Probably the single most crazy thing I've heard about a player in a Leicester shirt

[Mack]

On Yakubu...

"He's lazy, all he does is score goals."

Absolutely priceless.

I tell you what, I'll do pre-season with the lads, get fit as **** and run my nuts off up top for us all season. I'll be lucky to get more than a couple of flukey goals all season but sod it I'll work hard

[Webbo]

Did this really need a new thread?

[Mack]

I am in shock.

[Webbo]

It's not like that point hasn't been made ad nauseum in the 2 or 3 Yakubu threads we're had this week.

[Fox92]

I know, I agree.

[Mack]

I still cant believe it! I just told my mate and he is still laughing 3 minutes later!

[Trav Le Bleu]

Andy King eats beetle marmalade before matches and this is why he is so distracted in matches as it makes him think that he is a giraffe.

There, now THAT is the most ridiculous thing you've heard about a player in a Leicester shirt and the thread can be put to rest.

[cc_star]

2 threads about The Yak on the front page alone not good enough?

[FoxyPV]

Andy King eats beetle marmalade before matches and this is why he is so distracted in matches as it makes him think that he is a giraffe.

There, now THAT is the most ridiculous thing you've heard about a player in a Leicester shirt and the thread can be put to rest.

:laugh:

That has cheered me up greatly.

[Mack]

Andy King eats beetle marmalade before matches and this is why he is so distracted in matches as it makes him think that he is a giraffe.

There, now THAT is the most ridiculous thing you've heard about a player in a Leicester shirt and the thread can be put to rest.

I'm lost

That's just made up you silly sausage.

Someone actually said that about Yakubu seriously. Incredible.

[Steven]

On Yakubu...

"He's lazy, all he does is score goals."

Absolutely priceless.

I tell you what, I'll do pre-season with the lads, get fit as **** and run my nuts off up top for us all season. I'll be lucky to get more than a couple of flukey goals all season but sod it I'll work hard

Scoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop!

[Mack]

[Christoph]

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[Mack]

This thread is becoming as almost as stupid as the original comment it was started about.

How apt.

[StanSP]

You started it

[Bob Weasel Fox]

who is the more foolish? The Fool or the Fool who follows him?

[orangecity23]

I was reading the mockery's website at lunchtime and came across this stunning example in the comments section

i think we really should focus on good quailty championship players(we should raid Portsmouth for Nugent Lawrence Cotterill Preston for Billy Jones and bring back Ian Hume???) and try to include 1 or 2 premier stars who want to play

ollie, leics

Not really about a current city player, but still monumently retarded. I almost spat my sandwiches on the screen laughing

[Kitchandro]

I don't understand why people are so confused by the Yakubu criticism.

If somebody is blessed with such natural ability and is being paid a lot of money don't you think it's fair that he should work hard? Fans expect players to earn their money through hard work and I think that's fair. People keep mentioning Hume - no he was never and never will be a great goalscorer but he is held in high esteem because he worked hard. Why is that wrong? Forgive us football fans for applauding work ethic.

How many times do you want to see a Yakubu performance like the one at Forest? If he's performing like that 50% of the time (which arguably has been he case) would you be happy with that? Again if people can't see that movement and running from the striker is important for the team then I'm afraid you just don't understand football. Good strikers create chances for themselves and others with their movement, and help the defence out when we are under pressure by showing a bit of determination and chasing balls down. Yes he scores goals but there's no denying that these criticisms are fair, because he could definitely be doing more on that side of things.

And I think people are forgetting just how many chances he's had. He has not been lethal with every chance - he's scored a couple of crackers, a bunch of tap ins, but he's missed a lot of good chances as well. He's done the best of every striker we've used this season in terms of goals but that hardly makes him a world beater.

Obviously he's not been completely crap but I think it's fair that there are split opinions about him.

[ajthefox]

I was reading the mockery's website at lunchtime and came across this stunning example in the comments section

Not really about a current city player, but still monumently retarded. I almost spat my sandwiches on the screen laughing

I was a big Hume fan when he was here and I still like the guy, but bringing him back? what a joker that guy is!

[Donut]

I don't understand why people are so confused by the Yakubu criticism.

If somebody is blessed with such natural ability and is being paid a lot of money don't you think it's fair that he should work hard? Fans expect players to earn their money through hard work and I think that's fair. People keep mentioning Hume - no he was never and never will be a great goalscorer but he is held in high esteem because he worked hard. Why is that wrong? Forgive us football fans for applauding work ethic.

