Slimani

[waylander]

Looked good all round could have had a couple of goals .

[Johnthefoxrayner]

29 minutes ago, waylander said:

Looked good all round could have had a couple of goals .

IMO slim is good for us shame if we get rid of him in the sumer. 

[Redouane]

2 hours ago, brucey said:

Interesting. Especially considering the other stat that us getting the opening goal is essentially equal to a win for us 95% of the time. Slim is good for getting that crucial goal vs teams that sit back, while Vardy is better for getting it vs teams that attack us.

Exactly what I was saying. Slimani is good when the game is locked, thanks to set pieces and crosses. Whereas Vardy is good on the counter. 

 

So together, they give the squad an infinite amount of possibilities for goal. 

[Clever Fox]

He certainly offers us that plan B option which we've lacked. It was good to see him drop deep also to receive the ball and create space in behind.

He's not naturally athletic and so has to work harder on his fitness, Which means he also needs to play a lot otherwise he'll slow up quickly.

But given it's his first season here I think he can only get better provided he has the commitment. 

[yorksfox]

Sorry but the guy is a huge disappointment, even when fully fit. The Portuguese league is clearly a poor Championship type standard and quite how a sum of around £30 million was handed over beggars belief! I don't see Slimani as a team player (far too lazy) just someone to send on as a last resort. He is not suited to the style of play that has brought the club so much success.

[ZeGuy]

10 minutes ago, yorksfox said:

Sorry but the guy is a huge disappointment, even when fully fit. The Portuguese league is clearly a poor Championship type standard and quite how a sum of around £30 million was handed over beggars belief! I don't see Slimani as a team player (far too lazy) just someone to send on as a last resort. He is not suited to the style of play that has brought the club so much success.

lol.

[kingcarr21]

I really like Slimani. I can see he has qualities that means we can adapt our style of play if we need to. Personally think some of his critics are being a little harsh on him. Suppose it comes down to how much patience you are willing to give our new recruits. Musa is another one. He hasn't been great but Im sure he is capable of establishing himself as is Slimani.

 

 

[AmarteyAndChill]

33 minutes ago, yorksfox said:

Sorry but the guy is a huge disappointment, even when fully fit. The Portuguese league is clearly a poor Championship type standard and quite how a sum of around £30 million was handed over beggars belief! I don't see Slimani as a team player (far too lazy) just someone to send on as a last resort. He is not suited to the style of play that has brought the club so much success.

We lost 5-0 to a championship level side in Porto? 

[st albans fox]

2 minutes ago, AmarteyAndChill said:

We lost 5-0 to a championship level side in Porto? 

We put out a championship side but your point is well made - the Portuguese league is not championship standard and slimani is better then many are giving him credit for. The fella hasn't started a game for how long ?????

[AKCJ]

37 minutes ago, yorksfox said:

Sorry but the guy is a huge disappointment, even when fully fit. The Portuguese league is clearly a poor Championship type standard and quite how a sum of around £30 million was handed over beggars belief! I don't see Slimani as a team player (far too lazy) just someone to send on as a last resort. He is not suited to the style of play that has brought the club so much success.

Lazy?

 

****ing hell. Some people have made their minds up about him purely based on his price tag.

 

He's been fine. We've over paid, sure. But he's a good Premier League player to bring off the bench.

[willie-bell-in-rothley]

I would play Slimani v Everton, they have Jagielka only of their central defenders, perhaps rest Shingi for the big one on Wednesday,

[Redouane]

Just now, AKCJ said:

Lazy?

 

****ing hell. Some people have made their minds up about him purely based on his price tag.

 

He's been fine. We've over paid, sure. But he's a good Premier League player to bring off the bench.

I'm pretty sure Slimani was specifically brought to help motivate Mahrez to stay, that's why they were willing to over pay.

[elvisfmcfly]

37 minutes ago, ZeGuy said:

lol.

Thats about the only reply it deserved.

 

[Tuna]

10 minutes ago, Redouane said:

I'm pretty sure Slimani was specifically brought to help motivate Mahrez to stay, that's why they were willing to over pay.

Ridiculous!

[Guest Col city fan]

52 minutes ago, Redouane said:

I'm pretty sure Slimani was specifically brought to help motivate Mahrez to stay, that's why they were willing to over pay.

What! 

 

[ZeGuy]

51 minutes ago, Redouane said:

I'm pretty sure Slimani was specifically brought to help motivate Mahrez to stay, that's why they were willing to over pay.

Bollox.

[Redouane]

8 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

What! 

 

 

48 minutes ago, Tuna said:

Ridiculous!

 

7 minutes ago, ZeGuy said:

Bollox.

 

I'm saying it's the sole reason, but it's definitely an important factor that seperated him from other Forwards. 

[sylofox]

1 hour ago, Redouane said:

I'm pretty sure Slimani was specifically brought to help motivate Mahrez to stay, that's why they were willing to over pay.

