Vardy nearly quit last year

[Captain...]

I think we can learn a lot from the Vardy transfer, as well as a number of Pearson's other signings, first is to look for the positives, NP has an excellent record in the transfer market and signs players for a reason not on a whim or out of panic, it was clear from the first few games Vardy had a good attitude, plenty of pace and worked hard, yes he was a little wayward in front of goal and sometimes ran around like a headless chicken, but these things will come with time especially when making the step up or coming from a different country. I supported and defended Vardy last season as the criticism was unjust, I'm not going to say I predicted he would be the best striker in the league, but I could see a lot of positives. 

 

Secondly is to take certain external factors into consideration, price tag, injuries, knocks and niggles, playing time, confidence, form, dressing room morale, no it doesn't change their actual performances, but it gives reason as to why they may not be at their best, why things aren't going their way and why there is a good chance things can improve. Vardy like many others this season have come on a lot, they have not taken a magic potion preseason, they have always had that ability, but external factors can play a big part on how you perform on the pitch.

 

Thirdly trust in Nige and the backroom team to find the right players and mould them into our team and our team around them, this goes for the criticism aimed at Nigel and co last season, the position we are in now is due to the last 2 and a half years of NP building this team, we have made some mistakes, taken some wrong turns, but there has always been improvement. We are reaping the rewards this season.

 

Finally, it doesn't matter how much you try and avoid the fan comments, social media, the tweets and the twats, it is impossible, any footballer will take a great interest in football, will follow games and watch Sky Sports at home, it is their job and their passion, they also have media commitments, and the Stringer's of this world love to stir up what the fans have said to get a story, there are also well meaning team mates and friends who will see it, retweet it, defend it, but you can't simply avoid it, and it is only going to get worse in the prem.

 

So next time we sign someone who isn't making an instant or impact or the team/a player is having a little blip, and you feel like slagging them off to the world, just remember the story of Jamie Vardy, who nearly left and had a mardy, but now is the host of the promotion party.

[MooseBreath]

They don't half love a moan these footballers. I seriously doubt the abuse they get at the ground is any worse than it ever has been or any worse at leicester than it is elsewhere. If they're getting abuse from some children on twitter or wherever and it upsets them then they should take themselves off there, or otherwise learn not to be upset by children.

[foxes_rule1978]

For him to be receiving abuse was out of order but for his performances to have been questioned wasn't, he knows himself he wasn't performing last year. He has grown and proved he is more than capable at this level.

[broughtonblue]

I think we can learn a lot from the Vardy transfer, as well as a number of Pearson's other signings, first is to look for the positives, NP has an excellent record in the transfer market and signs players for a reason not on a whim or out of panic, it was clear from the first few games Vardy had a good attitude, plenty of pace and worked hard, yes he was a little wayward in front of goal and sometimes ran around like a headless chicken, but these things will come with time especially when making the step up or coming from a different country. I supported and defended Vardy last season as the criticism was unjust, I'm not going to say I predicted he would be the best striker in the league, but I could see a lot of positives.

Secondly is to take certain external factors into consideration, price tag, injuries, knocks and niggles, playing time, confidence, form, dressing room morale, not it doesn't change their actual performances, but it gives reason as to why they may not be at their best, why things aren't going their way and why there is a good chance things can improve. Vardy like many others this season have come on a lot, they have not taken a magic potion preseason, they have always had that ability, but external factors can play a big part on how you perform on the pitch.

Thirdly trust in Nige and the backroom team to find the right players and mould them into our team and our team around them, this goes for the criticism aimed at Nigel and co last season, the position we are in now is due to the last 2 and a half years of NP building this team, we have made some mistakes, taken some wrong turns, but there has always been this imporvement. We are reaping the rewards this season.

Finally, it doesn't matter how much you try and avoid the fan comments, the social media, the tweets and the twats, it is impossible, any footballer will take a great interest in football, will follow games and watch Sky Sports at home, it is their job and their passion, they also have media commitments, and the Stringer's of this world will love to stir up what the fans have said to get a story, team mates and friends who will see it, retweet it, defend it, but you can't simply avoid it, and it is only going to get worse in the prem.

So next time we sign someone who isn't making an instant or impact or the team/a player is having a little blip, and you feel like slagging them off to the world, just remember the story of Jamie Vardy, who nearly left and had a mardy, but now is the host of the promotion party.

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[Guest Col city fan]

I think we can learn a lot from the Vardy transfer, as well as a number of Pearson's other signings, first is to look for the positives, NP has an excellent record in the transfer market and signs players for a reason not on a whim or out of panic, it was clear from the first few games Vardy had a good attitude, plenty of pace and worked hard, yes he was a little wayward in front of goal and sometimes ran around like a headless chicken, but these things will come with time especially when making the step up or coming from a different country. I supported and defended Vardy last season as the criticism was unjust, I'm not going to say I predicted he would be the best striker in the league, but I could see a lot of positives.

