Leicester City Post Match Thoughts

[Nardendee]

Turnover & profit (or loss) for 21/22 season according to on line a/cs were :

Leicester City £214.6 million with losses of £92.5 million

Southampton. £150.6 million with losses of £5.98 million

Leeds United £ 189.2 million with losses of £36.7 million

Rotherham £9.9 million with losses of £1.7 million

Plymouth Argyle £11.3 million with losses of £0.2 million

Sheffield Wednesday £16.3 million with losses of £6.3 million

Leicester, Southampton & Leeds were all in the Prem whereas Rotherham Plymouth & Sheff W were all L1.

[sawmiller]

Many good points to look back on against a top Champ side - as said before, our front line looks toothless - barely 10-15 goals per season amongst them. Next few days crucial in terms of recruitment - if it's a miss we may have too much ground to make up after January - I hope not

[gru]

MT saying up to 3 players he'd like to bring in before the end of this transfer window. We've got Odoffin Lindsay to return in midfield so not a priority there. A forward on the way up with enough goals in him a centre back who could cover right back a recognised left back they are. We played some good stuff yesterday just needs adding to that & I'm confident we'll climb the table.

[the_idiotb_stardson]

MT saying up to 3 players he'd like to bring in before the end of this transfer window. We've got Odoffin Lindsay to return in midfield so not a priority there. A forward on the way up with enough goals in him a centre back who could cover right back a recognised left back they are. We played some good stuff yesterday just needs adding to that & I'm confident we'll climb the table.

Agree with this a hundred percent

[Scum-Triumphant]

I ask for effort and desire and that’s what I got yesterday.
We went toe to toe with them and almost got rewarded with a point which would’ve been fair.

We looked most dangerous and effective when Leicester tried to play out from the back and we pressed. There was almost a case of just booting it out for a goal kick and then penning them in.

I was surprised how quiet 2200 Leicester fans were. Didn’t hear them until they went 2-1 up.

[animallittle3]

Totally agree. What stupid figure would a player like vardy be getting? 45k a week?

I can remember in 1981 both of us coming up from the third division and I'm sure Rotherham played Norwich City who'd just come down from the old First Division on the opening day of the season and you smashed em 4-1 .

We played them a week later at Carrow Road and got a comfortable point .

There was none of this nonsense with parachute payments back then and the league was way fairer for everybody .

[Derbymiller]

Lets remember both of their goals were mistakes by us, we did very well to get back into the game. The ref was better, however like all premier league refs at this level he let their players referee the game, this is NOT GOOD refereeing, however it will get him back into the Premier league. Dewsbury-Hall was brilliant as a player, but he is not a good referee and yet throughout the game every decision he was at the ref, a strong ref would have booked him for his dive in his own penalty area and made it clear that he wouldn't tolerate them in his face all game. The disallowed goal was terrible decision, it was Faes that got that overturned.
As good as we played, and we were very good for large parts of the game, we had 1 shot on target and they had 7, our front-line is very, very weak and I think we need two forwards this week, I know we won't get them. Hugill, moans and complains too much, if he spent as much time playing as moaning, he might actually score a goal or at least be able to get an effort on target. We showed some real quality, but the depth of squad destroyed us. Football isn't a fair playing field, it hasn't been for years, but it is getting worse, parachute payments should be to support the EFL not individual teams and should be distributed based on an independent assessment of how well a club runs its finances, that would transform the way clubs are run in the EFL and the Premier league. However, I think MT made some big substitute mistakes yesterday, that made us weaker than we needed to be. Leicester had made their 2 big changes before we had to change our midfield. Tiehi had to come off but Rathbone could have stayed on for the extra 10 mins. We could have brought on Morrison for Tiehi and changed the formation which they wouldn't have expected. Cafu could have gone deeper and central mid and allowed Bramall and dexter to push up a bit, therefore pushing their wide players back, if one of those was too tired Bola could have replaced them. We only had to hold out for 10 mins but putting on Kayode and McGuckin made us basically a 9-man team and vastly reduced the experience on the pitch, the subs were the wrong call. If Morrison club captain can't play 10 mins at this level and bring something to the party on £10k a week he shouldn't be at the club.

[millertop]

Lets remember both of their goals were mistakes by us, we did very well to get back into the game. The ref was better, however like all premier league refs at this level he let their players referee the game, this is NOT GOOD refereeing, however it will get him back into the Premier league. Dewsbury-Hall was brilliant as a player, but he is not a good referee and yet throughout the game every decision he was at the ref, a strong ref would have booked him for his dive in his own penalty area and made it clear that he wouldn't tolerate them in his face all game. The disallowed goal was terrible decision, it was Faes that got that overturned.
As good as we played, and we were very good for large parts of the game, we had 1 shot on target and they had 7, our front-line is very, very weak and I think we need two forwards this week, I know we won't get them. Hugill, moans and complains too much, if he spent as much time playing as moaning, he might actually score a goal or at least be able to get an effort on target. We showed some real quality, but the depth of squad destroyed us. Football isn't a fair playing field, it hasn't been for years, but it is getting worse, parachute payments should be to support the EFL not individual teams and should be distributed based on an independent assessment of how well a club runs its finances, that would transform the way clubs are run in the EFL and the Premier league. However, I think MT made some big substitute mistakes yesterday, that made us weaker than we needed to be. Leicester had made their 2 big changes before we had to change our midfield. Tiehi had to come off but Rathbone could have stayed on for the extra 10 mins. We could have brought on Morrison for Tiehi and changed the formation which they wouldn't have expected. Cafu could have gone deeper and central mid and allowed Bramall and dexter to push up a bit, therefore pushing their wide players back, if one of those was too tired Bola could have replaced them. We only had to hold out for 10 mins but putting on Kayode and McGuckin made us basically a 9-man team and vastly reduced the experience on the pitch, the subs were the wrong call. If Morrison club captain can't play 10 mins at this level and bring something to the party on £10k a week he shouldn't be at the club.

