Much-improved and enjoyable performance, and leaving what will surely be a happy camp for the international break.
Here are my ratings:
Schmeichel: 7 - Continued competence on the ball raises the question of why he wasn’t asked to play like that before. Made a good save in the second half, otherwise largely untroubled.
Ricardo: 7 - Started most of the attacks in the first half. A useful technician and attacker throughout, but does still abandon his post quite regularly.
Evans: 7 - Decent enough and generally in charge.
Söyüncü: 8 - Continued his excellent start to the season, dealing with 1-on-1 situations very successfully. Arguably should have done better for the goal but effectively prevented many more opportunities. Won the ball in important situations a lot.
Chilwell: 6 - Still looked a bit off-colour and didn’t feature much in the first half. Defended well enough but failed to interact effectively with Barnes.
Ndidi: 6 - Couldn’t get control of the game in the first half; improved and was more influential in the second.
Albrighton: 7 - Provides an impetus and directness that we lack when he’s missing. Not everything comes off but he drives the team forward.
Tielemans: 7 - Started off very poor, then became a changed player once he scored, dictating attacks at will and looking like the Tielemans of last year. Sounds like his challenge on Callum Wilson is worth another look and could have been a red.
Maddison: 7 - Impressive work rate, contributing defensively when called upon as well and spreading the ball in attacking areas. Didn’t directly score or assist a goal today but played his part in the team performance.
Barnes: 6 - Struggled to fully get into the game as most attacks came down the opposite flank. Competent on the ball, just didn’t see enough of it.
Vardy: 10 - Two quality finishes and an assist picked out when others couldn’t quite find the killer pass, plus Ramsdale will have nightmares of Vardy closing him down tonight. Superb performance all around and my choice for our MOTM.
Gray: 7 - Played like he’s been given a rocket up his behind. Lots of effort, lots of energy, but unfortunately still a lack of decision-making ability in the final third.
Choudhury: 8 - Helped to close off the game and showed great confidence on the ball. Didn’t assault anyone today.
Fuchs: 7 - Calmly organised and saw off the limited late threat.
The first half today was a bit of a battle against an attack-minded Bournemouth team. The second half, Leicester saw them off - the third goal and the Choudhury substitution effectively ending the match. It was a better, more threatening and positive display, and we could have had more toward the end - and indeed if a few more through balls had found their way through.
But the day belonged to Vardy, and a terrorising performance on and off the ball. The team put in a good and promising performance; Vardy turned it into an ultimately comfortable win.
Player ratings vs. Bournemouth
posted on 1/9/19
It looked bad in slow motion but there was absolute no intent to Injure the opponent, he just came in from behind and Tilly didn’t see him, well that’s in my view of course.
I thought generally he was poor though, obvious class but too many poor and done even Lazy passes from Tilly overall.
posted on 1/9/19
comment by Bowstring (U17642)
posted 37 minutes ago
Another question for you re Tielemans. Can he be charged retrospectively or has VAR not giving red replaced that process?
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I can’t see how he can be, that’s normally if the Ref has missed it in the match isn’t it?
posted on 1/9/19
Ok, controversial opinion of the weekend:
- Tielemans on Wilson wasn’t deliberate, nor was it aggressive. Maybe a yellow for carelessness but not a red.
Even more controversial opinion of the weekend:
- Grealish was looking for it and I can completely understand why the ref blew for a dive. The fact the ball rolled off to his teammate is incidental.
posted on 1/9/19
I think the Tielemans tackle wasn’t a straight red. I don’t think there was any intent there and he was just trying to shield the ball. You could argue that, despite this, his clumsiness and potential to cause injury to the player makes it deserving of a yellow.
With VAR in general I see a lot of these conversations develop into a debate on whether the decision should, or shouldn’t, have been overturned. That, in itself, is the answer to the question. If we’re debating it then it’s very likely that it isn’t a clear and obvious error - and VAR shouldn’t have overturned it.
What might have been more interesting is if the referee had given a red. It would have been a very harsh sending off in my view but, using similar logic to above, it probably shouldn’t be overturned.
posted on 1/9/19
Totally agree with this as there are so many times yellow cards are awarded after the fact. Not only that, he did not commit a stoppable play incident,
posted on 1/9/19
D’ya wanna pass on to BlackStarr, that Leicester are looking really poor this season
😂👍🏼
posted on 2/9/19
I personally think that the Tielemans tackle was a red. Let’s be honest if that was by a Bournemouth player we would be screaming at VAR and insisting he should have been sent off. It doesn’t have to be deliberate to be reckless and that’s an ankle breaker - even though he was trying to protect the ball, with another player coming he shouldn’t have gone over the top of the ball with his studs up.
posted on 2/9/19
If the tielemans tackle was a red, so was the Bournemouth players (which I admit I didn’t see at the game!!).
posted on 2/9/19
VAR can only intervene if it is judged to be a straight red card offence, and that wasn't.
posted on 2/9/19
I don’t think that Tielemans tackle was deliberate or reckless. He wasn’t even looking at the ball. Clumsy perhaps.
Both this and the Bournemouth one look far worse in slow motion and probably wouldn’t have been highlighted without VAR.
But as I say, this discussion is evidence in itself that they weren’t decisions for VAR to overturn.