Vardy and Iheanacho

[Finley Parsons]

Assuming Iheanacho signs for the club, do you think a partnership with Vardy would work. The Musa/Vardy partnership didnt work out and Iheanacho has pace like Musa. However Iheanacho is more clinical in front of goal. Opinions please! 

[AKCJ]

Iheanacho is willing to drop deeper for the ball. Musa and Vardy didn't work because both players play on the shoulder of the last man.

[Vindaloo FOX]

 

Vardy will be a bench warmer this season. 

 

Slim and Iheanacho will hit it off like a house on fire and score goals for fun !!

[Chico1958]

It has been reported his favourite position is a 10

 

Behind the striker, if that's the case it keeps Vardy happy

 

So hopefully he'll come and play there and it'll be yes

[mod hero]

I've never seen Nacho play number 10 so will be interesting.

 

wonder if we were in for sigurdsson as well?

 

[StanSP]

Iheanacho is a younger, quicker version of Okazaki. More prolific as well and will probably finish off more chances than Okazaki has had.

 

Iheanacho's ability to stay on his feet is much better as well  

[sdb]

Must say I'm not convinced about this number 10 stuff. Really rate the lad but he looks like an out and out striker to me. Not sure the 2 will perfectly suit each other but Vardy could work the channels more, or ideally, I could just be wrong. 

[Legend_in_blue]

It won't work whoever we play up front until the creativity behind the two of them is sorted out.

[Fox92]

I imagine Iheanacho is a much better footballer than Musa.

 

I always thought Iheanacho was a proper striker but people talking about him playing wide on here  

[Gerard]

I've no real opinion on Iheanacho as I've always thought of him as an out and out No9 and never really tried to analyse him on MOTD, etc.

 

The fact that he thinks of himself as a No10 and the pedigree he has makes me salivate though.

 

I would have thought he was way out of our league before the summer, it has all the hallmarks of being a brilliant buy for us when you consider he wants to play in a position that has been weak for us and he has genuine world class potential.

[Samilktray]

Gonna be weird for him coming from a team who actually play football to us at the moment. 

[Bamba's Babes]

1 hour ago, Finley Parsons said:

Assuming Iheanacho signs for the club, do you think a partnership with Vardy would work. The Musa/Vardy partnership didnt work out and Iheanacho has pace like Musa. However Iheanacho is more clinical in front of goal. Opinions please! 

It has to work.

[kristianity77]

You can partner Vardy with Suarez for all that it matters at the moment,  The problem is the service doesn't look like its going to be there at this moment in time.  Until that issue is sorted doesn't matter who we have up top.

[urban.spaceman]

29 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

Gonna be weird for him coming to a team who have actually won something recently.

Fixed. 

 

Just sayin'

[AKCJ]

He's a 9 and a half.

 

Not a 9 like Vardy, not a 10 like Okazaki.

[Sharpe's Fox]

They'll boss it.

[Finnegan]

Classic move last year was someone sending Vardy down the left hand channel, he'd do the full back and put a ball across the box that nobody would get near. Okazaki was always frustratingly late. 

 

Iheanacho's main MO is actually a little like Slimani. He likes the ball to feet deeper in the half, likes to knock it wide to a team mate and then get himself in the area for the return ball.

 

The difference is that Iheanacho wants a cut back to his feet which he tends to look to finish with an early low strike before the keeper is set in a manner similar to Harry Kane. 

 

I can see that working well. Iheanacho, Drinkwater or James sends Vardy who cuts it back for Iheanacho to finish. I'd have more confidence in him getting there to wrap it up than Shinji. 

[Kitchandro]

1 hour ago, Vindaloo FOX said:

 

Vardy will be a bench warmer this season. 

 

Slim and Iheanacho will hit it off like a house on fire and score goals for fun !!

[StanSP]

17 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Classic move last year was someone sending Vardy down the left hand channel, he'd do the full back and put a ball across the box that nobody would get near. Okazaki was always frustratingly late. 

 

Iheanacho's main MO is actually a little like Slimani. He likes the ball to feet deeper in the half, likes to knock it wide to a team mate and then get himself in the area for the return ball.

 

The difference is that Iheanacho wants a cut back to his feet which he tends to look to finish with an early low strike before the keeper is set in a manner similar to Harry Kane. 

 

I can see that working well. Iheanacho, Drinkwater or James sends Vardy who cuts it back for Iheanacho to finish. I'd have more confidence in him getting there to wrap it up than Shinji. 

great. now every manager will know our tactic for next season. well done finners. 

[DJ Barry Hammond]

 

I don't think there's enough evidence to really know how the two might work as a partnership. Equally, we may need to go one up front if we continue to look week in the midfield area.

 

Shame they haven't had longer to work on that part of their play in pre-season.

[st albans fox]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

Iheanacho is a younger, quicker version of Okazaki. More prolific as well and will probably finish off more chances than Okazaki has had.

 

Iheanacho's ability to stay on his feet is much better as well  

As is Douglas Bader Stan ..........   (one for the teenagers)

[StanSP]

1 minute ago, st albans fox said:

As is Douglas Bader Stan ..........   (one for the teenagers)

yeah that goes way over my head as well  

[NotTheMarketLeader]

Musa was shit. 

[foxes21]

Our priority should be an attacking RB so Mahrez can drift into the middle and link up with Iheanacho/Vardy.

 

Edited 30 July 2017 by foxes21

[volpeazzurro]

The answer is quite easy really. The better players and combinations get the places in the team, but is it that simple?

 

Vardy quite rightly, is thus far our incumbant number 1 striker. Slimani is a recognised number 9 being asked to play out of position. He too in the right team with the right service and tactics played in the right position will score goals also. Iheanacho, a young lad with much potential,  not sure of his best position, may also score goals. Ulloa is the lesser of the four.

 

Shakespeare has to have the balls to play the best in form player in the right system at the right time against the right opposition,  there is no place for favouritism for past glories. For example, in our Premiership winning season, although other teams were aware of our 'ball over the top' tactics to Vardy, they had so much more to worry about, when it happened they still couldn't stop it. Times and players have changed and for some games, so must we. If a game calls for two wingers or wing backs crossing to Slimani so be it, Vardy has to be substituted or even dropped.  If Iheanacho shows signs of being our best number 9, so be it. Shakey's job is to provide the best tactics and best players, to do a particular job against a particular opposition. He can't afford to slavishly play a 442 with his favourite players just to pander to the favoured individuals in the changing room. This is where I wonder whether he is cut throat and nasty enough.