sacreblueits442 Posted 17 November 2022 Share Posted 17 November 2022 12 hours ago, An Sionnach said: Iheanacho will leave shortly , if he can maintain his pay that is. Vardy is part time . Our leading striker is Maddison and the club may well sell him to avoid a Tielemans situation. Daka will never be a fifteen goal a season man in the PL although he is a good back up man. We need another striker. ....I can't see Nacho going, he signed a new contract (surprisingly) and he seems content to fill the role in the squad!!! CDK would have filled the role and perhaps somewhere down the road our paths may cross. Would love the right winger to come in and Tete surely must be a consideration. Madders has had a good season and a half infront of goal, but if we continue to use him drifting off the Right then eventually teams are going to pick up on how to nullify him with the left back effectively tracking him. Daka is obviously learning from Vardy, but Vardy is a big cloud over his head, the need to perform to start the next game is some pressure. Snatching at chances as he has little guarantee that he gets to start the next game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 18 November 2022 Share Posted 18 November 2022 10 hours ago, sacreblueits442 said: ....I can't see Nacho going, he signed a new contract (surprisingly) and he seems content to fill the role in the squad!!! CDK would have filled the role and perhaps somewhere down the road our paths may cross. Would love the right winger to come in and Tete surely must be a consideration. Madders has had a good season and a half infront of goal, but if we continue to use him drifting off the Right then eventually teams are going to pick up on how to nullify him with the left back effectively tracking him. Daka is obviously learning from Vardy, but Vardy is a big cloud over his head, the need to perform to start the next game is some pressure. Snatching at chances as he has little guarantee that he gets to start the next game. His contract is up in 2024, he will be sold this summer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 18 November 2022 Share Posted 18 November 2022 On 16/11/2022 at 18:49, Ric Flair said: An LCB who can play LB or CB would be ideal in a difficult window, Medina from Lens or Szalai could tick off both those roles if its difficult to get both in. My main pick for Faes long term replacement though wouldn't be either if we were able to get LB cover in too. Probably beyond our reach but Nathan Ake would be a superb buy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackneyfox Posted 18 November 2022 Share Posted 18 November 2022 17 minutes ago, AKCJ said: Probably beyond our reach but Nathan Ake would be a superb buy. We already have a team of short arses, he would add to that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 18 November 2022 Share Posted 18 November 2022 37 minutes ago, hackneyfox said: We already have a team of short arses, he would add to that. He is surprisingly very good in the air though IMO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackneyfox Posted 18 November 2022 Share Posted 18 November 2022 42 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: He is surprisingly very good in the air though IMO Agreed but mainly because he can read a situation well and positions himself accordingly, still think I'd prefer a 6'4" beast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandfox Posted 18 November 2022 Share Posted 18 November 2022 2 hours ago, AKCJ said: Probably beyond our reach but Nathan Ake would be a superb buy. Good player, but we are going to be shopping in the 10m-20m market for a CB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie1999 Posted 18 November 2022 Share Posted 18 November 2022 If Man U sack Ronaldo we should put an offer of revenge forward to him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackneyfox Posted 18 November 2022 Share Posted 18 November 2022 3 hours ago, Ric Flair said: He is surprisingly very good in the air though IMO I thought Ake was only 27, I've changed my mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silebyfox_89 Posted 18 November 2022 Share Posted 18 November 2022 Ake is accident prone, expensive and think he's on a good wage too. We will be looking at better options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1 Posted 18 November 2022 Share Posted 18 November 2022 4 hours ago, Silebyfox_89 said: Ake is accident prone, expensive and think he's on a good wage too. We will be looking at better options. Got to agree. I thought Ake was decent at Watford and Bournemouth, but he seems to be very nervous at Man City. Has a mistake in him, surely better alternatives at the money and wage wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacreblueits442 Posted 18 November 2022 Share Posted 18 November 2022 3 minutes ago, sm1 said: Got to agree. I thought Ake was decent at Watford and Bournemouth, but he seems to be very nervous at Man City. Has a mistake in him, surely better alternatives at the money and wage wanted. ...not surprising that he was OK at Watford and Bournemouth and his nervous in the goldfish bowl of Man. City!