Leicester City showed tired Wolverhampton Wanderers too much respect

Although Brendan Rodgers’ system was appropriate, his team selection and game plan seemed a little defensive for Wolverhampton Wanderers’ visit to Leicester City.

A draw at home with last season’s somewhat surprise package and certainly ‘best of the rest, Wolverhampton Wanderers is not a bad start to Premier League 2019/20 season. Yet Leicester City could have pushed for the win and were possibly guilty of showing a predictably tired Wolves side too much respect.

We saw it with Burnley last season: qualifying for Europe in 2017/18, rather miraculously given their spending capacity; then ultimately enduring a difficult, underwhelming next premiership campaign. Subsequently we witnessed the west Midlands outfit conduct a similarly remarkable job in the 2018/19 season – albeit with a larger budget. Will they suffer the consequences in the top-flight?

So, as Leicester Mercury pointed out, Nuno Espirito Santo’s side traveled almost 6,000 miles overall for their Europa League third round qualifier with FC Pyunik before playing the Foxes three days later. Our question is this: were the East Midlands side too overly-methodical about their attacking on Sunday? The Foxes have the personnel to tear most opponents apart offensively!

Leicester City too defensive Vs Wolves?

Leicester only registered their first shot on target with 83 minutes of the match gone, according to BBC Match of the Day.  They responded with a tweet implying the game was boring them to sleep. In truth that is not exactly fair; neither is my accusation of overplaying. After all, it was the initial game following a typically grueling off-season.

However Leicester’s potency will transpire eventually; Foxes of Leicester have faith that this team will gel increasingly. To be honest they have to for Rodgers’ ambitious ambitions of sixth to materialise. Chances were created, key passes were prompt, along with a phenomenal passing rate. Though rustiness prevailed in the final third. Sharpness will come.

Santo himself stated before the game that his squad were tired; specifically the strong starting XI from European exploits which contained most starters from their following contest with the Foxes. Therefore we assess that Rodgers’ directive for the players was too defensive.

Hamza and Wilf?!

Starting with two defensive-midfielders, Wilfried Ndidi and Hamza Choudhury, was completely unnecessary in our honest opinion. If the gaffer wanted to stick with Choudhury, which is justifiable, then he probably should have selected the mildly burnt out, non-stop playing, never having a break Ndidi as a substitute.

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Having said that, the Northern Irishman is an astute boss that we Blue Army members are lucky to have. He doesn’t get much wrong and is doing a wonderful job. He may not have realised how offensively excellent his team can be if pushed into a confident state of mind: of believing they are superior to competitors such as their Midlands rivals.

If Leicester City applied themselves in a more care free manner, they would’ve most likely got a goal or two, or three! Which is exactly the mentality the faithful desire against Chelsea next weekend! The Wolves match ended 0-0 with VAR ruling out a potential Wolverhampton winner.