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1 hour ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Disasterclass in all honesty over the course of his contract. Thankfully it'll be mostly forgotten amidst the wider performance of the recruitment we've done over the last 3/4 years. Wages freed up for people that deserve it, front of the queue will be JJ and Youri. 

Youri and Cags should be first on new 5 year deals with expectancy to go in a couple of years. I'd like to see Youri with the captains armband from next season. JJ next year.

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58 minutes ago, UHDrive said:

Youri and Cags should be first on new 5 year deals with expectancy to go in a couple of years. I'd like to see Youri with the captains armband from next season. JJ next year.

Does he deserve it over Kasper though? Vice captain maybe, but i'd prefer Kasper kept the armband 

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3 hours ago, tetly said:

Can we afford to replace him? Anyway good riddance he never fitted in for some reason.  He looked like a Mardy arse 

He don’t need replacing lol  he ain’t been nowhere since the first team since his one appearance this season. 

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4 hours ago, UniFox21 said:

Does he deserve it over Kasper though? Vice captain maybe, but i'd prefer Kasper kept the armband 

Practically I'd say yes. He bosses the team and the teams rhythm and for that you need a leader. It wont happen though and fair play to Kasper, nobody can say hes not earnt it.

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4 hours ago, UniFox21 said:

Does he deserve it over Kasper though? Vice captain maybe, but i'd prefer Kasper kept the armband 

Totally agree. We're doing pretty bloody well with Kasper as captain. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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6 hours ago, UniFox21 said:

Does he deserve it over Kasper though? Vice captain maybe, but i'd prefer Kasper kept the armband 

It's a subjective one this I think. Kasper is deserving of it possibly in personal terms but personally I think that a captain not only has to be respected and possibly vocal but influential on the actual field of play ie a midfielder or centre half etc. There may also be an issue of a goalkeeper being a too specialised and limited position. Kasper is very vocal of course but sometimes whether it's good or utter crap that comes out is debatable as he quite often makes a mistake but invariably blames a defender or anyone other than himself. Big gob doesn't always equal great wisdom 🤣

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I always thought he was a square peg for a round hole, which isn't really his fault. I also think he was brought in to placate Mahrez, and that's a terrible way to do business (see also possibly Nacho for Ndidi, Under for Cags). He scored a few winners, and in the pantheon of terrible transfers, this one doesn't really make the list, but it wasn't a good one. 

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On 02/01/2021 at 02:42, King of Gipsy Lane said:

Him and silva the £80-90m Portuguese disaster !!!! Came with hugely over rated reputations both turned out to be absolute garbage 

Danger of earning so much and things don’t work out, from the players’ perspective, is that they could destroy their football career by not wanting to come down on their pay (even if in truth they should see the extra pay as bonus that they should not have gotten) and thereby getting stuck in reserves or on loan. Sliva, Slimani, Drinkwater and Ozil are some examples.

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Why can’t players take a paycut sometimes to facilitate an exit that they also want, instead of wasting their careers away. They have no hesitation to ask for a move away and break contracts when it suits them.

 

Of course, this is just a rhetorical question.

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6 hours ago, Paddy. said:

Totally agree. We're doing pretty bloody well with Kasper as captain. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Wear the armband, call the toss & pick an end. Being the captain is great but being a leader is not exclusive to the captain. Youri & Jonny are both leaders without armbands for Leicester

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35 minutes ago, Tom12345 said:

Why can’t players take a paycut sometimes to facilitate an exit that they also want, instead of wasting their careers away. They have no hesitation to ask for a move away and break contracts when it suits them.

 

Of course, this is just a rhetorical question.

Some do, but think about it from the perspective of whatever it is you do. Like imagine being unhappy at work (crazy, right?) but the only perceived exit is to take a pay cut. Are you jumping at that chance?  Now factor in a career thats 1/3 to 1/4 shorter than the normal one. 

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1 hour ago, gurru991 said:

Wear the armband, call the toss & pick an end. Being the captain is great but being a leader is not exclusive to the captain. Youri & Jonny are both leaders without armbands for Leicester

I didn't suggest they weren't. I said we're doing well with Kasper as captain, which we are.

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7 hours ago, knitro said:

I always thought he was a square peg for a round hole, which isn't really his fault. I also think he was brought in to placate Mahrez, and that's a terrible way to do business (see also possibly Nacho for Ndidi, Under for Cags). He scored a few winners, and in the pantheon of terrible transfers, this one doesn't really make the list, but it wasn't a good one. 

This, although there’s obviously the attitude issue and his mentality that we’re usually so good at scouting before signing players.

 

Some good moments so definitely not Akinbuyi levels, despite the price tag. You could see there’s talent there but we also didn’t play much to his strengths but the moment you realise she wasn’t going to click with Vardy was the moment his days are numbered.

 

A rare transfer blip, but then also fully expect him to score a few in France again. Can’t believe he’s 32 now after being here four and a half years. 

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1 hour ago, knitro said:

Some do, but think about it from the perspective of whatever it is you do. Like imagine being unhappy at work (crazy, right?) but the only perceived exit is to take a pay cut. Are you jumping at that chance?  Now factor in a career thats 1/3 to 1/4 shorter than the normal one. 

For me, this is why I can’t understand why they don’t take a pay cut. Their careers are far too short to be stuck out in the cold not getting any matches or playing in the reserves, or being farmed out on loan.
 

Dropping from say 40k to 25k to play football is something I would absolutely do and I’m sure many players do, especially in a  job you’d have been dreaming about since a kid. It’s not so easy to drop wages in the normal world where income and outgoings are much closer.
 

 

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Always liked Slim, but we just never played to his strengths and he was never of the quality to force us to do so. Not convinced Lyon is right for him either as they are quite a counter attacking side. Always thought he would suit a dominant team in a lesser league. Could imagine him being a hit north of the border.
Any idea if the Lyon move is a loan or permanent?

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