NickG Posted 20 August, 2011 Share Posted 20 August, 2011 guess they will be without their keeper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints-cris Posted 20 August, 2011 Share Posted 20 August, 2011 Lets tear them a new one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz Posted 20 August, 2011 Share Posted 20 August, 2011 3-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 20 August, 2011 Share Posted 20 August, 2011 What happened to Schmeichel ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 20 August, 2011 Share Posted 20 August, 2011 What happened to Schmeichel ? sent off for a 2nd yellow. Kicked the ball into the crowd I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_John Posted 20 August, 2011 Share Posted 20 August, 2011 guess they will be without their keeper? I think they have a mid-week game in the LC against Bury so his one match ban (2 yellows) will be against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints-cris Posted 20 August, 2011 Share Posted 20 August, 2011 Leicester are very much due a win. We are very much due a loss. If we go there and win I think Sven might get sacked, so it'd be pretty satisfying. Id love that.. would be fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutwood2 Posted 20 August, 2011 Share Posted 20 August, 2011 "Wella. If I get the sack after the Southampton game, then sobeit. They arrr a good team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 20 August, 2011 Share Posted 20 August, 2011 Probably a good time to play them. With so many new signings they are a bit hit and miss at the moment, whereas we're on the crest of a wave. I'd imagine in the second half of the season Leicester might be the team to beat. Good to get this fixture out the way now, but will still be our biggest test so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 20 August, 2011 Share Posted 20 August, 2011 Play like we did at ipswich and we'll win. Play like today and i'd be extremely happy with a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 20 August, 2011 Share Posted 20 August, 2011 They will be nervous, the crowd on edge and once we weather their early storm we'll do 'em! The boy and I will be there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 20 August, 2011 Share Posted 20 August, 2011 If we score early the crowd will get on the teams back and we could tear them a new one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 20 August, 2011 Share Posted 20 August, 2011 A point would be a good result, and for what's worth, I think it will be. 1-1. A win would be fantastic - we're already breaking all kinds of personal records, four straight wins at the start of the season for the first time ever - why not make it 5! Make it harder for the Saints of tomorrow to break! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 20 August, 2011 Share Posted 20 August, 2011 It's probably a decent time to play them. Similar to us at the start of the previous two seasons expectation will be hanging heavy on them. As others have mentioned the mercenaries may not have 'gelled' yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 20 August, 2011 Share Posted 20 August, 2011 WIth a week to go, I wonder if we'll see any new faces against Leicester... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammysaint Posted 20 August, 2011 Share Posted 20 August, 2011 Despite the great start, i would take a draw away from home vs a team i expect to be in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrey1saint Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 i'm absolutely f'o'd and i want to swear so bad . WE literally are top of the league with 4 straight wins!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 We'll need **** loads of nuns for this game. Are five enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 With the pressure on them to get a result they will HAVE to come out and have a go. We have some players who will enjoy that scenario. If we can defend well, no reason why we can't prolong Leicesters agonies for a while. Would be pleased with a draw up there, and very achievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sussexsaint Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 WIth a week to go, I wonder if we'll see any new faces against Leicester... I expect so, another 7-8 new Leicester players at least. We will go there for the win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 The only team that can beat us is us. Forest are sh/t yet came from 2 goals down to draw. If we stay focussed they are there for the taking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperm_john Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 on paper would take a point here, but who knows, anything is possible these days ...saints have a week to recover, with the right team we could go and do it ...and if we beat leicester away whats to stop us beating anyone else in this league, could be the REAL start of our campaign ...or could be us back down to earth with a bang, like i said, a point would do ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 (edited) Leicester are struggling at the moment. Schmeichel got a yellow for either time wasting or arguing before the penalty and then a second yellow for throwing the ball away after Forest scored the penalty Chris Weale came on in the second half and looked very unconvincing. He got absolutely nowhere near the cross that led to their goal. Need to put pressure on him Edited 21 August, 2011 by JackFrost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 Leicester are struggling at the moment. Schmeichel got a yellow for either time wasting or arguing before the penalty and then a second yellow for throwing the ball away after Forest scored the penalty Chris Weale came on in the second half and looked very unconvincing. He got absolutely nowhere near the cross that led to their goal. Need to put pressure on him I'm pretty sure Kasper will play against us as they have a carling cup game mid-week, which will count towards his 1 game ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 They should be there for the taking, but I m thinking first dropped points! