Ulloa article

[Dickov22]

Can anyone find me that article criticising Pearson for signing Ulloa, predicting he'd be a big waste of money please? Can't remember which paper it was

[DB11]

That's very ambiguous. Try Google

[Dickov22]

Can't find it but I swear it was on here at some point.

[filbertway]

Can anyone find me that article criticising Pearson for signing Ulloa, predicting he'd be a big waste of money please? Can't remember which paper it was

 

Typed in "ulloa worst buy of the season article" and it was the second hit on google. Poor form haha.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ladbrokes.com%2Fen-gb%2Ffootball%2Fpremier-league%2Fworst-premier-league-signing-week-ulloa-leicester_205201.html&ei=0AstVOrDCsHiaKGbgcAI&usg=AFQjCNHuSv8-J5mu6V5J0F2pndxwKb5GBg&sig2=81E-7rdeOcRrok2mSDGY4Q&bvm=bv.76477589,d.ZWU&cad=rja

 

[Mark_w]

http://news.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/football/premier-league/worst-premier-league-signing-week-ulloa-leicester_205201.html

http://worldsoccertalk.com/2014/08/16/5-worst-premier-league-transfers-this-summer/

 

Either of those what you're looking for?

[Dickov22]

http://news.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/football/premier-league/worst-premier-league-signing-week-ulloa-leicester_205201.html

http://worldsoccertalk.com/2014/08/16/5-worst-premier-league-transfers-this-summer/

Either of those what you're looking for?

Yep, thanks

[Humpy]

There's nothing to suggest that he will become a success. Yes he's had a good start to the season but many players have, only to fade into obscurity, Michu is the best example of that.

I think he's ok, but nothing special if I'm honest. It's helped him that he was relatively unknown before he came to the Premiership, once other Clubs get to know his style I can see him fading away and becoming a regular on the bench. Personally, I think you have better options in attack.

[Dickov22]

There's nothing to suggest that he will become a success. Yes he's had a good start to the season but many players have, only to fade into obscurity, Michu is the best example of that.

I think he's ok, but nothing special if I'm honest. It's helped him that he was relatively unknown before he came to the Premiership, once other Clubs get to know his style I can see him fading away and becoming a regular on the bench. Personally, I think you have better options in attack.

Thanks for that input. Seen him regularly have you?

[sylofox]

There's nothing to suggest that he will become a success. Yes he's had a good start to the season but many players have, only to fade into obscurity, Michu is the best example of that.

I think he's ok, but nothing special if I'm honest. It's helped him that he was relatively unknown before he came to the Premiership, once other Clubs get to know his style I can see him fading away and becoming a regular on the bench. Personally, I think you have better options in attack.

But we don't have 60m to piss up the wall as you do.

Also I think most of us understand he may not keep up the form he has shown so far.

But that is a 50/50 chance we have taken.

 

Anyway suppose what I am really saying is why the fvck are you still here it's over get over it.

Long live king Ferrgie and Clatts is a Leicester fan now and at the moment you are a mid table team.

If you lot are still struggling after the deafet I suggest you all take a day trip to Blackpool.

 

It can't cost that much to go up the tower and you could argue you only need the lift in one direction.

Infact sure a few scousers would pay for you on the lift if they get to see you off lol

[jonthefox]

There's nothing to suggest that he will become a success. Yes he's had a good start to the season but many players have, only to fade into obscurity, Michu is the best example of that.

I think he's ok, but nothing special if I'm honest. It's helped him that he was relatively unknown before he came to the Premiership, once other Clubs get to know his style I can see him fading away and becoming a regular on the bench. Personally, I think you have better options in attack.

We need to take man utds example of buying expensive players that become instant hits.

[Claridge]

There's nothing to suggest that he will become a success. Yes he's had a good start to the season but many players have, only to fade into obscurity, Michu is the best example of that.

I think he's ok, but nothing special if I'm honest. It's helped him that he was relatively unknown before he came to the Premiership, once other Clubs get to know his style I can see him fading away and becoming a regular on the bench. Personally, I think you have better options in attack.

