Rachid Ghezzal signs.

[jonny_wright]

He's terrible, lightweight, loses possesion, doesnt challenge, makes bad decisions.... doesnt even look slighly like a PL player, i have no doubt he would make a good F2 freestyler! but i think he will last as long as Leicester as Puel does, seen nothing at all since day one from him

[Gerard]

4 hours ago, Foxy-Lady said:

So disappointing they weren't prepared to show more faith and belief in Barnes.

Not saying this with the benefit of hindsight or the fact he is doing so well in the Championship but as you rightly say, Ghezzai is 26 years old with little room for improvement where as Barnes is only just turned 20 wit lots of potential for improvement....as was the case when they showed faith and stuck with Ben Chilwell while he was on a steep learning curve

 

I disagree about Barnes as I think a full season playing week in week out in the Championship is best for him. Puel brought him back earlier this year and he didn't set the world alight.

 

Before we signed Ghezzal I had hoped to give our young talented players in Gray, Iheanacho and Maddison plenty of game time and hoped at least two of the three would come of age. Then we had the reliability of Albrighton who would rotate with them. We also had Okazaki and Diabate who could support and Ricardo and Chilwell could play there if need be.

 

I didn't see the point in bringing someone who wasn't better than what we already had. Ghezzal like the Ward signing had "waste of money" written all over them. Two players in their mid 20's for £25m who at first glance never looked like being first choice players. If I owned the club I'd be telling the people who want these type of signings that their jobs are under threat if these signings bomb. It's all so predictable which is the thing that really pisses me off. 

[foxinsocks]

Deary me.... how did we buy him?

[Bablemikey]

He might turn out to be one of our worst signings ever. But he’s only played a handful of times for crying out loud, it’s just ridiculous to be judging & condemning him already! 

I’ve seen occasional flashes of potential & Maddison reckons he’s incredibly skilful in training but whether he can adapt to the team & the Premier League & grow into the player we all want him to be we are very unlikely to see in the short term. And the same can be said for many of our other players too. Unfortunately many here will find that hard to tolerate & will be frustrated by it but I believe that is the way we are going about building the future until we can attract the very top talent.

[SouthStandUpperTier]

36 minutes ago, foxinsocks said:

Deary me.... how did we buy him?

The 'how' is easy to explain. We offered Monaco lots of lovely lolly and they bit our hand off. The 'why' is much more difficult to fathom.

[Guest Col city fan]

13 hours ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

The 'how' is easy to explain. We offered Monaco lots of lovely lolly and they bit our hand off. The 'why' is much more difficult to fathom.

What did we pay for Ghezzal?

[Hanan96]

Btw this guy were playing well and heavily praised after his debut

 

Typical foxestalk. One game always enough to judge

[mod hero]

48 minutes ago, Hanan96 said:

Btw this guy were playing well and heavily praised after his debut

 

Typical foxestalk. One game always enough to judge

I’ve seen you post a few of these “typical foxes talk” type posts.

 

if you don’t like it, don’t read it.

[tylesta]

14 hours ago, Bablemikey said:

He might turn out to be one of our worst signings ever. But he’s only played a handful of times for crying out loud, it’s just ridiculous to be judging & condemning him already! 

I’ve seen occasional flashes of potential & Maddison reckons he’s incredibly skilful in training but whether he can adapt to the team & the Premier League & grow into the player we all want him to be we are very unlikely to see in the short term. And the same can be said for many of our other players too. Unfortunately many here will find that hard to tolerate & will be frustrated by it but I believe that is the way we are going about building the future until we can attract the very top talent.

I knew a play who was skilful as **** in training had the lot. When it came to a match he was shocking and spent most his time on the bench.

[Tielemans63]

You know Adrien Silva?

[MC Prussian]

There's some quality in Ghezzal based on the goal against Fleetwood, I'm just not sure he's made for this league.

 

Most of the time that I've seen him play (when he does play), he's been pretty much anonymous, lightweight and incapable of influencing a game.

Gets shoved off the ball easily, is very one-footed and neither overly skilled nor fast.

 

Time will tell. I just hope he'll improve his game and become a little bit more athletic.

Edited 24 October 2018 by MC Prussian

[Farrington fox]

15 hours ago, foxinsocks said:

Deary me.... how did we buy him?

Time and time again you have to question our recruitment. How the hell can they sign players of the obvious quality such as Maguire, Maddison and maybe Ricardo, then get it so wrong with the him. Panic buy I think.

[Tielemans63]

2 minutes ago, MC Prussian said:

There's some quality in Ghezzal based on the goal against Fleetwood, I'm just not sure he's made for this league.

