Review<\/strong><\/p>\nThanks to rap artist Drake for the inspiration for the title of the piece- if you don’t get it, don’t worry.<\/p>\n
Putting this bluntly, Leicester have been below par in all aspects of the season; Transfers, results, defending, you name it.<\/p>\n
The 2017\/2018 campaign hasn’t exactly been a thrilling ride for Foxes fans. Five points from a possible 21, means ‘Shakey’s men sit one place above the drop zone, two points off 16th placed Everton, who themselves haven’t exactly hit the ground running under Ronald Koeman.<\/p>\n
On paper, Leicester’s early season run-in was arguably the hardest in the league, and so this proved to be. Arsenal away from home was the first game, a game in which Leicester should have grabbed at least a point from, but ultimately came away from the Emirates with nothing…thanks, Olivier Giroud.<\/p>\n
So a defeat to start, but not the worst of results in a performance sense. Everything was there, bar the game know how to see it out until the full-time whistle.<\/p>\n
With this being the very first game of the season, and no other team had played, Leicester were bottom.<\/p>\n
Next up Brighton at home. A potential banana skin for the best part; a newly promoted team who tend to do well against Leicester.<\/p>\n
Luckily we avoided that outcome and came away with a well-earned 2-0 victory in front of a packed-out King Power Stadium.<\/p>\n
Could we continue the form in the cup competitions? I know many Leicester fans who would take a good cup run over anything. In relation to my question, yes we could, and convincingly too.<\/p>\n
A 4-1 victory away at Sheffield United, we all hoped, would kick-start our season. Two games unbeaten, scoring six goals in the process.<\/p>\n
Next up- Jose and his new-look Manchester United side. A side tipped for the title and a team with bags of quality running through the heart of it. Could Leicester find a way to take a point from Old Trafford?<\/p>\n
In the end, the answer was a categorical no. A 2-0 defeat was in fact quite a generous result from a Leicester perspective, with United ruing missed chances in the second half; who instead had to settle with just two goals in the final 15 minutes.<\/p>\n
This left the Foxes in 16th place, with three points from three played at the end of August.<\/p>\n
September<\/strong><\/p>\nNew month, change of fortunes?<\/p>\n
September, unfortunately, continued on from August, with Leicester only picking up a point from the next two games. A 2-1 defeat at home to Chelsea was a followed up by a point at newly-promoted Huddersfield, who themselves were playing at this level for the first time in their history.<\/p>\n
Four points from five played and time for a break- EFL Cup time. A home tie against Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool.<\/p>\n
Having seemingly weathered a Liverpool storm for 45 minutes, Shinji Okazaki and a wonder goal from Algerian Islam Slimani capped off a real snatch and grab performance to book Leicester’s place in the fourth round.<\/p>\n
The inconsistencies of Leicester so far this season continued in the next Premier League fixture, against guess who? Liverpool.<\/p>\n
Only a few days on after the EFL victory, the Foxes once again played host to the Merseyside club,\u00a0however, the result was to go against the home side.<\/p>\n
A Coutinho free-kick masterclass helped Liverpool secure a much-needed victory for the Reds, meaning yet again Leicester were so close, yet so far.<\/p>\n
Have you noticed a pattern yet?<\/p>\n
The final game before the first International break of the season came down on the south coast against Bournemouth.<\/p>\n
It was already being spoken about as a ‘must win’ this early in the season, which says a lot about the state Leicester have been in up until this point.<\/p>\n
It was vital Leicester took all three points away, to try and get their season off the ground. Bournemouth had other ideas and really should have won the game. A below-average performance from Leicester, but somehow came away with a point. A point they clearly didn’t deserve, but a point that felt like all three. Desperate times, eh?<\/p>\n
So, to round up this week’s piece, I leave you with this.<\/p>\n
Leicester currently sit in 17th position, with just one win in seven, including four defeats. A -3 goal difference to boot, is quite clearly not good enough and this international break could be seen as a godsend.<\/p>\n
Time to re-group and go again, next up- Tony Pulis’ West Brom.<\/p>\n
Monday 16th October, 8pm kick off.<\/p>\n
Funnily enough my birthday is the 15th October, so a win on the Monday would be a lovely birthday present.<\/p>\n
Bring on October I say, come on you Blues!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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