Popular Post Ric Flair Posted 31 August 2021 Popular Post Posted 31 August 2021 1 minute ago, Vardinio'sCat said: So we have gone from class left wingers being rare and expensive, to class right wingers being the same. Which is part of the reason this has been such a saga, even though it is rarely mentioned. Plus ca change, or something. The club are to blame for this, not the market. I could find us a better right winger than we've got whilst buried underground with just a straw to breathe and no phone to look at YouTube clips or to get irate on here. 5
FoxesWalk Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 Just now, UHDrive said: Haha! I meant an out and out first team RW. I rate Albrighton as well as anybody and RP (if we have a full compliment of wingers) would be better as a full back or wing back. Apologies, conditioned by previous attempts to have a reasonable discussion about Perez in this forum 🤣 I was also hoping we would go for a RW signing who can fill in on the left if needed tbh, but we have done the opposite (eg a left winger who can play right in a pinch). It’s understandable but a bit disappointing. Clearly a lot of people wanted a first team quality RW who would improve our best XI. Nothing against Lookman though, he was a rare bright spark in a poor Fulham side. He’s a good addition. 1
escape2victory Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 Just now, Aleksz said: Probably 2 up front like the second half of last season. Pretty sure the idea to get another winger in is so that we don’t have to completely change formation in the event of one player being injured. For what it’s worth, I would like to see Lookman given a go on the right as a decent winger should be able to play off either flank, but I believe he has predominantly been brought in to offer competition (much needed) for Barnes, and Albrighton/Perez will be the options for the right, continuing the lopsided 4-2-3-1
coalvillefox Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 2 minutes ago, dbtcity said: 1 year loan with an Option to buy according to skysports news I like the sound of this, yes he's probably not our 1st choice but he's young and has potential, just the sort of player Rodgers likes and if it goes south, we haven't paid a fortune 1
DezFox Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 I would be 100% behind this if he was a genuine right winger or we were in desperate need of of a left winger in the starting XI. He is the exact sort of the player we would go for and realistically best we can hope for and I think he is actually quite good. The stats and everything for me are redundant at this stage though as they are from left wing. In terms of age, price, ability I’m completely behind this. It just the players position that’s frustrating. but we will see. I won’t write him off.
TiffToff88 Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 Just popped up on the Sky Sports Transfer news ticker: "LOOKMAN HEADING FOR LEICESTER FlightRadar24.com fans will be pleased to know Ademola Lookman is on his way to Leicester from RB Leipzig to finalise his one-year loan move, with an option to buy. Any odd-looking planes heading from Germany to the East Midlands?" 1
matty98 Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 It just seems very odd to get a player that's played 3x as much on the left to play on the right. The club have known we needed a better right winger for years, yet here we are again scrambling for left overs on deadline day.
JJS84 Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 given the timing of this today, i just feel they may be trying to get someone in as well. Loan with option probably wont have cost that much.
Pliskin Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 Just now, happy85 said: https://twitter.com/footballdaily/status/1432619672243953665?s=21 So basically this will be it until tomorrow lunch time when they finally announce it. These loan to buys are odd ones. I think for them to be a success the player has to be absolutely motivated to prove their worth, otherwise they can do what Under did and waste an opportunity to seal the move. I just hope he comes here with the right mindset, and a good mentality about him to crack on and sell himself to the fans and the club. Great opportunity for the kid here, now it’s down to him to go and take it. 2
AjcW Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 1 minute ago, matty98 said: It just seems very odd to get a player that's played 3x as much on the left to play on the right. The club have known we needed a better right winger for years, yet here we are again scrambling for left overs on deadline day. We have a manager who probably thinks he could turn a GK into a 30 a season striker.... it's really not that surprising, he backs himself to 'change players fortunes'.... he'll get one right eventually. 1
Bergen fox Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 26 minutes ago, Xen said: Despite our obvious gap at RW, its often been said on here that the reason we failed to make it over the line for CL qualification was because Barnes got injured and we had to change formation because of a lack of cover. Lookman may work out at RW, but even if he's 'just' cover on each side that would still be a big upgrade over where we found ourselves at the tail end of last season. Not the flashy marquee signing that a lot of us wanted like Madueke, Berardi etc., but a reasonable strengthening of the squad in areas - plural - that we lacked. For a modest fee there's not much to complain about, imo. Or you could think if Barnes didn’t get injured we wouldn’t have won the fa cup as ihannacho stepped up and did brilliantly. And we had to change to a 2 up top. 🤷🏽
Tanya Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 Looks like this is definitely happening. I have an inkling we will play him on the right, with the hope he can be a backup to Harvey as well. A little underwhelming but at least he knows the league and has bags of potential. Let's cheer the lad on, welcome to Leicester, Ademola! 1
Guest Chocolate Teapot Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 3 minutes ago, JJS84 said: given the timing of this today, i just feel they may be trying to get someone in as well. Loan with option probably wont have cost that much. We don't have space in the squad so I wouldn't get too excited
LaCiudad Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 4 minutes ago, AjcW said: We have a manager who probably thinks he could turn a GK into a 30 a season striker.... it's really not that surprising, he backs himself to 'change players fortunes'.... he'll get one right eventually.
