Accy cyclist
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Rod ain't too happy!!
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Rod ain't too happy!!
Slick
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Oh well.The Hammers couldn't do it on the night.
They gave it a real go in the second half but going down to 10 men for most of the game was just too much.
Good luck to Rangers in the final.I'll be cheering you on.
Whilst we will obviously be underdogs, we will be giving it a go and may even have a recognised striker fit for that one.
Shame you boys were not able to join us, I would have quite fancied that. 👍
Slick
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I’m not sure you will be underdogs.You’ve seen off a very good RB Leipzig side who are probably a better team than EF.
Slick
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Dortmund was the best team we beat in my opinion but that was probably the last time we had our best team available.
Its a final though and anything can happen, I'm just delighted we are part of it.
Accy cyclist
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I messaged my long time Leeds fan friend asking his thoughts about Rangers reaching the final. He hasn't replied. He still hasn't got over me supporting Rangers over an English side when Rangers beat Leeds twice in the Champions League going on for 30 years ago.
Yet he finds it ok to chant "Yorkshire Yorkshire" at Leeds games, even though he was born near Preston in Lancashire.
Yet he finds it ok to chant "Yorkshire Yorkshire" at Leeds games, even though he was born near Preston in Lancashire.
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Slick
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I messaged my long time Leeds fan friend asking his thoughts about Rangers reaching the final. He hasn't replied. He still hasn't got over me supporting Rangers over an English side when Rangers beat Leeds twice in the Champions League going on for 30 years ago.
What a game that was. The Mark Hateley show, although Ally did play a significant supporting role.
Scaleyback
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This Leicester City supporter thinks it is time Brendon Rodgers received his P45 !
Not because we lost to Roma last night in the semi-final of the Europa Conference League.
Not because we have had a poor season in the Premier League, mitigating circumstances here with a dreadful run of long-term injuries to 1st team players.
Why ? because Rodgers persists in playing (trying to play) , build from the back, tippy tappy, possession football. He is on record has saying " if you have the ball
the opposition cannot hurt you "
Sure it is the current trend, I suppose Man City are the arch exponents, and damm good they are too. Even Brighton (bless them) manage to play this way with a fair
amount of success. But Leicester City just do not have the players and probably do not have the coaching expertise to build a successful possession based team with these players.
When you see LCFC's game stats you will often see 60%, 70%+ possession, often when they have lost the game. Watch a match an understand why ?
Pass after pass across the back four, then get pressed and back it goes to Kasper Schmeichel, and then ' Deja Vu ' all over again. It is so frustrating/boring watching this.
When LCFC won the Premier League they won it with (from memory) the lowest possession percentage per game in the Premier League. Fast 'raiding' forward players
getting the ball early to Jamie Vardy 'et al' bloody good it was to watch too. Yes, Jamie Vardy is not going to replicate that form, bless him he has been on the 'downslope'
for a season and half now. However Barnes and Lookman are fast direct players who need 'early ball' to play to their strengths.
I am not an isolated voice here, vast swathes of LCFC supporters have been saying much the same for best part of 2 seasons now.
Come on LCFC management, save us from this sterile, tedious, dull derivative of the 'beautiful game' and show Brendon the door. His time is past.
Not because we lost to Roma last night in the semi-final of the Europa Conference League.
Not because we have had a poor season in the Premier League, mitigating circumstances here with a dreadful run of long-term injuries to 1st team players.
Why ? because Rodgers persists in playing (trying to play) , build from the back, tippy tappy, possession football. He is on record has saying " if you have the ball
the opposition cannot hurt you "
Sure it is the current trend, I suppose Man City are the arch exponents, and damm good they are too. Even Brighton (bless them) manage to play this way with a fair
amount of success. But Leicester City just do not have the players and probably do not have the coaching expertise to build a successful possession based team with these players.
When you see LCFC's game stats you will often see 60%, 70%+ possession, often when they have lost the game. Watch a match an understand why ?
Pass after pass across the back four, then get pressed and back it goes to Kasper Schmeichel, and then ' Deja Vu ' all over again. It is so frustrating/boring watching this.
When LCFC won the Premier League they won it with (from memory) the lowest possession percentage per game in the Premier League. Fast 'raiding' forward players
getting the ball early to Jamie Vardy 'et al' bloody good it was to watch too. Yes, Jamie Vardy is not going to replicate that form, bless him he has been on the 'downslope'
for a season and half now. However Barnes and Lookman are fast direct players who need 'early ball' to play to their strengths.
I am not an isolated voice here, vast swathes of LCFC supporters have been saying much the same for best part of 2 seasons now.
Come on LCFC management, save us from this sterile, tedious, dull derivative of the 'beautiful game' and show Brendon the door. His time is past.
T4tomo
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You Killie had our (Boro) young Goalie Zach Hemming on loan all season. I believe he did pretty well.
BBC Scotland might be better than the English "regions"?
Scaleyback
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Yeeesss!
Well done to Rangers. We (English) tend to dismiss Scottish football but they have shown West Ham how to do it and my team Leicester City who dropped into the Europa Conference League 'yonks' ago.
AndyRM
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He won our Young Player of the Year award. He's absolutely class. Properly commanded the box, great shot stopper and not afraid to give his defenders an earful when they needed it. Also saved four out of five penalties he faced, two in one game.
I still can't quite believe he's only 22. If he keeps going the way he is, he's going to be bothering Pickford for the England job soon. By all accounts a cracking guy as well.
I'd love to have him back next season, but the indication seems to be that he's doing pre-season with the 'Boro first team so maybe not. Though I think he'd rather be playing than on the bench.
T4tomo
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yes, our two "senior" keepers haven't impressed this season so he could be in 1st team action next year, especially in the very likely event that we are still in championship. Another academy keeper was on loan at QotS all season too.
AndyRM
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Who was that? I know Brynn was there, but I thought he was recalled last year?
T4tomo
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Sol Brynn yes, ah maybe he came back in the Jan window then when we let Stojanovic go on loan to Germany somewhere.
Accy cyclist
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He replied, but not in words. He sent me this instead.
Like his lot are sooo well behaved!
