AjcW Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 29 minutes ago, Babylon said: Who scored has him down as playing right mid and right wide forward last season. Possibly more down to Valverde playing 4-2-4? He signed for Barca off the back off a good season as a striker for Valencia so that's what i'd class him as. Imagine he could be flexible if we needed him to be, although it's easy playing as a right winger for Barca when you're 3-0 in most games by half time. 1
Babylon Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 41 minutes ago, sphericalfox said: He probably did just to get some game time, and still didn't play much over the last 2 years. Surely he'd want to play more upfront? Unless we are losing several players very soon I just don't see the need for a striker in the squad. 1
Livid Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 On the basis of his 2015/16 Valencia highlights on YouTube, I like him. Great first touch, little trick to give himself space, just pay the money....please . 2
sphericalfox Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 Just now, Babylon said: Unless we are losing several players very soon I just don't see the need for a striker in the squad. I think week is going to be critical to in shedding some pounds and that will inevitably help address the RW/RM situation getting over any pending line.
Fox42 Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 Sounds like a main stage DJ playing at Ibiza laying down all the hits this summer ?
Jacafox Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 He was very good at Valencia for a couple of seasons, they played him as a number 9. A squad player at Barca. Valverde has told him he will not be playing much this coming season. Ok for Leicester? I think he would need time to settle in but i think he is only 24 years old. But we are overloaded with attacking players at the moment, so i feel we need to sell Ulloa and Slimani before we are able to buy him, but he would be a better option. 1
Guest Mickyblueeyes Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 If we end up bringing him in, surely we are going 1 up top with a number ten in behind. A proper, creative number 10. Kelech, Maddison and Paco. With two energetic/attacking wing backs, we may have found two routes to goal and not just the one that has served us so well for a few years.
Finnegan Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 1 hour ago, NasPb said: Will play Mahrez role He won't. He's a striker.
StanSP Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 Ulloa on the left wing and Alcacer on the right wing. Can't wait. 1
Buce Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 4 hours ago, Ian Nacho said: Alcácer studies an offer of the Premier to leave already The player ruled out the option of Watford, but now could leave to another club for 30 million euros The Leicester has asked for him and the forward looks for a way out https://www.sport.es/es/amp/noticias/barca/alcacer-estudia-una-oferta-premier-para-irse-6966972? Was this quote from the Jewish Chronical?
Ian Nacho Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 1 minute ago, Buce said: Was this quote from the Jewish Chronical? Translated from Spanish so it sounds a bit weird.
ARM1968 Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 2 hours ago, sphericalfox said: He probably did just to get some game time, and still didn't play much over the last 2 years. Surely he'd want to play more upfront? Plays where he’s told mate. Have to put his big boi shorts on. 1
StriderHiryu Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 Old video, but gives you a good taste of what he's all about. In terms of technical ability, he's got it in abundance and is tricky, fast (with good acceleration), can finish and creative too. But the issue is that I think he's more of a 9 than a 7 or 11? With Vardy and Nacho we have two players that can finish, but where we are sorely lacking is in creative forward players who can feed our striker and who can make runs to create space and more shooting opportunities. Based on preseason, Maddison looks like he'll be pivotal to us this season, but with Mahrez leaving we will struggle based on what we've seen last season and in preseason this. With the right setup and tactics you could get a player like this performing well and I don't think he'd *have* to be the striker either. I could see him fitting in on the right of a 4-3-3 / 4-5-1. Maybe there's something to the story. 1
Mehrez Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 Can’t see much in this one tbh, pretty sure we will stick with 4-2-3-1 and I can’t see how he fits into that, only ever played on the wings 11 times in total and wouldn’t get in over Vardy
