ROB-THE-BLUE Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 Just now, La-li-lu-le-lo said: Don’t be silly, you’re speaking as if he is his late 30’s..... He is still quality and will still be training to a high level, playing with far superior players too. N’didi and Mendy are average, completely and utterly average. N’didi is worth hanging onto because of his age and defensive capabilities, however, Mendy is another passenger, Drinkwater and N’didi would be a better partnership than him and Mendy. For me it’s a complete no brainier. What are you judging that on? He's barely played since leaving us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 1 minute ago, La-li-lu-le-lo said: He’s twenty pissing eight...... he won’t have diminished in ability that much, what are you expecting? For him to turn up in his shit stained underpants, dribbling holding a tennis racket? He's finished. Whenever he played for Chelsea he could barely run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucey Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 This isn’t happening. Don’t waste your money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 (edited) Majority of his recent Chelsea highlights are of him passing it backwards or sideways, will fit right into our new playing style Edited 13 January 2019 by moore_94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevosevic Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 Tbh I'd be up for trying anything now. Bored of watching our CMs trying to make a successful forward pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mint23 Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 I love Drinky I really do, I’m fact I’d have him up there with Steve Thompson and Neil Lennon as my all time favourite City midfielders but from what I’ve heard we basically ruinned him playing him through injury in the Champions league campaign, I’m fact i believe he was having injections in his hips just to play through the pin barrier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox_favourite Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 (edited) A Drinky style cm is exactly what we need. Someone who has that long pass in him and can control the middle allowing Mendy/Ndidi/Choudhury (whoever plays as the other 2) to do what they do best...win the ball back. When we have this a midfield 3 will work the in the puel system and be more effective. We're too slow at getting the ball to Maddison and the wingers which makes Maddison especially look poor at the moment. We have become far too predictable and this is why we can't open up teams that just sit back. Having a deep lying playmaker allows that little bit of unpredictability and to get the ball forward a lot quicker. We pull teams around okay, but it's too slow getting forward because no one can punch a ball with accuracy quickly. Having Barnes, Maddison, Vards up front is good, but if the build up play is too slow then the space and the opportunities are not there. But I would say we would also need a big striker for a plan B option. But do I think we should re-sign Drinky? Maybe not (injury prone, not played, not match for etc..) but he can't be the only one out there that can play that role...surely?!!!! Edited 13 January 2019 by fox_favourite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 I don’t care if he’s crocked I’d love this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La-li-lu-le-lo Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 I’d welcome him back, and wouldn’t pass judgements until I’d watched him play.... like many have said anything has to be better than what we’re currently watching...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AylestoneRaider Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 22 minutes ago, Mint23 said: I love Drinky I really do, I’m fact I’d have him up there with Steve Thompson and Neil Lennon as my all time favourite City midfielders but from what I’ve heard we basically ruinned him playing him through injury in the Champions league campaign, I’m fact i believe he was having injections in his hips just to play through the pin barrier. I noticed a dramatic change in Drinky’s mobility during the UCL campaign. He was brilliant at the beginning of the 16-17 season, but something went wrong. This makes perfect sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 He has the ability to look absolutely devoid of confidence and creativity, will slot back in perfectly in to his role he did every other season for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB_Fox Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 No interest in this at all - just like Drinkwater's attitude to playing football over the last year and a half. Injuries have niggled at him, he let his chance of an England recall go and has barely kicked a ball ever since leaving us. It's a mentality thing, isn't it? Anyone hoping for 2015/16 Drinkwater will be horrified - there's no motivation to come back here and do well again. He's on massive wages and hasn't been arsed about playing for a while now. When he has played, he's been garbage. No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silva Fox Posted 13 January 2019 Author Share Posted 13 January 2019 2 minutes ago, JB_Fox said: No interest in this at all - just like Drinkwater's attitude to playing football over the last year and a half. Injuries have niggled at him, he let his chance of an England recall go and has barely kicked a ball ever since leaving us. It's a mentality thing, isn't it? Anyone hoping for 2015/16 Drinkwater will be horrified - there's no motivation to come back here and do well again. He's on massive wages and hasn't been arsed about playing for a while now. When he has played, he's been garbage. No thanks. And you know this how? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Teapot Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 1 hour ago, AjcW said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkish14 Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 Maybe he is being bought in, to keep vards happy ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuna Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 A few weeks ago I'd have said no. But I'm getting desperate, so Gerrimin. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 Left for a transplant, left for a transplant he only left for a transplant. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heymister2015 Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 his last season at Leicester was poor! I was at every home game and saw week in week out side ways, back passes and pinging balls over the top and out of play every time. His time his up due to injuries and should be working his way down the leagues. Instead Leicester want an injury prone player past his best when we’re at a stage where we should be signing players like loftus cheek! Show some ambition Leicester!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 30 minutes ago, Heymister2015 said: his last season at Leicester was poor! I was at every home game and saw week in week out side ways, back passes and pinging balls over the top and out of play every time. His time his up due to injuries and should be working his way down the leagues. Instead Leicester want an injury prone player past his best when we’re at a stage where we should be signing players like loftus cheek! Show some ambition Leicester!! We were poor for that entire year, the entire team played poorly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 31 minutes ago, Heymister2015 said: his last season at Leicester was poor! I was at every home game and saw week in week out side ways, back passes and pinging balls over the top and out of play every time. His time his up due to injuries and should be working his way down the leagues. Instead Leicester want an injury prone player past his best when we’re at a stage where we should be signing players like loftus cheek! Show some ambition Leicester!! He was one of our best players in a woeful league campaign, you can’t use that season to reason anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 1 minute ago, UniFox21 said: We were poor for that entire year, the entire team played poorly. Beat me to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 2 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said: Beat me to it. Very few, if any of that team came out of that year having played well. Maybe Ndidi, but the rest of them were a shambles throughout the year, you can't call out individuals when the entire team was poor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 1 minute ago, UniFox21 said: Very few, if any of that team came out of that year having played well. Maybe Ndidi, but the rest of them were a shambles throughout the year, you can't call out individuals when the entire team was poor Agreed, we ended up with #YB29 at CB ? although Drinky was one of the better performers for the first part in my opinion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heymister2015 Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 (edited) Can call him out when he’s the individual in question coming back! He wasn’t our best player! No one was worthy of that title. It doesn’t surprise me leicester fans want him back. But he’s a poor player now, and we should enjoy the profit we made. Not waist it on bringing him back. They’ll be a stupid clause where we have to sign him permanently for £15m come the summer. Aswell as a £2m loan fee. Put it towards loftus cheek. Edited 13 January 2019 by Heymister2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Cockney Fox Posted 13 January 2019 Share Posted 13 January 2019 Is he even fit? No point in a Jan loan that would take 8 weeks to get match fit. Surely he needs to play lots of Footie to get up to Prem pace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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