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Francie Barrett

Look at the positives lads, we won by 2 goals, it was probably our best performance after the Spurs match. It's progress at least.

niallo27

Leicester were lumping every ball into the box. Made sense to bring another big defender on. It shouldn't be a talking point anyway. 3 points away to a team who took points off Everton, utd and arsenal is what's key.

mosstin

mosstin wrote: »

If we're rationalising an underperforming CB coming on against one of the weakest sides in the PL, down to 10 men then I'm not sure what's going on anymore. Especially given what we have on the bench.

You obviously know more than Rodgers..

mosstin

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Look at the positives lads, we won by 2 goals, it was probably our best performance after the Spurs match. It's progress at least.

Jaysus, I thought we were awful to be honest.

Certainly was hilarious in the end.

I'll take that again at the weekend please

5starpool

mosstin wrote: »

Jaysus, I thought we were awful to be honest.

We weren't very good at all.

mosstin

mosstin wrote: »

Jaysus, I thought we were awful to be honest.

I'd take puke football week in week out as long as we get 3 points.

mosstin

rarnes1 wrote: »

You obviously know more than Rodgers..

You think it made sense?

smileyj1987

smileyj1987 wrote: »

M!Ck^ , Thanks for the good luck .

I do what I can for all my 'Fans'

murpho999

joe123 wrote: »

Dont be pedantic, you knew what I meant about the introduction of Markovich.

And why did you contradict yourself? One minute you tell me the game is over at 3-1 and then the next you are saying we needed to get the 3 points?

So if the game is over at 3-1, what was the harm in bringing him on?

I don't see any contradiction.

Throwing on Markovic for 90 seconds would not boost his confidence and it was highly unlikely he would score so it would be pointless to bring him on.

Game was definitely over at that stage but Rodgers did the right thing by strengthening defence to protect lead.
That's the right decision when things are at a low. Secure the win. Throwing on players for fun can come later when form is better, result secure and team confidence high.

niallo27

mosstin wrote: »

You think it made sense?

It was negative but yes I understand it. It worked. Leicester didn't score.

mosstin

mosstin wrote: »

You think it made sense?

Leicester pumping balls into the box against a team who love conceding goals.

Never met such a negative fan after a win

You'd bloody swear it was Suarez on the bench

murpho999

mosstin wrote: »

If we're rationalising an underperforming CB coming on against one of the weakest sides in the PL, down to 10 men then I'm not sure what's going on anymore. Especially given what we have on the bench.

Seriously, what is the issue with that sub? Leicester were attacking and our defence is dodgy and Rodgers protected it. No big deal.

mosstin

rarnes1 wrote: »

Leicester pumping balls into the box against a team who love conceding goals.

Never met such a negative fan after a win

You'd bloody swear it was Suarez on the bench

Negative? We won but you're deluded if we think we're playing well. Happy to get 3 points but there are so many issues to be addressed.

smileyj1987

M!Ck^ wrote: »

I do what I can for all my 'Fans'

Please make an appearance on saturday :cool::cool:

joe123

murpho999 wrote: »

I don't see any contradiction.

Throwing on Markovic for 90 seconds would not boost his confidence and it was highly unlikely he would score so it would be pointless to bring him on.

Game was definitely over at that stage but Rodgers did the right thing by strengthening defence to protect lead.
That's the right decision when things are at a low. Secure the win. Throwing on players for fun can come later when form is better, result secure and team confidence high.

I need to point out that I was watching on a stream so when I posted that, it was around the 85th minute.

PhlegmyMoses

Am I going mad or did BT sports just whitewash the Gerrard dive?

GotTheTshirt

mosstin wrote: »

Negative? We won but you're deluded if we think we're playing well. Happy to get 3 points but there are so many issues to be addressed.

We''ve dogged out a couple of wins. I think it's largely agreed that's what needed to happen. We''re not gonna go straight from getting tonked by Crystal Palace to playing champagne football. Progress is being made, there are no quick fix miracles. What exactly is it you want?

Kerrigooney

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Am I going mad or did BT sports just whitewash the Gerrard dive?

What dive would that be?

PhlegmyMoses

Kerrigooney wrote: »

What dive would that be?

Where he dived going through on goal.

PhlegmyMoses

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Am I going mad or did BT sports just whitewash the Gerrard dive?

I hope you aren't referring to the blatant penalty and sending off for the goal keeper incident?

mosstin

GotTheTshirt wrote: »

We''ve dogged out a couple of wins. I think it's largely agreed that's what needed to happen. We''re not gonna go straight from getting tonked by Crystal Palace to playing champagne football. Progress is being made, there are no quick fix miracles. What exactly is it you want?

Do we look any more solid? Leicester down to 10 men and they looked like the team with an extra man. I'm looking for organisation at the back and some coherency in our attacking play. Not too much to ask.

niallo27

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Where he dived going through on goal.

I'm guessing you didn't see it.

Chucky the tree

I'll take the 3 points but having spend over £100m on new players in the summer it would be extremely embarrassing to go to Leicester and not win.

PhlegmyMoses

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Am I going mad or did BT sports just whitewash the Gerrard dive?