Secondly is to take certain external factors into consideration, price tag, injuries, knocks and niggles, playing time, confidence, form, dressing room morale, not it doesn't change their actual performances, but it gives reason as to why they may not be at their best, why things aren't going their way and why there is a good chance things can improve. Vardy like many others this season have come on a lot, they have not taken a magic potion preseason, they have always had that ability, but external factors can play a big part on how you perform on the pitch.

Thirdly trust in Nige and the backroom team to find the right players and mould them into our team and our team around them, this goes for the criticism aimed at Nigel and co last season, the position we are in now is due to the last 2 and a half years of NP building this team, we have made some mistakes, taken some wrong turns, but there has always been this imporvement. We are reaping the rewards this season.

Finally, it doesn't matter how much you try and avoid the fan comments, the social media, the tweets and the twats, it is impossible, any footballer will take a great interest in football, will follow games and watch Sky Sports at home, it is their job and their passion, they also have media commitments, and the Stringer's of this world will love to stir up what the fans have said to get a story, team mates and friends who will see it, retweet it, defend it, but you can't simply avoid it, and it is only going to get worse in the prem.

So next time we sign someone who isn't making an instant or impact or the team/a player is having a little blip, and you feel like slagging them off to the world, just remember the story of Jamie Vardy, who nearly left and had a mardy, but now is the host of the promotion party.

One of your best ever posts..

[Freeman's Wharfer]

There are two sides to the social media coin...

 

One is that you'll get (often, but not always) unwarranted stick but the other is that you'll get adulation. Which is why, I suspect, that professional footballers can't keep away. The amount of "you're my favourite player" and "you were brilliant today" Tweets that they get are clearly a bit of an ego boost for them.

 

I remember Vardy had a particularly depressive Tweet last year along the lines of "not really happening for me and I don't know why" and I Tweeted him a "keep your chin up" type of Tweet without fishing for a RT or saying anything I wouldn't say if I met him in the street. It just seemed that here was a guy that I could see had the ability to make it at this level (I remember the Blackburn away game in particular that he'd really shown flashes of what he was about) but who was clearly doubting himself and making poor decisions in games because of a lack of confidence.

 

I think the stick that Vardy got wasn't exactly unwarranted as he did get worse and worse over the course of the season, and people obviously got frustrated, but similarly there were plenty (such as myself) who were championing him a little and willing him to capitalise on that early promise. Even those of us who had seen glimpses could never have imagined that he'd be the player he has been this year however.

 

Given Vardy's character his line on this is more likely to be praising/thanking the manager than slating the fans.

[Larry_LCFC]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Truth is he looked completely out of his depth last season and I'm not surprised. Jumping that many leagues in one go was never gonna work in the first season. Fair play to him in the summer, he clearly got his head down and worked his socks off and now look at him. The personal abuse he received was wrong, but in my eyes some of the the criticism of his game was justified.

[MrSpaM]

He didnt even get that much abuse last year tbh. Few people saying he wasnt good enough but nothing worth ending your career over. Seems a bit ott to me.

[Hungry Hungry Fox]

Ah bless him

It's just another example of oversensitive footballers

Would have had more respect if he kept off social network sites, rolled his sleeves up & got on with it!

You obviously haven't been following the team this season then

I'd love to know how you'd deal with thousands of people screaming abuse at you, my guess is not very well

This kind of thing is a sad sign of the times I'm afraid

[Manwell Pablo]

Perhaps he should have removed himself from the team as well so he didn't hear the "supporters" boo him when he was announced as coming on as sub.

 

I agree you can't really moan about twitter if you choose to put yourself on there, but we don't half have a moronic group who abuse players needlessly.

 

I think you can, for the reasons you've given in your first sentence, you shouldn't have to hide yourself away just for fear of idiots giving you grief, no need for our own supporters to be giving one of our own players dog's abuse on Twitter no matter how bad their form is. If you want to moan about it there are places to do so (like here, I wouldn't have any sympathy for a player who comes on here and reads negative comments on a site like this) instead of directing it at the actual individual in question.

 

That's without mentioning the fact that some of the things people put on Twitter are just totally below the belt uncalled for and very personal attacks.

