Perhaps for the optimistic Leicester Metropolis supporters, the potential of relegation is slowly settling in.
“You’re not match to put on the shirt,” was the loud chant from the guests’ finish when the full-time whistle blew at Craven Cottage. Perhaps for others, a 5-3 scoreline would sound like flattery, veiling the precise catastrophe that transpired inside the 90 minutes.
Leicester followers are NOT pleased ❌😬#LCFC pic.twitter.com/UgYwdA9da8
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) Might 8, 2023
It’s a sinking feeling. This sense has been prevalent in the course of the course of this marketing campaign. With solely 30 factors, the Foxes have earned the proper to perish into the second tier of English soccer.
Let’s take a better have a look at three noticeable issues from this torrid affair in opposition to Fulham.
Are the Foxes dropping their urge for food?
In opposition to a newly promoted Fulham, there stood a sheer disparity between the distinction of the 2 sides. Thoughts you- Marco Silva’s aspect needed to fare with out their prime marksman Aleksandar Mitrović. Nonetheless exporting 5 targets previous Leicester felt like nothing.
James Maddison’s assessment on MOTD was straightforward- they weren’t hungry sufficient. Not hungry sufficient? The King Energy membership has a better chance of enjoying Championship soccer subsequent season than surviving.
How lengthy earlier than there’s a starvation to safe security? It sounds unaccountable, however with a aspect nonetheless carrying that Brendan Rodgers DNA- it does sound plausible. In Dean Smith’s final press convention, he advised us that he is aware of that the gamers care about this staff. Both we’re blind, or the supervisor obtained fooled into pondering so.
Leicester Metropolis’s faulty protection
A shambolic efficiency from the again 4 of Leicester Metropolis’s protection didn’t, on the very least, assist their trigger. Smith advised us on Thursday that it was about time that LCFC saved a clear sheet. His drawn-out techniques, alongside some sloppy markings, left the aspect questioning what hit them. With none objective or depth, they invited counter-attacks, open performs, and lifeless ball conditions surmount over the leaky underbelly of the East Midlanders.
Elementary goalkeeping errors
Daniel Iversen is an honest selection however not an enough one. He’s uncooked, inaccurate, and studying his duties on the job. Corresponding him in opposition to Danny Ward does make him stand tall, however who’re we fooling? Neither of them are Premier League high quality. As we speak that a lot was evident.
The primary purpose was a second of indecisiveness that began Fulham to pile up their tally and strain the guests in opposition to the wall. Iversen wanted his time to match his adaptability to the fast-paced motion of the English high tier, and it’s too late to ponder this now. Perhaps with Leicester within the Championship, the Dane matures and grows in the end along with his capability.
What’s subsequent? Nicely, roughly enduring losses of over -£100 million a yr in Tv revenues. As per soccer finance skilled Kieran Maguire, such an exorbitant loss would compound in making it again to the promised lands – a frightening activity.