Bluetintedspecs Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 So having ploughed through war and peace over the last few pages I am both mortified and mystified by the number of people slating both our recruitment and BR so heavily 🤷♂️. Do people,, in all honesty, think recruitment is simple and seamless as opposed to sometimes things just don't work out?
FoxinNotts Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 2 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said: We don't have space in the squad so I wouldn't get too excited If we let Praet, Choudhury and Benkovic go, could we then get Lookman and someone else in? 1
coolhandfox Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 14 minutes ago, dbtcity said: 1 year loan with an Option to buy according to skysports news Happy with that!
stu Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 7 minutes ago, Pliskin said: So basically this will be it until tomorrow lunch time when they finally announce it. These loan to buys are odd ones. I think for them to be a success the player has to be absolutely motivated to prove their worth, otherwise they can do what Under did and waste an opportunity to seal the move. I just hope he comes here with the right mindset, and a good mentality about him to crack on and sell himself to the fans and the club. Great opportunity for the kid here, now it’s down to him to go and take it. Also on the flip side means we have no need to play them either. I’d prefer to sign players rather than a loan with an option, just so they have to be integrated with the squad and they actually get a chance to play. More pressure to actually play them with a signing rather than a loan.
UHDrive Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 8 minutes ago, FoxesWalk said: Apologies, conditioned by previous attempts to have a reasonable discussion about Perez in this forum 🤣 I was also hoping we would go for a RW signing who can fill in on the left if needed tbh, but we have done the opposite (eg a left winger who can play right in a pinch). It’s understandable but a bit disappointing. Clearly a lot of people wanted a first team quality RW who would improve our best XI. Nothing against Lookman though, he was a rare bright spark in a poor Fulham side. He’s a good addition. Totally agree 👍 and no worries. If it's a case that BR thinks Lookman and Barnes can rotate LW & RW then great and Albrighton makes a fantastic backup if not a starter on occasion too. Perez works better for me when he's got a good full back behind him and those injuries last year with RP and Castagne did him no favours because he can't do what he does best which is link up play. That said, Perez is poor at tracking back. Here's to hoping that Rudders is looking at 4 x ace cards on his desk and grinning to himself. 1
SkidsFox Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 6 minutes ago, Pliskin said: So basically this will be it until tomorrow lunch time when they finally announce it. These loan to buys are odd ones. I think for them to be a success the player has to be absolutely motivated to prove their worth, otherwise they can do what Under did and waste an opportunity to seal the move. I just hope he comes here with the right mindset, and a good mentality about him to crack on and sell himself to the fans and the club. Great opportunity for the kid here, now it’s down to him to go and take it. We can debate for ages whether Under was good enough for our team, but you can hardly blame him for coming here in a mindset to "waste an opportunity to seal the move". For whatever reason Brendan (and we've seen this with other players) did not want to give Under game time. It may well be the case that Brendan thought Under wasn't good enough, but there's not much the player can do in those circumstances.
UHDrive Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 12 minutes ago, TiffToff88 said: Just popped up on the Sky Sports Transfer news ticker: "LOOKMAN HEADING FOR LEICESTER FlightRadar24.com fans will be pleased to know Ademola Lookman is on his way to Leicester from RB Leipzig to finalise his one-year loan move, with an option to buy. Any odd-looking planes heading from Germany to the East Midlands?" LOAN!! Didn't someone say we'd get a loan and a perm move today?! RW here we come!!!!!!!!! 1
AjcW Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 6 minutes ago, LaCiudad said: Doesn't mean I don't like him or don't think he's doing an amazing job! But any club with Brendan as manager knows you have to accept his ego and the odd mistake that will bring 1
coolhandfox Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 Just now, AjcW said: Doesn't mean I don't like him or don't think he's doing an amazing job! But any club with Brendan as manager knows you have to accept his ego and the odd mistake that will bring All top manager have an ego, it goes with the job. 2
weller54 Posted 31 August 2021 Posted 31 August 2021 12 minutes ago, AjcW said: We have a manager who probably thinks he could turn a GK into a 30 a season striker.... it's really not that surprising, he backs himself to 'change players fortunes'.... he'll get one right eventually. He could go all out and put 2 GK's on the bench for a PL match... now there's a crazy idea!
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