Jamie Vardy - Goodbye to our GOAT

[HighPeakFox]

I know the club is a s**tshow, but confidently assuming they've binned him off rather than it being his decision just looks like rationalising any blame that might be thrown at the club.

 

Maybe, just maybe, he's had enough.

[AjcW]

15 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Pretty sure they have an open designated player spot as well

 

Go join Walsh and Fuchs!

And Dean Smith.......  

[Lad1966]

16 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

You may be right, but reports suggest that it's less to do with money and more to do with the power and influence Vardy has in the dressing room, which Rudkin feels undermines both him and RVN.

I hope you’re wrong, if it is that, then that’s not a good sign going forwards. That to me indicates that both Rudkin and RVN are staying😡

[AjcW]

Can't wait for his "Rest is football" interview with Gary. Bet that'll be a summer one.

[trabuch]

So many of our finest memories because of JV. This current season won't even register in a couple of years. 

[stevostadium]

Walking around in a daze today. Really cant believe he's going.

Especially with how the seasons gone.

Retire the 9 shirt with immediate effect.

G.O.A.T

[funkyrobot]

Gutted that the goat is leaving BUT for once you can’t knock the succession planning of the club with upcoming speedy youngsters Bobby Reid and Jordan Ayew ready to step up and back up the proven world class striker Patson Daka. 👍🏻

[Simonb]

1 hour ago, HighPeakFox said:

I know the club is a s**tshow, but confidently assuming they've binned him off rather than it being his decision just looks like rationalising any blame that might be thrown at the club.

 

Maybe, just maybe, he's had enough.

I think it's a bit of both myself. I genuinely think the majority of the decision is his own.. I just thought the shorter clip was a little strange. 

 

He was looking directly into the camera for the entire filming.. apart from when he said 'now I think the time is right' where he looks at the floor instead.

 

I'm no psychologist, but I was always led to believe that breaking the stare at particular points, especially looking down usually means that it is not genuine. But like I said, I'm no expert.. I just feel there is a little more to it

 

To be fair to him regardless. He's earnt his right to experience something new.. I just hope it's abroad myself 

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

1 hour ago, ClaphamFox said:

You may be right, but reports suggest that it's less to do with money and more to do with the power and influence Vardy has in the dressing room, which Rudkin feels undermines both him and RVN.

This has clearly been rumbling on for a while. There’s been times this season where he has refused to come off. 
 

I would have been tempted to give him a go next season, but at reduced wage. But that might have been wrong given his age.

 

If Vardy’s influence has started to be detrimental within the club, this may be painful but it also might be a good move - sadly. And it feels strange saying that because I love the bloke.

[Realist Guy In The Room]

I still don't think people give him enough credit.

 

To have come through how he did at the time that he did, keeping his levels up to the standard of his peers for so long is truly remarkable and not something that we're likely to ever see again.

 

That period between 2016-2021, he really was the best striker on the planet, bar none and had he gone to Arsenal, they would have not only won the Premier League, they most likely would have won the Champions League.  He really would have made that much difference to them, or in fact, any of the top 6 in that time period.

 

143 top flight goals, despite only making his top flight debut at 27, spending a season out of the league and only ever playing for Leicester is unbelievable.

 

The comparison is always made with Harry Kane with the question being, 'Who's better?'.  I can't see how anyone can choose Kane over Vardy.

 

2 x Championship Titles

1 x Premier League

1 x FA Cup

1 x Community Shield

1 x Golden Boot

Ballon'dor Shortlist

 

With that achievement list, people still question if he's in the Top 10 Premier League Strikers of all time.

 

In my near 40 years of supporting the club, i've never felt so attached to a player and the loyalty he's showed to us is inconceivable in todays climate.

 

A statue should happen pretty much immediately.

[ClaphamFox]

2 minutes ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

This has clearly been rumbling on for a while. There’s been times this season where he has refused to come off. 
 

I would have been tempted to give him a go next season, but at reduced wage. But that might have been wrong given his age.

 

If Vardy’s influence has started to be detrimental within the club, this may be painful but it also might be a good move - sadly. And it feels strange saying that because I love the bloke.

