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My objective summary of our squad + manager this season

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Long thread so get yourself a cup of coffee or latte.

 

Kasper Schmeichel - probably his poorest season in about 5-6 years. Total suspect on direct free kick and has made weird cockups that he normally don't.  Need competition for him. Though I fear if he gets dropped next season he will kick up a fuss.

 

Edin Jakupovic - pointless signing. Can't even grade him.

 

Ben Hamer. Not PL quality. 

 

Danny Simpson - Everything that can be been said about him has already been said. Good servant but watching Benalouane today shows how badly the RB position has been neglected since DeLaet left. 

 

Yohan Benalouane - can go. Bye. What an utter waste of a signing. 3 years collecting his wages doing **** all. 

 

Harry Maguire - made some mistakes but overall has been a great signing. 

 

Wes Morgan - His days as a first teamer should be numbered. Next season either Maguire or Vardy should be captain. 

 

Aleksander Dragovic - can't fault him when he has played. 

 

Ben Chilwell - the whipping boy of FoxesTalk. Hes been good some games, not so in others.  In other words, he's been a 20 year old playing his first full season as a starter. You'd think an academy product would get a bit more respect and patience from his fans.

 

Christian Fuchs - unfortunately he's well past it. One of my favourite players. People seem to have amnesia with Fuchs though, completely forgetting he's been worse than Chilwell at times. Can go.

 

Demarai Gray - I understand why half our fans dont rate him (but I don't understand why they detest him). Not bothered if we sell him but I'd personally keep him for another season. He's not on huge wages and he still got age on his side.

 

Daniel Amartey - not sure if he will ever improve here but decent utitliy option. Unlike Benalouane, I actually have respect for Amartey.

 

Wilfred Ndidi - 2 red cards this season. His passing is abysmal. He's great for us and we are worse without him but I have my doubts if he will ever go to the next level. His passing is just awful  at times. At the moment Man Utd wont be calling. Just like with Chilwell & Gray, he's still young and we'll see how he improves.

 

Vicente Iborra - he was really good pre-Christmas but his forn seems to have fallen off a cliff. He's been good at times but really poor at others.

 

Adrien Silva - I feel sorry for him. Can't judge him too much for now.

 

Hamza Choudury - done OK without setting the world alight.

 

Matty James - feel sad for him. 

 

Marc Albrighton - works hard but his goal & assist tally is a problem. If we are gonna play 4331 or 433 then he needs to improve that part of his game.  Which he won't. 

 

Riyad Mahrez - our greatest ever player. Even in such an average season he's managed 10 league goals and 11 assists. But he needs to be sold. I'm bored of his shenanigans. 

 

F. Diabate - decent signing this far, and even if he doesn't becone a world beater we can still sell him for profit. 

 

Kelechi Iheanacho - he's not a #10, and he will never play as #9 as long as Vardy is here. I actually think he's a good player but we need a solution for him. Another season on the bench? A loan move? 

 

Jamie Vardy - my personal POTS . I know many have pointed out his flaws this season but without his goals we'd be 15th or something.

 

Shinji Okazaki - His influence decreses by the week. Not bothered if he stays or goes. He was never a goal scorer and seeing as he's 32 now I wonder how much more he can offer us?

 

Out on loan 

 

Islam Slimani - What do we do with him? Who's gonna buy a 30 year old player of his calibre? 

 

Ahmed Musa - Our only hope with this guy is him having a decent World Cup and we then ship him out to Hoffenheim for £10m. 

 

Leo Ulloa - another one on our wage bill who is useless on the pitch and worth nothing in the market. 

 

Andy King - does he even play for Swansea? I'm not bothered one way or another about him. Total indifference. He can stay. He can leave. 

 

Claude Puel - controversial here but he steadied the ship. We were sleepwalking into relegation before him. Before you crucify me, I understand if you don't rate him but cast your mind back to where we were (17th) in October. Just bear this in mind. We could have gotten Moyes or Lambert or Pardew or Allardyce or Mark ****ing Hughes. I'm not saying Puel is blameless but can we have an honest debate about him, and not compare him to Peter Taylor?

 

Average season. Several players need to be moved and we need quite a few additions. 

