The dirty bakers dozen!

[Chico1958]

Maddison, deserves all the plaudits he's getting and to be fair,  he was a steal at 40 Million. 

 

However he's still a Nob. 

[Sly]

6 minutes ago, Chico1958 said:

Maddison, deserves all the plaudits he's getting and to be fair,  he was a steal at 40 Million. 

 

However he's still a Nob. 

Bizarrely, minus a social media post and that pass against Bournemouth, then that penalty against Everton. Most fans would think he’s alright. 
 

I always felt he spoke well, however a bit like others I suppose, they’re media trained and once you get past that, like all of us, he’ll be human and flawed. 
 

No one can be liked by all. 
 

I can see why people don’t like him as a person. As a football, he was class when he was on it. Just not consistent enough. 

[CosbehFox]

My mate found it so the credit should be his but here’s the classic 

[Jobyfox]

1 hour ago, ChrisFilter said:

I get it with Mahrez after his sulks and strikes. Not with Madders. Wish him all the best. Unless we’re playing them. 

I don’t get it with Mahrez 

 

He was a major player in our greatest ever achievement and one of the best players I’ve ever seen in a Leicester shirt.

 

He earned the right to sulk.

 

I always contrast this with Kante who buggered off as quickly as he could to a team not even in the CL. For some reason he was forgiven.

 

Both get a free pass from me 

[Out Foxed]

5 hours ago, RumbleFox said:

You know what? I quite like Perez. We overpaid but a decent player. 

bang on really. 15 mill squad player who needed to be played in his best position

 

us not getting Bowen was a big failure

[CosbehFox]

If you  any get why Maddison isn’t universally liked from Leicester fans, I can give you three points straight away. 
 

Farting about in a Derby shirt 

The Twitter reply to Rob Tanner 

Lockdown party participation when one of the most important players before a pivotal game v West Ham 

Edited 26 September 2023 by CosbehFox

[RumbleFox]

1 hour ago, BKLFox said:

I thought Cags was the next Gentile & Simeone knew a CB when he saw 1 yet has only been involved in 45mins of league football & that's spread out over 2 sub appearances despite being available, even Evans has more minutes in the Premier Lge.

 

Gotta chuckle at the likes of Tielemans & Barnes, starters for us yet struggle to get 15mins per game currently. Think we knew Maddison would shine, Perez doing really well & Castagne will be a steady starter for Fulham.

 

100% agree re. Tielemans but could never chuckle at Barnes. Genuinely don’t think he wanted to leave and once he settles in I’m fully convinced he’ll be a success. Great player. 

[Out Foxed]

6 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

100% agree re. Tielemans but could never chuckle at Barnes. Genuinely don’t think he wanted to leave and once he settles in I’m fully convinced he’ll be a success. Great player. 

exactly. you've got something wrong with you if you want misfortune for Barnes.

[BKLFox]

There are more ways to chuckle at a cat, my chuckle is that we as Leicester fans go on about the Rodgers era being the best squad we've ever had & these 2 were starters for that squad BUT they can't get minutes in 2 teams that were deemed below us during that period
 

[Jobyfox]

The likes of Maddison, Barnes, Soyuncu and Tielemans are all PL standard players. They were always going to have a ticket out. I don’t bear them any particular ill will. Tielemans was dreadful in his last two seasons for us, but his FA Cup final goal still gets him some leeway in my eyes. I can understand, however, that there is a particular karma in the way he refused to sign a contract with us for two years just so he could sit on Villa’s subs bench.

 

I also have a bit of sympathy for Mendy. He was poorly treated by us despite being better than many who played ahead of him. 
 

Of the rest I don’t know those who pushed for a move against those that would have got frozen out by EM had they stayed. That might affect how I feel about them if I knew the facts. 
 

Soumare for example. Did he expect to play or was he told by Enzo that he was shite? If it was the latter then it’s doubly frustrating that the manager spotted in preseason what the previous incumbents couldn’t spot in a whole campaign. 
 

Do some of the others think they’re better than the Championship? Most clearly aren’t. Maybe Castagne being the exception who’s probably at the right level with Fulham - and Evans pre injury? 

Edited 26 September 2023 by Jobyfox

[sacreblueits442]

31 minutes ago, Jobyfox said:

I don’t get it with Mahrez 

 

He was a major player in our greatest ever achievement and one of the best players I’ve ever seen in a Leicester shirt.

 

He earned the right to sulk.

 

I always contrast this with Kante who buggered off as quickly as he could to a team not even in the CL. For some reason he was forgiven.

 

Both get a free pass from me 

...he didn't want to be here, he was holding out for another deal which did not come about!!!

If you did not wish to be somewhere, why would you not take the offer to get out? We won the league with him and he has gone on to win 13 major cups, 12 of them since he left us, he has won all the trophies you can win in the game, and we were lucky to have him for that season.

[Jobyfox]

5 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said:

...he didn't want to be here, he was holding out for another deal which did not come about!!!

If you did not wish to be somewhere, why would you not take the offer to get out? We won the league with him and he has gone on to win 13 major cups, 12 of them since he left us, he has won all the trophies you can win in the game, and we were lucky to have him for that season.

As I stated he gets a free pass from me 

[CUJimmy]

The one I wonder most about with the new system is Cags.  A physical, ball playing CB with decent pace might have fitted in well under Enzo.  Did we make any effort to keep him?

[Samilktray]

4 hours ago, KingsX said:

Maddison haters still clowning themselves.  Stays healthy, he’ll be Spurs player of the season and recognized as a major star.  Now both very, very productive and a consummate entertainer.  (Not so much different than what he was for us.)