The officials just can’t do the job without being bias, if there’s a foul or offside then fair enough but if ref isn’t blowing and Lino not flagging then it’s another cheat or did they forget they’ve not got VAR in championship

Yes the subs make us weaker

[MillersTime]

Lets remember both of their goals were mistakes by us, we did very well to get back into the game. The ref was better, however like all premier league refs at this level he let their players referee the game, this is NOT GOOD refereeing, however it will get him back into the Premier league. Dewsbury-Hall was brilliant as a player, but he is not a good referee and yet throughout the game every decision he was at the ref, a strong ref would have booked him for his dive in his own penalty area and made it clear that he wouldn't tolerate them in his face all game. The disallowed goal was terrible decision, it was Faes that got that overturned.
As good as we played, and we were very good for large parts of the game, we had 1 shot on target and they had 7, our front-line is very, very weak and I think we need two forwards this week, I know we won't get them. Hugill, moans and complains too much, if he spent as much time playing as moaning, he might actually score a goal or at least be able to get an effort on target. We showed some real quality, but the depth of squad destroyed us. Football isn't a fair playing field, it hasn't been for years, but it is getting worse, parachute payments should be to support the EFL not individual teams and should be distributed based on an independent assessment of how well a club runs its finances, that would transform the way clubs are run in the EFL and the Premier league. However, I think MT made some big substitute mistakes yesterday, that made us weaker than we needed to be. Leicester had made their 2 big changes before we had to change our midfield. Tiehi had to come off but Rathbone could have stayed on for the extra 10 mins. We could have brought on Morrison for Tiehi and changed the formation which they wouldn't have expected. Cafu could have gone deeper and central mid and allowed Bramall and dexter to push up a bit, therefore pushing their wide players back, if one of those was too tired Bola could have replaced them. We only had to hold out for 10 mins but putting on Kayode and McGuckin made us basically a 9-man team and vastly reduced the experience on the pitch, the subs were the wrong call. If Morrison club captain can't play 10 mins at this level and bring something to the party on £10k a week he shouldn't be at the club.

Was going to break down a few points that I feel were astray, but I don't think it is even necessary. I get the whole 'should have done this, shouldn't have done that' points. However, we lost because Bramall misjudged a diagonal ball. Pretty much that. The subs undoubtedly weakened us, but that didn't have a direct impact on us losing.

And you don't need to shoehorn the bashing of Morrison again. It isn't merited in this debate. You can't question whether he can play 10 minutes just because the manager opted against putting him on. I think he has looked incredibly clunky when he has played so far, but that is hugely unfair and included purely to reinforce an opinion you have.

[Derbymiller]

Was going to break down a few points that I feel were astray, but I don't think it is even necessary. I get the whole 'should have done this, shouldn't have done that' points. However, we lost because Bramall misjudged a diagonal ball. Pretty much that. The subs undoubtedly weakened us, but that didn't have a direct impact on us losing.

And you don't need to shoehorn the bashing of Morrison again. It isn't merited in this debate. You can't question whether he can play 10 minutes just because the manager opted against putting him on. I think he has looked incredibly clunky when he has played so far, but that is hugely unfair and included purely to reinforce an opinion you have.

Yes it is an opinion I have, like it is an opinion you have that my comment was unfair. Oh the irony of you passing opinion about my post and then telling me I can't have an opinion. Why so many people on here struggle with the basic premise of a Forum Board is beyond me, it is basically a place where people post their views and opinions and hopefully can have a discussion with others that may or may not agree with those opinions and views. I am perfectly happy that you disagree with the points I made, but playing the righteous A hole that thinks he can tell others what to think and what they can and can't comment on is not on.

Now to help you understand the basic idea of a discussion, I think the comment you made that the weakening of the team by the subs didn't have a direct impact on us losing, is inaccurate. I think that because by doing the subs we did, we created a situation, that reduced potential opportunities to relieve the pressure. This was because Kayode cannot hold a ball up, McGuckin gave the ball away numerous times when a more simplier pass was on. The consequence of those and other factors led to us being put under more pressure in the final third and not in a position to create any chances at the other end. When we did get the ball out wide to Dexter (who was outstanding) he put a first rate cross into Eaves, yes he was unlucky hitting the player, but it wasn't the best header either.

Now you might totally disagree with that assessment and have seen it a different way, and that is great please share your observations on how you saw the game, but do not try and tell me or others what we can and not think and whether we can post those thoughts and opinions about a RUFC football match on a RUFC Football discussion board.