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 Leicester are very much due a win. We are very much due a loss. If we go there and win I think Sven might get sacked, so it'd be pretty satisfying. The first part of your post is a worrying statistic,and in the past we know how Saints would have folded in these circumstances. The current squad however seem to have a greater mental toughness about them than I can remember for years so providing that holds firm we should be alright. As for Sven, well I recall we were the 'final straw' for one previous England manager some years ago so perhaps we can repeat this, although I don't have any particular dislike of Sven. Oh, and our next league match is at home to 'Wally with the brolly', so perhaps we can see that overrated tw^t under more pressure. (But lets be careful what we wish for here, as we don't want to be responsible for either Leicester or Forest bringing Martin O'Neill into this division too soon). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 Nothing to worry about there - Martin O'Neill is waiting for Steve Bruce to get sacked before taking the Sunderland Job. Mark Hughes will probably end up at Leicester once Sven's got the sack. Who will be the new Ipswich boss though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capitalsaint Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 I predict a loss. Obviously don't want one, but it feels a bit like the Liverpool game all those years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperm_john Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 whats the ticket sitch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notnowcato Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 The only team that can beat us is us. Forest are sh/t yet came from 2 goals down to draw. If we stay focussed they are there for the taking. Forest were very lucky to get anything from yesterdays game. Shocking decision for the penalty. No penalty, no sending off. Leicester seem to be getting it together. Should be a cracking game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raging Bull Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 We will wonder why we ever worried about teams like Leicester in a years time when we're in the prem after one of the best runs ever seen, starting in December 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasiak-9- Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 Leicester are under huge pressure, well up for the game and will really look at this match as a great chance to get some momentum going; their first home win against the league leaders would be huge for them and they'll do their best to attack from the off. If we can attack them as we have done every other team we've faced so far they'll be utterly terrified of us very early on. Teams simply don't expect to be attacked when they're playing at home and we can take them right out of their comfort zone and blow them away. If we sit back, happy with a point they'll be all over us and grow in confidence as they play, knowing that they'll get a point at worst. If on the other hand we go at them right from the off (and I think this is a massive point) score first they'll be under huge pressure. Keep faith with the attacking mentality and football ethic that has got us this far and we'll win - if we start to doubt ourselves, lose confidence and somehow think that a draw is good enough we'll get nothing. Shock and awe. Blitzkrieg football. Blow 'em away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 21 August, 2011 Share Posted 21 August, 2011 Already this feels like a 'massive game' and it's only the fifth game in. If someone offered me a point up there on Saturday I would bite their hand off, but what I don't want to see is people on here Sunday morning if we lose is the same old pessimistic nonsense. Plenty of teams who will finish in and around the play-offs will lose at Leicester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Stimp Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 Already this feels like a 'massive game' and it's only the fifth game in. If someone offered me a point up there on Saturday I would bite their hand off, but what I don't want to see is people on here Sunday morning if we lose is the same old pessimistic nonsense. Plenty of teams who will finish in and around the play-offs will lose at Leicester. Bite their hand off? We're more than capable of getting a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 0-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 Can't see a 0-0... think this will be a really open game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscottofthenortham Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 I'm going and reckon it will be a cracker. They have to go for it and that's when we play at our best, so I'm going for a 2-3 win. With some late drama aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dellboypete Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 Another tough one after Millwall - who I thought were by far the best side we have played so far. Having seen the highlights of leicester on saturday they look as if they at least have massive potential. The two front players looked frightenly fast at times which could pose us problems. As with most games between two good teams its the midfield where it will be won and at times on staurday we got caught a couple of times. A draw will be an excellent result, but the way we are playing we could steal a winner. Can't make it to Leicester unfortunately - first game I've missed this season - hope thats not an omen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verlaine1979 Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 Leicester looked to have a lot of potential going forward based on the highlights of the game against Forest. Gelson Fernandes looked dominant in midfield, and might be very difficult to keep quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_John Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 Reading this article it seems SGE changed his system on Sat from his usual 4-3-3 to play a "diamond" in