Leicester City 0:2 Manchester United

Siorac · Jul 23, 2020

FriendlyFox said:
I think you'll have nothing to worry about here.

We have a poor record against United at the best of times (since we've been back in the Prem, I think the only time we've got a win that I can recall was the famous 5 - 3, where Di Maria scored that beauty, before Vardy ran you ragged and screwed over Rafael) and this squad is crippled with injuries. It's also very mentally fragile (I'm sure I said that on here before the Bournemouth game, but I think that just proves my point) and while we steamrollered a lot of the lower teams earlier in the season, we have bottled nearly every 'big' game this season when the pressure has been on. We've also been pretty awful in the whole of 2020.

However, it's pretty much a cup final, and we'll have had more rest, so I'm not ruling us out completely though; it also doesn't look like you are in great form either.

I think we might get a goal (hopefully Vardy, to cement his golden boot) but really I'd expect you to get two or three. If we go out chasing the game, we're going to lose - Spurs pacy forwards just showed how slow our oil-tanker back-up CB's are. Morgan has been ok, but Bennett has been a liability, and both our full backs are very inexperienced. Our best hope is to set-up shop, try and get one on a break, and then ride it out for the rest of the game.

I'd quite like to score a couple of goals early though, because I'm going to be a nervous wreck.

That_Bloke said:
Thought I'd find you in more optimistic mood.

You might be running on fumes but I'd say we're in far worst form. Rodgers seems to have lost his mojo since December and our run post lockdown has been terrible.

We blew up a comfortable lead and injuries/suspensions have decimated our squad.

If Rodgers refuses to adapt his game and decides to gung ho against you (like the Spurs game), your forwards will have a field day.

The first who scores will win this game. Can't see a draw but a shithouse either way is more than possible.

Anyway good luck, it will be an interesting game.

No need to be nervous. You might have injuries, you might be in poor form but this is post-Fergie Manchester United. We're going to lose with an anaemic, toothless, powerless performance - the pressure is simply too great for any other outcome.

Also, Leicester haven't even conceded at home in the Premier League since the restart. Your problems are away from home.

dabeast said:
If I were Leicester, I’d rather play EL next year. At their spending level they have no chance of (ever) winning CL but could actually win EL (and an automatic CL place).

To illustrate, look at Chelsea. Chelsea is in a worse position than us because they are playing Bayern in the CL (and can’t really win CL even if they progress), while we still could win the EL and get the same automatic place.

OTOH, at our spending level we need to be in CL and challenging for the PL.

So you're saying that they shouldn't qualify for the CL because if they don't, it will be easier to qualify for the CL next year?

Stevondo8 · Jul 23, 2020

Tempted to bench Rashford, he’s not been great post lockdown, was v poor last night. Then it’s a case of hope shaw is fit. Rest of the team picks itself.

Squeaky Bumtime · Jul 23, 2020

Ole needs to mixed it up a bit. Yeah I know it's a final game of the season but going with the same team would be a recipe for disaster imo. We can't go into this one with a walking Pogba and an exhausted Bruno. Also Matić needs a rest. I'd start Fred and Mctominay behind Pogba and sub Bruno later. Fullbacks are again going to be a worry. AWB was decent yesterday, Williams offered nothing, we will have to rely on our strikers again and hope they won't have a stinker.
Leicester will go for the win, they have to, we should soak up the pressure and hit them on the counters. No mixing it up with formation, same formation but a bit different team than yesterday. Of course we shouldn't play defensively but actively defending and trying to find a way to hurt them. Our pacy forwards are definitely capable of that especially given the state of their defense.

Unfortunately I see us again starting on a back foot and conceding first which will give them confidence and we'll be chasing a game..

freeurmind · Jul 23, 2020

As bad as Leicester have been, there's no way we go there and smash them. Hopefully it will be a nervy game with us eeking out a draw with some dodgy decision or something.

lenny_1248 · Jul 23, 2020

We just need to score first and everything will be good.
3-1 win.

Josh 76 · Jul 23, 2020

paulscholes18 said:
Ddg
AWB Lindelof Maguire TFM
Pogba Matic
Greenwood Bruno Rashford
Martial

You are asking for trouble if you want to play this team. There legs have gone.
Ole needs to make at least 3 changes. Maybe even 4.
Problem is who
Fred
Mctomminy
Lingard
James
Igaolo
Mata

They are the options. Fresh legs at this stage over comes tired quality players.

Inigo Montoya · Jul 23, 2020

Just came on here to see if there was any positivity whatsoever. Had to scroll through 6/7 pages before finding one.

Ridiculous levels of pessimism over a game we are quite capable of winning quite comfortably. Leicester are worse than we are yet some on here are acting like we're in relegation form.

I don't think I'll bother with this anymore

theklr · Jul 23, 2020

If they press like they did against Spurs (which they probably will) we are in a world of trouble. They had alot of good chances in that game too.

I just pray to god OGS have some sort of plan to counteract that, he for sure has to be aware of those problems now.

Our hope is that since they need to win they cant go all deep block on us, and their defence is very frail now.

