our Forest derby next up.

[LDNMagic90]

Dyche? Kjetil Knutsen? Poch? Or Frank? If you guys are going to fire Rodgers?

Latest is that Rodgers will continue. Not sure how good the atmosphere will be for our Forest derby next up.

Damn I really thought you guys would’ve binned him off already. I think you guys will win against Forest though.

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Dyche? Kjetil Knutsen? Poch? Or Frank? If you guys are going to fire Rodgers?

Latest is that Rodgers will continue. Not sure how good the atmosphere will be for our Forest derby next up.

Damn I really thought you guys would’ve binned him off already. I think you guys will win against Forest though.

We have to win against Forest but that means nothing does it? We should've brought someone in to renew us this week before 6 easily winnable games. A manager who can get our squad playing again should easily get us top 8. There are a lot of mediocre teams in the league thanks to the BIG 6 pulling power.

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Leicester 4 Forest 0

A great win, much needed but let's be real any but a win would have been the darkest hour for 15 years. Thankfully the win was convincing and the performance great but if Forest had scored from the attack where the ball hit the post at 0-0 would the result have still been a win? It's the little things that change games. I'm sure that Baphomet will agree that Leicester spurs was a close match and only the fact that Son was superhuman and everything he touched was sublime when he came on changed the game from a close match to a blowout. If Son had played against Leicester like he did against Arsenal would spurs have got the win? (Probably, but you get my point).

Leicester have played very well in every match this season and also made errors which they've been punished for. Forest are so bad that they didn't make chances or punish mistakes.

However there were positive changes in this match that did make a difference. The lineup was good. Okay Rodgers kept Ward in goal which no Leicester supporter wanted, he stuck with N'didi at CDM (which I definitely wanted but lots didn't) and he brought Vardy back in dropping Daka (I agree with this because of Vardy's spirit but Daka is starting to look the part and should probably start most of the season). The Leicester crowd was loud and proud - and that makes a difference - and the midfield 3 of KDH/Tielemans/Maddison were magnificent. Rodgers biggest improvement was his use of subs bringing players off before they were too tired and actually using his subs. I still don't rate Soumaré but replacing Ndidi/Tielemans/Madders and Vardy as the fatigue slowed them was the right thing to do. the replacements were not as good in midfield but they had the energy to keep the press on Forest. Finally the new set piece coach seems to be having an effect as defensively we were better at set pieces and on attack the variety was wonderful to see.

As for the match Maddison was outstanding and wonderfully backed up by Tielemans who covered both him and Castagne who charged up the wing. Likewise on the left KDH was everywhere, JJ pushed up and Barnes terrorised Neco Williams and his replacement, Aurier. The back may not have been solid but Wout Faes got his head to a lot of balls and the midfield covered for the attacking wing backs. Ward didn't concede without looking that confidant.

A good win in a must and should win game which sets up the next run of 4 or 5 games which all need to be won. No questions, no excuses. the teams are not top teams and the points need to be built in order for Leicester to be sitting top half at the WC break, if not Sack Rodgers, one win means nothing when looking at his recent run (last 18months).

Ward 5.5 couple of decent saves, but some hurried kicking and worrying punches.
Castagne 7.5 Great going forward and had cover
Evans 6.5 Solid
Faes 8 Great home debut, fully committed, good in the air. No mess
JJ 7 good going forward and got back better.
N'Didi 7 he made the tackles that he needed to
Tielemans 8 one of his best games for a year especially from a defensive stance.
KDH 8.5 should have scored but was absolutely everywhere, pressing everyone and breaking up play.
Maddison 9.5 Sheer class.
Vardy 6 Heart was important, great effort but lacking the cutting edge still. Should have had a couple.

Soumaré 5.5 good going forward at the end but several scary defensive moments when he first came on.
Praet 6 not a lot of time to do anything
Albrighton 5
Daka 8 great goal and looking the part. I'd start him and bring Vardy on for last 30 minutes in future.

Brendan 6, better use of subs, good gameplan and we won.

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So Brendan is still here

Bournemouth 2 Leicester 1

We scored after 10 minutes and then sat back. We were the better team in the first half but it wasn't an enjoyable watch. Second half we gradually tired as Bournemouth outplayed us and we made plenty of mistakes. Eventually mistakes and laziness resulted in the equaliser and that of course meant that we were going to lose again. and we did.

We haven't got rid of Brendan and if we don't we will be relegated. We have good players who aren't fit/playing to their optimum and terrible tactics and training and subs which are killing us. Top seems to have grown tired with his shiny toy, if he isn't going to sack Rodgers he may as well sell the club to some other Foreign owner who'll use it as their plaything for a while before passing it on.

