James Garner

[filbertway]

2 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Evidently not given we opted not to sign Lookman. Could have sold Praet for £7m, Soumare for £15m and yet rejected both and missed out on Lookman and numerous other reasonably priced wingers. We are a disgrace.

It really does seem like the board/directors are trying to make Rodgers job as hard as possible so he walks. It's not the path I'd choose as I think Rodgers is more than capable of spinning it all in his favour.

 

"The club were unfortunately unable to add to the side and weren't willing to move on players, they clearly backed me otherwise I would have been sacked"

[LestaLad]

38 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Evidently not given we opted not to sign Lookman. Could have sold Praet for £7m, Soumare for £15m and yet rejected both and missed out on Lookman and numerous other reasonably priced wingers. We are a disgrace.

You’re spot on. We’re a disgrace. Really feels like we’re ran by amateurs at the minute.

[FoxesWalk]

1 hour ago, LestaLad said:

“However, Leicester’s interest would be dependent on outgoings at the King Power Stadium.” 

 

It’s actually really annoying me now, he’s £15m. Your telling me we don’t even have that??

Don’t think it’s the fee mate, it’s the squad place and the wage bill. We should be selling higher paid guys and replacing them with young hungry players on lower wages, I’m sure that’s exactly what we will do next summer. Main problem we have now is no one wants to buy our overpaid shite players… 

[Steve Earle]

1 hour ago, Ric Flair said:

Evidently not given we opted not to sign Lookman. Could have sold Praet for £7m, Soumare for £15m and yet rejected both and missed out on Lookman and numerous other reasonably priced wingers. We are a disgrace. Puzzling isn't it? Plainly we don't know what the real reasons are...

Fixed

[LestaLad]

14 minutes ago, FoxesWalk said:

Don’t think it’s the fee mate, it’s the squad place and the wage bill. We should be selling higher paid guys and replacing them with young hungry players on lower wages, I’m sure that’s exactly what we will do next summer. Main problem we have now is no one wants to buy our overpaid shite players… 

I get that. But like Ric said, we had the chance to sell Praet for 7m, Soumaré for 15m, that’s 2 big chunks off the wage bill and squad list but we haven’t seemed to go for it. Just all very amateurish at the minute.

[FoxesWalk]

3 minutes ago, LestaLad said:

I get that. But like Ric said, we had the chance to sell Praet for 7m, Soumaré for 15m, that’s 2 big chunks off the wage bill and squad list but we haven’t seemed to go for it. Just all very amateurish at the minute.

100% 

[JimJams]

I understand frustration at not signing players, but not this f#*king guy.

[Brizzle Fox]

Can't be arsed to read this thread but is this the guy who was on loan at Notts Forest last season?

 

If he's any good and bearing in mind they've bought like a 100 players, why haven't they bought him.

 

On that basis I am a robust no.

[UHDrive]

8 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

Evidently not given we opted not to sign Lookman. Could have sold Praet for £7m, Soumare for £15m and yet rejected both and missed out on Lookman and numerous other reasonably priced wingers. We are a disgrace.

I noticed last season in a few games that Lookman was really off the pace and Rodgers was well aware. Was Rodgers talk of signing him smoke amd mirrors because he knew he wasn't what we needed? I don't want to diss lookman too much because he is genuinely talented and did well for us, just too patchy for me. 

[Ric Flair]

7 hours ago, Steve Earle said:

Fixed

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[MalletFox]

3 hours ago, UHDrive said:

I noticed last season in a few games that Lookman was really off the pace and Rodgers was well aware. Was Rodgers talk of signing him smoke amd mirrors because he knew he wasn't what we needed? I don't want to diss lookman too much because he is genuinely talented and did well for us, just too patchy for me. 

Too patchy when compared with our other really consistent wingers … he was probably in our top 4 performers last season for me, was an absolute no brainer to bring him in permanently. Now we’re switching to 3 at the back or using Perez again … speaks volumes unfortunately 

[Leeds Fox]

 

4 hours ago, UHDrive said:

I noticed last season in a few games that Lookman was really off the pace and Rodgers was well aware. Was Rodgers talk of signing him smoke amd mirrors because he knew he wasn't what we needed? I don't want to diss lookman too much because he is genuinely talented and did well for us, just too patchy for me. 

I remember Leeds away and I thought he looked really good, but I’m sure he got a poor review on here. 
 

