foxfanazer Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 5 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: You'll fcukin miss the umpteen goals and assists. Don't come crying when we're putting in turgid displays next season and you're at a loss to why we can't buy a goal. Astounding. So what do you suggest we do? Keep him here and pray he has a complete personality transplant to stop him sulking. He wants to go, we can get a decent fee and we can try to rebuild 4
Bunyip Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 1 minute ago, Ric Flair said: Of course it will, but we're about due a relegation again and if it's to be it'll be because we've fcuk all creativity to bail us out. How anyone can think him leaving benefits us is beyond me. I get the annoyance of how he behaved in wanting to leave, but anyone claiming he only performs 50% of the time as if he should be performing better for us is a clown. It's hugely disrespectful to a man of his craft and quite a dangerous opinion because if that's the benchmark then we're fcuked. Enjoy the Albrighton's. It benefits us by picking up 60 million quid and getting rid of a player who doesn't want to play for us anyway. So what do you suggest tell him he's staying whether he likes it or not ? Enjoy the side with him in it like that then. 1
Katy Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 1 minute ago, mozartfox said: I would be more concerned if it was Wes that was leaving Stoke are after him ??♀️
MC Prussian Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 Just now, Ric Flair said: Of course it will, but we're about due a relegation again and if it's to be it'll be because we've fcuk all creativity to bail us out. How anyone can think him leaving benefits us is beyond me. I get the annoyance of how he behaved in wanting to leave, but anyone claiming he only performs 50% of the time as if he should be performing better for us is a clown. It's hugely disrespectful to a man of his craft and quite a dangerous opinion because if that's the benchmark then we're fcuked. Enjoy the Albrighton's. Oh, I don't see him leaving us "benefitting" the team. It was bound to be a certain loss no matter what the circumstances. It's all about planning for the one first season without him - for that, we ought to trust our management and recruitment team to come up with the goods, plus other players finally stepping up and adding their own goals and assists to the mix. For too long, they've been able to hide behind Vardy and Mahrez. I'm more at loss for words when I hear people claiming we'll be heading for relegation just because one player is no more. Reeks of mass panic. Consistency is a struggle for almost all footballers, only few are able to maintain a high standard time after time. Ronaldo, Messi, Salah (or most recently Totti) spring to mind. I know the superstars play amongst way better teammates than we can offer right now, I'm a bit baffled the length people go to trying to make Mahrez out as some kind of demigod. 1
whoareyaaa Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Bunyip said: It benefits us by picking up 60 million quid and getting rid of a player who doesn't want to play for us anyway. So what do you suggest tell him he's staying whether he likes it or not ? Enjoy the side with him in it like that then. I don't think people are begrudging the move, more the fact that Mahrez isn't considered world class, if he played for Spain Barca would be all over him Edited 30 May 2018 by whoareyaaa
RumbleFox Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 2 minutes ago, foxfanazer said: Not consistently imo. The guy is magic and on his day unplayable but unfortunately for us those days over. Time for him to go somewhere else where he’s required to be world class every week Although I find some of the Pep love in a bit nauseating he clearly knows how to get the best of players like Sterling for example so I can’t see any reason why he can’t do it with Riyad Maybe because he often played 442 in a struggling team? I believe Mahrez is world class and will do well. No other player has been consistent as him in terms of goals + assists in the entire league over three whole seasons? How is that inconsistent? X
Ric Flair Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 4 minutes ago, Bunyip said: So what about all those turgid displays this season all of which he starred in ? I didn't see him lighting up the stage with his magic then. Christ short memories some people. What about all the games this season where he's been exceptional? You're a bizarre man if you think a club like ours ought to have a player of Mahrez's stature perform EVERY game. Are you going to criticize Vardy as well for those games? Let's see what Mahrez does at Man City. If they win the league again like last season and Mahrez scores 25 goals and 20 assists will that be sufficient for you? Or will it be because of the players around him but not the players around him when he was at Leicester?
rachhere Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 3 minutes ago, Katy said: I, personally, only want him to leave because he wants to leave and the sooner the better so we can use the money to rebuild in good time. If he wanted to stay and play how we all know he can, I’d be delighted. I can only speak for myself but I’m pretty sure that’s the only reason why people would want him to go, if not then I’m as confused as you. Exactly this. If he were to have a sudden change of heart and want to stay, I would be delighted, but need to face reality that he's negotiated a move for this summer and instead focus attention on the best possible fee for him and best possible replacements. It's just a waiting game now, and I would sooner just knowing where we are. 1
MC Prussian Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 2 minutes ago, RumbleFox said: The top goals + assists totals for last three years of any player in the entire PL? X Waahhh, another one using the stats to his advantage. As impressive as it may look at first sight, these numbers don't tell the whole story. 2016-2017 in the Premier League, anyone? Love, MCP xoxo 1
chapero82 Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 49 minutes ago, FIF said: You are aware that we won thousands of games before he joined us aren't you? We'll win thousands more after he leaves us. Too many drama queens in Mahrez threads. People were saying that we couldn't replace Cambiasso not so long ago. And then it was Kanté and then Drinky... Yes I’m fully aware! But this is the premier league! where we haven’t done too well whenever we have sold our best players! MON era we went down not long after! Selling kante we nearly went down but we was lucky we had Mahrez and Vardy to save us! This time we are selling the creator and goal scorer! So if we don’t replace properly we could well be relegated!
