9 minutes ago, Bob stark said:

Did we try to force the offense through the middle? 

This is my biggest take watching Leicester game last season. 

more a case of trying to thumb in a softy..,,,

2 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Yes. Zero underlapping or overlapping to support the wingers when the ball did get wide. Ball was either recycled backwards or a player miscontrolled it 90% of the time. 

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This was my biggest worry from watching Leicester clip. 

The offense idea is about getting the ball in the middle, between the line. I don't know whether that is a personel thing or maresca thing. It looks like it is maresca thing.

Leicester was running PL team in championship so it doesn't matter. 

 

 

Also I don't believe sanchez looked too bad in the first half...ball at his feet outside the box though scares me still.

Hmm, pretty uninspiring albeit first game. System doesn’t do much for Reece or Gusto who kept cutting inside. Losing our best outlets there. 

His system is flooding the midfield and we will need players to play 1 touch football to be effective.. 

with the full back tucked in our wingers are getting double teamed and need the midfield to show better movement.. the few times CC came Towards Angelo we looked decent.

 

It's all about fitness at this stage.

The three in defence looked very good in the first half. 

James and Caicedo will provide a lot of steel in the center of midfield and give Enzo and Palmer the freedom to make things click from their positions.

Second half showed why most of those players, except maybe Fofana, will either leave on loan or start the season on the bench.

 

The passing was abysmal. Badiashile particularly culpable. 
‘far too many players loose on the ball and giving it away trying to beat three players 1 on 1

not enough movement off the ball

team can only improve. 

14 minutes ago, PhilH930 said:

Hmm, pretty uninspiring albeit first game. System doesn’t do much for Reece or Gusto who kept cutting inside. Losing our best outlets there. 

Yeah, I'm worried about that.

Before the match I though which side inverts would be more dynamic. Gusto and reece are great at overlapping and crossing into the box. I understand if noni was on then the other side invert but gusto in particular doesn't look comfortable inverting.

Edited July 25, 20241 yr by Simplymo

Pretty unwatchable – no purpose, desire, or skills.

This match thread already bringing back my trauma from last season. Now I'm suddenly not excited for the new season. Just bin it already.

At least last season we had a good kit 

We can make a pretty decent eleven out of players who weren't involved last night: 

Petrovic

Disasi Chalobah Veiga Cucurella

Caicedo Fernandez Gallagher

Palmer Jackson Mudryk

 

And I still can't find a space for Dewsbury-Hall LOL

 

Only watched 20 minutes whilst up for a piss in the middle of the night but we looked in total control and scored the goal. Outside of that I've no idea but it sounds like we were poor, especially second half.

It's pre season and completely meaningless. I'm looking forward to the Celtic match on Saturday night.

 

It is pre season so result does not matter. What you want to focus is how  our new player is doing and because we have a new manager what is his idea. 

 

We were too static and our play had no clear route to goal. We regularly resulted to long ball as midfield had zero penetration. Wrexham played a low block and we lacked overlapping width. So lots of posssession for the back 3 and midfield giving them the ball back. When we did try to work something out in midfield it was too crowded and they were waiting for it. 

Ended up being pretty much what I expected. Our side was stronger in the first half and they were playing some decent stuff once they settled in. Was much more scattered in the second, but that’s probably to be expected with the demand of sticking to learning the new system. The central 3 weren’t as balanced in the second half either.

Patience is going to be needed with this, which is tough after the few years we’ve had. Already some promising signs of progress though 

27 minutes ago, Bob stark said:

 

Making a bit of a tit of himself with those comments. It's a friendly, not the FA cup final. Results like that are hardly uncommon.

Obivously didn't stay up to watch it. Seems like we were pretty average. Anyone play well? Anyone dogsh*t?

Only watched the highlights but my POV is:

Pros

- Tryrique George looked sharp, as did Angelo.

- Reece and Colwill have to start in whatever back line we play, head and shoulders the best defenders at the club.

- Nkunku HAS to stay fit, huge player for us. 

- Guiu looked energetic and sharp, wouldn't against him playing backup to Jackson this season.

- Full 90 for Chukwuemeka is a good start, need him to stay fit.

 

Cons

- Possession for the sake of possession, Sarri vibes.

- Badiashile, Acheampong, Tosin all looked pretty poor and clumsy.

- Bergstrom was very poor.

- Expected more from Madueke.

 

Anyone watch the full game and know how Lavia did?

8 minutes ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

Only watched the highlights but my POV is:

Pros

- Tryrique George looked sharp, as did Angelo.

- Reece and Colwill have to start in whatever back line we play, head and shoulders the best defenders at the club.

- Nkunku HAS to stay fit, huge player for us. 

- Guiu looked energetic and sharp, wouldn't against him playing backup to Jackson this season.

- Full 90 for Chukwuemeka is a good start, need him to stay fit.

 

Cons

- Possession for the sake of possession, Sarri vibes.

- Badiashile, Acheampong, Tosin all looked pretty poor and clumsy.

- Bergstrom was very poor.

- Expected more from Madueke.

 

Anyone watch the full game and know how Lavia did?

I watched about 70% and Lavia looked good.  Chukwumeka can play a lot better. 
oh yeah I forgot that Badiashile missed a first time 6 yard unmarked sitter. 

Edited July 25, 20241 yr by ozboy

This just a glorified training session really when we get closer to the end of preseason then I will start to take notice.

Maesca's system is REALLY REALLY turgid against a low block, as it isn't dynamic enough to break them down. 

Once you have teams pressing you in the PL, you are more likely to see quick transitions and overloads in midfield. 

When it clicks, it can be a thing of beauty and you can tear teams apart in seconds... but when it doesn't, or when teams sit in, it's a game of chess to try to move the players around the create an opening....

you "should" have the squad to do well in the PL this year, Maresca's system is likely to bring you success more often than not... but it definitely isn't exhilarating to watch.

Despite winning the championship last year, I don't think i've ever felt more bored watching Leicester. which is a crazy thing to say given our points total! 

 

 

25 minutes ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

Only watched the highlights but my POV is:

Pros

- Tryrique George looked sharp, as did Angelo.

- Reece and Colwill have to start in whatever back line we play, head and shoulders the best defenders at the club.

- Nkunku HAS to stay fit, huge player for us. 

- Guiu looked energetic and sharp, wouldn't against him playing backup to Jackson this season.

- Full 90 for Chukwuemeka is a good start, need him to stay fit.

 

Cons

- Possession for the sake of possession, Sarri vibes.

- Badiashile, Acheampong, Tosin all looked pretty poor and clumsy.

- Bergstrom was very poor.

- Expected more from Madueke.

 

Anyone watch the full game and know how Lavia did?

Did Fofana get any minutes?

 

1 minute ago, Nibs said:

Did Fofana get any minutes?

 

Yes