Leicester v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[john e]

To many players having an off day yesterday Rogers, Watkins (again) Bailey, McGinn, add to them Bogarde’s inexperience and that’s half the starting team,
 we still won because even when not at our best we’re still good enough to beat a poor Leicester team, but we made heavy weather of it and were glad of the final whistle

 Outside of the goalkeeper Pao Torres is our best player, absolute class and integral to the way we play especially when moving the ball out of defence to start attacks

[VillaTim]

Tielemans was superb as was Konsa , supported by Onana and Torres .

[Chip Butty 111]

That gargoyle Cooper throws his toys out the pram easily doesn't he..pmsl

[PeterWithe]

I hadn't seen the Tielemans tackle on Vardy until this morning.  I'm not sure what all the Leicester fire and brimstone was about.  A clear and clean tackle, ball won first.  In fact, a lovely piece of defending from a player who has started the season really well.   Tielemans is turning into a key player for us.

He's taken really well to the deeper role. So many of our attacks now seem to start with Tielemans picking up the ball from the defence, threading it past four of their players to Rogers, a defender bounces off him, he turns and runs and the rest of the team catch up.

Last season it would have been DL passing and Youri doing the Rogers bit, but without the strength or running to pull it off.

I think our midfield is better this season and I haven't missed Luiz once.  They are all playing really well and as a unit.  Leicester are this year's Luton - physical, industrial football. 

Not sure I agree albeit based on the few games so far, Youri still seems to do his best work further forward playing in vertical passes like the early one for Ollie’s chance. In deeper positions he seemed, in the first half at least, to get caught on the ball a few times. I still think that, when we are under the cosh a little, we miss Luiz aptitude to slow the game right down and keep possession and allow us a breather and to regroup. Barkley bought that when he came on I feel.

[Villa Lew]

Very impressive win today, against a team who won't be easy to beat at home, as Spurs found out. Re Youri's tackle on Vardy, Mike Dean said it was a great tackle, probably for the first time, I agree with Mike Dean! Superb header from big Jhon, doubt whether you'll see many better this season, he's only 20 and looks like he's got a great future in the game, hopefully, if not all, most of it with us.

[Dante Lavelli]

His price is easily £40m now. However there aren’t many reserves that sell for over £50m so he might’ve hit a ceiling unless he can start more games.

[cdbearsfan]

Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?

Axl Rose, still around.

Good bloke, doesn’t post much because of the playground stuff.

He's banned, I think. Shame, I like him.

[LeeB]

That gargoyle Cooper throws his toys out the pram easily doesn't he..psml

He has history for losing his temper

[jon collett]

I hadn't seen the Tielemans tackle on Vardy until this morning.  I'm not sure what all the Leicester fire and brimstone was about.  A clear and clean tackle, ball won first.  In fact, a lovely piece of defending from a player who has started the season really well.   Tielemans is turning into a key player for us.

He's taken really well to the deeper role. So many of our attacks now seem to start with Tielemans picking up the ball from the defence, threading it past four of their players to Rogers, a defender bounces off him, he turns and runs and the rest of the team catch up.

Last season it would have been DL passing and Youri doing the Rogers bit, but without the strength or running to pull it off.

I think our midfield is better this season and I haven't missed Luiz once.  They are all playing really well and as a unit.  Leicester are this year's Luton - physical, industrial football. 

I was a v pleased we won but wouldn’t agree with this.

Onana has scored valuable goals, breaks up play and is useful at set pieces. Tielemans can play some good passes but also goes missing.

We’ve become a counter attacking team this season and playing in a different style. We can no longer dominate possession because we haven’t got the personnel. Rogers and Ramsay contribute to this as well!

[Chip Butty 111]

So far this season we have looked dangerous going forward..and if Ollie was on form would have 9pts and 3/4 more goals..all with a new midfield pairing as well. Reasons to be optimistic once everything clicks.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Re "our man in Japan"...that unlocked a memory of an outspoken H&V poster from yesteryear called "martin" (I *think*) who was based in Tokyo. Is that who we're on about?

Axl Rose, still around.

Good bloke, doesn’t post much because of the playground stuff.

We did have a poster in Japan named Martin years ago.

Brilliant poster, too. Spotters badge for Eamonn as it must be 25 years since I last saw Martin regularly posting on here.

[Astnor]

Leics came with three CB s and three defensive central midfielders in a 5-3-2. Difficult to play possession dominated in midfield then. When Barkley came on we did it some better might. Ro(d)gers not that dominate cause of very crowded and not space enough where he supposed to play. Second half they tried to batter us with aggression. First half we mostly controlled the game as someone on here said. Like the look of Bogarte (very easy on the ball and running with it and seems to have positional sense), both still a bit stressed about being playing competitive senior matches at this level with the attention on them as follow - natural, hopefully they adjust potential seems to be there. Watkins still better suited to our striker role, Duran the better goalscorer.

[Demitri_C]

Yeah youri playing well  hope he can stay fit this season

[LeeB]

I've always rated Tielemans, I remember when we came up and he just bossed us all over the park thinking "What's gone wrong in the world when a lovely player like this is playing for these two-bob clowns and we've got Marvellous, God bless him, huffing around?"

[VillaTim]

Once Kamara is back there's going to be some selection dilemma's for UE