Victor Kristiansen

[teblin]

8 hours ago, lgfualol said:

Desperately needs a new trim

 

[beepee1984]

Anyway else seriously worried that we have fans arguing who is best Kristiansen or Thomas? (by who is best I mean who is worst - would either get in another Championship team?)

 

The fact that this is our left back choice is a serious problem and the club chose to give one a 4 year contract and has been unable to get rid of the other. No matter which we pick they will both play a stinker every single time

 

Many think Aluko is the magic answer - although considering he is a Right Back mainly, never played a professional league game and will have no support from the winger in front of him (one of which may be a 16 year old) I'm not so sure - although I doubt he could do any worse - I don't think it is best for his development

[Sly]

17 minutes ago, Harry the Cat said:

He creates nothing when he goes forward. Passes either sideways or backwards. When he does cross, he invariably doesn’t get past the first man. Defensively he’s fragile. He tackles like a powder puff. All in all, in my opinion he’s useless and shouldn’t be near the team. Neither should Thomas. 

I don’t disagree.

 

Quite telling that Bologna don’t take the option on him for €12m. 

[honeybradger]

24 minutes ago, beepee1984 said:

Anyway else seriously worried that we have fans arguing who is best Kristiansen or Thomas? (by who is best I mean who is worst - would either get in another Championship team?)

 

The fact that this is our left back choice is a serious problem and the club chose to give one a 4 year contract and has been unable to get rid of the other. No matter which we pick they will both play a stinker every single time

 

Many think Aluko is the magic answer - although considering he is a Right Back mainly, never played a professional league game and will have no support from the winger in front of him (one of which may be a 16 year old) I'm not so sure - although I doubt he could do any worse - I don't think it is best for his development

Aluko has the athleticism to carry the ball up the pitch which the other two dont.

 

In pre season we scored a couple goals from Aluko driving us up the pitch and making runs into the box and he was playing centreback at that time.

 

We definitely need that athleticism in the team in the fullback position, surely getting first team minutes is better for his development rather than rotting in the u21s playing with players worse than him.

[whoareyaaa]

Injured or not most players would be putting in a tackle to stop there 2nd he is not bothered one bit.

[JimJams]

1 hour ago, honeybradger said:

Aluko has the athleticism to carry the ball up the pitch which the other two dont.

 

In pre season we scored a couple goals from Aluko driving us up the pitch and making runs into the box and he was playing centreback at that time.

 

We definitely need that athleticism in the team in the fullback position, surely getting first team minutes is better for his development rather than rotting in the u21s playing with players worse than him.

Also got a couple of goals in the pl2. After his showing at CB in preseason and his ability to play across the whole of the backline it's a bit disappointing he's not been given more of a shot at the senior side. He's been an unused sub twice.  That's it. 

[Dmitry]

He has played forty-nine matches for the Foxes in all competitions. He received only 3 yellow cards (not a badge of honor for a defender who really wants to stop his opponent from scoring or passing for a goal). He has scored no goals, and gave a whopping 2 assists in forty-nine matches.  This is, by any stretch of imagination, dismal.

 

 

[ALC Fox]

In 23/24 he played 2,312 minutes across 32 appearances (an average of 72.5 minutes per game) for a Bologna side that finished 5th in Series A and qualified for the Champions League under the stewardship of Thiago Motta.

 

The world, clearly, is upside down because he clearly hasn't passed the eye test here. Are we just cursed? Did Thiago Motta raise his game? Did better players make him play better? Was it just a better team environment?

 

I'm at a loss to explain it. I'm convinced he's better than Thomas yet they both look as bad as each other at the moment.

[Guest]

Just now, ALC Fox said:

In 23/24 he played 2,312 minutes across 32 appearances (an average of 72.5 minutes per game) for a Bologna side that finished 5th in Series A and qualified for the Champions League under the stewardship of Thiago Motta.

