Kapustka

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4 hours ago, Cadno'r Cymoedd said:

Dear Claudio

 

I know we've won the Premier League with you and for that you'll rightly always be a legend. 

 

But with the shit football we're playing at the moment, the increasing precarious league position, and the unavailability of banned or injured players, not to mention the lack of midfield/attacking prowess we're displaying at the moment, might you consider giving a young, highly promising Polish international who played well at the Euros a chance? 

 

 

Unless you start an open letter thread he will never see this.

[les-tah]

Southampton probs should sign him chuck him in the 11 and heel be boss.

[dannythefox]

Listening to the lad when he signed he sounded as if he was going to be playing first team straight away. Got to question raniari, most of his signed players have yet to make the grade apart from maybe amarty and slimani. Feel sorry for the lad.

[Ric Flair]

Sometimes you just have to throw a player in to really know if they're ready or not. He probably doesn't deserve a start but the odd sub appearance when our team has served up the dross they did on Saturday is fair enough.

 

on another note I can't wait for the day John Rudkin leaves this football club. He is the absolute pits.

[Foxes1]

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Who at the club was responsible in the summer for our transfer policy was it Ranieri, Rudkin Walsh or someone else. Whoever it was cocked up big time, I mean the development squad hasn't been that impressive so far,and where is that Spaniard we signed Raul Uche will he ever get near the first team.

[lgfualol]

1 minute ago, Foxes1 said:

Who at the club was responsible in the summer for our transfer policy was it Ranieri, Rudkin Walsh or someone else. Whoever it was cocked up big time, I mean the development squad hasn't been that impressive so far,and where is that Spaniard we signed Raul Uche will he ever get near the first team.

Uche can't even get a start for the u23s so he will probably never play for the first team. The academy is probably making him go backwards in ability.  

[Ric Flair]

Ranieri was the one who went after Kapustka, Cracovia's coach confirmed it. He said Claudio had personally called him after being a huge fan of his, probably from the Euros. This is bizarre.

[elvisfmcfly]

Who is buying the players is not the problem,the fact that nearly all the signings of the Ranieri era just don't play regular enough and despite spending a fortune we still pretty much a  have Nigel Pearsons 11.

[Ric Flair]

9 minutes ago, elvisfmcfly said:

Who is buying the players is not the problem,the fact that nearly all the signings of the Ranieri era just don't play regular enough and despite spending a fortune we still pretty much a  have Nigel Pearsons 11.

Yeah we've not recruited well. In one sense it's due to the unity and effectiveness of the core first team but then this season when we've been below par there's been little success from the likes of Musa, Hernandez and Zieler. 

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

Ranieri is shite at signing players.

 

Benalouane, Inler and now this....

[harpendenfox]

6 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Yeah we've not recruited well. In one sense it's due to the unity and effectiveness of the core first team but then this season when we've been below par there's been little success from the likes of Musa, Hernandez and Zieler. 

I think that may be a little harsh on Hernandez who hasn't let any down in champions league and has barely played in the Prem, Truth be known we haven't really seen enough of him to judge. Musa seems interesting when he has a go at defenders, but has too often been peripheral. Zieler's lack of presence, rather than his goalkeeping ability, has seemed very clear sadly 

[RonnieTodger]

10 hours ago, Steve_Walsh5 said:

This isn't a dig at Ranieri as I imagine there's more people involved in transfers than just him. But the signings we have made since he came to the club have been quite poor really. 

 

Luis Hernandez- Free

Ahmed Musa- £16 million

Daniel Amartey- £5.6 million

Bartosz Kaputska- £7.5 million

Islam Slimani- £30 million

Ron-Robert Zieler- £2.5 million

Demari Gray- £3.7 million

Nampalys Mendy- £13 Million

Gokhan Inler- £3 million

Yohan Benaloune- £5.9 million

N'golo Kante- £5.5 million

 

Looking at that list there's only 1 who I'd say has been a success (Kante) and another 2 who have the potential to be first team regulars (Slimani, Gray) 

 

That's an eye opener. We were in for Kante, long before Pearson was sacked too, I remember the threads. 

 

We can't write some of these off, but it's not very impressive.

[RoyFox]

10 hours ago, dan_fox said:

Got some interesting insight tonight from a professional referee who ref'd the under 23s the other day and apparently Kaputuska was asked to play centre mid for the game and he refused saying he was a winger, at which point he was sent home and didn't play! 

 

Sounds to me like there's a few issues in the changing room this season which isn't helping matters.