 

Please add your thoughts.

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We were great for 9 games where we got 20 points after Shakespeare went

The other 27 (and likely 29) games in which we only got 24 points - dreadful, relegation fodder (in terms of both results and performances).

Vardy too good for the rest of this shower. We're the closest to a one man team the Premier League currently has.

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ROB-THE-BLUE

ROB-THE-BLUE

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10 minutes ago, Koke said:

Marc Albrighton - works hard but his goal & assist tally is a problem. If we are gonna play 4331 or 433 then he needs to improve that part of his game.  Which he won't. 

 

 

4331?? We definitely aren't playing like a 12 man team

Vacamion

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Your assessment of Slimani should have included him, when he DID get his chance at Newcastle, getting a ban, for petulantly kicking an opponent, thus knocking a few million off his transfer fee.

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I think it's an excellent summary.

 

You're a bit harsh on Benny and I personally think Ndidi will continue to progress - he IS as young as Gray and Chilwell whom you rightly say have done well for a first season starting in the prem. Ndidi has done fantastically. Amartey is young too.

 

Silva has shown flashes of brilliance but he has also made many mistakes.

 

Iheanancho I think can be a star - but we haven't had much to go on so far.

 

Basically I agree with you almost everywhere.

RumbleFox

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To be fair, Albrighton has one assist less than Mahrez, is 14th overall in the Premiership and is the 3rd highest Englishman in terms of assists.  X

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9 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

To be fair, Albrighton has one assist less than Mahrez, is 14th overall in the Premiership and is the 3rd highest Englishman in terms of assists.  X

And he plays defence and he tries to the utmost of his ability every game.

funkyrobot

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46 minutes ago, Koke said:

Long thread so get yourself a cup of coffee or latte.

 

Kasper Schmeichel - probably his poorest season in about 5-6 years. Total suspect on direct free kick and has made weird cockups that he normally don't.  Need competition for him. Though I fear if he gets dropped next season he will kick up a fuss.

 

Edin Jakupovic - pointless signing. Can't even grade him.

 

Ben Hamer. Not PL quality. 

 

Danny Simpson - Everything that can be been said about him has already been said. Good servant but watching Benalouane today shows how badly the RB position has been neglected since DeLaet left. 

 

Yohan Benalouane - can go. Bye. What an utter waste of a signing. 3 years collecting his wages doing **** all. 

 

Harry Maguire - made some mistakes but overall has been a great signing. 

 

Wes Morgan - His days as a first teamer should be numbered. Next season either Maguire or Vardy should be captain. 

 

Aleksander Dragovic - can't fault him when he has played. 

 

Ben Chilwell - the whipping boy of FoxesTalk. Hes been good some games, not so in others.  In other words, he's been a 20 year old playing his first full season as a starter. You'd think an academy product would get a bit more respect and patience from his fans.

 

Christian Fuchs - unfortunately he's well past it. One of my favourite players. People seem to have amnesia with Fuchs though, completely forgetting he's been worse than Chilwell at times. Can go.

 

Demarai Gray - I understand why half our fans dont rate him (but I don't understand why they detest him). Not bothered if we sell him but I'd personally keep him for another season. He's not on huge wages and he still got age on his side.

 

Daniel Amartey - not sure if he will ever improve here but decent utitliy option. Unlike Benalouane, I actually have respect for Amartey.

 

Wilfred Ndidi - 2 red cards this season. His passing is abysmal. He's great for us and we are worse without him but I have my doubts if he will ever go to the next level. His passing is just awful  at times. At the moment Man Utd wont be calling. Just like with Chilwell & Gray, he's still young and we'll see how he improves.

 

Vicente Iborra - he was really good pre-Christmas but his forn seems to have fallen off a cliff. He's been good at times but really poor at others.

 

Adrien Silva - I feel sorry for him. Can't judge him too much for now.

 

Hamza Choudury - done OK without setting the world alight.

 

Matty James - feel sad for him. 

 

Marc Albrighton - works hard but his goal & assist tally is a problem. If we are gonna play 4331 or 433 then he needs to improve that part of his game.  Which he won't. 

