Jamie Vardy Appreciation

[Corky]

20 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Love him to get 150 plus beating Michael ‘he’s not a natural finisher’ Owen 

He's already got a better goals to games ratio.

[hackenbacker]

On 16/09/2020 at 11:35, PhillippaT said:

Leave? Leave? Why would we ever let him go?  

"You can checkout but you can never leave"

[foxfanazer]

1 hour ago, Aesc said:

Glad I accidentally left him as captain in my fantasy team. Cheers Vards!

I did exactly the same. 28 lovely points 

[ceredigion]

I'm still just edging Steve Walsh as my favourite LCFC player of all time. I can never forget the 1994 play off final. But Jamie is now getting closer with every game.

[Jimothy]

Just now, ceredigion said:

I'm still just edging Steve Walsh as my favourite LCFC player of all time. I can never forget the 1994 play off final. But Jamie is now getting closer with every game.

Wow! What more does he have to do? 

[Sampson]

2 hours ago, Happy Fox said:

He’s going to score 30 premier league goals this season I reckon. 

Plus another 15 in the Europa to break Arthur Rowley's record of 44 goals in a season?

[urban.spaceman]

2 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Plus another 15 in the Europa to break Arthur Rowley's record of 44 goals in a season?

Yes please.

[Corky]

Honestly, though. 15 touches of the ball and he wreaked absolute havoc in their defence.

 

He's barely in the game and they couldn't live with him.

[honeybradger]

After all this team i still cant believe how good he is, there's no way a player bought from non league should ever be the best player on the pitch against a 700 mil pound squad.

[Mendi]

[Raw Dykes]

3 hours ago, ceredigion said:

I'm still just edging Steve Walsh as my favourite LCFC player of all time. I can never forget the 1994 play off final. But Jamie is now getting closer with every game.

Walsh is a legend, no doubt, but I think Vardy eclipsed his achievements a long, long time ago. The word 'legend' isn't strong enough for a player like Vardy.

 

Come on, now. He's fired us to a Premier League title! He's broken record after record. He's scored so many iconic goals. Just think of his worldie v Liverpool, his over-the-shoulder leftie volley v WBA, or his backheel for England v Germany.

 

His legendary status goes beyond the club - he's a legend of top-level English football in general, or maybe even world sport full stop. And he's done it in an era where it's harder than ever to achieve that.

 

He'll go down in history as one of the all-time great goal machines. We're so bloody lucky to have him. I don't want to take anything away from Walshy, but Vardy is by far the rarer player.

[AyewJoking]

3 hours ago, foxfanazer said:

I did exactly the same. 28 lovely points 

I thought Son would destroy newcastle and vardy wouldnt get a sniff

[twister]

Its odd how at the end of last season, he looked lacking in sharpness and unable to accelerate properly and here we are on a short turnaround and he has that acceleration back

 

Is it possible that the groin injury he got today is a long standing problem that maybe causing the issue we saw at the back end of last year.

[Aus Fox]

3 hours ago, Facecloth said:

Wow! What more does he have to do? 

Who is the current Wolves equivalent to Steve Bull? 

[Aus Fox]

6 more goals sees him go into the Top 20 PL goal scorers of all time, taking out the likes of Ian Wright and Ryan Giggs.

Some of the names he could pass are unbelievable and genuinely considered PL legends and our Jamie is hunting the down one by one. 
Next up Ryan Giggs

[Raw Dykes]

8 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

6 more goals sees him go into the Top 20 PL goal scorers of all time, taking out the likes of Ian Wright and Ryan Giggs.

Some of the names he could pass are unbelievable and genuinely considered PL legends and our Jamie is hunting the down one by one. 
Next up Ryan Giggs

And he didn't play a top-flight game until he was 27! Mental.

[Jimothy]

3 hours ago, Aus Fox said:

Who is the current Wolves equivalent to Steve Bull? 

Steve Touro?

