Should Riyad Mahrez play for the club again?

[Samilktray]

1 minute ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

This morning I probably would have voted 'yes'. But at HT of today's game I watched the likes of Davie Gibson and Mike Stringfellow hobble out onto the pitch. These guys were true professionals befitting of the word, and they busted a bollock for this club for a fraction of the pay that Mahrez gets. Can you see Mahrez coming back to visit in 50 years time? When he goes I doubt he'll give us so much as a second thought. I'd rather go back to League One than see him play for us again.

Didn't win the league though did they son

[lozzyblue fox]

4 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

Didn't win the league though did they son

No but they gave there all for the club and didn't cry like a baby

[the fox]

9 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

This morning I probably would have voted 'yes'. But at HT of today's game I watched the likes of Davie Gibson and Mike Stringfellow hobble out onto the pitch. These guys were true professionals befitting of the word, and they busted a bollock for this club for a fraction of the pay that Mahrez gets. Can you see Mahrez coming back to visit in 50 years time? When he goes I doubt he'll give us so much as a second thought. I'd rather go back to League One than see him play for us again.

overreaction of the year overhere!

 

would you give the league title back too? if you can go back in time with what you know now, would you choose to never have mahrez as a leicester player?

Edited 4 February 2018 by the fox

[jayfox26]

35 minutes ago, Redouane said:

I hope he plays versus Man City and prove that he is worth more than the 65m they were willing to pay

I highly doubt he'll play against City if at all for Leicester again. 

[the fox]

if he returns and never apologize, he deserves to be boo'ed
if he doesn't put 100% on the pitch, he deserves to be boo'ed
if he doesn't directly apologize to the fans, he deserves to be boo'ed

 

but if he apologizes and puts 100% for the team and help us do something this season, he doesn't deserve to be forgiven, loved back or adored, he deserves a last clap for the sake of what the club went through while he was here.

[Rogstanley]

Whatever happens, please Leicester just don’t buy any more Algerian players. 

[the fox]

9 minutes ago, lozzyblue fox said:

No but they gave there all for the club and didn't cry like a baby

you better give kingy a 10 year contract then!

[the fox]

1 minute ago, Rogstanley said:

Whatever happens, please Leicester just don’t buy any more Algerian players. 

what about egyptians? you thought algerians were annoying you sweet, summer child

[Foxxed]

He wants, and has wanted, to move on. He's wanted at bigger clubs. He missed matches like other big who've wanted to leave a club. But he's our magician. We should support him and be grateful for what he gives. And accept he'll move on.

[the fox]

2 minutes ago, Foxxed said:

He wants, and has wanted, to move on. He's wanted at bigger clubs. He missed matches like other big who've wanted to leave a club. But he's our magician. We should support him and be grateful for what he gives. And accept he'll move on.

i don't think we can say this anymore. gratefulness went out of the window when he, for the second time said he wants to move.

this is like saying that you are grateful to a women who wanted to leave you more than once for an upgrade but couldn't so she settled for you.

[SouthStandUpperTier]

16 minutes ago, the fox said:

overreaction of the year overhere!

 

would you give the league title back too? if you can go back in time with what you know now, would you choose to never have mahrez as a leicester player?

No, of course not. The OP's question is about the future, not the past. But his recent behaviour has adversely affected my perception of his achievements at this club. How can it not?

 

PS Has your CAPS SHIFT button gone on strike with Riyad?

[Kitchandro]

I honestly couldn't care less.

 

A lot of fans have already decided that if you're a talented footballer, any amount of disrecpect towards our club is ok. So it doesn't make any difference what anyone else thinks.

 

I'm just totally bored of him. I'm bored of hearing from him, hearing about him, seeing him play for us. He has been one of the most entertaining Leicester players ever and yet, due to the fact he is so desperate to stop playing for this club, I might as well be watching him play for a different one.

[z-layrex]

I just can't believe anyone is defending him. Of course he's been incredible for us, probably one of the greatest players we have ever had in recent years along with Vardy and Kante. But the guy doesn't want to play for Leicester, how the **** can any of us want him to wear the badge again??

 

This is our club, from the highs with MON to about a decade of utter misery to this ****ing mental ride we've all been on since NP came in. We've been in it together, many of us losing people we have shared these moments with along the way.

 

Now some ****ing nobody who our club literally gave everything to can completely **** our season because he sees himself as too good for us and some of our fans still defend him? I don't understand.

[the fox]

8 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

No, of course not. The OP's question is about the future, not the past. But his recent behaviour has adversely affected my perception of his achievements at this club. How can it not?

