Vardinio'sCat Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 It is remarkable that he has played as much as he has, really. I guess he will still have been doing aerobic work with whatever bits of his body aren't knackered. I'm not sure whether I'm more impressed by his determination to play than anything else, but... Is this the main reason we have looked so much less threatening in recent weeks, as much as the quality of the opposition driving tactical changes, CR going conservative etc? I say this because we are not pressing like we were, although Vardy is still dangerous.
Vardinio'sCat Posted 19 January 2016 Author Posted 19 January 2016 Mercury interview today. http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Leicester-City-NEWS-Claudio-Ranieri-backs-Jamie/story-28562203-detail/story.html? However, the England striker had been playing with a groin injury, which left him unable to train for a month requiring a minor operation, and lacked his usual sharpness and tenacity. "That is normal because he didn't train properly during the last two months," said Ranieri. "Strikers like him I say okay, they didn't score now but the next goal is very close. Sooner or later he will start to score again."
LAprice_ Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 Personally I think it's a bit silly to carry on playing him. He might be one of our most dangerous players but from a health point of view he's really not doing himself any favours. I'd much rather he was out of the team for 4/5 matches so that he could actually recover from his injury. According to all the media reports over the past few months, I don't actually think he's been injury-free for over 12 months. There's always an issue and yet all we hear is that he's "playing through the pain", etc... I'm no doctor but surely that can't be good? Vardy playing is great for Leicester but it shouldn't take priority over his own health. I'd hate to see him aggravate his injury even more and be out for 4/5 months.
AKCJ Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 If its true that he hasn't trained properly for two months then what the **** are we doing? Sack him off for a few weeks, let him get back to full fitness.
nnfox Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 It just adds to the frustration of the whole Kramaric situation and how he was never given a chance. Effectively we are down to two fit strikers and only one of them looks remotely like a footballer at the moment.
EnglishOxide Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 Ranieri last said it was a month. If there is anything serious or at risk of being aggravated I'm sure he would be left out. I'm hopeful that now this groin problem has been sorted and he is back training properly then he will regain a bit of stamina. I thought he looked back to his usual self at times against Villa.
Dan Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 I don't find that one bit surprising. He hasn't looked right since he broke the record and I can't believe it would be a mental thing. He doesn't look very sharp.
Fox92 Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 I don't find it surprising either. But it just shows how important he actually is to us. That highlights we need another striker more than anything, he's got to know that.
KingKante Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 He doesn't need to train! He scores when he wants!!!
HighPeakFox Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 Pleased to see Kramaric make an appearance in this thread though Proper FT thread
weller54 Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 He doesn't need to train! He scores when he wants!!! ...apart from the last 6 games?
Foxxed Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 I don't find it surprising either. But it just shows how important he actually is to us. That highlights we need another striker more than anything, he's got to know that. We've got one, and he's called Shinji Okazaki, and he's just getting going.
Fox92 Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 We've got one, and he's called Shinji Okazaki, and he's just getting going. Doesn't play centre forward though. As much I like Okazaki I've seen nothing to suggest he will get us double figures. He plays off the forward.
Foxxed Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 Doesn't play centre forward though. As much I like Okazaki I've seen nothing to suggest he will get us double figures. He plays off the forward. Didn't I hear he used to play in the no 9 position, and we've had to train him to get to grips with the no 10 position? To be fair, it's only been the last three games he's really excelled, so it's difficult to say he won't get into double figures this season. I wouldn't be against strengthening the attack of course.
The Doctor Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 We've got one, and he's called Shinji Okazaki, and he's just getting going. Still leaves us needing more strikers - Kramaric off, Vardy injured, Ulloa shit; we can't go through with Okazaki our only viable striker. Doesn't play centre forward though. As much I like Okazaki I've seen nothing to suggest he will get us double figures. He plays off the forward. Because that's the role he's been tasked with playing. A cursory glance at his bundesliga record suggests he'll do fine leading the line, as did his cameo at spurs in the cup.
Fox92 Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 Didn't I hear he used to play in the no 9 position, and we've had to train him to get to grips with the no 10 position? To be fair, it's only been the last three games he's really excelled, so it's difficult to say he won't get into double figures this season. I wouldn't be against strengthening the attack of course. Yeah, I do agree with you but I do think we need another striker (even more so if Kramric leaves).
