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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Mar 31, 2017 12:36:00 GMT
Afternoon chaps, Looking forward to the match on Saturday. Thought I'd give you some insight into our probable lineup etc. Shinji Okazaki, who has been on international break with Japan, will probably make way for Islam Slimani up front. Okazaki doesn't tend to play after the international break as he is more tired due to his style of game, likely to come on though for a bit of energy later in the match if need be. In addition, Wes Morgan will probably come back in for Yohan Benalouane at CB. I, and most of the Leicester fanbase are feeling confident about this one given the past few weeks revival under Craig Shakespeare. We've got you and Sunderland coming up in the next two games, two matches we should and need to be winning to continue to pull away from the relegation zone. Just to correct myself, Morgan is still out at CB which was confirmed at the press conference today, so it's likely to be Huth and Benalouane.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Mar 30, 2017 19:01:00 GMT
Afternoon chaps, Looking forward to the match on Saturday. Thought I'd give you some insight into our probable lineup etc. Shinji Okazaki, who has been on international break with Japan, will probably make way for Islam Slimani up front. Okazaki doesn't tend to play after the international break as he is more tired due to his style of game, likely to come on though for a bit of energy later in the match if need be. In addition, Wes Morgan will probably come back in for Yohan Benalouane at CB. I, and most of the Leicester fanbase are feeling confident about this one given the past few weeks revival under Craig Shakespeare. We've got you and Sunderland coming up in the next two games, two matches we should and need to be winning to continue to pull away from the relegation zone. Is there any possibility you will be distracted bt Atletico Madrid? Usually I'd say yeah, but Shakespeare isn't one to let his players focus drop. He's very good at keeping the players focused.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Mar 30, 2017 12:38:52 GMT
Afternoon chaps,
Looking forward to the match on Saturday. Thought I'd give you some insight into our probable lineup etc. Shinji Okazaki, who has been on international break with Japan, will probably make way for Islam Slimani up front. Okazaki doesn't tend to play after the international break as he is more tired due to his style of game, likely to come on though for a bit of energy later in the match if need be. In addition, Wes Morgan will probably come back in for Yohan Benalouane at CB.
I, and most of the Leicester fanbase are feeling confident about this one given the past few weeks revival under Craig Shakespeare. We've got you and Sunderland coming up in the next two games, two matches we should and need to be winning to continue to pull away from the relegation zone.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Mar 26, 2017 10:46:57 GMT
Anyone know the website of these findings?
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Mar 12, 2017 19:58:15 GMT
Hi kevkj, regular poster on here as a Leicester fan. From my knowledge, each visiting club is allowed 3,300 as a (maximum) allocation. The likes of West Ham, Everton, Man Utd tend to sell the full 3,300. So it depends whether Leicester will give Stoke any more / full away end - The allocation amount is probably dependent on the fan relation, previous trouble and proximity of the two clubs. Judging by how quickly you've sold the 2,600 I'd be surprised if Leicester didn't give you any more at least, if not the full 3,300; but that's just my personal opinion. This PDF File might help you out, a visitng supporters guide: www.lcfc.com/documents/lcfc-visitors-guide-feb2017280-3564977.pdf
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Feb 15, 2017 16:01:03 GMT
Yesterday was the first time this season I've actually called us to go down, with 13 games remaining. That is hard to say and I really didn't expect us to fall this much from last season. Leicester fans including me knew we were probably not going to be challenging in the top five again, but we were looking at the top ten as a realistic ambition. Even top half would be ok. I amongst others didn't foresee a relegation battle but there you go.
It can of course change very quickly, and for us hopefully we do turn it around like we did in the 2014/15 season, but there's a lot going on with the players, manager and behind the scenes so that is covering our potential, and arguably has been for some time now potentially. At this time I'm saying Sunderland, Swansea and Leicester for the drop.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Feb 5, 2017 19:25:59 GMT
As it is folks, the club is sleepwalking to relegation. Fundamental basics once again not being met and there is a lack of heart & heart going forward. We're far too easy to score against. First 40mins was ok, but we fell apart as soon as Utd scored. Ndidi our best player and he is a player who looks promising in moments. What a state it's got to, we shouldn't have to be content with being mediocre & battling to survive. This club has potential of much more. It's just becoming a very similar story of comfortable defeats week after week. Confidence has hit rock bottom. No driving belief to win games & score goals.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Jan 23, 2017 18:57:20 GMT
It's a serious situation for us, one which I am really hoping Ranieri can turn around. Our fans all want him to turn it around. We are lacking in quite a few aspects, little too much to go into detail with on here, but these aspects are and have in the past, been fundamental for us.
We haven't pushed on and that's what's got to me and many other fans. This was a season to really stake our claim as a top side in the division - by that I mean a comfortable top ten finish. We may, just may still do that, and it's not impossible in the future. I just thought we'd be doing much better than we are. Pre season I wouldn't of said top ten is an unreasonable ambition?