How many times do you want to see a Yakubu performance like the one at Forest? If he's performing like that 50% of the time (which arguably has been he case) would you be happy with that? Again if people can't see that movement and running from the striker is important for the team then I'm afraid you just don't understand football. Good strikers create chances for themselves and others with their movement, and help the defence out when we are under pressure by showing a bit of determination and chasing balls down. Yes he scores goals but there's no denying that these criticisms are fair, because he could definitely be doing more on that side of things.

And I think people are forgetting just how many chances he's had. He has not been lethal with every chance - he's scored a couple of crackers, a bunch of tap ins, but he's missed a lot of good chances as well. He's done the best of every striker we've used this season in terms of goals but that hardly makes him a world beater.

Obviously he's not been completely crap but I think it's fair that there are split opinions about him.

Im not saying this to be awkward but i really dont think its in his job description to necessarily 'work hard' in the sense of closing down from the front, he really is literally just there to put the ball in the net, much like an Anelka, Ibrahimovic, Berbatov etc. And i dont think, although we are, that Sven is concerned with Yak's effort

I think the passion debate is an interesting one too in the other thread thats running.....not all players show their passion through tireless workrate

Just my two cents

[Kitchandro]

Im not saying this to be awkward but i really dont think its in his job description to necessarily 'work hard' in the sense of closing down from the front, he really is literally just there to put the ball in the net, much like an Anelka, Ibrahimovic, Berbatov etc. And i dont think, although we are, that Sven is concerned with Yak's effort

I think the passion debate is an interesting one too in the other thread thats running.....not all players show their passion through tireless workrate

Just my two cents

I think it's important to note that those players have often come in for heavy criticism by fans and media personnel too. No doubt they are all great talents but they also have the ability to frustrate. They are very good comparisons with Yakubu.

So I think the slating that people get for criticising Yakubu is a bit harsh, though I agree the person wanting Hume back is talking rubbish.

[lcfc_jme]

To my mind, the reason Iain Hume is not a goalscorer is not down to his inferior ability, it's because he spends most of his time steaming around here there and everywhere "for the sake of the team" instead of actually being in the box where he has a better chance of doing his job - scoring goals.

If he spent more time in and around the box and less time chasing a completely lost cause into the corner or throwing himself into a tackle just inside his own half, he may actually give people a reason to love him so much.

Goals > Fruitless work-rate.

[Kitchandro]

To my mind, the reason Iain Hume is not a goalscorer is not down to his inferior ability, it's because he spends most of his time steaming around here there and everywhere "for the sake of the team" instead of actually being in the box where he has a better chance of doing his job - scoring goals.

If he spent more time in and around the box and less time chasing a completely lost cause into the corner or throwing himself into a tackle just inside his own half, he may actually give people a reason to love him so much.

Goals > Fruitless work-rate.

I disagree, he is a god footballer but he's just not a great finisher, nor did we create many chances back then. We create far more chances these days.

Besides, when Holloway was playing him on the wing, he was always going to play like a winger, not a striker, so of course he's going to spend less time in the box.

It seems you're trying to say that being lazy helps you to become a good goalscorer...

[Mack]

Plenty of hard working teams go down. And plenty of hard working players end up working in Mcdonalds.

Setting a yardstick by whether someone runs around like a rabid banshee is just silly.

I actually think that rather than lazy it's his way, ghosting around looking for opportunities and space.

Yakubu has his style, and for him it works, just look at his career stats. From the games and the bits of training I've seen he is fully accepted by the rest of the players, and gets on very well with them and all the officials at the club. None of them are up his jacksey for being lazy, and it's their opinion that really does matter.

Personally who gives a toss if he plots up in the area with a deck chair and a good book if he rips in the goals regularly.

Like I said before, anyone could work their nuts off, glue them back on and work them off again and still not have his natural eye for a goal, it's an 'x-factor' for want of a better phrase that all clubs and coaches hunt high and low for.

Feed the Yak and he will score..... (but maybe not sprint back and make a tackle) Who gives a ....?

[broughtonblue]

I do think he comes across as lazy sometimes, and to watch it's very frustrating. Infact when he ran and challenged the Watford keeper to score his first I was somewhat surprised. But if being a footballer was all about running around the pitch for 90 minutes and making challenges, then I think a few on here could manage that and would be playing for city instead of commenting on them.