Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted May 1, 2023 Subscriber Posted May 1, 2023 Leicester having a good spell in no small part because their manager has made proactive changes while we have no fresh legs on the pitch.
Moderator Tommy Posted May 1, 2023 Moderator Posted May 1, 2023 Söyüncü fucks up but Iversen saves his ass.
Michael Posted May 1, 2023 Posted May 1, 2023 Iversen was excellent, he made several crucial saves for Leicester City and generally looked confident and solid in his overall play. I guess both sides will be satisfied that they've avoided defeat, but a win for either side would have given them a real boost to their ambitions of remaining in the Premier League.
OrangeKhrush Posted May 1, 2023 Posted May 1, 2023 Just now, Michael said: Iversen was excellent, he made several crucial saves for Leicester City and generally looked confident and solid in his overall play. I guess both sides will be satisfied that they've avoided defeat, but a win for either side would have given them a real boost to their ambitions of remaining in the Premier League. the point is better for Leicester but good for neither
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted May 1, 2023 Subscriber Posted May 1, 2023 Could break down loads from that game. Either side will feel they could comfortably have won that given the avoidable nature of the goals conceded, Calvert-Lewin's miss, Maddison's penalty miss, Iversen's saves, Vardy hitting the bar. Both teams led and were on top at one point and if either had a modicum of composure or game management they could have probably closed it out. Also felt from 2-2 onwards that both teams had shown enough that the points and confidence that would have come with victory there probably would have left either safe if they'd won, especially Leicester. Neither side will be happy with a draw and both will just think if one extra major incident in the game had gone their way, and they were plenty, they would have won. I think Leeds and Forest losing over the weekend probably changed this from a must-win to a must not lose for both sides. Leicester could afford the draw more though as they've got the crucial extra point over us and probably a slightly kinder run-in. For us, we have to beat Bournemouth on the last day and either get a cheeky win or a couple of draws from Brighton away, City at home, Wolves away. Not easy but still in the fight.
Administrator Stan Posted May 1, 2023 Author Administrator Posted May 1, 2023 Infuriating. Mainly because our players can do some really infuriating things sometimes. Too many brain-dead decisions. In a game where both sides had to win, it just goes to show that both sides are so shit that they can't beat each other. Maddison has no business taking the penalty before Vardy and Tielemans. Bad from him. And not enough other players pulling their weight. Story of our season. Frustrating because going up at 3-1 at half time, and then winning this puts us on 32 points, massive confidence boost and psychologically puts us in a good place. Missed opportunities today.
Administrator Stan Posted May 1, 2023 Author Administrator Posted May 1, 2023 Hope Coleman is okay but looks quite serious having seen the video. Very nasty
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted May 1, 2023 Subscriber Posted May 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, Stan said: Infuriating. Mainly because our players can do some really infuriating things sometimes. Too many brain-dead decisions. In a game where both sides had to win, it just goes to show that both sides are so shit that they can't beat each other. Maddison has no business taking the penalty before Vardy and Tielemans. Bad from him. And not enough other players pulling their weight. Story of our season. Frustrating because going up at 3-1 at half time, and then winning this puts us on 32 points, massive confidence boost and psychologically puts us in a good place. Missed opportunities today. Just seen someone say it was like watching two drunks fight outside the pub and it's hard to argue .
Administrator Stan Posted May 1, 2023 Author Administrator Posted May 1, 2023 10 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: Just seen someone say it was like watching two drunks fight outside the pub and it's hard to argue . Yep, and both guys are missing their punches
Subscriber Dan+ Posted May 1, 2023 Subscriber Posted May 1, 2023 The only thing I'm clinging onto at this point is that before Smith's first game I did a predictor of our eight games and I'm so far on four from four - and I had us to then win our next two. So many angles you can look at that game. A game that demonstrated a lot of our strengths but virtually every weakness - bottled under pressure while we had it there for the taking. We're like the fisherman who brags about the whopper he's just caught without realising he's dropped it back in the water. Absolutely insufferable. I think on the whole Everton were the better team. I think the fact a side who are so poor going forward can look that dangerous is damning on us. Smith has got us attacking better but we're still as awful defensively as I can remember. The odds still favour us, the table and fixtures likewise, but I'm about 90% sure this goes to the last day and we are proven chokers when it comes to these situations. I think we could end up facing a West Ham side with nothing to play for and still losing it.