[Guest Markyblue]

Steve walsh is a legend but come on vardy is out on his own as the greatest player to wear our shirt,he turned down arsenal, won the league and just gets better, statue when he retires. 

[Babylon]

4 hours ago, Raw Dykes said:

Walsh is a legend, no doubt, but I think Vardy eclipsed his achievements a long, long time ago. The word 'legend' isn't strong enough for a player like Vardy.

 

Come on, now. He's fired us to a Premier League title! He's broken record after record. He's scored so many iconic goals. Just think of his worldie v Liverpool, his over-the-shoulder leftie volley v WBA, or his backheel for England v Germany.

 

His legendary status goes beyond the club - he's a legend of top-level English football in general, or maybe even world sport full stop. And he's done it in an era where it's harder than ever to achieve that.

 

He'll go down in history as one of the all-time great goal machines. We're so bloody lucky to have him. I don't want to take anything away from Walshy, but Vardy is by far the rarer player.

Vardy is absolutely a legend and one of our best ever.

 

Walsh was a giant for us as well, only watching back through keep moments of what we achieved under little and O’Neill did I remember how much he was involved in so many of the highlights from the era. 
 

Why choose one, they are both up there and let’s just enjoy watching one still playing. I’m going to cry when he retires and don’t mind admitting it.

[Guest Markyblue]

32 minutes ago, Babylon said:

Vardy is absolutely a legend and one of our best ever.

 

Walsh was a giant for us as well, only watching back through keep moments of what we achieved under little and O’Neill did I remember how much he was involved in so many of the highlights from the era. 
 

Why choose one, they are both up there and let’s just enjoy watching one still playing. I’m going to cry when he retires and don’t mind admitting it.

You and 30000 others babylon.

[Crazy Kop Corner]

He's a complete one off. I've been watching us for 45 years and no one is even close to him as the greatest player in terms of ability and contribution we've had during that time. A complete playing legend.

 

We should put up a statue now whilst he's still playing with another for the Great Vichai. 

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

1 hour ago, Babylon said:

Vardy is absolutely a legend and one of our best ever.

 

Walsh was a giant for us as well, only watching back through keep moments of what we achieved under little and O’Neill did I remember how much he was involved in so many of the highlights from the era. 
 

Why choose one, they are both up there and let’s just enjoy watching one still playing. I’m going to cry when he retires and don’t mind admitting it.

Perfect summary, both legends in different eras. Love them both.

[Frost]

Undoubtedly the greatest player in our history.

[deanolegend1989]

Vardy to Leicester is like Messi and Ronaldo to the rest of the footballers - head and shoulders above anyone else.

He is an enigma , he is a world class striker and the day he finishes will be the day we realise how unbelievable he is. We will never replace him so enjoy him while we can!

Golden boot number 2, a top 4 finish and a trophy. Let’s dream

boys!

[Freeman's Wharfer]

As with all things Jamie Vardy, I think there was a lot that went unappreciated and unrecognised about his performance yesterday.

 

Admittedly 20 minutes in I was thinking “what the hell is Vardy doing so deep? Why is he not on the last line of their defence?” but it was all about timing and getting him in the areas he needed to be when it mattered according to the game plan.

 

But where else would you see a top class striker sacrificing himself for the team like that? Willing to drop 20 yards deeper than they usually would to man mark an opposition midfielder?

 

It’s incredible. We’ve been blessed with a player who has the goal-scoring prowess of a Van Nistelrooy, Drogba or Owen (this is the company he’s keeping with stats and records). But not only that, one who will also do whatever is needed for the good of the team or the game plan.

 

Look through the list of Premier League top scorers in and around him in the scoring lists and ask yourself “would any of them be willing and able to do a defensive job like Vardy did yesterday?”. For most, if not all, the answer will be ‘no’. They got their goals as they were single-minded about scoring. Goals was all they cared about (scoring or creating) and defending was for the rest of the team. Vardy does both.

 

We’ll never see anything like it again at LCFC.