Should Riyad Mahrez play for the club again?

[NorthfieldsFox]

He is in a dark place right now , his agent is doing him a disservice 

 

I still feel we need to allow him time and then give him a welcome back once and IF he apologises 

 

but I fear he will never play for us again and will be sold to arsenal for 50m in the summer , my feeling is that he is finished now being a fox , and that’s tragic 

 

the owners were right , he is wrong , but he is still a very immature and poorly advised young man 

 

 

[NorthfieldsFox]

4 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said:

Could well be given another week off to get his head together if someone on here said he's been spotted near his family town in France.

Hopefully will return for the Sheffield United game.

I echo this , we must trust the club and the manager to get this right for all parties 

[the fox]

6 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said:

Could well be given another week off to get his head together if someone on here said he's been spotted near his family town in France.

Hopefully will return for the Sheffield United game.

might as well give him the rest of the season off.

 

i think he's done here. isn't it funny that the last thing he did on the pitch for leicester was scoring a goal .........

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Edited 6 February 2018 by the fox

[Babylon]

6 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said:

Could well be given another week off to get his head together if someone on here said he's been spotted near his family town in France.

Hopefully will return for the Sheffield United game.

I'm sure the club wouldn't expect him to play in the Man City game, so I feel it's quite likely that any return will be after that. The sheffield game is the best one to aim for, because you can't put him straight back in the first team. People who haven't gone on strike should be ahead of him.

[Manwell Pablo]

1 minute ago, Babylon said:

I'm sure the club wouldn't expect him to play in the Man City game, so I feel it's quite likely that any return will be after that. The sheffield game is the best one to aim for, because you can't put him straight back in the first team. People who haven't gone on strike should be ahead of him.

 

Just out of interest has there been any evidence the club have allowed this absence and he hasn't just done one and no one knows when he's coming back. 

 

If not as far as I am aware the club will have expected him to play in the Manchester City game, not to mention the Swansea game, and even train inbetween. No ones died. he's had a move to a another club turned down. 

[peach0000]

At this point with how much of a dick he's being I'd just put him on gardening leave for the next 2 years then let him leave for free. Would ruin mahrez and show that no player is bigger than the club. Plus in a couple of years 60 million probably won't seem as much to of lost.

[Babylon]

Just now, Manwell Pablo said:

 

Just out of interest has there been any evidence the club have allowed this absence and he hasn't just done one and no one knows when he's coming back. 

 

If not as far as I am aware the club will have expected him to play in the Manchester City game, not to mention the Swansea game, and even train inbetween. No ones died. he's had a move to a another club turned down. 

No, I've not suggested they have either. But if someone has gone missing for two games, it wouldn't strike me as being the best option to reintegrate him in the game against the team he wanted to join. It's just going to put things under the microscope even more, which I really don't think is needed now. Get Man City out of the way and I'd expect him back and ready to do what we ask.

[lestajigs]

14 minutes ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

He is in a dark place right now , his agent is doing him a disservice 

 

I still feel we need to allow him time and then give him a welcome back once and IF he apologises 

 

but I fear he will never play for us again and will be sold to arsenal for 50m in the summer , my feeling is that he is finished now being a fox , and that’s tragic 

 

the owners were right , he is wrong , but he is still a very immature and poorly advised young man 

 

 

He’s in s dark place right now!! ??Oh come on behave man !! Dark place utter utter bullshit 

Edited 6 February 2018 by lestajigs

[Manwell Pablo]

3 minutes ago, lestajigs said:

He’s in s dark place right now!!! Oh come on behave man I!!!

 

Maybe he means literally, someone check Northern Sweden for runaway Algerian professional footballers..

Edited 6 February 2018 by Manwell Pablo

[AjcW]

17 minutes ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

He is in a dark place right now , his agent is doing him a disservice 

 

I still feel we need to allow him time and then give him a welcome back once and IF he apologises 

 

but I fear he will never play for us again and will be sold to arsenal for 50m in the summer , my feeling is that he is finished now being a fox , and that’s tragic 

 

the owners were right , he is wrong , but he is still a very immature and poorly advised young man 

 

 

I'm in a ****ing dark place mate, at the completion stage of a house purchase where every phone call is asking you for a payment..... side note... I'M NOT ON 100K A WEEK!!!