The owners/board/Manager/players are making good money whilst the fans suffer and pay.

Bournemouth are doing okay in the league but that's because the league is full of average teams. They are not a good team as their 9-0 trouncing a few weeks ago showed.

Another 3 points thrown away, soon it'll be too late to make them back up.

Ward 5 not as bad as he has been but sorely exposed with no chance to stop the goals.
Castagne 6.5 really good going forward and was covered well defensively
Evans 3.5 a poor game, mistakes and arm waving without authority.
Faes 3 A terribly poor game. A few decent tackles but gave the ball away a lot. lots of blame for the second goal.
JJ 3.5 he's going forward as instructed but he has no defensive cover so looks bad through exposure.
Soumaré 4 Not our worst player on the pitch but he has no anticipation of midfielders attacking. At fault for letting billings stroll in for the first.
KDH 5 Worked hard but didn't cover for JJ, much better going forwards than defensively today
Maddison 6 Decent but not giving the time and space that Forest allowed him.
Barnes 3 terrible performance, he needs to help JJ defensively in our set up and if not he needs to score and get an assist every match.
Daka 7 easily our best player, well taken goal and gives me great hope for post vardy future.

Vardy 5.5 came on too late (should have been on the left for Barnes earlier) made a difference but didn't have his scoring boots on.
Amartey 4 unfairly blamed for playing out of position in a mess of a defence when we needed goals.
Nacho 5 brought on far too late
Perez 3 What was the point?

Brendan 1 poor tactics, uninspiring HT talk/ sideline coaching / poor and late substitutions

Palace up next - will a loss be enough for Brendan out?

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Leicester 0 Palace 0

Two points lost, Brendan out.

An uninspiring match with the crowd not booing Rodgers out but not cheering on the team either. Leicester were easily the better team but Palace were almost inexistant. Evans injured and replaced by amartey rather than Soyuncu, soumaré kept his place but surely will be replaced by Mendy on Thursday, Maddison picked up a yellow and will miss the match against Leeds, maybe teenager Braybrooke will get a start but unlikely.

It's past time to make the change. Top needs to act.

Ward 5.5 clean sheet, 1 good save but no confidence for the defence.
Castagne 5.5 Gave the ball away 5 times in the first 10 minutes, got forward well and had a couple of chances.
Amartey 5 Gave the ball away a few times, made a couple of championship level mistakes but also made some superb plays, at least plays with heart.
Faes 7.5 Really good game.
JJ 5.5 bit of a nothing game, got forward but did nothing with it. wasn't exposed at the back so badly this week.
Soumaré 5.5 started weak, improved but really is championship level.
Tielemans 7.5 Captain, covered for Castagne, soumare and amartey very well, played forward passes, looked class
KDH 6.5 Good effort, some good steals and some good passes. Tired near the end and needed replacing
Maddison 6 Not his day but he put himself in position to make it a good day. Not quite on his game.
Barnes 6 was dangerous but always failed at the end.
Daka 7 played well, looked sharp.

Vardy 5.5
Praet 6
Mendy 6.5
Nacho 5

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Leicester 2 Leeds 0

I've seen Leicester fans getting all excited about this win. Really? At home to Leeds. Leeds were truly awful especially in front of goal. Leeds were the better team for the first 30 minutes but gave up an own goal which gave Leicester some breathing space. Of course we expected our team to blow another lead but once we scored a truly beautiful goal for our second then we started to hope. Leeds came out in the second half on fire and could have easily got back into it but after we got through 15 minutes the tide turned and we became the better team. A loss would have been catastrophic a win simply keeps us in touch with the safety zone.

Brendan Out

Ward 5.5 not great but steady and made 1 very good save, otherwise hardly tested.
Castagne 6 played more defensively and we were better for it
Amartey 6.5 No howlers and a few good plays
Faes 7.5 excellent, looking like the player we need.
JJ 6 played more defensively and we were better for it.
Soumaré 6 made no big errors and moved the ball forward
Tielemans 8 Covered at the back so well and played wonderful forward passes. He is the alternative CDM to N'didi that we need.
Praet 8 Came in for Maddison and set up both goals. His effort and forward movement was beautiful. How can he be dropped against Wolves?
Dewsbury-Hall 7 all round midfielder who does everything and keeps doing it.
Barnes 7 terrorising full backs again
Vardy 6.5 defense from the front. nothing much in an attacking sense but the pressing game doesn't exist without him.

Mendy 6.5 came on and looked good for the last 30 minutes
Daka 6
Perez 3.5 was terrible, losing the ball and not covering.
Nacho 5 didn't have time to do anything.

Brendan OUT

[The_Brecht]

Oh Youri!