Leicester City v Leeds Utd Match Thread

[SG90]

"Lack of quality"

Well we had 4 years of being afraid of making signings in case Bielsa walks. Such an unsustainable way of running a club.

[SG90]

You can see Marsch is a motivator.

[Cjay]

So CJAY you identify problems. What was the solution for Barnes?

Players of that quality will cause any teams problems. Forshaw for Klich was a sensible sub for me to maintain energy in the middle - he did reasonably well when he came on. I would never have started Klich and Rodrigo as a pair. Really surprised Forshaw didn’t start, but having said that we created enough to win. Our issue is finishing if we cannot score we can move the pieces around all day.

I'd have played Shackleton to match the pace of Barnes.

Would have probably brought Summerville for Harrison if Bamford wasnt fit which he clearly wasn't.


Dallas in cm with Klich and then Rodrigo and Gelhardt off the bench.

Don't get me wrong I am encouraged by the performance but concerned that even when we play well we get nothing and game are fast running out.

[Madron]

Big 72 hours coming up

[pjm2019]

Of course it is almost the same team.... What f**king choices does he have??
He can't magic new players out of nowhere, and the team is basically a very good one.

Talk about being defeatist before a ball has been kicked.......

same squad but why oh why play players out of position this not only weakens the team but also the position left has to be filled with a player not as good. Where was Forshaw our only true holding player. Why is Firpo still playing he is NOT a left back.

I do not care for any other fans who just say "another PJM post" GET REAL and start to want a lot more of this club, of this team , of this board

[SG90]

Was Bamford just a token gesture to the fans?

Thought for the positives Marsch did get key things wrong today.

He did nothing to try and fix the Barnes threat.

His substitutes were largely wasted, Forshaw and Roberts when losing, really?

Bamford clearly wasn't fit.

[William]

Bamford clearly wasn't fit.

Bamford was just there to gives the players a lift.
Personally I think he has been out too long to make much of an impact on our season now.

[Cjay]

Forshaw was injured apparently hence being on the bench.

Marsch did say that we have a lot of players carrying knocks because of being overloaded and played when injured.

Struijk to was a doubt today.

Wonder how many of our squad are struggling?

Dallas is he has been injured for ages Bielsa said so and Ayling mentioned to.

[DDB220]

In conclusion a good performance but we lost because we didn’t take our chances. Nothing has changed per se other than we restricted the number of opportunities the opposition had.
Next two games will probably decide our fate - if we play like that and get an early goal we will win them hands down. But we are at a stage where playing well means nothing unless we get points.
It will help if Brentford, Norwich and Watford keep losing. Burnley and Everton are still in the relegation mix despite games in hand. So not doom and gloom by any means.

[SG90]

Forshaw was injured apparently hence being on the bench.

Marsch did say that we have a lot of players carrying knocks because of being overloaded and played when injured.

Struijk to was a doubt today.

Wonder how many of our squad are struggling?

Dallas is he has been injured for ages Bielsa said so and Ayling mentioned to.

Sigh.

Marsch is miracle worker if he keeps us up!

[SG90]

Come on Chelsea!

[VinnysTattoo]

Chasing the game, Roberts or Summerville ?

[mentalcase]

In conclusion a good performance but we lost because we didn’t take our chances. Nothing has changed per se other than we restricted the number of opportunities the opposition had.
Next two games will probably decide our fate - if we play like that and get an early goal we will win them hands down. But we are at a stage where playing well means nothing unless we get points.
It will help if Brentford, Norwich and Watford keep losing. Burnley and Everton are still in the relegation mix despite games in hand. So not doom and gloom by any means.

Agreed, don't normally like depending on results from other games but now I will be.
If results go our way today nothing much will change, hopefully burnley, newcastle & villa lose, norwich draw would be good because I'm confident of going above brentford.

[mentalcase]

Chasing the game, Roberts or Summerville ?

Summerville all day long, still don't rate roberts at this level.

[Cjay]

Was this proof that we were wrong and the reason Bielsa didn't change tactics is not because the players couldn't but because he was stubborn?

Despite the defeat it was our best performance for ages.

First time we have had an xG against of less than 1 since Norwich end of October

[SG90]

If we keep playing like we did today, eventually we will catch a break and get some luck. Just gotta stay positive rather than feel sorry for ourselves.

[SG90]

Was this proof that we were wrong and the reason Bielsa didn't change tactics is not because the players couldn't but because he was stubborn?

Despite the defeat it was our best performance for ages.

First time we have had an xG against of less than 1 since Norwich end of October

Yep. I said all along he was too stubborn to change and he would have taken us down on 'his' way if he could. Rio said the same thing.

[Cjay]

Still don't get why he left Roberts on.

Confused the players having a player on they couldn't pass to and probably made his injury worse.

Would have been better playing with ten men (insert joke here)

[SG90]

Come on Norwich, Chelsea and Brighton. And Arsenal and Spurs!

[Cjay]

Yep. I said all along he was too stubborn to change and he would have taken us down on 'his' way if he could. Rio said the same thing.

I didnt think the players could adapt tbf.

They did today and that was impressive and does make.the claim that Bielsa was right not to change quite hard to backup.

Still find it odd some of our fans claim he wasn't stubborn, he is famously stubborn.