Iheanacho

[Tom12345]

3 hours ago, Winchesterfox said:

Hard to see how Nacho would have become a better player at Man City with very little game time.  Foden and Sterling are a different class of player.  

I remember him looking really good when Guardiola started using him at the age of like 19! He looked a top prospect and to get in to the Man City team and actually played at such a young age showed you how much they thought of him. I was very excited when we recruited Nachos at the time, but he has been underutilized here. If he stayed at Man City, he would not get less game time than here and given he would have been surrounded by top players he could learn from

then and be an even better player. We now know too how much of a downer Rodgers could be on players.

[pmcla26]

58 minutes ago, Tom12345 said:

I remember him looking really good when Guardiola started using him at the age of like 19! He looked a top prospect and to get in to the Man City team and actually played at such a young age showed you how much they thought of him. I was very excited when we recruited Nachos at the time, but he has been underutilized here. If he stayed at Man City, he would not get less game time than here and given he would have been surrounded by top players he could learn from

then and be an even better player. We now know too how much of a downer Rodgers could be on players.

Pellegrini. 

 

Guardiola wasn't really a fan of Iheanacho. 

[dmayne7]

4 hours ago, Winchesterfox said:

Hard to see how Nacho would have become a better player at Man City with very little game time.  Foden and Sterling are a different class of player.  

Sterling?! He's actually a fairly limited footballer but had the brain to succeed (and Pep helped him develop the ability to attack the space brilliantly). Nacho has way more to his game, in spite of his rough edges. They'd still be there but he'd definitely have gone past Sterling's level.

 

Foden's one of those rare generational talents so he'd always be amazing.

[FoxyLeon]

2 minutes ago, dmayne7 said:

Sterling?! He's actually a fairly limited footballer but had the brain to succeed (and Pep helped him develop the ability to attack the space brilliantly). Nacho has way more to his game, in spite of his rough edges. They'd still be there but he'd definitely have gone past Sterling's level.

 

Foden's one of those rare generational talents so he'd always be amazing.

 

Foden is this generations English 'rare generational talent' that isn't actually that good. But being in the Man City setup can make relatively average players look very good, Sterling being another great example. Foden isn't even as good as Mahrez, but of course because he's English he gets extreme hype, even compared to say Kane, who actually is a 'rare generational talent' in the English game, as Shearer was. 

[pmcla26]

5 minutes ago, FoxyLeon said:

 

Foden is this generations English 'rare generational talent' that isn't actually that good. But being in the Man City setup can make relatively average players look very good, Sterling being another great example. Foden isn't even as good as Mahrez, but of course because he's English he gets extreme hype, even compared to say Kane, who actually is a 'rare generational talent' in the English game, as Shearer was. 

Foden's only 22. He's just out of form/had a few short-term injuries. He'll come back and show again what he's shown before. 

 

He's definitely the real deal. 

[Diffco]

Nacho with the pulled groin pre assist was ****ing heroic as ****. Love the guy

[StanSP]

Just now, Diffco said:

Nacho with the pulled groin pre assist was ****ing heroic as ****. Love the guy

It just emphasises more of the fight in the team, and not willing to give up.

 

I just pray its not a serious injury. We need him. 

[Corky]

Hope he's ok.

[Jonezy]

What a hero. Guess he won't be the guy to get us out of this then, but converting the penalty in the weekend and then pre-assisting while injured he might have done enough.

[Hales]

What a hero to make the pass still.

Praying its not too serious 🙏

Nacho man 💙

[Sandwhale]

Being honest, my opinion of him has wavered so much historically. Mostly over whether he is useless or feckin useless.

 

However, glad to admit in recent times I've really taken a shine to the lad. He has more talent than I'd dared to admit and more determination too. That pass for the goal today was commitment personified

Edited 25 April 2023 by Sandwhale

[Lcfc82]

Could be him done for the season, will be a big miss.

[jayfox26]

Absolute hero this guy. Does his groin and still manages to get the pass off to Madders to help us get the equaliser. And as he's going off, in probably a fair bit of pain, gets the away fans going with his passion. Absolutely gutted that he could now be out for the season depending how bad it is. Such an important player for us and is such a threat. 

[Tielemans63]

Always contributes, this boy. We need him 

[Paninistickers]

Massive blow. I suspect he'll be out for 3/4 weeks. 

 

What a pre assist. Heroic.

[Guest Col city fan]

That pass could go down in LCFC folklore if we stay up.

To do that would be unbelievably painful having just popped your groin.

[Chelmofox]

Complete Hero. Your typical Bruno Fernadez type twats fall over in a heap in that position, but Kels twists a bollock and still makes a sublime pass. That might be his season done - but what a way to go. Might be up to Vardy from here.

[FoxOfMelton]

If we do go down, he's the player I most want to keep. 

 

Absolutely love him.

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Get a bag of frozen peas on it and he'll be good to go vs Everton.

[sm1]

May not see him again this season, but the desire to play that pass, amazing. He's got the heart of a lion.

[studentofthegame]

Honestly years ago I used to hate him, there was a stage where I dreaded seeing him on the sideline ready to be subbed on

He is now literally my favourite player in the squad, he is such a talented player when given a chance, insanely productive, the team looks so much better when he is playing and allowed to do his stuff, but the most impressive thing about him is his attitude, he has been overlooked over and over and over again and every single time he keeps his chin up, gives his all when he gets chance and comes in and saves the day time and time again, he is part of a long list of players that rodgers treated appallingly, but I really hope he stays here long term, he needs to be one of the cornerstones of this team moving forward and is the sort of player we should be building around, remarkably he is still only 26 as well, arguably is only just beginning to enter his prime years

[Ric Flair]

Praying he's OK, we have to have him in the 10 role with Vardy or Daka up top and Maddison in a free role wide right. That's the combination of danger for the opposition that keeps us up.

[StriderHiryu]

8 minutes ago, FoxOfMelton said:

If we do go down, he's the player I most want to keep. 

 

Absolutely love him.

If we do go down I think he will stay. He'll finally be the definitive number 1 striker and might do a Mitrovic in the Championship. Daka despite being worse I think will be more of a sellable asset as he's younger and faster.

 

Of course I hope it doesn't come to that, but if we go down this season we can't have any complaints.

[Supergray22]

I thought he was great today. If that injury is serious it couldn’t have come at a worse time. Let’s just hope the goal has fired Vardy up to go on a run. 

[Guest Col city fan]

Just now, StriderHiryu said:

If we do go down I think he will stay. He'll finally be the definitive number 1 striker and might do a Mitrovic in the Championship. Daka despite being worse I think will be more of a sellable asset as he's younger and faster.

 

Of course I hope it doesn't come to that, but if we go down this season we can't have any complaints.

If we go down, I think Nacho would be snapped up mate. I think he’d stay in the Premiership. 
I think it’s Daka who’d stay AND I think he’d score for fun in the Championship