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerblod Posted 20 November 2022 Share Posted 20 November 2022 On 16/11/2022 at 19:40, sacreblueits442 said: ...I did not say he would pushing, in as much if he believes if that is what we need, he would have some input!!! We just seem so focused on the term Defensive Coach, he is a coach first and foremost. He would have been part of other aspects of the game throughout his career, I really believe he brings a lot more to the table than we understand. Both 'Coolhand' and 'Cosbeh' Foxes do appear to believe, firmly so, that football coaching staff do exist in vacuums. Or maybe they think that they're more like computer or engine parts - cogs in the machine! It's bizarre thinking, especially when the really great teams develop a 'seamless' approach to playing - generally known as 'total football'. The very best footballers have one outstanding quality, they adapt quickly and are team players. Vardy epitomises this - able to judge whether he should take the shot or whether he should pass. Rodgers managed to create a dysfunction - where the defence was all at sea - mainly because they were constantly unsettled, didn't receive believable coaching and had lost faith - in the coaching and, as a result, in themselves. Knudsen has turned that around - in weeks. Faes is the only dependable centre back - City urgently need another such player. In that way a quality partnership could be developed. Evans, Amartey and Cags are all, in different ways, unreliable. So, for me, central defence is the critical issue. As for the posters who're fretting about LB/LWB, Thomas, given support, a bit of encouragement and game time, will continue to develop into a fine player. Too many on here think that it's players who're to blame for bad results - it's the donkeys who manage them who take that particular 'accolade'. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxed Posted 20 November 2022 Share Posted 20 November 2022 On 16/11/2022 at 18:35, Stadt said: Our CM/DM options going into next season Wilfred Ndidi Defensive Midfield Dec 16, 1996 (26) Jun 30, 2024 €40.00m 42 Boubakary Soumaré Defensive Midfield Feb 27, 1999 (24) Jun 30, 2026 €25.00m 22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Central Midfield Sep 6, 1998 (24) Jun 30, 2027 €20.00m 26 Dennis Praet Central Midfield May 14, 1994 (29) Jun 30, 2024 €10.00m Hamza Choudhury Central Midfield Oct 1, 1997 (25) Jun 30, 2023 €5.00m Ndidi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighPeakFox Posted 20 November 2022 Share Posted 20 November 2022 Someone expressed surprise at Iheanacho signing a new contract, as though he were somehow the victim of circumstances. **** me lads, he's on serious money, it's hardly a disaster for him. People are so ready to be aggrieved on someone else's behalf. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 20 November 2022 Share Posted 20 November 2022 14 minutes ago, Foxxed said: Ndidi? He’s at the top of that table Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionator Posted 9 December 2022 Share Posted 9 December 2022 There’s 3 decent keepers at this World Cup who we should have our eyes on, the Portuguese, Dutch and Croatian ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Eaton Fox Posted 9 December 2022 Share Posted 9 December 2022 Ake has played really well at the World Cup. He does have VVD next to him though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALC Fox Posted 9 December 2022 Share Posted 9 December 2022 4 hours ago, Lionator said: There’s 3 decent keepers at this World Cup who we should have our eyes on, the Portuguese, Dutch and Croatian ones. Croatia's was superb today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanf0x Posted 10 December 2022 Share Posted 10 December 2022 Goalkeeper, left back and right winger. Although it looks like we have given up on replacing Mahrez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taupe Posted 10 December 2022 Share Posted 10 December 2022 I tire of hearing Mahrez's name (in this context) We'll never replace Mahrez. Not even if we signed him today. So please stop living in the past people. We might be looking for a right winger but we're not looking for a "Mahrez replacement". Given Rodgers' seeming like for a certain kind of player, he probably wants someone that can play on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimJams Posted 10 December 2022 Share Posted 10 December 2022 Generally a prerequisite for a right winger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergray22 Posted 10 December 2022 Share Posted 10 December 2022 On 18/11/2022 at 10:57, Ric Flair said: He is surprisingly very good in the air though IMO And a giant compared to Lisandro Martinez. It’s not just about height either. Timing technique and desire to win the ball is important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanf0x Posted 10 December 2022 Share Posted 10 December 2022 3 hours ago, taupe said: I tire of hearing Mahrez's name (in this context) We'll never replace Mahrez. Not even if we signed him today. So please stop living in the past people. We might be looking for a right winger but we're not looking for a "Mahrez replacement". Given Rodgers' seeming like for a certain kind of player, he probably wants someone that can play on the right. Don’t tire. Just highlighting we haven’t signed a 1st team right winger since 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALC Fox Posted 10 December 2022 Share Posted 10 December 2022 I still think a new GK is a distinct third priority at best right now. Yes, Ward isn't Kasper but he's improved so much behind Faes and Amartey for us. If the ideal GK becomes available then, yes, I'd want us to swoop rather than let that player slip through our fingers. But a left-back, right-sided attacker and another CB are probably our top priorities this window. Then we can start thinking about replacements/competition for Ndidi, Soumare, Mendy, Tielemans, Maddison and Barnes, including bringing through talent from our own academy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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