 

The world, clearly, is upside down because he clearly hasn't passed the eye test here. Are we just cursed? Did Thiago Motta raise his game? Did better players make him play better? Was it just a better team environment?

 

I'm at a loss to explain it. I'm convinced he's better than Thomas yet they both look as bad as each other at the moment.

I think there is probably a similar thing going on to what's been happening at Man Utd over the past however many years, where the environment has just been so suffocatingly bad that as soon as a player leaves you can all but see the weight being lifted from their shoulders. When so many signings fail and so many players not only don't improve but actually get worse the longer they spend here, it goes beyond just bad recruitment or bad management for me.

[Chelmofox]

7 minutes ago, ALC Fox said:

In 23/24 he played 2,312 minutes across 32 appearances (an average of 72.5 minutes per game) for a Bologna side that finished 5th in Series A and qualified for the Champions League under the stewardship of Thiago Motta.

 

The world, clearly, is upside down because he clearly hasn't passed the eye test here. Are we just cursed? Did Thiago Motta raise his game? Did better players make him play better? Was it just a better team environment?

 

I'm at a loss to explain it. I'm convinced he's better than Thomas yet they both look as bad as each other at the moment.

Did they sign him? After 10 games they are currently 4 points from top spot. Seems like he wasn't the reason why they ended up 5th. If the rest of the squad is made up of relatively better players then he can be made to look better than he is - but clearly they didnt like him enough to keep him.

Edited 2 November 2025 by Chelmofox

[VLC86]

Just seen their second goal back, wow 😂

[CosbehFox]

18 hours ago, Dmitry said:

He has played forty-nine matches for the Foxes in all competitions. He received only 3 yellow cards (not a badge of honor for a defender who really wants to stop his opponent from scoring or passing for a goal). He has scored no goals, and gave a whopping 2 assists in forty-nine matches.  This is, by any stretch of imagination, dismal.

 

 

Best part of that is Soumare has played 106 from centre midfield, scored no goals and got the same amount of assists. 

[Chelmofox]

7 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

Best part of that is Soumare has played 106 from centre midfield, scored no goals and got the same amount of assists. 

Got an own goal a few games back. Improving.

Edited 3 November 2025 by Chelmofox

[honeybradger]

17 hours ago, ALC Fox said:

In 23/24 he played 2,312 minutes across 32 appearances (an average of 72.5 minutes per game) for a Bologna side that finished 5th in Series A and qualified for the Champions League under the stewardship of Thiago Motta.

 

The world, clearly, is upside down because he clearly hasn't passed the eye test here. Are we just cursed? Did Thiago Motta raise his game? Did better players make him play better? Was it just a better team environment?

 

I'm at a loss to explain it. I'm convinced he's better than Thomas yet they both look as bad as each other at the moment.

Add Danny Simpson into this team and we would complain he doesnt offer enough going forwards yet we won the league with him (obviously Simpson is far better defensively than Kristiansen). Sometimes players who arent great indivually can be part of a good team and the inverse can happen and great players can be part of a bad team.

 

He's always been poor, if he was actually an important part of Bologna's success that season they would have made a serious effort to keep him. 

[volpeazzurro]

20 hours ago, honeybradger said:

Aluko has the athleticism to carry the ball up the pitch which the other two dont.

 

In pre season we scored a couple goals from Aluko driving us up the pitch and making runs into the box and he was playing centreback at that time.

 

We definitely need that athleticism in the team in the fullback position, surely getting first team minutes is better for his development rather than rotting in the u21s playing with players worse than him.

But can he, as a kid, do his main job, that’s defend! It’s no good being athletic and running forward if you can’t get back and do your main job because with either a 16yr old or Mavadidi in front of him, it could be a recipe for disaster. I don’t think this manager, or the last, if he was genuinely the next best thing compared with what we’ve got, wouldn’t have tried him. Just because our senior pro’s are crap doesn’t suddenly mean that kids with experience of playing only low level academy football are suddenly going to hit the heights out of nowhere against seasoned professionals, particularly when coaches and management watch them every day and professionally gauge what level they’re actually at. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

On 02/11/2025 at 09:12, Claudio Fannieri said:

Every time the going gets tough he picks up a knock another who clearly doesn’t want to be here 

Oh would you look at that he's injured again! 

