Ricardo Pereira

[OnlyOneCity]

2 hours ago, Tielemans63 said:

KDH is rightly getting a lot of plaudits, but Riccy is the best player in the division for me

He doesn’t seem to have a song?

[JimmyC74]

23 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

At times Hamza has been great, at other times he's been ok, and there have been a few times where he he has switched off and been really poor. He gets a lot of hate on here, but the one thing everyone could probably agree on is that Riccy P is on another level. Yesterday highlighted for me how he has now seamlessly cracked this inverted role and you can see him float from midfield to defence quickly and does a great job in and out of possession.  Its less consistent with Hamza, but at times hes been an ok backup. 

A fit Ricky P is levels above most players tbf but Hamza hasn’t really kicked on since he broke through into the squad.
 

Not sure what Hamza’s best position is or that he has a future beyond making up the squad numbers. Perhaps a bit harsh but there u go.

 

Big challenge finding cover for RP in the summer.

Edited 7 April 2024 by JimmyC74

[weller54]

12 minutes ago, OnlyOneCity said:

He doesn’t seem to have a song?

Ricky don't lose that number?

[cc_star]

4 hours ago, JimmyC74 said:

Not sure what Hamza’s best position is or that he has a future beyond making up the squad numbers. Perhaps a bit harsh but there u go.

Not harsh at all. Even not comparing him to the great RP, he's a bad player.

 

Just not good enough for a top 6 championship side IMO

 

However there needs to be a reckoning with the average wage at 90k/week

 

We can't have people making the numbers up, that job falls to the U-23s

[MrsJohnMurphy]

4 hours ago, weller54 said:

Ricky don't lose that number?

Oh Ricky, you're so fine
You're so fine, you blow my mind
Hey Ricky, hey Ricky

 

 

 

[Hales]

18 minutes ago, MrsJohnMurphy said:

Oh Ricky, you're so fine
You're so fine, you blow my mind
Hey Ricky, hey Ricky

 

 

 

This is the one! 😁🫶

[Foxes96]

Mad to think KDH could end up winning the Championship Player of the Season, but not our POTS… 

 

For me Ricky has been our best player this season. Adapted to his new role really well, and everything he does oozes class 

[RumbleFox]

In my humble opinion he’s the best player in the league by a distance. At his peak he was genuinely world class. 

[majaco]

21 hours ago, weller54 said:

One is a footballer

..the other isn't.

 

21 hours ago, CrispinLA in Texas said:

Also one's got a footballing brain while the other hasn't and one's works harder while the other stealing a living 

I'm a sad middle-aged bloke too.  So I will comment too on Hamza in a thread about another player.

 

Hamza is a footballer.  He is ridiculously remunerated like many footballers.    

 

He plays with passion.  He has not reached the levels he seemed to have the potential to reach.   

 

If he's on the pitch, the manager sees him as the best available option and he puts in a shift.  He's too good to be a back up player in this league.  He  will  not reach Ricardo levels.  Ricardo seems worthy of a mention in  this thread.

 

 

[Ric Flair]

He's crucial to this team for several reasons and a) his quality is ridiculous at this level and b) he is the only player we have who plays the role Enzo's system requires that doesn't expose us off the ball due to his awareness and ability. 

 

It's arguably saved his career as well as its had less strain on his body and long may that continue but if we go up, the demands of it in the PL maybe different.

 

POTS for me.

[Ashley]

18 hours ago, OnlyOneCity said:

He doesn’t seem to have a song?

Yes he does. 

 

Kasabian - You're in love with Physco

[CrazyKopCorner]

1 hour ago, Ashley said:

Yes he does. 

 

Kasabian - You're in love with Physco

Yes it's a corker too - we need to sing it more 

[AjcW]

13 hours ago, RumbleFox said:

In my humble opinion he’s the best player in the league by a distance. At his peak he was genuinely world class. 

At the start and before the first injury, there was only one in the Prem better than him and perhaps 2 worldwide, so you're bang on.

 

Think it's easy to forget how good he was, especially given he's stayed loyal after injuries and currently find himself in the second tier.

[st albans fox]

If he stays fit to the end of the season then we might get £10-£15m for him in June which would be helpful 

 

id rather he stayed too but in order to be allowed to buy we may have to be seen to be selling. 

[Supergray22]

On 07/04/2024 at 13:08, weller54 said:

Ricky don't lose that number?

Hey Ricky your so fine 

your so fine 

hey Ricky

[Tom12345]

On 08/04/2024 at 02:25, Foxes96 said:

Mad to think KDH could end up winning the Championship Player of the Season, but not our POTS… 

 

For me Ricky has been our best player this season. Adapted to his new role really well, and everything he does oozes class 

Agree. KDH is still a bit raw. He is not at Maddison level and while he is a hard working player he does not have the extra ounce of world class that Ricardo has. Ricardo is just a clear level above everyone else in this division. If not for his injury, he could have been playing for the top clubs and be genuinely recognised as a world class RB. 

