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If I had to guess I reckon it’d be quite high from the smaller squad / no sub days but would be interested to know!

Not sure what Pring was actually booked for?

Commentators just said he looked hurt after playing that pass. Thought their red was harsh initially, at the third angle though you can see he’s missed the ball completely and probably a yellow with that kind of force. Opening 20 aside, it’s been a decent performance.

Another pen we don’t get, shock

It was Twine, and a stupid booking at that

A bizarre thing to be wound up by. Surely someone’s life is more important than the last 15 minutes of a football match?

Already been said, red v green is a clash for anyone who is colour blind and black vs dark green would be awful too. I don’t think yellow and green is exactly brilliant either but it’s a very light yellow and a dark green at least

I didn’t mention result, and that’s not the key indicator today IMO

I’d imagine that would be a nightmare for anyone who is colour blind, particularly red v green. As theirs is dark green then I assume black might be difficult to?

Were we scared of Leicester? Didn’t look it. Easy to say 5 at the back if you want to be negative about it, or you could say it’s 3 at the back?

Disagree, this games fairly important IMO. Its a chance for Liam to prove that he isn’t a “one trick pony” in terms of game plan. It’s also a chance for him to win some fans back I reckon, or start to at least. I think loads of us were excited after Southampton and thought we’d turned the corner and we all know what happened since. So is Leicester another anomaly where the opponents press and attacking style left gaps for us to expose (which is our strengths despite Liam not because of him) or, let’s give him some credit as he changed formation and plan, was it signs that Liam did his homework and set up well to beat the team in front of him? One thing that was notably different was the high press. I can’t understand why we aren’t doing that against “weaker” teams instead of this stand off stalemate nonsense we saw against Swansea. If we see that press, and some more direct play today - OR - if they sit in but we manage to unlock them, then I think a few opinions may change. If we see a repeat of QPR, Swansea, Wednesday etc then Friday was ultimately pointless really.

Look how far Assignon is from the ball when he fouls Mudryk, he’s ran past the ball and knows he isn’t getting there so has to take the man.

No chance City were playing for a draw, they just couldn’t break down the 11 men Arsenal constantly had behind the ball.

Really? Defender has over ran it and the ball isn’t within playing distance, bringing Mudryk down. It’d be a foul anywhere else on the pitch.

Had it happened at the other end, as Phillips was about to shoot, I’m sure it would be a penalty (eg a foul on Phillips) It’s an intriguing one though, it’s clever play rather than cheating, there’s no rule to say you can’t put your body in the way.

Didn’t James say yesterday he wants to stay? Or did I mishear that?

It was a great performance and win, undoubtedly. However, let’s see what happens Monday. I got carried away after Southampton thinking we’d turned a corner and that was signs of the future. I still see a side that can play a bit when the opposition presses us, and leaves space to get at. Still nothing to suggest we have a plan to beat the weaker sides, so very little changes on the face of one game.

Not soft in my opinion, was pulling Conway by the shorts

Fair assessment. First and foremost great performance. No matter if we’re “better” against better teams or not, we still have to perform with the counter style and not just fold. However, it’s not a style we can play against weaker teams, we know that. That’s where we need to see improvement. If you told me we’d take 3 points from this weekend, I know which I’d think were more likely to get it from - as silly as that might sound based on the table. Great saves from Max today, though you’d put money on Vardy scoring at least one of them.

Yep I’ve misheard that, had a stinker there… take that back! Max with his own decent double save there

Actually, I will change that view - Ipswich first half was awful. We sat in with barely any attacking intent and tried to get to half time “still in it”. We've definitely gone for it more in this first half.

Decent first half, much more exciting game than we’ve seen lately. Can I add a “but” ? Leicester are a team intent on attacking. It’s akin to Southampton / Ipswich games and we know we play better in these games where the opponent comes at us and has more possession. Don't get me wrong, we’ve looked good, but it’s nothing new to allay our concerns is it? Leicester have had probably the closest chance? That Vardy one looks like it was nestling in the corner but his the post. It’s a good game, I’m enjoying it and I think we can get something that I wasn’t expecting before KO, but it doesn’t really change the view on Manning - just reaffirms it really. Edited out my mistake on shot count… it’s actually us with our most shots in a first half and that’s to be celebrated, credit where it’s due.

Monday night to a Sunday is a very different scenario to Saturday to Sunday - and City to Sunderland is about twice the distance!

Watching on Leicester stream and even they said it should have been. almost ripped his shorts off.

2 good penalty shouts turned down now. Admittedly the refs ignored a couple of their free kick shouts so he’s being consistent at least