Four winners and four losers at Leicester City as Steve Cooper’s ideas take hold
Steve Cooper has had seven Premier League games in charge of Leicester City and his preferences for players in certain positions have started to come to the fore
Coming in after a manager who has been sacked for underperforming, it’s quite easy for the new boss to rip up the team selection and start from scratch.
For Steve Cooper, it’s been trickier. He’s followed a very successful manager at Leicester City, one who was well-liked by the squad. He’s had to bear that in mind, and consider the tactics that got City to the Premier League, as he puts together his own plan to try to keep them there.
But gradually, his ideas and preferences for team selection are coming to the fore. There’s been seven Premier League games over two months so far. Here are the four biggest winners and losers in the City squad of the fledgling Cooper era….
No player in the City starting line-up is as assured of their spot as Mads Hermansen. Not only has been the club’s best performer so far this season, but he’s been one of the best goalkeepers in the division too.
In the Championship, he showed he was a good shot-stopper, but really the focus was on his ability with his feet, and he excelled. Now in the Premier League, it’s all about keeping the ball out of the net, and even though he has conceded 12 times, he’s been superb, not least in making 13 saves against Arsenal, one short of a Premier League record, including four high-class stops.
