Iheanacho

[Pliskin]

He is a big game player. Can’t deny that…. Dragged us through a rough patch a few seasons back, dragged us to the FA cup final and may well drag us to safety. 

[Jimbo]

17 minutes ago, sm1 said:

Classic Nacho. No one has a clue what he's going to do.

Almost on par with Jeff Schlupp not having a clue why all the players were celebrating a draw at Sunderland 

[Lambert09]

15 minutes ago, bovril said:

Still underrated. He has flaws but the 'blows hot and cold' tag is unwarranted in my opinion, he's more consistent than most of our players. I think his personality affects how people see his game. 

the thing is though, if he didn’t have the flaws he wouldn’t be playing for us. So we just have to embrace them. 

 

I’d love to see his numbers after a full season of playing as the main man. The problem is, because it’s so bad when it’s bad.. managers drop him 😂

[alanf0x]

Anyone else see the wolves player trying to get the ball off him after the penalty and he thought the wolves player was congratulating him and gave him a high five…so he did 

[alanf0x]

1 minute ago, alanf0x said:

Anyone else see the wolves player trying to get the ball off him after the penalty and he thought the wolves player was congratulating him and gave him a high five…so he did 

Just woke up and read the previous posts. Glad others spotted this Nacho moment! 

[Corky]

He was loving it on the bench towards the end, almost bowing to Iversen when he saved that free kick then sprinted straight to him at full time.

[Heathrow fox]

He was on the TalkSport breakfast show in the week.Sounded his usual happy and positive self.Gave the impression it’s a united camp.I don’t think there’s anything to worry about now.Forest,Leeds and Soton are down.

[MalletFox]

2 hours ago, whitlock said:

He ran back to the half way line with the ball in his hand, a Wolves player put his hand out (for the ball) and Kel shook his hand and ran past 😂

I was howling at that, pretty sure he actually shook his hand TWICE before the penny dropped that he just wanted the ball!

[Bryn]

Iheanacho has been the best striker at the club for a long time now and he’s been treated really poorly. And yet still comes out smiling.

[HarryDee8]

He loses the ball when hes under little pressure. You can't do that in this league. Can't even distribute the ball at times

[shailen]

Things happen when he plays. Has to be our number 1 striker till the end of the season!! 

[blueharmie]

He must start now.

 

Excellent performance, hope he keeps this up we need him 

[The_Rorab]

I cannot fathom people slating Nacho this season in any capacity, regardless of his shortcomings. He is the player he is, but there's surely no doubt that he's head and shoulders above our other striking options on form, and seems to be the only one that can actually change a game on his own out of the 3 - which is no disrespect to Vardy, but I haven't seen it from him once this season.

 

But yeah, absolute madness people still not rating him imo.

[OwnGoal]

If he starts very game he probably a 18-20 goal a season striker. 

[Heathrow fox]

39 minutes ago, OwnGoal said:

If he starts very game he probably a 18-20 goal a season striker. 

Easy.It’s just where would the team finish in the table.My only problem with him is that he’s too one footed and he doesn’t score enough braces.He seems to struggle to get that second goal in a game.

Would be gutted if he left.Worth remembering that Shakes bought him in but hardly got the chance to play him.Injury and sack.

[Mendi]

Decent player

[Bernieboots76]

Averaging a goal every 183 minutes in the league this season which is the best strike rate in the team.

[Lcfc-1992]

2 blokes in G2 constantly moaning all game and most of it was aimed at Iheanacho. They disappeared quickly at the end, probably annoyed we’d won

 

I get he can be frustrating but he always seem to make things happen when he’s on the pitch.

[volpeazzurro]

Ok, he can sometimes look a bit ungainly, occasionally the ball bounces off him, but ... if a striker can somehow manage to score every other game he'll do me fine compared to the sleek full of tricks and dribbles type that looks good, but doesn’t actually get the ball in the net.

[honeybradger]

The match of the day analysis on him was really good. There's not many players in the world who can create chances from a 10 position in the first half then lead the line in the second half. They highlighted how Iheanacho's movement was crucial to giving Castagne space to run in to a dangerous area and score our second goal.

 

He really is so underrated on here, thankfully Smith seems to rate him and with fair playing time he should get his the praise that a player of his quality is due.

[Beachyboy]

He's been my favourite Leicester player for about 2 years now, I just love his attitude, that chilled out, I'm here to help the team when I play, wherever I play, and if I don't play I will support the team and those that do play.

[Claridge]

He is either fantastic or useless. Very rarely just average

[Chelmofox]

For everything that is great, that second half chance sums him up for me. You never know what he is going to do, and for some reason there he just stopped. Sometimes he is so frustrating, and then he can be amazing.

 

His post match interview is beautiful though. Said he doesn't care where he plays, he just wants to help the team. Definitely a great bloke.

 

 

[moore_94]

Since he joined us:

 

203 appearances

99 starts

9,541 minutes - 106 90s

87 goal contributions - 55 goals and 32 assists

Goal contribution every 110 minutes

 

He needs to be starting every game for the rest of the season, and if we stay up he needs to be given a new deal and to be the main man next season

 

He can be clumsy at times but the guy is still just so effective at scoring and assisting

[smudgerfox]

20 hours ago, HarryDee8 said:

He loses the ball when hes under little pressure. You can't do that in this league. Can't even distribute the ball at times

Same could be said of Maddison and Tielemans. He put in Vardy for Tetes chance, he put in Vardy for the penalty , he scored the penalty, he brought a good save from Sa, from the edge of a box, he made a distracting front post run for Castagne’s winner. Ffs what more do you want?

 

I’m not talking about whiteboard , advanced coaching theory,  technical accomplishment - I’m talking about affecting the outcome of a football match. 
 

And imagine how much better he might be and have been with a fanbase and manager who embrace his talent rather than chuntering the moment he miscontrols a pass.