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Haven't started a thread in ages and I'm really excited about this one. I think if we can win we will pull clear in three or four matches.

Team wise I have no clue what pellers will do, although I suspect he will name a similar team to the Sunderland match.

Id go with:

----------------Hart
Sagna - Otter - Mangala - Clichy
------- F1 --- Yaya ----Delph
Brown ---------------------Silva
---------------- Aguero

LFTCRU

Vital game given the arse got three points today. We should be the fresher of the two sides having had the easier fixture on Boxing Day.

Hart
Sagna, Otter, Mangala, Kola
Delph, Fernandinho,
Navas, Silva, KDB
Aguero

Keep it tight for half an hour to quieten the crowd and hit them on the break. Treat it like an away fixture in Europe. We then have Yaya to come on and a Sterling to inject power and pace should we need to

london blue 2 wrote:Haven't started a thread in ages and I'm really excited about this one. I think if we can win we will pull clear in three or four matches.

Team wise I have no clue what pellers will do, although I suspect he will name a similar team to the Sunderland match.

Id go with:

----------------Hart
Sagna - Otter - Mangala - Clichy
------- F1 --- Yaya ----Delph
Brown ---------------------Silva
---------------- Aguero

LFTCRU

Yes, I like that line up. MEN reporting Aguero trained today and is 100%. I hope he does put the extra man in midfield and Clichy should play as Leicester are quick.

South Stand Balti wrote:

london blue 2 wrote:Haven't started a thread in ages and I'm really excited about this one. I think if we can win we will pull clear in three or four matches.

Team wise I have no clue what pellers will do, although I suspect he will name a similar team to the Sunderland match.

Id go with:

----------------Hart
Sagna - Otter - Mangala - Clichy
------- F1 --- Yaya ----Delph
Brown ---------------------Silva
---------------- Aguero

LFTCRU

Yes, I like that line up. MEN reporting Aguero trained today and is 100%. I hope he does put the extra man in midfield and Clichy should play as Leicester are quick.

My thoughts exactly. Win the midfield battle and have the pace to defend the odd pacy counter.

Sergio to put in a performance would be great as well.

Such a big game, feels strange all round. I really do think a decent win for us could put them in a bit of a slide back down the ladder, but 3 points will give them belief beyond what they already have.

I think we will nick it, but still worried about the defending which is still basically shite.

Not swamping the midfield. Attack.
Silva, Yaya, KDB, Sterling and Aguero.
Frighten the fucking life out of them.

We win this game and I think it could be the start of Leicesters fall from the top which is a shame but it wasn't gonna last all season lets be honest.

I've not kept an eye Kasper since he left us, is he still vulnerable from deep crosses and corners?

Betfair has us as strong favourites. This is a bit strange as we are the away side and our defence is appalling. Leicester are 3-1. Generous?

Vhero wrote:We win this game and I think it could be the start of Leicesters fall from the top which is a shame but it wasn't gonna last all season lets be honest.

What if we draw or ....... Brrrrrrrrrrrrr, lose?

Leicester are exactly the sort of team we do badly against. Quick, counter attacking teams. We will have 75% of possession and lose 2-0
I hope I am wrong, but we never learn how to deal with counter attacks.

Bluez wrote:Leicester are exactly the sort of team we do badly against. Quick, counter attacking teams. We will have 75% of possession and lose 2-0
I hope I am wrong, but we never learn how to deal with counter attacks.

Maybe if we decided to keep a few players back and not have 9 players passing it around in their half, we may get a little better.

Mahrez and Vardey came off early in the last game, they could be very effective if theyve had a recharge. Albrighton as well, he seems to feed what Mahrez does.

However, as mentioned before, now we have players back I think we have more than enough to take them.

They were very poor against Liverpool (was forced to watch that game instead of ours) until the last ten minutes. Hopefully it was the beginning of a run of poor form rather than a temporary dip.

I hope they put out their best team, play well, and we win anyway.

Their first eleven must be getting pretty tired by now, as far as I can tell they don't have much depth - we just have to outlast them in the match then blow them away in the last half hour. (easier said than done given our lack of clean sheets though)

It's a massive game for us, almost regardless of Leicester being the opposition. No team has ever won the Prem having lost 5 games before Xmas. The stats are against us there but it's clearly possible still. No team has won the Prem with more than 6 defeats in a season over the last 10 years so we are in the last chance saloon there. Leicester are the sort of team that can beat us and make us look hopeless. I just can't see it happening though. This game is pivotal to the rest of our season. A defeat would be a disaster but we don't lose games like that. When it gets this crucial we perform. I can only see us winning tonight.

mr_nool wrote: (was forced to watch that game instead of ours)

Ball gag and say some eye shunts a la clockwork Orange? Do tell!

Jeers