Danny Ings (signing 1 year deal, John Percy.)

[Guest]

I'm not massively optimistic given his age and how little football he's played over the last few seasons but without really knowing what sort of condition he's in, how much he'll be on and whether he's being signed as a first-choice striker, a Phillips-esque experienced head and occasional contributor or somewhere in between, difficult to say. Unfortunately it's become very difficult to give the club the benefit of the doubt on things like that.

[Manwell Pablo]

15 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

We are playing in a dross league he will be fine 

He’s done mate, I know league one is bad at the moment but he is done. 

[Manwell Pablo]

21 minutes ago, RedSoxUK said:

My max bet is 50p

Make it 75p and we will talk. 

[RedSoxUK]

2 minutes ago, Manwell Pablo said:

Make it 75p and we will talk. 

Pfff 50p Chaplin to Ings.

 

Set a reminder 

[jammie82uk]

1 hour ago, Headcase said:

4 in 52 games west ham  2 in 23 Sheffield utd

i thought Daka was bad, is this really what we are looking for?

 

When those games include 90 second sub appearances measuring in “games” is pointless, I’m not saying he is the answer to all our issues but to judge anything over the last couple of seasons is meaningless 

 

Just as is people pointing out he’s apparently injury prone when he has only had a 2 week hamstring injury in the last 2 years ruling him out of games is pointless as well 

[whoareyaaa]

3 minutes ago, Manwell Pablo said:

He’s done mate, I know league one is bad at the moment but he is done. 

He shouldn't be the only striker we bring in I agree, we need one more but having some experience and he is a goalscorer and links up well on a free for a year to get out this league you need a bit of experience and goals are crucial to going up.

 

Better than Daka and Ayew imo.

[MC Prussian]

If he joins for a nominal fee, and agrees to reasonable wages, then give him a go.

 

In any case, we need more strikers still, so he'll be only one option to choose from.

MIght as well turn out to be another Gary Taylor-Fletcher for us, who knows.

[Dan]

1 hour ago, The Doctor said:

not really, this is the sort of signing that Pearson used to make all the time: Phillips and GTF the obvious comparisons, but also Hammond, Dickov in 2008, Berner, Chris Powell, Wasyl. honestly even cambiasso or fuchs (even if he left before fuchs could play for him). All were good deals because they were short term and not on stupid wages, senior professionals to complement a youthful squad and drive standards. If they'd been on long contracts with big money, then you're back into the BdCR or Ayew territory. speculation on wages (coming from West Ham who also give stupid money out) is the red flag currently.

 

obviously it will be a problem if Rudkin then thinks the striker position is sorted.

The Pearson comparison falls down because the track record of himself and LCFC 2024 onwards is completely different. Pearson made signings like this as supplementary signings, often late in a window on top of an already functioning team.

 

If that's what Ings is, fair enough. But this is Aiyawatt, Rudkin and Glover we're dealing with here. The track record for them isn't pretty. I'd want another two strikers on top of this, maybe one if we're seeing Evans as a striker (which I'm not sure he actually is?).

 

I honestly would not put it past them to sign Ings and Chaplin and them treat that as our striker options for the season.

 

Also the point about the contract wasn't that we should be offering more, it's that people's immediate reaction is relief about how little we have to endure this one for rather than it actually being a good addition. I don't even disagree with them, but that reaction is fairly telling.

 

We'll know for sure by September but selling a young midfielder to Bradford, bringing in a player with six nineties a season for the last five years and Choudhury plastered everywhere. Alarm bells ringing for me.

[Wolfox]

We need to sniff the coffee

 

First rule of league 1 is to get out of league 1 on the first attempt

 

this is a low risk strategy 

 

I don’t want excitement, I want an outcome for next year

 

2027…. Bring in the young fancy dans 

[The Doctor]

8 minutes ago, Dan said:

The Pearson comparison falls down because the track record of himself and LCFC 2024 onwards is completely different. Pearson made signings like this as supplementary signings, often late in a window on top of an already functioning team.

 

If that's what Ings is, fair enough. But this is Aiyawatt, Rudkin and Glover we're dealing with here. The track record for them isn't pretty. I'd want another two strikers on top of this, maybe one if we're seeing Evans as a striker (which I'm not sure he actually is?).

 

I honestly would not put it past them to sign Ings and Chaplin and them treat that as our striker options for the season.

 

Also the point about the contract wasn't that we should be offering more, it's that people's immediate reaction is relief about how little we have to endure this one for rather than it actually being a good addition. I don't even disagree with them, but that reaction is fairly telling.

 

We'll know for sure by September but selling a young midfielder to Bradford, bringing in a player with six nineties a season for the last five years and Choudhury plastered everywhere. Alarm bells ringing for me.

selling a young midfielder to, on the face of it, a direct rival is the red flag in our business so far. This is not immediately a problem, it becomes that if we don't get other necessary business done. more than fair to doubt that we will with Rudkin and Glover still around, but I think it's very much a wait and see with McCarron 

[dannythefox]

Great addition league 1 he’ll be fine 

[Dan]

9 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

selling a young midfielder to, on the face of it, a direct rival is the red flag in our business so far. This is not immediately a problem, it becomes that if we don't get other necessary business done. more than fair to doubt that we will with Rudkin and Glover still around, but I think it's very much a wait and see with McCarron 

The talk of 11 signings - it's up my street, but if they make 6 permanent signings (who have kicked a ball before) I'll be amazed. We've never been good at doing things in bulk. Lots of it seems to hinge on departures which we're famously dreadful at, proven again by that Skipp to Middlesbrough thing.

