Ric Flair Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 Anyone else of the impression that Vardy is going to be the reason we stay up or not? The last few weeks there's been a huge shift in his confidence and he's looked as possessed as he did for large parts of last season. I'm not sure if he's finally found his feet now in the top flight or he's just riding a crestwave of confidence but he's the one player that when he's in this positive frame of mind he's so effective for us. I now have belief in us as an attacking unit, and I think there's some more match winning performances to come from him. It took him a full season to gain the belief he was good enough for the Championship, I hope he's used that to pick himself up from a frustrating autumn and winter because it's all set up for him to be a hero again for us. His celebrations on Saturday made the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Keep it up Jamie.
ScouseFox Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 anyone who went on saturday, was he deployed more as a winger? behind ulloa? on the shoulder of the last man? a mixture of all three? etc etc. i don't think he's much cop as a lone striker, i think he tries his best but isn't skillful enough to be a great winger either. however when he plays with nugent (or someone who knows what to feed him) and is able to run onto balls or run at defenders he's quality when he's confident. like right now. keep it up vardeh
shailen Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 I think Cambiasso will be the reason if we stay up or not. When he turns it up we look awesome, when he isn't too influential we struggle. He is the key for me, if we are to stay up. Not to take anything away from Vardy who has been unbelievable recently.
Osavo Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 What a run and finish that was on Saturday. Showed all the tenacity of last season in nicking the ball from McAuley, and real skill and technique in that brilliant finish. I think you're right, if we are to stay up Jamie Vardy will have a huge part to play, simply because when he's in the mood he's close to unplayable, especially for slow, lumbering defenders like West Brom's. Would absolutely love it if he were to be the man to fire us to safety, it would be the perfect end to an almost fairytale story of his rise from non-league.
CosbehFox Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 Played left wing in first half on Saturday. Then went up alongside Ulloa second with Nugent behind the pair of them. Then partnered Nuge when Mahrez came on.
Rasmic123 Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 vardy, nugent and cambiasso have all stepped it up a gear for me in the last few games especially, we've gone from being a team who couldn't score in a brothel to one that has 3 strikers (vardy, nugent and kramaric) who are all capable of a goal a game nearly
Osavo Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 anyone who went on saturday, was he deployed more as a winger? behind ulloa? on the shoulder of the last man? a mixture of all three? etc etc. i don't think he's much cop as a lone striker, i think he tries his best but isn't skillful enough to be a great winger either. however when he plays with nugent (or someone who knows what to feed him) and is able to run onto balls or run at defenders he's quality when he's confident. like right now. keep it up vardeh Played in almost all of those positions to be honest. Him and Nugent seemed to continuously swap as the second striker, with whoever wasn't more central dropping wide onto the left hand side, although I'd say Vardy spent a lot more time on the wing than Nugent. In the second half, he played a much more cetral role, especially after Ulloa came off, as him and Nugent played as two central strikers with Mahrez in behind. I'm not entirely sure it matters where he plays, as long as he is on the pitch he is always a pest for defenders and causes problems. However, he does need more technically gifted players up there with him as he is probably not good enough to do it all by himself.
dmayne7 Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 I was sat in amongst the WBA fans (unfortunately) with a side-on view. When he got to the edge of the box the ball was bobbling all over the place. A few months back, his touch would've taken it too far or not brought it under properly. The form he's in at the moment just made it easy for him. I think its partly down to form but also I think he's smarter, with his movement in particular, as he's not closing down quite as much by conversing his energy a bit more and taking defenders to positions they don't want to be. I agree that he could be pivotal to our fate.
shailen Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 I did say a long time ago he was more suited to an inside forward on the left. He hasn't got the ability to be an out and out striker for me. He works the channels really really well. Terrier like he forces mistakes from opponents and we are starting to capitalize from that. That last goal was all Vardy's work. He made that goal out of nothing. His directness coupled with his pace is always going to cause trouble. Winning free kicks, penalties and getting balls into the box. He just needs to improve his finishing for me, and he is a good quality PL player.
foxfanazer Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 I think he epitomises exactly what we need to do to stay in the league. We need to be quick, gritty and in the oppositions faces. His reaction to the goal says it all for me!
