Postives and Negatives

[super_pig]

The runs were being made by the strikers, the pass was not always forthcoming from the midfield.

As usual we think playing triangles on the corner of their box will work while Leicester get all their players back in position.

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[sheffielder]

I start to wonder if we have missed a trick with coutts and fleck. Coutts was obviously further forward than normal when he came on and we know what fleck can do. I wonder if the plan by wilder is for coady or lenihan to come in and give them more freedom

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Glad none us needed to stick around until 4:15am to see the draw for round 3.
That draw time shows total disrespect to all football fans.

 

[I should coco]

That draw time shows total disrespect to all football fans.

That ship sailed years ago

Kick offs at 12.30 and 5.30 on Saturday for TV, where the away fans have a 300 mile + round trip.
All Manchester /Liverpool etc semis in a dreary NW London suburb so that the FA can get money back for having their leg lifted in the first place
Friday night games
'Derby' fixtures no longer being the traditional Boxing Day or Easter as it doesn't suit Sky and Plod
Home teams charging away fans £40+ fro the shittest views in their 'stadiums'
FA Cup final on before the season has finished / same day as PL games at some random time that changes from year to year
Manyoo being allowed to enter the FA Cup as and when it suits
Letting the 'big teams' join your poxy trophy as you have no idea how to market such a shit competition that the fans have clearly rejected
Selling years of history and tradition to down market sponsors for the filthy lucre - Budweiser FFS!

Give it a couple of years and if Caribou Sports Piss increase their offer, the EFL will happily consider holding the final in China/Thailand/Malaysia/The Moon.

 

[him behind you]

For me

Positives:

Baldock: Excellent considering it was his first game after injury. Really looks the part and Freeman will have to be at his best to keep him out

Eastwood: Might have been a bit slow on the 2nd goal but he certainly looks a keeper we can rely on if anything happens to Blackman

Brooks: Excellent. We have to find a place for him while we have got him (probably less than a week)

Coutts: Just thought when he came on he he showed how important he is to us

Negatives:

The defence is incredibly slow. I know their attack is better than anything we will come up against this season but any team with pace will kill us like Cardiff did

Lundstram isn't ready to step up to replace Fleck or Coutts yet

Brooks will likely be gone after that

The forward line is extremely poor for the level we are now at. Evans looked poor again and Lavery might be ok to bring on in the last 10 but he isn't good enough to be a starter at Championship level for me.

Running the risk of being drummed out of the forum.......I'd add Brooks' lack of a final ball to the negatives. Good as he is, he is some way from the finished article IMO.

 

[I should coco]

Running the risk of being drummed out of the forum.......I'd add Brooks' lack of a final ball to the negatives. Good as he is, he is some way from the finished article IMO.

No drumming here.

Some lovely glimpses of a precocious talent but he is far from the finished article and has much more to do before he is the new Messi that some already want to be paying £20k /week.

 

[maxtheblade]

Basham 3/10: Sorry people. He is yesterday's utility man and like Bambi on ice in the box. Three minutes after coming on, he was done for pace by a bloke who'd been on an hour and for the goals looked like a beleaguered squaddie in the trenches

Possibly a little harsh to call Basham for the goals given it was already 3-0 when he came on!

 

[8lade]

I don't get to see many games live so I'll stick my view from the South Stand in:
Baldock great game, good option.
Carruthers good game faded as he tired but was motm for me for the first 60 mins
Lavery ran himself into the ground I see his goal is down as a 'miscue', it looked like he just hit it as hard as he could from where I was (not seen highlights yet).
Eastwood every shot seemed to go through him (again I may change my opinion seeing the highlights), he saved the best shot a 20 yarder he tipped over.
Lundstram played ok but it wasn't good enough for most people. lots of jeers from around.
Evans had 2 good chances(1st half), made wrong decisions speed of thought not there yet.
Brooks as everybody else has said.
WTF was the ovation for Maguire for? He was cheered at the beginning of the game but that now is an end to it unless he turns out for us again or England. (Especially as he we saw some of his prem 'gamesmanship' -'I've had my ankle broken' and 'i'll just step in front of your run')
Leicester not a great footballing side just lots of tall, fast, athletic players.
Which leads me onto the tactics of the night, we weren't going to win much in the air (given the ref didn't worry that our players were getting pushed out of the way when they'd timed headers right) but we persisted with it all night.

 

[Snowman]

Did

For me:

Good test on real ability tonight against a Leicester 2nd XI who on paper (and on the pitch) are obviously better than us before the kick off

Eastwood 6.5/10: Good learning curve. Completely exposed for all goals. Good save from Gray
Freeman 7.5/10: Typical Freemanesque, grafting performance. Put tackles in and got stuck in. More of an option out wide when CW changed it
Wright 5/10: Not really at the game. Pedestrian and watching the forwards rather than closing them off.
O'Connell 6.5/10: Our best option at the back, but he can't do it all by himself
Baldock 7/10: Impressive for a first time out, if sometimes wasteful
Lundstram 5/10: Didn't see much to make me think he is a good addition to the midfield
Carruthers 3/10: Invisible. Really not my kind of player. He's clearly overwhelmed by more agile and skilful midfields and then disappears. Their midfield just crossed him out tonight.
Brooks 8/10: Fucking majestic. He is like a young Tony Currie. He watches his marker and then exploits their faults and then he's gone. Please don't sell him McCabe
Evans 4/10: Never anywhere near the bloke we once had up front
Lavery 5/10: Marginally better than Evans

Basham 3/10: Sorry people. He is yesterday's utility man and like Bambi on ice in the box. Three minutes after coming on, he was done for pace by a bloke who'd been on an hour and for the goals looked like a beleaguered squaddie in the trenches
Sharp 3/10: Again, not because of his performance, but because he got nowt.
Coutts 7/10: Suddenly when he came on, the midfield calmed down

No shame from tonight. An expected result for a newly promoted former L1 side against former PL Champions and many who are internationals. Just glad Shakespeare spared us Mahrez and Vardy, who would have left our penalty area on fire.

Positives: Good general attacking mentality and a somewhat 'never-give-up' attitude. Baldock looks okay, Brooks ... well, fucking hell.

Negatives: Back three woefully underpowered with O'Connell left doing the major share of the centre back work. Midfield at times disorganised. Carruthers given a shirt and to be honest, not worthy. And there seems to be a fucking HUGE gap between the midfield and front two with no one able to take the ball to their final third and find the attackers. And really, we have no pace, anywhere.

pommpey

Did not Lafferty turn out last night? Note I did not say play.

 

[pommpey]

Did


Did not Lafferty turn out last night? Note I did not say play.

Yeah, noticed I missed him out. Wonder why.

Lafferty 4/10: Not one of his best performances. Pushed back down the flank and not able to get up the pitch to support the attack. And not better than Stevens.

pommpey