Please use this thread for all posts relating to our Premier League match against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium before, during and after the game.

The match is scheduled to kick off at 12:30 hours on Saturday, 23rd November 2024 (Local UK time/date) (Live on TNT Sports)

Must win game 😀

It will be nice to have a (on paper) a more straightforward game after the run we have had in the league. The last one we had was West Ham, 2 months ago, and maybe Forest H (though looking at how they've gone that could be argued a tough game to).

2 hours ago, Sciatika said:

Must win game 😀

Will win game = optimism 😜

Maresca returning to his old club, is how this match was sold, but we just need to ignore that and treat it for what it is, a match against a team we should and really must beat.

Hopefully, no injuries in another pointless international break and we can be fully firing for this one. 

Please start Nkunku and play Neto off the right and Madueke off the bench.

On 11/11/2024 at 11:58, My Blood Is Blue said:

 

Please start Nkunku and play Neto off the right and Madueke off the bench.

Nkunku on the wing? Not for me.

Could endorse Neto on the left, Palmer on the right and Nkunku in the 10. 

Looking at our next 11 games, you have Villa at home and Spurs away in there. The other 9 are all very winnable. 

54 minutes ago, paulw66 said:

Nkunku on the wing? Not for me.

Could endorse Neto on the left, Palmer on the right and Nkunku in the 10. 

I was thinking Nkunku up front with Neto on the right, Palmer at 10 and either Sancho on the left if he's fit and if not give Mudryk a start.

I know Nkunku isn't really a 9, but against Leicester him and Palmer can interchange and do a lot of damage.

1 hour ago, paulw66 said:

Looking at our next 11 games, you have Villa at home and Spurs away in there. The other 9 are all very winnable. 

I fully believe both Villa and Spurs are winnable too.... 😁

7 minutes ago, asvaberg said:

I fully believe both Villa and Spurs are winnable too.... 😁

100% agree, but the other 9 are all games we will start as clear very favourites. 

2 hours ago, paulw66 said:

100% agree, but the other 9 are all games we will start as clear very favourites. 

The first half of the season was always going to be split into three parts for me. Excluding City we had a very nice run of games. We had to start well, which we did.

We then had to not loose too much ground when we played Liverpool, Newcastle, United and Arsenal. We gained 4 points on Arsenal and moved above them. One on Villa. Tottenham have gained a point on us. United and Newcastle 2. I think overall most people would take this scenario after those 4 games.

So after 11 games, which alot of the doomsayers said we would have to wait until to form an opinion,  although most of them were happy to write the manager off during pre season it is a good yardstick to be fair. After 10 games you should be seeing what's what or at least have some signs.

We are 3rd and have played 6 teams that currently sit in the top 10, plus gone to Old Trafford which is our biggest bogey grounds, we havent won there in 13 years. The next 11 games takes us right up to the end of January before we play City.

The games are Leicester(A), Villa(H), Southampton (A), Tottenham (A), Brentford(H), Everton(A), Fulham(H), Ipswich(A), Palace(A), Bournemouth(H), Wolves(H)

In that same period;

Liverpool play, City, Fulham, Forest, Newcastle, Everton, Tottenham and United.

City play Tottenham, Liverpool,  United and Villa.

Arsenal play United, Tottenham, Villa and Brighton.

Villa play Chelsea, Forest, City, Newcastle, Arsenal and  Brighton.

Tottenham play City, Fulham, Chelsea, Liverpool,  Forest, Newcastle and Arsenal.

United play Arsenal, Forest,  City, Newcastle, Liverpool,  Brighton.

I've never really been one to do points targets, I find it pretty pointless. My good friend RobertOfTheGiz is obsessed and thinks that being 3rd instead of 10th at this stage isn't really much of an Improvement as it's only 4 points more but I care far more about the league table position as opposed to how many points we get. Last year we got 63 and 6th. If we get 62 and 4th I'll be more than happy. One thing I will predict is I don't think anyone will have a 90+point season so less points will probably get you higher up the table.

So, in summary, and not wanting to predict how many points we will get, considering how we've started and who we've already played I think it's fair to be pretty optimistic that we could be in a fairly healthy position by the time we play City on the 25th January.

 

Maybe @My Blood Is Blue can do a predictor. 
next 11 games 33 pts up for grabs.  
 

I will kick it off with 21pts max. 
 

over to you @asvaberg @Ham @My Blood Is Blue@paulw66 @martin1905 along with every other man, woman and their dogs 😀

Edited November 14, 2024Nov 14 by ROTG

54 minutes ago, ROTG said:

Maybe @My Blood Is Blue can do a predictor. 
next 11 games 33 pts up for grabs.  
 

I will kick it off with 21pts max. 
 

over to you @asvaberg @Ham @My Blood Is Blue@paulw66 @martin1905 along with every other man, woman and their dogs 😀

26 points. 8 wins, 2 draws, 1 defeat.

25. W81D2L

29pts. W9-D2

33pts 🤜🏻💥

16 minutes ago, Ham said:

33pts 🤜🏻💥

And I thought I was the optimist. 😁

As per suggestion..my dog (the clown of the bunch but lovely nature) Cash predicts 25 pts,

Jessi..senior dog 23 pts 

Jasper,,The "Gun Hand"..26 pts....

me .....WHAT DO I KNOW  ?

16 hours ago, ROTG said:

Maybe @My Blood Is Blue can do a predictor. 
next 11 games 33 pts up for grabs.  
 

I will kick it off with 21pts max. 
 

over to you @asvaberg @Ham @My Blood Is Blue@paulw66 @martin1905 along with every other man, woman and their dogs 😀

Sounds like a plan… I’ll come back with a link

Here you go @ROTG:

@paulw66 @Sciatika @asvaberg @Ham @chara add your votes and everyone else get involved!

 

 

This is what the international break forces us in to!

6 hours ago, My Blood Is Blue said:

Here you go @ROTG:

@paulw66 @Sciatika @asvaberg @Ham @chara add your votes and everyone else get involved!

This is what the international break forces us in to!

My dogs have done my bit !        🐶 Cash,,🤡 ..25,pts , 🐕Jessi👵..23 pts   🐶Jasper🔫,,26pts

(emoji excess for clarity !)

On 14/11/2024 at 10:02, paulw66 said:

Looking at our next 11 games, you have Villa at home and Spurs away in there. The other 9 are all very winnable. 

Let's win all 11. 

Could be 1st/2nd when we go to City on 25th Jan...

2 hours ago, VA96 said:

Could be 1st/2nd when we go to City on 25th Jan...

Pep will be quaking in his boots

I just watched the FAC game against Leicester and the Raheem Sterling masterclass. Blocks Mudryk's shot on target, wins and misses penalty, and then through one-on-one and misses. The game was mainly memorable for the DIsasi brain freeze, where he scored a rare long-distance own-goal and two lovely goals from Carney and Noni to wrap it up.