If this is true it explains a lot. The senior team have a centre mid issue, surely he must understand this could help him break into the team? 

[m4DD0gg]

If this chap had a standout performance in an international tournament surely he has enough pedigree to make the bench for a premier league match.

 

Surely 20 minutes at sunderland is not too much to ask regardless of scoreline?

[norwichfox]

1 hour ago, Col city fan said:

I'm not sure I'd start Kapustka in a game as important as this one. It's gonna be a physical challenge, no doubt. But I suppose there's the problem....we'll probably have to rely on King and Amartey again.

However, Amartey showed glimpses on Saturday of starting to get up to speed in the Premiership. King I'm afraid, looked poor. 

It pleases me to see this from you, as I had you down as 100% negative toward Amartey given many of your previous posts regarding him. It's not saying much given our team performance - but I thought he was our MOM on Saturday. I don't think he's by any means the finished article and worryingly his away performances have left a great deal to be desired. The pity is that he's had to be thrust into the team too early due to very unfortunate circumstances.

 

Not so long ago I could look atr a newspaper every day and read something positive (our jealous ramblings) regarding our team or it's players, now everything I read seems to be negative with a little twist of the knife just to make it hurt that bit more because we are Leicester and dared to dislodge the "statutory big teams" from the top of the pile. This article regarding Kapustka, comes way lower than the Sun reporting Vardy's casino "Japgate". Should there be any real truth to the article regarding him not wanting to play CM other than something spat out in haste out of youthful frustration then we should sell him on whilst he's still playing international football and cut our losses. Bad apples upsetting the apple cart are not what we need right now....or any time soon eroding what's left of the "brotherhood" team spirit. Maybe Claudio should have taken then to Copenhagen for a fancy dress party during the international break to rekindle that spirit. I'm still of the opinion that Claudio needs an advisor in the Steve Walsh mould, and sincerely hope that he hasn't developed "Cloughitis" and will not listen to reasonable arguments regarding team selection and  formation.

 

I'm trying to convince myself that he's playing a game to make the opposition underestimate us in Europe, but it's a very thin straw to clutch.

[evil jack]

56 minutes ago, Abrasive fox said:

Ranieri is shite at signing players.

 

Benalouane, Inler and now this....

Well, remember how impressive Inler looked playing for Switzerland Vs England at Wembley.

Now were all saying the same about Kaputska because of his performances in the Euros...

[lcfcsnow]

Ranieri didn't want Kante, he was being pestered by Walsh over it for weeks. I'm assuming that was the last signing which Walsh recommended.

[desertfox2]

12 hours ago, Steve_Walsh5 said:

This isn't a dig at Ranieri as I imagine there's more people involved in transfers than just him. But the signings we have made since he came to the club have been quite poor really. 

 

Luis Hernandez- Free

Ahmed Musa- £16 million

Daniel Amartey- £5.6 million

Bartosz Kaputska- £7.5 million

Islam Slimani- £30 million

Ron-Robert Zieler- £2.5 million

Demari Gray- £3.7 million

Nampalys Mendy- £13 Million

Gokhan Inler- £3 million

Yohan Benaloune- £5.9 million

N'golo Kante- £5.5 million

 

Looking at that list there's only 1 who I'd say has been a success (Kante) and another 2 who have the potential to be first team regulars (Slimani, Gray) 

Luis Hernandez- Free  Can't really grumble on a free 

Ahmed Musa- £16 million  Can see him being a great signing for us. Will probably flourish whilst others are away at AFCON

Daniel Amartey- £5.6 million  Decent signing so far think he will become a good signing. Is he off to AFCON?

Bartosz Kaputska- £7.5 million Not looking great for him is it. If the Telegraph is right. But hopefully even if he doesn't make the grade here should recoup most of transfer fee

Islam Slimani- £30 million  Good signing so far

Ron-Robert Zieler- £2.5 million Ok as a backup 

Demari Gray- £3.7 million Very good signing for the money. Banker financially. Like Musa will probably flourish whilst others are away at AFCON

Nampalys Mendy- £13 Million Jury is out. Shame he got injured

Gokhan Inler- £3 million Bad signing

Yohan Benaloune- £5.9 million Bad Signing

N'golo Kante- £5.5 million Great signing

 

Verdict. Pretty average overall at the moment... IMO  

[Babylon]

4 hours ago, Cadno'r Cymoedd said:

Training isn't game time and those who are presumably training well are not exactly delivering in matches? I used to be involved in rugby coaching at a reasonable level and wehad players who were fantastically diligent trainers but never cut it in games. Then there were others for whom perhaps training wasn't exactly their forte - they wouldn't be picked if they didn't though -  but would give their all in games and win us matches. Some of our players must look wonderful on the training ground at the moment if that's the yardstick.

