May 27, 2024May 27 8 minutes ago, Ukraine Bolt said: Arteta wasn't given infinite control from day one, Edu built the foundations. Arteta proved his worth and the club repaid the faith. No reason the same wouldn't happen if Meresca proves his worth. Arteta shipped out massive names in his 1st couple of seasons and had masisve say in who comes into the club. Its really not comparable. All reports coming out have said the sporting directors will be in total control of transfers. Nothing has suggested otherwise. I get you like Arteta, but this is not the same situation. No manager will get that power under our current structure.
May 27, 2024May 27 Author People need to relax. We averaged 60% possession under Poch. It isn’t as if we don’t have the players capable of controlling matches. Poch’s criticism was the chaotic nature we saw in midfield and transition.  Took him 33 matches to actually solve it.   Â
May 27, 2024May 27 Leicester fans don't seem to be particularly upset that he's leaving, unlike Ipswich fans with McKenna or Brighton fans with De Zerbi
May 27, 2024May 27 Just now, Sconnie Blue said: People need to relax. We averaged 60% possession under Poch. It isn’t as if we don’t have the players capable of controlling matches. Poch’s criticism was the chaotic nature we saw in midfield and transition.  Took him 33 matches to actually solve it.    There's a difference between possession for the sake of it, and effective possession football  Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen avg 60-70% every game, but they move the ball around with far more intent to score, Brighton was similar in 2023 before they lost their best players.  Judging from Leicester fans reaction to Maresca, the possession style sounds a lot more aimless under him.
May 27, 2024May 27 1 hour ago, gurru991 said: I think if he’s hired he will go after Leicester‘s Danish goalkeeper. Mads Hermansen is the Danish international back up keeper and is very good with his feet  as well as being a very good keeper Fred Astaire was good with his feet too, where did that get him?Â
May 27, 2024May 27 From the Leicester forum, not a great look  'I’m not bothered about him going at all. Not just saying that, I found us awful to watch last season, genuinely bored as sin. His refusal to adapt when we were on bad runs was shocking, credit for winning us the league of course, and credit for finally arresting the slide and getting us over the line. BUT on the other hand, blew a 17 point lead (as in we were second with 3 games to play), had by far the most expensive squad in championship history, and arguably the best, and didn’t break 100 points with them, his subs were always too late and rarely effective, didn’t utilise the squad at all and ran certain players in to the ground quite unnecessarily. Had a plan A and that was it, if it didn’t work we were buggered (happened way too often).  I think we’ll have a much better chance of staying up with a pragmatic manager who will play to the squads strengths, more so than this guy I never warmed to. I don’t think it’s sour grapes on my part, he got us up he won us the league so obviously thanks for that. But in a similar vein to Rodger’s yeah he won us the fa cup but see ya later (don’t hold any animosity towards maresca, mind, and hate Rodger’s with a passion). Enjoy the big pay out at Chelsea either at Christmas or this time next year, I guess.' Â
May 27, 2024May 27 Author 6 minutes ago, Drogba1 said: There's a difference between possession for the sake of it, and effective possession football  Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen avg 60-70% every game, but they move the ball around with far more intent to score, Brighton was similar in 2023 before they lost their best players.  Judging from Leicester fans reaction to Maresca, the possession style sounds a lot more aimless under him. I saw Bayer play like 30 passes before their goal which Whitewall pointed out that would’ve been tedious as all hell for most. Â
May 27, 2024May 27 Hearing its going to be a 5 year contract, that's an incredible amount of faith they're are putting into him
May 27, 2024May 27 If reports are true that Joe Shields is the guy behind this one and Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart are going with it then f**k, heads need to roll if this one goes wrong. Running through the Leicester forums and it reads like a nightmare, making De Zerbi look like Guardiola on the Limitless pills.Â
May 27, 2024May 27 21 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said: I saw Bayer play like 30 passes before their goal which Whitewall pointed out that would’ve been tedious as all hell for most.  For me, it's not playing a large amount of passes I have an issue with, it's how those passes happen. If it's simple 5 yard passes and passes that go from attack, to midfield, all of the way back to defence, it's something I can't get behind. If you're in the final third, I expect at least an attempt at creating an opportunity to score. Even if it's a winger running into the defender, a midfielder trying and failing to play a pass through that cuts open a defence, a long range effort from goal. I abhor passing for the sake of passing and throwing away an opportunity to create something by passing it all of the way back to defence from an attacking position.Â
May 27, 2024May 27 36 minutes ago, CFCCAN said: Fred Astaire was good with his feet too, where did that get him? Next to Ginger Rogers.
