Iborra - Key Player?

[AjcW]

1 hour ago, AKCJ said:

There was a moment in the first half when he did a little feint and took the ball past Dembele (I think).

 

Looks so simple but takes immense awareness to pull off.

 

He's a gem.

It's signings like his that make me still believe we still have some stars in our scouting team... maybe even the stars that weren't allowed to take credit for previous head of recruitment successes?

[shen]

1 hour ago, AKCJ said:

There was a moment in the first half when he did a little feint and took the ball past Dembele (I think).

 

Looks so simple but takes immense awareness to pull off.

 

He's a gem.

I'll be honest, I was ready to throw a strop there. It looked for all the world like he would be dispossessed and Spurs be in on goal, then that happened.

It literally got me on the edge of my seat Great stuff

[urban.spaceman]

7 hours ago, Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo said:

 

Iborra, Ndidi and Maguire are all on the to-do list, will try and get them worked up asap, just hard finding the time these days! And Puel of course

 

Pascal's isn't appearing on the emoticon list tho. Just sayin'

[dan_fox]

27 minutes ago, shen said:

I'll be honest, I was ready to throw a strop there. It looked for all the world like he would be dispossessed and Spurs be in on goal, then that happened.

It literally got me on the edge of my seat Great stuff

Anyone got a clip of this?

[shen]

23 minutes ago, dan_fox said:

Anyone got a clip of this?

Not clever enough to clip this into a gif, but you can see it around the 27:50 mark here.

 

At least that's the one I think it is. There's another with Dembele a few minutes later.

Edited 29 November 2017 by shen

[roblcfc84]

Easily my favourite player at the moment - makes the game look easy and he's only going to get better as he adapts to our game. Class act. 

[Farrington fox]

Class player, can see him being held in the same regard as Cambiasso. 

[dan_fox]

31 minutes ago, shen said:

Not clever enough to clip this into a gif, but you can see it around the 27:50 mark here.

 

At least that's the one I think it is. There's another with Dembele a few minutes later.

Legend thanks mate 

[FrankieADZ]

you can tell on the pitch how good he is tbh, the way he just seems to glide across the pitch so effortlessly, 

not even breaking into a sweat and makes some of the tougher passes and tackles look easy, atm hes easily a key player in the team, another leader on the pitch and hes bringing out the best in Ndidi too

 

 

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

3 hours ago, urban.spaceman said:

 

Pascal's isn't appearing on the emoticon list tho. Just sayin'

 

Oh yeah I never posted that to the proper thread - plus it's pretty redundant as an actual emoji

 

Here though, use it as you wish

 

[gerrytaggart]

he's a big ****er too.   Not often a big lad has such a delicate touch.

 

 

 

[lee7]

2 hours ago, Farrington fox said:

Class player, can see him being held in the same regard as Cambiasso. 

I was just about to post the exact same thing. 

Similarly to Cambiasso he lacks pace but often makes up for that with his intelligent reading of the game.

 

You can tell that he's played a better standard of football throughout his career.

 

He's calm in possession, a leader when we have not got the ball and organises others well. When he is in possession he keeps it simple with 1 or 2 touches & then moves into space to make an option for the player he's just passed it too. He also dictates the speed of the build up play well. Classy.

[Albert]

£12m for a player with such quality, leadership skills and experience in today’s market is complete robbery!! An absolute steele when u think we sold Schlupp for the same amount!! 

Credit to the scouting team & club for identifying him and securing his signature.

Playing in the Prem was obviously a major pull but I also know a major part of his decision to join us over clubs was down to the passion & atmosphere he felt from both the team & fans during the Champs league game against Seville. 

He wanted to be apart of the Leicester family for the journey & experience rather than the money which is so refreshing to know! For me that shows the calibre, class & morals of the man & im so glad we got him!