mozartfox Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 Just now, Katy said: Stoke are after him ??♀️ There is a God................. Great move all around for the big Man. Now we need to raise spirits with another excellent signing.
Grebfromgrebland Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 His importance to the team cannot be underestimated.
foxfanazer Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 Just now, RumbleFox said: Maybe because he often played 442 in a struggling team? I believe Mahrez is world class and will do well. No other player has been consistent as him in terms of goals + assists in the entire league over three whole seasons? How is that inconsistent? X I think if we looked back over each game in the past couple of seasons and picked out the games he was ‘world class’ in we wouldn’t be talking about more than 15 games. Of course the title winning season he was consistently world class, as was Vardy. I’m not trying to play down what he’s done for us but I think people need to calm down a bit. LCFC will still be here long after Mahrez leaves
Popular Post lcfc sheff Posted 30 May 2018 Popular Post Posted 30 May 2018 oh feck off the lot of you, I don't want this thread being hot unless Mahrez is out the door or announcing his life time contract 5 3
Ric Flair Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 3 minutes ago, foxfanazer said: So what do you suggest we do? Keep him here and pray he has a complete personality transplant to stop him sulking. He wants to go, we can get a decent fee and we can try to rebuild I'm suggesting to the fans that seem pleased he's going, be careful what you wish for. There's no good that is coming from this without a huge leap of faith. I accept some fans are trying to move on and be positive, but it's the general shift of attitude from some that are sounding dismissive of what Mahrez has done for us as if it's nothing. They'll soon see what the alternative is. 3 minutes ago, Bunyip said: It benefits us by picking up 60 million quid and getting rid of a player who doesn't want to play for us anyway. So what do you suggest tell him he's staying whether he likes it or not ? Enjoy the side with him in it like that then. It's the general thought coming through that some fans seem to think we'll be better off without him. It's fallacy. Not a single player has shown one iota of creativity which means we're relying 100% on at least 1 new recruit being good enough to replace between 15-25 goals a season just to give us a fighting chance of competing at this level. 2 minutes ago, MC Prussian said: Oh, I don't see him leaving us "benefitting" the team. It was bound to be a certain loss no matter what the circumstances. It's all about planning for the one first season without him - for that, we ought to trust our management and recruitment team to come up with the goods, plus other players finally stepping up and adding their own goals and assists to the mix. For too long, they've been able to hide behind Vardy and Mahrez. I'm more at loss for words when I hear people claiming we'll be heading for relegation just because one player is no more. Reeks of mass panic. Consistency is a struggle for almost all footballers, only few are able to maintain a high standard time after time. Ronaldo, Messi, Salah (or most recently Totti) spring to mind. I know the superstars play amongst way better teammates than we can offer right now, I'm a bit baffled the length people go to trying to make Mahrez out as some kind of demigod. I think we're teetering on the edge of imploding, this ridiculous team we built was bonded together somehow and it worked. Having suitable replacements is a luxury only a few have and the rest run the risk of their teams unity and effectiveness disbanding and then it's lap of the gods for long term survival. I hope and like to think our recruitment team have some decent players up their sleeve like Thorgan Hazard or Mohamed Elyounoussi but apologies for not being relaxed about Mahrez going. 1
foxfanazer Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 I still haven’t seen any of the doom merchants suggest what we should do if losing Mahrez is that unthinkable. Would you seriously want the club to keep him here again? Would be the mother of all tantrums from him, and for once he’d have a fair point 1
Bunyip Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 7 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said: I don't think people are begrudging the move, more the fact that Mahrez isn't considered world class, if he played for Spain Barca would be all over him How is he world class? Why would anyone at this stage in his career consider him world class? that is an insult to proven world-class players. World class players do it week in week out, not one season then show the occasional flash of brilliance then go off sulking and downing of tools. Sorry but world class he aint.
lcfc sheff Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 the only reason he'd stay is if we somehow matched his ambition by signing similar quality players across the board, which we cant. Let him go, take the money and hopefully invest it wisely; as in all honesty that's my biggest fear about this.