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Jan 23, 2017 18:48:05 GMT
Howe, Monk, Ranieri, Pulis, Bilic, Wenger.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Jan 7, 2017 19:26:10 GMT
I quite like the look of this chap, have to say. Feel he could have a very decent future in the PL.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Dec 29, 2016 18:35:17 GMT
id rather have ulloa if u dont want him, knows where the net is, hes upto speed in the league, no settling in period, Coincedently, I was chatting to a friend earlier and he mentioned about how Stoke could be a good move for Ulloa. You aren't (to my knowledge) one of the clubs interested in him, but who knows maybe you might launch a bid in January? Leicester fans would prefer him to go to Stoke because you aren't really a rival in the sense you aren't likely to worsen our current position. If you want the truth a lot of fans (including me) don't want him to leave. However, game time is the issue for both the club and Ulloa. Good player though, with regular game time he's a goalscorer. He's scored many important goals for us.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Dec 28, 2016 18:48:14 GMT
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Dec 24, 2016 17:38:39 GMT
Same to you, and thank you to you & all on here who are acceptant of me posting! It's a great forum, many interesting topics to discuss.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Dec 23, 2016 16:03:55 GMT
Chaps, I've heard/read about the possibility of Bojan leaving in January. What would be your thoughts on that? Would you be willing to sell him or as fans would you prefer keep him? I'd estimate any club in the Premier League would have to bid (at least) 10m for him, is that a fair comment? ...
You see, I've rated Bojan for a long while, he's proven PL quality. He's exactly the type of player we need at Leicester in my opinion. The need for a creative CAM is what a lot of our fans share the same opinion on. Would he be a fit for a club like Leicester?
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Dec 23, 2016 14:21:19 GMT
Leicester are a little light in the centre midfield so would be a superb addition for us too, proven Premier League quality. We seem to be interested/linked, but not looking likely we'll sign him, I think it will be one of Everton or West Brom. We should be signing Wilfred Ndidi in January so might not bid for Schneiderlin, but you never know. To be honest, he's the type of player who would be a good fit for a majority of teams in this league.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Dec 15, 2016 19:44:38 GMT
Evening all, ahead of the match I thought I'd give you some insight into Leicester, as well as share my thoughts on yourselves.
You are a good side with some very talented players. You've made some steady progress in the campaign so far, and Hughes continues to do a very good job. Like Southampton, you're a model Premier League club I suppose you could say?
I believe Schmeichel, Drinkwater, James and Mendy are all back and available for this one so I think there will be some rotation in our lineup. We played midweek too but we played Tuesday as opposed to Wednesday. What I will mention is that (up until now at least) we tend to struggle away from home, and to be frank it's lucky that we've got good enough home form or else we could've been in real trouble. We need to start getting points, because we contiune to hover in and around the relegation area. What you saw against Manchester City was the Leicester of 2015/16, but that sort of display/game isn't being replicated due to the way teams are setting up against us. Of course, it's not just down to the opposition, we need to find another way of winning games, whether that be a change of formation or a change of tactics.
Many of our fans have been saying we need to change our traditional 4-4-2 formation, because in some games we become isolated particularly the attacking players. You see, Okazaki is fundamental in our system and he provides that link from the midfield to attack. He links our play up really well, and it seems when he's not in the side our 4-4-2 does not function quite the same. His impact, in my view is why in some games our strikers and wingers aren't getting the same service or effect on the game.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Dec 10, 2016 22:18:00 GMT
Some game. In my opinion much more like the Leicester of 2015/16 - tempo, pace and counter attacks. We have Bournemouth on Tuesday night before we play yourselves on Saturday.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Dec 6, 2016 19:11:22 GMT
Don't know about you, but I really rate Deeney's knowledge of the game. He's analysed Leicester twice both last season and this season, and has been correct.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Dec 6, 2016 12:31:11 GMT
Obviously talking personally I hope we turn it around, but when you guys were down there or near there, I said at the time you wouldn't be relegated or even in the bottom three because I simply felt you were a very good team (and still are of course). Hopefully for us it's just a case of a dip in form which we haven't been used to, as opposed to a long season of battling for survival. I'm not sure really, I still have faith in this squad though.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Dec 4, 2016 16:29:52 GMT
I think the majority are still behind him, including myself. At the moment it's dissapointing because the position we're in, is all very unnecessary. What I mean is, I for one felt this season was an opportunity to really push on into becoming a regular top ten PL side, or at least top half. I just hope the manager and squad haven't accepted we're in a relegation battle because we shouldn't be, with the squad we have. I hope things pick up, as I think we're capable of finishing in the top half/ten. For me, and many Leicester fans don't feel this way, but I think our recruitment in the summer was good, we strengthened a title winning squad. We've missed a few key players through injury, so once they all return it will be a real boost for us hopefully. Who's been out? Well, there's been one particular player who I feel we've missed a lot - summer signing Nampalys Mendy who is a CDM/CM. He looked quite promising in his debut but since then this injury he's had has kept him out for months. He will certainly give us another dimension and option in the centre of the park, I like the look of him and his style of play.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Dec 4, 2016 12:20:07 GMT
I think the majority are still behind him, including myself. At the moment it's dissapointing because the position we're in, is all very unnecessary. What I mean is, I for one felt this season was an opportunity to really push on into becoming a regular top ten PL side, or at least top half. I just hope the manager and squad haven't accepted we're in a relegation battle because we shouldn't be, with the squad we have.
