Quote Originally Posted by Monaco_Totty View Post
JM's tactics do appear to be more flexible so in that respect 'some progression'.

Smiler Rodgers plays the 4-3-3 so his Leicester players are expected to press to win the ball back in the opponents half of the pitch, with the fullbacks providing the width & their DMC drops back to provide defensive cover.


None of that is working obviously as the Foxes forums ALL point out.


Their press isn’t effective enough, their fullbacks are getting caught to far up the pitch & to many opponents attacks are finding Leicesters central pairing Evans & Faes stretched & isolated.
So hope for 3 points for us !

With Leicester’s recent poor form Maddison has frequently dropped deep to receive possession off the centre-backs when they are losing.

By receiving deeper, he can attempt his 'eye of the needle' passes to progress possession into the final third. However, Maddison is removing himself from the most threatening areas around goal, despite being Leicester’s key creator and goal-scoring threat - again great for us.


This surely is a game to win ?
With our pace & high intensity press its gonna provide 'chances'.

So for me i really hope JM's not turning up to merely contain Leicester & that he is brave enough to actually give one of our emerging forwards at least 45 mins to get onto some direct deliveries aimed into the box.


Otherwise it'll be Bamford diagonal runs wide hoping to create space for our central runners to latch onto which Leicester no doubt will hope for.
All of our 'improvements' now need to be consistent in individual play & team plays.
Is Maddison not banned for this game?