 

Unless we've got decent money for Cartwright I think that's another error. We've been awful at squad construction for years. Having him as 4th choice would've been fine and a cheap way to do it.

[Sunbury Fox]

Why do we keep signing players on the way down rather than players on the up with something to prove? No doubt we'll make him the highest paid striker in L1 just to top it off. Chaplin another one on a downward spiral - was dire last season for Pompey.  I just can't see us challenging for promotion with these kind of signings, even allowing for the standard of the league. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Sunbury Fox

[kingfox]

Gotta admire the club for playing with people’s anxiety, starting the window off with an experienced 33 year old just makes a bunch of fans panic, especially with what we’ve seen in recent times with BDCR and Ayew.

 

Not surprising to see a bunch of fans think along the lines of “Here we go again”.

[ronnup]

Appalling business 

 

Plays 10

 

Scores 1

[Grebfromgrebland]

6 hours ago, lcfcbluearmy said:

Rotherham who finished 2nd bottum of league 1 last year had someone who scored 12 in one season last year twice what ings has scored in the last 3 we absolutely can expect better

Maybe this is why you're sad.

[LCFCJohn]

5 hours ago, kingpowerout said:

an experienced pro who is proven at a higher level on a short term contract - not sure what all the meltdown's are about?

He won't be the number 1 striker, he will help breed a winning mentality and set standards to the younger lads.

Conversely, it’s a comfortable final pay day at the spa for him and he spends most of the season on the physios table whilst being paid handsomely. 
 

Thats why the meltdown.

 

I think in the Pearson days, these older heads came in and added what you have described. But this current version of Leicester City, I can’t think of any who have.

 

Bobby Reid for example. I feel if he’d come under Pearson, you’d have seen a real pro adding value. But they are being paid far too much, being treated to the high life at Seagrave and can you blame them for not having the hunger? The fear is Ings will be the same.

[coolhandfox]

People are going over the top with the goals per game last season he was a back up.

 

He only played 661 minutes which works out as 7.3 games.

 

[It'sblueupnorth]

5 hours ago, kingpowerout said:

an experienced pro who is proven at a higher level on a short term contract - not sure what all the meltdown's are about?

He won't be the number 1 striker, he will help breed a winning mentality and set standards to the younger lads.

Who's going to be our number 1 striker then? This has been said about so many players since 22/23 but if we're honest he'll be our only incoming striker and get about 6 goals

[Foxmeister]

Reminds me of signing Dickov in 2008 and he did very little that season.

[Leicesterpool]

Just now, Foxmeister said:

Reminds me of signing Dickov in 2008 and he did very little that season.

I don't think much was expected of that Dickov return, he was brought in by Pearson more for coming on for like the final ten minutes of a game for his experience. Similar with Kevin Phillips in 2014. However do expect Ings will play a big role for the foxes next season sighting that we don't have striker at the moment. I think it's signing that makes sense, he's free with experience. 1 year deal, he flops there's no second season. So no complaints from me.

[Pliskin]

5 hours ago, kingpowerout said:

an experienced pro who is proven at a higher level on a short term contract - not sure what all the meltdown's are about?

He won't be the number 1 striker, he will help breed a winning mentality and set standards to the younger lads.

Because he probably will be the number 1 striker….. and we’re probably playing him a lot of money to be here….. I mean, we’ve managed to completely **** up a near impossible situation, so chances are this isn’t a calculated signing…

[jv1]

Absolutely no chance he is coming here to be second choice - not a chance - and he isn’t anywhere near as injury prone as people saying - he just couldn’t get in the West Ham team or the shef u starting 11 - he will definitely be our starting striker in league one and it’s a very decent signing 

[South Shire Fox]

8 minutes ago, jv1 said:

Absolutely no chance he is coming here to be second choice - not a chance - and he isn’t anywhere near as injury prone as people saying - he just couldn’t get in the West Ham team or the shef u starting 11 - he will definitely be our starting striker in league one and it’s a very decent signing 

Why? Hes been on the bench for the best part of 5 years. He goes where the money is at this stage of his career

[CosbehFox]

7 hours ago, boosmanana said:

I'd also argue that whilst Louie Barry is obviously a talented lad, if he was THAT good he probably wouldn't be signing for a League One team on a permanent deal

No he isn’t. But he’s a sure fire League 1 hit who isn’t prone to injury, doesn’t have question marks about his age, his durability or the suggestion of overpaying him on his wages. Hence the point. Wednesday going for youngsters with room for improvement at a lower risk of failure compared to Leicester going for hoping to eek a final season out of player who has very bad knees and no ability to play for much longer