After a great game against Everton, without having the ball too much, it was time to play Newport County in the FA Cup. Puel is a bold person and his confidence must be high at the moment, leaving out Ndidi, Chilwell, Maguire, Schmeichel and even Vardy from the squad. To then see Maddison, Mendy, Pereira…
Category: Match Report
Everton 0, Leicester 1, positives and negatives, player ratings and match report
Another difficult away fixture, and surely another surprise line-up, but it all ended as well as anyone could have hoped for. What a great battling performance. First half was very sloppy from both sides, and a lot of errors in most areas of the field. Puel had again made changes, and as long as you…
Leicester 0, Cardiff 1, positives and negatives, player ratings and match report
A must win after two fantastic results v. Chelsea and Man City, but the line-up was changed and also the formation, Wes Morgan out with “sickness” and to see Hamza just dropped all together was difficult to understand. Puel is a bold person, and he refused to take into consideration the impact of Hamza Choudhury…
Leicester 2, Man City 1, positives and negatives, player ratings and match report
The win against Chelsea made a clear point, that anything is possible, and we all know the past result in the Carabao Cup against Man City and of course to win at home is always possible even against the very best. The team was unchanged from last game and to see this just continuing was…
Chelsea 0, Leicester City 1, positives and negatives, player ratings and match report
Claude Puel decided to just keep the same system as against Man City, and just replace Vicente Iborra with Papy Mendy in midfield, and of course keep Hamza Choudhury in the line up giving him a new chance after being very positive in his start against Man City. Puel had done changes in other areas…
Leicester 1 (1), Man City 1(3), positives and negatives, player ratings and match report
Both teams had done many changes to their side, but still quality was clear to see, Leicester had Maguire, Ndidi and Gray on the field as the only full first teamers, Man City fielded Stones, De Bruyne, Aguero and Mahrez, so there were no b-teams out there. Hamza Choudhury was given a rear start in…
Crystal Palace 1, Leicester 0, positives and negatives, player ratings and match report
The line-up was as we predicted, but to see Gray and Vardy as a partnership up front and moving Maddison out to the flank, gave me an idea of something that would not work well. You get two forwards moving as twins up front, both with the same runs. First half was dull, but Leicester…
Leicester 0, Tottenham 2, positives and negatives, player ratings and match report
A good run of games, if you look at results, and not really talk much about the over all performance which in a way has been less than convincing, but no one can take away results from a manager and players. The game against Spurs was seen as a difficult hurdle, but seeing both Harry…
Leicester 1, Sparta Prague 0, positives and negatives, player ratings and match report
Leicester U.23 played Sparta Prague this Thursday evening, and had a strong set-up for this make or break match. Andy King and Matty James both played all 90 minutes and had good controll in the middle of midfield. It was game with few chances and Sparta Prague defended well at Holmes Park. Leicester had the…
Leicester 0(6), Southampton 0(5), positives and negatives, player ratings and match report
The Carabao Cup is a great opportunity for fringe players and Claude Puel gave a number of them a chance against Southampton. Ward, Silva, Diabate, Soyuncu, Simpson and Fuchs were all included and played in a well organized team with ordinary first teamers, Ndidi, Evans, Vardy, Iheanacho and Gray. Puel had named a strong bench…