[kingcarr21]

I think we can learn a lot from the Vardy transfer, as well as a number of Pearson's other signings, first is to look for the positives, NP has an excellent record in the transfer market and signs players for a reason not on a whim or out of panic, it was clear from the first few games Vardy had a good attitude, plenty of pace and worked hard, yes he was a little wayward in front of goal and sometimes ran around like a headless chicken, but these things will come with time especially when making the step up or coming from a different country. I supported and defended Vardy last season as the criticism was unjust, I'm not going to say I predicted he would be the best striker in the league, but I could see a lot of positives. 

 

Secondly is to take certain external factors into consideration, price tag, injuries, knocks and niggles, playing time, confidence, form, dressing room morale, not it doesn't change their actual performances, but it gives reason as to why they may not be at their best, why things aren't going their way and why there is a good chance things can improve. Vardy like many others this season have come on a lot, they have not taken a magic potion preseason, they have always had that ability, but external factors can play a big part on how you perform on the pitch.

 

Thirdly trust in Nige and the backroom team to find the right players and mould them into our team and our team around them, this goes for the criticism aimed at Nigel and co last season, the position we are in now is due to the last 2 and a half years of NP building this team, we have made some mistakes, taken some wrong turns, but there has always been this imporvement. We are reaping the rewards this season.

 

Finally, it doesn't matter how much you try and avoid the fan comments, the social media, the tweets and the twats, it is impossible, any footballer will take a great interest in football, will follow games and watch Sky Sports at home, it is their job and their passion, they also have media commitments, and the Stringer's of this world will love to stir up what the fans have said to get a story, team mates and friends who will see it, retweet it, defend it, but you can't simply avoid it, and it is only going to get worse in the prem.

 

So next time we sign someone who isn't making an instant or impact or the team/a player is having a little blip, and you feel like slagging them off to the world, just remember the story of Jamie Vardy, who nearly left and had a mardy, but now is the host of the promotion party.

 

Very poetic

[ScouseFox]

someone called me a cúnt in work the other week because he thought i'd made a mistake. i didn't cry or think about quitting. 

 

i love vardy but he needs to man up a bit if a few bellends on twitter or a small percentage of our crowd on a match day saying he'd done something shit made him want to quit possibly the best job in the world. thankfully he did man up and got on with it and now he's probably only behind ronaldo in the best player in the world argument imo. 

[Manwell Pablo]

I think we can learn a lot from the Vardy transfer, as well as a number of Pearson's other signings, first is to look for the positives, NP has an excellent record in the transfer market and signs players for a reason not on a whim or out of panic, it was clear from the first few games Vardy had a good attitude, plenty of pace and worked hard, yes he was a little wayward in front of goal and sometimes ran around like a headless chicken, but these things will come with time especially when making the step up or coming from a different country. I supported and defended Vardy last season as the criticism was unjust, I'm not going to say I predicted he would be the best striker in the league, but I could see a lot of positives. 

 

Secondly is to take certain external factors into consideration, price tag, injuries, knocks and niggles, playing time, confidence, form, dressing room morale, no it doesn't change their actual performances, but it gives reason as to why they may not be at their best, why things aren't going their way and why there is a good chance things can improve. Vardy like many others this season have come on a lot, they have not taken a magic potion preseason, they have always had that ability, but external factors can play a big part on how you perform on the pitch.

 

Thirdly trust in Nige and the backroom team to find the right players and mould them into our team and our team around them, this goes for the criticism aimed at Nigel and co last season, the position we are in now is due to the last 2 and a half years of NP building this team, we have made some mistakes, taken some wrong turns, but there has always been improvement. We are reaping the rewards this season.

 

Finally, it doesn't matter how much you try and avoid the fan comments, social media, the tweets and the twats, it is impossible, any footballer will take a great interest in football, will follow games and watch Sky Sports at home, it is their job and their passion, they also have media commitments, and the Stringer's of this world love to stir up what the fans have said to get a story, there are also well meaning team mates and friends who will see it, retweet it, defend it, but you can't simply avoid it, and it is only going to get worse in the prem.

 

So next time we sign someone who isn't making an instant or impact or the team/a player is having a little blip, and you feel like slagging them off to the world, just remember the story of Jamie Vardy, who nearly left and had a mardy, but now is the host of the promotion party.

 

 

The sentiment is correct and I agree he got a lot of unjust stick

 

But don't for a second sit there and say he didn't deserve to have a bad word said about him some of his performances, especially in the second part of the last season, were just out right unacceptable. Much was made of him going on loan and I think that still would of been the best cause of action last year, we could have had the striker we've got now a lot earlier. 

[RizLCFC]

Last season was a massive learning curve for Vardy, he wouldn't be the player he is today if he didn't experience that. Coming from a much lower standard of football for a record fee must've put immense pressure on him as well as raise the expectations of the fans especially looking at the amount of goals he's scored elsewhere.