Subscriber Dan+ Posted May 2, 2023 Subscriber Posted May 2, 2023 5 hours ago, Lucas said: Not a massive fan of those clappers. You don't need them to create an atmosphere. We've even proven this ourselves this season. It was rocking against Forest. Can't stand them and absolutely no idea why they brought them back.
Subscriber Dan+ Posted May 2, 2023 Subscriber Posted May 2, 2023 That penalty incident really feels like a sliding doors moment for me. I think if we make that 3-1 we go on to win it quite comfortably. To be honest though, I'm not just saying this, but for something that is generally quite unlikely I was absolutely convinced he was going to miss and from the minute he missed I was absolutely convinced we weren't going to win. I've not been impressed by him at all post World Cup. I appreciate he was largely overlooked during it harshly but I think there's a real argument with him that while he's obviously extremely talented and the most so at Leicester, he has quite often let us down / gone missing when it's needed the most. You can't take the penalty off Tielemans and then take one that badly. It was such an absolutely dire execution. Genuinely the worst penalty I've seen since Kermorgant. There are five fanbases in this league absolutely convinced they're going down. I think it would be very on brand for this team to blow it and go down on the final day though. We can't keep playing the "we've got the players" card after 34 games. We're 34 games in and level on points with two of the other three. We are fancied to pull clear but I think it's pretty clear that that isn't going to happen. It really could be any combination of the two to join Southampton.
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted May 2, 2023 Subscriber Posted May 2, 2023 If Arsenal beat Chelsea tonight they'll have twice as many points as them. Last season Chelsea finished above Arsenal.
Subscriber Dan+ Posted May 2, 2023 Subscriber Posted May 2, 2023 This is why having VAR is a total waste of time. The rules are littered with interpretation and grey areas. So you're aiming for a level of outcome the rules dictate is unachievable and in the process you're guaranteeing a worse experience. The penny will eventually drop.
Administrator Stan Posted May 2, 2023 Author Administrator Posted May 2, 2023 15 minutes ago, Dan said: This is why having VAR is a total waste of time. The rules are littered with interpretation and grey areas. So you're aiming for a level of outcome the rules dictate is unachievable and in the process you're guaranteeing a worse experience. The penny will eventually drop. If the rules are cleared up it enables VAR to be utilised properly and efficiently. So I see why it's deemed a waste of time, but make the referees' jobs easier by removing as many grey areas as possible. It just leads to inconsistencies and it's actually unfair on the referees to try and decipher within the moment what to do and what calls to make.
OrangeKhrush Posted May 2, 2023 Posted May 2, 2023 VAR doesn't work, Callum Wilson had a goal that was ruled out but the video doesn't definitively show that the ball touched Almiron, it shows the ball touching a Southampton defender. VAR may only overturn a decision when it is clear and obvious, clear and obvious does not take 4:32 seconds to decide. When we played Liverpool at Anfield, Isak scored a second which after analysis shows was about a foot onside which was not sent to VAR, why not? at 2-0 with 25 to play we win that game.
Rick Posted May 2, 2023 Posted May 2, 2023 The technology works, it just has colossal idiots using it.
Administrator Stan Posted May 2, 2023 Author Administrator Posted May 2, 2023 27 minutes ago, OrangeKhrush said: VAR doesn't work, Callum Wilson had a goal that was ruled out but the video doesn't definitively show that the ball touched Almiron, it shows the ball touching a Southampton defender. VAR may only overturn a decision when it is clear and obvious, clear and obvious does not take 4:32 seconds to decide. It did hit Almiron from the angles they showed. 28 minutes ago, OrangeKhrush said: When we played Liverpool at Anfield, Isak scored a second which after analysis shows was about a foot onside which was not sent to VAR, why not? at 2-0 with 25 to play we win that game. Have you got a clip of this?
Bluewolf Posted May 2, 2023 Posted May 2, 2023 10 hours ago, RandoEFC said: If Arsenal beat Chelsea tonight they'll have twice as many points as them. Last season Chelsea finished above Arsenal. We won't beat Arsenal..... We would need two lucky deflections just to be in with a shout and that's not happening, I think Lampard is going for the longest losing streak the club has ever seen, the only way we might get something is if they have a player sent off
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