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 I'm sure Claudio knows what he is doing. He has his finger on the pulse, and knows more than anyone on here. Trust him!
Leicester_Numan Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 It is remarkable that he has played as much as he has, really. I guess he will still have been doing aerobic work with whatever bits of his body aren't knackered. I'm not sure whether I'm more impressed by his determination to play than anything else, but... Is this the main reason we have looked so much less threatening in recent weeks, as much as the quality of the opposition driving tactical changes, CR going conservative etc? I say this because we are not pressing like we were, although Vardy is still dangerous. I thought this was all common knowledge, obviously not. The month or so he wasn't training properly was leading up to the operation. He's training normally now but obviously he's lost a bit of his tenacity and sharpness in the process. He'll be back to normal soon enough as long as he doesn't pick up yet another injury after being scythed down again.
Jaspa Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 I thought this was all common knowledge, obviously not. The month or so he wasn't training properly was leading up to the operation. He's training normally now but obviously he's lost a bit of his tenacity and sharpness in the process. He'll be back to normal soon enough as long as he doesn't pick up yet another injury after being scythed down again. I thought it was that hip wobble he had against Palace before he scored, absolutely relentless if he carried his goal spree through that
Dan Posted 19 January 2016 Posted 19 January 2016 We really have got to get a quality forward in. You loan out Kramaric, have Vardy not training properly and Ulloa this badly out of form then it's no surprise that the goals are drying up.
Vardinio'sCat Posted 19 January 2016 Author Posted 19 January 2016 I thought this was all common knowledge, obviously not. The month or so he wasn't training properly was leading up to the operation. He's training normally now but obviously he's lost a bit of his tenacity and sharpness in the process. He'll be back to normal soon enough as long as he doesn't pick up yet another injury after being scythed down again. I agree that we kind of knew this (by implication) already, but I wasn't sure if everybody was fully aware. I've seen so much talk of tactical changes due to the tough nature of this part of the season, or CR inexplicably focusing on defending deep, that I thought it would be good to do a thread. I think it does show that he doesn't trust our other strikers much. Hopefully Shinji has played his way into his confidence now, but we are certainly thin up top.
Vardinio'sCat Posted 19 January 2016 Author Posted 19 January 2016 Surely CR would like another forward, even if he can't say that. January prices are crazy though. Porto want £30 million for Aboubakar, according to this http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topics/club-willing-to-sell-striker-to-leicester-but-price-a-little-on-t
Leicester_Numan Posted 20 January 2016 Posted 20 January 2016 I agree that we kind of knew this (by implication) already, but I wasn't sure if everybody was fully aware. I've seen so much talk of tactical changes due to the tough nature of this part of the season, or CR inexplicably focusing on defending deep, that I thought it would be good to do a thread. I think it does show that he doesn't trust our other strikers much. Hopefully Shinji has played his way into his confidence now, but we are certainly thin up top. I think Ranieri knows that a half fit Vardy is still our best option up front but with him being less mobile and able to hassle defenders and us playing some of the better sides recently, the more defensive play is just common sense until he's back to his best. Our high pressing, fast counter-attacking game is kind of out of the window until he is so he's employing a first, make sure we don't lose policy if you like. It may not be as exciting or easy on the eye but it's still getting results. The story of him not training has been circulating since just before his operation. I've seen links to different articles about it every day on Twitter so I assumed everyone would know about it. It never ceases to amaze me how many people seem to miss vital bits of info in a story and wildy speculate because they've missed it (not saying you are by the way), take the Austin story for example. People speculating as to why we didn't go back in for him, blaming Ranieri, blaming the club etc simply because they missed the vital part about him wanting to go to the south coast and as there's only 2 Premier League clubs down there, he was always going to Southampton or Bournemouth. As Southampton are more established and could offer him more, it was always the likely destination. The bargain price tag is a case of QPR having to grab what they can or lose him on a free in the summer. We were never in with a chance of getting him, even when we offered £12m last summer.
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