Oliver Skipp Confirmed

[Adster]

Absolute pony.

[Noahfence]

A club with financial issues spent 20m on a player we absolutely did not need. Just let that sink in. 

[Izzy]

A water carrier (and spills most of it)

[Leicester_Loyal]

Another dud. 
 

Do we actually sign anyone good anymore? Every signing is literally crap and we then get stuck with them for years or have to lose a load of £££ on them. 

[Corbee]

The price paid for him was day light robbery. Levy rubbing his hands at how much they got for a mid table Championship player at best. 

 

[CosbehFox]

Brother described him as the footballing version of the meal deal containing ham sarnie, ready salted crisps and water 

[Dan]

3 hours ago, CosbehFox said:

Brother described him as the footballing version of the meal deal containing ham sarnie, ready salted crisps and water 

Only you have to pay £25 for it.

[teblin]

I just don’t understand what type of player he is. Games passes him by.

[VLC86]

6 hours ago, CosbehFox said:

Brother described him as the footballing version of the meal deal containing ham sarnie, ready salted crisps and water 

 

3 hours ago, Dan LCFC said:

Only you have to pay £25 for it.

And you accidentally buy fizzy water.

[VLC86]

4 minutes ago, teblin said:

I just don’t understand what type of player he is. Games passes him by.

Hes a shit player, unfortunately.

[Jonezy]

12 hours ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

Another dud. 
 

Do we actually sign anyone good anymore? Every signing is literally crap and we then get stuck with them for years or have to lose a load of £££ on them. 

Hermansen, Fatawu and Mavididi made me believe a little in our recruitment again, but this summer looks like another disaster.

[cropstonfox]

One of the worst ever postings on here was by myself......

Not as good as choudry..Still sticking by this please feel free to criticise or lambast

This post again!

 

[moore_94]

1 and a half games of football and he is a defensive midfielder who hasn’t won a single tackle.

[5waller5]

My only hope is that he was a Cooper signing and not our scouting team. If not we’re doomed.

[BKLFox]

Played along side Winks the 2 could form a decent ball playing partnership but you then lose the DM break up side of the role.

Last season the 2 together with Ricky coming in would have been successful as we didn’t often need a headless DM bombing around and we could pass our way through.

It might even work this season but you need that 3rd midfielder to come in to plug gaps that a player like Ndidi does when in a 2.

Im not writing him off just yet solely because he’s not had enough time with a fixed partner.

[The Doctor]

12 hours ago, CosbehFox said:

Brother described him as the footballing version of the meal deal containing ham sarnie, ready salted crisps and water 

I think that meal deal has a bit more to it than this bloke tbh

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

Odd signing at the time, too expensive and not needed, very odd recruitment “strategy” if there even is one 

[coolhandfox]

We invested 70m the majority of that in players with no resale value.

 

We didn't need 6-7 squad players, we needed 2-3 first 11 players.

[funkyrobot]

Came on for Winks and hid from the ball most of the time we had possession, the very opposite of what Winks does. Took up positions that meant he couldn’t be used as an outlet and when he did occasionally get a touch it was invariably a wall pass backwards or sideways to a man under more pressure. Just doesn’t ever take a ball on the half turn. 

[adam]

Horrible footballer. Always has been. 20 million English pounds. Cheers Jon.

[RYM]

He’s like all of Andy Kings faults + Stephen Hughes

 

for £20m

[Blue-fox]

1 minute ago, RYM said:

He’s like all of Andy Kings faults + Stephen Hughes

 

for £20m

He can’t lace Andy Kings boots 

[Lesta2014]

A ball playing midfielder that hides when we have the ball 

[martyn]

9 minutes ago, funkyrobot said:

Came on for Winks and hid from the ball most of the time we had possession, the very opposite of what Winks does. Took up positions that meant he couldn’t be used as an outlet and when he did occasionally get a touch it was invariably a wall pass backwards or sideways to a man under more pressure. Just doesn’t ever take a ball on the half turn. 

Yep, he's everywhere the ball isn't. I thought we'd likely overpaid for a decent, unspectacular midfielder who'd at least contribute, but he's just got nothing about him based on what we've seen so far.

Edited 26 December 2024 by martyn

[StevieH]

Terrible signing we will be stuck with because no one else will take him. Doesn't look to receive the ball in space, no idea where teammates are, no creativity. All in all total waste of money.