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Plymouth 1-0 Leicester City - 3 things we learned
We've been here before in the last few weeks and months. A below-average Championship team turning on an above-average performance and strolling to a comfortable win over a Leicester City side that is going through their annual late season capitulation. Fingers are being pointed everywhere as panic is setting in that the season is going to end in disaster.
Leicester City 3-1 Norwich City - 3 key things learned
A Stronger Mentality Returns! Following the Bristol City defeat, the drop off in the level of performances had left many Leicester City fans alarmed, and facing the crushing realisation that the play-offs might be all that a seemingly incredible season was going to herald. Many of the players were underwhelmingly below-par and unable to muster much against a side that was sliding into mid-table obscurity.
Bristol City 1-0 Leicester City - 3 things we learned
With all of the build up across nearly three weeks without league football, we were hoping for a Leicester City that was up for nine cup finals. Alas, we've been here before just in a different guise. This was another defeat to add to the other four from the last six games. This continues a run of form that sees the club now desperately clinging on to an automatic spot they've been in for most of the season. So what did we learn?
West Brom 1-2 Leicester City - 3 key things learned
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is coming of age It has taken some high-profile departures and let's be honest, a relegation for the Shepshed boy to be given an extended run in the team. Be that as it may, there are lots of options for manager Enzo Maresca to choose from so for 'KDH' to now be seen as one of the first names on the teamsheet shows how far his game has advanced.
QPR 1-2 Leicester: The player ratings
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QPR 1-2 Leicester: The player ratings
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse That’s nine league wins in a row as the Leicester City Express continues its high-speed pursuit of a place in the Premier League. It was a tight victory and one that showed some frailties in the Foxes back line, but also highlighted the focus and the determination that now exists in this impressive side. So how did the individuals stack up in this victory at Loftus Road. Note: My normal ratings style is based on a 7/10 being a solid display.
Leicester 2-0 Stoke: 3 key lessons learned and many more
Another day, another Leicester City win. This is all getting a bit predictable for Foxes fans, the smiles on people’s faces are palpable and the promise of a two-week break from watching the glorious blue army actually sounds a bit annoying. So as the Foxes recorded their twelfth win of the season what did Enzo Maresca learn? This was their third game in the space of seven days and Maresca rang the changes as six players came into the starting eleven.
Southampton 1-4 Leicester: 3 things learned
Who doesn’t enjoy an early season Friday night away trip to Saint Mary’s Stadium, full of goals and “ole’s” all completed before Saturday even arrives? Southampton fans! Leicester produced a clinical and magic performance to roll over a potential promotion contender and have Enzo Maresca delighted, but what three things will he have learned.
Leicester 2-1 Cardiff: 3 things FoL learned
This whole season continues to feel like a novelty, as the dream of Premier League football and trophies seems like a distant memory. But the reality is that winning matches and having a football team with character and heart had been an even more distant memory. That could all be changing this season as Enzo Maresca rewrote history by being the first-ever Leicester City manager to win their opening four matches. Here are the three key things learnt from the victory over Cardiff City.
Who’s to blame for Leicester City relegation? Part 8: strikers
by Damon Carter 1 minute ago Use your ← → (arrows) to browse Join FoL for this last part of the blame game of Leicester City’s relegation, it’s been emotional. Thanks for sticking with it, you’ve been more committed than the players this season. Jamie Vardy – Games (42) – Goals (6) Unless he finds someone to pay his astronomical wages Jamie Vardy leaves the Premier League as a number-one striker, number-one at being caught offside this season.
Who’s to blame for Leicester relegation? Part 7: attacking midfielders
Attacking midfielders seems too aggressive a name for certain meek footballers – forward-facing midfielders would be more accurate. Anyway how did they contribute to the modern Leicester City debacle? James Maddison – Leicester City Games (32) – Goals (10) Leicester City’s star man has had quite the season, ten goals and nine assists have put him at the top of every Premier League club’s wishlist.
Who’s to blame for Leicester relegation? Part 6: central midfield
Leicester City fans have been accused of not creating hotbed environments for their players this season, mainly by their own fans. Maybe the supporters have been hypnotised by the swirling green space in the middle of the park called central midfield. An enigma to many in the Foxes squad, not least the central midfielders themselves.
Who’s to blame for Leicester City relegation? Part 5: centrebacks
One of the worst possible facets of Leicester City’s 2022-2023 season has been their defence, or lack thereof. From renegade Frenchmen, absent captains, cast-adrift internationals and own goal braces, this season has had it all, apart from anything positive. Wesley Fofana – Games (2) Goals (0) I wrote about this at length at the start of the season, but Wesley Fofana can take a fair chunk of the blame.
Who’s to blame for Leicester City relegation? Part 4: full backs
As the social media apologies move at a snail’s pace toward our Instagram and Twitter feeds, (come on Foxes – make the right move for once this season!) this relegation nightmare still shows no signs of clearing. So let’s do what nobody at Leicester City seems to be doing right now, discover the reasons for this shambles. The full-back position could well be where this whole mess started.