Conspiracy

Kerrigooney

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Where he dived going through on goal.

Lol.

PhlegmyMoses

Edward Tasteless Advisor wrote: »

I hope you aren't referring to the blatant penalty and sending off for the goal keeper incident?

Yes. I thought it was a dive and second yellow for Gerrard tbh.

michael999999

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Where he dived going through on goal.

Troll-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!!!

I love that Christmas song!

Chucky the tree

Chucky the tree wrote: »

I'll take the 3 points but having spend over £100m on new players in the summer it would be extremely embarrassing to go to Leicester and not win.

PhlegmyMoses

michael999999 wrote: »

Troll-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!!!

I love that Christmas song!

I'm not trolling. Genuine opinion. Minimal contact and he goes down theatrically. That's a dive

PhlegmyMoses

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Yes. I thought it was a dive and second yellow for Gerrard tbh.

Well you are very wrong.

GotTheTshirt

mosstin wrote: »

Do we look any more solid? Leicester down to 10 men and they looked like the team with an extra man. I'm looking for organisation at the back and some coherency in our attacking play. Not too much to ask.

We just won back to back, read my post again and you might see my point second time around.
Do you expect us to jump from being pure ****e to world beaters In the space of of few days?

5starpool

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Yes. I thought it was a dive and second yellow for Gerrard tbh.

It wasn't a dive but it wasn't a penalty either imo.

niallo27

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Yes. I thought it was a dive and second yellow for Gerrard tbh.

You would have a point if he went to ground when he first expected contact but he didn't he just jumped up in the air but kept his feet. The keeper did bundle him over. It really wasn't a dive.

5starpool

5starpool wrote: »

It wasn't a dive but it wasn't a penalty either imo.

This is correct.

It would have been a harsh pen.


Saying that, a player does that outside the box it's probably gonna be given as a foul.


1-3 anyway, happy days.

PhlegmyMoses

5starpool wrote: »

It wasn't a dive but it wasn't a penalty either imo.

Contact was almost non-existent. Put it this way, had Young been in that position for United, I'd be ****ing fuming had he gone down when he was almost around the goalkeeper

Kerrigooney

niallo27 wrote: »

You would have a point if he went to ground when he first expected contact but he didn't he just jumped up in the air but kept his feet. The keeper did bundle him over. It really wasn't a dive.

I think Schmeichel's face right after it summed it up...he knew he'd gotten away with it.

super_furry

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Contact was almost non-existent.

Nonsense. He clearly ran into Gerrard without making any contact with the ball.

mosstin

GotTheTshirt wrote: »

We just won back to back, read my post again and you might see my point second time around.
Do you expect us to jump from being pure ****e to world beaters In the space of of few days?

Aye and by reading my reply again you'll notice - second time around - that I'm not looking for us to be world beaters. Leicester - bottom of the PL and down to ten men - looked like they had the extra man. I want us to be more solid - we looked nothing of the sort tonight.

shamrock55

mosstin wrote: »

Do we look any more solid? Leicester down to 10 men and they looked like the team with an extra man. I'm looking for organisation at the back and some coherency in our attacking play. Not too much to ask.

This happens to most teams that go down to 10 men though, the rest just dig a bit deeper, they are also losing and are at home so will naturally put us under a bit of pressure for the last 10 or 15 mins, this is par for the course,we dealt well with it, we won!!

5starpool

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Contact was almost non-existent. Put it this way, had Young been in that position for United, I'd be ****ing fuming had he gone down when he was almost around the goalkeeper

He was looking for the penalty and engineered the collision almost, but that's not the same as a dive.

mosstin

shamrock55 wrote: »

This happens to most teams that go down to 10 men though, the rest just dig a bit deeper, they are also losing and are at home so will naturally put us under a bit of pressure for the last 10 or 15 mins, this is par for the course,we dealt well with it, we won!!

Nah, someone summed it up well in the thread, mentioning Benny Hill music every time the ball was pumped into the box. We just looked hapless. Great to win but far from looking dependable at the back.

noodler

Yeah, Gerrard dived for me.

Charlie19

Nigel Pearson saying the boo boys should stay at home.

While I do agree with him, I dont think its wise to come out with such remarks when Leicester are on a bad run of results and bottom of the league.

smileyj1987

smileyj1987 wrote: »

Please make an appearance on saturday :cool::cool:

Think I'll wait till Old Trafford....at least I won't have to use two screens :P

GotTheTshirt

mosstin wrote: »

Aye and by reading my reply again you'll notice - second time around - that I'm not looking for us to be world beaters. Leicester - bottom of the PL and down to ten men - looked like they had the extra man. I want us to be more solid - we looked nothing of the sort tonight.

We beat them 3-1.

Sir Gallagher

Mick on Matchdays.

Diabhal Beag

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Think I'll wait till Old Trafford....at least I won't have to use two screens :P

Don't forget your 3rd screen, you horny young man.

OwaynOTT

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Think I'll wait till Old Trafford....at least I won't have to use two screens :P

Should we do up a match thread now?

OwaynOTT

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Should we do up a match thread now?

For the sake of the moderators health...probably not a good idea :P