Mahrez to .......................?

[Ricey]

My fear is that he tries to force the move later in the window and burns all bridges here. No one wins in that situation.

[Ted Maul]

I think we're getting to the point where it would be against our own interests to sell, due to the lack of time to get a replacement. Can't see him leaving if nobody has made a serious bid by this time next week.

[shen]

16 hours ago, Redouane said:

He performed to that standard because the whole team was play good in 15/16. Of course he couldnt live up to those standards with Vardy sitting at 0 goals for the first half of the season. You put messi in last seasons Leicester city and I guarantee you he won't play much better than Mahrez with all the tripple marking and all. 

 

However we did see a glimmer of hope for the squad by the end of the season! Vardy seems to have regained form, the acquisition of Ndidi was very beneficial as well. So who knows? Maybe next season they might surprise again. 

Your tune since the end of the season has changed a bit hasn't it? You slyly dig at Vardy's form to explain Mahrez' underperformance, yet Vardy's performances were consistently among the best over the season. For the first half of the season, he got next to no service.

Mahrez suffered as did many others like Morgan, Drinkwater, Okazaki etc. His poor decision-making and at times uncharacteristically poor technical execution was very much down to himself and is hard to blame others for.

Like you, I expect Mahrez (if he isn't disillusioned by still being at Leicester) to regain some form this season. He showed under Shakespeare last season and in pre-season that he still has it.

[car1os]

1 hour ago, yorkie1999 said:

There's must be a reason why none of the big teams in this country want him for the money being quoted and really only roma have made a sizeable offer. Maybe other teams just don't see how he can play in their systems as it's been shown he's brilliant in a counter attacking side where he's given a bit of time to run at out of position defenders, but also been shown that he can be pushed out of the game by midfield orientated teams, which the premier league is dominated with. There's not many teams that play like us when we play well and maybe he just works in our system and other managers see that. 

I'm sure it's because they think that, as he's requested to leave and we would be worried about team spirit etc should he stay past Augusts transfer deadline, that we would lower our selling price.

 

I think he'll leave late in this window after playing a blinder for the first 3-4 games. Bit worried his form will nosedive if he is still a Leicester player in September

[ClaphamFox]

4 minutes ago, car1os said:

I'm sure it's because they think that, as he's requested to leave and we would be worried about team spirit etc should he stay past Augusts transfer deadline, that we would lower our selling price.

 

I think he'll leave late in this window after playing a blinder for the first 3-4 games. Bit worried his form will nosedive if he is still a Leicester player in September

If his form nosedives, his chances of getting the move he wants will also. I genuinely think he’ll have a good season if he stays.

[Gerard]

5 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

If his form nosedives, his chances of getting the move he wants will also. I genuinely think he’ll have a good season if he stays.

 

He needs to have a good season for the sake of his career.

 

I'd imagine he feels extremely undervalued in the football world. He was a country mile better than Coutinho in 2015/16 and yet Barcelona will pay £100m+ for him and Mahrez is attracting bids starting at £20m from Roma when it's clear he is available.

[ClaphamFox]

Just now, Gerard said:

 

He needs to have a good season for the sake of his career.

 

I'd imagine he feels extremely undervalued in the football world. He was a country mile better than Coutinho in 2015/16 and yet Barcelona will pay £100m+ for him and Mahrez is attracting bids starting at £20m from Roma when it's clear he is available.

Exactly. Which is why I think he won't sulk but will knuckle down and try to remind people of what kind of player he is.

[Redouane]

45 minutes ago, shen said:

Your tune since the end of the season has changed a bit hasn't it? You slyly dig at Vardy's form to explain Mahrez' underperformance, yet Vardy's performances were consistently among the best over the season. For the first half of the season, he got next to no service.

Mahrez suffered as did many others like Morgan, Drinkwater, Okazaki etc. His poor decision-making and at times uncharacteristically poor technical execution was very much down to himself and is hard to blame others for.

Like you, I expect Mahrez (if he isn't disillusioned by still being at Leicester) to regain some form this season. He showed under Shakespeare last season and in pre-season that he still has it.

Okay go compare the stats of the amounts of successful passes/crosses by Mahrez and Vardy's shots on target and goals. 

 

Mahrez was the best player until AFCON when his performance drastically dropped until the last month or two of the season. Go ahead give me a player that had better performances at the start?

 

Whereas Vardy, whom I rate very much, started playing well during the champions league knockout stages until the end of the season.

 

 

[ronnup]

Just discussing on Sky, 'I'm sure John Rudkin has a plan for recruitment if he does go' 

 

 

Are you now...

[SamDZ]

32 minutes ago, Gerard said:

 

He needs to have a good season for the sake of his career.

 

I'd imagine he feels extremely undervalued in the football world. He was a country mile better than Coutinho in 2015/16 and yet Barcelona will pay £100m+ for him and Mahrez is attracting bids starting at £20m from Roma when it's clear he is available.

 

Mahrez's art is Goals & Assists

and teams are gonna wish they never chose the likes of Lemar, Pericic and Coutinho over him

[shen]

2 minutes ago, Redouane said:

Okay go compare the stats of the amounts of successful passes/crosses by Mahrez and Vardy's shots on target and goals. 

 

Mahrez was the best player until AFCON when his performance drastically dropped until the last month or two of the season. Go ahead give me a player that had better performances at the start?

 

Whereas Vardy, whom I rate very much, started playing well during the champions league knockout stages until the end of the season.