Like others, I hate the idea of players being on social media sites, it's asking for trouble and if they are then they should face the abuse they get, either by not responding or just making light of it like Nugent.

As for our fans, yes some of them are too early to judge and look for a scapegoat to vent their frustrations and Vardy may have been a victim of that.

I think he deserved more of a chance last season. I thought he started well but was then quickly replaced with Waghorn, and both didn't get a proper look in once we signed Wood in January. Maybe he lacked confidence in his own ability and the pressure was too much for him, hence why he thought about quitting, maybe physically he wasn't ready to step up to Championship level.

All credit to him for going away last summer and working hard, getting physically and mentally stronger, and for the management to keep faith in him. His career may have just fallen away much like Waghorns had it not been for FFP, could be a blessing in disguise for him.

Keep up the good work Vards! ðŸ‘

[kingfox]

You really don't know what is about to come around the corner in Football.

 

Last season especially at the back end, the likes of Drinkwater & Vardy deserved criticism. At that particular time, they were poor & it was hardly a surprise that they were getting so much stick. I said last season, if Drinkwater plays well I will praise him & the first half of the season, he was fantastic. Come the second half he was a completely different player, a negative player who didn't look confident, looking back at that time, as I said it was hardly a surprise to see him being made a scapegoat. I've admitted this season that I got things wrong & passed judgement too soon, and as always I'm willing to hold my hands up. Danny Drinkwater has been excellent this season, & when it comes round to the player of the season awards I will vote for him.

 

As for Vardy, as this thread is about him, I was willing to give him time, I thought for a long time despite not playing well, he was always capable of making the grade. But like Drinkwater and others, as time passed I got more and more frustrated, and when he gave that penalty away last season, it really felt like the final straw, and in my opinion I thought it was the last we were gonna see of Jamie Vardy. Pearson though has rightfully stuck by him & gave him another chance, & from the first few games of this season, you could easily see the improvements Jamie Vardy has made. Last season he always had the pace, he always hustled and bustled, but he lacked touch & finishing skills, this season he has improved in those two departments dramatically, hence why he has scored 15 goals this season.

 

At the time they deserved criticism, and it's impossible to tell what's around the corner. On this occasion and thankfully for Leicester City football club, our management staff stuck by our players, through their toughest times, and were willing to give them another chance, and thankfully it's paying off. Two players who struggled in stages last season, have now become two of our better players. 

[Hungry Hungry Fox]

someone called me a cúnt in work the other week because he thought i'd made a mistake. i didn't cry or think about quitting.

i love vardy but he needs to man up a bit if a few bellends on twitter or a small percentage of our crowd on a match day saying he'd done something shit made him want to quit possibly the best job in the world. thankfully he did man up and got on with it and now he's probably only behind ronaldo in the best player in the world argument imo.

You didn't react to the person who insulted you?

How would you handle 100's if not 1000's of people calling you cvnt?

Remember, we all react differently to this sort of thing

[ScouseFox]

You didn't react to the person who insulted you?

How would you handle 100's if not 1000's of people calling you cvnt?

Remember, we all react differently to this sort of thing

 

nope because i knew i had done nothing wrong because i know a lot more about my job than a random punter, like jamie vardy knows a lot more about football than some plebs on twitter so he should just ignore them. 

 

yeah true, although if 1000s (exaggeration) of people were abusing me on twitter i'd probably just delete twitter. 

[Mickey O'Neil]

I've been saying for a very long time we have more than our fair share of morons. They're the ones chomping at the bit, waiting for their opportunity to boo at the first available chance. You'd have thought we would have learnt our lesson after the abuse O'Neil got, but no, we have an endless supply of morons that just don't learn.

As for taking yourself off social media, that's a fair shout. However, players like Drinkwater don't seem to endulge in that nonsense but still put their hands up to their ears and our "supporters" cry about this. He obviously heard the negativity in the ground, not on social media.

Some fans think it's their God given right to abuse players. That's up to them, i can't drive them out but I doubt they realise the damage they can do. Just because I don't moan, this doesn't make me a bigger fan...I just can't see what the point is in it. The players know who performs, the manager does, that's good enough for me.

[Captain...]

The sentiment is correct and I agree he got a lot of unjust stick

 

But don't for a second sit there and say he didn't deserve to have a bad word said about him some of his performances, especially in the second part of the last season, were just out right unacceptable. Much was made of him going on loan and I think that still would of been the best cause of action last year, we could have had the striker we've got now a lot earlier. 

 

The second part of last season? Do you mean the 8 minutes at Middlesbrough? (I know he gave away a penalty)

Or the 10 minutes at Cardiff?