Sorry to hear about your sight loss and brain damage.Hope you recover soon

[Stadt]

Michu is a bad example because he's had injury problems.

[Carl the Llama]

There's nothing to suggest that he will become a success. Yes he's had a good start to the season but many players have, only to fade into obscurity, Michu is the best example of that.

I think he's ok, but nothing special if I'm honest. It's helped him that he was relatively unknown before he came to the Premiership, once other Clubs get to know his style I can see him fading away and becoming a regular on the bench. Personally, I think you have better options in attack.

Michu who dominated for an entire season, scoring 18 goals before his second season was practically written off by injury leading to him being fobbed off on Bilbao?   You utter clown go back to redcafe where pretending to know about football goes down well.

[HitchinFox]

There's nothing to suggest that he will become a success. Yes he's had a good start to the season but many players have, only to fade into obscurity, Michu is the best example of that.

I think he's ok, but nothing special if I'm honest. It's helped him that he was relatively unknown before he came to the Premiership, once other Clubs get to know his style I can see him fading away and becoming a regular on the bench. Personally, I think you have better options in attack.

 

Fair enough. Now, I'd like to hear from you:

1. What exactly is Ulloa's style of play?

2. With your expert knowledge of Ulloa's style of play, what would you have told your so-called defence to do, to prevent Ulloa scoring that headed goal in the first half in that 5-3 game? 

You know, the one when The Cheat discourteously took the ball off one of your players and crossed it to Ulloa practically from behind the advertising boards. 

[Buzzell]

Ulloa has scored more goals then Roonpig, VP and Falcao combined this season.

Just saying

[Humpy]

Michu is a bad example because he's had injury problems.

Even before the injuries he was going downhill, teams knew how to mark him. As soon as he was identified as a plausible threat he became a marked man which resulted in him being played out of the game, the same will happen to Ulloa (become a marked man) how he copes with that will determine how good he will become. 

[tylesta]

Id prefer our leo and that lazy ballotelli..i think he's a good bit of buisness scores and works hard. He is a beast at defending corners aswell.

Falcao has had a great start aint he 300k a week haha

[tylesta]

I thought van gaal read 4 books on us surely he could of worked out leo?

[Humpy]

I thought van gaal read 4 books on us surely he could of worked out leo?

You'd think wouldn't you? As I said Ulloa was relatively unheard of before he signed for Leicester, he will now become a marked man. How he copes with that will determine how good or bad he becomes.

[Stadt]

Michu was a fantastic signing and I struggle to see how he wasn't, yeah he might not have scored as often as he did in his first season but he played a large part in their survival, a cup win and European football.

Based on your logic most strikers that have been around for years are 'marked men' and won't score often.

[Buzzell]

I think the signing of Bony was the downfall to Michu.

Michu was Swansea's main man up top before Bony got signed. When Bony was introduced, Michu was dropped into the CAM role meaning he didn't get as many goal scoring opportunities as the previous season.

[Captain...]

FFS, some of you really need to chill It's just my opinion. I think you have better options, personally I really rate Schlupp. Yes I haven't seen Ulloa play on a regular basis but that doesn't stop me having an opinion, just like it doesn't stop any of you having an opinion on a player who plays for a rival team. I've seen plenty of those about Man United players, some I agree with some I don't. Opinions eh.

As for using Uniteds examples, it's those exact examples why I don't think Leicester fans shouldn't rely to much on him. He's ok, but that's it.

Tell me why he is going to become a success?

 

Difference is we have all been watching Man United players for years, even the new boys are pretty well known to most football fans, exceptions being Herrera and Blackett.

 

As for Ulloa, he has hardly come from nowhere, like Michu, he has been playing in England for 2 years now, any decent support team could access tons of footage on the guy and prepare plans on how to mark. I don't believe that top 5 prem teams just turned up to the game and didn't do any research on Ulloa.

 

When you have Michu coming from Spain where there isn't so much coverage of lower teams and lower leagues, he can be a bit of a surprise package, or even Mahrez and Knockeart coming from the Ligue 2, but Ulloa came from Brighton.

