katieakita Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 16 hours ago, Blue Fox 72 said: Reminded me of this goal of the season from bygone years. The Baseball ground at its best, Derby were quite a force in the 70's before Football was played on grass also nice to see the goal celebrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_LCFC Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 The whole build up, fuchs ball mahrez touch and vardys finish. Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurphyMagic Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 Mahrez touch was just naughty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 Just watched the goal again and the drop of the shoulder by Vards to drop Bravo on his arse is brilliant how has no one mentioned that yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972 Fox Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 1 hour ago, katieakita said: The Baseball ground at its best, Derby were quite a force in the 70's before Football was played on grass also nice to see the goal celebrations. Yes although by this time Derby were on the slide and Liverpool were at their dominant best. The seventies was a great era to be growing up watching football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the fox Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 8 hours ago, shen said: But he already gets away with having to work substantially less defensively and being very light weight. His place in the team gets justified by his ability to produce one or two moments of magic a game. He hasn't shown much lately at all and like Vardy, he's not going to escape criticism. Believe me, when he goes to a club like Barca, Real or Bayern, the fans and media will be far less forgiving for performances like against Sunderland. Can people stop with the " mahrez is not helping the defense enough" talk. Was he not helping enough in The first half of last season, yes he was not. But this season he is great. He played as a RWB for the second half. He covered a lot of ground in the first and intercepted some passes He is not as bad defensively as people say. And last night(if I remember correctly) sagna was the only player to have more tackles/interceptions than mahrez. And he won 6 duels. So yeah, he is not as weak or a liability as people think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripeyfox Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 Mahrez is the most gifted player I've ever seen in a City shirt and yet some people are queuing up to find a reason to criticse him. He's not been as good this year as last, but he's far from the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl the Llama Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 Can't believe I'm the first to notice it but Mahrez's one-touch pass for the second was pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishOxide Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 Theres only two players in recent times who I think can lay a claim to having an equal first touch to Riyad. Berbatov and Ronaldinho. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GloverFox Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 19 hours ago, daz*dsb said: That touch from mahrez is semi material. No ... full on ... wood ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49er Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 Mahrez worked really hard defensively. He stopped Sterling a couple of times and managed to break away to relieve some pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayfox26 Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 10 hours ago, Cardiff_Fox said: https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/dec/10/riyad-mahrez-creative-beauty-leicester-city-manchester-city Basically an article licking Riyad's arse "The finish was hard and low and always beating Claudio Bravo". Well considering Vardy had taken the ball round Bravo and left him on his arse, of course the shot was always beating Bravo lol. Good article though and good to see Mahrez back to his best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayfox26 Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 11 minutes ago, 49er said: Bergkamp was an unbelievable player!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 10 hours ago, shen said: But he already gets away with having to work substantially less defensively and being very light weight. His place in the team gets justified by his ability to produce one or two moments of magic a game. He hasn't shown much lately at all and like Vardy, he's not going to escape criticism. Believe me, when he goes to a club like Barca, Real or Bayern, the fans and media will be far less forgiving for performances like against Sunderland. The biggest myth at Leicester since Iain Hume was a good footballer is Mahrez doesn't help out at the back. Watch the game again and solely watch Riyad and he's as disciplined a winger as any flamboyant player of his ilk is. There was one point about 88 mins when we were bang in the ring piece and he absolutely sold Man City down the river on the edge of our box. It wasn't the arrogant sort of football either, he simply got the ball down with unreal control took a look up and got it gone. But don't let the truth get in the way of a good story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamark Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 Shame we couldn't accommodate Mahrez and Knockers in the same side. Possibly the best two ball players we have ever had. Mahrez still comes up as a spell check error -whats the lad got to do to get in the dictionary ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 The Sunday supplement spent a minute masturbating over Riyad's touch for the goal and for a player of his type, he is very disciplined defensively. Ranieri has coached him well in this regard and when he leaves for a top side, they will be getting a hell of a player, given that he will have far less defensive responsibilities but still be able to carry them out when needs be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SystonFox Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 Must win sports personality of the year next week for the touch alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koke Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 Amazingly it was with his weaker right foot. There are Premier League footballers who can't even control a basic ball with their weaker foot, let alone produce such a difficult sexual assist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted 11 December 2016 Share Posted 11 December 2016 4 hours ago, the fox said: Can people stop with the " mahrez is not helping the defense enough" talk. Was he not helping enough in The first half of last season, yes he was not. But this season he is great. He played as a RWB for the second half. He covered a lot of ground in the first and intercepted some passes He is not as bad defensively as people say. And last night(if I remember correctly) sagna was the only player to have more tackles/interceptions than mahrez. And he won 6 duels. So yeah, he is not as weak or a liability as people think. 