OriginalRobboFOX Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 From thisisleicestershire: Leicester City assistant boss Derek Fazackerley has warned striker Matty Fryatt that he must be patient and wait for his chance to win his place back in the starting line-up.The 24-year-old has been strongly linked with a loan move to join former City boss Nigel Pearson at Hull City after becoming frustrated at his lack of opportunities at the Walkers Stadium. Fazackerley said he was not aware of any approach by Hull, who could make transfer funds available to Pearson in January when their current takeover is complete, or whether Fryatt has asked to leave City, but said he was not surprised by the link. However, Fazackerley said Fryatt will get his chance under manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, and it was up to last season's top-scorer to take it. "It is not something I am personally aware of, but obviously Nigel Pearson and Steve Walsh would know him very, very well," said Fazackerley. "It would be a surprise if he wasn't linked with a move to Hull in view of the fact they do know him, and the fact he is not getting as much football as he would like here. "That is something we need to look at in the future. I don't think Matty has expressed any desire to move. He is probably a little bit frustrated but that happens when you have a large squad. "We are looking at the different permutations of strikers and Matty will just have to be patient and wait his turn, and when he does get his opportunity he will hopefully take it." City have been linked with several strikers in recent weeks and Fazackerley admitted the name of Manchester City's Paraguayan striker Roque Santa Cruz had been discussed. However, he doubted a move would happen before next week's deadline for loan signings. "I would be surprised if we weren't linked with players like that, because he has been spoken about around the club," said Fazackerley. "To our knowledge, he is happy to fight for his place at Manchester City and then see what happens in the transfer window if he is not happy then. "At the moment I wouldn't anticipate anything happening on that front." Meanwhile, City are looking at three trialists who will get the chance to impress in today's reserve friendly against Notts County at Belvoir Drive. Cameroon keeper Joslain Mayebi, Greek midfielder Ilias Kyriakidis and Benin striker Razak Omotoyossi will all train with City this week. "Generally we are just looking at players at the moment," said Fazackerley. "Players get offered to us and, while we have the opportunity with good weather and good training conditions, it would be wrong not to have a look at them." Defender Miguel Vitor, who pulled out of Saturday's 2-0 victory over Derby County in the warm-up with a thigh injury, is expected to be fit for the Championship trip to Bristol City this weekend.
Trav Le Bleu Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 At the moment he is a valuable player and I'm surprised he hasn't had more time under Sven even given the arrival of Vassell and Waghorn, but the arrival of another decent striker could see him bumped off the subs bench. At the moment it seems Vassell > Waghorn > Howard > Fryatt in Sven's mind. If he does go, we should get a fair whack for him, but I for one would be "so long and thanks for the goals!"
Bert Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 More than anything, he needs to be told to stop sulking and look like he wants to start playing for us.
Dr The Singh Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 More than anything, he needs to be told to stop sulking and look like he wants to start playing for us. He has started under Sven and has come on from the bench. All in all, the players ahead of him are waranted, he has to up his game and take his chance's as they come!!
Philbert Fox Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 Yea patient till January, when we flog the lazy, uncaring willy puller!
Fox92 Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 Yea patient till January, when we flog the lazy, uncaring willy puller! No need for that. On his day he can be a quality striker. Look at his goals last season against Barnsley and Watford for an example. He just lacks pace.
Wymsey Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 Remember watching him against Reading and QPR away, both were on sky. He was brilliant then. His second goal at Loftus Road was class.
Philbert Fox Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 He's not good enough for the Championship, we shouldn't have renewed his contract.
Finnegan Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 He's shit. He's only scored one in every five.
Philbert Fox Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 He's shit. He's only scored one in every five. Exactly..
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 He's not good enough for the Championship, we shouldn't have renewed his contract. Yeah, where on Earth was the sense in renewing the contract of a striker who at the time had more than twenty goals to his name, less than halfway through a season? Madness, eh? And before he'd got injured last year, it wasn't like he was chipping in or anything. NOT GOOD ENOUGH. SACK THE BOARD.
Kitchandro Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 He's shit. He's only scored one in every five. Last season it was 1 in 3 It's harsh to judge him when he was in his early 20's in a crap Holloway team. Since then he's been our top scorer 2 years in a row, he's hardly shit. Best goalscorer at the club by fact, just been out of form this season. But even so he aint had many chances up front with a strike partner. You won't see the best of him until you give him that. Doesn't deserve to be in the team at the moment but if he comes off the bench and gets goals when we need them he will prove himself.
hackneyfox Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 He's just missed 4 in the reserve game against Notts County. Even Lamey scored. This game was played in front of Sven, DF & The Thais. He doesn't help himself does he. Close the door behind you
Finnegan Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 I'm WUMing, it was my impression of Philbert / Honda.
