Is it time for the club (January /close season) to buy a back-to-the-goal striker to hold the ball up, to either lay it off or play Jamie Vardy in? And also this striker to know where the net is.
I think it is.
We haven't one at the club.
Radio Leicester saying that maybe we need to bring in someone to compete or replace Vardy. Why???
He's our talisman, our strength. He isn't being utilised that well. He must be fed up.
We don't need to be playing a lone striker when at home against opposition that we should be getting points from. They're not bankers, but they are our best bet to accumulate decent points on home soil.
Get that man in! A 15 goal a season player to compliment Jamie Vardy.
I don't envisage the club buying anyone in January. Bad market (for price) to buy, besides, has Top got full reigns on the coffers? Probably a lot of legalities to sort through following Vichais death. Besides, if the manager has not got full support from either the fans/players/backroom staff or upper management, then Top may be unwilling to release significant funds at this moment. Sensible really but possibly his own hands are tied just now?
We deffo need this type of player for Vardy & midfield to feed off for next season.
As for suggestions - feel free to name.
The striker we need?
posted on 29/12/18
Agreed, we haven’t found the right strike partner for him since Okazaki who is well past it. It has to be said though that Vardy is unfortunately starting a slow but inevitable decline. He’s 31, he’s picking up injuries. Why we chose to give him a massive 5 year contract recently is absolutely beyond me - he was halfway through his existing one
In the longer term a replacement will need to be found- and if we get that one wrong then we’ll struggle to survive in this division
posted on 29/12/18
Aswell as this needed strike partner we also need another offensive midfielder. We don't need 2 defensive midfielders on the pitch nearly every game.
Either convert one of them to be attack minded or get someone in. Could Silva do the job? Has he got enough steel about him?
posted on 29/12/18
I think more generally, in order to think about making the ‘step up’ to the next stage in our PL journey we need to be looking to purchase at least some players who are experienced at PL level and in their prime. This has been something we have never really done and is probably something we should be looking at doing but that, of course, is easier said than done.
posted on 29/12/18
Agree with all of the above.
KTF1,
I was just musing over the same thing you’ve just mentioned on the drive home tonight. We are reliant on a lot of our quality coming from players who will probably get there, but aren’t quite there yet. Greater considstency comes with experience: Chillwell, Maguire, Soyuncu, Ndidi and Maddison are all players who have the capacity to be great, but are still young, developing and inconsistent.
Then we have players like Gray and Ian who look more like long shots at the moment.
Investment in youth is great, but it would be great to have one or two players who can really dictate a game when the going gets a little tough.
posted on 29/12/18
Someone like Mitrovic would be ideal, good target man, technical and aggressive. Vardy always prefers playing in the left channel, so a 3 man front line with a target man, Vardy left and Gray, Maddison, Barnes, whoever on the right could work well.
Most of the top teams are playing 433, I think the left of a front 3 will be Vardys best position over the next few years
posted on 29/12/18
We need a new Manager.
posted on 30/12/18
Yeah I agree. Let’s bring in a striker who can help our best player be average again rather than useless.
Or here’s an idea. Why don’t we just play to at least one of our player’s strengths. Let’s not make that player Gray.