 

Most of the time that I've seen him play (when he does play), he's been pretty much anonymous, lightweight and incapable of influencing a game.

Gets shoved off the ball easily, is very one-footed and neither overly skilled nor fast.

 

Time will tell. I just hope he'll improve his game and become a little bit more athletic.

So you're saying that despite his lack of athleticism, lack of physicality, lack of pace, lack of quality, lack of character and lack of ability with both feet....he's decent 

 

[st albans fox]

Seriously ...... how many overseas players hit the ground running in this league ......... the boy is being eased in by the manager in a foreign land  ....... give him a bloody chance!  

Edited 24 October 2018 by st albans fox

[Sunbury Fox]

He was obviously poor when he came on the other night but to be honest it was not the easiest time to join the game as a winger, was it? Arsenal were 3-1 up and dominating possession, our only striker was clearly unfit and hence virtually immobile, giving the wide players limited passing options, and we finished the last 5-10 minutes with only 10 men after said striker had to go off. Ghezzal strikes me as a confidence player and if we start getting on his back his form will just get worse and worse. Let's give him a bit more time.

[weller54]

4 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said:

He was obviously poor when he came on the other night but to be honest it was not the easiest time to join the game as a winger, was it? Arsenal were 3-1 up and dominating possession, our only striker was clearly unfit and hence virtually immobile, giving the wide players limited passing options, and we finished the last 5-10 minutes with only 10 men after said striker had to go off. Ghezzal strikes me as a confidence player and if we start getting on his back his form will just get worse and worse. Let's give him a bit more time.

OK,  fair enough... 

He has until 3.15pm on Saturday! 

[Izzy]

3 minutes ago, weller54 said:

OK,  fair enough... 

He has until 3.15pm on Saturday! 

Bit harsh. We don’t kick off til 5.30 

[weller54]

1 minute ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

Bit harsh. We don’t kick off til 5.30 

Just testing! 

But I stick with only giving him til 3.15pm!... 

If he doesn't eat up all his pre match lunch then get rid! 

[MC Prussian]

32 minutes ago, Paddy. said:

So you're saying that despite his lack of athleticism, lack of physicality, lack of pace, lack of quality, lack of character and lack of ability with both feet....he's decent 

 

In Ligue 1, yes.

[mucfox]

Ghezzal was a bad purchase of our scouts.

 

LCFC has to buy HAKIM ZIYECH from Ajax Amsterdam - the real copy of Riyad Mahrez

 

Enjoy his skills and his incredible left foot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzubkgsIXUE

[Blue ROI]

Monday was the night from hell for rachid. After getting back what we paid for on musa id hate for us to be back getting a bad deal again. 

 

As said above though the battle was already lost. Unlikely he will play at the weekend but has a chance to prove himself against the saints. 

 

It wasn't good for him on Monday but not many covered themselves in glory either. He needs to get over it and up his work rate. 

[Hanan96]

4 hours ago, mod hero said:

I’ve seen you post a few of these “typical foxes talk” type posts.

 

if you don’t like it, don’t read it.

That's interesting point that keep repeating. So I point at it. 

As you said if you don't like mine you don't need to read mine either

[Guest MattP]

2 hours ago, mucfox said:

Ghezzal was a bad purchase of our scouts.

 

LCFC has to buy HAKIM ZIYECH from Ajax Amsterdam - the real copy of Riyad Mahrez

 

Enjoy his skills and his incredible left foot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzubkgsIXUE

We have absolutely no chance of signing him.

[Babylon]

Can we not just give people a chance before abusing them and calling them our worst signing, it's just ridiculous. I wasn't exactly thrilled by his signing and it screams of panic buy again. But he's played 275 minutes FFS and actually looked out best player in two of the three games he started.

 

I don't think he's got the assets to ever do a great deal and I think it'll end up being a waste of money. But can't we just get behind people rather than constantly slating them. It's self defeating.

[sphericalfox]

I think he was a stop-gap signing. I'd like to hope that we were chasing someone in the summer, and they weren't available or weren't keen to join us at that point. I see us making a couple of upgrade signings. 

 

I'm not sure how Harvey Barnes' fits into the equation long term, but as he's likely to stay at West Brom til the end of the season. So maybe we've put a pin that position for the minute?

 

Ghezzal needs time to acclimatise and remain calm. He looks nervous at times and tries to overcomplicate things, cutting in and trying to take on more than he can handle, when taking it to the byline and crossing it would be a better option.

 

Saying all that there were rumours that Victor Moses was unhappy with lack of game time at Chelsea. Not sure he'd ever come to us or if we've got someone significant we're working on. But him and Ricardo? Yes please.