 

Why is he going to be a success? 5 goals in 5 games is a good start, but it is the style of goals, they are poachers goals, finishers goals, headers. You don't need to research hours and hours of footage of a player to know you don't leave a striker over 6 foot unmarked in the box, but he has that goal scorers knack of being in the right place at the right time, reading the cross, finding some space, getting a run on the defender and getting something on it.

 

He may not stay as second top scorer in the league, but he is exactly the sort of player we need and what we lacked last season, aerial presence in both boxes, strikers instinct, good work rate and attitude that is why Pearson went all out to sign him.

[LCCFox96]

You'd think wouldn't you? As I said Ulloa was relatively unheard of before he signed for Leicester, he will now become a marked man. How he copes with that will determine how good or bad he becomes.

He'd played in England for 2 years with Brighton and averaged a goal every other game! This means he was fairly prolific in the championship and was pretty well known to most football fans with a modicum of knowledge outside the top 6 clubs. Before that he had played in the top flight in Argentina and Spain (including an impressive track record with Almeria).

You do realise just because a player comes from a league you don't follow or know much about Manchester United's scouting and match preparation teams won't tell LVG "oh shit, sorry boss we know nothing about this Ulloa fellow". They will have researched him and tried to set up to counter his threat. Clearly, on this occasion, they failed. Crystal Palace handled him well on Saturday but can't see him fizzling out if nothing else because of his work rate.

[Captain...]

He'd played in England for 2 years with Brighton and averaged a goal every other game! This means he was fairly prolific in the championship and was pretty well known to most football fans with a modicum of knowledge outside the top 6 clubs. Before that he had played in the top flight in Argentina and Spain (including an impressive track record with Almeria).

You do realise just because a player comes from a league you don't follow or know much about Manchester United's scouting and match preparation teams won't tell LVG "oh shit, sorry boss we know nothing about this Ulloa fellow". They will have researched him and tried to set up to counter his threat. Clearly, on this occasion, they failed. Crystal Palace handled him well on Saturday but can't see him fizzling out if nothing else because of his work rate.

 

It wasn't really Ulloa they handled, it was the supply to him they cut off, he had one shot all game, 87th minute and it was blocked, similar to Stoke, but he had that one chance, which he helped create, and stuck it away.

 

So far in the Prem he has had 12 shots, 2 blocked, 4 off target, 6 on target, 5 goals.

 

Which is why I would go back to 442/4411 for Burnley, we need to make sure we can supply him the ammo for him to finish, get wide get the ball in he will score.

[Oxfordfox83]

Difference is we have all been watching Man United players for years, even the new boys are pretty well known to most football fans, exceptions being Herrera and Blackett.

As for Ulloa, he has hardly come from nowhere, like Michu, he has been playing in England for 2 years now, any decent support team could access tons of footage on the guy and prepare plans on how to mark. I don't believe that top 5 prem teams just turned up to the game and didn't do any research on Ulloa.

When you have Michu coming from Spain where there isn't so much coverage of lower teams and lower leagues, he can be a bit of a surprise package, or even Mahrez and Knockeart coming from the Ligue 2, but Ulloa came from Brighton.

Why is he going to be a success? 5 goals in 5 games is a good start, but it is the style of goals, they are poachers goals, finishers goals, headers. You don't need to research hours and hours of footage of a player to know you don't leave a striker over 6 foot unmarked in the box, but he has that goal scorers knack of being in the right place at the right time, reading the cross, finding some space, getting a run on the defender and getting something on it.

He may not stay as second top scorer in the league, but he is exactly the sort of player we need and what we lacked last season, aerial presence in both boxes, strikers instinct, good work rate and attitude that is why Pearson went all out to sign him.

Spot on. And as for defences working him out, I wonder how you pick a defence that can cope with blistering pace and industry (JV) and tall, clever ruthlessness (LU). It's for this reason I think we'll be 442 this year, and we'll keep causing upsets against the big teams.