Does Barnes and Maddison have the pace required?
But i wonder if Ricardo gets moved up.
Tomorrow i think will be three DM's for at least for the first half.

I hate my mobile
Waffle is good ktf
I had wrote a long reply but touched the wrong button 🤦‍♀️
Basically I agreed with your post but questioned our substitute and gave a standing of where they are
And the team falls to peices with our lack of quality on the bench with players leaving.
The worry is next season with only kids to replace kids
We need to recruit a couple of experienced players to help the kids out for 2 seasons

Bonbon KTF1. Sadly I fear Puel won’t listen.

Expect Tielemans at RB and Pereira as a number 10.

comment by Nevsaysagoal2city (U5194)
posted 10 minutes ago
Does Barnes and Maddison have the pace required?
But i wonder if Ricardo gets moved up.
Tomorrow i think will be three DM's for at least for the first half.

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On the ball I think they do Nev and I believe that is more important in their positions than running into space.

I think Ricardo’s pace and ability to run at speed with the ball is better served running down the wing

comment by dublin fox optimistically pessimistic, (was london fox)(now Cambridge fox)(can not spell fox) (U1131)
posted 10 minutes ago
I hate my mobile
Waffle is good ktf
I had wrote a long reply but touched the wrong button 🤦‍♀️
Basically I agreed with your post but questioned our substitute and gave a standing of where they are
And the team falls to peices with our lack of quality on the bench with players leaving.
The worry is next season with only kids to replace kids
We need to recruit a couple of experienced players to help the kids out for 2 seasons
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Yep - We need to build on our squad as a whole in the summer. Hopefully that will be after beginning to cement a first 11 or at least majority of it by that time as the last thing we want is a further season without any really identity or consistency in the team

In fact Nev, we want those spaces to be open for Vardy to run into without the ball.

All sounds great the way you put it.

Should work well to get back from a losing position after 15 minutes almost every game, how about we sort out the not conceding part.

How about we get at em from the kick off, high intensity defend from The front style instead of continually letting them have the ball and sitting back
Until we concede style we utilise Every single blooming game.

comment by True Blue (U9486)
posted 53 minutes ago
All sounds great the way you put it.

Should work well to get back from a losing position after 15 minutes almost every game, how about we sort out the not conceding part.

How about we get at em from the kick off, high intensity defend from The front style instead of continually letting them have the ball and sitting back
Until we concede style we utilise Every single blooming game.
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Surely these tactical suggestions can still be implemented along side this formation rather than instead of it?

Of course but for me the issue isn't the set up but the intensity we play at, look at how easy we make it for the oppo teams to come at us building from the back with little pressure from us.

PS - If we don't concede the worst thing we can do is draw, don't they say, start at the back?

I agree with TB
We keep starting matches like a limp finger

I agree about the intensity, I think we have (with good intentions from Puel) been over-coached and natural runs and intuitiveness have been dampened.

In terms of at the back, I think we have a pretty good back 5 and therefore it’s less about quality of individuals and more about how we set up and implement particular tactics and styles of play.

But all of this still needs to be built on a solid, cohesive ‘plan a’ formation and approach. So I would, in my opinion, say a formation is important, at least in terms of having a secure ‘go to’ one.

Ironically, I think Puel’s indecisiveness in relation to this has made it difficult to judge how successful his ‘long term plan’ is and has contributed to him still being manager.

comment by Cheesynacho (U1254)
posted 3 minutes ago
I agree with TB
We keep starting matches like a limp finger
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I don’t think my article (well at least not intentionally) or the vast majority of Leicester fans have suggested otherwise. An increase in the intensity of our start to matches is a given in terms of what needs improving in the short term

Really sorry to hear about Albrighton's injury.

Andy Townsend's piece certainly takes the prize for 'Most idiotic article of 2019' so far.

I'd say go with 4-3-3 as the favoured formation tomorrow, with Tielemans given free rein to go forward. Not far off what you've indicated. Problem might be Tilly and Madders getting in each other's way when Maddison drifts inside.

Probably Claude will pick something completely different!

At the moment I'm just grateful to be elen... Twelfth.

I don’t think the problem has ever been pace. I believe it’s the transition between defence and attack. Whether that is a quick transition (counter) or a slow, more methodical, one.

In midfield you need either a player who can carry the ball or one that will pass it forwards with accuracy. In 2015/16 Kante did the former and Drinkwater the latter.

Without players that have the ability to do this - and combined with the lack of intensity - then we’re more reliant on the no.10 coming back to pick up the ball. This sometimes leaves the no. 9 isolated and outnumbered.

The other way to be creative in a 4-2-3-1 is with the width created by the full backs. This isn’t ideal for us as we don’t have players who’ll play the ball in with consistent quality (particularly Chilwell) and a striker (Vardy) who thrives of a different kind of service.

I quite like the OPs formation and personnel if those players are capable of delivering (as I’ve not seen enough of Barnes and Tielemans yet). If Tielemans can provide the required industry in midfield that would be a massive plus. I’d also like to see Barnes and Maddison closer to Vardy as genuine support strikers slightly withdrawn.

I do think Puel is hampered by some of the players in the 2-3 of his 4-2-3-1 and there is potential that Tielemans might help fix that to some extent. There is, however, a slightly more pessimistic part of me that says that, even with the right players, Puel’s approach will still be far too negative with that lack of urgency and intensity. So we shall see. Along with that question I’d like to see more of Barnes and Tielemans to assess how much more they bring above the likes of Mendy and Gray who are hampering our progression.

Eight points above the relegation Zone, 1 point in 12, Spurs tomorrow and then two relegation battles to come, could we get sucked into a real relegation battle here?

I was just looking at the tables it's now 6 points or 2 wins to Southampton and Newcastle on 24pts
And with spurs Palace and Brighton to come we could definitely get dragged down there
On the other hand 2 wins and we'll probably be 8/9th

Not a time for the manager to consentrate on his style of play like he did last season,

Lol, it's 8 points Dublin.

Ok
I decided 6 points is 2 points above 24 so your vertually in religation well we we'll be if we lose the next 3 🤯🤪