Stevosevic Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Babylon said: Why the hell does everything have to be the managers fault, it's nonsense. The most obvious thing that's happened is that we wanted to get rid, but the offer for Iborra was too good to turn down. This then meant Silva was no longer looked at as being the first one out of the door. We would consider moving him on, but only if another signing was made. We're getting late in the window, clearly nobody is coming in so Silva is no longer surplus to requirements for the time being. Those moaning, what the hell would people rather we do? Move him on or register Andy King... I'd rather have Silva thanks. For the sake of 15 games where we are playing for nothing I would take our chances that the first choice 3 CMs will stay fit. He prefers to play 2 in the middle anyway. King or James can make up the numbers on the bench if really needed if one gets injured. Silva won't play a minute and he'll be worth even less in the summer Edited 25 January 2019 by Stevosevic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 5 minutes ago, lcfcsnow said: Move on all three and buy one good midfielder to take Mendy's place. Which clearly isn't possible, hence why we want him to stay for the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 Just now, Stevosevic said: For the sake of 15 games where we are playing for nothing I would take our chances that the first choice 3 CMs will stay fit. He prefers to play 2 in the middle anyway. King or James can make up the numbers on the bench if really needed if one gets injured. Why? What do we stand to gain other than a couple of quid. This isn't Adrien Silva FC set up to do what's in his best interests. The club has 7th and good prize money to play for and the manager is fighting for his job. So if Silva is considered a better option than a crocked James and King, then he can stay and be there if we need him like he's paid to be. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EnderbyFox Posted 25 January 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 25 January 2019 Proper feel sorry for Silva, takes a gamble to leave his home country and through no fault of his own has ended up wasting pretty much 2 seasons when he's meant to be in his prime. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevosevic Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Babylon said: Why? What do we stand to gain other than a couple of quid. This isn't Adrien Silva FC set up to do what's in his best interests. The club has 7th and good prize money to play for and the manager is fighting for his job. So if Silva is considered a better option than a crocked James and King, then he can stay and be there if we need him like he's paid to be. I'm looking at it from a Leicester City perspective, not Silva. He won't play a minute again this season, he's barely had a sniff. He's currently as useful as Benny was this season. The noises suggest that money is a bit tighter than in recent seasons for various reasons so I'd get the money in now. With regards to 7th - I would be amazed if that's where we finish. Edited 25 January 2019 by Stevosevic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 2 minutes ago, EnderbyFox said: Proper feel sorry for Silva, takes a gamble to leave his home country and through no fault of his own has ended up wasting pretty much 2 seasons when he's meant to be in his prime. He's had the chance to show himself worthy of a spot, sad fact is for him that Hamza when called upon has done more. Hamza has played less minutes in the last two seasons but managed to push himself past several more seasoned pros based just on his performances. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 1 minute ago, Stevosevic said: I'm looking at it from a Leicester City perspective, not Silva. He won't play a minute again this season, he's barely had a sniff. He's currently as useful as Benny was this season. The noises suggest that money is a bit tighter than in recent seasons for various reasons so I'd get the money in now. With regards to 7th - I would be amazed if that's where we finish. We've lost someone ahead of him in the pecking order, so we don't know that. It takes one injury or suspension for him to be 3rd choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 5 minutes ago, EnderbyFox said: Proper feel sorry for Silva, takes a gamble to leave his home country and through no fault of his own has ended up wasting pretty much 2 seasons when he's meant to be in his prime. It's not 'no fault of his own' because he's played 19 times for us now. He's just never really shown he's good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 Just now, Babylon said: We've lost someone ahead of him in the pecking order, so we don't know that. It takes one injury or suspension for him to be 3rd choice. Especially considering we appear to be moving to a 3 man midfield more and more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyFox Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 10 minutes ago, EnderbyFox said: Proper feel sorry for Silva, takes a gamble to leave his home country and through no fault of his own has ended up wasting pretty much 2 seasons when he's meant to be in his prime. The £6.2m he’s earnt with Leicester, softens the blow a tad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ric Flair Posted 25 January 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 25 January 2019 I would like to see him in a 4-3-3 with Choudhury and Ndidi, he might be of use in that formation. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeg67 Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 If indeed this is true (and frankly it's no more likely to be than any other rumor) it pretty much confirms that Puel hasn't been using Silva on club orders due to contractual concerns. Something changed, and now perhaps he'll get his shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 10 minutes ago, RoyFox said: The £6.2m he’s earnt with Leicester, softens the blow a tad. He wouldn't be on that much, surely? Assuming you're on about after-tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxes21 Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 (edited) Sell King Loan with option to buy for James Keep Silva. Edited 25 January 2019 by foxes21 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevosevic Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Babylon said: We've lost someone ahead of him in the pecking order, so we don't know that. It takes one injury or suspension for him to be 3rd choice. King and James have both been used ahead of him since his last appearance. If we get an injury I would be surprised if it's not James who steps in (not that I agree with this) Edited 25 January 2019 by Stevosevic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyFox Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 18 minutes ago, AKCJ said: He wouldn't be on that much, surely? Assuming you're on about after-tax. He’s on £80k/wk, after tax would be roughly £3.72m. Still, not too shabby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 This club has ruined his career, in a lot of cases you can simply have a care not attitude regarding footballers and their transfers, it’s usually down to their own choices or gambles of moving but you can’t help but feel sorry for the bloke, his career has been ruined/wasted years through very little of his own choices. I dare say Silva will be here post Puel though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAN Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 Talk about professionalism all you like but if I were him having been ignored for the first half of the season I wouldn’t blame him for saying “f@&£ you” now to Puel if he’s been told He is now in his plans. If he wasn’t in them before what has he seen that means he suddenly is...whoever is at fault for this it is no way to manage an employee of any type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 27 minutes ago, Stevosevic said: King and James have both been used ahead of him since his last appearance. If we get an injury I would be surprised if it's not James who steps in (not that I agree with this) They were used a month ago for the first time in a year. Just because they played doesn't mean they are "ahead" of him. If we wanted to move him on or thought something was going to happen, we wouldn't risk it. But we can't predict what would happen in the January window. If our plan was to sign someone else and then let him go, then that depends on signing someone. If we don't, then he doesn't go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 14 minutes ago, FLAN said: Talk about professionalism all you like but if I were him having been ignored for the first half of the season I wouldn’t blame him for saying “f@&£ you” now to Puel if he’s been told He is now in his plans. If he wasn’t in them before what has he seen that means he suddenly is...whoever is at fault for this it is no way to manage an employee of any type. He doesn't have to have SEEN anything. We sold Iborra and probably couldn't get a player in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 36 minutes ago, RoyFox said: He’s on £80k/wk, after tax would be roughly £3.72m. Still, not too shabby. Good work if you can get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAN Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 13 minutes ago, Babylon said: He doesn't have to have SEEN anything. We sold Iborra and probably couldn't get a player in. I wasn’t clear enough. He’s either been badly treated by Puel or Puel had his hands tied. Either way it is out of order considering how much we messed up the initial transfer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Leeds Fox Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 Well let's hope we give him a clean slate. 4 months to prove us how good we know he can be and prove to us why he's a Portuguese international. Hopefully he takes the chance as he is exactly what we need. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 8 minutes ago, FLAN said: I wasn’t clear enough. He’s either been badly treated by Puel or Puel had his hands tied. Or neither and a manger who didn't buy a player doesn't fancy him, but also doesn't want to be left short in the middle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrefelderFox666 Posted 25 January 2019 Share Posted 25 January 2019 If we do keep him then I have no problem with that. I just hope we get to see a bit more of him. Yes he has had a few average games but he has never established himself in the team. I am all for giving him a chance and playing more football. Obviously something in the background we don't know about has prevented him from playing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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