Alban Lafont

[CosbehFox]

12 minutes ago, volpeazzurro said:

Absolutely, they must have stayed in bed every day! Rodgers however oversees them. I think by now, if things hadn't improved substantially defence wise, with the international standard players at their disposal, you'd have to question the abilities of the coaching staff and make a few redundancies and then get people in that can make a difference. 

Multiple managers oversaw the same goalkeeping coach and appointed him set-pieces manager. Don't see why Rodgers is being highlighted for stick on the point that Stowell is a club appointment and has been stretching back to the days of Rob Kelly. In the Pearson era, Stowell was actually given responsibility for recommending goalkeepers to sign. Your dislike of Rodgers is clouding objectivity. 

Edited 27 July 2022 by Cardiff_Fox

[FosseSpark]

my view is that we should go with Iversen if Kasper leaves and spend the 'wages' money on a Left sides defender and/or RW'er

Iversen has been voted player of the year at a champo club and is very well thought of. That's the way we have looked to promote other youth and reserve players ie you prove yourself and we will back you. 

no point spunking £20m on Artur Shutstoppa from Ligue 1 when we have someone like that on the books. 

[Bergen fox]

Every 1 wanting him because he is good on fifa 👀

[volpeazzurro]

6 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Multiple managers oversaw the same goalkeeping coach and appointed him set-pieces manager. Don't see why Rodgers is being highlighted for stick on the point that Stowell is a club appointment and has been stretching back to the days of Rob Kelly. In the Pearson era, Stowell was actually given responsibility for recommending goalkeepers to sign. Your dislike of Rodgers is clouding objectivity. 

Regardless of who was or wasn't in charge before and what they did or didn't do, the defensive problems are obvious to supporters, commented on by the media and are most definitely in the here and now and have been there for months.

 

Rodgers is the man in charge and getting £10m per year to sort such things out. He is ultimately culpable for certain failures and charged with rectifying such problems like any boss in any job.

 

I don't hide my personal misgivings of Rodgers but maintain the above is objective reasonable observation. If you can't see the reality of that then perhaps you're not being objective? Perhaps your views may be clouded by a blue tinted total faith in our manager?

[urban.spaceman]

16 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

NOW WE ARE FCUKIN TALKING BUSINESS

Two things are certain when Ric gets excited about a player we're linked to:

 

1. 90% of the rest of the forum gets excited too.

 

and 

 

2. There's no chance in hell the club will sign them.

[Ric Flair]

3 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

Two things are certain when Ric gets excited about a player we're linked to:

 

1. 90% of the rest of the forum gets excited too.

 

and 

 

2. There's no chance in hell the club will sign them.

Hahahahahaa I really need to up my red herring game to start to land some players we actually ought to want.

[Tielemans63]

19 minutes ago, Kent-Fox said:

Every 1 wanting him because he is good on fifa 👀

That's not true.

 

I want him because he's good on FM

[CosbehFox]

27 minutes ago, volpeazzurro said:

Regardless of who was or wasn't in charge before and what they did or didn't do, the defensive problems are obvious to supporters, commented on by the media and are most definitely in the here and now and have been there for months.

 

Rodgers is the man in charge and getting £10m per year to sort such things out. He is ultimately culpable for certain failures and charged with rectifying such problems like any boss in any job.

 

I don't hide my personal misgivings of Rodgers but maintain the above is objective reasonable observation. If you can't see the reality of that then perhaps you're not being objective? Perhaps your views may be clouded by a blue tinted total faith in our manager?

You have blamed Schmeichel’s weakness which has existed pre Rodgers on Rodgers. Despite a club appointed goalkeeper coach working with Kasper everyday of his City career. 
 

I don’t have a total faith in our manager and I don’t know why you’ve got that impression 

Edited 27 July 2022 by Cardiff_Fox

[Bergen fox]

11 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said:

That's not true.

 

I want him because he's good on FM

Love that 😂

[Pliskin]

Thing is, he would probably be cheaper than Leno. And he’s three times as good. 

[JimJams]

How much do we actually think he'll cost?

[moore_94]

3 minutes ago, JimJams said:

How much do we actually think he'll cost?

Back in June it was reported he would be available for €20m

[Saxondale]

4 hours ago, Finnegan said:

His close control and shorter distribution, particularly on the ground, is mediocre at best. Those dinked, floaty balls out to the full backs are really not his forte and are obviously something he's had to add to his game later in his career. 

3 hours ago, Ted Maul said:

Let's be fair to Schmeichel- his distribution has only ever been in question since we've become hell-bent on implementing the high-risk/low-reward tactic of chipping it out to the full-back and putting ourselves under needless pressure.

I suppose this is the thing. The short-pass-out-from-the-back thing is a pretty new phenomenon. Two seasons? Not just Leicester of course; it somehow became the norm almost overnight.

[Finnegan]

1 minute ago, Saxondale said:

I suppose this is the thing. The short-pass-out-from-the-back thing is a pretty new phenomenon. Two seasons? Not just Leicester of course; it somehow became the norm almost overnight.