It may well be the right move if, as is likely, player power has become a major problem at Seagrave. However I just get the sense that Vardy is desperate to prove he can still do it at a high level and we will have to deal with watching him score goals for a PL or Championship club next season, possibly against us if it's the latter. 

[The Year Of The Fox]

7 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

It may well be the right move if, as is likely, player power has become a major problem at Seagrave. However I just get the sense that Vardy is desperate to prove he can still do it at a high level and we will have to deal with watching him score goals for a PL or Championship club next season, possibly against us if it's the latter. 

What with the way this clubs been ran, the passiveness of the general fan base, we fcking deserve to have to watch that happen against us.

[AKCJ]

All of this makes me sad that Kasper was shoved out the back door when he left. He also deserved a big send off.

 

Really hope we can get some sort of testimonial this summer.

 

Morgan and Fuchs left during Covid. Injuries took retirement away from Huth. Then there's Andy King too.

 

It's only really Albrighton that has retired and given the proper send off at Leicester under King Power rule. Even then Aiyawatt wanted to take the limelight with the trophy and his cronies. 

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

19 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

It may well be the right move if, as is likely, player power has become a major problem at Seagrave. However I just get the sense that Vardy is desperate to prove he can still do it at a high level and we will have to deal with watching him score goals for a PL or Championship club next season, possibly against us if it's the latter. 

Possibly. I could see someone like West Ham taking a punt of him as a squad player, but if I was him I’d go link up again with Dean Smith and Fuchs and piss it up in the MLS.

[OntarioFox]

3 minutes ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

Possibly. I could see someone like West Ham taking a punt of him as a squad player, but if I was him I’d go link up again with Dean Smith and Fuchs and piss it up in the MLS.

Charlotte are on the up too, times it right and he could win them their first title.

[FLAN]

Openly sell your tickets to his last game. Get some decent money and get banned as a bonus 

[FLAN]

2 hours ago, ClaphamFox said:

You may be right, but reports suggest that it's less to do with money and more to do with the power and influence Vardy has in the dressing room, which Rudkin feels undermines both him and RVN.

Ah so Vardy is the reason JR dishes out contracts to the likes of Vesty and Ward. 
seaman review 24/25 case closed 

[Gamble92]

1 hour ago, trabuch said:

So many of our finest memories because of JV. This current season won't even register in a couple of years. 

It doesn't feel like it does even now. Even that 01/02 season, that I thought couldn't be worse, had a couple of moments and a bit of character. This has just felt like a void of soulless nothingness. 

[ozvaldo]

I'm flat.  Proper flat.

 

After years of watching mediocrity coupled with desperate loans - players like Mark De Vries, Roman Bednar, Elvis Hammond, Geoff Horsfield, Barry Hayles, etc...to have had this legend and seen the best period we'll ever see - and then to have watched the club **** it up...and now Vards officially goes...I'm done.  

 

A one-man revolution. He didn’t just score goals, he gave us belief, pride, and something to fight for.  A proper underdog scrapper who epitomised the club and even the city. A player who made you feel something every time he touched the ball or made an iconic run in behind.  And now, after everything, it ends not with fireworks but with a whimper—and a club that’s lost its identity, direction and soul along the way.

This will take a good 72 to 96 hours to start moving out the system.

[SecretPro]

Going Sheff Weds in my opinion.

[SemperEadem]

3 minutes ago, SecretPro said:

Going Sheff Weds in my opinion.

Can't see it.

[fairbanksh]

1 hour ago, funkyrobot said:

Gutted that the goat is leaving BUT for once you can’t knock the succession planning of the club with upcoming speedy youngsters Bobby Reid and Jordan Ayew ready to step up and back up the proven world class striker Patson Daka. 👍🏻

Planning what is that

[whoareyaaa]

9 minutes ago, SecretPro said:

Going Sheff Weds in my opinion.

Celtic.

 

[purpleronnie]

Just now, whoareyaaa said:

Celtic.

 

Please!!!!!!!

[JimJams]

Newcastle. Wilson replacement. Cheap depth (relatively).