Saints vs Leicester - Tuesday 8pm

[revolution saint]

5 hours ago, Football Special said:

I NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHEN! please. 

Am I allowed to take two? 

You ate all the pies you fat bastard

[austsaint]

On 23/11/2025 at 06:07, Harry_SFC said:

Yeah Mavididi and Fatawu usually tear us apart. The problem is we've got Manning who makes it even easier for them.

Might be a case for Wellington instead of Manning to stop that happening again.   Downes to replace Bragg, who will get plenty of opportunities judged on Saturday’s performance.

[SW11_Saint]

I heard rumours that the decision on their points deduction would be this week, possibly Tuesday. Interesting to see how it will impact them - could deflate them, or rally them.

Was certainly hoping it would be more than 6 points though. https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/new-leicester-city-points-deduction-twist-emerges/ 

[Saint Fan CaM]

1 hour ago, SW11_Saint said:

I heard rumours that the decision on their points deduction would be this week, possibly Tuesday. Interesting to see how it will impact them - could deflate them, or rally them.

Was certainly hoping it would be more than 6 points though. https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/new-leicester-city-points-deduction-twist-emerges/ 

6 points deduction would be nice though right? Means we effectively get 9 points against them when we win! 😉

[StrangelyBrown]

On 23/11/2025 at 05:50, Chris cooper said:

Gk ,Rb & a St sill needed in January if we really wana have a go second half of the season for maybe playoffs.

And a LB and a CB (Manning and Stephens will inevitably cost us points if they continue to play).

[Football Special]

When you look at the pace Leicester have and the ability to press / hit us on the break I expect to see the full backs deeper in a 5 again to try to protect against that 

[SW11_Saint]

6 hours ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

6 points deduction would be nice though right? Means we effectively get 9 points against them when we win! 😉

Yeah, was hoping it would be 12 though…they’ll still be up there with just 6 knocked off. 

[StrangelyBrown]

15 hours ago, Wade Garrett said:

You could be right.  I worry that we would be dominated in midfield and reduced to long balls up to Armstrong.  We’ll see.  

Tonda hasn't faced a team yet that have tried to dominate midfield, which had been our undoing under Still. It will be interesting to see if he has anything up his sleeve - I'm still convinced the formation is the problem.

[SW11_Saint]

1 minute ago, Football Special said:

When you look at the pace Leicester have and the ability to press / hit us on the break I expect to see the full backs deeper in a 5 again to try to protect against that 

Watching their highlights yesterday they played v similarly to us at Charlton. Going to be an interesting tactical battle. 

[Toussaint]

12 hours ago, benjii said:

3-0 Tundra Eckhardt to cement the job.

Or he gets the cold shoulder and ultimately frozen out.

[St Chalet]

43 minutes ago, StrangelyBrown said:

Tonda hasn't faced a team yet that have tried to dominate midfield, which had been our undoing under Still. It will be interesting to see if he has anything up his sleeve - I'm still convinced the formation is the problem.

Completely agree with this. I know the wing backs have worked well going forward but playing 3 centre-backs compromises us elsewhere. If he's ready I'd love to see Romeu's guile deployed Tuesday night.

[macca155]

1 hour ago, StrangelyBrown said:

Tonda hasn't faced a team yet that have tried to dominate midfield, which had been our undoing under Still. It will be interesting to see if he has anything up his sleeve - I'm still convinced the formation is the problem.

Very much this, previous games against Leicester have usually been a battle for midfield superiority. Both teams need it to launch attacks.

It will be a very interesting to see how Tonda plays this one. He has managed to get Azaz into the midfield pivot position., and pushed Fellows and Scienza forward a bit.

That has made a big difference, but against weaker sides. Leicester aren't weak, far from it. They'll be working hard to stop that happening. Nevertheless they have their own problems to worry about. Not least the hapless Vestergaard.

[Football Special]

1 minute ago, macca155 said:

Very much this, previous games against Leicester have usually been a battle for midfield superiority. Both teams need it to launch attacks.

It will be a very interesting to see how Tonda plays this one. He has managed to get Azaz into the midfield pivot position., and pushed Fellows and Scienza forward a bit.

That has made a big difference, but against weaker sides. Leicester aren't weak, far from it. They'll be working hard to stop that happening. Nevertheless they have their own problems to worry about. Not least the hapless Vestergaard.

Need to get Scienza on the ball and running at Vestergaard, knock the ball past him and go , keep the ball on the floor 

[Toadhall Saint]

Draw

[Mr Saints]

At least the prick that is Jamie Vardy won't score against us for the first time in what seems about 10 years.

Edited 3 hours ago by Mr Saints

[disconnect]

23 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

Their fans are in a similar boat to us, we've all had similar starts to the season (Ipswich included). Very stuttering/stop start, not convincing.

Yesterday was our first convincing day of the season so far, Leicester are still stuttering along - but they are winning.

