CosbehFox Posted 18 April 2021 Posted 18 April 2021 The lad needs a reset button in the summer. A proper pre season without niggles. Few games against lesser opposition.
Sunbury Fox Posted 18 April 2021 Posted 18 April 2021 Thought he was back to his old self in the last 20 minutes at West Ham. Was shocked to see him moved to LWB for this game on the back of that. 2
KFS Posted 18 April 2021 Posted 18 April 2021 He looked really disappointed with himself coming off. Hope we can get him firing against some of the shit coming up in the league.
LCFC BEAST Posted 18 April 2021 Posted 18 April 2021 Remember that Ricardo was also most effective with a winger in front of him, without that he has to run that channel on his own. Changing to a 4-3-3 changes his role massively. As other have said, he can back from an ACL and thrown straight back in to it with Justin being out. A full pre season under him and he’ll be back in form. 4
dmayne7 Posted 18 April 2021 Posted 18 April 2021 I thought he was fine... Not the same as pre injury but as Stan says, a knee injury is probably the worst one and unless you've had one, you really don't understand the psychological aspect you're constantly fighting. You've kind of got to reprogramme your brain. Still, bit worrying that we're playing with a left wing back out of position. Thought the big selling point of Timmy was that he was just as good at left back. Obviously a bonus that he's a very good right back but means Justin won't get the luxury of time that Ricardo had to get fit again. 1
sacreblueits442 Posted 18 April 2021 Posted 18 April 2021 1 hour ago, Ric Flair said: Don't think he should start again this season, he was a huge nuisance to us 1st half. Castagne finally had a quality half on the left and I'd rather Thomas get some starts if Albrighton isn't going to be picked and do whatever Ricardo needs to do off the field to get back. ....dropping him for the rest of the season is not going to do much for his confidence!!! Playing Castagne at Right Back and Thomas at Left Back does work, it feels more comfortable with four at the back, Albrighton Wide Left and Ricardo Wide Right. Ricardo's' problems were mainly receiving the ball and transitioning mechanically instead of instinctively, his positioning was good today. Bringing Thomas back into the team is what he needs and he can do a great job for us while JJ is out injured. The game he had against Pepe should not be something to beat him with, I recall Liam Moore had a poor game and Pearson dropped him as if he was the sole reason for the poor performance, I do not think he really recovered and took the move to another club to restart his career.
weller54 Posted 7 May 2021 Posted 7 May 2021 Desperately sad watching him right now 😢... That ACL injury has devastated his progress and he looks half the player he was pre injury. Hope it doesn't do the same to JJ. 2
Mark Posted 7 May 2021 Posted 7 May 2021 3 minutes ago, weller54 said: Desperately sad watching him right now 😢... That ACL injury has devastated his progress and he looks half the player he was pre injury. Hope it doesn't do the same to JJ. It doesn't help we're asking him to run up and down the right side by himself, no support from Perez playing an inverted winger role he was used to in previous seasons. He's a full back who's great at overlapping whoever is playing in front of him.
Blanchflower78 Posted 7 May 2021 Posted 7 May 2021 Yard off the pace, looks in two minds, no creative flair. It's a major worry to see arguably your strongest outlet become one of your weakest on return.
SecretPro Posted 7 May 2021 Posted 7 May 2021 Going to be one of those players where the injury defines his career. He will never be the same player again.
Steve Earle Posted 7 May 2021 Posted 7 May 2021 1 minute ago, Blanchflower78 said: Yard off the pace, looks in two minds, no creative flair. It's a major worry to see arguably your strongest outlet become one of your weakest on return. Imagine saying a year ago that in any game, Ricky & Vardy could be your two worst players? 1 1
StanSP Posted 7 May 2021 Posted 7 May 2021 I'm confident he'll be back to normal, or as close can possibly be, by the start of next season. Fingers crossed, if not for our benefit then at least for himself individually.
foxes_rule1978 Posted 7 May 2021 Posted 7 May 2021 2 minutes ago, StanSP said: I'm confident he'll be back to normal, or as close can possibly be, by the start of next season. Fingers crossed, if not for our benefit then at least for himself individually. Yeah, hoping a good pre-season can get him going again really
Swarles Barkley Posted 7 May 2021 Posted 7 May 2021 One if not our best players last season and he looks completely shot. Praying he has a great pre season but it does look bleak
Popular Post UniFox21 Posted 14 June 2021 Popular Post Posted 14 June 2021 Posting a lot of his fitness work on his Instagram, he's really putting work in to get back to where he was. 10
moore_94 Posted 14 June 2021 Posted 14 June 2021 Although due to injuries he had a poor season, I wouldn’t be surprised if PSG started sniffing around him again if they don’t manage to get Hakimi
coolhandfox Posted 14 June 2021 Posted 14 June 2021 34 minutes ago, moore_94 said: Although due to injuries he had a poor season, I wouldn’t be surprised if PSG started sniffing around him again if they don’t manage to get Hakimi No chance they are going to pay what we want on the back of a ACL and a as yet not looking anywhere near the player he was.
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 14 June 2021 Posted 14 June 2021 46 minutes ago, moore_94 said: Although due to injuries he had a poor season, I wouldn’t be surprised if PSG started sniffing around him again if they don’t manage to get Hakimi No way.
baldeagle Posted 14 June 2021 Posted 14 June 2021 6 hours ago, UniFox21 said: Posting a lot of his fitness work on his Instagram, he's really putting work in to get back to where he was. Yeah I spotted these looks like a man on a mission
UniFox21 Posted 14 June 2021 Posted 14 June 2021 1 minute ago, baldeagle said: Yeah I spotted these looks like a man on a mission With this work and decent preseason he should have a good chance of being a key player again. 2
Blue ROI Posted 14 June 2021 Posted 14 June 2021 If it hadn't been for his injury he could have been that player to move on this summer. Was our best player for nearly 18 months. The injury and his age might out other teams off. Would be great if he got back to his best.
baldeagle Posted 14 June 2021 Posted 14 June 2021 22 minutes ago, UniFox21 said: With this work and decent preseason he should have a good chance of being a key player again. Let’s hope so
Corky Posted 14 June 2021 Posted 14 June 2021 Having Ricardo back to full fitness and confidence will be a major factor in our season. 1
TheLittleBigMan Posted 14 June 2021 Posted 14 June 2021 2 hours ago, Corky said: Having Ricardo back to full fitness and confidence will be a major factor in our season. How we've coped with his absence has been brilliant but he was on another level prior to his injury. Seriously Good player.
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