AjcW 5,527 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January 3 minutes ago, The whole world smiles said: Funny how he keeps on getting signed for decent clubs despite so many people on here thinking he's absolutely useless. It's almost as if the highly professional, skilled and experienced coaching and scouting outfits at Lyon and Monaco know more about players than a bunch of middle aged blokes from places like Shepshed, Coalville and Blaby (no offence to those towns btw!) The players who generally come over and do well from France are GK’s, Defenders and Midfielders. Strikers who have only ever been tearing up the french league... well they don’t often come over and those that do don’t often do well! I’m aware there’s exceptions, but you could send Brewster over there at the minute and he’d get 15 goals without breaking a sweat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
King of Gipsy Lane 303 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January 5 minutes ago, TJB-fox said: 1. slimani 2. Silva 3. musa 4. Ade 5. Mills top 5 for me Forgot musa ade hurts me most as it was the start of the Great sinking but actually won’t argue with that list Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post ealingfox 5,621 Posted 13 January Popular Post Report Share Posted 13 January Silva was a worse signing. Slimani didn't cost that much more and he actually chipped in with a few goals and assists. I can think of a few games won off his goal contributions off the top of my head. Silva literally did sweet FA. 16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aus Fox 8,564 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January 8 minutes ago, TJB-fox said: 1. slimani 2. Silva 3. musa 4. Ade 5. Mills top 5 for me Wise has to be number one for me, the ****er caused all sorts of issues then tried to sue the club and get it wound up. I don’t think I’d have Slimani or Musa in my top 10, some far worse signings for the club. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vulpine Victor 101 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January 9 minutes ago, TJB-fox said: 1. slimani 2. Silva 3. musa 4. Ade 5. Mills top 5 for me No way, Junior Lewis was by far the worst signing. Silva was very unfortunate and had no chance after LCFC screwed up and left him unable to play for six months. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spudulike 3,466 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January Roger Davies was a bit shite. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Earle 1,124 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January (edited) 1 hour ago, SO1 said: That's one summer window? Thats nuts. Never seen that many players purchased in one summer. Why? Not really. Just 5 to add quality & depth to the paper thin squad that won the league, a couple ‘for the future’. At least that was the objective. I thought it had a chance of succeeding at the end of August 2016, like most fans I suspect. I still can’t understand why it was such a catastrophe of a window. Was our much vaunted recruitment team having an ‘off’ window (and of course the months of preparation leading up to the window)? Or were we simply unable to persuade our ‘A list’ targets to join a club that had pulled off a 5000-1 miracle and was due to regress to the mean? Or...? Edited 13 January by Steve Earle 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayfox26 2,237 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January 27 minutes ago, Detroit Blues said: That seems like hindsight 20/20. He was brought in at a time long before Brendan Rodgers, possession based football, and creative midfielders that can break down teams that sit back and defend. We did need a plan B, because we got found out the season after we won the title, and we had no other ways of playing besides "plan A l, but better." I'm not talking about when we signed him, I'm talking about now. A few people saying we should have kept him as a plan b. My point is, Rodgers doesn't use a plan b and nor should we need to. He was a bad signing and we move on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raw Dykes 3,935 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January 2 minutes ago, Steve Earle said: Not really. Just 5 to add quality & depth to the paper thin squad that win the league, a couple ‘for the future’. At least that was the objective. I thought it had a chance of succeeding at the end of August 2016, like most fans I suspect. I still can’t understand why it was such a catastrophe of a window. Was our much vaunted recruitment team having an ‘off’ window (and of course the months of preparation leading up to the window)? Or were we simply unable to persuade our ‘A list’ targets to join a club that had pulled off a 5000-1 miracle and was due to regress to the mean? Or...? I suspect it was such a bad window because we felt we had to change approach due to the incredible achievement. Maybe we decided we had to go for a different type of player now we were PL champs. I've not got much to back that up, but as far as transfer windows go, it stands out like a sore thumb amongst the ones before and since. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Aus Fox 8,564 Posted 13 January Popular Post Report Share Posted 13 January 9 minutes ago, Steve Earle said: Not really. Just 5 to add quality & depth to the paper thin squad that win the league, a couple ‘for the future’. At least that was the objective. I thought it had a chance of succeeding at the end of August 2016, like most fans I suspect. I still can’t understand why it was such a catastrophe of a window. Was our much vaunted recruitment team having an ‘off’ window (and of course the months of preparation leading up to the window)? Or were we simply unable to persuade our ‘A list’ targets to join a club that had pulled off a 5000-1 miracle and was due to regress to the mean? Or...? I think the biggest problem was we grew to quickly, we were not expecting to be in the Champions League and all of a sudden we had to try and bring in players who were of the quality to play at that level. As we were not expecting to play at the highest level we hadn’t had time to properly monitor players in the way we usually do and panicked a bit. Looking on paper both Musa and Slimani had scored goals in European competition previously, Mendy was the one CR wanted over Kante and thought he was the ideal replacement. Zieler was a German international and came relatively cheap and the Cabbage had a great Euros and looked to be a real prospect. It was on paper a decent window at the time, the problem was our usual checks on character were not done and it turned into a bit of what I would call an Everton window - lots of great signings on paper, but no real plan for how it would all work out. 7 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spacemunky 2,518 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January Poor man's Jon Stead. Hope he chokes on a croissant. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo 7,790 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January 32 minutes ago, TJB-fox said: 1. slimani 2. Silva 3. musa 4. Ade 5. Mills top 5 for me I dunno about Musa - we recouped the fee for him, and although he was lacking he at least tried 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
