Grewks Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 I fully understand that he isn't the threat he was earlier in the season as a result of the style of play we are now forced into, in addition to the opposition paying closer attention to him. But lately his positioning and acceleration has been noticably poor. The ball no longer sticks, and when coming deep for the ball the center half beats him to it far more often than not. Is he still carrying an injury?
Harry - LCFC Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 I've thought this myself. A few times against Newcastle someone broke into the space from the midfield and he didn't run in behind, just jogged up with their back four. I'm sure people will say that our opponents are setting up differently and that's probably true but I get the impression that Vardy isn't, for whatever reason, doing what made him so dangerous earlier in the season as often now.
Foxxed Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 Assumed he was positioning himself differently to stretch the opposition defence, designed to stifle him, so as to give more space to the midfield.
vicfarm7 Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 Assisted in the last 2 games so im happy with form. England call up suggests he is fit
ScouseFox Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 probably. he's was noticeably less fit/sharp from the newcastle away game in november until he had what, five or six days off for an operation to fix said injury that he'd presumably made worse playing with for two months. came straight back hasn't missed a minute since. as i said in another thread i imagine a lot of our players are or have played with knocks. big wes, huth, kante, drinky, vardy etc. i don't believe we don't get as many "niggles" or "strains" as all the other clubs, we've just got players who have heart and a medical team who are the best in the business. people like vardy take a knock and carry on, then train all week, bandage themselves up and play 90 mins and win at the weekend. harry kane strikes me as similar. has he missed a game all season? it's not like they don't get fouled or battered week in week out. they're just not pussies. people like alexis sanchez or aguero get clipped, roll four hundred times, signal for a stretcher and disappear for two weeks. doubt you'd see sturridge play for months with his arm in plaster or david silva break most his face and still not miss a game.
UPinCarolina Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 probably. he's was noticeably less fit/sharp from the newcastle away game in november until he had what, five or six days off for an operation to fix said injury that he'd presumably made worse playing with for two months. came straight back hasn't missed a minute since. as i said in another thread i imagine a lot of our players are or have played with knocks. big wes, huth, kante, drinky, vardy etc. i don't believe we don't get as many "niggles" or "strains" as all the other clubs, we've just got players who have heart and a medical team who are the best in the business. people like vardy take a knock and carry on, then train all week, bandage themselves up and play 90 mins and win at the weekend. harry kane strikes me as similar. has he missed a game all season? it's not like they don't get fouled or battered week in week out. they're just not pussies. people like alexis sanchez or aguero get clipped, roll four hundred times, signal for a stretcher and disappear for two weeks. doubt you'd see sturridge play for months with his arm in plaster or david silva break most his face and still not miss a game. I read this and had an overwhelming bout of deja vu. #coolstorybro, sorry!
WesMorganGod Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 Nope, looks fine to me, he is a assist machine at the moment, setting up our goals and chances left right and center.
EnglishOxide Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 I think Claudio has instructed him not to run about too much, and instead be more tactical, conservative and pick his moments. For example if he is charging after full backs constantly and the ball is passed around him that allows teams to pen us in as there is one less man to bypass. I don't think he is injured, his turn of speed is still there when needed.
stretch1965 Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 Nope, looks fine to me, he is a assist machine at the moment, setting up our goals and chances left right and center.I agree with this, and i reckon clever old claudio has got him playing in this role with a view to him reverting back to his all out striking for the last 5-6 games.Boom
Leicester_Numan Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 He's not injured it's just that defences are sitting back more so he doesn't have the same opportunities to run in behind as before and defenders are paying closer attention to him. His goalscoring may have suffered but his assists are going up and we continue to win so he's still doing a good all round job. It really is nothing more than than a case of our opponents are playing differently so we are.
