foxes21 Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 Sign a couple strikers & promote Lawrence to the first team next season in Ulloas place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountesthorpeFox Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 I understand he hasn't had a great season this season. Berating him though and ironic jeers is just pathetic. Yes he has lacked quality and composure and he can't close down with the speed and tenacity of Okazaki and Vardy but his attitude for me has always looked good, therefore I can't bring myself, especially after last season, to even consider berating him. In fact anyone that has watched the team over a period of time would know what a player worth berating looks like. The comparison with akinbyi I don't really get. People say that people are blinded by ulloas good/ok stats last season but then I would also say the same with akinbyi- compare the performances he missed an unbelievable amount of very easy chances and stood out as a poor player in a team that was going backwards, rather than rapidly upwards. Ulloa last season was relatively clinical, something akinbyi was never. Critique his performances yes. Jeer him and liken him to a donkey, not for me. Perspective really has gone from football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 I understand he hasn't had a great season this season. Berating him though and ironic jeers is just pathetic. Yes he has lacked quality and composure and he can't close down with the speed and tenacity of Okazaki and Vardy but his attitude for me has always looked good, therefore I can't bring myself, especially after last season, to even consider berating him. In fact anyone that has watched the team over a period of time would know what a player worth berating looks like. The comparison with akinbyi I don't really get. People say that people are blinded by ulloas good/ok stats last season but then I would also say the same with akinbyi- compare the performances he missed an unbelievable amount of very easy chances and stood out as a poor player in a team that was going backwards, rather than rapidly upwards. Ulloa last season was relatively clinical, something akinbyi was never. Critique his performances yes. Jeer him and liken him to a donkey, not for me. Perspective really has gone from football. You should get their records for the club and compare them, they make similar reading. Ulloa is undoubtedly the more clinical striker he just very seldom gets into the correct positions. He needs things on a plate to have any chance. Although I never wanted us to sign him in the first place never mind for the money that ended up being involved so I'm never likely to view him in a good light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchsntf Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 For the next few games, I have no interest further in fighting his case.It could be he might turn his form and season around. He will be used because unless Claudio comes up with a solution either from within the squad, or before end of transfer window, Ulloa will still be around the bench or team. To be fair, he had enough chances, poor ball control, and getting some success when competing for the ball , plus being able to hold it up occasionally, is not a big ask. These last 6 months when called upon, either as sub, or 1st choice, hes not showed any consistency,or glimpses of form have not been enough. I defended his selection, believing his form would pick up.Today was his time and chance, no complaints about service, he lost it on every occasion, in every forward movement.Also he failed to hold it up, when needed.He should of brutally led the line...he didnt, like he hasnt in the last few months. Hes had a good few last minutes as a sub. If he is asked to wear the blue shirt, I will support him, but until he starts showing, that he can still deliver, I will defer from any further comment. If the Ulloa boy, who helps in defence, cant do it, then lets see Dodoo, or King, Albrighton, cover that position, but As 2ndary forward, not to lead the line from the start.So long as Vardy and Shinji can stay fit for 16 games, then I would expect to see them complete the 1st 65-80 mins of the game. Unless someone else has an alterntive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merging Cultures Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 He looks pedestrian. I think if he looked like he was trying, we'd forgive him for not scoring, but he just walks around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpicko Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 He is so shit and he was so shit immediately after his scoring streak at the beginning of the year last year as well, can't believe Kramaric has been frozen out whilst Ulloa's starting by himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 We went through a phase of playing krama on his own last February. results didn't necessarily come right but our performances were, on occasion decent. (And sometimes reminiscent of last night!). point is, Leo up front on his own offers nothing more than krama would IMO. Defending set pieces he does. is that how we are deciding who plays up front for us? Defending set pieces? Methinks there is something about Andrej and Claudio that we haven't been told. it could be that a striker is coming in that puts all this to bed and sort of helps it make some sense. doubt it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 If we're picking him for his defensive heading, train him to be a defender like levein did with dublin and pick an actual striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilworthfox Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 It's a shame, but he's just not good enough. He cannot win a ball in the air. He is very one paced. He doesn't have the attributes to play as a target man. That said I don't know what he is good at? His performances this season and the fact that we have left kramaric go without giving him an opportunity, is baffling. The only thing I can think is that we must have some other class target man / striker imminently joining the club.... If we don't then Claudio has massively misjudged Ulloa's performances and our chances of top 4 would be diminished if things stay as they are up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 We need to be playing 433 or 442 we are rubbish with one up front. It's just not our game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP Fox Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 I'll drive him down any championship side that'll have him right now. On the back of my scooter mind... Are you sure he will be able to hold on to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickov22 Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 It's not his fault the manager stuck him up there on his own. Tall order, especially when the two wide men are supposed to support him and one of them (Dyer) is completely useless. Give Ulloa a run with Vardy and we'll see the best of him. Dip him in and out of the side and play him as a lone striker often, we won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKante Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 Same thing happened with kramaric, up on his own, I think we let the wrong man go on loan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hazels shorts Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 It's not his fault the manager stuck him up there on his own. Tall order, especially when the two wide men are supposed to support him and one of them (Dyer) is completely useless. Give Ulloa a run with Vardy and we'll see the best of him. Dip him in and out of the side and play him as a lone striker often, we won't. Fair points, although as a team we seemed to have improved at a greater rate than him when playing to his strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilworthfox Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 What is / are his strength(s)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smr Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 Rather ask Ian Ormondroyd back in the side tbh. Do like Ulloa, thought it might be just a confidence issue but I think it's becoming clear he can't really hack it at this standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 What is / are his strength(s)? Answers on a postcard please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 Don't people get it that Ulloa needs people to be taking runners around him and the right supply of angled crosses or lay-off opportunities. Ulloa's quite an intelligent footballer rather than an artiste. But he does have an eye for goal and will be scoring again for anyone with the right set-up who signs him. Unfortunately our system doesn't suit him at all. He can earn some corn defending set pieces but really he's not mobile enough for the half-striker/half midfielder role we employ and which has provided a lifeline for Shinji. Having such spasmodic involvement hasn't helped him either any more than it suited Vardy in the past. Premiership players need to be sharp but part-time involvement won't have helped that at all. Nor would it have helped his confidence, his touch or done nothing for his goals instinct because the shortage of supporting players must seem so strange to him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Ulloa People call Ulloa but Mahrez isn't doing very well now he's so tightly marked and being shown to his right side most of the time. Haha, it's perhaps a pity Ulloa didn't take those missed penalties. Two goals would have been a boost to any centre-forward's self-belief! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I blame Wellens Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 Looking abit Steve Howardesque at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertfox2 Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 Answers on a postcard please! Stamp would do at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tringfox Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 I coudnt believe how unfit he looked pre-season against Lincoln, hes struggled ever since, I think its more confidence with him rather than lack of ability! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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