Strikers

[Nick]

So people seem happy to let Ulloa go for a fee and others happy to sell on Slimani as he really doesn't fit the way we play.

 

That said if the unthinkable happened and Vardy got injured - Yes we could play Icheancho and Okazaki but there really wouldn't be any strength in depth the way we play and I genuinely believe we'd be stuffed.

 

I don't necessarily mind selling both Ulloa and Slim (though I'd not be disappointed to keep Slim) but we'd need a fourth striker and somebody who fits... the more I think about it weirdly, Deeney actually seems like a good option if we got money for our two big lads.

 

Keeping strikers happy is a nightmare but I do think that competition for places makes a difference - take a look at Shinji's performance last week. Can't help but think he was extra good because he was fighting for his starting place.

 

Id like four strikers that fit our style. We currently have three. Most managers seem to like 5 strikers for a campaign to cope with injuries and the amount of games but I can't see a way of keeping that many happy!

[Gerard]

Vardy and Iheanacho will almost certainly be first choice.

Okazaki will be first reserve.

 

One of Slimani or Ulloa needs to go and I personally have no strong opinion on which one but it would be dependent on the offers we received.

[Guest Col city fan]

Awful thread. Close

 

[Nick]

3 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

Awful thread. Close

 

What would FT do if you got injured?

 

Now there's a thread...

[lgfualol]

If Vardy gets injured we're ****ed. Slim and Iheanacho could be tasty though, if we play to their strengths. 

[foxy boxing]

For a moment I thought a few Leicester players had gone on strike, seems to be the trend of Premier League footballers nowadays!

[Daggers]

21 minutes ago, Swan Lesta said:

 

...but I can't see a way of keeping that many happy!

Thai hookers?

[Stadt]

11 minutes ago, Swan Lesta said:

What would FT do if you got injured?

 

Now there's a thread...

Rejoice?

[foxes21]

We need a like for like back up for Vardy. 

 

It's unlikely we'll sign another striker though. However we had scouts watching Birmingham in pre-season, so maybe we're looking at signing Che Adams in January? Apparently he's similar to Vardy.

[Fox92]

I wouldn't sell Slimani.

 

We've got good service in Albrighton, Fuchs, Mahrez and with a good run in the side Slimani can easily bag us 10-14 goals a season. Only things I worry about are his ability to stay fit and his first touch.

 

I never understood the idea of giving Ulloa a new contract, unless the club thought we couldn't get anybody else in (ie Iheanacho).

[filbertstreet]

stick big wes up front

[Nick]

5 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Thai hookers?

Morning supreme overlord.

[filbertway]

To be fair, if it gets to a point where we have to rely on Leo I'd say we're stuffed anyway. I'd rather play Dimmy Gray up front before Leo. Him and Kelechi would be delightful.

[Guest Col city fan]

10 minutes ago, Wookie said:

Rejoice?

No need for that now is there.

And it is a poor thread. Nick must try harder.

 

[Stadt]

Just now, Col city fan said:

No need for that now is there.

And it is a poor thread. Nick must try harder.

 

I meant just like a niggly Slimani-I-can't-be-arsed injury, nothing serious!

[Nick]

6 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

No need for that now is there.

And it is a poor thread. Nick must try harder.

 

[davieG]

I don't get this Slimani doesn't fit our style of play surely one of the reasons for having a number of strikers is so you can change the way we play through substitutions if it's not working.

 

Whether Slimani is good enough for that I don't know.

[Kitchandro]

If Vardy gets injured we're screwed regardless. He is so important to the way we play it is unthinkable that we'd have to play without him. I don't actually know what we'd do in that scenario.

 

I don't see what you're saying about Deeney at all, how would he suit us?

[Ted Maul]

2 hours ago, Fox92 said:

I wouldn't sell Slimani.

 

We've got good service in Albrighton, Fuchs, Mahrez and with a good run in the side Slimani can easily bag us 10-14 goals a season. Only things I worry about are his ability to stay fit and his first touch.

 

I never understood the idea of giving Ulloa a new contract, unless the club thought we couldn't get anybody else in (ie Iheanacho).

Whilst I agree that I'd rather keep Slimani of the two, Ulloa could easily score 10-14 with an extended run in the side as well. 

[Fez of Mahrez]

It's still ridiculous that we can win the league with Vardy plus either Okazaki or Ulloa, but if you pair Okazaki and Ulloa they barely look like footballers.

 

Vardy's pace and finishing are so good that we can afford to partner him with players to whom the ball is incidental. There was a great moment in the Luton pre-season game when the ball was played forward, Okazaki and Ulloa both did their thing where they back into their marker and let the ball bounce through, then realised they were playing up front with each other and it went straight to the goalkeeper.

 

Even better is that the Vardy back-up option was meant to be *drum roll* Musa.

 

Iheanacho looks, on paper, to be the perfect signing as he's capable of playing both roles but the jury's out for now.

 

[Something about Slimani]

[PaulW]

2 hours ago, Col city fan said:

Awful thread. Close

 

There's having an opinion, there's being self- opinionated, and there's......... 

[Nick]

1 hour ago, Kitchandro said:

If Vardy gets injured we're screwed regardless. He is so important to the way we play it is unthinkable that we'd have to play without him. I don't actually know what we'd do in that scenario.

 

I don't see what you're saying about Deeney at all, how would he suit us?

He's a physical harrying no.10/second striker - whilst I recognise ideally we need a Vardy replacement, KI can play both roles so we'd have cover which suits our playing style I guess. I think he'd be a better bet than Ulloa. I did say it was a weird thought!

[Guest Col city fan]

1 hour ago, PaulW said:

There's having an opinion, there's being self- opinionated, and there's......... 

ive just bumped the thread cos Nick has only had 21 responses (and some of those have been his), which really isn't very many.

 

[Nick]

3 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

ive just bumped the thread cos Nick has only had 21 responses (and some of those have been his), which really isn't very many.

 

 

Some people write considered and differing responses not just post the same old rhetoric in every thread. These are the posters who have rep points proportional to say a third to half of their total post count.

 

?

 

[Guest Col city fan]

2 minutes ago, Swan Lesta said:

 

Some people write considered and differing responses not just post the same old rhetoric in every thread. These are the posters who have rep points proportional to say a third to half of their total post count.

 

?

 

Clever.....