 

Riyad Mahrez - our greatest ever player. Even in such an average season he's managed 10 league goals and 11 assists. But he needs to be sold. I'm bored of his shenanigans. 

 

F. Diabate - decent signing this far, and even if he doesn't becone a world beater we can still sell him for profit. 

 

Kelechi Iheanacho - he's not a #10, and he will never play as #9 as long as Vardy is here. I actually think he's a good player but we need a solution for him. Another season on the bench? A loan move? 

 

Jamie Vardy - my personal POTS . I know many have pointed out his flaws this season but without his goals we'd be 15th or something.

 

Shinji Okazaki - His influence decreses by the week. Not bothered if he stays or goes. He was never a goal scorer and seeing as he's 32 now I wonder how much more he can offer us?

 

Out on loan 

 

Islam Slimani - What do we do with him? Who's gonna buy a 30 year old player of his calibre? 

 

Ahmed Musa - Our only hope with this guy is him having a decent World Cup and we then ship him out to Hoffenheim for £10m. 

 

Leo Ulloa - another one on our wage bill who is useless on the pitch and worth nothing in the market. 

 

Andy King - does he even play for Swansea? I'm not bothered one way or another about him. Total indifference. He can stay. He can leave. 

 

Claude Puel - controversial here but he steadied the ship. We were sleepwalking into relegation before him. Before you crucify me, I understand if you don't rate him but cast your mind back to where we were (17th) in October. Just bear this in mind. We could have gotten Moyes or Lambert or Pardew or Allardyce or Mark ****ing Hughes. I'm not saying Puel is blameless but can we have an honest debate about him, and not compare him to Peter Taylor?

 

Average season. Several players need to be moved and we need quite a few additions. 

 

Please add your thoughts.

Very harsh on Fuchs.

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1 minute ago, funkyrobot said:

Very harsh on Fuchs.

He's been shit all year.

funkyrobot

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13 minutes ago, FIF said:

He's been shit all year.

He was one of our better players today. He’s not been any worse than Chilly. Still got something to offer imo.

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12 minutes ago, funkyrobot said:

He was one of our better players today. He’s not been any worse than Chilly. Still got something to offer imo.

According to your logic (you know the one about choudhury being hooked after 61 minutes) he obviously hasn't been better than chilly, he was hooked for a rookie 20 YO.

 

He was at fault for the first goal and was out of position and lazy throughout the match, his crossing was worse than Ben's is. We clearly can't have been watching the same game.

David Hankey

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The most amazing thing I've noticed this season is the amount of "injuries". When we won the title no-one was injured, everyone wanted to play and gave Ranieri a headache most games. This season, today for example 8 out, c'mon I don't buy that for a minute. There is a thorough lack of commitment, passion and an unwillingness to play with a pride in the shirt. 

 

Every single player ought to remember where they were before they came to Leicester City and what the Club has done for them. Too many uninspired performances for too long but hey ho keep picking up your big fat wages and think nothing of it. Absolute disgrace!!

funkyrobot

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7 minutes ago, FIF said:

According to your logic (you know the one about choudhury being hooked after 61 minutes) he obviously hasn't been better than chilly, he was hooked for a rookie 20 YO.

 

He was at fault for the first goal and was out of position and lazy throughout the match, his crossing was worse than Ben's is. We clearly can't have been watching the same game.

From where I was watching, Fuchs played the full match so yes we must’ve been watching a different game. Fuchs was tripped for the first goal. It should’ve been a foul. If you describe running yourself into the ground as lazy then yes Fuchs was lazy. You have stated elsewhere that Hamza was easily the best player on the pitch for city today after I questioned his performance. I’m sorry that I certainly don’t agree with you on that. I think Choudhury is currently well below the standard we need and needed today. I really hope he improves but I don’t see it at the moment. Because you disagree you’re following me from one subject to another to troll? 

Koke

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26 minutes ago, David Hankey said:

Every single player ought to remember where they were before they came to Leicester City and what the Club has done for them. Too many uninspired performances for too long but hey ho keep picking up your big fat wages and think nothing of it. Absolute disgrace!!

 

Too many passengers at the club. This summer is pretty important.

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