Kelechi Iheanacho

[honeybradger]

4 minutes ago, An Sionnach said:

Now if Kelechi was Jadon Sancho and we had paid £74 million for him and pay him £250 grand a week , you would expect a high standard pretty much every game. He will always be an odd ball striker but at the end of the day his goal contributions per minute played is very good and we would be lucky indeed to find someone who could equal that let alone beat it.

disagree, my point was is that even elite strikers like benzema, lewandowski, R9 etc would be labelled 'jekyll and hyde' under the standards set for iheanacho by our fans. Even the best players take poor touches and miss 'easy' shots, it happens. I think if we were to sign one of these world class forwards some of our fans would be very surprised by how often said players get it wrong and screw up an attack.

Edited 3 April 2022 by honeybradger

[The_77]

5 hours ago, PAPA LAZAROU said:

Of course you will admit that yours is  just a bad opinion too? Memories in football are always short, you are only as good as your last season. He will be moved on come the summer. If you saw his display today you will understand why. opinions are what they are just opinions. Today I thought he was slow and unaware of the role he was supposed to play, often being left behind in an attacking role and his first touch was championship class. In other words clueless.

I gotta say, I love when my strikers score and assist even when they’re having a bad game. 

[volpeazzurro]

10 hours ago, PAPA LAZAROU said:

Ok for now , but definitely not good enough for the future. If we are to grow and progress as a club the likes of Iheanacho need to be fazed out. 

To faze him out, presumably you have a particular upgrade in mind. Who is it and how much is he going to cost?

[volpeazzurro]

29 minutes ago, honeybradger said:

disagree, my point was is that even elite strikers like benzema, lewandowski, R9 etc would be labelled 'jekyll and hyde' under the standards set for iheanacho by our fans. Even the best players take poor touches and miss 'easy' shots, it happens. I think if we were to sign one of these world class forwards some of our fans would be very surprised by how often said players get it wrong and screw up an attack.

I absolutely agree. Vardy is quite rightly a a hero to all of us I think but,n he's missed bundles of chances in his time and had some small goal droughts. Sometimes this has been due to a small drop in form, sometimes the players around him and sometimes the managers tactics. Iheanacho has been no different,  though he has suffered more in terms of consistent runs in the team from a manager who has previously persisted with other alternatives, arguably to the detriment of the team.

[Blanchflower78]

8 hours ago, volpeazzurro said:

Where would we have finished last season without Iheanacho's goals? Only played due to injuries and with huge reluctance by Rodgers. Come to think of it, where would Rodgers be without Iheanacho last season papering over the cracks?

 

 

Wouldn't disagree with that.

[enmac]

14 hours ago, foxfanazer said:

Oh yeah I'm not having a go at him at all. He just does some really bizarre things at times and I'd just love to know what he's thinking. 

He's become the player I was really excited we'd signed at the time 

Your first sentence sums up one of his main strengths. He's so unpredictable, opposition defenders have no idea what he's going to do. Neither does he, possibly. IMO, he's an eccentric, footballing genius. BR has got to find a way of playing him and JV in the same team. 

[Lambert09]

Always curious what his value would be. Got to be a £40m player in this market. 

 

His goal record is amazing and yet he always goes under the radar. Really surprised an ambitious club hasn’t come in for him as he obviously can’t be that happy mostly playing from the bench 

[foxile5]

Keep. 

 

Keep as long as we can. 

[Vindaloo FOX]

Stupid to let him go.

 

Daka still needs time.

 

Vardy is going to retire soon

 

In Kel we have a striker who knows the league and has a goal in him, who wouldn't want that in their squad.

 

Keep him.

[CrispinLA in Texas]

Just when we need a goal.... Iheanacho delivers time and again

[Stadt]

If we sold him for £40m, we wouldn’t get a player even 90% as good for less. Given we have two other strikers and one is 35 and injury prone, we’d be incredibly stupid to sell.

[An Sionnach]

If it was a choice between losing Iheanacho or Rodgers , I know which way I would go - every time.

[Corky]

No reason to sell at all, would be a senseless move

[FosseSpark]

In the right set up and with consistent selection Kel is a wizard. 

I expected him, Maddison, Justin, Tielemans to work the right hand side diamonds on Saturday and it took them about 50minutes to clock on and start doing it. After that they had them on toast. If Rodgers can get the formation right then Iheanacho is a 20 a season striker and Daka is HIS understudy. 

The problem we are going to have is KDH, Tielemans, Maddison in a 4 man midfield doesnt work - leaves us too short on pace and makes it difficult to get Barnes into a team that's not lopsided.. 