2 hours ago, Ric Flair said: The biggest myth at Leicester since Iain Hume was a good footballer is Mahrez doesn't help out at the back. Watch the game again and solely watch Riyad and he's as disciplined a winger as any flamboyant player of his ilk is. There was one point about 88 mins when we were bang in the ring piece and he absolutely sold Man City down the river on the edge of our box. It wasn't the arrogant sort of football either, he simply got the ball down with unreal control took a look up and got it gone. But don't let the truth get in the way of a good story. Just about every Leicester player looked great yesterday, including Mahrez tracking back. Firstly, let's not pretend he's played like that regularly this season. Secondly, I recognise his defensive work and I often defend him when people (wrongly IMO) accuse him of not tracking back. The point I'm making is that he has often this season lost the ball when carrying it forwards or making hopeful and risky passes. When he gets tackled he often stays down and moans a bit. All this can be forgiven when he occasionally does produce something. Albrighton was much improved yesterday with his passing, which has been lacking badly, but he was outstanding defensively. He gets behind the ball quick and even gets stuck in regularly. Mahrez usually comes back late and then mostly shepherds the opposition player. That's normal, he's a bit lightweight and not the tenacious type like Albrighton, but it's just stating how it is. It isn't criticism, it's just stating that when he doesn't succeed with his actions, their nature adds pressure to the defense and he's not the type to sprint back 30m to win the ball back, like Albrighton, Okazaki, Drinkwater and Vardy are more prone to do. It's obviously different with him when he's oozing confidence like he was this weekend. I think Mahrez is an incredible talent and we are fortunate to have him. He gives us something most teams can only dream of. But it doesn't and shouldn't make immune to criticism. I have never lost patience with him and I dread the day we inevitably lose him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted 12 December 2016 Share Posted 12 December 2016 1 hour ago, shen said: Just about every Leicester player looked great yesterday, including Mahrez tracking back. Firstly, let's not pretend he's played like that regularly this season. Secondly, I recognise his defensive work and I often defend him when people (wrongly IMO) accuse him of not tracking back. The point I'm making is that he has often this season lost the ball when carrying it forwards or making hopeful and risky passes. When he gets tackled he often stays down and moans a bit. All this can be forgiven when he occasionally does produce something. Albrighton was much improved yesterday with his passing, which has been lacking badly, but he was outstanding defensively. He gets behind the ball quick and even gets stuck in regularly. Mahrez usually comes back late and then mostly shepherds the opposition player. That's normal, he's a bit lightweight and not the tenacious type like Albrighton, but it's just stating how it is. It isn't criticism, it's just stating that when he doesn't succeed with his actions, their nature adds pressure to the defense and he's not the type to sprint back 30m to win the ball back, like Albrighton, Okazaki, Drinkwater and Vardy are more prone to do. It's obviously different with him when he's oozing confidence like he was this weekend. I think Mahrez is an incredible talent and we are fortunate to have him. He gives us something most teams can only dream of. But it doesn't and shouldn't make immune to criticism. I have never lost patience with him and I dread the day we inevitably lose him. This is one of the most thought-out and spot-on comment I'd read in this forum. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vardinio'sCat Posted 12 December 2016 Share Posted 12 December 2016 4 hours ago, Ric Flair said: The biggest myth at Leicester since Iain Hume was a good footballer is Mahrez doesn't help out at the back. Watch the game again and solely watch Riyad and he's as disciplined a winger as any flamboyant player of his ilk is. There was one point about 88 mins when we were bang in the ring piece and he absolutely sold Man City down the river on the edge of our box. It wasn't the arrogant sort of football either, he simply got the ball down with unreal control took a look up and got it gone. But don't let the truth get in the way of a good story. Superb post, he does work back more than he is given credit for. We really didn't have any defensive passengers last year, it was a team both with and without the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struwwelpeter60 Posted 12 December 2016 Share Posted 12 December 2016 You all seem to forget, that without Fuchs's fantastic 40 yards pass to Mahrez, Vardy's second goal would not have happened. How much credit does he get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WigstonWanderer Posted 12 December 2016 Share Posted 12 December 2016 The 2 Mahrez sublime touches leading to goals, Jamie Vardy hattrick (and looking much more lively than I have seen him for months), Andy King goal, Huth getting involved in goals, that match had a bit of everything that's been missing compared with last season. More please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ttfn Posted 12 December 2016 Share Posted 12 December 2016 5 hours ago, Struwwelpeter60 said: You all seem to forget, that without Fuchs's fantastic 40 yards pass to Mahrez, Vardy's second goal would not have happened. How much credit does he get? It's a great pass and contributes to what makes it such a great goal, but it's the sort of thing you see probably once a game. I've never seen anything like that touch from Mahrez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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