v Leicester City (a) - 28/02/23 (FA Cup 5th Round)

[NeilInBristol]

2 minutes ago, garnersfags said:

This is a brilliant post on a brilliant night.

Just hope this jubilation translates into a decent crown on Saturday lunchtime.  

Who's got a list then? 

[NeilInBristol]

19 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I feared the worst when Hedges missed that absolute sitter. The gods smiled on us at the end when that header hit the post but we’d earned a bit of luck.

We did it despite all those misses. Amazing performance 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

3 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Gally was superb tonight. Goes under the radar how much work he does. And SS is proving to be a shrewd purchase. Can't say I was that impressed before his spell out of the side, but like other players he's come back far better after being left out. 

That was the hardest chance of the three he had.

[DE.]

2 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Gally was superb tonight. Goes under the radar how much work he does. And SS is proving to be a shrewd purchase. Can't say I was that impressed before his spell out of the side, but like other players he's come back far better after being left out. 

To be fair I do think Gallagher's work ethic is noted... it's just that he doesn't seem to use his build to his advantage, and rarely seems to have a real striker's instinct. His barren run in front of goal before the weekend was scary. The weekend's goals seem to have boosted his confidence significantly, though, so fingers crossed he was just taken off as a precaution tonight and can continue to effectively lead the line for us. We're going to need him as there's no guarantee we'll see the best of BBD with his future still up in the air. 

[47er]

13 minutes ago, Admiral Nelsen said:

 

If we get United at OT or Spurs away, it will literally be millions once TV money is added into the equation. Not trivial.

 

Obviously Fleetwood at home would be nicer though!

Or City!

[den]

Takes me back to the days when the Telegraph rated the players out of ten. On very, very rare occasions Thornton or Peter White would rate them all 10/10. Tonight felt like it might be another. This game will stay in the memory for a long time

One word of warning. My experience tells me don’t expect performances like tonight’s too regularly. It’s just not possible.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 minutes ago, den said:

Takes me back to the days when the Telegraph rated the players out of ten. On very, very rare occasions Thornton or Peter White would rate them all 10/10. Tonight felt like it might be another. This game will stay in the memory for a long time

One word of warning. My experience tells me don’t expect performances like tonight’s too regularly. It’s just not possible.

Dougie used to get half a dozen 10’s a season. Not many others did then.

[Groundhog]

As I said on the JDT thread, we did to them what Rotherham, Dingles and Nob End did to us. Leicester were there to be bullied. 

I hope we can keep it up. At least we're seeing them be braver on the ball now, moving it forward, Dolan and JRC give us that outlet, with Travis playing his socks off, needs a partner though.

Something has happened, it's either confidence from a good run or just some team spirit starting to cement itself, and a belief in JDT's system finally. I was angry that he fit the system to the players regardless of their quality, but he's showing that with the right talent in there it can work.

Summer: Get. him. backed.

And...Hedges in for shooting practice at 7am. Come on Ryan lad!

Congrats to the fans that made it down, class everyone of them, gutted I couldn't go. 

[roverandout]

He has such confidence in the youngsters.  Throwing on a 17  year old novice In a huge fa cup tie with our backs against the wall. These games will hold the kids in good stead

[wilsdenrover]

Highlights anyone?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0f573r5/the-fa-cup-202223-minihighlights-leicester-city-v-blackburn-rovers

[superniko]

45 minutes ago, superniko said:

Pears 10 
JRC 10 
Hyam 10 
Carter 10 
Pickering 10 
Travis 10 
Morton 10 (until his last 15 mins) 
Sammie Boy 10 
Hedges 10 
Dolan 11 
Gallagher 10

Honestly the best I’ve felt in a ground since the Doncaster match. 1st 20 minutes of the 2nd half we were unreal, best I’ve seen us play for a long time.

The 3 hour drive starts here, luckily I’m not driving it and I have a 4 pack!

I’ll add a real review now I’m a beer in on the M6….

Can’t really fault anyone. I thought Morton was potentially the weakest link but Trav was phenomenal next to him. The crowd were singing for Buckley so everyone started to see it.
When Hedges missed the sitter I thought that was it and we’ll rue the missed the chances (I assume it was as bad on tv angle as it was where we were stood)

I honestly can’t pick stand outs but I’ll go with Dolan and Szmodics. Hats off to JDT he set us up perfectly and it was one of the first times I started to see this ‘high press’. Would have liked to hear a few more JDTs blue and white army based on that  

Best thing….I had a decent lump on Rovers at 10/1ish on Betfair Exchange….tried getting online to hedge at 1-0 and again at 2-0 but no signal in the ground! Saved me wasting any money and keep the full winnings!

It’ll pay for my flights back over on Paddys weekend for the next round!

Edit: no idea why that photo went in upside down

 

Edited February 28, 2023 by superniko

[R0verb0y]

34 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Blackburn 2-1 loss post match - Page 12 - Leicester City Forum - FoxesTalk

Amidst the loathing for Rodgers there is some nice praise for our team and fans. 