[Blue ROI]

Mahrez playing against man city would be good. Even if we lose were he to play well and get a goal there that would go a long way to helping the situation.

[Dames]

He's doing this potential move no good by sulking like this. Pep is the type of manager that demands the utmost commitment and he'll be watching this scenario closely. He won't want to buy a player that loses focus and commitment at the sign of the slightest setback.

 

He's committing career suicide right now and we should let him. If he doesn't turn up dock his wages and just let him run his contract down until 2 years time everyone's forgotten who he is.

[Captain...]

I think one thing this whole saga has highlighted is that transfer fees need to be regulated. We can either go the Spain and Portugal route and everyone must have a release clause or we go back to fees being settled by tribunal. Both clubs were willing to make the deal, Mahrez wanted to go, settle it at a tribunal.

 

The other consequence will be players start signing shorter contracts, basically looking at yearly rolling contracts and moving around for free a lot more frequently.

[Kendal Fox]

More than whether Mahrez will ever play for us again, I am seriously concerned about the remainder of our season and beyond now.

Given our recent history of getting stuck in a rut - under Ranieri (defending season) and Shakespeare - who's to say we won't now get battered 5 or 6 nil at City? (With Mahrez, I'd still expect us to lose but not by much). Say we then go on a run of 5 or 6 losses and, suddenly, the 41 or 42 points we need to ensure safety ends up taking the last 4 or 5 games to eke out?!

 

Of course I'm looking at a worse case scenario here. But it's the fact that Mahrez's behaviour may not just have tarnished his legacy with the club and fans, but may have put us in a very precarious position in terms of the club's Premier League future.

 

The bottom line is that if we now have a poor end to the season, we could then lose many of our best players over the Summer and with them, lose any chance of making a credible challenge for a top 6 place the following season. So for me at least, sod Mahrez's bloody legacy, I'm worried much more about the future of our club.

[Bunyip]

1 hour ago, Manwell Pablo said:

 

Productive post. What a valuable addition to the forum you are. 

 

I freely admit I don't know a lot about the ins and outs of it, we can't keep enforcing the  200k fine,  due to stipulations that have to be in place between a business and a contracted individual on the regularity and enforcing of fines, one of which being  you can't keep fining the individual for the same offence over and over again, which I believe has something to do with the European Human rights act, is that better?  If this is still rubbish perhaps you could enlighten us all into the ins and outs of how often he can be fined as you are clearly very read up on the subject?

 

Either way it is the bottom line is most certainly not Rubbish, we cannot fine him 200k a week for two years it's not legal even if I am nowhere near the actual reason. 

 

It takes all kinds I suppose. Honestly, I'm at a loss as to how you think an employee who refuses to turn up for work can in anyway shape or form envoke human rights issues when he is stopped being paid. Do you know of anyone who has done this? Is it a " human right" to go on strike and still get paid ?  if so I'm having some of that. But you are right about one thing it's not rubbish it's gibberish.

[FLAN]

If man city want him that badly get him on loan to their New York club now with a guaranteed fee for us in the summer. No get out clause. He isn’t going to integrate back here now 

[dannythefox]

Possibly 15 games left including the cup. It’s looking like he won’t be playing again this weekend, One of the best players we’ve ever had and he’s going to be remembered for this. If I had my way I’d tell him be there in the morning or you will never play for this club again. I’d make an example of him and not play him as a future message to anyone who try’s this trick again. Can’t believe how I’ve gone from loving him to hating him in a few days, get shut the little ****.

[Kendal Fox]

2 minutes ago, dannythefox said:

Possibly 15 games left including the cup. It’s looking like he won’t be playing again this weekend, One of the best players we’ve ever had and he’s going to be remembered for this. If I had my way I’d tell him be there in the morning or you will never play for this club again. I’d make an example of him and not play him as a future message to anyone who try’s this trick again. Can’t believe how I’ve gone from loving him to hating him in a few days, get shut the little ****.