Thracian Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 He seems explosive enough to me but just not so often. But then our situation's changed. Teams are, as predicted, being conservative and trying to deny us space behind them. Even when we scored on Saturday we didn't get behind them, Vardy took the chance to pass the ball straight through them. Our next best chance fell to Mahrez and was from an absolutely brilliant first time ball from Drinkwater to exploit a rare moment of lost concentration from Palace who were caught too far upfield. Vardy's been relatively subdued, there's no question of that, but he's still posed an enormous threat at times, assisted with goals, probably should have scored at least a couple and has perhaps been easier to mark due to Schlupp being a late substitute rather than a starter. I'm not criticising that choice. It's worked admirably. Albrighton has generally done a good job. Schlupp's done what's been expected of him late on and, as Pardew mentioned, we've looked well balanced. My point about Schlupp is that his exceptional pace creates room for Vardy when he's around while Albrighton does other things. Another point is that we're not attacking much in numbers once we've scored. Again, the more numbers, the harder it is to double up on any individual so there's likely to be a little more space all round but not nececessary behind defences if they go compact. Ranieri's gone for the Italian way he's so comfortable with - and a withdrawn Vardy at times. Inviting pressure concerns me. We always look more dangerous, even ferocious, when we're pressing teams but a 90-minute press is unrealistic at our intensity and Ranieri's settled on something achieveable that works. There's more than one way to win tactical battles and there's no arguing with our results or the consistency of our defending because the opposition would get chances whatever approach we took and I'd say we've offered very few with our approach whatever the pressure.
st albans fox Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 just not sure on this. if he was carrying something then he would be withdrawn from the England setup. If he doesn't get a decent run out in the friendlys then perhaps that tells you something other than Roy is a plank. Assuming they don't play very deep, you may get to see if he can accelerate away so well. I've not been convinced since November that he's as fit as he was. he failed to typically outpace quite a few defenders in dec/jan (pre and post op) but then against west brom, his turn of pace to retrieve In the corner was outstanding. Maybe he is just feeling a tough long season (when he couldn't train for a couple months). Bound to catch up with you in the end I suppose. Makes the post about Claudio telling him to be cuter more relevant ?
ithuriel Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 Seems a lot less hungry to me, against WBA for example a ball came up the wing, he did not start chasing it until the defender with him went after it. He beat the defender for pace but earlier in the season he would have been after it sooner. Guess we will have to see how he does over the next few matches.
Guest ttfn Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 Definitely not running the channels anywhere near as much as he was back in September/October. It's either lack of fitness, laziness or tactical instruction and I can't believe that he's lazy or that Ranieri has told him not to do the thing he's best at, particularly now Shinji is getting in the box more.
AmyLGK Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 Makes the post about Claudio telling him to be cuter more relevant ? Cuter!??
Finnegan Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 Not just Vardy, don't think Kante is right either. Both look very jaded recently.
ramadaone Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 A few are not totally 100% which is why I keep banging on about this being far from over If Vardy Drinky and Mahrez all come back injured how would you fancy our chances then ? We might not score again this season On similar lines though if Kane gets injured then Spurs are in the same boat if not worse
Bryn Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 I've actually felt his holdup play has been good. The pace is still there, that run on Saturday where he took four players out the equation being a good example.
AmyLGK Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 I'm so proud of our players being called up for international duties - but also terrified they'll get injured.
GaelicFox Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 He is working hard Because he is being marked so closely he is leaving space for others I think if he bags one he will bag a few 7 games to go I'd hope he would get 3-5 goals in those
Clever Fox Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 I think Claudio has instructed him not to run about too much, and instead be more tactical, conservative and pick his moments. For example if he is charging after full backs constantly and the ball is passed around him that allows teams to pen us in as there is one less man to bypass. I don't think he is injured, his turn of speed is still there when needed. I Think you could be right. But I also think some of his decision making in the last few Games are a sign that he's possibly trying to hard to score. He's being marked much tighter and that can cause him to snatch at things instead of taking a second to access the situation or pass to someone else. Regardless though you can never fault is attitude and commitment.
ScouseFox Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 Man's ruining the betfred special. !!! i'm on for about 4 ton if he wins the golden boot. just more reason to squash all of harry kane's potato smiles an spell "****" with his alphabetti spaghetti.
Stevosevic Posted 21 March 2016 Posted 21 March 2016 Doesn't seem the pest to defences that he was, the reason I have no idea
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