LOVED the References to George Hirst!!

[Groundhog]

Just now, roverandout said:

He has such confidence in the youngsters.  Throwing on a 17  year old novice In a huge fa cup tie with our backs against the wall. These games will hold the kids in good stead

He didn't have a choice though. Why didn't he play the Whartons against the Dingles? Trying to protect them? Too soon?

But yeah it's impressive, what an experience for Phillips and JDT obviously trusts him. Just rather BBC didn't broadcast our youth talent to the world 🤫

[Sweaty Gussets]

 

 

[R0verb0y]

36 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Working for rovers TV I think 

Yes; according to the commentators on BBC TV (Channel 601).

[alcd]

53 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

He's a weird player. I've seen many shit strikers play for Rovers over the years, but I've not seen many anonymous ones. Most of the time you just don't even notice he's on the pitch. That's probably worse than getting in good positions but not being able to finish. On the other hand it leaves me feeling like I don't really know anything about him, and that for all I know he's a surge in form away from being an asset. Not worth persisting with for me though, would rather see Leonard (even if I understand the logic of playing the more experienced player with little time left and only a goal up against a Prem side).

It would be nice if Vale showed even a modicum of effort. You don't become a good player by just ambling around as he does.

[Sweaty Gussets]

"We fucked Leicester right up, in that way"

[rigger]

40 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Blackburn 2-1 loss post match - Page 12 - Leicester City Forum - FoxesTalk

Amidst the loathing for Rodgers there is some nice praise for our team and fans. 

I liked the one that said," well done Blackburn, maybe it was payback for lending them Hirst".

[Madon]

Half way home. Absolutely unbelievable performance and honestly I think that's the best atmosphere I've been in since Rovers v Chelsea at Old Trafford. 

I think Morton gets a lot of unfair stick on here, every single player, including him were outstanding tonight. The effort they all put in for 70 minutes was phenomenal and I'm not surprised a few passes went astray towards the end as he'd have been on his arse! 

Up the blues!

[Groundhog]

3 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

"We fucked Leicester right up, in that way"

haha LOL I find myself saying "in that way" all the time recently. 

"yes I'll have a brew, with intensity, in that way"

[had.e.nuff]

fantastic result could have been easier if we took our chances hope JRC is not to bad, Barnes did nothing until JRC went off had him in his pocket.

[Aqualung]

Some complimentary comments from Leicester fans on the BBC sports website aswell. Nice to read. 

[Dreams of 1995]

That was a special night. So glad I was there. The King Power is a great stadium to watch football in - and the away end was electric today. Genuinely seemed like there were too many Rovers fans in the ground. Packed out to the rafters! 
One small criticism of the day is the amateur organisation from Leicester. Big queues to get in meant we missed kick off. Then you had one or two stewards trying to do their job, whilst the rest just allowed anything. People stood where they wanted and rightfully so - I think that helped the atmosphere personally - but every now and then one steward would take it upon themselves to try and save the day 

But on the pitch. Wow. Couldn’t fault anybody….except one. But we will get to that. 
Pears, Carter, JRC, Morton, Dolan, Travis and Sammie all get special mentions from me. Not that the others didn’t turn up but these lads came to win today.

We made them look so poor. Pressed at the right time, sat back when we needed to. The attacking intensity was fantastic from us 

It was a shame to see JRC go off. He was having a stormer yet again

I really have fallen for Pears. He made some saves today, including a double save at 0-0, and that kept us there and in the game 

I have one criticism. Vale doesn’t want to be here. I was gobsmacked by his lack of effort at the end - and in fact, one of their good chances came from him allowing the fake David Luiz all the time in the world to step forward. But I’m not going to let that overshadow the team performance 

Luckily for me this was the 2nd game close to where I live. Once again went with some Villa fans who are now invested. They loved every minute of it - pair of them heading every ball towards the end. All made a commitment to go wherever the draw takes us next. Hopefully Fleetwood at home but whatever you put in front is JDT will find a way to beat them 

Edited February 28, 2023 by Dreams of 1995

[DE.]

4 minutes ago, Aqualung said:

Some complimentary comments from Leicester fans on the BBC sports website aswell. Nice to read. 

The best thing about tonight was that we didn't shithouse our way to a win. It wasn't a smash and grab, it wasn't a sucker punch. We played Leicester off the park for huge portions of the game tonight, and that's something you don't often see when there's a divisional gap between clubs. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

20 minutes ago, alcd said:

It would be nice if Vale showed even a modicum of effort. You don't become a good player by just ambling around as he does.

He reminded me of when we played United at Ewood and we went down to ten men with about 12 minutes to go. Souey sent Blake on with the obvious instructions to run his bollocks off for 12 minutes. Chase every long ball down, work their back four etc. Blake did the square root of nothing and we were under a siege right until the end. 
 

 i think Blake was on his way shortly after that.

If you can’t run around for twenty minutes at the end of a game like that you’re not my idea of a footballer.