Slimani to ....................?

[Finnegan]

He's had a difficult season adjusting but the few times he's been fit (and he doesn't have a track record of severe injury problems does he?) he's looked alright and I think the people denying that make themselves look silly in the face of the stats.

 

We started the season poorly because we tried to shoehorn Vardy in to the Shinji role and push Slim up. In the last couple of games he played he dropped in to the deeper hole, Vardy pushed on and it looked far more promising and he got another goal, could have had two but for a good block.

 

Unless the speculation about him not settling in the squad are true, he'll stay. He's a good player and the owner's biggest investment to date, can't see them sacking him off.

 

I think we'll keep him and he'll go on to make the usual suspects on here look a bit daft next year when he finds his stride.

[Guest Col city fan]

1 hour ago, Finnegan said:

He's had a difficult season adjusting but the few times he's been fit (and he doesn't have a track record of severe injury problems does he?) he's looked alright and I think the people denying that make themselves look silly in the face of the stats.

 

We started the season poorly because we tried to shoehorn Vardy in to the Shinji role and push Slim up. In the last couple of games he played he dropped in to the deeper hole, Vardy pushed on and it looked far more promising and he got another goal, could have had two but for a good block.

 

Unless the speculation about him not settling in the squad are true, he'll stay. He's a good player and the owner's biggest investment to date, can't see them sacking him off.

 

I think we'll keep him and he'll go on to make the usual suspects on here look a bit daft next year when he finds his stride.

He may well do. Or he may well not.

I like to think about here and now. 

This season, for the money we paid for him, his injury record and his absence in the big games we've missed him for, he's been a flop. 

We COULD have signed a striker who simply played a lot more and looked more dangerous.

'Finding his stride' next season is all completely hypothetical. Of course, if he does you'll be the first to tell us so, no doubt.

[Finnegan]

10 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

 

Of course, if he does you'll be the first to tell us so, no doubt.

 

The irony of this statement has made my morning.

 

Literally no sense of self awareness, you, Col.

[MC Prussian]

I'm unfortunately not the biggest fan of Slimani, and I expected him to have a bigger impact after all the praise he got playing for Sporting.

I'm willing to give him another season (or half) to prove his worth.

But I suppose we'd have to fit the system around him to a certain extent - do we want that?

Or else he'd have to play in Shinji's role, placed right behind Vardy as a No. 10 or centre-forward. Not his preferred position...

 

The transfer fee will always hang above his head as his own personal Sword of Damocles.

As great as his bit-part stats may look like, he still seems to be struggling settling in (as a footballer off and on the pitch) and the injury history doesn't make his case more favourable.

[shen]

If Slimani can stay injury-free I think he will be an asset next season. He's the only one I consider a genuine goal threat besides Vardy. Mahrez will not score as regularly for us as he did last season.

On top of that I feel he's got the personality to succeed here.

[Guest Col city fan]

3 minutes ago, shen said:

If Slimani can stay injury-free I think he will be an asset next season. He's the only one I consider a genuine goal threat besides Vardy. Mahrez will not score as regularly for us as he did last season.

On top of that I feel he's got the personality to succeed here.

Funny that. I see the 'personality' thing differently. I don't see him as a typical City player.

Of course, he's the only genuine goal threat besides Vardy..he's our other main striker! That doesn't mean we couldn't sell him and get another one though does it.

[Guest Col city fan]

34 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

The irony of this statement has made my morning.

 

Literally no sense of self awareness, you, Col.

You clearly can't see through the irony..

 

[Gerard]

I can see why Slimani was bought as we heard his attributes were a beast in the air, a great finisher and a really hard worker. He sounded the ideal replacement for Shinji and I guess the hope was we'd have two forwards who harassed the defenders and we had both air power and pace and would be a threat if the opposition dropped deep or pushed up. It hasn't quite worked like that though.

[shen]

Just now, Col city fan said:

Funny that. I see the 'personality' thing differently. I don't see him as a typical City player.

