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StriderHiryu

Kelechi Iheanacho

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1 hour ago, foxfanazer said:

Bloody hell that's a blast from the past. Can't remember him sounding like that. How long did he spend in Scotland? 

5 years, Dunfermline then Hibs. He was probably quite young when he went over too which probably influenced the accent a little more.

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8 hours ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

That's true of course although the Nigerians I've met ( and others of African heritage, mainly via Tinder lol ) speak very impressive English. That's not knocking Iheanacho or Ndidi btw.

 

Well, that's put all the rumours to bed... :whistle:

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5 minutes ago, M0901 said:


Can someone verify this... if so this is some record in terms of goals/assists per game!

This will very likely be about right. He has a high goals-to-game ratio, but just like when Kanté and Mahrez left, we are holding replacements to ridiculously high standards. Iheanacho just happens to be even more unfortunate in that his 'predecessor' is still here and performing.

Probably the adversity is mostly caused by Iheanacho's style clashing with the way our team plays, but there is absolutely no denying his goal scoring record. It is particularly galling when you compare him to Okazaki or Ulloa, who are already part of the folklore.

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2 minutes ago, harpendenfox said:

Starting on Saturday we have 5 games in 15 days. I don't think it would be sensible to play JV in all of them. So assuming it's one or the other, which one starts vs:

Liverpool

Sparta

Villa

Sparta

Arsenal

Easy, Iheanacho performs in the cup but rarely in the league. Vardy performs in the league but rarely in the cup.

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17 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

According to fbref, in all competitions for LCFC;  

 

111 matches played

52 starts

4,808 minutes played

25 goals

13 assists

0.47 goals per 90

0.24 assists per 90

 

Great stats, goal every 2 games, assist every 4 games. If he played regular football he'd get 15+ goals a season plus plenty of assists.

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2 minutes ago, sm1 said:

Great stats, goal every 2 games, assist every 4 games. If he played regular football he'd get 15+ goals a season plus plenty of assists.

Think it's fair to assume his stats would improve, perhaps greatly, if he were to get consistent playing time. Obviously he's not getting ahead of Vardy anytime soon but I do think we can and should interchange them more than we do, his stats would only improve, Vardy would be fresher more often. Its win win to give him more minutes. 

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17 minutes ago, lcfcsnow said:

Easy, Iheanacho performs in the cup but rarely in the league. Vardy performs in the league but rarely in the cup.

Nacho starts most of the cup games (until this season) and is usually a sub in the league. And vice versa for Vardy. Which just goes to show that it's hard to make an impact in a 15-20 minute sub appearance.

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14 minutes ago, harpendenfox said:

Starting on Saturday we have 5 games in 15 days. I don't think it would be sensible to play JV in all of them. So assuming it's one or the other, which one starts vs:

Liverpool

Sparta

Villa

Sparta

Arsenal

Liverpool - Vardy

Sparta - Vardy (nacho sub)

Villa - nacho (Vardy sub)

Sparta - Vardy (nacho sub

Arsenal - nacho (vardy sub)

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1 minute ago, UHDrive said:

Liverpool - Vardy

Sparta - Vardy (nacho sub)

Villa - nacho (Vardy sub)

Sparta - Vardy (nacho sub

Arsenal - nacho (vardy sub)

Only one i'd change is that you'd hope we might be in a position to start him against Sparta 2nd leg if all goes well lol 

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Nacho has proved himself to be a valuable squad player over the last two seasons. The frustrating thing about him, and the reason he gets flack, is because he has high potential. He could (and maybe should) have really threatened Vardy for his position in the first team and shown he could be the main man.

 

Personally I think if he started every game for us in a season, he'd probably get 12-18 Premier League goals, which is very good, if not Vardy standards. Likewise if he was the starting striker for teams around midtable, he'd probably be one of the first names on the team sheet and very well thought of. But out club these days is reaching standards we never thought possible, which is why some players like Nacho, Hamza, Albrighton sometimes seem a bit lackluster.

 

Overall, he's probably proved to be worth the fee we paid for him. 

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5 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

Nacho has proved himself to be a valuable squad player over the last two seasons. The frustrating thing about him, and the reason he gets flack, is because he has high potential. He could (and maybe should) have really threatened Vardy for his position in the first team and shown he could be the main man.

 

Personally I think if he started every game for us in a season, he'd probably get 12-18 Premier League goals, which is very good, if not Vardy standards. Likewise if he was the starting striker for teams around midtable, he'd probably be one of the first names on the team sheet and very well thought of. But out club these days is reaching standards we never thought possible, which is why some players like Nacho, Hamza, Albrighton sometimes seem a bit lackluster.

 

Overall, he's probably proved to be worth the fee we paid for him. 

His figures also take into account that awful period when Puel played him loads when he looked totally shot of confidence, his figures are even better if you look at since Rodgers arrived.

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He is undoubtedly a finisher. His record is pretty good evidence of that. 

 

I think the other thing is that our system is more suited to Vards' style than it is Nachos.


We're less reliant on Vardy's runs in behind now than we have been previously and are scoring different types of goals, but Nachos game is more about link-up with others and being in the right place at the right time for him to provide a finish. I think if Nacho were number one, Brendan would tweak things to suit his game a little more.

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Grammar.
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