Buce Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 6 minutes ago, murphy said: I agree with all the superlatives here. Great player, love him ...But...officially better than Lineker? Nowhere near Lineker's strike rate. Half of Lineker's goals (for Leicester) were in the Second tier, though. And I think there's a good argument that says Vardy is up against better defences, as footballers are fitter and better trained than back then. Having watched both, I would pick Vardy over Lineker.
murphy Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 7 minutes ago, Buce said: Half of Lineker's goals (for Leicester) were in the Second tier, though. And I think there's a good argument that says Vardy is up against better defences, as footballers are fitter and better trained than back then. Having watched both, I would pick Vardy over Lineker. I know I'm not really entering into the spirit of this thread and believe me, I love Vardy. He's an indispensable ferret faced super hero. But better than Lineker? I take your point about Lineker's goal's in the old second division, but he continued his one in two (or better) strike rate throughout his career at Everton and Spurs and of course 46 goals in 70 odd games for England. I agree that Vardy has come to personify our club for this generation but surely Lineker is Mr Leicester City. A Leicester lad and City fan and in his day, one of the best strikers on the planet. As for the argument about different standards in different eras. You can only judge people in their eras. I mean Lineker today would be fitter etc, The same argument would apply to George Best. Pele, Maradonna etc.
49er Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 50 minutes ago, Izzy said: Had to laugh at Linker's tweet earlier.. "If only I'd been on penalties at Leicester" Leave the penalties to the maestro aka Charlie Chan
Buce Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 32 minutes ago, murphy said: I know I'm not really entering into the spirit of this thread and believe me, I love Vardy. He's an indispensable ferret faced super hero. But better than Lineker? I take your point about Lineker's goal's in the old second division, but he continued his one in two (or better) strike rate throughout his career at Everton and Spurs and of course 46 goals in 70 odd games for England. I agree that Vardy has come to personify our club for this generation but surely Lineker is Mr Leicester City. A Leicester lad and City fan and in his day, one of the best strikers on the planet. As for the argument about different standards in different eras. You can only judge people in their eras. I mean Lineker today would be fitter etc, The same argument would apply to George Best. Pele, Maradonna etc. Murph, believe me, I'm not dissing Lineker in the slightest, and I was very careful to specify the goals he scored for Leicester were against Second Division defences; the Lineker that played at Everton was at a different level - 42 goals in a season, wasn't it? I certainly don't begrudge you your opinion. It's a measure of how good Vardy is that we are even having this discussion.
Rasmic123 Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 I'll be very sad when I don't get to see this lad play anymore. Moreso than Kante and Mahrez, speaks volumes of the quality of the player and the person. Leicester legend
Red Squirrel Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 THERE IS NO ARGUMENT - THERE NEVER CAN BE VARDY IS LEGENDARY ( No 1 in the history of the Foxes) His story is incredible, he achieved a lifetime's dream with us and made our dreams come true in the process Most of us can identify with him He has that necessary controlled aggression Works his socks off A much better all round footballer than people (outside the club) give him credit for He has stayed loyal and I'm sure part of this is due to Pearson who believed in him when things were difficult after his first year His 11 consecutive PL goals That strike against Liverpool in the Championship season For all the electric spine tingling moments he has given u I go back 55 years supporting the club, Vardy is so so special for a variety of reasons, Enjoy the next few seasons as he's irreplaceable
Gerard Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 Vardy is genuine top class and borderline world class, we're really, really lucky to have him and probably lucky he's not a few years younger. Would Aguerro or Kane get more goals in this Leicester team over the last few years? It's debatable and I would say not. He never moaned when he regularly never got a chance in a game under Puel but with Rodgers at the helm and Tielemans and Maddison just behind he's regularly getting slotted through and has probably been the best and most prolific striker in the league since the change in management.
Benguin Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 Anyone remember folks being mad we weren’t selling him to WBA for 5mil
foxes_rule1978 Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 1 minute ago, Benguin said: Anyone remember folks being mad we weren’t selling him to WBA for 5mil I remember, and I’m glad I wasn’t one of them
TheSomersetFox Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 I’d take Che Adams as the heir to Vardy’s throne to be honest. All the right attributes and an aggressive little shit to boot.
TheStig Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 2 hours ago, Izzy said: Had to laugh at Linker's tweet earlier.. "If only I'd been on penalties at Leicester" Such a lack of class comment from Lineker. Acknowledge Vardys´ feat instead of making stupid tweets!
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 We're very lucky to have had both play for us. Why can't we just leave it at that?
murphy Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 1 minute ago, SouthStandUpperTier said: We're very lucky to have had both play for us. Why can't we just leave it at that? Because of the thread title probably.
whoareyaaa Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 Prolific some Strikers drop off after one good season this man is a goal machine, you would put your house on Vardy in a one on one against the keeper every time. There are not many better strikers in the league. Beast
koop. Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 Has to go down as one of the greatest players to ever play for this club
HoustonFox Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 1 hour ago, murphy said: I know I'm not really entering into the spirit of this thread and believe me, I love Vardy. He's an indispensable ferret faced super hero. But better than Lineker? I take your point about Lineker's goal's in the old second division, but he continued his one in two (or better) strike rate throughout his career at Everton and Spurs and of course 46 goals in 70 odd games for England. I agree that Vardy has come to personify our club for this generation but surely Lineker is Mr Leicester City. A Leicester lad and City fan and in his day, one of the best strikers on the planet. As for the argument about different standards in different eras. You can only judge people in their eras. I mean Lineker today would be fitter etc, The same argument would apply to George Best. Pele, Maradonna etc. I agree with you, AND you forgot Barcelona! 86 and 90 world cups really bring out a ton of emotion for me. I remember as a kid I double underlined that he was from Leicester in my World Cup Panini sticker albums! 29 minutes ago, murphy said: Because of the thread title probably. I’m wondering if that dot in the title was supposed to be the emoji? Only @jonthefox will know...
kingston_fox Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 Glad he's come back into form since the change in management. Was starting to think he was done both mentally and physically but now we are playing to his strengths he's reborn again and contributing just when we needed it. Hope we can get a decent understudy in that can learn from him.
Guest Col city fan Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 47 minutes ago, kingston_fox said: Glad he's come back into form since the change in management. Was starting to think he was done both mentally and physically but now we are playing to his strengths he's reborn again and contributing just when we needed it. Hope we can get a decent understudy in that can learn from him. He was never done. He was another one who didn’t like Fraud or playing for him. So much of this forum fell into the trap of saying Vardy was ‘done’, Maddison was ‘over-rated’, Kasper needed selling blah di blah when it was blatantly clear that what needed to happen was to replace the manager. Now look.. Vardy remains as lethal as ever
MC Prussian Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 4 hours ago, Izzy said: Had to laugh at Linker's tweet earlier.. "If only I'd been on penalties at Leicester" Appropriate response would've been "If only you'd started playing for Leicester at age 25 and that in today's football".
Post Horn Galloper Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 12 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said: Hero. Talisman. A gift from God.
BoyJones Posted 6 April 2019 Posted 6 April 2019 Great player, a real footballer. Wears his heart on his sleeve. Never liked Lineker, he played well for England, fair enough, but I was glad when we sold him. All he ever cared about was his bank balance.
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