Slimani to China?

[Melbourne Fuchs]

23 minutes ago, lgfualol said:

We'll go down if we sell him. 

 

Ulloa - clearly doesn't want to be here

Vardy - only capable of playing one way,  a way that has barely worked all season

Okazaki - can run around, but offers as much goal threat as Zieler. 

Musa - could be great but like Vardy, needs space otherwise useless.

What do you mean? Goals are always a threat when Zieler's around.

[SecretPro]

Haha cretins want to sell our top scorer and the only person looking capable of scoring goals in our current predicament?! Unbelievable. 

[HighPeakFox]

31 minutes ago, SecretPro said:

Haha cretins want to sell our top scorer and the only person looking capable of scoring goals in our current predicament?! Unbelievable. 

With respect, it's pretty difficult to win debates when calling people that disagree cretins... 

[RizLCFC]

With all due respect, Tancredi Palmeri has been known to tweet some absolute drivel. Did it in the summer with Vardy to Arsenal too. If it was Di Marzio who tweeted it, that would be a different story!

[STUHILL]

2 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

With respect, it's pretty difficult to win debates when calling people that disagree cretins... 

You must admit though, pretty ridiculous to be wanting to sell our best striker with a week left of the window for a 5 million profit, when we are in a relegation fight. 

[st albans fox]

As Bert has pointed out on twitter, slim has played for two clubs already this season

 

close thread and don't bother reading shocking journalism?

[Realist Guy In The Room]

1 minute ago, STUHILL said:

You must admit though, pretty ridiculous to be wanting to sell our best striker with a week left of the window for a 5 million profit, when we are in a relegation fight. 

Our best striker?

 

He's shown he's a threat when the ball lands on his head 5 yards out.

 

Apart from that, he's bloody gash.  We need to have an eye on the worst case scenario and carrying players like Slimani into the Championship isnt a good idea.

 

Sell him, keep Ulloa for the squad and start playing the ball on the floor for a change.  

[adam]

Shows a complete lack of ambition if we sell him. He's the only forward we have who actually looks capable of scoring a goal.  Some fans only judge a player on the amount of running  he does. It's the same as when we had yakubbu. 

 

[HighPeakFox]

10 minutes ago, STUHILL said:

You must admit though, pretty ridiculous to be wanting to sell our best striker with a week left of the window for a 5 million profit, when we are in a relegation fight. 

That's beside the point though! If someone tries to defeat me with reason, then fine. I'm unlikely to change my mind when called a cretin... 

[elvisfmcfly]

1 hour ago, Zaphod Beeblebrox said:

He was not worth anywhere near the money we paid for him in the first place. We overpaid by double what he is worth. If we can sell for more than we paid then it is a brilliant deal. Sell, sell, sell.

I love how quick our fans are to judge players,he's our top scorer and our only striker who looks like he as a goal on him the way we play.If we give supply he will prove he's worth the money.

[BenTheFox]

6 hours ago, STUHILL said:

What do other strikers do? 

 

Slimani seems to be able to hold the ball up well and bring others into play, as well as win headers and flick-ons. 

I think for someone of his stature, his hold up and his link up play is disappointing. Also 'what do other strikers do?'. I think you know the answer to that. For instance watch a top class striker like Aguero or Suarez. They create as many chances as they score. Take Vardy last season. He was constantly releaving pressure, winning throw-ins and free kicks etc. 

[Marshall Cockney Fox]

Nah. They'll still pay that in the summer. Right now we need Slim's bullet head as our general creativity is poor. Crosses onto his noggin will be invaluable.

[Guest Lako42]

This won't happen but if it did we'd be even more ****ed.

 

Slimani is our only goalscoring hope whilst we play like complete throwbacks to an Italian 3rd division side.

[Kitchandro]

Ok this is blato not going to happen.

I can't say I'd be especially gutted if he did leave though. He's no better than Ulloa.

[Guest Lako42]

27 minutes ago, adam said:

Shows a complete lack of ambition if we sell him. He's the only forward we have who actually looks capable of scoring a goal.  Some fans only judge a player on the amount of running  he does. It's the same as when we had yakubbu. 

 

He does more running than anyone in else in the team.

 

He's always chasing after shit balls.

[STUHILL]

30 minutes ago, Realist Guy In The Room said:

Our best striker?

 

He's shown he's a threat when the ball lands on his head 5 yards out.

 

Apart from that, he's bloody gash.  We need to have an eye on the worst case scenario and carrying players like Slimani into the Championship isnt a good idea.

 

Sell him, keep Ulloa for the squad and start playing the ball on the floor for a change.  

Well he is currently our best striker with his 6 goals and he also has the best scoring record of anyone in our squad with almost 1 goal every 2 games in his career.

 

So your argument is, sell players now so we don't have to deal with them if we get relegated...? 

 

Crazy. 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

34 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

As Bert has pointed out on twitter, slim has played for two clubs already this season

 

close thread and don't bother reading shocking journalism?

