Iheanacho deserves respect for difficult Leicester City role, says Brendan Rodgers

[Dr The Singh]

Not good enough, maybe good enough for Sheff Utd

[5waller5]

I think that's the final chance that Nacho deserves. He was really poor tonight, offered nothing, looks disinterested, possibly carrying a few llbs, and just never looks like he's going to score, or even be in the place to score.

 

Get rid in January please!

[Fox92]

I said ages ago in another thread get rid and someone laughed at me. I stand by it. He doesn’t do enough and doesn’t even hold the ball. People can talk about lack of creativity but it’s basics. We need another good striker because Vardy is 34 next month and sadly he ain’t gonna go on forever.

[baldeagle]

Poor tonight but he was feeding of scraps all night 

[RowlattsFox]

If the ball drops to him in the box I'd expect him to score 7 times out of 10. He has shown he can link up with other people at times and occasionally he will bundle his way to an assist or goal like he did in the first couple of Europa games. He is everything that is wrong with most of our players, looks nothing like a footballer at times. We can definitely do better, even as a reserve striker. 

 

I will say though, if you can't create something for yourself then you're barely getting any chances to score in this team. 

[5waller5]

1 minute ago, baldeagle said:

Poor tonight but he was feeding of scraps all night 

He was feeding off scraps because he didn't make the runs into space or show for the ball ..... we had plenty of possession in attacking midfield areas, the reason they rarely came to anything was the lack of options ahead of them.

[hejammy]

4 minutes ago, baldeagle said:

Poor tonight but he was feeding of scraps all night 

No he bloody wasn't. Seem plenty of the ball and had enough into him to make something. He was poor simple as. That cross in the box by Under where only Barnes was in the box. Where the hell was he? 

Edited 3 December 2020 by hejammy

[Always Next Year]

3 minutes ago, baldeagle said:

Poor tonight but he was feeding of scraps all night 

Should get himself fish and chips next time on the money he earns.

[baldeagle]

1 minute ago, Always Next Year said:

Should get himself fish and chips next time on the money he earns.

It’s ok going to the counter with loads of money but your getting nowt if no ones serving . 

[Lambert09]

He played tonight like a second striker. As mentioned by a few others, he simply didnt have the desire to get in dangerous areas. 

 

I noticed one moment where he dropped deep to get the ball, layed it off to the full back but just jogged towards the box.. I couldnt understand why he wouldnt have the desire to get back into position for any scraps that would come off the cross. 

 

Perhaps its harder for him to switch up his roles when vardy isnt on the pitch with him 

Edited 3 December 2020 by Lambert09

[lgfualol]

Are people forgetting that he's been really quite good so far in the Europa League? One bad game in an obvious Rodgers trademark rut where even Vardy looks awful (Fulham) and we should get rid I suppose.

Edited 3 December 2020 by lgfualol

[whoareyaaa]

he had Hamza, Preat and Nididi feeding him for most the game lets take that into account

[bfox]

He’ll get respect. Still got a consistently shoddy first touch.  

[baldeagle]

Just now, whoareyaaa said:

he had Hamza, Preat and Nididi feeding him for most the game lets take that into account

My point exactly add to that Under who is definitely a talent but trying to hard who could have passed a couple of times and Barnes caught in two minds 

[Blanchflower78]

Not a lone striker, desperately needs and second striker with him. So either we cant ever consider adapting with 2 or Rodgers refuses to see it. 

[whoareyaaa]

Just now, baldeagle said:

My point exactly add to that Under who is definitely a talent but trying to hard who could have passed a couple of times and Barnes caught in two minds 

if it wasn't for a good block he scores as well, I don't know what people are expecting Vardy done absolutely nothing against Fulham

[Leicester_Loyal]

Will never be our star striker, but is more than good enough to be a squad striker IMO.

[Angus Scott]

He's awful, I reckon I have more pace than him & I'm 69 with a hip replacement. He has been here now for about 4 years & has shown no improvement, yet people stick up for him as if he is the new Lionel Messi. Unbelievable the stick Chilwell got & Gray gets yet he is treated like some kind of God

[StanSP]

There's one main frustration I have with him because the talent is obviously there - he's just very choosy and inconsistent about showing it. The frustration I have is to come looking for the ball, either out wide or deep. He may or may not do some good link up play but when we've found space, rarely do you see him bursting in the box looking to get on the end of a cross or chance. There were times where he was out on the right with Under or Justin. He'd play the ball to them, they'd work a bit of space eventually and look up to only see Barnes in the box. Not much of a target. 

 

I don't mind Iheanacho going out wide to get involved, but make some more effort to get in the box afterwards once you've done the hard work. It's part of the reason we looked so short of ideas when we attacked. 

 

I don't know if it's an instruction from Rodgers (I doubt it). I think it's more than Iheanacho can't play as a lone striker and needs another striker closer to him for support. He looks a bit lost sometimes during a game. Then it gets hold of him and passing goes astray and everything just looks off. 

 

When he does play well, he does it really well. Shame it's not enough but then when you have a player like Vardy in front of you it's not going to be easy being in and out of the team so often. We've seen in other games how good he can be - in the home games against Braga and Zorya he pulled off some nice stuff. 

 

Needs to do better. People fob him off like he's one of the worst strikers ever to play for us. Simply not true. 

[baldeagle]

18 minutes ago, hejammy said:

No he bloody wasn't. Seem plenty of the ball and had enough into him to make something. He was poor simple as. That cross in the box by Under where only Barnes was in the box. Where the hell was he? 

If you count balls lofted  up to him and expecting him to hold it up when it’s not his game then you could be right . Of if you count Wilf , Hamza or Dennis as creative players then you could be right  . He was making  runs half the night that the others didn’t even see . Then add in Under  who is a real talent but trying too hard and could have passed to him on numerous occasions but decided to shoot wildly  or then got crowded out then you could be right  . As for the the one pass that Under put that  Barnes nearly got in  that’s all Barnes did most the night and you want to blame him for not being there . 

Edited 3 December 2020 by baldeagle

[Ricey]

Madness that Perez didn’t even get on the pitch yet again. It was like playing with 10 men with Iheanacho. Perez would have at least offered us a bit more movement.

[Stevosevic]

This is his 4th season of a 5 year contract.

 

I imagine we'll sell in the summer as I can't see him getting a new deal.

[UniFox21]

Barnes and Under didn't push past him enough for me. Both kept cutting inside and running into the space Kel was occupying 

[hejammy]

7 minutes ago, baldeagle said:

If you count balls lofted  up to him and expecting him to hold it up when it’s not his game then you could be right . Of if you count Wilf , Hamza or Dennis as creative players then you could be right  . He was making  runs half the night that the others didn’t even see . Then add in Under  who is a real talent but trying too hard and could have passed to him on numerous occasions but decided to shoot wildly  or then got crowded out then you could be right  . As for the the one pass that Under put that  Barnes nearly got in  that’s all Barnes did most the night and you want to blame him for not being there . 

I think you're missing the point. I'm not saying Barnes was better, but at least he was there. Nacho seems to be away with the fairies a lot of the time not really knowing what to do. He was poor today. Not many people will justify his lack of contribution today like you have. Perhaps there is a reason for that. 

[StanSP]

4 minutes ago, Ricey said:

Madness that Perez didn’t even get on the pitch yet again. It was like playing with 10 men with Iheanacho. Perez would have at least offered us a bit more movement.

I'm surprised Perez didn't come on for Barnes. Agree he'd have offered us more movement but don't think Perez would have worked as a lone striker either.