Is he giving his all in the under 21 games, or do they not count either? How about we give the whole youth team a chance, or do they not count because they didn't cost £7m?

 

3 hours ago, stix said:

 

The same as everyone else does, and look how that's turned out on a Saturday afternoon. 

 

Last year will stay with all of us forever, but let's have it right, the manager seems very stuck in his ways at the minute. I understand his loyalty to the players that won the title, but it's clearly not working. A point here and a point there is just papering over the cracks of genuinely poor performances recently. We've been extremely lucky in our last 2 UCL games as well. 

 

I just don't see how changing it up abit can do any worse than leaving it the same. I think this guy deserves his chance. 

Of course it could be worse, we could be bottom. I'm not one and never will be one for demanding x, y and z should get game time. It's usually for a good reason.

 

If a player wants to play first team football it's up to them to take the opportunites handed to them, whether training or the reserve team. If he isn't, then it doesn't bode well.

[Guest]

21 hours ago, foxile5 said:

 

He was mint vs West Ham in the cup. Clear through on goal twice and both times managed to chip it into the keeper's arms. Quality.

Maybe he was attempting to do that, then the third time he scores low

[m4DD0gg]

1 hour ago, desertfox2 said:

Luis Hernandez- Free  Can't really grumble on a free - Crap regardless of a free he still salaried.

Ahmed Musa- £16 million  Can see him being a great signing for us. Will probably flourish whilst others are away at AFCON - Verdict still out, scored some goals and hopefully he can continue in this vein when he has the chance.

Daniel Amartey- £5.6 million  Decent signing so far think he will become a good signing. Is he off to AFCON?- Crap

Bartosz Kaputska- £7.5 million Not looking great for him is it. If the Telegraph is right. But hopefully even if he doesn't make the grade here should recoup most of transfer fee - Who knows, very odd that he has not had any game time at all in the league

Islam Slimani- £30 million  Good signing so far - Good signing 

Ron-Robert Zieler- £2.5 million Ok as a backup - Good backup but certainly not a number 1

Demari Gray- £3.7 million Very good signing for the money. Banker financially. Like Musa will probably flourish whilst others are away at AFCON - Potential is there to be a future england starter

Nampalys Mendy- £13 Million Jury is out. Shame he got injured - Sick note by the looks of things. Hope upon his return he can liven up the midfield

Gokhan Inler- £3 million Bad signing - Came with a strong rep but could not handle the premier league

Yohan Benaloune- £5.9 million Bad Signing - Crap

N'golo Kante- £5.5 million Great signing - Best signing and player we have ever had albeit a Walsh signing.

 

Verdict. Pretty average overall at the moment... IMO  

Mixed results, its hard to tell which were direct CR signings as Slimani and perhaps even Mendy were in the pipeline long before Walsh left.

 

Walsh signings have not always worked either.

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

1 hour ago, Babylon said:

Is he giving his all in the under 21 games, or do they not count either? How about we give the whole youth team a chance, or do they not count because they didn't cost £7m?

 

Of course it could be worse, we could be bottom. I'm not one and never will be one for demanding x, y and z should get game time. It's usually for a good reason.

 

If a player wants to play first team football it's up to them to take the opportunites handed to them, whether training or the reserve team. If he isn't, then it doesn't bode well.

Does any other of the youth team play international senior football?

[Wymsey]

3 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

Sometimes you just have to throw a player in to really know if they're ready or not. He probably doesn't deserve a start but the odd sub appearance when our team has served up the dross they did on Saturday is fair enough.

 

on another note I can't wait for the day John Rudkin leaves this football club. He is the absolute pits.

Unfortunately you may have to wait a while for this moment.

The other senior staff very much like him.

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

3 hours ago, Costock_Fox said:

Unless you start an open letter thread he will never see this.

Ha ha. I won't go down the open letter thread. 

[RowlattsFox]

Slimani is the only player we have spent what I would call big money on. Musa and Mendy were gambles at the price but clubs similar to us have spent similar amounts on players that don't always work out, jury is still out on them too. 

 

Amartey is lacking in confidence but I think he could come good and Hernandez has not been too bad at all when called upon. 

 

You could go through every clubs transfer activity and they'll be good value and bad signings. 

 

I'm sure Walsh played a part in Amartey, Musa and Hernandez signings.