He looked tidy, got about well, got stuck in. Not a classic wingers performance but a good performance in a gritty away game nonetheless. 

 

[Deeg67]

15 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

Evidently not given we opted not to sign Lookman. Could have sold Praet for £7m, Soumare for £15m and yet rejected both and missed out on Lookman and numerous other reasonably priced wingers. We are a disgrace.

More and more this is becoming the only relevant question - just what is the strategy here?  What sense does it make to reject bids on players that the manager refuses to use, and then decline to change managers?  Who does that help?

[volpeazzurro]

14 hours ago, LestaLad said:

I get that. But like Ric said, we had the chance to sell Praet for 7m, Soumaré for 15m, that’s 2 big chunks off the wage bill and squad list but we haven’t seemed to go for it. Just all very amateurish at the minute.

We don't know the truth of any, if any offers, or the full story. 

[UHDrive]

10 hours ago, MalletFox said:

Too patchy when compared with our other really consistent wingers … he was probably in our top 4 performers last season for me, was an absolute no brainer to bring him in permanently. Now we’re switching to 3 at the back or using Perez again … speaks volumes unfortunately 

He was one of our better players for sure, but not our best. He scored 6 goals and missed a hatful of sitters as well as running down blind alleys more often than not and making the wrong decision. In hindsight to where we are, I'd have took him all day long. No denying he had the talent.

[UHDrive]

9 hours ago, Leeds Fox said:

 

I remember Leeds away and I thought he looked really good, but I’m sure he got a poor review on here. 
 

He looked tidy, got about well, got stuck in. Not a classic wingers performance but a good performance in a gritty away game nonetheless. 

 

Hi goal to game ratio was 1x 0.26. As I've said in this thread I do beleive he had the talent, he just needed more time and sometimes it isn't easy to feel settled on loan. 

[Supergray22]

From what I have seen of this guy I’d love to see him here. Young and hungry with a lot of skill and drive. At a reasonable price too. If we can pick off a few young talents from the greedy six because they can’t wait for the finished article then that is to our gain. Tommy Doyle on loan to Sheffield United is another good example. A shrewd signing like that would also help inspire our own youngsters. 

[John rayner]

23 hours ago, FoxesWalk said:

Don’t think it’s the fee mate, it’s the squad place and the wage bill. We should be selling higher paid guys and replacing them with young hungry players on lower wages, I’m sure that’s exactly what we will do next summer. Main problem we have now is no one wants to buy our overpaid shite players… 

Maybe we should start bringing some of the under 23 squad players in, not on big wages and there hungry  we have nothing to lose  ,

[Jakemoore]

On 24/08/2022 at 10:21, LestaLad said:

“However, Leicester’s interest would be dependent on outgoings at the King Power Stadium.” 

 

It’s actually really annoying me now, he’s £15m. Your telling me we don’t even have that??

It’s not about that. It’s about our wage bill. We’re maxed out. Releasing kasper massively helped but its not enough. We need to get rid of at least 2 more but nobody wants our players as they’re all over paid. It’s our fault for signing average players and paying them top whack. We had a proper chance to break in to the top 6 long term but unlike the traditional top 6 clubs we can’t recover quickly from mistakes made in the transfer market by spending more ti resolve it. Look at Chelsea, they signed Werner and he flopped and then sold Lukaku and the flopped and yet they’re still spending close to £200m this summer. 

[filbertway]

9 hours ago, Deeg67 said:

More and more this is becoming the only relevant question - just what is the strategy here?  What sense does it make to reject bids on players that the manager refuses to use, and then decline to change managers?  Who does that help?

I've tried to see logic and sense in the clubs behviour and it literally just seems to be a staring contest between Rodgers and the club at the minute, waiting to see who blinks first.

 

Rodgers will not walk from that money, not a chance.

[Leeds Fox]

6 hours ago, UHDrive said:

Hi goal to game ratio was 1x 0.26. As I've said in this thread I do beleive he had the talent, he just needed more time and sometimes it isn't easy to feel settled on loan. 

Yeah I agree. I quoted you but wasn’t really aiming my point at you, it was more in agreement than anything.

[happy85]

 

[Ryy]

7 minutes ago, happy85 said:

 

Reliable?

[brookfox]

1 minute ago, Nannypig7 said:

Reliable?

81% pass completion rate so pretty much.

[Ric Flair]

Garner would be welcome here if we got rid of 2 of Tielemans, Praet, Soumare and Mendy.