Slimani to United?

comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 1 minute ago
Mitrovic makes much more sense to me. Whether we can get Fulham to sell him when they are chasing promotion is another matter.
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Probably not - at best they’d sell him in the summer

Promotion = more than anything we’d offer for him this window

comment by Robb Fernandes (U22311)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 1 minute ago
Mitrovic makes much more sense to me. Whether we can get Fulham to sell him when they are chasing promotion is another matter.
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Probably not - at best they’d sell him in the summer

Promotion = more than anything we’d offer for him this window
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Promotion = more than anything we’d offer for him this window - Don't be so bloody sure!

comment by Diafol Coch 77 - A Reputable Poster (U2462)
posted 10 seconds ago
comment by Robb Fernandes (U22311)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 1 minute ago
Mitrovic makes much more sense to me. Whether we can get Fulham to sell him when they are chasing promotion is another matter.
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Probably not - at best they’d sell him in the summer

Promotion = more than anything we’d offer for him this window
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Promotion = more than anything we’d offer for him this window - Don't be so bloody sure!
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😂 you’re thinking of the Ed of summer 2019.

2020 Ed is shopping at Poundland

comment by Robb Fernandes (U22311)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 1 minute ago
Mitrovic makes much more sense to me. Whether we can get Fulham to sell him when they are chasing promotion is another matter.
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Probably not - at best they’d sell him in the summer

Promotion = more than anything we’d offer for him this window
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Agreed. With Leeds doing their usual faltering trick, they have a chance. Although Leeds have made a couple of decent looking signings. If that Augustin lad can finish then they should still come up. Bamford for all his hard work has missed some great chances this season.

comment by R9 (U22327)
posted 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
comment by Mike (U1170)
posted 11 minutes ago
If he's got 7 goals and 7 assists in 13 games, why are they ending his loan early, or why would he want to leave early?
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Because footballers are foolish and greedy. He probably thinks theres a possibility of a perm deal later down the line on better money than monaco can give him. despite the fact this league does not suit him and he is clearly performing well there.

That said he isnt first choice. But he wouldnt be here either so i doubt that has anything to do with it.
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He was first choice but then a managerial change occurred at Monaco and now he's not.

It's not that this league doesn't suit him, our style of play didn't suit him. When he first came he was very good, his goals and assists ratio was brilliant but we made the fatal mistake of trying to play him as if he was Vardy, as opposed to delivering balls into the box for him to get his head on.

There has been no better striker in the air at Leicester since the days of Alan Smith, unless we class Walshie in his years up top. If you deliver a decent ball he will more often than not get on the end of it and invariably score. Another issue we had was he'd come in, score and then get dropped as soon as Vardy was back. This obviously isn't a good way to keep a player happy.

Personally I would more than welcome him back at Leicester because he offers something we don't have, an aerial threat. Like all strikers though, you would need to play to his strengths and keep crossing balls into the box and the earlier the better and if you do he will score goals.

So he works in one system? that we dont use?

fantastic.

comment by Robb Fernandes (U22311)
posted 41 minutes ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 - A Reputable Poster (U2462)
posted 10 seconds ago
comment by Robb Fernandes (U22311)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 1 minute ago
Mitrovic makes much more sense to me. Whether we can get Fulham to sell him when they are chasing promotion is another matter.
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Probably not - at best they’d sell him in the summer

Promotion = more than anything we’d offer for him this window
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Promotion = more than anything we’d offer for him this window - Don't be so bloody sure!
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😂 you’re thinking of the Ed of summer 2019.

2020 Ed is shopping at Poundland
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What a time to be alive! Bet he's using Top Cashback and discount codes as well.

comment by Mason The King Greenwood (U10026)
posted 50 minutes ago
Slowmani is really bad.
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He's not really bad, you just need to play to his strengths. It's like saying Vardy is really bad because he doesn't get his head on crosses. Different types of player need different styles of football and Slimani should never have been expected to fill the role that Vardy does, in the same way that Vardy can't fill the role that Slimani is suited to.

comment by R9 (U22327)
posted 2 minutes ago
So he works in one system? that we dont use?

fantastic.
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Like all strikers, they fit one system hence why Benteke and Bony suited Villa and Swansea but not Liverpool and City. You're not going to deliver balls into the box and expect Vardy, Firmino, Aguero etc to outjump centre halves consistently and you can't expect Slimani to run in behind and stretch defences. All strikers are suited to playing one style, though you are right in saying it's not a style you play so you'd have to adapt.

comment by ArroinLestah (U22188)
posted 1 hour, 47 minutes ago
comment by R9 (U22327)
posted 2 minutes ago
So he works in one system? that we dont use?

fantastic.
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Like all strikers, they fit one system hence why Benteke and Bony suited Villa and Swansea but not Liverpool and City. You're not going to deliver balls into the box and expect Vardy, Firmino, Aguero etc to outjump centre halves consistently and you can't expect Slimani to run in behind and stretch defences. All strikers are suited to playing one style, though you are right in saying it's not a style you play so you'd have to adapt.
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Or maybe Benteke and Bony didn't work at Liverpool or City because neither of those two players are that good.