2. Stop Jamie Vardy!
Obvious, but true and vitally important.
Jamie Vardy is the league’s form striker at the moment, on a seven-game scoring streak and in with a chance of beating his own record of 11 consecutive matches set in the momentous title season.
Stopping him will be extremely difficult – I don’t think our centre-backs are the fastest out there, so ideally, we need to cut things off at source and keep James Maddison and Harvey Barnes quiet – a big job for Matt Targett and Guilbert and they will need bailing out by a strong midfield.
I’d like to see Douglas Luiz and Marvelous Nakamba in the middle, ahead of the more lightweight Conor Hourihane. Leicester are dynamic all over the pitch and we’ll need strength and fitness to compete – Luiz and Nakamba bring this in spades.
I’d actually like to see a shift in formation towards a 3-4-3, with Ezri Konsa, Mings and Engels as the three, with Guilbert, Targett, Luiz and Nakamba across the middle, with Jack Grealish and John McGinn pushing on in support of the forward, probably Wesley, but that’s another debate entirely! But I can’t see Dean Smith tinkering at this moment, so we should expect the usual 4-3-3, with minor personnel changes.
