Leicester City 0-3 Newcastle United (07/04/25)

[alexf]

Longish

 

 

[Heron]

Schar was lucky tbf. He should have passed to Murphy anyways

[Fak]

2 minutes ago, alexf said:

Didn't David Batty score from long range for us once?

 

Wimbledon at home? Bounced in off the bar. Was a first time side foot finish too iirc.

[Colos Short and Curlies]

2 minutes ago, Fak said:

 

Wimbledon at home? Bounced in off the bar. Was a first time side foot finish too iirc.

 

Game after Beckham's effort against the same keeper iirc

[El Prontonise]

[joeyt]

Shelvey hit the bar from the halfway line against Sheff Wed in the Champo iirc

[jack j]

6 minutes ago, joeyt said:

Shelvey hit the bar from the halfway line against Sheff Wed in the Champo iirc

 

Probably not even struck that half as well as he did some of his passes

Not many players I've seen strike a ball as lovely as Shelvey could

 

 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 09:24 by jack j

[NotRich]

42 minutes ago, Heron said:

Schar was lucky tbf. He should have passed to Murphy anyways

[andycap]

Great result but a piss poor second half, could of really done with more goals as it will be tight in the top five

Goal difference could be a massive factor. 

[ikri]

Thought it was remarkable how knackered the Leicester players looked when the 3rd goal went in when seeing the replays. 

 

They were lazy, uninterested and unfit.  It's no wonder they're going down.

[joeyt]

Their 15 year old was their best player which says a lot

[gbandit]

2 minutes ago, joeyt said:

Their 15 year old was their best player which says a lot

He was quality, very impressive for his age

[Chicken Dancer]

I just thought we were conserving energy second half more than anything else. Some of my mates were whinging in the group chat too - I suppose people would feel better if our goals were spaced out over the entire 90?

 

The job was done at HT, there was no need to be busting guts or trying too hard. Obviously we didn't play as well as we can second half, but we didn't need to at all. If we really wanted, we could have scored 4 or 5.

 

Mind I was bored rigid second half  But it's not often you start a second half with such a cushion against such a shite team.

[Groundhog63]

Reading the match thread, much like every match thread, and other threads like the Harvey Barnes one makes me laugh like. 

Some of you lot would go home from work to your Super model wife, standing in her provocative lingerie having just prepared your steak dinner and you'd still kick off because a spoon was in the fork tray. 

 

[KDT]

3 minutes ago, Groundhog63 said:

Reading the match thread, much like every match thread, and other threads like the Harvey Barnes one makes me laugh like. 

Some of you lot would go home from work to your Super model wife, standing in her provocative lingerie having just prepared your steak dinner and you'd still kick off because a spoon was in the fork tray. 

 

 

I think most are saying it's a good result but a poor performance, I don't see how that can be argued against really. 

[Kilcline]

15 minutes ago, Chicken Dancer said:

I just thought we were conserving energy second half more than anything else. Some of my mates were whinging in the group chat too - I suppose people would feel better if our goals were spaced out over the entire 90?

 

The job was done at HT, there was no need to be busting guts or trying too hard. Obviously we didn't play as well as we can second half, but we didn't need to at all. If we really wanted, we could have scored 4 or 5.

 

Mind I was bored rigid second half  But it's not often you start a second half with such a cushion against such a shite team.

Aye, not a great watch but we've become good at managing our levels (or for balance, getting a result when looking leggy) this season. Man U, Tottenham, Southampton, last night - all away games where we've by design or otherwise did next to fuck all in the second half of games but not really had any panic. While it's not as simple as switching it on and off we have enough quality and experience now that we can go up and down the gears as we need to.

[Colos Short and Curlies]

1 hour ago, Heron said:

Schar was lucky tbf. He should have passed to Murphy anyways

 

He did, he was just bored so thought he'd pass to him off the bar

[Geogaddi]

21 minutes ago, KDT said:

 

I think most are saying it's a good result but a poor performance, I don't see how that can be argued against really. 

I wouldn't even class it as a poor performance to be honest , the game was won after 10 minutes so we just strolled about in first gear preserving our energy for the run in. With such a small squad and some huge games to come it was a very clever performance if anything .

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 10:47 by Geogaddi

[Bimpy474]

I was annoyed with it yesterday, as goal difference is going to be a factor, especially in regard to Chelsea and Man City.

 

It was an opportunity to close that gap, we're 4 goals off both. That's not moaning, it's a fact, and I would say last night's game was the last one where I could see us really biffing a team. The rest of our fixtures won't afford us that imo.

 

 

[black_n_white]

I’ve got no issues with the performance last night. Conserve the energy for the 3 games in 6 days, they’ll need it.

[joeyt]

28 minutes ago, Bimpy474 said:

I was annoyed with it yesterday, as goal difference is going to be a factor, especially in regard to Chelsea and Man City.

 

It was an opportunity to close that gap, we're 4 goals off both. That's not moaning, it's a fact, and I would say last night's game was the last one where I could see us really biffing a team. The rest of our fixtures won't afford us that imo.

 

 

 

We can biff Man Utd

[huss9]

1 hour ago, Bimpy474 said:

I was annoyed with it yesterday, as goal difference is going to be a factor, especially in regard to Chelsea and Man City.

 

It was an opportunity to close that gap, we're 4 goals off both. That's not moaning, it's a fact, and I would say last night's game was the last one where I could see us really biffing a team. The rest of our fixtures won't afford us that imo.

 

 

yeah i was hoping for 5 or 6 but i think wisely eddie must have thought no injuries was more important than GD.

no point trying to bust a gut getting more goals when the games done and dusted.

really cant afford an injury as, other than gordon, the back up is a sharp drop in quality.

[Kid Icarus]

2 hours ago, alexf said:

Didn't David Batty score from long range for us once?

Yeah, a week after Beckham and against the same 'keeper.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

We still have Ipswich and Everton at home we could biff. 

[The Prophet]

Keeping the side fit and fresh is way more important than goal difference at this stage.