dayday Posted 22 July 2017 Share Posted 22 July 2017 22 minutes ago, Eagle10 said: Your opinion my friend, when you say his hold up play is woeful I don't think you watch the games. I saw 111 games he played in Sporting and he is everything but pants. As for hold up play can you give me some examples, I find as the ball is played long he rarely wins 50/50 heading duels, if the ball is played to his feet, his touch is that poor it bounces of., as for holding the ball up I'm struggling to remember when he does this well, he actually looks ungainly. Im still waiting for somebody to tell me his strengths other than attacking the ball in the box, his all round game is very limited in my eyes. Still there is next season to be proven wrong i don't mind a bit of humble pie, but I doubt it will come to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Shep Posted 22 July 2017 Share Posted 22 July 2017 4 hours ago, Dames said: Absolutely this. He isn't up to scratch anymore but for some mysterious reason a good portion of mongys love him because he has a song and had a small hot streak 2 years ago. These are also the same type of people that want Mahrez gone... 1 hour ago, HankMarvin said: Who said you was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle10 Posted 22 July 2017 Share Posted 22 July 2017 6 minutes ago, dayday said: As for hold up play can you give me some examples, I find as the ball is played long he rarely wins 50/50 heading duels, if the ball is played to his feet, his touch is that poor it bounces of., as for holding the ball up I'm struggling to remember when he does this well, he actually looks ungainly. Im still waiting for somebody to tell me his strengths other than attacking the ball in the box, his all round game is very limited in my eyes. Still there is next season to be proven wrong i don't mind a bit of humble pie, but I doubt it will come to that. His touch isn't the best but you are exaggerating, he can control a ball, sometimes it bounces of but not all the times. I can tell you more strengths. He is fast for a big lad, works hard, and a good finisher, played to his strengths, and with motivation he becomes a excellent striker. Don't think he will prove you wrong this season, at least in Leicester, it seems he is going to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WigstonWanderer Posted 22 July 2017 Share Posted 22 July 2017 Thought he worked hard today and looked dangerous quite aside from the goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dames Posted 22 July 2017 Share Posted 22 July 2017 53 minutes ago, Sir Shep said: Haha i wasn't directing that comment at anyone in particular but if the shoe fits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col city fan Posted 22 July 2017 Share Posted 22 July 2017 Eagle 10 is monopolizing the thread (again) with his biased view of Slimani. It needs to stop. There can be no discussion when every other post is his, just bigging Slim up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasmurf Posted 22 July 2017 Share Posted 22 July 2017 1 hour ago, Eagle10 said: In my honest opinion, the best is to sell him. Ulloa just adds flick ons and a bit of work rate, he doesn't add goals as Slim does, but he is ok being in the bench so the best is to sell Slimani and keep Ulloa while Slimani has value. You seriously think Ulloa works harder than Slim?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redouane Posted 22 July 2017 Share Posted 22 July 2017 2 hours ago, dayday said: As Col said he is pants, his hold up play and touch is woeful, he could have another 25 games that part of his game isn't going to improve now at the age of 29. We all know his strength is attacking crosses and unless we play to his strengths then I just cannot see where he is going to get into the side, I would sell if the opportunity arises Since when is there an age limit on improvement? Don't you think Ronaldo is improving? He might not have the same physical abilities as when he was 23 but as a player he is getting smarter and smarter. Also I don't know if you've noticed but we are already playing to his strengths and it's working! Just because Vardy is on the pitch does not mean that you can't play for both of their strengths. Today was the perfect example of that. I think this thread should be closed. Doesn't seem like Shakespeare is interested in selling. All approaches have been quickly rejected. He will stay whether you like it or not so just be patient and we will see whether he's a good fit or not with a full pre season in front of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edingleyfox Posted 22 July 2017 Share Posted 22 July 2017 With new talk of Silva coming in who knows Slim well perhaps he still has a future at Leicester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle10 Posted 22 July 2017 Share Posted 22 July 2017 45 minutes ago, Papasmurf said: You seriously think Ulloa works harder than Slim?? Where in my comment did you see that? I didn't say any of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle10 Posted 22 July 2017 Share Posted 22 July 2017 1 hour ago, Col city fan said: Eagle 10 is monopolizing the thread (again) with his biased view of Slimani. It needs to stop. There can be no discussion when every other post is his, just bigging Slim up. Are you the owner of the website or something? You don't like just ignore me... Biased is if I was talking lies, I'm not talking lies. I even said that you should sell him to recoup the money you spent on him and that the price tag was way to high. Happy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobHawk Posted 22 July 2017 Share Posted 22 July 2017 From what I've seen I would 100% keep slimani! He is easily the 2nd best striker at the club behind vards, but also offers something very different. In in my eyes, it's time for Leo to go! He wants regular