murphy 6,755 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January 1 hour ago, The whole world smiles said: Funny how he keeps on getting signed for decent clubs despite so many people on here thinking he's absolutely useless. It's almost as if the highly professional, skilled and experienced coaching and scouting outfits at Lyon and Monaco know more about players than a bunch of middle aged blokes from places like Shepshed, Coalville and Blaby (no offence to those towns btw!) I'm sure that they do, however, this is a forum for people to express their opinions including middle aged blokes from Shepshed, Coalville and Blaby. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anglodanglo 858 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January If these stats are correct, Slim played and scored more for other clubs than he did with us during his time here😂 LCFC - 36 apps 8 goals LOAN - 37 apps 10 goals Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayfox26 2,237 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January 1 hour ago, The whole world smiles said: Funny how he keeps on getting signed for decent clubs despite so many people on here thinking he's absolutely useless. It's almost as if the highly professional, skilled and experienced coaching and scouting outfits at Lyon and Monaco know more about players than a bunch of middle aged blokes from places like Shepshed, Coalville and Blaby (no offence to those towns btw!) Do these coaches at Lyon and Monaco also know more than Rodgers and his coaching team? Or is it maybe just that a player could do ok in the French league but just not be good enough for a team challenging at the top of the premier league. I mean another example might be PSG (arguably the best team in France) signing Choupo Moting who didnt exactly pull up trees at Stoke. Actually no idea how hes ended up at Bayern, he must have an amazing agent. But anyway, the point remains that he was never a good fit here and was not fancied by any of our managers other than Ranieri. Best all round that we have him off our wage bill and it seems Rudkin and the scouting team have learnt from that horrific transfer window after we won the league as we have done much better since. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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jayfox26 2,237 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January 17 minutes ago, Anglodanglo said: If these stats are correct, Slim played and scored more for other clubs than he did with us during his time here😂 LCFC - 36 apps 8 goals LOAN - 37 apps 10 goals Other than his Monaco stint, his stats are honking. And yet some think we should have kept him. Aside from him not being a good fit here, his antics when Algeria won the AFCON show he was a bit of a bell end 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anglodanglo 858 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January 3 minutes ago, jayfox26 said: Other than his Monaco stint, his stats are honking. And yet some think we should have kept him. Aside from him not being a good fit here, his antics when Algeria won the AFCON show he was a bit of a bell end What did he do? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nick 8,640 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January 5 hours ago, Collymore said: That's incredible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FoxCal 52 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January (edited) Came on in the 89th minute of the final and behaved like this. Only video I could find. @Anglodanglo Edited 13 January by FoxCal Missed Quote 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anglodanglo 858 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January 7 minutes ago, FoxCal said: Came on in the 89th minute of the final and behaved like this. Only video I could find. @Anglodanglo What a plonker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wokinghamfox 353 Posted 13 January Report Share Posted 13 January 5 hours ago, RoboFox said: Did someone say we're making up his wages for the remainder of his contract in order to get him off the books? Please no we've wasted enough on him surely. Unbelievable waste of money. He has also stated in the press that he doesn't want to dwell on his career at Leicester and had nothing more to say. Well Islam neither do we.! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ritchie 5 Posted 14 January Report Share Posted 14 January 5 hours ago, Raw Dykes said: Have you ever taken a dump so big, that while you're still sitting on the shitter, you get a stench so strong, that you realise the end of it is poking above the surface of the water? It has nowhere else to go. You naturally do a courtesy flush for yourself, but when the flush is complete, the log hasn't shifted at all, such is the size of this beast. You try again, but only in vain. Third time lucky, you think. Sadly, you'd be mistaken on this occasion. You decide that the next logical step is to arm yourself with your trusty toilet brush to tackle this stubborn foe. You flush yet again, but this time attempt to give the monster a helping hand around the u-bend with your weapon of choice. The turd is battle damaged, and the muddy water represents real progress, but still the lion's share of the enemy remains intact. You try again, but this time, with one hand attacking the dirt snake, with the other hand you pump the flush handle all the way through the process to achieve more firepower. As the sound of the cistern filling fades away, to your triumph, you look to see only a vague footprint of what once was. What is left of this gruelling saga is now only a brief formality. The dragon has at last been bravely slayed. AWESOME ACCOUNT 😂😂😂 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The whole world smiles 4,984 Posted 14 January Report Share Posted 14 January 1 hour ago, jayfox26 said: Do these coaches at Lyon and Monaco also know more than Rodgers and his coaching team? Or is it maybe just that a player could do ok in the French league but just not be good enough for a team challenging at the top of the premier league. I mean another example might be PSG (arguably the best team in France) signing Choupo Moting who didnt exactly pull up trees at Stoke. Actually no idea how hes ended up at Bayern, he must have an amazing agent. But anyway, the point remains that he was never a good fit here and was not fancied by any of our managers other than Ranieri. Best all round that we have him off our wage bill and it seems Rudkin and the scouting team have learnt from that horrific transfer window after we won the league as we have done much better since. I agree with most of this he wasn't a good fit here (bit of a poison chalice though signing as a striker for Leicester City behind a 28 year Jamie Vardy). I just don't think hes completely useless like a lot on here seem to think. Yes he was limited and you have to play to his strengths but if you do he is absolutely lethal like at Monaco last year. Yes he will go down as a terrible signing but I don't think he's a terrible player even at Leicester where it wasn't a fit at all he still ended up with far more goals and assists per minute in the Premier league than Ulloa, Nugent or Okazaki who are all stone cold hero's here. But anyway he's gone. Pointless arguing over him anymore. Let's hope the club get the next big money striker signing right as there less margin for error than in summer of 16 with Vardys age. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fktf 640 Posted 14 January Report Share Posted 14 January 5 hours ago, NewEnglandFox said: Who would have thought Mendy would be the last man standing from the summer 2016 window? He's only the 5th worse signing of this lot, let alone the clubs history. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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