Of course, he's the only genuine goal threat besides Vardy..he's our other main striker! That doesn't mean we couldn't sell him and get another one though does it.

He's a 'fighter', a late bloomer like Vardy, and he says the right things and has a decent attitude on the pitch. Sometimes a bit too aggressive, sometimes he's mistiming his actions, but that will come with more game time.

[shen]

3 minutes ago, Gerard said:

I can see why Slimani was bought as we heard his attributes were a beast in the air, a great finisher and a really hard worker. He sounded the ideal replacement for Shinji and I guess the hope was we'd have two forwards who harassed the defenders and we had both air power and pace and would be a threat if the opposition dropped deep or pushed up. It hasn't quite worked like that though.

Nearly everyone had a shit 6 months this season under Ranieri and Slimani hasn't featured under Shakespeare really yet. Despite this, he's still managed to be an effective weapon with the limited appearances he's had. His injuries have disrupted his season and the question is if our staff could've foreseen and prevented them.

[Babylon]

10 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

Funny that. I see the 'personality' thing differently. I don't see him as a typical City player.

Of course, he's the only genuine goal threat besides Vardy..he's our other main striker! That doesn't mean we couldn't sell him and get another one though does it.

I would urge you to watch the interviews with him on youtube with him being interviewed by Adlene Guedioura. His background and what he says in them he sounds like a typical city player to me. I think people on here are portraying him unfairly as we don't hear him speak.  We don't know him, his personality. All these rumours of sulking and not fitting in etc are just that rumours. He seems a very down to earth guy in those interviews, with the aid of the subtitles it's the first time I've seen any interview of a decent length and he comes across well I think. He admits himself he's still transitioning to life in a new country and a new league.

[Babylon]

15 minutes ago, Gerard said:

I can see why Slimani was bought as we heard his attributes were a beast in the air, a great finisher and a really hard worker. He sounded the ideal replacement for Shinji and I guess the hope was we'd have two forwards who harassed the defenders and we had both air power and pace and would be a threat if the opposition dropped deep or pushed up. It hasn't quite worked like that though.

He's a lead the line striker and always has been, was my argument against signing him at the time. Still think he has something to offer though, I think his movement and positioning in the box is fantastic.

[UniFox21]

Genuinely think he can do well here 

When we're rapidly counter attacking he is a little behind, but the minute we're crossing balls in or looking for a presence in the box he's perfect 

The attacks where he's up there and we have a ball going into the box, if its a good cross you'd bet your money on him getting his head on it 

 

Maybe its just us needing to slightly alter our emphasis to get balls in the box 

[Arriba Los Zorros]

Slim has just about shown enough on the pitch to be kept here IMO

 

Having said that his injury record is appaling and if I'd want to get rid of him it would be for that

[lgfualol]

56 minutes ago, Babylon said:

I would urge you to watch the interviews with him on youtube with him being interviewed by Adlene Guedioura. His background and what he says in them he sounds like a typical city player to me. I think people on here are portraying him unfairly as we don't hear him speak.  We don't know him, his personality. All these rumours of sulking and not fitting in etc are just that rumours. He seems a very down to earth guy in those interviews, with the aid of the subtitles it's the first time I've seen any interview of a decent length and he comes across well I think. He admits himself he's still transitioning to life in a new country and a new league.

Here we go for anyone too lazy to search

 I really like his personality. He came from nothing and worked his way to giving Germany hell in the 2014 world cup and reaching the Premier League. Had a lot of people saying he'll never succeed too so fits perfectly into the Leicester team in that sense. 

[the fox]

, you would think a player like slimani would be a fan favourite in england. a big scrappy striker that can actually run and has a nose for goal but lacks the great ball control. pretty much a 70's striker. a beast of a player that leaves very little to be desired from the opposition fans.

i still believe that a 3-5-2 with a proper number 10/box to box and ben/marc playing as wingbacks crossing the ball will make us unstoppable

[sylofox]

17 hours ago, cropstonfox said:

I will drive him to either club.  Im willing to drop musa off at Kettering town and Mendez at Northampton en route!

