Kelechi Iheanacho

[NewquayFox]

Took his goal well, had a hand in the 2nd and kept running all night, has to start against Wolves now... 

[Gubbins]

Slagged him off plenty (with good cause) but looked decent tonight. Fair play.

[majaco]

Weird that Perez was preferred to him as back up striker.  Sometimes Rodgers see things in a way I think a bit strange,  most of the time he turns out to be right though.

 

I would not like to see Vardy rushed back so I hope Iheanacho is centre forward for at least the next game.

[Arriba Los Zorros]

He's a jack of all trades and master of none, in Vardys absence that does us fine  he is so so so much more talented than Pérez - hold up play, passing, first touch, finishing. No idea why Ayoze sometimes gets the nod over him to lead the line.  We'd have beaten Leeds with Kel starting.

[Guest Hansifüx]

happy he scored (and credits should go to maddsion), but otherwise absent ... lucky that fulham can't score 

[Marshall Cockney Fox]

Just now, Arriba Los Zorros said:

He's a jack of all trades and master of none, in Vardys absence that does us fine  he is so so so much more talented than Pérez - hold up play, passing, first touch, finishing. No idea why Ayoze sometimes gets the nod over him to lead the line.  We'd have beaten Leeds with Kel starting.

It's was nuts when BR deemed to think Perez was the next in line after Vards to play up top. Kel is a natural striker. Perez is not.

[BenTheFox]

6 minutes ago, Hansifüx said:

happy he scored (and credits should go to maddsion), but otherwise absent ... lucky that fulham can't score 

You're joking right? He gave a complete centre-forward's perform. 

[hejammy]

8 minutes ago, Hansifüx said:

happy he scored (and credits should go to maddsion), but otherwise absent ... lucky that fulham can't score 

I'm not convinced you actually watched the game? 

[Guest Col city fan]

Hopefully that’ll give him exactly the confidence boost he needed 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Really pleased for him, proper striker's goal that was. Starts again at the weekend for me.

[Dorkingfox]

He is a confidence player and needs to play, his link up play is very good, some really good turns to beat his man, much better team set up than the Leeds game, this team would have beaten Leeds, Everton proving how poor they are.

[jmono84]

I’ll always give the guy a chance but we’ve been here before haha. One thing for sure he’s a better option up top than Perez.

[LCCFox96]

Really positive tonight from Iheanacho and showed all that's good about his game in both goals. Great dart into the box and excellent header to finish it off for the first goal, and a sublime turn and through ball combo in the build up for the second goal. He also put himself about well and pressed from the front which he's sometimes lacking. That will have done him the world of good tonight. Well done Nacho.

[TheSomersetFox]

People crawling back up his arse until his next poor performance then. Nice one.

 

Played well tonight

[RowlattsFox]

Standard Iheanacho really. Lots of really poor stuff but he has a goal in him and he does have impact, you wonder how sometimes, but he does. 

[sycokilla]

15 minutes ago, NewquayFox said:

Took his goal well, had a hand in the 2nd and kept running all night, has to start against Wolves now... 

Yes he played well but he did not run all night, he was completely exhausted after 65 minutes...if his fitness gets better i am sure it will really help him hold his place.

[Dorkingfox]

He was not getting much service in the 2nd half

[Guest Manini]

Was good tonight, pleased for him. I was saying to my dad after Sunday it’s alright saying both Pérez and Ihenacho are shit, which lets be honest for large periods they have been, but at least Ihenacho is an actual striker and plays where a striker should. If Pérez is up front tonight he doesn’t score that goal. 

[whoareyaaa]

Done more in the first half than Perez has done in 3 or 4 games

[SpacedX]

15 minutes ago, Hansifüx said:

happy he scored (and credits should go to maddsion), but otherwise absent ... lucky that fulham can't score 

Errr.. you may have missed that he was BT Sport 'Man of the Match'?

[hejammy]

4 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

Standard Iheanacho really. Lots of really poor stuff but he has a goal in him and he does have impact, you wonder how sometimes, but he does. 

I'm not convinced that there was lots of "poor stuff"? I thought for the most part he played his role well? 

[hejammy]

5 minutes ago, Goober said:

People crawling back up his arse until his next poor performance then. Nice one.

 

Played well tonight

I'm not sure it's "crawling back up his arse" - it's more of a case of credit where credit is due. If you're gonna criticise him when he plays poor you have to give him credit when he plays well? 

[sdb]

Heavily involved in both goals. Worked hard for 90 mins. 3 points. Happy days. Not bad for a write off.

[StanSP]

You could tell he was utterly shattered after about 75mins but that was to be expected. He'd have surely loved being out there for the whole game though and he must be delighted he took his chances. Hopefully his confidence remains high.

[TheSomersetFox]

3 minutes ago, hejammy said:

I'm not sure it's "crawling back up his arse" - it's more of a case of credit where credit is due. If you're gonna criticise him when he plays poor you have to give him credit when he plays well? 

The same people will be calling for him to never play for us again when he misses his next sitter