Bamba's Babes Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 Improved performance yesterday but still not doing enough. Spends most of the game on his bum and gets tired very quickly it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxymcoxy Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 I find it astonishing that some people can't see the difference between being low on confidence and being shit. His final product has been poor recently but he is a proven international goal scorer and that will come. What he does well is shield the ball, hold it up well, usually makes good decisions in build up play, hassles defenders etc. He hasn't quite lived up to his first couple of games but he's been a part of one of our best sides in living memory so cut him a little bit of slack at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxes21 Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 It's no coincidence we played better when he came on. Face it he is important to the way we play and his style of play is more important to the team right now, than his goal ratio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claridge Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 Spent most of it cleansing my eyes of all of the shitness Okazaki was projecting. need to cleanse your keypad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettsj2 Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 need to cleanse your keypad Why? Is Okazaki using it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 When he comes off at h/t and we go on to win people slate him When he comes on at h/t and we go on to win he's poor It's interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettsj2 Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 I find it astonishing that some people can't see the difference between being low on confidence and being shit. Absolutely this. He's so obviously shit its unbelievable people are trying to use the confidence excuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 need to cleanse your keypad Why? Is Okazaki using it? Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 Absolutely this. He's so obviously shit its unbelievable people are trying to use the confidence excuse. Think your record's broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 We're a better second half team, that's been proven. We didn't improve yesterday because of Okazaki but on the flip side we've not improved in previous games just because he's gone off. Our superior fitness makes us a very different proposition to teams in the second half of games and we have the firepower to take full advantage of it. So far he's been no better than Nugent imo, infact I preferred Nuge. Still needs to be given time to prove himself though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The whole world smiles Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 I thought he was shit today and in general, is shit. Hahaha what a bitter man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxymcoxy Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 Absolutely this. He's so obviously shit its unbelievable people are trying to use the confidence excuse. Yeah you are right he's obviously just shit that's why he's had a very good career in the top flight and at international level. That's why he was nominated for the Ballon d'or. That's why we chased him for multiple transfer windows and decided he was worth a pretty hefty fee. That's why we've been doing so well with him in the team. Damn just imagine what he could achieve if he wasn't shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiper Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 We're a better second half team, that's been proven. We didn't improve yesterday because of Okazaki but on the flip side we've not improved in previous games just because he's gone off. Our superior fitness makes us a very different proposition to teams in the second half of games and we have the firepower to take full advantage of it. So far he's been no better than Nugent imo, infact I preferred Nuge. Still needs to be given time to prove himself though Selling Nuge seems like such a knee-jerk reaction now, doesn't it? With the form Vardy is in, you have to think Nugent would have benefited quite a bit considering how well the two played off of each other. Shinji seems like a similar player but without that psychic link to our leading scorer and he also never gets a shot off. Nuge managed to get shots and came up with a some absolute gems when you least expected it. I think Shinji has looked fairly solid in his second-half sub spots. Made a few nice moves yesterday, but if he's never going to get a shot off, what's the point? That is by far the main concern for me, way more than the fact that he spends most of his time on the floor. How many shots has he had all season? Feels like he isn't even in double digits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 We do not miss Nugent at all. Where has his name popped up from and why?! He barely scored last season himself and had played at the level before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfieldfox. Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 Frankly I'm not convinced yet by him. I would have put Leo on for Schlupp not Shinji. Jeff had a poor first half buT did link well with rest of team. His shooting is either amazing (when he reacts) or awful if he has time to think. I think the reason we won was not due to the subs but due to luck. Marez moving to wing did help so tactically Ranieri got it right. He did try swapping Jeff and Albrighton in first half, then swapped Jeff for Mahrez. Of note Shinji has mainly been subbed at half time or come on as a sub, there must be a reason. I want him to do well for us however remain sceptical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImBlue Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 Failed to shoot when he should have, they broke and should have scored. Worked hard though I suppose which is enough for some. Good to see his falling over and throwing his he'd back hasn't changed. Wish the kid would try to stay on his feet sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooseBreath Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 He didn't fall over, he was knocked over because he knows how to win a foul. He won numerous free kicks that relieved the pressure at 2-1. Textbook display of defensive work by an attacker. Interestingly I was reading an interview from shinji back in September where he said he was confident in his ability to help out the defence. Makes me wonder whether ranieri has maybe told him to be the first line of defence, concentrating on not giving the opposition time high up the pitch. If that his role then he is doing it superbly. People are concentrating on the one time he should have had a shot but that's a laughably simplistic way of looking at his contribution. Honestly, I'm actually laughing at how basic that argument is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col city fan Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 Improves like Jeff has Please never model yourself on Jeff, shinji. Of all the players, not Jeff, please. Are you really saying that Jeff Schlupp hasn't improved as a player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Nads Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 He reminds me a lot of Vardy in his first season with us. He looks for the pass instead of taking a shot himself. He is good enough we can see that, but it looks like he is short of confidence. Hopefully a goal or two and 90 minutes will give him the boost he needs. If all four of our forwards are in form at the same time, we will out score anyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 He's a good striker. Shame people have given up on him really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImBlue Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 He didn't fall over, he was knocked over because he knows how to win a foul. He won numerous free kicks that relieved the pressure at 2-1. Textbook display of defensive work by an attacker. Interestingly I was reading an interview from shinji back in September where he said he was confident in his ability to help out the defence. Makes me wonder whether ranieri has maybe told him to be the first line of defence, concentrating on not giving the opposition time high up the pitch. If that his role then he is doing it superbly. People are concentrating on the one time he should have had a shot but that's a laughably simplistic way of looking at his contribution. Honestly, I'm actually laughing at how basic that argument is. They immediately went up the other end after tackling him and nearly got in behind us that was the problem. He won a few fouls, but I remember at least one time he threw himself of the floor, won nothing, and were then one man down and he's gave it them back about 35 yards out. id prefer him to try and stay up, but the problem is when he has turned someone, he's so slow he can't get away from them! So in my opinion takes the easy way out and goes down whenever he can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooseBreath Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 Are you really saying that Jeff Schlupp hasn't improved as a player? Jeff has improved, albeit from a very low base. But if I was looking for a player from our squad who has improved for shinji to use as an example, it wouldn't be Jeff Schlupp. Vardy, Mahrez, Drinkwater to name a few have all improved way more than Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImBlue Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 Jeff has improved, albeit from a very low base. But if I was looking for a player from our squad who has improved for shinji to use as an example, it wouldn't be Jeff Schlupp. Vardy, Mahrez, Drinkwater to name a few have all improved way more than Jeff. Actually Jeff is perfect. absolutely woeful attacking wise, but works hard and runs a lot. Shinji will never get close to the level of the other named 3, especially the first 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 Actually Jeff is perfect. absolutely woeful attacking wise, but works hard and runs a lot. Shinji will never get close to the level of the other named 3, especially the first 2. Your hatred of Okazaki is proper weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScouseFox Posted 8 November 2015 Share Posted 8 November 2015 cant believe man are still having a go at him. the main criticism before was that we were better when he went off, well yesterday we were better when he came on so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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