Team in v Leicester City

[Woolly Mammoth]

I know this may be looked upon as a minor detail, but who is Captain.

I am!!

Splendid

[davew]

Strange line up, looks like SJ is still in charge :)  Midfield seems weak, but hope for the best.

Exactly m8!!!

[YankeeJim]

I know this may be looked upon as a minor detail, but who is Captain.

I am!!

Make sure you hide that gin bottle. I'm sure you'll see red if you bring it on the pitch, Dave. LOL

[GJB]

Mitro is captain according to the official twitter.

[PartizanFC]

give some link for serbian fan,lol

[davew]

No Vardy, Maguire, Evans or Ghezzal

Maybe why our team selection is why it is what it is (surprising). All out attack, we are going to win by 4 or lose by 6, caution to the wind!!

[Sting of the North]

Not sure what to say...

He is doing it the Joka way, wholesale changes, so Joka's method was right then?? If this goes pear shaped tonight as it may well do, it will almost look like match fixing!

Well, he left the 6 most defensive players the same for the third straight game (fourth if you count the Liverpool game is it?). As I recall, most complains against Joka was the constant changes to the defenders.

[Sting of the North]

No Vardy, Maguire, Evans or Ghezzal

Maybe why our team selection is why it is what it is (surprising). All out attack, we are going to win by 4 or lose by 6, caution to the wind!!

I would then prefer winning by 4, since losing by 6 would be bad for my health.

[davew]

I know this may be looked upon as a minor detail, but who is Captain.

I am!!

LOL, good advice, I will heed it, certainly tonight will be very interesting especially playing with almost no midfield!

Make sure you hide that gin bottle. I'm sure you'll see red if you bring it on the pitch, Dave. LOL

[alfie]

Goodness me why do we jump to conclusions, just maybe Cairney has a niggle, and will bring him on if necessary, same with Schurrle.

[Brawn]

I don't mind that, actually. I assumed that Claudio thinks Cairney won't work in a midfield two, although I confess I would have dropped Seri and left TC in. I'm glad he isn't chopping and changing the back four, though. That's one of the problems Slav had. I presume Schurrle is still not 100% otherwise he should be on the right instead of AK47.

[Matt10]

Good lineup. Some questions hopefully to be answered with seeing Vietto for the first time. Then AK starting should boost his confidence. He and Christie have played that side before. Think AK and Vietto will be able to interchange as well. The key is if Vietto can hold onto the ball the same way Cairney can. I put in my matchup between Seri and Mendy (former Nice players) , so hopefully Seri can find his confidence and form against a familir face.

I am pretty sure we have some players who need to rest considering we have Man United on Saturday. Expect early subs and Cairney/Schurrle to make an appearance.

[Woolly Mammoth]

No Vardy, Maguire, Evans or Ghezzal

Maybe why our team selection is why it is what it is (surprising). All out attack, we are going to win by 4 or lose by 6, caution to the wind!!

It looks like the result will be 6 4.

[davew]

Good lineup. Some questions hopefully to be answered with seeing Vietto for the first time. Then AK starting should boost his confidence. He and Christie have played that side before. Think AK and Vietto will be able to interchange as well. The key is if Vietto can hold onto the ball the same way Cairney can. I put in my matchup between Seri and Mendy (former Nice players) , so hopefully Seri can find his confidence and form against a familir face.

I am pretty sure we have some players who need to rest considering we have Man United on Saturday. Expect early subs and Cairney/Schurrle to make an appearance.

I thought some players were being rested Sunday to play tonight, look forward to reading your match/player analysis Matt10, always a good read and normally I agree with most of what you write!

[St Eve]

Goodness me why do we jump to conclusions, just maybe Cairney has a niggle, and will bring him on if necessary, same with Schurrle.

That makes sense and maybe he is looking for speed and players with 2 legs

[One James stannard]

Goodness me why do we jump to conclusions, just maybe Cairney has a niggle, and will bring him on if necessary, same with Schurrle.

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[Neil D]

Mitro
I know this may be looked upon as a minor detail, but who is Captain.

I know this may be looked upon as a minor detail, but who is Captain.

[Bassey the warrior]

Midfield looks lightweight to me. I like the trio of Cairney, Seri and Chambers. Maybe as has been alluded to, Cairney is not fit to play so many games in quick succession. On the bright side we have lots of pace in Kamara, Sess and Vietto which can only be a good thing. Come on you whites!

[Jims Dentist]

To me, the only reason to sit TC is fitness. Schurrle, on the other hand, needs to demonstrate he understands tracking back. Course. AK47 doesn't do much of it either but at least he bumps people.

AK might need to do a fair bit of bumping tonight with Chillwell overlapping down our right side.

[Neil D]

So, Vietto to play just behind Mitro - Cairneys role against Soton? I think that will pay dividends.