Following Leicester from the ground floor, the basement, the attick and everywere else, when taking a certain situation into consideration and publish this in a text you must do a bit of work on what is said among others and not just trust your own gut feeling.
Your own opinion is of course the one that matters and you would like to express, but to benchmark it with a number of other fan channels, different websites of football and as well being thorough with your analysis, makes the clear and total picture.
Today we would like to put our eyes on Danny Ward and Wilfred Ndidi, possibly understanding better why results went so heavilly against Leicester away to Newcastle and at home to Wolves.
The goals conceded were not at all major goalkeeper errors, the fact is that it happened all in open play. At the time we all went for the clear solution to blame Danny Ward for everything. The fact that Wilfred Ndidi was missing, never got a single headline.
We all know that those inside, working at this football club, do have to make the difficult choices, and in some way we do believe that Daniel Iversen is a better alternative than Danny Ward, but it is a very difficult matter, last season Enzo Maresca snubbed them both and instead gave the understudy work to Jacub Stolarczyk.
Wilfred Ndidi and Hamza Choudhury are the two best midfield tacklers in the Leicester squad, strangely Oliver Skipp has in no way showed any ability to be that battler when called on, surreal to see £20million at this point looking as a wasted amount of money, with other alternatives more equipped to take on the roles in that midfield area.
Without Ndidi, Leicester looks totally lost, as he brings the energy to this team that in real would see them survive in the Premier League. He is without doubt the most important player, also showing, as he did last season, he can do different roles in this midfield area, with great runs and an attacking style. This season more back to the old and known, being that defensive anchor.
Without Wilfred Ndidi, Leicester have conceded 12 goals in 4 games, most of them coming on different scenarios happening in and around the midfield area, either losing the ball in crucial situations or just not having those running legs in there to get back and block when others are taken out or being out of position.
The player to call when Ndidi is out and cannot play the defensive midfield role is Hamza Choudhury at this point, he can do the ground work in this position, to use Harry Winks in this position will never give you the battling abilities as it last season were a totally different game scenario, Leicester often being dominant in play and giving Ndidi the freedom to go forward. Without a guard on job in the midfield area in Premier League, not having a player with the mindset of pulling back, tackling hard when needed and also having the pace to run up and clean out certain situations, you will not be able to bring points on board.
To understand the game you cannot always use stats, as a guard in midfield can operate a lot without being noticed, sometimes not involved in tackles, but doing that shadowing you always need to get the correct balance.
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Danny Ward saves all three spotkicks at Walsall. pic.twitter.com/fesP3Kw4N7
— Leicester City (@LCFC) September 25, 2024
Leicester are linked with a number of different candidates, surely at this point, nothing more than rumours, but anyway, you should check up our list of hot, cool and cold candidates with a link to join.
One of the players being mentioned is Emmanuel Latte Lath who has been in good form for Middlesbrough, with 9 goals in 21 league appearances this season, reminding all excited fans that Tom Cannon is on the same tally of goals in the same amount of games, playing at the same level.
Players at Championship level are not really the players to call, when you are looking for instant success far above, a place named Premier League.
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