game time and he shouldn't be getting near our team very often. I know the last 2 games are friendlies and we shouldn't read much into them, but he has offered nothing whilst on the pitch! If Slim stays and we keep him fit, I think he'll do well this year. In fact, of last summers signings, he's the only 1 I'd keep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk3since03 Posted 23 July 2017 Share Posted 23 July 2017 I'm not a huge fan i'll admit, but i'd 100% would keep Slim! Given the right service i rekon he has 15+ goals in him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrifox Posted 23 July 2017 Share Posted 23 July 2017 8 hours ago, RobHawk said: From what I've seen I would 100% keep slimani! He is easily the 2nd best striker at the club behind vards, but also offers something very different. In in my eyes, it's time for Leo to go! He wants regular game time and he shouldn't be getting near our team very often. I know the last 2 games are friendlies and we shouldn't read much into them, but he has offered nothing whilst on the pitch! If Slim stays and we keep him fit, I think he'll do well this year. In fact, of last summers signings, he's the only 1 I'd keep! Agree (re Leo) he's almost De Vries- like in slow lumpishness . I won't deny his important Contributions in 2015-16 but we need to move on and take whatever might be on offer for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue ROI Posted 23 July 2017 Share Posted 23 July 2017 Would hold onto him. Slimani was one of our best players wrt goals per games over the last year. Was unfortunate not to score at least once against Bournemouth. If he can hit the ground running early this season we could have a big threat to others.we don't know how it's shaping up this year yet but in the backdrop of relegation being likely last winter Slimanis goals kept us ticking over. If anything happens vardy we'd be sorry to lose slim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxes21 Posted 23 July 2017 Share Posted 23 July 2017 He needs to be playing number 9. But what frustrates me about Slimani is his extremely poor first touch and he doesn't play well with ANY of our strikers. Not Okazaki, not Vardy, not Musa & certainly not Ulloa. Will he link up well with Iheanacho? I doubt it. He has no connection with our other strikers & we always play with 2. His only strengths are his finishing and heading... There is nothing else to his game. If he can start linking up better with our other strikers, we might be able to play to Slimani's strengths in some games. For now though, he's an impact sub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 23 July 2017 Share Posted 23 July 2017 "Doesn't link up" - But creates most chances and has most assists per minute. Wow imagine how good he'd be if he could actually link up. Maybe as good as the others that link up but don't create chances and don't get assists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redouane Posted 23 July 2017 Share Posted 23 July 2017 9 hours ago, RobHawk said: From what I've seen I would 100% keep slimani! He is easily the 2nd best striker at the club behind vards, but also offers something very different. In in my eyes, it's time for Leo to go! He wants regular game time and he shouldn't be getting near our team very often. I know the last 2 games are friendlies and we shouldn't read much into them, but he has offered nothing whilst on the pitch! If Slim stays and we keep him fit, I think he'll do well this year. In fact, of last summers signings, he's the only 1 I'd keep! So sack Ndidi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrifox Posted 23 July 2017 Share Posted 23 July 2017 6 minutes ago, Redouane said: So sack Ndidi? Who joined in January Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 23 July 2017 Share Posted 23 July 2017 Thought he has looked good and linked up well on many occasions with Vardy. Not expecting Slim to be able to link up with Okazaki or Ulloa, both are poor. Shinj barely links up with Vardy really, we usually bypass him as within 2 seconds of him getting the ball we have lost it again. I really wanna see a fully fit Slim for a whole season, he'll be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waylander Posted 23 July 2017 Share Posted 23 July 2017 9 hours ago, Eagle10 said: Are you the owner of the website or something? You don't like just ignore me... Biased is if I was talking lies, I'm not talking lies. I even said that you should sell him to recoup the money you spent on him and that the price tag was way to high. Happy? He he calm down I enjoy your unbiased comments keep them coming and keep smiling ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapero82 Posted 23 July 2017 Share Posted 23 July 2017 Cards doesn't work in a 433 when he is upfront on his own but Slimani would work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleckneymike Posted 23 July 2017 Share Posted 23 July 2017 Slimani is an enigma. Outside the box his desire and ability to use his head to win flick ons or 50/50s is non existent. Inside the box his head is like a magnet. A real throwback player. We undoubtedly overpaid for him but he is a goal scorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUltimateWinner Posted 23 July 2017 Share Posted 23 July 2017 Put the ball on his head in the box and most the time he will score. I've been impressed with his off the ball work in pre season so far too, he seems to be chasing a lot more than he used to. Maybe thinking he's got a point to prove? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxinsocks Posted 23 July 2017 Share Posted 23 July 2017 why is this a thread? Is there any evidence he is going anywhere. he would do better to work on his game... he could improve himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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