psychonaut Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 2 minutes ago, Mehrez said: Can’t see much in this one tbh, pretty sure we will stick with 4-2-3-1 and I can’t see how he fits into that, only ever played on the wings 11 times in total and wouldn’t get in over Vardy In a 4-2-3-1 the winger role doesnt really exist. To play it properly you require 2 attacking fullbacks that bomb forward and overlap with the attacking players. The so called wide players in the 3 behind the striker tuck in and allow the fullback the line and are probably more comparable to the old inside right and left positions. We now have both these fullbacks in Chilwell and Pereira so i could potentially see him as part of a 3 supporting the striker as he looked like he could link up well and obviously can assist. More of an issue with this formation is it would mean Maddison and Iheanacho competing for a place as I cant see either in slightly wider roles. 1
Jimbo Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 16 minutes ago, psychonaut said: In a 4-2-3-1 the winger role doesnt really exist. To play it properly you require 2 attacking fullbacks that bomb forward and overlap with the attacking players. The so called wide players in the 3 behind the striker tuck in and allow the fullback the line and are probably more comparable to the old inside right and left positions. We now have both these fullbacks in Chilwell and Pereira so i could potentially see him as part of a 3 supporting the striker as he looked like he could link up well and obviously can assist. More of an issue with this formation is it would mean Maddison and Iheanacho competing for a place as I cant see either in slightly wider roles. Either Ian Nacho or Maddison could fill one of the wider roles, Maddison is probably more suited to it. Your 2 'wide' men are more of an inside forward than a winger. Don't think there's much in this story, probably just another smoke screen to get the actual club interested in him to to stump up the cash. Can't wait until we spend some of the Mahrez money or the window shuts, which ever comes sooner, because I think our name is just being used and thrown about with a number of players we've probably never even looked at
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 4 hours ago, Silva Fox said: If that's him, he needs a haircut
ARM1968 Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 8 minutes ago, DANGEROUS TIGER said: If that's him, he needs a haircut Looks more like Shaqiri
Finnegan Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 1 hour ago, Ric Flair said: Would rather have Munir El Haddadi You really wouldn't, Ric. Paco was the star at Valencia, absolutely brilliant, if he hadn't have left he'd still be leading the line for them going in to their champions league campaign. He backed himself to go to Barca and failed to get by Suarez, there's no real shame in that. In the meantime he's been capped a fair few times for Spain hitting a similar return to Vardy for England. He's mustard, he'll move on from Barcelona to - most likely - another Spanish or Italian club and he'll have a great career as a poacher. Munir is poor. He's got technical ability but hasn't really improved at all and doesn't have the right commitment to back it up. He's like a much slower Demarai Gray with similar levels of end product. He did sod all at Valencia, has never gotten anywhere near threatening to get a glimpse at Barca. He's got less about him than Bojan did at the same age, he'll grind out a career at lower mid table clubs before disappearing.
Ric Flair Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 3 minutes ago, Finnegan said: You really wouldn't, Ric. Paco was the star at Valencia, absolutely brilliant, if he hadn't have left he'd still be leading the line for them going in to their champions league campaign. He backed himself to go to Barca and failed to get by Suarez, there's no real shame in that. In the meantime he's been capped a fair few times for Spain hitting a similar return to Vardy for England. He's mustard, he'll move on from Barcelona to - most likely - another Spanish or Italian club and he'll have a great career as a poacher. Munir is poor. He's got technical ability but hasn't really improved at all and doesn't have the right commitment to back it up. He's like a much slower Demarai Gray with similar levels of end product. He did sod all at Valencia, has never gotten anywhere near threatening to get a glimpse at Barca. He's got less about him than Bojan did at the same age, he'll grind out a career at lower mid table clubs before disappearing. He's a very good striker but we don't need one of those. I'd much rather we stick with Vardy and Iheanacho. We need another wide forward and Alcacer is not a natural wide forward so it really would be a case of playing him or Maddison out of position which would be silly. That's unless we are changing formation which seems highly unlikely.
Finnegan Posted 29 July 2018 Posted 29 July 2018 9 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: He's a very good striker but we don't need one of those. I'd much rather we stick with Vardy and Iheanacho. We need another wide forward and Alcacer is not a natural wide forward so it really would be a case of playing him or Maddison out of position which would be silly. That's unless we are changing formation which seems highly unlikely. Oh yeah I'm not disagreeing with that part. But Munir is rubbish.
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