Ademola Lookman

[kingfox]

14 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

I genuinely don't know who you want instead of Lookman who would improve us beyond what you expect? 

 

Would Neres have been any better? A lad who had 1 good season and has been pretty average since, no premier league experience but hey, he's Brazilian 

 

Madueke? An even younger prospect, playing in a poor league which much more to prove, certainly not established in anyway.

 

Berardi? His price doubled because of the euros but hey, throw money around that we don't have.....

Those three are right-wingers, Lookman is a left-winger.

 

That’s where the problem lies and that’s why the likes of @FoxyPalace.com are unsurprisingly annoyed.

[The_77]

16 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

Fofana wasn't an established player that a top 6 side should have bought?

 

That's your argument isn't it? That we should be buying players that a top 6 team should be bringing in? Varane? Ronaldo? Who exactly do you want? 

 

Fofana was a risk, a calculated one, but still a risk. If you wait until players like become "established" then the fee we paid for Fofana multiplies by 2 at least (in a pre covid world).

 

We're still Leicester city. Although we are a much more attractive proposition than we were 6 or 7 years ago, we still don't offer the glitz and glam of a Capital based club  the history of United or Liverpool and we certainly do not match any of the big 6 in terms of turn over. We have to be smarter with our money.

 

I genuinely don't know who you want instead of Lookman who would improve us beyond what you expect? 

 

Would Neres have been any better? A lad who had 1 good season and has been pretty average since, no premier league experience but hey, he's Brazilian 

 

Madueke? An even younger prospect, playing in a poor league which much more to prove, certainly not established in anyway.

 

Berardi? His price doubled because of the euros but hey, throw money around that we don't have.....

Before this window started, we would have been over the moon with Daka, Soumare, Bertrand, Vestegaard, Lookman, and no major outgoings…and I think we still should be. 

[ronnup]

1 minute ago, The_77 said:

Before this window started, we would have been over the moon with Daka, Soumare, Bertrand, Vestegaard, Lookman, and no major outgoings…and I think we still should be. 

 

 

Totally agree. Imagine if we ever actually play any of them!!! 

[Walshy5]

Remember the good old days when right footed players played on the right and left footed players played on the left!

[The_77]

1 minute ago, kingfox said:

Those three are right-wingers, Lookman is a left-winger.

 

That’s where the problem lies and that’s why the likes of @FoxyPalace.com are unsurprisingly annoyed.

When everyone is healthy, we’ll have a lot of fullbacks to chose from…
 

…enter Ricardo at RW. I can’t believe there’s anyone who thinks he wouldn’t be ridiculously effective from there after enough time.

[Sunbury Fox]

4 minutes ago, Walshy5 said:

Remember the good old days when right footed players played on the right and left footed players played on the left!

Looks like Sean Dyche has signed up to FT! 

[Jimbo]

When we attack down the right we switch shape

 

 

                            Vardy

Barnes      Maddison   Perez     Ricardo

 

 

               Tielemans 

                                    NDidi

 

     Thomas    Soyuncu     Amartey 

 

 

 

Why do we so desperately need a right winger?

 

This is the thing that I feel keeps getting overlooked.

 

Forgive my crude depiction above, but that's basically how we play. 

 

Replace Perez with Lookman and let him roam free ish with Maddison and we should, hopefully, look very threatening going forward.

 

Of course, Rodgers may well have a different plan. But me, with my extensive top tier football knowledge, gained from well over 2 decades of playing football manager games of various different names, that's how I'd see us line up

[kingfox]

8 minutes ago, The_77 said:

When everyone is healthy, we’ll have a lot of fullbacks to chose from…
 

…enter Ricardo at RW. I can’t believe there’s anyone who thinks he wouldn’t be ridiculously effective from there after enough time.

But you’d be plugging a hole with a player who is one of the best right-backs in the division, therefore taking him out of his strongest position.

 

We’ve needed a proper RW ever since Mahrez left, yet here we are again, another window gone by and we still haven’t rectified our missing puzzle piece.

 

Now some fans seem content with signing Lookman, and still having Perez & Albrighton as our main RW options, baffling. 
 

After all our good work in this transfer window, yet again we end a transfer window in underwhelming fashion.

Edited 31 August 2021 by kingfox

[Jimbo]

1 minute ago, kingfox said:

But you’d plugging a hole with a player who is one of the best right-backs in the division, therefore taking him out of his strongest position.

 

We’ve needed a proper RW ever since Mahrez left, yet here we are again, another window gone by and we still haven’t rectified our missing puzzle piece.

 

Now some fans seem content with signing Lookman, and still having Perez & Albrighton as our main RW options, baffling. 
 

After all our good work in this transfer window, yet again we end a transfer window in underwhelming fashion.

