Vardy ruled out for "a few weeks"

[wardyfox86]

13 minutes ago, AjcW said:

I'm certainly not going to criticise, because finding any window would have been a nightmare, but i'd be inclined to say Palace, Newcastle, Stoke, Southampton might have been a better window than what we have coming up??

But would you have been happy with his ineffective displays nursing an injury up until then, because clearly something has been effecting his levels. 

 

He will win us more points later by having it now, than waiting and potentially making it worse in the meantime. 

[lgfualol]

Well it was a nice season while it lasted. 

[Babylon]

12 minutes ago, harpendenfox said:

A bit of straw clutching: he had a similar op around this time in ‘that’ season and was back within a fortnight 

Yes, I was thinking the same thing. 

[Guest StevieLynex]

2 minutes ago, jeffschlupp said:

Here's Rodgers' comments on coping without him:

“We’ve played without Jamie before and scored and won. He’s contributed to the team over these past few weeks even if he hasn’t scored. When you don’t have one of the top strikers in the league, it’s always going to be disappointing. It’s not overly concerning. It’s our best chance of getting him back. Ayoze Perez is a natural striker. He doesn’t threaten the backline as quickly as Vardy, but he’s a great finisher. I‘ve got Kels who can offer a threat too."

 

I think that is why we are in the market for a no.10 - Perez is going to lead the line for a few weeks which leaves us short for Maddison cover.

 

Perez

Barnes Maddison Albrighton

 

with Iheanacho, Gray, AM, Under in reserve

Have we signed Antony Martial?

[Master Fox]

Surely we must have someone lined up to come in on loan? 

 

[Aleksz]

We’ve got big results in games against Newcastle, Southampton and Chelsea - In games where he didn’t turn up or take chances.

 

Kel and Perez to battle out for the striker spot. Barnes and Madders to carry on supporting. We’ll be fine.

[Guest StevieLynex]

4 minutes ago, StevieLynex said:

I wonder if it's the same op as last time

 

https://www.lloydrelease.com/

Last time:

 

Jamie Vardy is set to undergo minor groin surgery but the Leicester City striker is expected to miss just one match rather than endure a two-week lay-off that had previously been feared.

[AjcW]

Just now, wardyfox86 said:

But would you have been happy with his ineffective displays nursing an injury up until then, because clearly something has been effecting his levels. 

 

He will win us more points later by having it now, than waiting and potentially making it worse in the meantime. 

I mean those run of games we had post christmas/into new year mate....

[Dahnsouff]

2 minutes ago, TrentFox said:

Yes. Use him as a makeweight in a deal for ......../

I would say we could offer him as part of deal for @Ric Flair but he just spends all his time on the bloody wing 

[LVFox]

I imagine this will see him out to around the Liverpool home game on the 13th.

Worth doing now before Europa League starts up again, been obviously bothering him for weeks.

 

Massive chance for Ayoze and Kelechi to fight it out for that spot

[UpTheLeagueFox]

Barnes up top, Ricardo on the wing

 

Or bring in Odsonne Edouard.......

[Detroit Blues]

This is good in the long term IMO. Vardy's form has dropped off, and he's missing chances that he usually converts with relative ease. Hopefully this operation will get back the golden boot version of Vardy that will finish out the season for us. 

 

However, in the next couple weeks, I think Perez comes in. 

 

Perhaps:

 

           Barnes - Perez - Albrighton

                       Maddison

                 Ndidi - Tielemans

Justin - Evans - Fofana - Castagne 

 

or:

 

                   Barnes - Perez

                        Maddison

                    Ndidi - Tielemans

Justin - Evans - Fofana - Soyuncu - Castagne 

 

 

[KingKoala]

I'd prefer Perez over Nacho as a replacement ATM

[filbertway]

Wonder if we'll change systems to accomodate this. I would absolutely love Kel to get 4 or 5 games and find some kind of form. 

 

Do we go 3 4 1 2

Schmeichel

 

Soy

Fofana

Evans

 

Castagne

Tielemans

Ndidi

Justin

 

Maddison

 

Barnes

Nacho/Perez

 

 

[Tom12345]

Perez for Vardy upfront.

 

Given Perez is not Vardy, we don’t need Albrighton as much. Bring Under in for Albrighton. Keep Barnes on the left.

 

Slowly introduce Ricardo at RB and move Castagne to left. 

[Mark]

2 minutes ago, filbertway said:

Wonder if we'll change systems to accomodate this. I would absolutely love Kel to get 4 or 5 games and find some kind of form. 

 

Do we go 3 4 1 2

I think its bad enough news without trying that again.

[Deeg67]

Perez at the 9, with Under on the wing.  Can't afford to have his firepower on the bench now.

[dayday]

Perez for me , he’s a much better option than Iheanacho 

[martyn]

Think we might be better off switching up to a 3-5-2 or even a 4-4-2 temporarily. The 3-5-2 looks more tempting now we've got more attacking options at full back again.

 

Neither Perez or Nacho cut it as a lone focal point, and both look miles better when they've got support around them.

Edited 22 January 2021 by martyn

[LCFCJ]

Don't let this scare any of you. But just think how poor we were against palace and how poor nacho was. 

[jammie82uk]

So this is the list of fixtures for the next month 

a “few” weeks possibly means a return against Liverpool? 
 

 

Sunday 24th January

THE FA CUP

FOURTH ROUND

Brentford 14:30 Leicester

Wednesday 27th January

PREMIER LEAGUE

Everton 20:15 Leicester

 

Sunday 31st January

PREMIER LEAGUE

Leicester 14:00 Leeds

 

Wednesday 3rd February

PREMIER LEAGUE

Fulham 18:00 Leicester

Sunday 7th February

PREMIER LEAGUE

Wolves 14:00 Leicester

 

Saturday 13th February

PREMIER LEAGUE

Leicester 12:30 Liverpool

 

Thursday 18th February

EUROPA LEAGUE

ROUND OF 32

Slavia Prague 17:55 Leicester

 

Sunday 21st February

PREMIER LEAGUE

Aston Villa 14:00 Leicester

 

Thursday 25th February

EUROPA LEAGUE

ROUND OF 32

Leicester 20:00 Slavia Prague

 

[Guest StevieLynex]

Just now, Tom12345 said:

Perez for Vardy upfront.

 

Given Perez is not Vardy, we don’t need Albrighton as much. Bring Under in for Albrighton. Keep Barnes on the left.

 

Slowly introduce Ricardo at RB and move Castagne to left. 

Where does JJ fit in. 

 

Stick Fofana up front - the man's capable of anything

[Lineker's Left Foot]

For example normally players get injured they get injured, but has hit me

now Vards has.  He epitomises Leicester for me 😢 I just know he will come back stronger and raring to go and gives us the opportunity to highlight we’re not just a one man team.

[stu]

4 minutes ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

Barnes up top, Ricardo on the wing

 

Or bring in Odsonne Edouard.......

It’s the obvious answer isn’t it. Looks like this is the trigger for it to finally happen.

Edited 22 January 2021 by stu

[WigstonWanderer]

Bugger!