My theory on Riyad Mahrez

[Ted Maul]

We just need to keep the ball on the deck and give him some service. Simple as that.

[smudgerfox]

Mahrez is what he is. He's a mercurial player who wins you games and has everyone saying what a world class talent he is. His weaknesses get forgotten. His carelessness with the ball, particularly in defensive areas last night was criminal and we were lucky not to be punished.  He had several chances to spring the quick break  and either messed up the final ball or held on too long. So a poor game, but soon he'll score an amazing goal and we'll all be singing his praises again. That's just the beauty of Riyadh Mahrez.  

[foxes21]

he'll only work in the hole, if we switch to 3-4-1-2, cant see it happening.

 

Mahrez will find his form again, with Shinji back in to link the play & Mendy to improve our midfield.

[filbertway]

I reckon he'd look decent on the bench where he'd contribute about as much as he has been doing in games. Not much point having a player on the pitch that is capable of great things but barely ever delivers. No idea what's wrong with the guy but he's no where near the player he has been for us since he joined.

 

Hopefully he gets his head sorted soon as the ability is clearly there. The man can kill a 60 yard pass no problem whatsoever. It's the bit after that, he just lacks the conviction he had. He's gone from a player I always expect to create chances, to a player that surprises me if he doesn't lose possession.

[ozleicester]

2 hours ago, weller54 said:

And Pearl's a singer. 

Riyad's a winger
he scores goals when he plays from the outside
At the KP

Riyad's a winger
he scores goals from the left and the rightside
His job is entertaining fans
beating Blind and even Baines
At the KP

[foxy boxing]

he is well known now and teams double up on him and try to stop the service to him, it is up to him to find a way to lose the opposition players and get into scoring positions or positions that can hurt the opposition. he was amazing playing on the wing and coming in but he now needs to offer much more than that. i think Claudio has sometimes given him a free role to see if he can do his magic and it has not always worked out. it is not just about getting the best from him but also about getting  other attacking players into the team alongside him

[weller54]

11 minutes ago, ozleicester said:

Riyad's a winger
he scores goals when he plays from the outside
At the KP

Riyad's a winger
he scores goals from the left and the rightside
His job is entertaining fans
beating Blind and even Baines
At the KP

Cheers Elkie! 

[ozleicester]

9 minutes ago, weller54 said:

Cheers Elkie! 

youve long wished to see me draped over a piano, avent ya.

[matty98]

He needs to be given the ball higher up the pitch for him to be effective, and needs players around him making runs rather than all sitting behind the ball

[AlgerianFox]

Every ball he touched in the vid.

 

He had a...not too bad game, he could have scored one goal, he could have also released the ball sooner a couple of time.

 

He defended a lot.

[DB11]

We don't have the luxury to let him do what he wants as CAM - the harrying that Shinji does in that role is so important

[weller54]

3 hours ago, ozleicester said:

youve long wished to see me draped over a piano, avent ya.

Prefer Rachel!!! 

[WengersWingMan]

I still thought he looked technically world class against us this term and very dangerous. Last year he supposedly didn't have to track back much and this year he does. Well that's the difference, doesn't matter if it's the middle or wing (I reckon he suits the wing), let him have freedom to roam and attack without having him press too much and you'll put his energies to what he does best

[Chico1958]

My theory may be a little different

 

Other teams are putting more pressure on him earlier even doubling up

 

He's showing some nice touches but can't seem to go past players like he was last season.

 

He's still class, just needs to get a bit of his mojo back.

 

Let's be fair, our two "stars" of last season aren't up to the standard they played last year.

 

I'd give them both a rest and bring in Gray. Alternate Slimani with Vardy or put Musa in.

 

Perhaps they don't their win bonuses any more

[Russell sprout]

On 03/11/2016 at 09:59, smudgerfox said:

Mahrez is what he is. He's a mercurial player who wins you games and has everyone saying what a world class talent he is. His weaknesses get forgotten. His carelessness with the ball, particularly in defensive areas last night was criminal and we were lucky not to be punished.  He had several chances to spring the quick break  and either messed up the final ball or held on too long. So a poor game, but soon he'll score an amazing goal and we'll all be singing his praises again. That's just the beauty of Riyadh Mahrez.  

