Vardy, Daka and Iheanacho

[whoareyaaa]

2 hours ago, Raw Dykes said:

The problem with Nacho starting is down to the formation. I think we're best playing a 4231, and all signs point to us making that our default again. It's difficult to fit Nacho into that without dropping Maddison, which I think would be highly unlikely. I think Nacho plays best as part of a 2 up top. We'll probably see him come off the bench a lot.

hes to good to be coming off the bench his stats last season prove that, he has to start.

[KFS]

3 minutes ago, Hoopla10 said:

This I like (though I would probably expect Vardy to play more on the left). Perez isn't consistent or good enough. I think I've been pretty fair on Perez but he shows no signs of stepping up and Saturday's game was just more proof of that. He'll do okay as a utility player coming on when needed. Nacho' needs players in and around him imo. Vardy was brilliant at that last season but I don't know whether in that supporting role he sacrificed scoring himself. It was great to see Nacho score on Saturday (obvs) but my greater joy was seeing him interact with the crowd. It's been my only small doubt, whether he can perform with a crowd there. 

 

The only flaw in my plan is it puts all our eggs into one basket with this line up and I’m not sure we can risk injuries or the fact that one of the three strikers can pose a very good threat off the bench. 
 

First squad I posted is raw pace and skill, maybe for use when we need to chuck everything at a game or trying to find a winner. Second squad is probably more balanced despite Perez not contributing. Likely Brendan will go with the latter.

[Raw Dykes]

Just now, whoareyaaa said:

hes to good to be coming off the bench his stats last season prove that, he has to start.

How do you fit him into the team? What formation do you reckon we should be playing?

[STUHILL]

I don't see how we can realistically play all 3, without becoming vulnerable in defence, especially with Maddison in the team too. Perez and Barnes actually do quite a lot of defensive work for the team, whereas I think Vardy, Daka and Iheanacho would struggle to offer that. I think you would have to lose Maddison and have Soumare in, to make it work. 

[whoareyaaa]

3 minutes ago, Raw Dykes said:

How do you fit him into the team? What formation do you reckon we should be playing?

I dunno like you say he needs to be in a 2 or playing a bit deeper than a 9 so its either 442 or 433 .. 

[KFS]

3 minutes ago, STUHILL said:

I don't see how we can realistically play all 3, without becoming vulnerable in defence, especially with Maddison in the team too. Perez and Barnes actually do quite a lot of defensive work for the team, whereas I think Vardy, Daka and Iheanacho would struggle to offer that. I think you would have to lose Maddison and have Soumare in, to make it work. 

This is filthy tbf . I put Soumare right so he can cover Ricardo’s runs and then Tielemans can get forward where Bertrand stays.  

 

                Kasper

Ricardo Dan Cags Bertrand

                  Wilf

       Soumare Tielemans

              Iheanacho

      Vardy           Daka

[Raw Dykes]

2 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

I dunno like you say he needs to be in a 2 or playing a bit deeper than a 9 so its either 442 or 433 .. 

It is a tricky one. I think we've played our best football with the 4-2-3-1 we look set to continue with, but Nacho was in the form of his life last season, and it does seem odd to leave him out.

 

I guess this is what having strength in depth looks like. Good problems to have. We'll be able to change things around whenever it's not working.

[STUHILL]

I think we are still likely to see Vardy, Barnes, Maddison start most games. 

 

Then a switch to Daka, Iheanacho, Soumare around the 65th min mark on wards. 

 

That's in the league anyway, as I think it will be the other way round in cup games. 

 

After Christmas I expect to see Daka especially, starting more games ahead of Vardy (unless he gets his spark back) 

[coolhandfox]

Great options to have, we went though a period were if Vardy didn't score then who would.

 

We now have Vardy, Nacho, Barnes and Daka who could all easily get 10 goals each this season, you can probably throw a fit Maddison on that list too. 

 

We faulted last year because we ran out of bodies and legs.

 

Rodgers said Saturday Vardy can't play 3 games a week, so we will see a lot of Daka and Nacho.

Edited 9 August 2021 by coolhandfox

[Hoopla10]

23 minutes ago, KFS said:

The only flaw in my plan is it puts all our eggs into one basket with this line up and I’m not sure we can risk injuries or the fact that one of the three strikers can pose a very good threat off the bench. 
 

First squad I posted is raw pace and skill, maybe for use when we need to chuck everything at a game or trying to find a winner. Second squad is probably more balanced despite Perez not contributing. Likely Brendan will go with the latter.

If he goes with the second formation (I agree Barnes playing is a must) then I'd rather Albrighton in for Perez. Unpopular opinion I'm sure but I trust Albrighton WAY more than Perez. He also showed last season how well he can run that wing and support/cover in RB. 

It definitely shows what good shape we're in terms of depth and choice. 

[cruzFOX]

I love Vardy as much as anyone here but he's clearly dwindling. He showed against city that given the chance he can still be dangerous on goal. It's just not the deadly clinical Vardy we once knew who you can bet your house on to bury that ball in the net especially the near impossible chances. Now with the possible chances he's more 50/50. I think it's going to be a combination of Daka starts some games and Vardy starts some games. Daka still needs to bed in a little more but he's getting there pretty quickly. Nacho for me is the mainstay. The guy is confidence personified. Barnes is a god send to have back and an absolute nightmare for defenders. Perez is clearly working and trying harder which is keeping him in Rogers good books but he also knows its just a matter of time before we find someone better for that position and he will be gone. 

[Carl the Llama]

33 minutes ago, KFS said:

This is filthy tbf . I put Soumare right so he can cover Ricardo’s runs and then Tielemans can get forward where Bertrand stays.  