 

PS Has your CAPS SHIFT button gone on strike with Riyad?

and that's a fair thing to say! if anyone thinks that what he's done didn't tarnish his legacy here, they are kidding themselves

 

another question, mate. do you think that if he apologizes (properly) and gives a fairly reasonable "reason" (doubt it!) and puts 100% and helps us do something, would you be ok with him playing again?

i'm sure in 20 years time you would remember that chelsea goal or those 1-0 away games to seal the title vs watford and palace more than a few missed training sessions.

 

and as for the caps shift thing, i find it too bothersome

 

Edited 4 February 2018 by the fox

[Kitchandro]

35 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

Didn't win the league though did they son

You'd probably still cart out that line if he became a rapist.

[the fox]

people value loyalty over talent a lot. most of the loyal players are academy players . most of the loyal players aren't good enough to cut it elsewhere

 

look at kingy, as loyal as it gets, never said anything and was ok being a bench player. but look at him now, the moment the club upgraded the midfield they sent him on lone to swansea! the club isn't that loyal, huh  my bad, didn't read the interview!

Edited 4 February 2018 by the fox

[MC Prussian]

I think Riyad needs to realize that he is given quite the special treatment and that Puel is extending arms means there's still time to make amends.

 

I expect Mahrez to be back in training next week.

Edited 4 February 2018 by MC Prussian

[Beechey]

5 minutes ago, the fox said:

people value loyalty over talent a lot. most of the loyal players are academy players . most of the loyal players aren't good enough to cut it elsewhere

 

look at kingy, as loyal as it gets, never said anything and was ok being a bench player. but look at him now, the moment the club upgraded the midfield they sent him on lone to swansea! the club isn't that loyal, huh?

Except if you read the transcript from his interview with Swansea, it's clear that King wanted the move.

Edited 4 February 2018 by Beechey

[the fox]

Just now, Beechey said:

Except if you read the transcript from his interview with Swansea, it's clear that King wanted the move.

oh, my bad.

[Beechey]

1 minute ago, the fox said:

oh, my bad.

Yeah, he said he wasn't content being  a player who would train every week and 'do nothing on the Saturday'. It was actually a really good interview.

[the fox]

3 minutes ago, Beechey said:

Yeah, he said he wasn't content being  a player who would train every week and 'do nothing on the Saturday'. It was actually a really good interview.

that's why i hate the way the fans have a go at kingy.

maybe i would give it a read, thanks

Edited 4 February 2018 by the fox

[Guy]

Not wanting to sound preposterous or OTT but even now, no longer having the brilliance of Vardy and AWOL Mahrez in our present team would be akin to losing the crown jewels from our Premier League title winning team crown, with Kante already gone. With excellent new recruit Diabate in the team then I appreciate we were fortunate with yet another gem of a midfield find from French League Two for peanuts to potentially have replaced Mahrez had he indeed got his move to Man City already but I think by March all this fiasco will have been forgotten about (deja vu when we were last in the spotlight nearly a year ago re Ranieri's sacking and had won 6 on the bounce under Shakespeare). By the summer it will then hopefully have turned into a 'win win' for all when Mahrez gets his move to Pep Guardiola land. and we'll have made £70million profit - watch this space??

[SouthStandUpperTier]

49 minutes ago, the fox said:

and that's a fair thing to say! if anyone thinks that what he's done didn't tarnish his legacy here, they are kidding themselves

 

another question, mate. do you think that if he apologizes (properly) and gives a fairly reasonable "reason" (doubt it!) and puts 100% and helps us do something, would you be ok with him playing again?

i'm sure in 20 years time you would remember that chelsea goal or those 1-0 away games to seal the title vs watford and palace more than a few missed training sessions.

 

and as for the caps shift thing, i find it too bothersome

 

 

I don't think he will apologise. And even if he did, I don't think he'd mean it. This whole situation is just too toxic now. I don't think he'd be much use to us now anyway in his current mental state. Roll on summer, get the best price we can, and go our separate ways. And in 50 years time, if he comes back to visit, and goes out on to the pitch at HT of a game to talk to Andy King (Birch's successor), maybe I could rediscover some affection for him.

[Samilktray]

2 hours ago, Kitchandro said:

You'd probably still cart out that line if he became a rapist.

Probably wouldn't, what a weirdo 

[bpfox]

yes maybe we could have taken citys cash, but again it came right at the end of the window we would not have had time to find a replacement. its all well to give city what they want but we are left a player down and a good one at that. mahrez needs to be told it was a timing thing and lets get on with it.