HawK Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Ranieri has kept it simple. They concede possession and drop off and then stay compact till they get the ball back and then all hell breaks loose with people running forwards and the ball is transitioned forward as quick as possible. Sounds like 1996 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Danny Simpson is playing in a well drilled, well organised defensive unit that understand each other. In Hodgson's England side he's be the Danny Simpson we all remember. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 watching the game against Swansea and it had me amazed that they won 4-0 and had 38% possession how the fuck does that work out? in the champions league next season they are going to be destroyed by allowing teams to have the ball. its no co incidence the team that likes to keep the ball and pass around you has beaten them twice this year as amazing an achievement as it is next season will be a huge eye opener for them Barca got knocked out this season by a side who had 23% possession. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 watching the game against Swansea and it had me amazed that they won 4-0 and had 38% possession how the f*** does that work out? in the champions league next season they are going to be destroyed by allowing teams to have the ball. its no co incidence the team that likes to keep the ball and pass around you has beaten them twice this year as amazing an achievement as it is next season will be a huge eye opener for them Barca got knocked out this season by a side who had 23% possession. Harking back to my comment 3 posts ago, I doubt in the mid to late nineties we had any possession at all either. Gillespie, Lee and Ferdinand caning it up to the opposition end, Ginola taking on players on the other side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Ranieri has kept it simple. They concede possession and drop off and then stay compact till they get the ball back and then all hell breaks loose with people running forwards and the ball is transitioned forward as quick as possible. Yep. As quick as possible, by all means, extremely direct, effective and in a sense, aggressive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 The best thing is that the to an extent, all of the front 6 have a licence to swarm on their counter attacks. It's a proper thing of beauty when it comes together and another step to moving away from the defensive posession based football which popped up in response to Spain and Barcelona. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 watching the game against Swansea and it had me amazed that they won 4-0 and had 38% possession how the fuck does that work out? in the champions league next season they are going to be destroyed by allowing teams to have the ball. its no co incidence the team that likes to keep the ball and pass around you has beaten them twice this year as amazing an achievement as it is next season will be a huge eye opener for them Barca got knocked out this season by a side who had 23% possession. They did but it wasn't 4-0 and Atletico didn't have far more shots on goal than them. There's a difference between a dogged defensive display and what Leicester often do, which is dominate all the important attacking statistics without having most of the ball. It's extremely impressive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impossibly Daft Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 He was highly rated in Germany. Didn't Fuchs leave Schalke because he was 2nd choice left back? Didn't even start this season as Leicester's first choice left back, pretty sure that was Schlupp Schlupp started the season but it's not that Fuchs was expected to be a backup just that it took him a little longer to build up his fitness Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLvOR Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Him and Fuchs haven't received many plaudits but have been a fantastic as part of that defensive unit tbf. Fuchs has received quite a few IMO. Been the best LB in the league this season for me. I thought he looked well dodgy at SJP, but he's certainly got better every time I've seen him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmoset Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Received a vote/votes for writers player of the year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Champion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Despite his best efforts Leicester have won the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Someone needs to update that photo of our former players (Stephen Carr etc) winning trophies after they've left us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucaAltieri Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Still can't take a punch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Tulisa will be doubling down on lines tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Pleased for him. Could never be accused of not trying in black & white. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 This cunt used to shit himself every time he got the ball, when he was here. FML Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Coming at it from a different angle Klaus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 It just isn't right he was an okay defender, but a very poor footballer during his time here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Loads of shit players have won the league and loads of brilliant players haven't tbf. Danny Simpson, Henning Berg, David May etc, meanwhile Matt Le Tissier was slumming it in relegation battles year on year and players like Gerrard, Zola, Desailly, Fowler and Ferdinand never won the league either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Cunts like him don't deserve the privlages that being a professional footballer brings - let alone a PL medal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 he's a solid defender which is turning into a rare attribute for full backs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 It just isn't right Happened to Stephen Carr with the League Cup, now Danny Simpson with the Premiership, next up: Gabriel Obertan - Champions League winner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 To be fair to Simpson, he's been playing every week in a defence that's been rock solid - only two teams have conceded fewer goals this season. This isn't a case of a shite bit-part player picking up an unmerited title. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Simpson's PL record this season: P28 W18 D8 L2 Only conceded 20 goals, with 14 clean sheets. Can't argue with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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