A proper right wing doesn't exist anymore. When Riyad was here we played 442 with inverted wingers. Since he's gone we've switched our style of play, massively. 

[happy85]

What the option price on lookman?

[StriderHiryu]

1 minute ago, Jimbo said:

When we attack down the right we switch shape

 

 

                            Vardy

Barnes      Maddison   Perez     Ricardo

 

 

               Tielemans 

                                    NDidi

 

     Thomas    Soyuncu     Amartey 

 

 

 

Why do we so desperately need a right winger?

 

This is the thing that I feel keeps getting overlooked.

 

Forgive my crude depiction above, but that's basically how we play. 

 

Replace Perez with Lookman and let him roam free ish with Maddison and we should, hopefully, look very threatening going forward.

 

Of course, Rodgers may well have a different plan. But me, with my extensive top tier football knowledge, gained from well over 2 decades of playing football manager games of various different names, that's how I'd see us line up

This is a fair point, because that is our attacking shape. Perez moves in field so Ricardo can provide the overload.

 

But in this example, Perez still doesn't contribute enough; 2 goals and 1 assist is less output than Jonny Evans! Dennis Praet IMO could and should have been tried for an extended run in the team but Rodgers thought otherwise. Coutinho could have done it, but he won't be coming here.

 

Perhaps though if we had the mirror image of Barnes, that player could still offer more goal contributions even if they cut inside. Many of the player we were linked to also play in teams that do similar things; Neres, Madeuke, Berrardi for example.

[Foxhateram]

Done. Contracts being signed. 

[kingfox]

Just now, Jimbo said:

A proper right wing doesn't exist anymore. When Riyad was here we played 442 with inverted wingers. Since he's gone we've switched our style of play, massively. 

So you’re more than happy to see Perez continue to play there?

[tickler28]

Wait I've checked and Lookman is Right footed.....then again so is Barnes...whats the harm in playing a right footed player on the right who can whip in crosses?

[Scotch]

Just now, tickler28 said:

Wait I've checked and Lookman is Right footed.....then again so is Barnes...whats the harm in playing a right footed player on the right who can whip in crosses?

He looks fairly comfortable with his left too. I wouldn't say he's two footed but he's definately capable with the left peg. 

[Collymore]

9 minutes ago, Foxhateram said:

Done. Contracts being signed. 

[happy85]

https://twitter.com/robdorsettsky/status/1432693194303713285?s=21

[Jimbo]

26 minutes ago, kingfox said:

So you’re more than happy to see Perez continue to play there?

Didn't say that, but if Lookman is coming in to replace Perez then that's not an issue is it?

[The_77]

32 minutes ago, kingfox said:

But you’d be plugging a hole with a player who is one of the best right-backs in the division, therefore taking him out of his strongest position.

 

We’ve needed a proper RW ever since Mahrez left, yet here we are again, another window gone by and we still haven’t rectified our missing puzzle piece.

 

Now some fans seem content with signing Lookman, and still having Perez & Albrighton as our main RW options, baffling. 
 

After all our good work in this transfer window, yet again we end a transfer window in underwhelming fashion.

He is one of the best RBs around, absolutely. And he would also be a phenomenal RW. Justin at RB with Ricky at RW would be lethal. 

[Fox 66]

Has anyone questioned why RB are willing to let Lookman go, albeit on loan?

Loaned last year to Fulham, didn’t they buy him (amongst loads of others) to develop?

[majaco]

1 hour ago, chapero82 said:

I always said to my Son he would never make it as a footballer but after watching Perez play for us I’ve told him even I could 

I am in my 50s with arthritic knees.  Perez has inspired me to keep my phone on in case Ruskin makes a late move for me.

Edited 31 August 2021 by majaco
Typo

[kingfox]

3 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

Didn't say that, but if Lookman is coming in to replace Perez then that's not an issue is it?

You know Lookman is far better as a LW right?

[Matt]

1 hour ago, coolhandfox said:

In 18/19 he played 34 PL games out of 38 (23 starting and 11 sub).

 

Was probably he best run in the side, 4 goals, 1 assist. 

Genuinely interesting and surprising! Especially the starting stats.

 

Did he have a run of games? If so how many or was it play one miss one type of thing.

[st albans fox]

its clear that some posters only have time to click onto a thread and post their thoughts without reading anything - otherwise there is no explanation for what some write 

 

we should all be aware of this and adjust the tone of replies accordingly

 

of course, some posters will simply be a pain in the ar*e 

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

He's stepping up in coming to us, so hopefully it'll bring about some improvement. I remember him always looking dangerous but not being able to hit a barn door when he was at Fulham. Think he could be decent for us with better players and coaches around him.