Guest CityFan 06 Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 I sense a lot of fans like myself are not quite content with our squad yet. For me we are lacking a recognised RB and ST. Although I think we could manage without a RB in all honestly as we have good enough players who can cover there. We shouldn't sell Schlupp. Multiple choice allowed in the poll. This is our current squad to my reckoning: GK - Schmeichel, Zieler. RB - Simpson, De Laet. CB - Hernandez, Morgan, Huth, Benalouane, Wasilewski, Moore. LB - Fuchs, Chilwell. Wingers - Mahrez, Gray, Schlupp, Albrighton. CM - Drinkwater, King, Inler, James, Mendy, Kapustka, Amartey. ST - Vardy, Musa, Ulloa, Okazaki.
Lcfcrory Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 CM is the main one for me where I think we look weakest but would also like a right back and an upgraded target man style striker.
Guest Bilo Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 CM wouldn't go amiss, King can't do what Kante did for us. I'm not massively convinced by Simpson, so a right back would be a wise choice as well.
splinterdream Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 RB, CB, CM and a forward whether it be a very attacking CM or an old fashioned powerful centre forward
ozvaldo Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 The very minimum is an unbelievable CDM. Could also do with a RB, CB and a big string quick striker - like a young Heskey.
Fox92 Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 Goalkeeper although not essential Right back Centre backs Holding midfielder Striker Our summer was shite. We haven't improved.
Tuna Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 What gets me is that we were told we were buying Mendy to play alongside Kante, not replace him. Remember we signed him before losing Kante. So logically the club should be looking for another Midfielder. Mendy is our holding midfielder so we don't need one of those and Amartey can backup for that role. We need a box to box man, an actual Kante replacement. King's shocking performance yesterday shows how exposed we'd be if Drinky and or Mendy got injured or suspended or lost form. Similar to Deeney as well. We were told we were after Deeney to play alongside Vardy. We've got Musa, yes but we were already in for him. Are we no longer looking for a Deeney type player? Musa is a player who i'd predict will be in and out of the starting lineup. He's no winger, but he gives us that pacy option to stretch defences toward the end of a game and to give Vards a break. Other than being a better striker, he looks like a slightly better Schlupp all pace and no brains. We need a better quality striker to play up top. As for the rest, we are one defender short. I've not been impressed with Hernandez and I'm not sure whether he's been brought in as another DC or a backup DR or just a utility defender like Phil Jones. Simpson looks like a walking red card at the minute so I'd strengthen at Right Back but still like the idea of Keane.
RedSoxUK Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 As much as I like Musa's speed, his strange bursts getting past players, I don't know if he's that suited to playing alongside Vardy as a link up man because in these games i've seen him in, his final product and passing has been nothing short of poor to be honest. I feel Vardy's missed chances yesterday were not entirely down to his own misjudgement, but the balls that he was fed; so I'd like to see a creative CAM sort of in the vein of Kapustka / Mahrez playing in behind Vardy as opposed to Musa. Also noticed Amartey is proving to be incredibly out of his depth already from last season right up until that cameo yesterday. It's clear he won't be the man to hold down a CM spot to me, especially not right now anyway.
Will1981 Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 We need more height our squad is far too short and we look like conceding off every set piece. So ideally we should be looking for a RB, CB, CM and ST all well over 6 foot. not sure on who for RB and CB but would like N'Zonzi for CM and Slimani for ST.
dayday Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 Forget this buying a player under the radar , we need top drawer quality now, no buts! Time to show some ambition.
Kitchandro Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 We need a like for like replacement for Kante. I'm not interested in players who are able to play 5 yard passes and 'sit' (i.e. do nothing of any significance). I want a tackler and preferably one that's happy to either carry the ball forward or distribute it quickly to start up our attacks. He doesn't need to be as good as Kante but he does need to be able to play the same role. If we're being brutally honest we should be looking to upgrade on Simpson and Amartey. They're both pretty clumsy at this level. If we got Fuchs on a free we can spend a little bit for someone of similar quality on the other side. We haven't got enough up front. We're relying on Vardy to score goals. We have got to bring someone in to help him with that. Musa looks far too erratic for us to put faith in him as a starter and his goalscoring record isn't really amazing in quite a poor league. In fact he was often played as a winger. It's not easy to find players who score goals at this level but if we're aspiring to make the most of the position we've got ourselves in then we need to be ruthless.
Strokes Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 I'm pretty happy with the squad, unless a quality bargain comes along we should just keep it as is.
dbtcity Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 2 minutes ago, Strokes said: I'm pretty happy with the squad, unless a quality bargain comes along we should just keep it as is. God help us if Drinkwater picks up a knock during the season
Strokes Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 1 minute ago, dbtcity said: God help us if Drinkwater picks up a knock during the season God is a shit CM, much more effective out on the wings.
cityfanlee23 Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 Wouldn't mind seeing us go in for someone like Steven defour or M'vila Someone to really smash them up in midfield and make them not want to come back. Fellaini could be available?
Old Fox Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 Right Back Centre Half Centre Midfield Striker We need real quality in all positions above imo.....even yesterday we only Was and Mendy to add to the 18. We lost Kante and need to improve in other positions to compensate certainly at right back and driving midfielder!!
cityfanlee23 Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 Said it before and I'll keep saying it. ST - Benteke, Zaza or slimani CM - Schneiderlin, Fellaini, nzonzi or Carvalho CB - Abdennour or Koulibali RB - Anyone that can defend
dbtcity Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 20 minutes ago, Strokes said: God is a shit CM, much more effective out on the wings. Must be why were shifting schlupp
foxes21 Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 There's 2 weeks left. We aren't signing four players (RB, CB, CM, ST) in that time frame. At most we will sign 2 Imo.
It'sblueupnorth Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 I've said Centre midfield as one of the options I've picked but to be honest, we've probably got enough to finish top 8 if we play a 3. Ranieri tryed playing a 3 in midfield a couple of times last season but I think we would see the benefits of it this. We need someone to link midfield into attack, we don't really have that in a 2 anymore, especially when teams sit back against us
Bluearmyfox28 Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 If we wanted to target for a European football again we should go for 4 more players. A young gifted right back. Bruno Peres/Iorfa A centre mid. N'Zonzi, Parades, Lemina a number 10. Luan, Barbosa upgraded Target man. Slimani, Zaza
cityfanlee23 Posted 14 August 2016 Posted 14 August 2016 And get mahrez to commit hit ****ing future to us instead of pissing the whole thing about.
bpfox Posted 15 August 2016 Posted 15 August 2016 WE NEED TWO CLASS MIDFIELDERS, AND A BIG STRONG CENTER FORWARD.
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