 

15 hours ago, Col city fan said:

I'll drive him there miself. As I said in Jan, sick-note, get rid.

Care to remind us all what level it was you both played at?

[Kitchandro]

If we're a club with ambition he's not good enough to be anything more than a substitute.

 

For me, he's just a standard big man that struggling teams turn to because they can't afford anyone with real quality who's going to score lots of different types of goals. 'Get crosses into Slimani, these big teams don't like it up 'em.'

 

He's nowhere near the level of Vardy, for example, and really we need to find someone who can replace him if he's injured, suspended or out of form, and more ideally someone to partner him who is an upgrade on Okazaki.

I'm not desperate to sell him but going forward he should be 4th choice for me, assuming he's ahead of Ulloa, who I'm not convinced is an inferior player either to be honest.

[Stadt]

Slimani is a much better player than Ulloa.

[AmarteyAndChill]

19 minutes ago, Kitchandro said:

If we're a club with ambition he's not good enough to be anything more than a substitute.

 

For me, he's just a standard big man that struggling teams turn to because they can't afford anyone with real quality who's going to score lots of different types of goals. 'Get crosses into Slimani, these big teams don't like it up 'em.'

 

He's nowhere near the level of Vardy, for example, and really we need to find someone who can replace him if he's injured, suspended or out of form, and more ideally someone to partner him who is an upgrade on Okazaki.

I'm not desperate to sell him but going forward he should be 4th choice for me, assuming he's ahead of Ulloa, who I'm not convinced is an inferior player either to be honest.

If Slimani is only just good enough to be a sub then Matty James hasn't got a chance. 

[TheHitman™]

24 minutes ago, Kitchandro said:

If we're a club with ambition he's not good enough to be anything more than a substitute.

 

For me, he's just a standard big man that struggling teams turn to because they can't afford anyone with real quality who's going to score lots of different types of goals. 'Get crosses into Slimani, these big teams don't like it up 'em.'

 

He's nowhere near the level of Vardy, for example, and really we need to find someone who can replace him if he's injured, suspended or out of form, and more ideally someone to partner him who is an upgrade on Okazaki.

I'm not desperate to sell him but going forward he should be 4th choice for me, assuming he's ahead of Ulloa, who I'm not convinced is an inferior player either to be honest.

Now this comment is BS. In a proper system and his full fitness he would be a good focal point. I would say he is a better striker than many of the strikers in the league and would easily say he is the same level as Benteke.

 

He doesn't fit our system but to say that he doesn't have quality is silly. Also to people who say Ulloa is better than Slimani are clearly smoking.

[sk3since03]

They are literally linked with every player going

 

What a shit club 

 

They can have him Slim for that though! 

Much better options out there tbh 

[Bluearmyfox28]

2 hours ago, the fox said:

, you would think a player like slimani would be a fan favourite in england. a big scrappy striker that can actually run and has a nose for goal but lacks the great ball control. pretty much a 70's striker. a beast of a player that leaves very little to be desired from the opposition fans.

i still believe that a 3-5-2 with a proper number 10/box to box and ben/marc playing as wingbacks crossing the ball will make us unstoppable

I agree completely with you regarding the formation. I've never seen us look so good in a specific formation like I did that second half vs Athletico. However you can't drop Fuchs, his delivery in that position would be vital. 

 

Also Mahrez would be perfect for that No.10 role.

[AmarteyAndChill]

16 minutes ago, sk3since03 said:

They are literally linked with every player going

 

What a shit club 

 

They can have him Slim for that though! 

Much better options out there tbh 

Who are better options? 

[AmarteyAndChill]

5 minutes ago, Bluearmyfox28 said:

I agree completely with you regarding the formation. I've never seen us look so good in a specific formation like I did that second half vs Athletico. However you can't drop Fuchs, his delivery in that position would be vital. 

 

Also Mahrez would be perfect for that No.10 role.

In fairness, Atletico had shut up shop and were just defending & Carrasco(I think) almost scored as Griezmann went on that amazing run and squared it.