Edited 9 April 2024 by Tom12345

[davieG]

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-citys-saddest-story-gets-9287643

 

Leicester City's saddest story gets 'special' ending after three-year wait
Ricardo Pereira played 32 90-minute matches as City won the Championship title this campaign, 10 more than in the previous three injury-ravaged seasons combined

ByJordan Blackwell
10:53, 16 MAY 2024

Leicester City are champions and Ricardo Pereira gets to say he’s played a major part in their success. It’s not just that he’s taken on a crucial role within Enzo Maresca’s set-up, playing at full-back without the ball but in midfield with it, but he’s also been fit to contribute for nearly the whole campaign.

Seeing Ricardo play such an integral role has been one of the highlights of the season, because his journey over the past three years has been one of City's saddest stories. The player of the season in his maiden campaign at the King Power Stadium, and one of the best full-backs in the Premier League if not Europe, Ricardo suffered an ACL tear in the final game before the Covid shutdown and has been battling injuries ever since.

Staying fit has been difficult. Since his return from knee surgery, Ricardo’s not only suffered a series of minor muscle issues, but he’s had big lay-offs too, most notably for an Achilles rupture in the final pre-season game of summer 2022. Just when he’s been looking back to his old self, he’s been struck down with a new problem.

 

But finally, he’s been able to enjoy a full campaign. Ricardo made 45 appearances across all competitions this term, including 39 starts. He completed 90 minutes 32 times. In the previous three seasons combined, he was only able to play a full match on 22 occasions.

Reflecting on his own season, Ricardo said: “It's been really good. On the personal side, it was my biggest goal to be available as much as I could and play as much as I could. Even when things weren’t going very well, it was about doing the small things right, doing the things I can control well, and it’s paid off. Just a little bit late!

“(I didn’t change anything) from last season to this season but with the food, having a nutritionist, trying to do as much as I could in terms of recovery after training and after games, sleeping well. They are the sort of things I would do badly in the past, but it’s just ticking all of the boxes to be in a good way mentally, knowing I did everything I could to be in a better place.”

Without Ricardo, Maresca’s plan may not have worked so successfully. The 30-year-old needed to show the technical qualities to thrive in tight spaces in midfield and creative abilities when he pushed beyond Harry Winks to join the attack. But he needed to have the tactical know-how too so that he never left his full-back station too exposed. He did the job brilliantly.

Plus, he had to be a leader. When Jamie Vardy wasn’t on the pitch, Ricardo skippered the team. So when Vardy lifted the trophy on the final day, he called on the Portuguese, as well as Marc Albrighton, to do the honours with him.

The leadership role will likely become more important next season, when Ricardo will have to guide younger players through what may be their first campaign in the top flight as City look to right the wrongs of 2022-23 and avoid relegation.

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“It was really special, especially after everything in the past,” Ricardo said of Vardy’s trophy gesture. “So it was really nice to be there, and then it was nice to leave those two together because they are true legends of the club, so they deserved to have their own time.

“I’m really happy to be where we deserve to be (in the Premier League). In terms of quality, it will go high, I know they (the young players) are aware of that. I’ll do my best to help them.

“In the Premier League, if you make one mistake and they have one chance, they are more clinical. But we have time to get used to it and I’m sure we’ll be fine.

“We know we have the quality but in football anything can happen. Sometimes the quality is not enough. We need to learn from that (relegation in 2023), try to do better and try not to make the same mistakes. It’s about knowing we have quality but needing to work hard.”

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

Keep at all costs, for me. He’s a if not the heartbeat of the team and one of the few of real genuine quality we have.

[dmayne7]

I'll never be able to watch Ricardo without a bit of sadness/regret. I think people forget just now ridiculously good he was. Closest thing to Cafu I've seen as crazy as that sounds. Had absolutely everything. Would have moved to any big club he wanted if he'd not got injured. And seems a great guy too.

 

Still a fantastic player and maybe with his loss of pace, this inverted role is the best use of him

[Red Squirrel]

On 07/04/2024 at 17:45, MrsJohnMurphy said:

Oh Ricky, you're so fine
You're so fine, you blow my mind
Hey Ricky, hey Ricky

 

 

 

I can see this catching fire in SK4 and L1

Its a horrible ear-worn of a song but its easy to remember 

[Scanchez]

I had a look back at player ratings from past seasons - he's always up there with the team's most consistent performers.

Great player.

 

[Hales]

How can you not love riccy p! Integral to the team and is such a lovely guy 💙🦊

[coolhandfox]

Nice guy, a top professional, great player.

 

Without his injuries, he would have been at an elite club. 

[Koke]

Peak Ricardo was just sensational. Our best RB. Ever. I'm sad that we will never see his peak again. Love this man

 

 

Edited 16 May 2024 by Koke

[Gamble92]

7 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Nice guy, a top professional, great player.

 

Without his injuries, he would have been at an elite club. 

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