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Post by GeoFox on Dec 24, 2006 16:56:02 GMT -1
Well I thought the people on Gillette Soccer Saturday had it down to a tee saying it was a great advertisement for Christmas shopping!! Thought we about edged the match but in all honesty a 0-0 was about right - Cardiff defended pretty well. Glad to hear Ricky Scimeca is ok too after being rushed to hospital with a suspected punctured lung.
Player ratings:
Hendo - 7 - didn't have to do much, but did what he did fine. Some dodgy kicking.
Nissa - 7 - an improved performance with some better tackiling. Not great coming forward though.
McAuley - 8.5 MOTM - very solid. He's no flair player but very dependable and coped admirably with Cardiff. Great signing.
Kisnorbo - 7.5 Not his most composed performance but is creating a great partnership with McAuley.
Maybs - 6 - Average.
Porter - 7 - Some great trickery and runs. Faded dramatically in the second half.
Williams - 6 - Invisible again but soem decent backtracking at times.
Tiatto - 6 - bit of a headless chicken but gets stuck in.
Low - 3 - dreadful. no positioning or awareness. couple of dodgy crosses.
Hammond - 5 - Creates opportunities and runs around a lot. But always offside, has no control and his shooting is dismal. Not a footballer!!
Hume - 6 - Still not back to his old self. Playing too deep. Had a great opportunity but took the shot too early and it ws too tame anyway.
Subs:
Welsh - 5 - Better than Low but still rubbish
Fryatt - 5 - Offside goal but still looks like he can't be arsed.
Weso - 6 - Little time
Atmosphere was reasonable today but the reaction to Low's substitution was a disgrace. Would do nothing for his confidence and you shouldn't do that to your own team. I'd like to see us take on teams and go at them more - Cardiff offered little going forward so why were we sitting back all the while?
Also I thought the police presence at the game was way OTT. DIdn't hear of any trouble but I'm sure there were more coppers than Cardiff fans.
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Post by NoCanariesAllowed (Ipswich'02) on Dec 24, 2006 17:31:23 GMT -1
I went to see my doctor this morning having suffered a terrible sore throat. This had kept me up all night and I couldn't understand where it had come from. The doctor says "have you spent any time in the last 24 hours around people with coughs or colds?" I said "well, it's possible, but it's come on very suddenly and it's very sore..." The doctor says "have you ingested anything that may have caused irritation to your throat?" I said "no (unless that weird smell around Welford Road in the evenings could've caused anything...)" The doctor asks "what have you done in the last 24 hours?" "I went to Leicester 0-0 Cardiff", I replied. "Oh dear," said the doctor, "I know what this is. We've had a lot of Leicester fans with this today." "What is it?" I asked "Sore-throat-brought-on-by-screaming-at-Elvis-Hammond-to-have-a-fucking-shot-itis", he said. I asked about a cure, but he simply laughed and said "cure?! Nothing at the moment! You'll have to wait until January at the earliest, mate!"  My analysis of what went wrong: Low had decided that any time he got the ball, he would have a little run with it, stop dead, panic, try something stupid and give it away. Hammond had decided that any time he got the ball, he'd create a great opportunity, then blow it by waiting far too long to have a shot and either end up losing it or having a crap effort. Nils-Eric Johansson and Danny Tiatto had some great moments, but some of their touches and long balls were absolute bollocks. Levi Porter didn't come out for the second half and was replaced by his little brother, Jeans 'The Shorter' Porter. |
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Post by NoCanariesAllowed (Ipswich'02) on Dec 24, 2006 17:47:55 GMT -1
Just for the record, I'm not sure if it was in the match programme for this game or whether it was something else LCFC-related, but there's a section on one of the right-hand pages in it called "THE LCFC DIARIES" written by a mate of mine...
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Post by leicesterlass on Dec 25, 2006 14:47:44 GMT -1
My player ratings:
Henderson - 6 Had nothing in the way of saves to make but I still don't trust him when coming to collect a cross or with his kicking
Maybury - 6 Nothing spectacular and the customary wobbly moments
McAuley - 9 Superb, what a great signing this guy is turning out to be, his last 3 performances have been absolutely immense
Kisnorbo - 8 Is looking more steady with McAuley at the back, the usual consistent performance
Johansson - 5 Really not very good but he provides some great entertainment with his forward runs, about the only thing keeping me amused in the freezing cold!
Low - 2 Not even worth that much to be honest. The guy is a disgrace to the shirt and should be allowed nowhere near it ever again. Fair enough Ash you disagree with the crowd's reaction but I don't, I find it fully understandable. People pay good money week in week out to watch this team, the team they love, and don't deserve to have it thrown back in their face by an incompetent League Two standard winger. Get him out in January.
Williams - 8 This guy is the difference between us playing football and us playing hoofball another quality passing display but still lacks a battling edge, I do however think the Tiatto Williams combination (or Weso Williams) is our best option
Tiatto - 7 Ran and ran but often the usual headless chicken result. Nevertheless he battled hard in a scrappy game
Porter - 6 A good first half but annoymous second, I would've liked to have seen Kelly switch him to the right wing second half, after all he is our most threatening attacking outlet and is obiviously ineffectial without the ball
Hume - 7 Was given alot of space by Cardiff, which is unusual when we play at home but didn't fully take advantage. He doesn't need to drop so deep now Williams is back in the midfield, there is creativity there and Humey doesn't need to fabricate everything himself. Looked brighter than in recent weeks though.
Hammond - 4 Utterly useless, a poor man's Mark De Vries.
Subs:
Welsh - 5 Saw alot of the ball but is too one sided. Although saying that he did more in 2 minutes than Low did in the whole of the first half
Fryatt - 6 Looked alot better than in recent times, looked to link up the play on more than one occasion. Fatty still needs to shed a few pounds though
Wesolowski - 6 Not much time to do anything of note to be honest.
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Post by mortontheblade on Dec 25, 2006 14:50:06 GMT -1
awful truely awful..... who did they play this time?
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Post by leicesterlass on Dec 25, 2006 14:58:22 GMT -1
awful truely awful..... who did they play this time? Cardiff who were equally as bad, if not worse. |
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Post by mortontheblade on Dec 25, 2006 15:00:47 GMT -1
awful truely awful..... who did they play this time? Cardiff who were equally as bad, if not worse. thats the welsh for ya..... merry x mas btw  |
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Post by leicesterlass on Dec 25, 2006 15:01:28 GMT -1
Yeah Merry Christmas to you too!  I hope Santa was kind to you? |
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Post by mortontheblade on Dec 25, 2006 15:02:56 GMT -1
HE BITE ME!! greasy barsteward! was only taking rudolf for a little ride....
you had a good day?
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Post by leicesterlass on Dec 25, 2006 15:05:03 GMT -1
Yeah great thanks, off for more pressies now  Catch ya laters xx |
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Post by mortontheblade on Dec 25, 2006 15:05:25 GMT -1
byeeee
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