Leicester game

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So, who's going?

-- Anonymous, September 23, 2001

Answers

Me, probably. Unless I get some sense into this thick heed of mine ;-)

-- Anonymous, September 23, 2001

Someone buy me a transatlantic plane ticket and I'll go. Glutton for punishment, me. ;-)))

-- Anonymous, September 23, 2001

Aren't we all ? :-)

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2001

I might have a spare. Trying to persuade one of my lads to come with me after yesterdays performance will be difficult.

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2001

I'm there, as at all home games.

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2001


Aye, s'pose so!

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2001

Everyone sounds soooo excited...

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2001

They can't possibly play as badly twice in a row........can they?
Ticket for the game still available.

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2001

Well, I won't be watching or taping it and will be at work so can't listen to the webcast. That already swings it wildly in our favour. :-)

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2001

We'd have been alright if it hadn't been for the five penalties, eight of them questionable, that Rollover Robbie is going to be awarded.

That's straight from my crystal ball, but we won't go any further into that. :-))

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2001



I have no idea how the crowd will react. ManU was fantastic but lets face it Sunday was awful. The 4-4-2 is my preferred formation and I had great hopes for the two winger system with Solano and Robert, but Sunday was simply intolerable.
ManU play with exaggerated width and play it well only because the two wide men work so damn hard, Giggs & Beckham also have a tremendous relationship with the full backs/wing backs. Furthermore, their central midfield is of the finest quality. Very few other teams even attempt to play in such a demanding formation, we showed we can play this way, we also showed we cannot play this way.
I simply don’t know what to think, was the ManU game a one off or was the Wham a one off? I suspect regretfully that Wham was a truer illustration of our talents; if this is the case we must find the best most consistent formation. We must strengthen our weaknesses. Sadly I’d drop Solano until an acceptable level of consistency is found. Our central midfield – any combination seen so far - is not good enough so we must buy better and until then employ damage limitation. We have to realise that it is likely we will lose the most vital part of the pitch if we do not compromise.
The winger formation and weak midfield puts added pressure on the defence, a defence so poor it beggars understanding. How could we defend as poorly as that? Is it the coaching? Is it the players? Is it the attitude of the players? I’d force the team to watch videos but I’ll shut my eyes when the goals are shown on the telly again. I was as shocked by our defending as in anytime since the late sixties.

As for the Foxes game I can’t wait, we’ll wallop them.

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2001


Yeah, I'm going, I'm surprisingly really up for this one. Andy Griffin is almost certain to play and hopefully is going to break Savage's legs or something, I never really like to see players injured but I could make an exception there :)

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2001

Heednhands, I am sure that a decent defensive coach is the answer, at least in part.

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2001

Kids

36 hours ago we were the bees knees - now we're sh*te. SuperKev never even had to gloat - we did ourselves.

Come on one bad game doesn't make us that bad. WHam had the run of the ball and their pitch is narrower than the rest - I didn't realise until Andy Gray said so. Hence Lolo & Nobby didn't have space to work.

We were poor - I know not why - I suspect YBR does and will sort it on Wednesday. Give the lads a shout for me.

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2001


Josh - it's not just one bad game. You were at SJP (or your double was sitting next to me) when we stuttered against Brentford. I was at Boro and until Schwarzer got his early bath, we were second best by a long way. You missed the Troyes game. 4-1 down at home and only introducing the kitchen sink got us on level terms.

Yesterday was not an issolated incident.

ManUre, last hour at Boro, Chewsee away, Makem performance (tho not goals) shows we can play a lot better. However, the difference between the two is finer than the a hair-trigger. I've said it before and I'll say it again. It comes down to confidence. But why was confidence not sky high after beating ManUre? Probably 'cos we knew where we were playing. Blinfold the b@st@rds and only take them off when the whistle blows. (Sadly, Barton forgot to take his off on Sunday).

Maybe we'll bounce back on Wednesday - but maybe Leicester will be hungrier than us. Who knows? I haven't a bliddy clue :-(

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2001



Ho Hum, I cant muster the exitement anymore Leicester will fight for everything as allways , so well just cave in. BUT ill be there if I get back from wakefield in time.

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001

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