I hope we can be abit counter-attacking like we were in the first half of the season. Just hoof balls please.

And yeah, Ole's first real test..

Siorac · Jul 23, 2020

Inigo Montoya said:
Just came on here to see if there was any positivity whatsoever. Had to scroll through 6/7 pages before finding one.

Ridiculous levels of pessimism over a game we are quite capable of winning quite comfortably. Leicester are worse than we are yet some on here are acting like we're in relegation form.

I don't think I'll bother with this anymore

We haven't had a comfortable win since Villa. The only time we faced a team of similar quality - Chelsea -, we were well beaten. Regardless of whether you put our current form down to tiredness or mental weakness or lack of quality, we have precious few reasons for optimism.

Devil81 · Jul 23, 2020

I'd hope they are litrally going into Carrington for massages and relaxation. Throw in the odd team briefing and hope the three days total relaxation helps.

Regardless of what we think he's starting the same eleven again on Sunday.

AJ Bullet · Jul 23, 2020

Leicester probably cant believe they are still in with a shout with it being in their hands just as much as ours, so I can see them raising their game and smashing our fragile mental state of our players who will no doubt freeze, going for 4-1 Leicester.

EwanI Ted · Jul 23, 2020

Leicester's form has gone off a cliff. Their form in the early part of the season

Vs their form since mid-December

24 points in 20 games. Pretty remarkable drop. That said, I saw their game against Spurs, and while Spurs cut them open on the break, Leicester looked decent in possession and kept the ball well, moving it from side to side probing pretty effectively. They were also decent against Sheffield. I wouldn't say they were amazing in either game, but didn't look like a desperate team in freefall.

A week ago I'd have been more than happy with our young attackers counter attacking these guys, especially if they continue to play Wes Morgan in defence. But now I worry we lack the fitness to do those full length sprints repeatedly. I'm most worried about them dominating the ball and us wasting all our energy chasing the game.

I'm confident we can score, and our defence has been pretty decent. We don't often concede more than 1 goal, so a win or draw are definitely within our grasp. But I dont see us waltzing away with a bunch of early goals, so it'll be a nervy one.

romufc · Jul 23, 2020

Cannot see us winning this game. This teams has a mental block.

Sad Chris · Jul 23, 2020

What a bunch of whiny chickenheads in here. How bloody pathetic.

Schmeichel's Cartwheel · Jul 23, 2020

No home crowd here could prove pivotal. With a home crowd behind them I would probably make them favourites. Take that away & man for man there’s no reason we shouldn’t be dispatching them.

Alemar · Jul 23, 2020

The extent of negativity and self-disbelief is huge here. Leicester have several key players unavailable and are losing to nearly everyone lately, why should it change in the last game?

Their defence will have a hard time against our attack, Martial and Greenwood may shred them to pieces actually

ManRed · Jul 23, 2020

This is it the first and final test for Ole. This joke should retire after the game.

Andersons Dietician · Jul 23, 2020

I’m not over;y confident and really we should be qualified already but I’ll be putting my eggs in to the Wolves basket.

We do need to change something as the lack of energy and intensity in the team is gone.

On the plus side they need the win so might come out and go for it but if our passing is as slow and lack lustre as it has been won’t make any difference.

dove · Jul 23, 2020

Inigo Montoya said:
Just came on here to see if there was any positivity whatsoever. Had to scroll through 6/7 pages before finding one.

Ridiculous levels of pessimism over a game we are quite capable of winning quite comfortably. Leicester are worse than we are yet some on here are acting like we're in relegation form.

I don't think I'll bother with this anymore

Of course we are capable of winning it and Leicester are pretty shite right now. However if you look at the last few years, we crumble under pressure every single time and we never get a result when we have to.

Siorac · Jul 23, 2020

Schmeichel's Cartwheel said:
No home crowd here could prove pivotal. With a home crowd behind them I would probably make them favourites. Take that away & man for man there’s no reason we shouldn’t be dispatching them.

Man for man we should be easily dispatching Southampton and West Ham as well.

theklr · Jul 23, 2020

Alemar said:
Their defence will have a hard time against our attack, Martial and Greenwood may shred them to pieces actually

Yeah, i'd say West Hams defence are a level above Leicester right now actually , especially with Rice screening them.

But Leicester mid and attack are a level above West Ham, even with Maddison out so..

jamesjimmybyrondean · Jul 23, 2020

We are definitely starting our best 11 against Leceister.

FrankDrebin · Jul 23, 2020

Lets f*ckin do this! woooooooooooooooooooo!

Alemar · Jul 23, 2020

theklr said:
Yeah, i'd say West Hams defence are a level above Leicester right now actually , especially with Rice screening them.

But Leicester mid and attack are a level above West Ham, even with Maddison out so..

Get real, in terms of starting eleven for this game they are not even close. We need to be less negative - our guys are more than capable to score a few against Wes Morgan led defence, quite frankly.

Besides, if Wolves beat Chelsea (and it is not something improbable) we may lose as well, so additional safety net here if you would

theklr · Jul 23, 2020

Alemar said:
Get real, in terms of starting eleven for this game they are not even close. We need to be less negative - our guys are more than capable to score a few against Wes Morgan led defence, quite frankly.