Who’s to blame for Leicester City relegation? Part 3: goalkeepers
by Damon Carter 1 minute ago Use your ← → (arrows) to browse It’s not a bad dream, this is all too real. Next season we’ll be grabbing three-minute highlights or quick goal round-ups on ITV’s Football League Show, where Leicester City’s matches will be lucky to be mentioned in the opening montage.
Who’s to blame for Leicester City relegation? Part 2: the managers
Has it hit home yet? Leicester City are a Championship club. No more Premier League razzmatazz. No mention of us on Match Of The Day. No more VAR. The ‘who is to blame for this whole mess‘ series continues and today it’s the turn of the managers. Ex-Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers There’s a reason Foxes fans of a certain age and a long enough memory shudder when they hear the name Peter Taylor.
Who’s to blame for Leicester relegation? Part 1: Top and Jon Rudkin
by Damon Carter 1 minute ago Use your ← → (arrows) to browse With a first relegation in 15 years, this is the lowest many Leicester City supporters will be feeling right now. seeing their club sleepwalk into relegation for what seems like a very long time has left a very bitter taste in fans’ mouth and naturally who is at fault is the main talking point amongst fans.
James Maddison must toughen up and pick Leicester City battles better
by Damon Carter 4 minutes ago Use your ← → (arrows) to browse James Maddison has been constantly praised for the way he talks to the media, but it looks like his words are coming back to haunt him as the Leicester City players pathetically cling on to their Premier League status. Leicester City not hungry enough Fans have gotten used to seeing their team wilt on the pitch for some time now. They find new and inventive ways of throwing away points and gifting opponents goals in each game.
Leicester 2-1 Wolves: 3 things learned inside King Power Stadium
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Leicester 2-1 Wolves: 3 things learned inside King Power Stadium
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse “Yes!” was the cry from 30,000 fervent home supporters as Timothy Castagne slotted home the winner for Leicester City’s first win in two months to lift them out of the relegation zone. It was tough, it was tense and it was terrific! three points was exactly what the doctor had ordered – here are the key things we learned from this game.
Debunking 5 ridiculous media statements about Brendan Rodgers
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse Since the announcement of Brendan Rodgers sacking from Leicester City Football Club, the media has rallied round in support to tell all the Foxes fans how wrong we were. Martin Samuel even stated that ‘‘, which is dramatically unlikely. So let’s dispel the myths and expose the media for what they are: people that have spent more time writing about where LCFC have gone wrong and less time watching Brendan Rodgers’ incompetent football for the last two seasons.
5 Reasons why Leicester City fans turned on Brendan Rodgers
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse A 1-1 draw at a top-quality Brentford side is an away point not to be sniffed at and Leicester City avoided dropping into the bottom three of one of the fiercest Premier League relegation battles in decades. Had they have fallen into the the drop zone, it might have made the club’s hierarchy have to make a huge but necessary decision.
5 Reasons why Leicester City fans turned on Brendan Rodgers
Next post5 of 5Prev Use your ← → (arrows) to browse £20million to be asked to leave The Northern Irishman continues on the touchline with his arms folded watching the same games pan out, pausing only occasionally to do a little clap at a misplaced pass or to write something in his notebook, presumably how much money he will get from a payout when he is eventually sacked. Many media outlets report this as £10million a year with two years left on his contract.
5 Reasons why Leicester City haven't sacked Brendan Rodgers
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse Another week, another disappointing display, and another reason Leicester City fans are looking at the Championship with real fear. Speaking to many Foxes supporters, there are plenty that want the manager gone yesterday with a dwindling number that are happy to keep him till the summer.
Leicester 0-1 Arsenal: where Foxes and Rodgers went wrong
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse Leicester City completed an unwanted statistic to Mikel Arteta’s top-of-the-table Gunners following this defeat. They have now lost five games in a row to Arsenal for the first time since the 1930s, it was hardly a surprising result but there is a sense that things didn’t go as planned. Way too much respect being shown Arsenal have been a fantastic team this term and deservedly sit as the best team in England.
Leicester 4-1 Tottenham: 3 things we learned
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse There are few things sweeter for Foxes fans than watching their beloved Leicester City beat Tottenham Hotspur. Three things do better that feeling, though: annihilating, embarrassing and taking them to pieces.
Villa 2-4 Leicester: new signings and Iheanacho key stats
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse Leicester City are back! It’s been a while since the foxes fans sampled Premier League victory – Just shy of three months to be exact, and this was an emphatic way to return to winning ways against a defensively hopeless Aston Villa. The key stats from whoscored.com told the stories of this game, spoiler alert – the new signings might just have turned the season around.
Leicester City's January transfer window reviewed
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse There is no sound quite like that of the transfer window closing. Mainly because it doesn’t exist. The transfer window is an arbitrary footballing reference point, with the countdown to the end sending twitter feeds into overdrive and the mobile phone batteries of football agents constantly on charge. I tend to hate it but that’s because Leicester City has hardly been a hive of transfer activity recently, with only one new outfield player signed in over a year.