[adejo92]

Remember the days when you'd be gutted to find out a player had an injury...

 

Just need a few others to pick up fake injuries now.

Edited 7 November 2025 by adejo92

[deep blue]

On 02/11/2025 at 18:48, beepee1984 said:

Anyway else seriously worried that we have fans arguing who is best Kristiansen or Thomas? (by who is best I mean who is worst - would either get in another Championship team?)

 

The fact that this is our left back choice is a serious problem and the club chose to give one a 4 year contract and has been unable to get rid of the other. No matter which we pick they will both play a stinker every single time

 

Many think Aluko is the magic answer - although considering he is a Right Back mainly, never played a professional league game and will have no support from the winger in front of him (one of which may be a 16 year old) I'm not so sure - although I doubt he could do any worse - I don't think it is best for his development

Isn't 't Aluko used to playing behind Monga? If so, that makes it even more compelling to play him.

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

On 02/11/2025 at 18:48, beepee1984 said:

Anyway else seriously worried that we have fans arguing who is best Kristiansen or Thomas? (by who is best I mean who is worst - would either get in another Championship team?)

 

The fact that this is our left back choice is a serious problem and the club chose to give one a 4 year contract and has been unable to get rid of the other. No matter which we pick they will both play a stinker every single time

 

Many think Aluko is the magic answer - although considering he is a Right Back mainly, never played a professional league game and will have no support from the winger in front of him (one of which may be a 16 year old) I'm not so sure - although I doubt he could do any worse - I don't think it is best for his development

Being asked to choose between Thomas and Kristiansen is like being asked whether you want step in cat shit or dog shit. They’re both horrendous. 
 

God knows what happened to Thomas because he looked like a great prospect when he first came in to the side.

[filbertway]

On 02/11/2025 at 19:01, Sly said:

I don’t disagree.

 

Quite telling that Bologna don’t take the option on him for €12m. 

He missed 4 games for them in the entire season,  and started and played the whole game most of the time. Doesn't strike me as someone they didn't fancy.

[5waller5]

2 hours ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

Being asked to choose between Thomas and Kristiansen is like being asked whether you want step in cat shit or dog shit. 

Cat shit.

[Sly]

5 hours ago, filbertway said:

He missed 4 games for them in the entire season,  and started and played the whole game most of the time. Doesn't strike me as someone they didn't fancy.

Between him And Thomas they’ll 46 games between them this season.

 

If they were both on loan to us and available to purchase at the end of the season for €11,000,000, wouldn’t take either! You’d look to spend less money and shop elsewhere. 

[fleckneymike]

I don’t think we talk enough about how abysmal that winter transfer window was. 
 

kristiansen £17m

Souttar £15m

Tete

 

£32m pissed away and relegated. 

[shen]

On 03/11/2025 at 17:04, honeybradger said:

Add Danny Simpson into this team and we would complain he doesnt offer enough going forwards yet we won the league with him (obviously Simpson is far better defensively than Kristiansen). Sometimes players who arent great indivually can be part of a good team and the inverse can happen and great players can be part of a bad team.

 

He's always been poor, if he was actually an important part of Bologna's success that season they would have made a serious effort to keep him. 

He obviously wasn't poor at Copenhagen. But his price was far, far too high. If we had spent €4-5m for him, people would maybe have felt he was worth the gamble. But this place was already toxic when he joined, and it's only gotten worse.

 

It's a shame we couldn't shift him when his stock was still fairly high, but he (and we) are victims of FFP here - making the price we paid completely unacceptable. 

 

[Bayfox]

13 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Oh would you look at that he's injured again! 

Good.