 

 

                Kasper

Ricardo Dan Cags Bertrand

                  Wilf

       Soumare Tielemans

              Iheanacho

      Vardy           Daka

Interesting line up but we are never going to see a formation that uses all 3 of our strike options. 

[KFS]

22 minutes ago, Carl the Llama said:

Interesting line up but we are never going to see a formation that uses all 3 of our strike options. 

I’ll just consign it to my dreams. Like what I would play against Atletico in the Champions League final next year…

[Carl the Llama]

Just now, KFS said:

I’ll just consign it to my dreams. Like what I would play against Atletico in the Champions League final next year…

Just as well, I've only just clocked there's no Barnes in there 

[AyewJoking]

Daka is the one who has to prove himself but if he does then I can see him first choice with vardy and nacho rotating.

[KFS]

5 minutes ago, Carl the Llama said:

Just as well, I've only just clocked there's no Barnes in there 

Yep he has to play. We need a pacy winger to come on, so although I wasn’t a fan I would be open to Dan James tbf. Not having pace and pinning ourselves back was a reason we lost out on the CL again last year.

[Farrington fox]

I wouldn't want to decide who plays up top on Saturday.

[SouthStandUpperTier]

3 minutes ago, Farrington fox said:

I wouldn't want to decide who plays up top on Saturday.

Thankfully it won't come to that 

[fuchsntf]

It seems, Now we have more than a decent Choice of Front 6 & direct Front 3...

Our fans, are seeing what it means in forum Headlines and Headaches to have that Quality in choice... 

 

Even with Fofana/Evans injury, our backline is still strong and come December,with no further injuries or setbacks is well covered..

DM has been strengthed,with choices.

midfield,...Soumare' ,Tielemans,Maddison, KDH, Praet, 

attack...Albrighton,  Daka, Vardy,Nacho,Barnes

 

This Topic has brought up various ideas on selection, to me every Single One Good solid choices....But I put  forward a couple , that Challenges the obvious

 

                     Schmeichel

        Nelson    Soyuncu Bertrand

                              Ndidi

    Ricardo.          Soumare          Barnes

                          Tielemans

                          

                    Nacho      Daka

 

or:-

 

                        Schmeichel

Ricardo.      Benkovic    Soyuncu.    Thomas

                               Ndidi

                       KDH    Soumare

                           Tielemans

                     Nacho      Barnes

 

Then with a fully fit squad..

 

                         Schmeichel

                Fofana.      Soyu     Justin

                         Ndidi  /Soumare

        

       Castagna        Tielemans.      KdH

                            Maddison

                          Daka  Barnes

 

Nacho,Albrighton,Praet,Soumare,Bertrand, Thomas, Amartey Benkovic  Amartey Ricardo

All can fit well into any of the above selections...

also Maybe just a taboo thought ( and Let God strike me down with  Donner & blitz  ) Vardy comes more often from the bench..

Nacho, Daka, Barnes, Take the heavy load of the season.

If we can See the fate of injuries,be Kinder to us...

 

A League cup team of...

        

                                   Ward

     Justin. ( ease him in )    Nelson  Benkovic. Thomas

                                Mendy

                       Praet.      Soumare 

                                  Perez

                    Albrighton.       Vardy../ any forward that has played the fewer games)

 

These choices Show Now what strength in Quality and in depth we have  in our squad.

Even with MONd squads, I believe since those times, this season has delivered our best squad, in a very long Time even well before PL days..

 

 

 

 

                   

 

 

 

 

                            

[whoareyaaa]

   

This is what I would go for 

 

 

                          Schmeichel

  Ricardo     Amartey    Soyuncu.    Bertrand

                               Ndidi

                     Youri         Maddison

            Nacho                        Barnes

                        Vardy or Daka

 

If we play to score a couple of goals early then bring off an attacker and bring on some steel to tighten it up plus we would have daka or vardy to bring open to maintain the threat up top

 

? 

Edited 9 August 2021 by whoareyaaa

[KFS]

6 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

   

This is what I would go for 

 

 

                          Schmeichel

  Ricardo     Amartey    Soyuncu.    Bertrand

                               Ndidi

                     Youri         Maddison

            Nacho                        Barnes

                        Vardy or Daka

 

If we play to score a couple of goals early then bring off an attacker and bring on some steel to tighten it up plus we would have daka or vardy to bring open to maintain the threat up top

 

? 

Love this. You won’t get any industry out of Kel so his role should be purely to arrive late in the box and score or play passes into Vardy (we’ve seen them link up before). Vardy would probably need to press their left sided defenders too.

[deanolegend1989]

It’s such a shame Fofana being out for the season. Feels like a massive hole.

I feel the squad we have now we have so many options and only at CB do I worry with Evans getting on and as much as Dan tries, we’ll get caught out with him there to much.

Its a major sickener because if we hadn’t had any injuries we could have a back 4 of:

Ricardo Soyuncu Fofana Justin. I mean f*k me, those 4 in prime, the youth , the pace, the power - incredible. We could push for the league in that situation and that’s the sad thing - what if.

 

Going back to reality, we NEED a Cb and probably a RW upgrade on Pérez to get top 4.

Any injury to Barnes halts our pace up front, so without a top fast RW option would mean we need a solid back 4 to keep tight and make sure we score first more often to prevent having to break a team down from behind with no pace..

We have a very good squad and Daka, Betrand and Soumare add great depth but I fear a solid CB to take the load off Evans and a strong RW to take the load off Barnes are hugely crucial. Any injury to Soyuncu Evans or Barnes in particular will really **** us!

[Iran]

 

A decent read.