Reluctant Striker Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 It would not surprise me at all if Leicester finish closer to Europe than the Championship. Certainly 9th down is a very close & competitive group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted October 19 Subscriber Share Posted October 19 29 minutes ago, Reluctant Striker said: It would not surprise me at all if Leicester finish closer to Europe than the Championship. Certainly 9th down is a very close & competitive group. I don't know. I think the usual top six plus Newcastle, Villa and Brighton will comfortably take the top 9 spots. Fulham will be 10th/11th along with West Ham depending on how hilariously bad their latest post-Moyes era continues to go. After that the bottom 9 times are much of a muchness with Southampton and Ipswich looking quite comfortably the weakest. I'd still be surprised if Leicester finished ahead of more than half of Brentford, Forest, Everton, Wolves, Palace and Bournemouth even if they do manage to stay up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted October 19 Author Administrator Share Posted October 19 We're not finishing closer to Europe than relegation. Would happily donate a hefty sum of money to the site if that did happen. Not watched the game back or any highlights as was at a wedding, but pretty much gave up hope at 2-0 down. Game seemed to turn when Fatawu was brought on. Will take a win at any cost, even with a scuffed Jordan Ayew stoppage time winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ Posted October 20 Subscriber Share Posted October 20 Such a strange game. Gutted I missed that one, looked fantastic in the away end. I thought we were quite fortunate with a lot of it. First half as covered was a disgrace - we can't keep starting games this badly but this isn't a new thing, it's plagued us for years. I think the non-penalty award for Southampton and our subsequent penalty completely turned it basically. That and bringing Fatawu on who was outstanding. How he isn't starting games is beyond me and I don't think he's just somebody who'll be better from the bench. I really think going forward he's got to start Mavididi, Buonanotte and Fatawu and take the initiative in games. Cooper seems to set us up badly but we do have the talent to pick up wins. Buonanotte is a real gem of a signing. Gutting we've got basically no chance of getting him permanently. Brighton might genuinely regret loaning him out this season. 19 years old and already probably our best player. He's fantastic. I've been pretty heavily critical of Southampton and once again they showed their flakiness. They're a bad side with a bad manager. The non-penalty award was mental and I do think they've been unlucky, but that's an absolute hammer blow of a loss for them. They must really hate us by this point. I can't think of a club we've had more joy against. We're not convincing at all but I think we can stay up. I think we're fortunate to be as high as we are, but I'm hoping he starts utilising this squad properly because we've proven in the last few games that it really isn't a bad one. There are goals in this side and our goalkeeper is miles better than the other sides down there for me. Massive three points, bit lucky I think, but if we can't enjoy winning like that what can we. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ Posted October 20 Subscriber Share Posted October 20 4 hours ago, Reluctant Striker said: It would not surprise me at all if Leicester finish closer to Europe than the Championship. Certainly 9th down is a very close & competitive group. Our squad is quite underrated by people I think but we'll be nowhere close to Europe. We've had relatively kind fixtures as well. I do think though people forget how recently we were a top half team. We dropped completely unexpectedly, our level probably never dipped as drastically as people think. Obviously we have lost a lot of that side, but I still think our squad is a level above the two we came up with and I think if you pitted it against a lot of bottom half sides there'd be far less in it than people think. I don't even think we've played to anything like our potential either. Our results have definitely been better than performances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted October 20 Author Administrator Share Posted October 20 Just seen the penalty they weren't given. What a shocking decision Ayew hasn't even slightly pulled him back. He's held on for long enough. Surprised Taylor saw it as 'inconsequential' as it appeared if he wasn't held back he might have been able to get closer to the ball. But we've had 2 equally bad officiating decisions go against us already this season so if this is going towards luck being even, so be it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted October 20 Subscriber Share Posted October 20 7 hours ago, Dan said: Our squad is quite underrated by people I think but we'll be nowhere close to Europe. We've had relatively kind fixtures as well. I do think though people forget how recently we were a top half team. We dropped completely unexpectedly, our level probably never dipped as drastically as people think. Obviously we have lost a lot of that side, but I still think our squad is a level above the two we came up with and I think if you pitted it against a lot of bottom half sides there'd be far less in it than people think. I don't even think we've played to anything like our potential either. Our results have definitely been better than performances. A decent manager and I'd feel better about Leicester. Under Cooper I don't think you'll ever play at a level that gets you out of the bottom five. You should be well clear of Ipswich and Southampton anyway so then you only have to beat one other team and you've got an 8 point headstart on Wolves now unless they get something against City today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reluctant Striker Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 Was another win for Villa. But also another where they had to come from behind & really could have gone either way. It is the sort of run good teams have. Just slightly worrying as to how it will go when we start playing more of the top half. Having played 7 of the 12 sides from Fulham down, I do think Wolves have seemed the weakest team. If it does not turn around soon, changing manager could help. But, perhaps the lack of stability of maintaining players is starting to catch up with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 Teams just do not learn do they. Man City love having the ball, they love the opposition sitting in and trying to hold on. It’s just a matter of time before they take the lead at this rate, I wish sides would take the game to them a bit more, just like Fulham did last time out. They’ve never been the best when being pressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 Wolves look dead on their feet at 65 minutes. Cant see anything but City win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 You just fucking hate them don’t you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted October 20 Subscriber Share Posted October 20 Gut punch for Wolves but there's no way that should have been disallowed on Bernardo's behalf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 I was worried about Robertson before the game, and in the first 1 v 1 with Madueke he got done up like a kipper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 Never in a million years was that a foul on Reece James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 I actually can't believe the ref has finally given one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 I've watched that City goal about six times and can't decide what I'd give, there's arguments for or against. Only annoying thing for me personally is that had it been Wolves scoring then they're 100% chalking it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 Lol I think that’s less of a penalty than the Salah foul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 (edited) Neville is such a rat James dives for a free kick, says nothing, then seconds later he wants Salah booked for a dive even though there’s contact from Colwill. It was never a pen on Salah, but it wasn’t a dive either. Then he implies the ref gave the pen because he felt pressure from the crowd. Bellend. That being said, get in!! Edited October 20 by Rick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 3 minutes ago, Whiskey said: I've watched that City goal about six times and can't decide what I'd give, there's arguments for or against. Only annoying thing for me personally is that had it been Wolves scoring then they're 100% chalking it off. Yeah I thought this as well. If it’s the other end and Lemina standing where Silva was, it’s getting waved off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted October 20 Subscriber Share Posted October 20 4 minutes ago, Rick said: It was never a pen on Salah, but it wasn’t a dive either He's right about this part though. When attackers wave a leg unnaturally to try to initiate contact and buy a foul, it's objectively as much cheating and attempting to deceive the officials as diving. Unfortunately it never gets them booked though. So yeah it would have been inconsistent for Salah to be booked this time but generally speaking they should be in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted October 20 Subscriber Share Posted October 20 (I meant to quote the part about the yellow card and missed ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 Non contact injuries are always a concern, hope it’s nothing serious for Jackson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 4 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: He's right about this part though. When attackers wave a leg unnaturally to try to initiate contact and buy a foul, it's objectively as much cheating and attempting to deceive the officials as diving. Unfortunately it never gets them booked though. So yeah it would have been inconsistent for Salah to be booked this time but generally speaking they should be in my opinion. Could argue that Salah is putting his leg protecting the ball though, and that it’s up to the defender not to foul him. I agree with your point in general, but for me it’s the ones running at a defender and dangle their leg out while passing them that is the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 I hate that Jones doesn’t just fucking hit that. This’ll be overturned cause he touched the ball first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 Shouldn’t we get a corner from that though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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