 

54 minutes ago, Tuna said:

Ridiculous!

 

14 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

What! 

 

 

5 minutes ago, Redouane said:

 

 

 

I'm saying it's the sole reason, but it's definitely an important factor that seperated him from other Forwards. 

Tuna and Col your both a little more polite than me.

Redouane what bollox are you talking. You seriously think we spent 30m on a play mate for Mahrez. So we now need to sell Mahrez for 45m plus before we see a profit on him.

 

Please this is not under 11's football it's the premier league and a little beyond signing you best players best mate to keep him happy.

 

Can I just ask it's not still April 1st is it?

[JamesfromlondonLCFC]

i like slim, he frustrates me sometimes but i just like having a big heavy lump available up front

[Bablemikey]

I don't think he's been wonderful for us yet but I thought he looked pretty good when he came on against Sunderland. Mobile and aggressive and gave the CB's a much harder time.

Like most new recruits into this league it will take fitness and a run of games before we'll be in any real position to make an informed judgement. But he'll need to impress in order to get those opportunities and I think he did that against Sunderland.

[Slim Dog]

The one thing that Slim is most definitely not is lazy.

[MC Prussian]

6 hours ago, the fox said:

Some interesting slimani stats here:

 

Slimani has 7 goals in all competitions, and only one of them did not lead to points (the header vs WBA)

 

6 of his 7 goals were even an equalizer(2 vs WBA and boro) or a game winner (2 goals in a 1-0 victory against Porto and west ham+ the opining goals vs stoke and Burnley)

 

Slimani opened the score for the team with 4 of his 7 goals (vs Porto, west ham, Burnley and stoke) 

 

Slimani has 4 assists in all compilations, 3 of them led to us opining the score (1 in the CL to mahrez, 1 vs man city to vardy and 1 vs palace to musa) while the other one was to make it 2-0 vs man city (king's goal)

 

I don't know about you, but that is pretty impressive.

Slimani has also hardly ever played over 90 minutes for a prolonged series of matches for a while now, and whilst the goalscoring charts seem impressive (especially in a substitute role), let's also not forget he was involved in the following league defeats for 45 minutes of more:

 

Everton (h) 0-2

Bournemouth (a) 0-1

Sunderland (a) 1-2

Manchester United (a) 1-4

 

Stats are what you make of them.

 

(I deliberately omitted the 2-0 away loss at Swansea because he had just come back from a lengthy injury spell).

[boobagab]

2 hours ago, yorksfox said:

 I don't see Slimani as a team player (far too lazy)

 

- citation and/or evidence needed. 

 

 

[boobagab]

23 minutes ago, MC Prussian said:

Slimani has also hardly ever played over 90 minutes for a prolonged series of matches for a while now, and whilst the goalscoring charts seem impressive (especially in a substitute role), let's also not forget he was involved in the following league defeats for 45 minutes of more:

 

Everton (h) 0-2

Bournemouth (a) 0-1

Sunderland (a) 1-2

Chelsea (a) 0-3

Manchester United (a) 1-4

 

Stats are what you make of them.

 

(I deliberately omitted the 2-0 away loss at Swansea because he had just come back from a lengthy injury spell).

 

That's actually incorrect. Slimani only played 23 minutes against Chelsea all season (???) 

 

 

If you're going to cite the losses with Slimani playing 45 you should at the very least contextualize it with Leicester's matches without him on the side.

 

Losses under Ranieri where Slimani didn't start (league & CL):

 

Hull 2-1 (away)

Watford 2-1 (away)

Liverpool 4-1 (away)

Chelsea 3-0 (away)

Chelsea 3-0 (home)

Southampton 3-0 (away)

Burnley 1-0 (away)

Man Utd 3-0 (home)

Porto 5-0 (away)

 

Aggregate of 26 goals against and 3 goals scored in 9 matches without Slimani. 

 

 

[MC Prussian]

11 minutes ago, boobagab said:

 

That's actually incorrect. Slimani only played 23 minutes against Chelsea all season (???) 

 

 

If you're going to cite the losses with Slimani playing 45 you should at the very least contextualize it with Leicester's matches without him on the side.

 

Losses under Ranieri where Slimani didn't start:

 

Hull 2-1 (away)

Watford 2-1 (away)

Liverpool 4-1 (away)

Chelsea 3-0 (away)

Chelsea 3-0 (home)

Southampton 3-0 (away)

Burnley 1-0 (away)

Man Utd 3-0 (home)

 

Aggregate of 21 goals against and 3 goals scored in 8 matches without Slimani. 

 

 

I don't see why I should "contextualize" his stats when he is not playing as opposed to when he actually is on the pitch. That's like me saying "Imagine we had two apples. Now you simply have to believe one of them is an orange".

 

The Chelsea loss should not have been in that list, correct.

 

The PL stats with Slimani as a starter read as follows:

W 4 D 2 L 5