Would that rule come into effect if he's moving to China for the start of a new footballing season?

[Kitchandro]

31 minutes ago, adam said:

Shows a complete lack of ambition if we sell him. He's the only forward we have who actually looks capable of scoring a goal.  Some fans only judge a player on the amount of running  he does. It's the same as when we had yakubbu. 

 

Idiotic comment. Remember we were wank with Yakubu, partly because he wouldn't work for the team. Then we brought in Vardy & Nugent who did and that helped us challenge for promotion. Running is actually pretty important.

I'll accept Slimani is capable of scoring a goal if we get a cross into, but the fact the rest of his game is awful doesn't help the team create chances for him. A team like us especially needs strikers to do more than score, we need players who fit the system and create space for both themselves and teammates.

[Johnthefoxrayner]

41 minutes ago, adam said:

Shows a complete lack of ambition if we sell him. He's the only forward we have who actually looks capable of scoring a goal.  Some fans only judge a player on the amount of running  he does. It's the same as when we had yakubbu. 

 

Spot on mate. It's unbelievable why would we sell our top scorer. No fight no ambition if we sell slim 

[lgfualol]

4 minutes ago, Kitchandro said:

Idiotic comment. Remember we were wank with Yakubu, partly because he wouldn't work for the team. Then we brought in Vardy & Nugent who did and that helped us challenge for promotion. Running is actually pretty important.

I'll accept Slimani is capable of scoring a goal if we get a cross into, but the fact the rest of his game is awful doesn't help the team create chances for him. A team like us especially needs strikers to do more than score, we need players who fit the system and create space for both themselves and teammates.

Do we even have a system? Whack the ball up to Vardy and hoping something happens isn't really working. He has sat firmly in the pockets of every defender bar Man City because they know what we're up to and he doesn't make runs in the channels anymore. 

[CosbehFox]

1 hour ago, SecretPro said:

Haha cretins want to sell our top scorer and the only person looking capable of scoring goals in our current predicament?! Unbelievable. 

Yep, the whole move would not send a good message around either 

[STUHILL]

4 minutes ago, Kitchandro said:

Idiotic comment. Remember we were wank with Yakubu, partly because he wouldn't work for the team. Then we brought in Vardy & Nugent who did and that helped us challenge for promotion. Running is actually pretty important.

I'll accept Slimani is capable of scoring a goal if we get a cross into, but the fact the rest of his game is awful doesn't help the team create chances for him. A team like us especially needs strikers to do more than score, we need players who fit the system and create space for both themselves and teammates.

How's that system been working out recently without Slimani? 

 

I much prefer a squad with Slimani in, than without. He seems to work as hard as many of our players too, if not harder. Certainly put Vardy to shame with the amount of running and pressing he did the last time they played together.

 

Also assisted 2 goals against Man City if I recall rightly. Seems to be doing a hell of a lot more for the team in scoring goals and assists than any other striker we have 

[Leamington Fox]

I really rate Slimani, based upon what he achieved at his previous club, but also what he has achieved with us.  I like his determination and grit, which is sorely lacking with many of other players at present.  Sporting Lisbon fans loved him for a reason and were very sorry to see him leave.  I can't believe people are already writing him off and suggesting they'd be happy to see him go at a very modest (and therefore completely irrelevant) profit.

[CosbehFox]

4 minutes ago, STUHILL said:

How's that system been working out recently without Slimani? 

 

I much prefer a squad with Slimani in, than without. He seems to work as hard as many of our players too, if not harder. Certainly put Vardy to shame with the amount of running and pressing he did the last time they played together.

 

Also assisted 2 goals against Man City if I recall rightly. Seems to be doing a hell of a lot more for the team in scoring goals and assists than any other striker we have 

The whole argument the rest of the game is poor is just rubbish. 

 

I think hes assisted four goals this season. He's very good at getting the ball wide quick when he's given the right type of service. 

 

His attitude and character is one of the better ones at the mo. You might moan about his moaning. He was poor against Everton but returned a week later to lift himself and play brilliant against West Ham. I don't see many of our other players raising their performances after a poor display. More just the same  poor body language week after week. 

 

He wants to succeed and win. I don't see many others this season with the same desire as that.

[adam]

13 minutes ago, Kitchandro said:

Idiotic comment. Remember we were wank with Yakubu, partly because he wouldn't work for the team. Then we brought in Vardy & Nugent who did and that helped us challenge for promotion. Running is actually pretty important.

I'll accept Slimani is capable of scoring a goal if we get a cross into, but the fact the rest of his game is awful doesn't help the team create chances for him. A team like us especially needs strikers to do more than score, we need players who fit the system and create space for both themselves and teammates.

How is his game any more awful than okazaki or vardys  this year. Everyone has been pretty terrible. People writing him off after a few months is madness. The difference is he scores goals. He should be the first picked. Take it you would rather see okazaki.