 

 

 

 

[WigstonWanderer]

6 hours ago, FoxesDeb said:

Hey get in the queue! @Suzie the Foxand I were both in the line first 

Probably better equipped

Edited 29 November 2017 by WigstonWanderer

[Vardinio'sCat]

 

Hats off to Macia for getting him here.  I would never have believed someone that big would have the legs to play in a 2, but he just about does, and then he uses that size and strength to excellent effect.

 

When he was coming through his coaches must have spent a fair while trying to work out what his best position is, because he could play anywhere centrally, from front to back.

 

 

 

[StriderHiryu]

Did you know he agreed terms with Sunderland last January but the deal fell through because Sevilla wanted to keep him for the rest of the season? Fairly incredible that someone that good could have ended up playing for one of the most turgid sides in Premier League history. (No disrespect to Sunderland, but the Moyes team that went down were really poor, even if they did beat us at their place) 

[Callabinho]

He’s a class above Drinkwater in my opinion. 

[Babylon]

16 hours ago, AjcW said:

It's signings like his that make me still believe we still have some stars in our scouting team... maybe even the stars that weren't allowed to take credit for previous head of recruitment successes?

He's a 29 year old captain of three time in three seasons winners of the Europa League, adored by their fans. I think it's fair to say it was obvious he had quality, the questions were whether he would fit our system and be able to step up to the premier league.

[The whole world smiles]

8 minutes ago, Babylon said:

He's a 29 year old captain of three time in three seasons winners of the Europa League, adored by their fans. I think it's fair to say it was obvious he had quality, the questions were whether he would fit our system and be able to step up to the premier league.

I don't think it's that obvious it took you months to realise he wasn't terrible.

[Babylon]

11 minutes ago, The whole world smiles said:

I don't think it's that obvious it took you months to realise he wasn't terrible.

No, it took seeing him play to know whether he was capable of playing in our system and in this league.... exactly like I just said. My worry when he signed were based purely on his ability to play in a 442,  the games I'd watched for Seville he was quite plodding when playing at the base of a midfield 3, but his quality on the ball was never in question by anyone was it?

Edited 30 November 2017 by Babylon

[lgfualol]

Statue outside the ground please

[AjcW]

30 minutes ago, Babylon said:

He's a 29 year old captain of three time in three seasons winners of the Europa League, adored by their fans. I think it's fair to say it was obvious he had quality, the questions were whether he would fit our system and be able to step up to the premier league.

Completely understand your point there, just when you put it like that you wonder why those a little higher up didn’t take a punt, I think he’d be perfect for someone like Liverpool in there holding positions.

 

So I guess I was saying what did we see that others didn’t.

 

Great buy anyway, I love how he always try’s the killer pass, to the point where I can forgive it not coming off occasionally 

[The whole world smiles]

20 minutes ago, Babylon said:

No, it took seeing him play to know whether he was capable of playing in our system and in this league.... exactly like I just said. My worry when he signed were based purely on his ability to play in a 442,  the games I'd watched for Seville he was quite plodding when playing at the base of a midfield 3, but his quality on the ball was never in question by anyone was it?

I can't be arsed to trawl back through your posts so apologies if I'm wrong but I seem to remember you being a lot harsher than that in pre season. I can vaugely remember you trying to say he is no better than king or Mendy.

 

Which is fair enough we can all be wrong about a player. But to be that harsh then refuse to give the scouting/dof any credit for signing him saying anyone could see he's a good player (except you) smacks of hypocrisy.

[Babylon]

11 minutes ago, The whole world smiles said:

I can't be arsed to trawl back through your posts so apologies if I'm wrong but I seem to remember you being a lot harsher than that in pre season. I can vaugely remember you trying to say he is no better than king or Mendy.

Errrrrrrr no....

[DelBoy73]

17 hours ago, AjcW said:

It's signings like his that make me still believe we still have some stars in our scouting team... maybe even the stars that weren't allowed to take credit for previous head of recruitment successes?

Scouts are supposed to dig talents whom are still under the radar and by definition not already acknowledged as established players.

Ibora won three Europa leagues in a raw, not what you would call a scout target.