I hope things pick up, as I think we're capable of finishing in the top half/ten. For me, and many Leicester fans don't feel this way, but I think our recruitment in the summer was good, we strengthened a title winning squad. We've missed a few key players through injury, so once they all return it will be a real boost for us hopefully.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Nov 8, 2016 17:58:57 GMT
It's becoming really close this season, and also lower down the league too. For the title, at the start of the season I backed Chelsea. It's so hard to call though, any of the top 5/6 are capable of winning it for me.
I think us (Leicester), yourselves, West Ham, Bournemouth and Southampton will all be hoping and aiming for a top ten finish. I would also add Palace & Watford to that, but I'm not too sure, It's certainly competitive though.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Nov 7, 2016 16:45:53 GMT
We still want him, and we've wanted him for a while now I believe. But with the talk of Barcelona interested, of course I'm not so sure now whether we will get his signature.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Nov 7, 2016 16:43:23 GMT
Well, I felt we didn't deserve to lose that, a draw in my view would've been a fairer outcome on the balance of play. We needed to be slicker, faster and more creative in possession which is what we usually are. Mahrez was always trying to create to be fair to him. West Brom did their job and did it well enough. hnI felt we were in the ascendency just before their second. When they scored their second, we already knew West Brom had the ability to keep hold of leads and they did that. It was a good finish from Phillips for their second to be fair, he was pretty good today I thought. Zieler did make one excellent save down to his right first half, from my angle I thought that was in. Good hand to save it. Disappointing but time to identify what we can do better. when wba 2nd went in I saw a few of those paper clappy things get thrown, you could do better by throwing them all away The atmosphere was not near at all to what it's usually like. I use my hands personally.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Nov 6, 2016 20:39:14 GMT
Well, I felt we didn't deserve to lose that, a draw in my view would've been a fairer outcome on the balance of play. We needed to be slicker, faster and more creative in possession which is what we usually are. Mahrez was always trying to create to be fair to him. West Brom did their job and did it well enough. hnI felt we were in the ascendency just before their second.
When they scored their second, we already knew West Brom had the ability to keep hold of leads and they did that. It was a good finish from Phillips for their second to be fair, he was pretty good today I thought. Zieler did make one excellent save down to his right first half, from my angle I thought that was in. Good hand to save it.
Disappointing but time to identify what we can do better.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Nov 2, 2016 13:14:57 GMT
I remember saying when you signed him, he will come good with quality players around him (Allen, Arnautovic, Shaqiri etc). I also recall watching Sky Sports deadline day when the deal came through about Bony to Stoke, I thought to myself then... that's a very good signing.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Nov 2, 2016 13:07:42 GMT
I'm a stadium fan myself, so there's quite a few I like, off the top my head... White Hart Lane, Emirates, Upton Park (was), Villa Park, Old Trafford, Etihad, Hawthorns and Deepdale.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Oct 21, 2016 14:09:08 GMT
He'd be some signing for you if you can get him. Shawcross and Kompany at the back could be a superb CB pairing, have to say.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Oct 16, 2016 12:30:40 GMT
I don't think we'll go down, but the key issue at the moment is our away form & defending from set pieces. You've probably seen it on MOTD, away from home so far we've been shipping 3+ goals each match, albeit against Liverpool, Man Utd and Chelsea. It's very unlike us though, as even under Pearson and last season we were always in games.
At the moment, we do not look like the Leicester of last year, however, at the same time this is where other teams deserve credit tactially. Going forward, teams aren't leaving us as much space in behind, and our counter attacks aren't as regular. For the team and Ranieri, it could be trying to adjust to that, and trying to find an alternative way through. Many fans like myself have been calling for a different formation away from home as we seem to be exposed at times in a 4-4-2. At future away games, I hope we change it around by putting in an extra CM, to make a 4-3-3 and three man midfield. At home, the 4-4-2 formation suits us though as we can manage it well.
As a side note on you guys, it's looking like you're turning it around under Hughes following a disappointing start to the season. I was confident you would, like us I think you're far too good to be in a relegation battle or even near there. Allen looks a good buy, Shawcross seems to be playing well (great defender) and Bony is starting to link up well am I right in thinking? Copenhagen and Palace up next for Leicester.
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Post by FriendlyLCFC on Sept 22, 2016 19:03:03 GMT
Tend to agree with the original poster, I also believe you will be fine. Infact I think both Stoke and West Ham (after slow starts) will at some stage start winning a run of games.
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