ScouseFox Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 I did say a long time ago he was more suited to an inside forward on the left. He hasn't got the ability to be an out and out striker for me. He works the channels really really well. Terrier like he forces mistakes from opponents and we are starting to capitalize from that. That last goal was all Vardy's work. He made that goal out of nothing. His directness coupled with his pace is always going to cause trouble. Winning free kicks, penalties and getting balls into the box. He just needs to improve his finishing for me, and he is a good quality PL player. the only issue i have with him being deployed in a wider position is that he often ends up running into traffic. when he plays up front and he's being marked by a centre half, and then runs into the channels that's when he causes problems. suddenly we'll have two men out wide so the full back isn't sure what to do. a slow, big centre half will take it upon himself to have vardy as his man so either jog out wide and get roasted (see mccauley/lescott for his goal), or even worse for them leave a huge gap for nugent/king to get into, and if they don't go out to the wing vardy and mahrez/albrighton will double up on the full back and either way we should end up in behind. when he's the winger he's the man of the full back, so it's one on one. that's fine cos he'll probably put him on his arse with his pace, but once he's done him he runs straight into a centre back. this happened so much recently, he'd do his big touch to knock and run past one man and another would just sweep up and make him look, quite frankly, like a non league player trying to get by premier league defenders. vardy as a striker makes it almost impossible for there to be any cover once he's squared up to his man. so once he sees he can run at a defender (lescott) and there's just green green grass behind him we're onto a winner. either lescott steps up to challenge him and vardy says see ya later, or lescott completely shits himself and backs off from the centre circle to the penalty spot and we score anyway.
Monk Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 The way he put it across the keeper I reckon he's been watching many a Harry Kane replay. He had a lot to do when he picked up the ball and would usually have played for the penalty in that position - excellent finish.
VLC86 Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 vardy, nugent and cambiasso have all stepped it up a gear for me in the last few games especially, we've gone from being a team who couldn't score in a brothel to one that has 3 strikers (vardy, nugent and kramaric) who are all capable of a goal a game nearly Bold statement considering not one of them is remotely close to that. The good news for us is that they seam to be hitting form at the right time but make no mistake about it, If we are to stay up the whole team will have to be exceptional between now and the end of May.
yorkie1999 Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 just fill him up with coke and light the pink touch paper.
Footballwipe Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 If we go down and someone wrote a book about the season around the highs, lows and backroom drama that took place in 2014/15 then there'd definitely have to be a chapter titled "Jamie Vardy October 2014-March 2015 - Where did his confidence go? As October ticked on his confidence just seemed to sap away. Whether he seems to thrive on a great team I'm not sure, he was fantastic last season but not so in his first season, when we had some barren runs and confidence evaporated. Now we're back attacking, counter-attacking and playing the kind of football I tintedly remember from last season JV has come good, and that can't be a coincidence. Everyone suffered in that 13 game winless run, but he seemed so lost, meek, controlled by defenders it got to a stage where seeing him in the team wasn't a spur. We weren't gutted to lose Vardy because he wasn't offering anything. This Vardy though, I'd be devastated to lose him for any of the last seven games now. The man loves running free. His goal was so similar to Millwall at home last season as awell as Birmingham Away. Running from distance, defender backtracking, sticking it past him and slotting it home. The man can finish there's no doubt, and when he's got a good run on a defender he's superb. Think of the penalties he won last season with his sheer pace, confidence and drive. I'd say that on the 2 1/2 years he's been here he is definitely a confidence player. Get him in that rich vein and there's no-one else you want first on the team sheet; but it's very easily lost, and if it goes it takes something to get it back. He will be decisive in the run in, we all know that. I'd love us to stay up because if we managed to get 80% of a season with this JV like we did in 2013/14 he will become an excellent PL player.
Rasmic123 Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 Bold statement considering not one of them is remotely close to that. The good news for us is that they seam to be hitting form at the right time but make no mistake about it, If we are to stay up the whole team will have to be exceptional between now and the end of May. yeah, by this i just mean that they look like they're going to take their chances when they get them now (as opposed to the previous 28 games). Not saying they're going to get a goal a game each (that would be ridiculous) but they are definitely much more capable of getting themselves on the scoresheet at the moment
Larry_LCFC Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 He looks in the same form now as the United game which is awesome for us because he can be lethal. Knows where the goal is and can out pace just about anyone.
Richard Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 His finish was almost identical to QPR away last season but on his left
Benguin Posted 13 April 2015 Posted 13 April 2015 Bet Sheffield Wednesday invested in an anti-depressant pharmaceutical company after that winning goal. Hope this continues, as said by another above, remember Vardy lacked confidence when he started for us and then 13/14 he was on fire. Let's hope his fire has just begun for this season.
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