midfield. http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2011/08/22/leicester-city-leeds-united-nottingham-forest-west-ham-united/ Norwich City played a diamond midfield for the majority of the campaign, with Wes Hoolahan’s creativity at the tip and shuttling midfielders on either side. This was a setup aped by Sven-Goran Eriksson’s Leicester on Saturday, a formation that the Swede has toyed with despite largely relying on a 4-3-3 so far in his current tenure. While Neil Danns and Gelson Fernandes turned in excellent performances in the wide midfield positions, Andy King was largely anonymous and lacks the same creative spark that Hoolahan supplies for the Canaries. With strikers David Nugent and Darius Vassell failing to hold possession up against Forest’s strong centre-back pairing of Wes Morgan and Luke Chambers, there was very little of the same service King enjoyed from Yakubu’s hold-up play in the second half of last season. Eriksson will almost undoubtedly persevere with the diamond, but he may need to tinker. IMO the "diamond" is a system that Nigel likes to play because Adam is so good a the top of the diamond, so he may well match up with sven on Sat. As we played that system last year we know it has strengths and weaknesses in the wide areas and it is important that the full backs push on into the space. Equally it could be an interesting tactically battle because sven will have had us watched and knows that :- (1) Adam is so good at the tip of the diamond (IMO best in the league) and (2) our way of playing the standard 4-4-2 allows the wide players to appear anywhere across the line i.e. Guly making runs down the inside left channel, so he is unlikely to play 4-4-2 and match our system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tone Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 Am not at all confident personally. I thought the second half against Milwall was a bit of a reality check. We were trying to play our pretty passing game and they simply wouldn't let us. On the basis that, whilst milwall are a solid championship side, they are unlikely to be title contenders, that was a sign to me that we will certainly not walk this league. Our players are not so stand-out good in this division as they were in L1, and top championship players will give them a much harder time. Looking at Leicester's "team", they have some excellent players, so once they do click as a proper team, they will be at or near the top. We just have to hope that this weekend isn't when they click. I don't think we can read too much into the Forest game either btw. That's a fairly intense local derby, and results in such games are often out of line with form in ordinary games. (I still think we'll have a good season mind you.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 No mid week game will do us good NA will keep them ticking over in training this week my prediction is a win by the odd goal in five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 Am not at all confident personally. I thought the second half against Milwall was a bit of a reality check. We were trying to play our pretty passing game and they simply wouldn't let us. On the basis that, whilst milwall are a solid championship side, they are unlikely to be title contenders, that was a sign to me that we will certainly not walk this league. Our players are not so stand-out good in this division as they were in L1, and top championship players will give them a much harder time. Looking at Leicester's "team", they have some excellent players, so once they do click as a proper team, they will be at or near the top. We just have to hope that this weekend isn't when they click. I don't think we can read too much into the Forest game either btw. That's a fairly intense local derby, and results in such games are often out of line with form in ordinary games. (I still think we'll have a good season mind you.) Sensible comments and in perspective. We certainly will finish in a comfortable 17th or 18th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 Sensible comments and in perspective. We certainly will finish in a comfortable 17th or 18th. You're now just screwing with us right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 Complete WUM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 You're now just screwing with us right? Definitely not ! If we make the two key signings that people think we will make, we are almost certain to finish higher than 17th and possibly make the play offs ! I hope we do make the signings as we will need them in the winter and spring months ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tone Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 Sensible comments and in perspective. We certainly will finish in a comfortable 17th or 18th. Not what I meant by 'a good season'! We'll be in the top 10 ok and may be pushing for promotion IMO. Of course if Hoddle were in charge....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints-cris Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 Sensible comments and in perspective. We certainly will finish in a comfortable 17th or 18th. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscottofthenortham Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 Definitely not ! If we make the two key signings that people think we will make, we are almost certain to finish higher than 17th and possibly make the play offs ! I hope we do make the signings as we will need them in the winter and spring months ! So without even knowing who these 2 signings would be you think they will take u's from 17th to a play off spot? Give it a rest you really are tedious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 You're now just screwing with us right? of course he is,no-one could be so stupid as not to see that with 12 points on the counter already we'd only need another 35 or so to finish in those places from our remaining 42 matches,meaning that we'd go from winning 4 straight to losing 28 out of the remaining 42. Dalek had best go back to his Hoddlemania, even that was less tedious than he has become of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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