I would'nt say I hate him...But I hear you all the same.

 

I really don't know where to start with the amount of negative scenarios our club could now be on the receiving end of... All because of his behaviour.

 

Tell me this has all been a bad dream...Someone!

[Blue ROI]

1 minute ago, Kendal Fox said:

I would'nt say I hate him...But I hear you all the same.

 

I really don't know where to start with the amount of negative scenarios our club could now be on the receiving end of... All because of his behaviour.

 

Tell me this has all been a bad dream...Someone!

This could be like the Bobby Ewing in Dallas shower scene where the whole season is erased as a dream.

 

Only this is for real and our season  could be erased!

[Kendal Fox]

1 minute ago, Blue ROI said:

This could be like the Bobby Ewing in Dallas shower scene where the whole season is erased as a dream.

 

Only this is for real and our season  could be erased!

What upsets me the most is that we were really starting to get our heads above water and then some..

 

7th place was looking very realistic with an outside chance of European football and continued optimism in the FA Cup... We were looking to have become a much more technically able side too. Bugger......

[Lionheart10]

6 hours ago, Captain... said:

Of course and that is up to you, but I will always try and support a player while he plays for this club. I will hope for the best for this club and if that means Mahrez playing for us and scoring the goals that bring me so much joy, then I don't want it tainted by any anger due to circumstances I don't fully understand and that I will never know the real truth behind. If Leicester are happy for him to play, I want him to play, if he scores I will celebrate like I always have done. I will never boo him, or jeer or get angry because I'm not directly involved, all I want is to see Leicester win games and score goals and that is what Mahrez brings to the team.

Appreciate that,if he does play I will not be booing him and I would get behind him as he would be part of the team I support as the team is always above any individual.

[Lionheart10]

17 hours ago, Redouane said:

French-born Algerians tend to identify as Algerians in most cases. My two nieces under the age of 6, born and raised in France, tell me they are Algerian. They probably don't even have the notions of nationality yet, but they they were taught from an early age that they are Algerian.

 

Then again, in France, 2nd or even 3rd generation immigrants are stilled referred to by their origins (like French-Algerian). So until France fully integrates immigrants as French, this trend will continue 

 

 

Yes understand that,I was just going from a legal stance ie. Passport states nationality as place of birth,but I get the identity thing as if I were born in France by English parents I would probably consider myself English.

[L Blocker]

One thing running through my mind now, is whatever the outcome with Mahrez, the valuation on Mahrez is likely to fall and potentially the Thai owners could, in the process of sending out a message to other big teams that we aren't a club to be messed with and lose a substantial amount from their 90 Mill valuation. Ok, its their business and their money and I'm sure a few of us applaud such a stance. However, what if another club, or indeed Man City pull the same stunt and unsettle another player say Ndidi, could they stand another massive hit on a players value straight away, or would they be forced to sell low after taking the Mahrez hit

Edited 6 February 2018 by L Blocker

[hackneyfox]

1 hour ago, Manwell Pablo said:

 

you can't keep fining the individual for the same offence over and over again, which I believe has something to do with the European Human rights act, is that better?  If this is still rubbish perhaps you could enlighten us all into the ins and outs of how often he can be fined as you are clearly very read up on the subject?

 

Either way it is the bottom line is most certainly not Rubbish, we cannot fine him 200k a week for two years it's not legal even if I am nowhere near the actual reason. 

 

If you park your car illegally every week for the next 2 years then you'll receive a fine every week for the next 2 years.

 

If I go on strike for 2 years I won't get paid for 2 years.

Have you heard of the miners strike?

 

[Redouane]

10 minutes ago, Lionheart10 said:

Yes understand that,I was just going from a legal stance ie. Passport states nationality as place of birth,but I get the identity thing as if I were born in France by English parents I would probably consider myself English.

He obviously has a double nationality though. Most French-Algerians have Algerian passports in addition to French passports, otherwise they would need a visa every time they want to visit their relatives ^^