Leicester City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[saunders_heroes]

I think our collapse started with Lescott dithering on the ball for their 1st goal. He had about 3 occasions to clear the ball but ended up giving it away and the rest is history. It's a shame because that first half I was think of just how well our defence looked.

[john2710]

The problem was arrogance from the players & manager who thought the game was won at 2-0.

Sherwood should have known that he just needed to kill the game & take the score as it was. Naive doesn't come close to describing it.

Bacuna is not a right back, Gil (despite a nice goal) was giving him fuck all cover. Vertout for Gil was the first sub, Hutton for Bacuna the second sub & Clarke for Grealish the third. Game won.

Guzan should have floored Dyer.

[Ads]

Gana would have made a huge difference.

Leicester are so Mickey Mouse with those clappers and what is it with their camp accent?

[ozzjim]

I think our collapse started with Lescott dithering on the ball for their 1st goal. He had about 3 occasions to clear the ball but ended up giving it away and the rest is history. It's a shame because that first half I was think of just how well our defence looked.

Just clear the damned ball.

[passitsideways]

I think the projection for things going forward will depend on how people feel about the team's ability to cut out the idiocy going forward. It's already cost us points in 3 out of our 5 games (and nearly did against Bournemouth, thinking about Clark's foul at the end of the first half.) If we make progress there, there's enough talent to keep away from relegation. If not though, we'll be in the shit.

[four fornicholl]

fitness cost us
pure and simple

[ozzjim]

Agree with everything Archie except am I alone in being somewhat intrigued at the thought of a third tit?

Nice touch, mate! 

I would be baffled as to what to do with it.

[saunders_heroes]

Special mention to Guzan, what a pathetic incident at the end which cost us a point. How he convinced so many he's a top keeper remains one of life's great mysteries. The sooner we're rid of him the better.

[Risso]

Special mention to Guzan, what a pathetic incident at the end which cost us a point. How he convinced so many he's a top keeper remains one of life's great mysteries. The sooner we're rid of him the better.

Agreed, he just doesn't inspire any confidence whatsoever. 

[AlexAlexCropley]

fitness cost us
pure and simple

Is my opinion too.So many sloppy, individual errors borne out of tiredness.This is inexcusable .

[brian green]

Sherwood knows Guzan is in the grip of a massive loss of form and confidence yet he still picks him.   I assume that at  two nil up he wants to play God and send Ayew on to get a third and snap out of his run of bad form.   It is just managerial arrogance.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Special mention to Guzan, what a pathetic incident at the end which cost us a point. How he convinced so many he's a top keeper remains one of life's great mysteries. The sooner we're rid of him the better.

Agreed, he just doesn't inspire any confidence whatsoever. 

I love Brad but that attempt to punch the ball away was embarrassing. He didn't even get close to it.

[Steve67]

Guzan, Westwood, Bacuna. Not good enough for a club trying to move forward. Very poor last 20 minutes from pretty much all of them.

[Olof's Beard]

Chuffing hell, I am fuming. You know, this messageboard sees a lot of fans from of different ages, from different places, different countries and with different worries in life come together. Most of us don't know each other yet you know that for the entirety of the second half we were all to a man and woman sat there screaming for a defensive change. How can the manager not see the problem? Leicester won in a very English way, with the sort of style that has seen European teams overwhelmed in Europe over the years. They saw that we were better technically and just hounded us into submission using high energy and pace, we didn't respond. Even before Gil put us 2-0 up I thought we needed a change, Hutton for one of the front four would have done, push Bacuna up, allow someone to pick up Mahrez full time.

But, no. Tim send on Ayew when we are 2-0 up and then Gestede at 2-1. Madness!

I promised myself at half time that whatever happened second half I wouldn't forget the fact that we clearly have some wonderful footballers in Grealish, Gil, Amavi, Westwood, Sanchez et all. It's hard right now but they really were fantastic first half. Grealish will learn from this, he barely had a kick second half. Sanchez looks immense for 60 or 70 minutes and then completely shagged for 20 or 30. Not sure how that 'adjustment' to the pace of the English game is still happening.

Sherwood lost us the game though. And sadly in doing so, he has attracted a lot of negative attention for Ayew. I can see Villa fans on the internet claiming it's his fault. It wasn't. He should NEVER have been sent on in that situation.

[Kevin_Brum12]

fitness cost us
pure and simple

Is my opinion too.So many sloppy, individual errors borne out of tiredness.This is inexcusable .

It's early in the season.  Yes we've bought in players who were on a different seasonal cycle with the continental leagues starting in September, but how can so many look so knackered now? Especially as we've just come out of an international break!!!