Kelechi Iheanacho

[Ian Nacho]

Easy to say now but should’ve squared it to Barnes for that chance. His hold up play is unreal which makes me feel even more that he should be playing with Daka. 

[RumbleFox]

GOAT 

[HybridFox]

Made me laugh when Justin took his shot. I'd have been fuming 

It was a sure goal

[blueharmie]

Was great today especially his hold up play. Unlucky not to score a few. 

Really put a shift in! 

[baldeagle]

Can’t play as a loan striker apparently 😂

[Wilfcho]

Can we dead the can't play as a lone striker talks now, three games in a row now where he's played very nice there

 

Give him a run of games and he always turn up, whether alone up top or in a two. 

He is product man for a reason

Should have had an assist to his goal today

[Ric Flair]

The good, the bad, the ugly from him today. Another abysmal one on one miss, some absolutely jaw dropping brain dead play and sloppy passing but then held the ball up well, as intelligent with some of his passing and runs and was a threat.

 

I do see why Rodgers struggles with him, he's so mercurial but you cannot deny that play him and he'll bring goals.

[HesNotGudjonsonn2]

9 minutes ago, Wilfcho said:

Can we dead the can't play as a lone striker talks now, three games in a row now where he's played very nice there

 

Give him a run of games and he always turn up, whether alone up top or in a two. 

He is product man for a reason

Should have had an assist to his goal today

Which national team do you support? I only ask as I can make an educated guess from your name so am curious whether you are a Leicester fan or a fan of Nigerian players and support whoever they play for. Like the Algerians did with Mahrez.

 

Not to belittle your point but I actually always think he seems a tiny bit to slow in reaction in that role so wondered if you were looking at it through green and white tinted glasses? 

[whoareyaaa]

10 minutes ago, Wilfcho said:

Can we dead the can't play as a lone striker talks now, three games in a row now where he's played very nice there

 

Give him a run of games and he always turn up, whether alone up top or in a two. 

He is product man for a reason

Should have had an assist to his goal today

He didn't have a great first half but neither did either team.. but he does the business time and time again when given the time... I think hes a great player can score all types of goals and has a great link up play.

[Stadt]

Scores or assists near enough every game. Incredible. We’d be mad to sell him.

[turlo]

13 minutes ago, Wilfcho said:

Can we dead the can't play as a lone striker talks now, three games in a row now where he's played very nice there

 

Give him a run of games and he always turn up, whether alone up top or in a two. 

He is product man for a reason

Should have had an assist to his goal today

He can play the lone striker role but in a different role to a Vardy/Daka and we need to tweak our system to the way Nacho plays. We really need pacey attacking wide players either side of Nacho looking to get in behind when he drops deep to get involved with the build up play (similar to the way Firmino plays at Liverpool), but we didn't have that with Maddison on the right today. 

[CloudFox]

Not clinical enough, but some great hold up play today. Pleased for him, he's helping the team a lot. 

[Kevin Russell]

His output is ridiculously good. Always a threat  and at times his strength to hold the ball up was incredible. He will have clumsy/frustrating moments, but they really don’t detract from his overall contribution, which has been consistently superb. He really should’ve had a goal and assist today, which is a phenomenal return from a day leading the line up front at Old Trafford.

[FoxyJim1987]

4 minutes ago, CloudFox said:

Not clinical enough, but some great hold up play today. Pleased for him, he's helping the team a lot. 

Not clinical enough? Scored one of only two chances he had and should have had an assist aswell, not sure how more clinical you want him to be.

[RumbleFox]

People are mad with talk of selling or doubting him. For me he should be starting every game at present. His goal involvement stats per minute are as good as anyone’s. Yes he may sometimes look a little clumsy but he just makes things happen. Oh and also, he’s got a smashing face. X 

[Larry_LCFC]

Nacho is a confidence player. Can be superb on his day but also woefully painful to watch when he is on a bad run. He will never be Vardy and he will never have an amazing touch, but he does offer a good threat. Just incredibly easy to isolate him out the game.

[Sunbury Fox]

He's such an odd player. One minute he'll do something totally sublime and the next fall over his own feet in front of goal. But you can't knock his output when given a chance to start. 

[iancognito]

I don't think we'll be selling him unless someone offers silly money, I know the squad needs freshening up but with Vardy ticking over to 36 next season and very few others offering us a goal threat up top (Daka needs time and looks very much a confidence player like Kelechi) I think it'd be a backwards step right now, especially as he can play two or three roles.

[StanSP]

31 minutes ago, Wilfcho said:

Can we dead the can't play as a lone striker talks now, three games in a row now where he's played very nice there

 

Give him a run of games and he always turn up, whether alone up top or in a two. 

He is product man for a reason

Should have had an assist to his goal today

Very nice?

He was quite poor all game. Sloppy on the ball, poor first touch, mis-placed passes, slow.

 

BUT, he almost redeemed all of that with the way he finished with the header. It was a brilliant cross, but he also had two defenders to get in between/behind, and he timed the header to perfection. That was the very nice stuff... 

[MrsJohnMurphy]

2 minutes ago, Larry_LCFC said:

Nacho is a confidence player. Can be superb on his day but also woefully painful to watch when he is on a bad run. He will never be Vardy and he will never have an amazing touch, but he does offer a good threat. Just incredibly easy to isolate him out the game.

The thing is..... he does, several times during the game, but also in the same game he couldn't trap a bag of cement

[iancognito]

[Kevin Russell]

10 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

People are mad with talk of selling or doubting him. For me he should be starting every game at present. His goal involvement stats per minute are as good as anyone’s. Yes he may sometimes look a little clumsy but he just makes things happen. Oh and also, he’s got a smashing face. X 

This is exactly the point - He. Makes. Things. Happen. There will always be the odd frustrating touch, but he’s a machine for goal involvements.

 

I genuinely think those that slate him are people who decided he was crap 3 years ago and can’t admit they were wrong. People looking for evidence that he’s not up to it seem to cling to his errors and use that to confirm their position whilst they ignore the overwhelming evidence that he is a top class player. 

[StriderHiryu]

28 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Scores or assists near enough every game. Incredible. We’d be mad to sell him.

Exactly. He doesn't have to be a first team player, whenever he's called upon he delivers. I do see why Rodgers might be frustrated from him, he could have scored two more today and often does lose the ball. But he has plenty of moments of quality, linking play and scoring goals. He's been well worth the money paid for him, after a slow start.

[Grebfromgrebland]

Give him regular consistent game time and he comes into form.

[honeybradger]

1 minute ago, StriderHiryu said:

Exactly. He doesn't have to be a first team player, whenever he's called upon he delivers. I do see why Rodgers might be frustrated from him, he could have scored two more today and often does lose the ball. But he has plenty of moments of quality, linking play and scoring goals. He's been well worth the money paid for him, after a slow start.

Surely for a striker the act of getting into good positions but missing chances is a positive moreso than a negative. The fact that iheanacho has such an insane G+A per 90 and still could arguably be outputting more is incredibly promising for his goal output in the future.

 

Would be a ridiculous decision to sell him, he's one of our star players and for me one of the first names on the team sheet.