Grow up and get behind Riyad, or: stop listening to the press and wait and see how he reacts on the pitch

[ZeGuy]

3 minutes ago, FIF said:

I don't think he should have a wage reduction, but then I don't think he should have another new contract either. Live up to your agreement like everyone else has to.

 

Mahrez is leaving, we should be looking to the future not the past. Featuring Mahrez may get us a 7th place finish this season it may not - big deal. Playing more Diabaté and featuring Silva as our "playmaker" could get us a 7th place finish or maybe not - big deal. 

 

I have faith in Silva being a better play maker than Mahrez and he'll at least be playing for the team and creating a team for next season.

 

Why you think Mahrez will ever put another 90mins of work in for Leicester again and why you think he'll put team above self confounds me. He has shown that he won't do that. Learn from your mistakes, don't go one repeating them.

You're absolutely not objective.

 

Contracts are not set in stone and can be renegociated. It happens all the time and not only in football. It doesn't matter if he signed a new one for two years. I told you that I want this crap to be put to bed as soon as possible with the less possible damage for the team.

 

Then we should have let him go. A 7th place is also part of the future of the club. It gives you more money and more prestige which in return allows to attract better players, You're utterly deluded or simply not objective if you think we can get the 7th place without him. Silva is a box to box midfielder and you have to be crazy to drop one of the finest wingers in the league after rejecting a ManCity's bid for him. His price will drop and we'll end selling for less than what was offered, not counting the bad publicity we'll get from the media who're so keen to find some crap about us.

 

What are you on about? He wants to go and performed to get his move. I see no problem with that as long it benefits the club.

 

 

 

[Wdywd]

It still amazes me that after all this time people still underrate Mahrez. Even our own fans who see him every week.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

9 minutes ago, Almo-Fox said:

fast relying means that in deeper you really believe mahrez is mr Leicester city

 

sorry for being direct 

There's only one "Mr Leicester City" and he 'aint Algerian. 

[yorkie1999]

Wonder if his box is up for grabs on Saturday. 

[Mickyblueeyes]

14 minutes ago, Almo-Fox said:

I wish mate things goes your way 

 

but this time it's really different really and totally different 

and the owners just shown us they are not that high level in doing business ( how on earth dealing with a crucial matter when your team was in a better position to win a second target ( Europa league after avoiding relegation )

 

if the team relied upon mahrez  

means that mahrez is mr Leicester city   like messi is for Barcelona 

 

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I think he is worth £4.5bn

 

i wish I was "not that high level of business".

 

 

[yorkie1999]

Just now, Mickyblueeyes said:

 

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I think he is worth £4.5bn

 

i wish I was "not that high level of business".

 

 

Plus he's also a self made billionaire from being in business, not got lucky from being born on an oilfield.

[Ted Maul]

7 minutes ago, Almo-Fox said:

how it's good gor you the club if Leicester is wasting crucial points and mahrez return to help his teammates is not on the table 

unless you believe that feeling good in standing offers is a good thing 

We're in exactly the same position currently that we would have been if we had sold- no Mahrez, no replacement.

[Dan]

23 minutes ago, ealingfox said:

Hope this doesn't end on a sour note but it's looking inevitable now. If he's going to routinely not turn up to work and demonstrate a blatant lack of respect for his employers, colleagues and the supporters I hope they start withholding his wages and open legal proceedings for the breach of contract. It's plainly unacceptable.

Man City fan (ironically) told me that when they had that Tevez scenario, they were apparently only able to fine him two weeks wages due to some PFA law. Absolute disgrace. This sport is top to bottom broken.

[VLC86]

13 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said:

Did they? From what i've read man city put an inquiry in for how much we wanted for him but didn't bother bidding as it was too much.

Did they what?

[Muzzy_no7]

Im not underrating Mahrez at all its just Sane and Sterling have been on fire and are also quicker players.

[what?]

Seriously some of the responses on here demonstrate an incredible misunderstand of mental health. It might be bullshit or paper talk or games trying to improve his position and if it is the he can go **** himself as far as I'm concerned. BUT if Riyad is having a mental crisis then the amount of money he's being paid and the responsibility he has to the team mean jack shit. If he broke his leg you wouldn't say 'well he's being paid an insane amount, he should pull himself together and get back to training' but because this is potentially psychological then apparently he should just buck up stop sulking. The man has just had a huge part of his life goals danged tantalising within his grasp only to have it torn away at the last second. That's loss on a scale with grief, at least in the short term. He may be a superhuman when it comes to the dexterity of his bloody left foot but he's a man like the rest of us and whether we like it or not we're all susceptible able to mental illness. 

 

But like I said, if he's ****ing around then **** him  

Edited 2 February 2018 by what?

[les-tah]

is it time to burn a mahrez shirt outside the ground to make a point saturday?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Gerard]

2 minutes ago, Wdywd said:

It still amazes me that after all this time people still underrate Mahrez. Even our own fans who see him every week.

 

I couldn't agree more, I've just read that Mahrez could be 3rd/4th choice winger for Man City. 

 

I honestly don't know what people are watching because it's not the same as me. I think if Mahrez went to Man City he'd be a top five Balon d'Or player. Offensively he has everything, brilliant touch, brilliant dribbler, great vision and passing and a goalscorer. I think if we had Messi instead of Mahrez people would be criticising Messi and saying similar things.

 

What proof do people still require? I've never seen an opposition player at the KP put in a better performance than Mahrez at his best. If you put Mahrez in that Man City team he becomes their best player within a year IMO. At Leicester we over rely on him for our creative spark and despite other teams knowing this he still delivers. Anyone would think his goals and assists record over the last three seasons is a fluke despite it being better than any other attacking midfielder in the league.