Besides, if Wolves beat Chelsea (and it is not something improbable) we may lose as well, so additional safety net here if you would

I know I know, im just scared of Vardy .

Pexbo · Jul 23, 2020

Predicting a loss vs Leicester and we limp into the champions league with a Wolves victory making it a bitter sweet day.

Inigo Montoya · Jul 23, 2020

Sad Chris said:
What a bunch of whiny chickenheads in here. How bloody pathetic.

Agreed

youngrell · Jul 23, 2020

Incredible pessimism throughout the Caf. Post-Fergie really has done a number on us eh?

A couple of early goals for Wolves will probably settle the nerves more than anything that goes on in our game.

Beans · Jul 23, 2020

Fatigue won't be any better than last two games. We should hope for a 0-0, but I feel like we'll see a gifted goal somewhere. Hopefully it's to us.

If Shaw is fit I like our chances.

Mihai · Jul 23, 2020

VP89 said:
Honestly I think we will pick them off as they try to attack. Rodgers is stupidly naive in his attack and we should walk in confident with 36 hours rest and Rashford/Martial buzzing around Wes fecking Morgan.

Yesterday: The gd between us and Leicester
Today: Number of hours till Sunday

theklr · Jul 23, 2020

Mihai said:
Yesterday: The gd between us and Leicester
Today: Number of hours till Sunday

Remember that for every hour Leicester gets more rest than us, you need to subtract one hour rest for us.

FriendlyFox · Jul 23, 2020

dabeast said:
If I were Leicester, I’d rather play EL next year. At their spending level they have no chance of (ever) winning CL but could actually win EL (and an automatic CL place).

To illustrate, look at Chelsea. Chelsea is in a worse position than us because they are playing Bayern in the CL (and can’t really win CL even if they progress), while we still could win the EL and get the same automatic place.

OTOH, at our spending level we need to be in CL and challenging for the PL.

The importance of the CL for us isn't so much for trying to win the competition itself (because we'd be in pot 4, so probably going out in the groups), but the money and the ability to attract players.

It's clear that we still have a long way to go to improve our squad, but it's always going to be difficult for us to sign some of the better players and compete with the top clubs. Being in the CL makes us more of an attractive prospect, as well as makes us more likely to keep our players that are liable to being poached.

I'd still enjoy watching us play in the EL, but it doesn't really fulfil the same goal in helping us to progress as a club.

Giant Midget · Jul 23, 2020

DDG

AWB Lindelof Maguire Shaw

Pogba McTominay Fred

Greenwood Ighalo Martial

Rashford and Bruno look completely dead, then can come off the bench if we’re chasing later.

KennyBurner · Jul 23, 2020

Only switch I would make is Rashford for Igahlo. He is exhausted. Let him come on in the second half if needed.

Alemar · Jul 23, 2020

theklr said:
I know I know, im just scared of Vardy .

But on a per minute basis Greenwood is more clinical than Vardy, whereas we have not only Greenwood upfront, but a few other able scorers as well

cyberman · Jul 23, 2020

Leicester cant play well v low laying defences, their defence is atrocious and gets destroyed by pace.
As long as we don't pile forward we should be ok.
Pick a goal off from a fast break and we kill them mentally

Withnail · Jul 23, 2020

Squeaky Bumtime said:
Ole needs to mixed it up a bit. Yeah I know it's a final game of the season but going with the same team would be a recipe for disaster imo. We can't go into this one with a walking Pogba and an exhausted Bruno. Also Matić needs a rest. I'd start Fred and Mctominay behind Pogba and sub Bruno later. Fullbacks are again going to be a worry. AWB was decent yesterday, Williams offered nothing, we will have to rely on our strikers again and hope they won't have a stinker.
Leicester will go for the win, they have to, we should soak up the pressure and hit them on the counters. No mixing it up with formation, same formation but a bit different team than yesterday. Of course we shouldn't play defensively but actively defending and trying to find a way to hurt them. Our pacy forwards are definitely capable of that especially given the state of their defense.

Unfortunately I see us again starting on a back foot and conceding first which will give them confidence and we'll be chasing a game..

I'd agree with most of that. The last game showed we definitely need to mix things up a bit so that we can bring Matic & Pogba/Bruno or even Rashford/Greenwood for the last half hour.

KennyBurner · Jul 23, 2020

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I wouldnt mind. Im desperate for top 4 and wont risk my mental health on winning it through europa.

Withnail · Jul 23, 2020

AJ Bullet said:
Leicester probably cant believe they are still in with a shout with it being in their hands just as much as ours, so I can see them raising their game and smashing our fragile mental state of our players who will no doubt freeze, going for 4-1 Leicester.

Leicester supporters are saying the exact same thing

AaronRedDevil · Jul 23, 2020

I’m not having any hope at the moment. It’ll take the blow much easier when it comes. United become absolute idiots when they need to capitalise, they’ve had a hundred chances to avoid this exact moment all season.

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