Will Vardy score another 21 PL goals and get into the all-time top 10?

[DoveValleyFox]

Yes but he needs to be managed properly. Try a season where he is left on the halfway line when we are defending corners. It would improve his chances of maintaining his goal tally and create an 'out' ball. It would also reduce his risk of injury while defending corners (which does happen as he always commits 100%).

 

More time on the pitch could give him a realistic target of 15 in each of the next two (and probably final) seasons with us. 

 

150 PL goals would be such a glorious way to bow out.

 

[Izzy]

1 minute ago, DoveValleyFox said:

Yes but he needs to be managed properly. Try a season where he is left on the halfway line when we are defending corners. It would improve his chances of maintaining his goal tally and create an 'out' ball. It would also reduce his risk of injury while defending corners (which does happen as he always commits 100%).

 

More time on the pitch could give him a realistic target of 15 in each of the next two (and probably final) seasons with us. 

 

150 PL goals would be such a glorious way to bow out.

 

151 PL goals and overtaking Michael Owen on the all-time list would be even more glorious.

 

Ya know, considering "he's not a natural finisher" 

[honeybradger]

2 minutes ago, DoveValleyFox said:

Yes but he needs to be managed properly. Try a season where he is left on the halfway line when we are defending corners. It would improve his chances of maintaining his goal tally and create an 'out' ball. It would also reduce his risk of injury while defending corners (which does happen as he always commits 100%).

 

More time on the pitch could give him a realistic target of 15 in each of the next two (and probably final) seasons with us. 

 

150 PL goals would be such a glorious way to bow out.

 

he's one of our best players at defending corners though, with our current record we cant afford to take him out of our box

[Strokes]

10 minutes ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

Even though I don't think he'll get to it, 21 just seems too far away now at his age, I'd have maybe backed him before the injury. But as phube said I think a few will have gone past Owen if he ever did reach it 

He will get another 9 this season.

[An Away Move]

3 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Have you even watched him this season?

 

He was brilliant before his injury and completely carried us when we were conceding 2 goals a game. He was keeping up with Salah in the scoring charts. He was one of the best 3 or 4 players in the league.

 

We’ve looked a far far better side when he’s been in the side and we’ve looked a far far worse one when he’s been out - the points per game stats with and without him this season back that up as well.

 

To say “he’s not what the club needs going forward” and it’s just because “of a brace vs Norwich and nostalgia” is frankly utter baffling.

 

He’s been our best player this season when he’s played hands down and would’ve run away with our player of the season award had he not spent half the season injured.
 

 

It’s a testament to Vardy’s intelligence, movement and skill that he’s still scoring goals at this level, but I’ve also seen him out run and out muscled by defenders that couldn’t do either a while back. He’s too old to play up front on his own. I’ll use the Abraham analogy again. Look how he terrorised us on his own up front. Vardy used to do that to an opposition. As a team we need more up front to benefit the whole. Look at the 2015-16 dvd to see how much Vardy, for all his continued brilliance, is a shadow of what he was. It’s time to phase in the new. 

[DoveValleyFox]

33 minutes ago, Phube said:

I need another option. 

 

He could score 21 more... just if he keeps injury free. But it may not get him in the top 10 (for long).

 

Lukaku is only 9 behind.

Salah is only 11 behind (1/2 a season).

Mané is only 20 behind.

 

If any of those stay in the Prem for 2/3 more seasons they'll definitely overtake Vardy pretty quickly. 

Those three will not be in the PL for more than two. They will want at least one huge payday abroad before they finish and this would need to be while they are still firing. Lukaku will be gone even sooner, for sure.

 

If Vardy is managed sensibly he will get 30 in the next two seasons, meaning that he stays well clear. 

[Kendal Fox]

Think if he can get another 4 or 5 goals in these last few games, he'll be into the teens and suddenly, the target looks very doable, at the start of next season.

 

So, yes, I think he will.

[Nod.E]

I don't understand all the negativity surrounding Vardy. He's had a couple of injuries, which can happen. It isn't even the same injury. Other than the past few games since returning from injury, he's looked nothing but sharp all season. 

 

Remember Watford at home? Man possessed.

 

No, he isn't 15/16 Vardy. But 15/16 Vardy was insane.

 

Absolutely no indication that he can't continue to be our first choice striker in the league for 2 or 3 years, playing 30ish games. 

 

As others have said, Salah and Mane will overtake anyway, but I just want him to get ahead of 'natural finisher' Owen.

[Sampson]

8 minutes ago, An Away Move said:

It’s a testament to Vardy’s intelligence, movement and skill that he’s still scoring goals at this level, but I’ve also seen him out run and out muscled by defenders that couldn’t do either a while back. He’s too old to play up front on his own. I’ll use the Abraham analogy again. Look how he terrorised us on his own up front. Vardy used to do that to an opposition. As a team we need more up front to benefit the whole. Look at the 2015-16 dvd to see how much Vardy, for all his continued brilliance, is a shadow of what he was. It’s time to phase in the new. 