The general vibe from their fanbase is that of a negative one. They want their manager out, and they were fortunate to have Begovic in goal yesterday to stop Stoke scoring more than 1 apparently. Could just be fan emotion talking, but I haven't seen the highlights.

This isn't the same Leicester side from 2 years ago though, not anywhere near. They're more venerable through the middle without Ndidi and less potent without Vardy up top. Fatawu isn't the same after his ACL apparently in terms of mobility. In addition they'll be without LB Luke Thomas in this one who is suspended, so their thinking is the OAP Ricardo Pereira comes in at LB with Hamza Choudhary at RB. 

They're gettable, and if our movement is as sharp and quick as it was yesterday then we 110% have the legs on Faes, Vestergaard, Pereira and Hamza & Skipp. There is the potential there for Leo/Fellows/Armstrong to run that 4/5 ragged. 

Pereira is 32 (born in 1993)! Not really an OAP!

[Nolan]

That was a really interesting press conference.

Tonda saying he would prepare the team for two situations. 

If Leicester sat back, or if Leicester pressed.

Also said the spaces available for a Leicester formation would be completely different from Charlton.

This is going to be a really interesting match.

[saintant]

On 22/11/2025 at 20:07, Harry_SFC said:

Yeah Mavididi and Fatawu usually tear us apart. The problem is we've got Manning who makes it even easier for them.

If I was a Leicester fan I think I'd be worried that Scienza and Fellows might tear my side apart 🙂

[saintant]

2 hours ago, Football Special said:

When you look at the pace Leicester have and the ability to press / hit us on the break I expect to see the full backs deeper in a 5 again to try to protect against that 

Why not make them worry about the likes of Leo, Fellows and AA on current form? We need to be on the front foot from the first minute. Let's put them to the sword, beat them and lay down a marker - make the rest of the Championship teams sit up and take notice. 

[saintant]

1 hour ago, macca155 said:

Very much this, previous games against Leicester have usually been a battle for midfield superiority. Both teams need it to launch attacks.

It will be a very interesting to see how Tonda plays this one. He has managed to get Azaz into the midfield pivot position., and pushed Fellows and Scienza forward a bit.

That has made a big difference, but against weaker sides. Leicester aren't weak, far from it. They'll be working hard to stop that happening. Nevertheless they have their own problems to worry about. Not least the hapless Vestergaard.

Their centre backs are very slow and we should be looking to exploit that by playing through them on the ground and making them turn and run back towards their own goal. No high balls required because that will be food and drink to them - keep the ball on the grass.

[LiberalCommunist]

So, we are not waltzing through this team and scoring five. But, if we can get a good defensive shape, then we have enough quality going forward to damage them, and perhaps get away with all the points. 

This game will tell us a lot, not only about TE's credentials, but also how much our players have brought into his philosophy and leadership.  

This is what three wins on the bounce gets you. Genuine excitement for this match.

Come on Saints, do something different. 

[Dman]

18 minutes ago, saintant said:

Why not make them worry about the likes of Leo, Fellows and AA on current form? We need to be on the front foot from the first minute. Let's put them to the sword, beat them and lay down a marker - make the rest of the Championship teams sit up and take notice. 

If this happens, Eckhert deserves the job, no question. It'll be his first actual test, lets see how he fares. 

[saintant]

37 minutes ago, Nolan said:

That was a really interesting press conference.

Tonda saying he would prepare the team for two situations. 

If Leicester sat back, or if Leicester pressed.

Also said the spaces available for a Leicester formation would be completely different from Charlton.

This is going to be a really interesting match.

Maybe it's the manner of the win against Charlton but I'm even starting to warm to his press conferences. I particularly like the way he takes a moment to think and when he replies he rarely just agrees with Adam Blackmore, you can almost see the wheels going round inside his head. He then gives an informed response and explains his thinking. Most coaches seem happy to agree with the presenter whereas Tonda nearly always prefers to put his own spin on his answers.

[Jack]

Home game against a mid table side - usually you’d be saying we’d expect to win. Because it’s Leicester it feels tougher on paper, they’ve not been great but will have it in them to put in a quality performance. Feel like we owe them one, and like others have said I’d like to see Leo, Arma, Fellows and/or Robinson running at Vestergaard. Midfield battle will be massive in this one, not really sure how that’ll look with TE obviously sticking to a back 3/5

[S-Clarke]

3 hours ago, disconnect said:

Pereira is 32 (born in 1993)! Not really an OAP!

He is to them looking at their forums, I think it's because he's had a couple of serious ACL injuries with them which have restricted his mobility hugely.

[SW11_Saint]

2 hours ago, Nolan said:

That was a really interesting press conference.

Tonda saying he would prepare the team for two situations. 

If Leicester sat back, or if Leicester pressed.

Also said the spaces available for a Leicester formation would be completely different from Charlton.

This is going to be a really interesting match.

What happened to “I don’t really care, I just want to win games”?!