 

He was immature and has an ego.  So what?!  Successful young footballers grow up in a bubble and most have maturity issues.  Some grow out of it, some don’t.  Maddison is turning out to be an articulate leader and spokesman.  If he didn’t have that big ego -- that confidence -- he’d never have become the player he is.

 

We had him in his growing-up years because we can’t afford such talent in peak, got-their-act-together form.  But I forget, he torched 5 grand on an idiotic backpack and painted his own mug on his stadium suite.  He must be shite beyond all shite.  Glad the little snot is gone.

This post absolutely stinks 

[sacreblueits442]

11 minutes ago, CUJimmy said:

The one I wonder most about with the new system is Cags.  A physical, ball playing CB with decent pace might have fitted in well under Enzo.  Did we make any effort to keep him?

...you wouldn't have thought he would have had any hesitation about getting out of here!!!

He was marginalised by the incumbent manager and the club did not seek to do anything to remedy the situation. Why wouldn't it happen again, and who would be there to fight his corner?

  It seems he lost a lot of faith in this club.

[ChrisFilter]

17 minutes ago, CUJimmy said:

The one I wonder most about with the new system is Cags.  A physical, ball playing CB with decent pace might have fitted in well under Enzo.  Did we make any effort to keep him?

He’d already gone before Enzo arrived

[ChrisFilter]

28 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said:

...he didn't want to be here, he was holding out for another deal which did not come about!!!

If you did not wish to be somewhere, why would you not take the offer to get out? We won the league with him and he has gone on to win 13 major cups, 12 of them since he left us, he has won all the trophies you can win in the game, and we were lucky to have him for that season.

Yeah, I have no particular beef with the beautiful man. But I get why his exit soured things for some. 

[Hammo]

I very much doubt that Maddison is the victim of ‘hate’ (such an overused word these days) from Leicester fans, just disappointment and frustration that such a talented player couldn’t deliver when we needed him most at the end of last season - indeed lost us vital points in key home games with his back pass v Bournemouth and penalty miss v Everton.

 

There is no getting away from the fact that in our hour of need he, like the rest of the team, fluffed his lines. Great player though he is, his contribution towards our totally avoidable relegation will, as a Leicester fan, always colour my view of him.

[Tommy G]

2 hours ago, ChrisFilter said:

I get it with Mahrez after his sulks and strikes. Not with Madders. Wish him all the best. Unless we’re playing them. 

Yeh but players do sulk now again, they are humans - we’ve all sulked in life! He has gone onto better things and won countless trophies with Man City - no biggie really, he is probably one of our greatest ever players behind Vardy. 

[Tommy G]

12 minutes ago, Hammo said:

I very much doubt that Maddison is the victim of ‘hate’ (such an overused word these days) from Leicester fans, just disappointment and frustration that such a talented player couldn’t deliver when we needed him most at the end of last season - indeed lost us vital points in key home games with his back pass v Bournemouth and penalty miss v Everton.

 

There is no getting away from the fact that in our hour of need he, like the rest of the team, fluffed his lines. Great player though he is, his contribution towards our totally avoidable relegation will, as a Leicester fan, always colour my view of him.

What about when his goals and assists carried us? Take him out the team and last year we finish on probably 20 points or less

[Hammo]

27 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

What about when his goals and assists carried us? Take him out the team and last year we finish on probably 20 points or less

Fair point but it doesn’t excuse the fact that when it came to the crunch with our Premier League survival at stake he went AWOL.

 

I have always been a Maddison fan, both as a player and person, but like I said he didn’t turn up when we needed him most. Quite the opposite in fact - he shrank under pressure from the responsibility. If that doesn’t bother you, then fine, but it will always be a black mark against him in my book.

[Tommy G]

2 minutes ago, Hammo said:

Fair point but it doesn’t excuse the fact that when it came to the crunch with our Premier League survival at stake he went AWOL.

 

I have always been a Maddison fan, both as a player and person, but like I said he didn’t turn up when we needed him most. Quite the opposite in fact - he shrank under pressure from the responsibility. If that doesn’t bother you, then fine, but it will always be a black mark against him in my book.

So did the rest of the team? Who else was standout compared to him? Remind me…

[Hammo]

23 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

So did the rest of the team? Who else was standout compared to him? Remind me…

None of them rose to the challenge, agreed, but that shouldn’t serve to defend Maddison. He’s as guilty as the rest.

[Tommy G]

2 minutes ago, Hammo said:

None of them rose to the challenge, agreed, but that shouldn’t serve to defend Maddison. He’s as guilty as the rest.

Agree but he gets singled out the most for a back pass and a dodgy pen. 38 games in a season. Look how he’s playing now with quality players and a proper manager, not Tielemans huffing and puffing behind him 

[Aus Fox]

1 hour ago, Hammo said:

I very much doubt that Maddison is the victim of ‘hate’ (such an overused word these days) from Leicester fans, just disappointment and frustration that such a talented player couldn’t deliver when we needed him most at the end of last season - indeed lost us vital points in key home games with his back pass v Bournemouth and penalty miss v Everton.

 

There is no getting away from the fact that in our hour of need he, like the rest of the team, fluffed his lines. Great player though he is, his contribution towards our totally avoidable relegation will, as a Leicester fan, always colour my view of him.

Maddison won us far more points than he cost us last season - by quite a large distance.

For large parts of the season he was the only one doing it, ultimately he couldn’t do it all on his own.