 

 

I don't have the time to do that. But it's not like stats are the ultimate truth. There's only so much you can draw statistics from and taken out of context, they distort reality.

I would not agree that Mahrez was the best LCFC player until AFCON - that's a grossly misleading statement, especially in the Premier League.

Likewise, as the season progressed under Ranieri we created less and less chances. It was hardly something Vardy could be blamed for. He would still fashion half-chances on his persistence alone, because god forbid he got any support from anyone else, but I disagree that his form picked up dramatically after the halfway point. That was primarily because Shakespeare somehow picked the team up.

 

[Guest BlueBrett]

Didn't one of the ITKs say categorically he will not be allowed to leave if he's still here for the season opener? 

[enmac]

I want RM to stay. However, if we have to sell him then I'd wait to see what happens to Coutinho and demand 2/3 of that fee from Liverpool if he's sold.
That's £60 M minimum.

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[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

1 hour ago, Gerard said:

 

He needs to have a good season for the sake of his career.

 

I'd imagine he feels extremely undervalued in the football world. He was a country mile better than Coutinho in 2015/16 and yet Barcelona will pay £100m+ for him and Mahrez is attracting bids starting at £20m from Roma when it's clear he is available.

 

1 hour ago, ClaphamFox said:

Exactly. Which is why I think he won't sulk but will knuckle down and try to remind people of what kind of player he is.

Blue tinted specs a bit chaps.  There is a reason Coutinho is soliciting bids of 100 mil and Mahrez isnt

[RonnieTodger]

Mahrez can't go. What are the locals going to say to you when you're wearing a Leicester shirt abroad?

[Gerard]

12 minutes ago, AlloverthefloorYesNdidi said:

 

Blue tinted specs a bit chaps.  There is a reason Coutinho is soliciting bids of 100 mil and Mahrez isnt

 

I don't think so.

 

We're judging Mahrez on what we know he can do and over a time span of over a whole season. I would argue that Mahrez at his best has performed at a higher standard than Coutinho at his best.

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

Just now, Gerard said:

 

I don't think so.

 

We're judging Mahrez on what we know he can do and over a time span of over a whole season. I would argue that Mahrez at his best has performed at a higher standard than Coutinho at his best.

Why do you think Barca are so keen on Coutinho over Mahrez then?

[Guest BlueBrett]

1 minute ago, AlloverthefloorYesNdidi said:

Why do you think Barca are so keen on Coutinho over Mahrez then?

brazilian 

[Sublime_Coatsworth]

This really isn't rocket science. Mahrez didn't play well enough last season to justify his price tag, hence the 'big' clubs aren't really interested.

 

Since Leicester is not prepared to sell him for under a reasonable minimum market price, then it really is up to the player to go out and demonstrate to prospective buyers that he has both talent and consistency. 

 

Even he will be aware that teams are not clamouring for his signature.

[Gerard]

10 minutes ago, AlloverthefloorYesNdidi said:

Why do you think Barca are so keen on Coutinho over Mahrez then?

 

Because Coutinho has performed at a high level consistently. Mahrez has been inconsistent so there are doubts about him.

 

I'd still say that Coutinho has never reached the standard of Mahrez 2015/16 in his career so far.

 

 

[Redouane]

57 minutes ago, shen said:

I don't have the time to do that. But it's not like stats are the ultimate truth. There's only so much you can draw statistics from and taken out of context, they distort reality.

I would not agree that Mahrez was the best LCFC player until AFCON - that's a grossly misleading statement, especially in the Premier League.

Likewise, as the season progressed under Ranieri we created less and less chances. It was hardly something Vardy could be blamed for. He would still fashion half-chances on his persistence alone, because god forbid he got any support from anyone else, but I disagree that his form picked up dramatically after the halfway point. That was primarily because Shakespeare somehow picked the team up.

 

Vardy started regaining form under Ranieri though. 

 

Okay in your opinion who was the best player under Ranieri? 

[martyn]

2 minutes ago, Redouane said:

Vardy started regaining form under Ranieri though. 

 

Okay in your opinion who was the best player under Ranieri? 

Hard to look past Schmeichel..

 

People will have forgotten it, but Drinkwater was good in the first months of the season. Thenl he got injured and was atrocious after he returned.

[Almo-Fox]

now we all know that mahrez has made a mistake in taking Barcelona as his dream team bcz the opportunity is here and come places to take but valverde turn to coutinho and dambele with huge offers and not mahrez even available with reasonable price so mahrez is totally wrong and he should have made RM as his dream team as his countryman coach zidane would sort out a way to get him in the merengue team 

for the top 6 in the EPL màhrez knows he is one season late as the texans are fully equipped in his position 

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

18 minutes ago, Gerard said:

 

Because Coutinho has performed at a high level consistently. Mahrez has been inconsistent so there are doubts about him.

 

I'd still say that Coutinho has never reached the standard of Mahrez 2015/16 in his career so far.

 

 

Consistency is the mark of quality

[shen]

8 minutes ago, Redouane said:

Vardy started regaining form under Ranieri though. 

 

Okay in your opinion who was the best player under Ranieri? 

Schmeichel by some distance. I would have placed pre-injury Drinkwater and Vardy ahead of Mahrez.

 

And my opinion is that Vardy held a decent standard of performance even under Ranieri last season. I don't see his upturn in goals as directly correllated to an upturn in form, but rather a general lift of the rest of the team. I know some have other opinions, but I saw it as Vardy having to fashion a lot of chances on his own until Shakespeare which was asking a lot of him. He simply didn't get any service for various reasons.