[ZeGuy]

3 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Im not underrating Mahrez at all its just Sane and Sterling have been on fire and are also quicker players.

He's head and shoulders above Sterling.

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

4 minutes ago, what? said:

Seriously some of the responses on here demonstrate an incredible misunderstand of mental health. It might be bullshit or paper talk or games trying to improve his position and if it is the he can go **** himself as far as I'm concerned. BUT if Riyad is having a mental crisis then the amount of money he's being paid and the responsibility he has to the team mean jack shit. If he broke his leg you wouldn't say 'well he's being paid an insane amount, he should pull himself together and get back to training' but because this is potentially psychological then apparently he should just buck up stop sulking. The man has just had a huge part of his life goals danged tantalising within his grasp only to have it torn away at the last second. That's loss on a scale with grief, at least in the short term. He may be a superhuman when it comes to the dexterity of his bloody left foot but he's a man like the rest of us and whether we like it or not we're all susceptible able to mental illness. 

 

But like I said, if he's ****ing around then **** him  

I dont think it constitutes depression.  He's disappointed.  Whoever used the term is certainly throwing it around lightly.  It is ridiculous

[Almo-Fox]

the sole loser in mahrez case is the club not mahrez 

 

you can put in reserve team fine he will train get fit and play 

medias will follow his story for the remnant months and not precluding a strategy from his agent to work out for a move in the summer knowing that top 6 clubs or giant clubs in Europe follow their own interested and mahrez is  a confirmed top player and professional and had coutinho auba or Sanchez behaviors when forcing move

[Daggers]

 

If only more people had made such eloquent and useful contributions to the thread...

 

 

[VLC86]

1 minute ago, Almo-Fox said:

the sole loser in mahrez case is the club not mahrez 

 

you can put in reserve team fine he will train get fit and play 

medias will follow his story for the remnant months and not precluding a strategy from his agent to work out for a move in the summer knowing that top 6 clubs or giant clubs in Europe follow their own interested and mahrez is  a confirmed top player and professional and had coutinho auba or Sanchez behaviors when forcing move

And we defo would have been winners selling him on deadline day.

[Rusko187]

Just now, Daggers said:

 

If only more people had made such eloquent and useful contributions to the thread...

 

 

He makes a valid point.

[what?]

2 minutes ago, AlloverthefloorYesNdidi said:

I dont think it constitutes depression.  He's disappointed.  Whoever used the term is certainly throwing it around lightly.  It is ridiculous

Unfortunately we don't really have anyway of know that and you might be right but there isn't really any benchmark for events serious enough to cause depression. Everyone is different; what could be water off a ducks back to one person might drive another to suicide. It's just this immediate ridicule as soon as the word depression was used that it so disturbing. 

[CosbehFox]

5 minutes ago, AlloverthefloorYesNdidi said:

I dont think it constitutes depression.  He's disappointed.  Whoever used the term is certainly throwing it around lightly.  It is ridiculous

The same statement mentioned 'war' describing the attempt to leave Leicester City. 

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

1 minute ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

The same statement mentioned 'war' describing the attempt to leave Leicester City. 

Out of reactions

[jayfox26]

28 minutes ago, aefevans said:

Sometimes the player is more valuable than the money. Would you have been able to bring in another Mahrez in that short time? And I mean for immediate deployment, not one who would grow into the role in a few years’ time. 

 

It’s actually quite funny, because we had people in the media and on Twitter saying not only that we’re a disgrace for sacking Silva, but that we’re also a disgrace for standing in his way and not letting him progress his career! One person even lambasted us for not adhering to the ‘pecking order’ of the Premier League. If that’s the case, then I for one couldn’t be happier. But then again, you guys know all about sticking it to the establishment! 

Yeh stuff like that really annoys me. You guys didn't owe Silva anything and I don't believe we owe Mahrez anything. Yes he was a huge part in us winning the league but we took him from obscurity and helped him develop into the player he is today. He doesn't owe us anything either other than basic respect but he can't even seem to do that. People are saying we are stopping him fulfilling his dreams etc and in a way we are but as I've said all through this saga, if city had bid earlier in the window then he's have gone with all our best wishes and we'd have found and replacement and everyone was happy. I don't blame the owners for putting a large fee on him on deadline day. It may come back to bite us if this saga carries on and he refuses to train/play etc but im just glad we didn't get bullied by Mahrez or by City. He's our player and we sell him on our terms. 

[urban.spaceman]

Has he turned up to training yet?

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

2 minutes ago, what? said:

Unfortunately we don't really have anyway of know that and you might be right but there isn't really any benchmark for events serious enough to cause depression. Everyone is different; what could be water off a ducks back to one person might drive another to suicide. It's just this immediate ridicule as soon as the word depression was used that it so disturbing. 

Depression is a long term and life inhibiting thing.  I honestly think as a society we should not entertain someone who doesnt get his move to Man City from Leicester, doesnt get his pay rise from over 100 k a week or whatever it is to 200 k and then starts talking about depression.  Its an insult to anyone who really suffers from it and its a massive insult to his team-mates and the club, where he is much revered and highly thought of.

 

But, I actually think this is just a word touted by his agent or whatever shit-muncher spoke to the press in order to garner sympathy and to slate Leicester City FC.  I think he saw Mahrez being sad and angry/disappointed maybe and used the word depression to describe his current doldrums

 

I dont think Mahrez is going around telling people he is depressed.