Or the 15 minutes at Wolves? 8 minutes at Blackburn? 12 minutes at Blackpool?

 

Or do you mean the one league game he started in the second half of the season those 70 minutes against Peterborough it was a shocking defeat, but you can't really blame Vardy as he had been subbed when we were 1-0 up. Maybe it was the Huddersfield games you are referring to, when NP went all experimental and also tried to play Wellens and Gallagher and Futacs.

 

In our relegation form run of last season he played 12 whole minutes, there were many more unacceptable performances.

 

Maybe you are referring the run of games he got before Christmas, when first Nugent got injured and Vardy had to be rushed back from injury and illness, then Waghorn got injured just as Nugent regained fitness. His performances then weren't as good as his performances at the start of the season, but we had nobody else (well Lingard and Futacs) until we signed Wood, which goes to my second point about understanding why a player isn't at his best.

 

I'm not saying he is above criticism, but it is nonsense like this that makes it seem like persecution of a player, people are so blinded by the preconception they have of players that they convince themselves of things that aren't true.

[Kitchandro]

I can see both sides of this. On the one hand, booing our own players is a fvcking disgrace and it happens way to easily.

 

On the other hand, ready to quit because he was getting a bit of stick? Come on now, I think he's exaggerating. I bet it was the stuff on twitter that got to him more than a few boos (certain players have had it much worse).

 

We've all had shit times recently but obviously he was right to persevere. It's better than feeling sorry for himself. I get the feeling some fans would have preferred him to quit just so they can shame the minority that laid into him in an OTT way.

[Kitchandro]

Didn't Drinkwater kinda do this with his cupped ear celebrations highlighting the moronic ficklesness of football supporters

 

Nah you see that highlighted his oversensitivity. I can't remember him ever getting serious stick from the fans.

[Ric Flair]

In my opinion the whole place was toxic last season, the fans were at boiling point after a couple of seasons of expectation and nothing to show for it. We were partly to blame for that and I think as a group we're an embarrassment at times, very fickle and slightly deluded. That said, there's enough evidence to provide as to why our fans were behaving how they were last season and sadly players will come in for stick if they don't perform. My argument with Vardy would be that the baptism of fire he's received has in the end bought the best out of him. I don't advocate it but it's clear that the talent he has was not being used hence why he dropped out of the football league. It's often a mental thing why some players don't make it, it's hard to believe that a player with Vardy's ability could be plying his trade about 7 tiers below the PL at one point with the technical skill he's got but he was doing. His attitude was questionable in his late teens/early twenties by all accounts and it's a credit to him and his coaches that he's gone on to make it at this level and is destined to perform in the Premier League next season. He's overcome some personal battles and is now realising that explosive ability, he has the confidence and belief now. He came in for dogs abuse at times and that was wrong but it's helped make him and I hope we have all learnt lessons from that. I'm a bit embarrassed at how scathing I was of him and the lads last year but fans aren't perfect and football is our outlet in life. Our frustrations come out and thankfully the people who bare the brunt of it, the players and coaching staff get paid VERY, VERY well for their troubles.

 

If players can't handle the criticism rightly or wrongly then they need to make sure they shield themselves from it as much as possible and being very active on twitter isn't the best way of going about it. You'll get helmets on there giving people stick even when they're absolutely flying so what do they expect if them and the team are struggling?

 

I'm glad he didn't quit because we're on the verge of something amazing and he'll no longer have to play in front of about 3000 fans on dog muck pitches.

[Agent Fox]

Just seen a snippet of an interview with the beautiful Natalie Jackson, in which Vardy says he was ready to quit last year. This was down to the pressure put on him by fans on social media sites and elsewhere, the reason he didn't was down to our manager/back room staff saying they believed in him. So all of you who gave him shit last year hang your head in shame, and to NP and staff, well done on helping a young lad deal with the pressure of stepping up from non league

Edit: I think the interview is on late kick off tonight

 

Why? He was rubbish last year! This season he has been our best player behind Drinkwater. Credit to him.

[Jace]

Personally I've never seen the point in being a supporter if you aint going to support the players abuse is what you give the opposing players to put them off it just seems stupid to me to do it to your own.

[5waller5]

someone called me a cúnt in work the other week because he thought i'd made a mistake. i didn't cry or think about quitting. 

 

i love vardy but he needs to man up a bit if a few bellends on twitter or a small percentage of our crowd on a match day saying he'd done something shit made him want to quit possibly the best job in the world. thankfully he did man up and got on with it and now he's probably only behind ronaldo in the best player in the world argument imo. 

 

Nice workplace. Got any jobs??