Leicester 2-2 Brighton: 3 things FoL learned
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse Given the recent form, it felt like a trudge for many Foxes fans to visit the King Power Stadium and watch an out-of-form Leicester City. The result was surprisingly positive but the performance had some familiar feelings to it. Jamie Vardy is an issue Early on in this game, the Brighton crowd in the corner of the King Power stadium ticked the box of LCFC game tradition by mocking Jamie Vardy’s wife for her recent courtroom dramas.
Gillingham 0-1 Leicester: 3 things FoL learned
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse A Third Round trip to the team sat bottom of the football league was never going to be something to get excited about. The BBC cameras smelt Premier League blood as they assembled with a voyeuristic thirst for top-flight prey. So what three things did Leicester City learn from this giant banana skin?
Liverpool 2-1 Leicester: 3 things FoL learned
Liverpool transfer news, live! Latest reports, rumors, updates Liverpool transfer news continues to intensify, as there is one key area where Jurgen Klopp and the Reds want to strengthen in January. The Reds came so close to the quadruple in 2021-22 so improving this squad will not be easy but after a shaky start to the current Premier League campaign, they need some more depth, especially in midfield.
Liverpool 2-1 Leicester: 3 things FoL learned
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse 22 years and counting. The winless streak at Anfield continues for Leicester City as their most notorious bogey ground strikes again, with some truly bizarre moments Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall leads the charge Following the boxing day defeat to Newcastle United, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall gave a refreshingly frank interview.
West Ham 0-2 Leicester: 3 things FoL learned
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse Leicester City marched their proud form into a World Cup break feeling good about life. No longer is the talk about relegation, it is about how far up the table the Foxes can climb. Here are three things to take from the win in East London. Hard to Beat Keeping compact and tight has been a theme for several games now, with West Ham’s attackers having to work much harder to breach the Foxes‘ back line.
Leicester 0-1 Man City: 3 things learned
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse With the hope of three back-to-back wins dashed by a piece of Kevin De Bruyne magic, Leicester City fans went home with an air of optimism and a few things to ponder. Defensive solidity shows more positives Large parts of this game seemed like the football equivalent of chess. Leicester concentrated on shuffling their rooks into position to deny opportunities for Man City to get into attacking positions.
Wolves 0-4 Leicester: the 3 stand out performers
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse Leicester City may have finally arrived this season, they completed arguably their most complete team performance of the season and showcased their newfound defending prowess to compliment their devastating attack with a 4-0 demolition of struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers. So amongst all of the impressive performances, these were the ones that stood out for me.
Leicester 2-0 Leeds: 3 things we learned
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse With the apathetic malaise surrounding the King Power Stadium over the last few months, the simple pleasures of seeing Leicester City win has been a forgotten luxury. So drink it in because the next defeat never seems too far away. Here are the three things we learned from the victory over Leeds United. Leicester City can defend! These are unprecedented times. City have finally tightened up at the back.
Leicester 4-0 Forest: 3 things FoL learned
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse The delights of an East Midlands derby victory on a balmy Leicester evening on a Monday are few and far between. In fact, an East Midlands triumph has been a long time coming, well, a triumph of any sort has been a long time coming. But what other three other things did we learn? James Maddison has entered the realms of elite Early in the game Madders received the ball in the area and preceded to morph into Riyad Mahrez for City in 2015-2018.
Are there any reasons left for Brendan Rodgers to stay at Leicester City?
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse After a disastrous start to the 2022/2023 season – at seven games in, has yet to bring a single positive result or performance – Brendan Rodgers is under more pressure than he ever has been at the King Power Stadium. The calls for him to stay are diminishing with the general consensus being that it is now ‘when’ not ‘if’ he stays. So what reasons may the Leicester City hierarchy give that might see the boss remain in his current employment?
Using Strategic Workforce Planning to Empower Agile Government Program Effectiveness
Share TECH BUYER Sep 2020 - IDC Perspective - Doc # US46809120 Using Strategic Workforce Planning to Empower Agile Government Program Effectiveness By: Thom RubelAdjunct Research Advisor, Damon CarterAdjunct Research Advisor Abstract This IDC Perspective provides government IT executives with a framework for applying various strategic workforce planning techniques that will help their respective organizations proactively identify and successfully address critical strategic needs for the...
Forging a Workplace Culture That Attracts and Retains IT Talent
Share TECH BUYER Jun 2020 - Web Conference Proceeding: Tech Buyer - Doc # US46540620 Forging a Workplace Culture That Attracts and Retains IT Talent By: Damon CarterAdjunct Research Advisor FREE DOWNLOAD To access this document for free please log in or register. Abstract This IDC Web Conference homes in on the power of IT culture to attract and retain high-quality employees characterized by high achievement, loyalty, and a strong commitment to the enterprise.
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