foxfanazer Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: I'm suggesting to the fans that seem pleased he's going, be careful what you wish for. There's no good that is coming from this without a huge leap of faith. I accept some fans are trying to move on and be positive, but it's the general shift of attitude from some that are sounding dismissive of what Mahrez has done for us as if it's nothing. They'll soon see what the alternative is. It's the general thought coming through that some fans seem to think we'll be better off without him. It's fallacy. Not a single player has shown one iota of creativity which means we're relying 100% on at least 1 new recruit being good enough to replace between 15-25 goals a season just to give us a fighting chance of competing at this level. I think we're teetering on the edge of imploding, this ridiculous team we built was bonded together somehow and it worked. Having suitable replacements is a luxury only a few have and the rest run the risk of their teams unity and effectiveness disbanding and then it's lap of the gods for long term survival. I hope and like to think our recruitment team have some decent players up their sleeve like Thorgan Hazard or Mohamed Elyounoussi but apologies for not being relaxed about Mahrez going. I’ve not seen anybody say he hasn’t been class for us, it’s undeniable. I think it can be argued that he isn’t yet consistently world class but that’s my opinion. How we fare next season won’t change my mind on that. If he gets game time at Man City I think he will become that We won’t be better off without Mahrez but I think we’ll be better off without the disruptions in the transfer windows. Edited 30 May 2018 by foxfanazer
the fox Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 (edited) one of the 5 players this season who managed to get double digits in goals and assists. the only player who had double digits in both categories in 2 of the last 3 seasons. He will only be called world class when he's playing for Man City and those are the facts. When a player is not on your team, you will tend to focus on the positives but when he plays for the team that a person supports, the shortcomings get highlighted and the expectations get unrealistic. That's why we seem so hard on some of our players while fans from other teams seem to rate them highly. Do people think Hazard is consistent? or Ozil? Sanchez? Pogba? And many other players for that matter. Edited 30 May 2018 by the fox 3
Bunyip Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 10 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: What about all the games this season where he's been exceptional? You're a bizarre man if you think a club like ours ought to have a player of Mahrez's stature perform EVERY game. Are you going to criticize Vardy as well for those games? Let's see what Mahrez does at Man City. If they win the league again like last season and Mahrez scores 25 goals and 20 assists will that be sufficient for you? Or will it be because of the players around him but not the players around him when he was at Leicester? Go on then how many games has he been exceptional for us the last season ? Christ he buggered off because he couldn't get his own petulant way and look how that affected the team and results with his childish attitude. Hardly world class was it.
Ric Flair Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 1 minute ago, foxfanazer said: I’ve not seen anybody say he hasn’t been class for us, it’s undeniable. I think it can be argued that he isn’t yet consistently world class but that’s my opinion. How we fare next season won’t change my mind on that. If he gets game time at Man City I think he will become that I dunno Norwich Fox and Bunnyip have alluded to him only performing half of the time as not good enough and good riddance to him. They maybe of that opinion because there's some who are claiming he's world class and I get that some aren't of that opinion. He's certainly got his doubters because he's erratic, bit Eden Hazard has showed even more spells of poor form and his goals and assists stats compared to Mahrez's are a joke.
OhYesNdidi Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 4 minutes ago, Bunyip said: How is he world class? Why would anyone at this stage in his career consider him world class? that is an insult to proven world-class players. World class players do it week in week out, not one season then show the occasional flash of brilliance then go off sulking and downing of tools. Sorry but world class he aint. Isn't Riyad one of the only players to have had double assists and goals in 2 of the last 3 seasons?
foxfanazer Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 1 minute ago, the fox said: one of the 5 players this season who managed to get double digits in goals and assists. the only player who had double digits in both categories in 2 of the last 3 seasons. He will only be called world class when he's playing for Man City and those are the facts. When a player is not on your team, you will tend to focus on the positives but when he plays for the team that a person supports, the shortcomings get highlighted and the expectations get unrealistic. Do people think Hazard is consistent? or Ozil? Sanchez? Pogba? And many other players for that matter. Yeah maybe you’re right although we’ve all focused on the positives of Mahrez to be fair. He’s done things I’ve never seen anybody do in a Leicester shirt and for that I thank him. All ‘flair’ players will have patches of inconsistency but it’s about making those patches less and less frequent 2
whoareyaaa Posted 30 May 2018 Posted 30 May 2018 1 minute ago, Bunyip said: How is he world class? Why would anyone at this stage in his career consider him world class? that is an insult to proven world-class players. World class players do it week in week out, not one season then show the occasional flash of brilliance then go off sulking and downing of tools. Sorry but world class he aint. LOL alright then mate... world class players do it week in week out for the top clubs where they aren't asked to defend and play in a side that has probably 2 other players at a push on his level and he still manages to become the best mid over the course of the last 3 seasons in this league. he can turn it on when he needs to this is what makes him world class, his vision, control, passing, ability and threat in front of goal. he's world class. end of. 2
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