Assuming Ndidi stays, I can definitely see why Tielemans or Maddison are being looked at as pawns in the reshaping of the squad. 

I can imagine a front six line up of

Ndidi KDH

TBC Maddison Barnes

Kel

 

With players like Dennis, Sarr, Berardi, St Maximin, Bailey etc fitting the bill as players who can provide a threat and strength up the pitch, allowing Maddison to do his work without having to be a square peg in a round role on the right....

 

Even Rashford might get a new lease of life at City playing as an inside forward. 

 

Anyway - back to Kel. In the right team he's got the lot. If you excuse the odd first touch and his right foot. Robbie Fowler had a plastic right foot and was the best finisher in prem history. 

[FoxinNotts]

1 hour ago, An Sionnach said:

If it was a choice between losing Iheanacho or Rodgers , I know which way I would go - every time.

Yep, Nacho to go. But let’s keep hold of both, hey

[lgfualol]

Bloke just oozes goals. 

[Jobyfox]

2 hours ago, Stadt said:

If we sold him for £40m, we wouldn’t get a player even 90% as good for less. Given we have two other strikers and one is 35 and injury prone, we’d be incredibly stupid to sell.

🙄🤷‍♂️🤔

Edited 4 April 2022 by Jobyfox

[Matt_Lcfc]

I do wonder how many goals he would get if he was the main man and got the minutes that a striker like Maupay / Watkins get. He really is a weird player as he will either rainbow flick the centre back or fail to control a five yard pass. Obviously no player is perfect but there really is no middle ground with him. 
 

Still, despite struggling at times on Saturday, he took his goal so well and I doubt many players in our squad would have finished that. In answer to my initial question, I genuinely think he would get twenty goals. We are so gifted when it comes to attacking players but, hypothetically, if he was the main man & took penalties then there is no reason as to why that would be beyond him.

 

Even when he is just being used as a squad player (which is a bit unfair) he will still get you a goal. We simply have to keep him. I agree with the posts above, he probably is a £30m-£40m player in this market and we would do very well to replace him with a better player.

Edited 4 April 2022 by Matt_Lcfc

[lifted*fox]

some people just love to hate iheanacho and they always have 

 

yet he pops up time and time again with goals, hold up play and assists - his goals for minutes played is decent and he onehandedly dragged us through a slump last season. 

 

not every touch is perfect but find a player who does that who would be patient and sit on the bench as much as he has and then comes on to perform time and time again like he does. 

 

not fashionable to some but a decent striker who knows where the net is and is more clued up on hold up and bringing others into play than most give him credit for.  

Edited 4 April 2022 by lifted*fox

[MalletFox]

20 hours ago, Lambert09 said:

Always curious what his value would be. Got to be a £40m player in this market. 

 

His goal record is amazing and yet he always goes under the radar. Really surprised an ambitious club hasn’t come in for him as he obviously can’t be that happy mostly playing from the bench 

He’s played most of his Leicester career (& Man City) from the bench and signed a new contract in the last 12 months (?)

 

In a strange way I think it makes him a little more valuable in the sense that I don’t think he appears to be the type of player who kicks-off and has a whinge when he’s not starting games.
 

Like others have said, it would make little sense to get rid of a squad player who has an excellent scoring record and is an important option, whether starting in the first 11 or from the bench.

[PAPA LAZAROU]

On 03/04/2022 at 20:02, volpeazzurro said:

To faze him out, presumably you have a particular upgrade in mind. Who is it and how much is he going to cost?

If I knew that I'd be the owner of the club or the manager. I don't have to have an alternative to have an opinion.

[PAPA LAZAROU]

On 03/04/2022 at 15:29, HighPeakFox said:

With respect, that sounds like someone having a pre-conceived position and fitting the 'evidence' to it, rather than objectively watching what happened yesterday. 

You are absolute correct and I stand corrected.

[PAPA LAZAROU]

On 03/04/2022 at 19:44, The_77 said:

I gotta say, I love when my strikers score and assist even when they’re having a bad game. 

Me too, but it doesn't mean he didn't have a bad game.

[BKLFox]

A lot of he would score a bag load at a club that played to his strengths, but no mention of which clubs they are, anyone?

[filbertway]

1 hour ago, BKLFox said:

A lot of he would score a bag load at a club that played to his strengths, but no mention of which clubs they are, anyone?

Kel would probably be in heaven at Brighton to be fair. They're crying out for someone that can put a way to 15-20 odd chances they create every game