That's the best post I've read in a long time,

your absolutly spot on,

if only I could word my opinion better I might not get shot down as much

[Guest Col city fan]

Watching Chelsea tonight again proves my theory.

Kante enables a team to get the ball forward quickly.

He wins it, he gets forward, he gives it to attacking players in the final third. Just as I predicted in the summer. Hazard et al must love having him in the side.

We are too slow now in our build up play. Mahrez therefore receives the ball too deep and has too much work to do to drive in on goal.

Its obvious to me.

In this respect, Kante makes Amartey look like a pub player. We're a bit better off with King. He gets it forward a little quicker.

[Wymsey]

Mahrez is better when Albrighton plays tbh.

[Koke]

13 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

Watching Chelsea tonight again proves my theory.

Kante enables a team to get the ball forward quickly.

He wins it, he gets forward, he gives it to attacking players in the final third. Just as I predicted in the summer. Hazard et al must love having him in the side.

We are too slow now in our build up play. Mahrez therefore receives the ball too deep and has too much work to do to drive in on goal.

Its obvious to me.

In this respect, Kante makes Amartey look like a pub player. We're a bit better off with King. He gets it forward a little quicker.

 

Also watching the Chelsea game I thought a 343 might get the best out of our players atm. Mahrez is our Hazard and Slimani is our Costa and Musa is our Pedro.

 

Albrighton = Moses

Fuchs = Alonso

Hernandez = David Luiz

[Spiritwalker]

6 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

Watching Chelsea tonight again proves my theory.

Kante enables a team to get the ball forward quickly.

He wins it, he gets forward, he gives it to attacking players in the final third. Just as I predicted in the summer. Hazard et al must love having him in the side.

We are too slow now in our build up play. Mahrez therefore receives the ball too deep and has too much work to do to drive in on goal.

Its obvious to me.

In this respect, Kante makes Amartey look like a pub player. We're a bit better off with King. He gets it forward a little quicker.

I'm not keen on everyone banging on about Kante all the time but you are spot 

on with your assessment. We are missing Kante picking the ball up and traveling

with it. Hopefully we we can sign a top C.mid in January who will bring the best

out of Mahrez.

 

[Bluetintedspecs]

23 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

Watching Chelsea tonight again proves my theory.

Kante enables a team to get the ball forward quickly.

He wins it, he gets forward, he gives it to attacking players in the final third. Just as I predicted in the summer. Hazard et al must love having him in the side.

We are too slow now in our build up play. Mahrez therefore receives the ball too deep and has too much work to do to drive in on goal.

Its obvious to me.

In this respect, Kante makes Amartey look like a pub player. We're a bit better off with King. He gets it forward a little quicker.

You still banging on about Kante pal?

 

[WigstonWanderer]

7 minutes ago, Spiritwalker said:

I'm not keen on everyone banging on about Kante all the time but you are spot 

on with your assessment. We are missing Kante picking the ball up and traveling

with it. Hopefully we we can sign a top C.mid in January who will bring the best

out of Mahrez.

 

Yet one of the commentators was crowing about how Chelsea has given him more freedom to push forward! Complete BS. Totally misused by Conte at the start of the season (and by France in the Euros), now playing the same role he did for us.

[Harry - LCFC]

I think there's little reason to believe that.

 

Those who say he's not playing well because he's on the wing are forgetting last season. There's really no question whether Mahrez can be effective out wide. He's been tried in the middle before and hasn't stood out as I recall.

 

Out of form. That's it in my opinion.

[MattCan]

Mahrez is no fullback (second fullback) and does not have the stamina (who has?) to play fullback, winger, and CAM at the same time. Ranieri has to find other ways.

[lgfualol]

In games like this, I think we really needed to buy a pacey more attacking RB. Mahrez rarely has anyone overlapping. Teams put 3 players on him and he has rarely any options and loses the ball 

[Guest Col city fan]

21 hours ago, Bluetintedspecs said:

You still banging on about Kante pal?

 

What mate? Banging on about a world class central midfielder that is orchestrating a very very good Chelsea side, whilst we have one goal difference we do.

Yep!