Fulham

The second game of the Brendan Rodgers reign as Leicester manager against Fulham, Fulham are likely to be relegated in April, their form has been shocking, when they fired their first manager of the season and they brought in Claudio Ranieri, Fulham's form seemed to get worse, so Ranieri was sacked and Scott Parker was brought in as caretaker. For the first 30 minutes City looked great, the football was slick and Tielemans ran the game. City scored after Vardy set Tielemans up and from there seemed to take the foot off the gas. At half time my mum even text me to say she was enjoying the game. We all were, except for the the Puel in people they still were bitter. The second half though. Scott Parker made a change and Fulham looked a different side. Fulham equalized with their first shot on goal after dreadful defending by first Chilwell and then Maguire. Neither of whom looked like England defenders more like schoolboys with that. Shocking. For the large portions of the second half, Fulham were the better team. Tielemans and Gray were pulled off for Okazaki and Ghezzal. Tielemans was ineffective after scoring and Gray had been poor all game. On the 78th minute Maddison fed Vardy and Vardy does what he does best. That knocked the stuffing out of Fulham, a third and Vardy's 101 goal followed for Leicester after great work by Barnes. 

What I liked:
  • First 30 minutes City looked like they wanted to have a flow and were positive with the ball
  • Tielemans first half performance was great. If he can pull a full 90 minutes together he will be an absolute star
  • Vardy's resurgence, give him the ball and he will score. Obviously Tielemans and Rodgers can get the best out of him.
  • Rodgers subs seemed to have an idea, Puel's subs often came from odd places
  • A back 4, no Morgan and a switch to a four was better for City
  • Barnes, the flashes from him looked promising. 
What I didn't like:
  • Chilwell today was crap and City's defending was worrying a better team would have took advantage of this. 
  • The tempo slump in the second half was worrying. Fulham looked the better during the slump. 
The purge of Puelball has started and the signs are good. 

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