 

Regardless, its what managers are now deciding they want and it's a skill that's becoming valued in goalkeepers and its not really a skill Kasper has. 

 

Conversely, his ability to find a counter attacking winger 60ft away is one that isn't overly sought after in the current vogue. 

 

What is slightly amusingly ironic about that, of course, is Ederson is celebrated for his massive long range passing playing for a manager regarded as probably the biggest influence in the game becoming more focused on maintaining possession and building from the back. 

[Saxondale]

2 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

Regardless, its what managers are now deciding they want and it's a skill that's becoming valued in goalkeepers and its not really a skill Kasper has. 

 

Conversely, his ability to find a counter attacking winger 60ft away is one that isn't overly sought after in the current vogue. 

 

What is slightly amusingly ironic about that, of course, is Ederson is celebrated for his massive long range passing playing for a manager regarded as probably the biggest influence in the game becoming more focused on maintaining possession and building from the back. 

Yep. However, is it actually true that he doesn’t have this skill set or just perception? Is his pass completion / failure rate actually that bad compared to other ‘keepers? This is not rhetorical, I literally don’t know.

 

 

[deep blue]

4 hours ago, taupe said:

helluva ball that one. Once in a lifetime even. One he could dine out on, or at least have a few free beers off the back of.

 

Edit: and, of course, Mahrez's touch (and we will say it was deliberate and not a miscontrol  )... and the finish; Vardy does not miss them. All in all, one of the best goals of all time, and oh-so Leicester (back then)

Off-topic, and unapologetic reminiscing, but I can, and often do, replay that goal in my mind.  

Mahrez's touch on a rain-sodden pitch was perfection, unbelievable, and the whole move was brilliantly clinical.

Sigh ...

[Saxondale]

11 minutes ago, Saxondale said:

Yep. However, is it actually true that he doesn’t have this skill set or just perception? Is his pass completion / failure rate actually that bad compared to other ‘keepers? This is not rhetorical, I literally don’t know.

 

 

According to this: https://www.kickest.it/en/premier-league/stats/players/accurate-passes-percentage?positions=1

 

…his distribution is not bad, if measured by pass accuracy.

[deep blue]

4 hours ago, Old Fox said:

Absolutely no chance 

 

the club will sell or loan him out - he’s not good enough and BR knows it !

How do you know all that?

[Pliskin]

3 hours ago, FosseSpark said:

my view is that we should go with Iversen if Kasper leaves and spend the 'wages' money on a Left sides defender and/or RW'er

Iversen has been voted player of the year at a champo club and is very well thought of. That's the way we have looked to promote other youth and reserve players ie you prove yourself and we will back you. 

no point spunking £20m on Artur Shutstoppa from Ligue 1 when we have someone like that on the books. 

Iverson is miles behind Kasper. It would significantly weaken our defence if he comes in. It’s more than likely Ward will come in and play. 

[Lambert09]

3 hours ago, Tielemans63 said:

That's not true.

 

I want him because he's good on FM

genuine question but are any keepers actually good on fm? swear they all just make howlers 

[Guest]

45 minutes ago, Saxondale said:

Yep. However, is it actually true that he doesn’t have this skill set or just perception? Is his pass completion / failure rate actually that bad compared to other ‘keepers? This is not rhetorical, I literally don’t know.

 

 

I certainly don't have the stats to back this up but I've always thought his distribution is erratic rather than outright poor (though he's definitely better at the long stuff than playing one-twos with the centre backs). He's just as likely to land a 50-yarder on the foot of our winger or full back as he is to slice a fairly routine pass into the stands or roll one straight to the opposition striker on the edge of the box. Unfortunately when you want your team to be building from the back it's not ideal when you can't rely on your keeper to be a part of that.

[JimJams]

So if Kelechi were a keeper then?

[CrazyKopCorner]

Gerrim in. 

 

My lad says he has a potential 97 rating - and that's out of 100 

[volpeazzurro]

4 hours ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

You have blamed Schmeichel’s weakness which has existed pre Rodgers on Rodgers. Despite a club appointed goalkeeper coach working with Kasper everyday of his City career. 
 

I don’t have a total faith in our manager and I don’t know why you’ve got that impression 

Because Rodgers is responsible for choosing his coaching staff and if they're not producing results, whether that being defensive resilience or goalkeeping, it's his responsibility to dispense with their services. He's done it with other staff and clearly he would have been involved with the employment of Congerton even.

It doesn't matter whether it's smiley Toure or long term employee Stowell, if they're not producing they've got to go like any other job.

[FoxyLeon]

A huge downgrade. Even the Youtube video, supposedly showing his best bits, have him parrying every shot back into play. Schemichel is as good a keeper as Vardy is a goalscorer, but we will not realise that until he's gone. Another leader being let go because Rodgers can't handle him. No doubt Kasper is still annoyed when Rodgers took him out the team to stop his record of consecutive games, when there was absolutely no need.