Mate. Absolutely all the stats disagree with you. 
 

We were the 4th top scorers in the league when Vardy got injured and they dried up as soon as he got injured. We were down in mid table because our defence was crap not because of our attack.

 

Vardy doesn’t need to terrorise defenders in that way. We’ve created and scored more than enough goals to be where we were last season whenever he’s played. We are objectively a far better side when he plays.

 

And you’re absolutely nuts championing Abraham based on one game. Abraham showed for years he isn’t a very good PL player, certainly a far far inferior one to Vardy. You’re being blinded by the same Serie A tax that Lukaku and Marko Aurnotovic (who has 1 less Serie A goal than Abraham this season has). Abraham is a Championship forward living off that run of about 10 Chelsea games 3 or 4 years ago.

Edited 11 May 2022 by Sampson

[Supergray22]

12 minutes ago, honeybradger said:

he's one of our best players at defending corners though, with our current record we cant afford to take him out of our box

I was about to say that. Since he has come back he has shown that he is still one of our best at defending corners and I don’t mean that in a  derogatory manner. 

[DoveValleyFox]

7 minutes ago, honeybradger said:

he's one of our best players at defending corners though, with our current record we cant afford to take him out of our box

I agree, he is but he is now starting to pick up injuries so his responsibilities should be on scoring and assisting goals.

 

It is the manager's job to create a solid defensive system and to put your best goalscorer in the best position to do just that. 

 

I'm speaking about the best way to get our GOAT to a golden PL landmark.

[Bert]

I think he can break 150. Had he not have been injured for so long this season I think he’d be touching 20. How great was it to see those runs in behind again? 

[DoveValleyFox]

16 minutes ago, Izzy said:

151 PL goals and overtaking Michael Owen on the all-time list would be even more glorious.

 

Ya know, considering "he's not a natural finisher" 

I agree. 150 is a fabulous landmark but that extra goal would be incredible and a crisp slap in the face for Owen.

[He aint bald]

Will he, who knows?

Could he, fuchs yeah .......... 

I hope he is not played carrying knocks for the 3rd season on the trot.

Five subs........ 

[lcfc sheff]

This summer, build the right team around him and he’ll do it, got at least 3 seasons in him I reckon 

[Vacamion]

 

If you think about it, back in the day, he was able to be the focus of our counter-attack, when he out-sprinted defenders and was too quick thinking for keepers.

 

When our style changed, so did he.  He hardly ever scores now by outrunnung defenders from deep on the counter, instead, he uses his guile and experience to get into great positions and he remains a great shooter.

 

If you add in his assists to team mates, his hold up play, his contributions to defensive corners and those charging tackles and presses which set the tone (a fine example this evening), it's easy to see why many call him the GOAT.

 

 

 

If only he'd been used properly at international level, when he was in his devastating prime.  I'm looking at YOU, Hodgson...

 

 

[SecretPro]

Depends if Rebekah let's him or not.

[Super_horns]

Probably get a couple on Sunday - likes playing us !

 

[ThurmastonFox]

I reckon his 17 against Watford and 4 against Southampton will see him to it 

[The whole world smiles]

1 hour ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

Even though I don't think he'll get to it, 21 just seems too far away now at his age, I'd have maybe backed him before the injury. But as phube said I think a few will have gone past Owen if he ever did reach it 

Yeah I was more referring to the 21 goals agree people will beat him to the top 10. 

[The whole world smiles]

1 hour ago, An Away Move said:

Because he’s 35 and no longer operating at the level he was. A brace against Norwich combined with nostalgia is not what the club needs to move forwards. 

A goal every 130 minutes this season suggests otherwise. The 3rd best minutes per goals in the whole league behind only salah and Mahrez who play in sides that creates loads of chances and scores loads of goals. 

[sm1]

With no European football next season and Vardy probably only playing once a week, I think he could score 20 goals and beat Owen. 

Edited 11 May 2022 by sm1

[Leicester_Loyal]

Important to remember we'll have less games next season due to no European commitments, which means a fresher Vardy for the majority of them. I'm unsure if he'll hit another 21 goals, but fancy him to get at least 13/14 next season. I think 23-24 will be his final season at the club, where he'll be an impact sub, so all depends on how well he does in that role.

 

He won't finish in the top 20 anyway, as others will overtake him by the time he retires.

[An Away Move]

1 hour ago, The whole world smiles said:

A goal every 130 minutes this season suggests otherwise. The 3rd best minutes per goals in the whole league behind only salah and Mahrez who play in sides that creates loads of chances and scores loads of goals. 

This is true and I accept your logic, but we don’t play like Liverpool or Man City so the onus on our attackers is to be able to do more. Vardy lacks the ‘more’ these days. Remember how much he used create chasing lost causes and making a nuisance of himself? His goal scoring is not in question. It’s the all round play and what it brings to the team. 

[Dan]

Sadly I think not, but I'd be buzzing if he could beat that cretin.