May 27, 2024May 27 29 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said: I saw Bayer play like 30 passes before their goal which Whitewall pointed out that would’ve been tedious as all hell for most.  To be clear, i am not anti possession football. I don't mind a controlled, possession based team, if that team is probing and moving the ball quickly, moving the opposition about, lots of movement off the ball and always making the opposition concentrate throughout the game because we are ready to pounce. What i cannot abide is the ball being given from one player to the next aimlessly, with the opposition nowhere in sight. Pointless passing the ball. Cowardly play by players whose first instinct is to face towards their own goal and pass backwards. In the game against Bournemouth we had a throw just over the half way line. We didn't even look forward, throwing the ball back into our empty half to Silva. Silva to Badiashile, I think, Badiashile to Silva, Silva to Badiashile, back towards our own corner flag until eventually, out of panic from being pressed, Badiashile hoofs the ball away upfield. Possession football! Great. And this was Poch. This Maresca fella makes Poch look like prime Frank.
May 27, 2024May 27 12 minutes ago, gurru991 said: Next to Ginger Rogers. but rarely penetrating the box  Sorry.
May 27, 2024May 27 1 hour ago, Gol15 said: Just happy it's NOT DeZerbi, I take this as a win And I can imagine also delighted it looks like we have the return of "Sarribore".
May 27, 2024May 27 19 minutes ago, RMH said: How long will it take for MARESCA _OUT to join the forum? So my son has just sent me this natty jingle via WhatsApp. Don't know how to get it from there to here so i will re-type it. Oh Enzo Maresca's magic, He wears a magic hat, 14 games at Parma, Egbhali's having that, He won Division 2 at Leicester, Although many will scoff, And when we’re 12th on Boxing Day, The board will f**k him off.  Â
May 27, 2024May 27 Know very little about him to make a serious judgment. But in terms of his achievement this season, Leicester was always going to get promoted with the team they got, they were too good a side to be relegated the season before. He had a good season in my book, but wouldn't call it great.
May 27, 2024May 27 1 hour ago, Drogba1 said: From the Leicester forum, not a great look  'I’m not bothered about him going at all. Not just saying that, I found us awful to watch last season, genuinely bored as sin. His refusal to adapt when we were on bad runs was shocking, credit for winning us the league of course, and credit for finally arresting the slide and getting us over the line. BUT on the other hand, blew a 17 point lead (as in we were second with 3 games to play), had by far the most expensive squad in championship history, and arguably the best, and didn’t break 100 points with them, his subs were always too late and rarely effective, didn’t utilise the squad at all and ran certain players in to the ground quite unnecessarily. Had a plan A and that was it, if it didn’t work we were buggered (happened way too often).  I think we’ll have a much better chance of staying up with a pragmatic manager who will play to the squads strengths, more so than this guy I never warmed to. I don’t think it’s sour grapes on my part, he got us up he won us the league so obviously thanks for that. But in a similar vein to Rodger’s yeah he won us the fa cup but see ya later (don’t hold any animosity towards maresca, mind, and hate Rodger’s with a passion). Enjoy the big pay out at Chelsea either at Christmas or this time next year, I guess.'  Enzo was a bit of a victim of his own success. They battered everyone early on but hit a bad run of form which made the promotion race a lot closer than it looked like it was gonna be. Can't think of many clubs that would want their manager to leave after getting them 97 points and the league title, weird entitled bunch to be honest.
May 27, 2024May 27 Ben Jacobs is a Leicester fan so it's interesting to see what his opinion on Maresca is.
May 27, 2024May 27 https://www.transfermarkt.us/enzo-maresca/profil/trainer/53749 Â https://www.transfermarkt.us/enzo-maresca/profil/spieler/16651
May 27, 2024May 27 We need to have a new song for him. Enzo, whoa, ho, ee, oo. He came from Italy. He is a baldieee. Enzo, whoa, ho, ee, oo. Â Struggling a bit now. Need to fill in a few blanks. Any suggestions?
May 27, 2024May 27 2 hours ago, Ukraine Bolt said: Conveniently ignoring the bit about wingers being a allowed 1v1 situations? Mudryk needs the space to attack though. If we keep balk most sides will sit deep and it won't just be one man for him to beat.
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