buzza Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Leicesters forward players are pretty good also. As somebody said above they are awful at defending set pieces. Taking this into account (draw fouls) I would have ASM in the team instructed to dribble at every opportunity, and move Joe L inside... eddie can decide whether he sacrifices longstaff or willock, then "we´ll have Bruno in the middle" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Let’s go and beat them , fuck it , this is winnable HWTFL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 We are 3rd and Leicester are 13th in the league for a reason. The only reason I can see for folk to be nervous about this is that there’s been a break for the World Cup and that may have affected our preparation, players form etc. If this was pre World Cup I’m sure there wouldn’t be so much nervousness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 1 minute ago, LV said: We are 3rd and Leicester are 13th in the league for a reason. The only reason I can see for folk to be nervous about this is that there’s been a break for the World Cup and that may have affected our preparation, players form etc. If this was pre World Cup I’m sure there wouldn’t be so much nervousness. They were flying pre World Cup as well in fairness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Won 4 of their last 5. They've definitely turned a corner. They'll do us if we play anything like we did last night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 1 minute ago, LV said: We are 3rd and Leicester are 13th in the league for a reason. The only reason I can see for folk to be nervous about this is that there’s been a break for the World Cup and that may have affected our preparation, players form etc. If this was pre World Cup I’m sure there wouldn’t be so much nervousness. TBF it is more to do with current form than league rankings - Leicester are also in shit hot form. This would always have been a hard game pre-WC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Still think they’ve got more to fear from us than we have from them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Aye they were in good fork before the break. I'd take a draw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Draw would be a fantastic really. Any away point to a team in form is class. Could literally go either way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 It should be a close affair with plenty of quality on show. It's difficult to call a result, so I'll go for the standard 1-1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Presume the only question mark is whether we'll start Longstaff or ASM. Joelinton playing in CM or LW depending on the choice that's made there. Assuming he's fully fit, I'd hope we go for ASM but would understand Longstaff getting the nod. Can see the logic in leaving Joelinton on the left against a team who can play a bit like Leicester can, him along with Wilson and Almiron is such a relentless trio to press high and get the ball back. I just don't know if Allan is ever gonna get there in that regard and it's always gonna be something that'll have to be taken into consideration. He needs to be absolutely dynamite in attack to justify what we lose in pressing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 They’re great going forwards but woeful at the back, or at least from set pieces so we should be able to capitalise. I’d take a draw really as there’ll be some funny results first few rounds of matches as teams settle in again. That said with Wilson fit me more confident of us keeping it tight but still acoring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLvOR Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 I'd like to think we won't get trashed there like we did last season. I'd take a boring, Brighton-esque 0-0. Having said that, no reason at all why we can't win. We're pretty fucking good. We popped it around really nicely last night, and on another day we might have won 3-0. So what I'm saying is, I have no idea. Follow for more hot tips. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 No Maddison for them last night. They were probably just resting him, but it'd be a massive boost of he was missing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Hard game to call but we'll have to play better than last night. Hopefully those players who weren't really at it last night got the rustiness out of their system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myleftboot Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Don’t think Leicester will park the bus like Bournemouth did last night so we might be able to create more opportunities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 The boon for us is that Maddison didn't play last night so could be very rusty if he gets a look in at the weekend/run out of steam. They have other good players but he's such a difference maker in the final third. Would take a draw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Hopefully be 4 nowt up and every maddison touch being roared and cheered from the away end Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Also, Leicester's resurgence has seemingly been down to a change of shape too, from having a read elsewhere. Howe has had a lot of time to study this and should have a decent plan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 It’s nice to have Emo-Online back. We’ll win, obviously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 9 minutes ago, Gallowgate Toon said: Also, Leicester's resurgence has seemingly been down to a change of shape too, from having a read elsewhere. Howe has had a lot of time to study this and should have a decent plan. I think it was also Maddison also coming massively into form pre- World Cup. If he’s not playing or is rusty then they are going to offer a lot less than they could. Away win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Would definitely take a draw. The improvement from Leicester already started before the break, think they will be one of the form sides in the second half of the season. ASM looked good when he came on last night. Think if he is ready to go he will start. Without him it's pretty apparent to teams that all our actual threat comes down the right hand side through Trippier and Almiron. Having ASM back and firing would allow us to genuinely stretch teams. I may be wrong, but I think it was only after ASM got injured that Miggy went full God mode. Would love to see some games where they're both bang in form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 I’d take a draw, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Good win for them last night, but then again they were playing a managerless side from League 1 who've barely won a game all season. I think this will be tight but I don't think we lose it. 1-1 or 1-2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Maddison is fit for this btw, their assistant confirmed it last night after the match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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