Kitchandro Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 I'm WUMing, it was my impression of Philbert / Honda. Oh right soz
Kitchandro Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 He's just missed 4 in the reserve game against Notts County. Even Lamey scored. This game was played in front of Sven, DF & The Thais. He doesn't help himself does he. Close the door behind you OK so good strikers never have a bad run of form or a game when they don't score when a defender does? I know he's not playing well but the fact is he's still our best goalscorer and I wouldn't want him to go. That's all I'm saying
hackneyfox Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 The fact that he is our best goal scorer explains why we are in the position we are. For me it proves that we need to get good goal scorers in, not keep him. I think he's had a load of chances, bert mentions that he sulks, that is enough to confirm everything I have always believed about him. He could be a good striker but he never will as he lacks the self discipline to succeed at the top. The only time he has come back into the team not overweight was when he had his jaw broken.
Finnegan Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 I want to see him replaced. He's a poor athlete and an inconsistent finisher who, even under Sven, has shown no signs of motivation this year. He is, however, clearly not shit and remains the only striker at the club that could be considered a regular goal threat. Don't want him gone unless we DO replace him.
JadeFalcon Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 the mardy bag had a chance 2 games ago, came on as sub, took 20 minutes before he touched the ball
rams r4 sh*ggin Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 if a players heart isnt in the team there is no sense in keeping him, dj is a perfect example. id rather get a player in who is fully commited and cash in on fryatt. A successful team is 1 that is united in the cause and play for each other, the fans, the club and not for their own satisfaction
Kitchandro Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 The fact that he is our best goal scorer explains why we are in the position we are. For me it proves that we need to get good goal scorers in, not keep him. I think he's had a load of chances, bert mentions that he sulks, that is enough to confirm everything I have always believed about him. He could be a good striker but he never will as he lacks the self discipline to succeed at the top. The only time he has come back into the team not overweight was when he had his jaw broken. Firstly So shouldn't other players be replaced insead then? Surely we should be replacing our worst goalscorer, not our best? It is because we had him we won League 1, and because of him we finished 5th last year. Without his goals we probably would have finished midtable last season. The reason we are in the position that we are is because of that twat Sousa - who ruined the confidence of the team, picked DJ, made our defence a shambles and insisted on passing it to death instead of trying to score. Blaming it on Fryatt fooking joke of a statement
hackneyfox Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 And now you lash out with 'fooking joke of a statement' Please stop being so personal. My point was that we don't have any goal scores at the moment, we need to bring 2 in. Unfortunately on this board there are many that would have Howard, fryatt and Waghorn plating every week as they love them. We wouldn't score many goals though. How many seasons have you been watching Leicester for, if you don't mind my asking?
Thracian Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 Firstly So shouldn't other players be replaced insead then? Surely we should be replacing our worst goalscorer, not our best? It is because we had him we won League 1, and because of him we finished 5th last year. Without his goals we probably would have finished midtable last season. The reason we are in the position that we are is because of that twat Sousa - who ruined the confidence of the team, picked DJ, made our defence a shambles and insisted on passing it to death instead of trying to score. Blaming it on Fryatt fooking joke of a statement Forget League 1. We shouldn't have ever slipped to that level, we know Fryatt scores goals at that level, lots of people on the sort of money we could pay would score goals at that level and getting up again was more a relief than an achievement for a club of our standing. But even then, and with Fryatt playing regularly, our team looked awful for far too much of the time, parrticularly second half of the season. And that despite our comparatively massive budget advantage over other clubs. Last season Fryatt scored 11 league goals and, once again, the team played some awful football and ended up with just 61 league goals, well short of what was necessary. The point as I see it is that we just don't flow as a team when Fryatt plays and the movement soon disappears because it's a waste of time players making runs - they so rarely get the ball. Even when at an acute angle to goal Fryatt will shoot himself instead of passing to a better placed colleague whereas people like King and Gallagher have demonstrated their selflessness time and again. There is far more movement in the team than there used to be and there are signs now too that there is far more goals potential all round as well. In fact I'd be amazed if King doesn't more than match Fryatt's 11 goals but he does a stack of other jobs too and so does Gallagher when, as now, he's fit and fully involved. That leaves Howard and the problem there is that Howard also does other things in relation to the team that Fryatt doesn't and those things often have good consequences in all sorts of situations. The key statistic for me is that Fryatt made only six goals last season as our centre-forward and the man you'd expect to provide the last pass on far more occasions than anyone else. Already I reckon two or three players will beat Fryatt's 2009/2010 tally of six league assists this season. And all those players- spend much of their time away from the attacking penalty box doing other things as well, particularly defensively. I'm not saying Fryatt never does his share of harrying people. But even when he does he invariably puts his head down and goes his own way. No-one seems to have the slightest idea where to run to get a pass. For me we've at last started to look like a proper team lately. In Sven's words " a team that moves forward as a unit and back as a unit". For me it is that, more than anything, that has been lacking for years. And I wouldn't want anything done to spoil it. Furthermore the stats suggest we are on target to score considerably more goals and have more assists than last season. Goals last season were 67 (altogether) compared with 31 now leaving us needing to score just three more goals before the halfway mark to put us on statistical par. As for assists we already have 20 compared with 40 for all last season.
Corky Posted 16 November 2010 Posted 16 November 2010 He'll be off in January, Howard, Vassell, Gallagher and Waghorn are all ahead of him at the moment.
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