moore_94 Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 16 minutes ago, Sampson said: Exactly. It’s the exact same goal as Fofana kicking up a fuss to force a transfer. The lowball release clause is leverage to sign a contract if a player wants to use a club as a stepping stone. In many ways it’s far more blatant and cynical than kicking up a fuss as it shows the way you see playing for a club from the off. Why fans treat Kante with awe and Mahrez with hate I’ll never understand, Kante jumped ship far quicker and signed a far more cynical contract that he’d use us to further his career elsewhere. I love both players and don’t think either has done much wrong and will always want to see them do well, I’ll just never understand why some fans seem to hate Mahrez and call him a “snake” yet adore Kante. Didn't we manage to actually get more than his release specifically because he chose to go to Chelsea? Release clause was £22m for Champions League teams and Arsenal were interested, he chose to go to Chelsea who didn't have CL and so they had to pay more? I expect with Mahrez it was due to his deadline day, refusing to play or train, bad mouthing the club years after leaving antics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 10 minutes ago, An Sionnach said: He badmouthed the club after leaving , surely you read it. Harry on the other hand has always been keen to praise his time here. Ngolo is a man of very few words so who knows what he thought of us. Shame his brother and his PR team on the socials didn't have the same composure. 18 minutes ago, Sampson said: Exactly. It’s the exact same goal as Fofana kicking up a fuss to force a transfer. The lowball release clause is leverage to sign a contract if a player wants to use a club as a stepping stone. In many ways it’s far more blatant and cynical than kicking up a fuss as it shows the way you see playing for a club from the off. Why fans treat Kante with awe and Mahrez with hate I’ll never understand, Kante jumped ship far quicker and signed a far more cynical contract that he’d use us to further his career elsewhere. I love both players and don’t think either has done much wrong and will always want to see them do well, I’ll just never understand why some fans seem to hate Mahrez and call him a “snake” yet adore Kante. I agree with your sentiment but I don't think Kante signed the deal with the motive of jumping ship. More a protective move because no one expected the success as it played out. Mahrez and Fofana both stuck in the neck because they'd signed new deals. The latter in particular we'd given a bit of trust in given his injury record. Ironically I actually think it speaks volumes that our current squad all seem rather nice boys who don't want to upset the applecart. Let's face it if Tielemans really backed himself, he could have got that move post FA Cup but I question his ambition. He wasn't knocking the door down for a move. Similar could apply to Wilf, Maddison and Barnes. Hence we ended up with them all now lacking drive and mentalities to protect their professionalism. None of them played it fair and wanted to push themselves when the chance was there like Maguire did (and to a less extent until he started mouthing off, Chilwell). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheppyFox Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 Broke it training extra hard solo on his free kicks, convinced it was the only way to keep us up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noahfence Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 Won’t be wasting my time with this. Up the foxes 🦊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 5 minutes ago, moore_94 said: Didn't we manage to actually get more than his release specifically because he chose to go to Chelsea? Release clause was £22m for Champions League teams and Arsenal were interested, he chose to go to Chelsea who didn't have CL and so they had to pay more? I expect with Mahrez it was due to his deadline day, refusing to play or train, bad mouthing the club years after leaving antics Correct - one of Rudkin's better moves by also getting Sven's Chinese club to stick a bid in too. Similar move we did for Stoke when securing Huth. Bid for N'Zonzi and raise the price for his preferred club of Sevilla to match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_no7 Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 41 minutes ago, The Doctor said: ...??? players don't negotiate the fee paid for them? No low release clause. Kante was offered a new deal here with the promise of being sold for a reasonable fee, instead he didn’t sign and we only got an initial 30m fee for him. Half of what he was worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyKopCorner Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 12 minutes ago, Mark_w said: Suicide mission? They’re absolutely nailing it to be fair. Yes like the suicide squad in The Life of Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfcbluearmy Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 1 hour ago, shiv said: I agree. It should be about how they leave IMO. I’m not a fan of our fans booing most who leave unless they truly deserve it. I’d say only Fofana and Chilwell deserve a hostile reception - the rest arguably haven’t left on bad terms so probably shouldn’t get the reception they do get. No idea why we ever booed Kante, Mahrez and even to an extent Maguire. Mahrez claimed he had been held captive at the club for 2 years and spent transfer deadline day sat in an airport wishing for a move away. Kanye and maguire I agree shouldn't get too much stick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 17 minutes ago, Mark_w said: Suicide mission? They’re absolutely nailing it to be fair. would make a lot of sense if this team was some kind of suicide squad. "he can't tackle, he doesn't track back and loses a runner every 5 minutes" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravel Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 1 minute ago, lcfcbluearmy said: Kanye and maguire I agree shouldn't get too much stick Well he did say some rather unsavoury stuff about Jews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heskey2011 Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 1 minute ago, lcfcbluearmy said: Mahrez claimed he had been held captive at the club for 2 years and spent transfer deadline day sat in an airport wishing for a move away. Kanye and maguire I agree shouldn't get too much stick True but Mahrez's touch, chef kiss, does make one forget some of the things he said probably out of context, poorly translated, was it even about us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampson Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 33 minutes ago, An Sionnach said: He badmouthed the club after leaving , surely you read it. Harry on the other hand has always been keen to praise his time here. Ngolo is a man of very few words so who knows what he thought of us. Yes that was about 2-3 years later after he’d been roundly booed at every game since. It had nothing to do with why Mahrez was booed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HankMarvin Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 27 minutes ago, davieG said: Soumaré: We're On A Mission Boubakary Soumaré offers his thoughts to LCFC TV prior to the Foxes' fixture at Newcastle United. https://www.lcfc.com/tv/3435348/soumar-were-on-a-mission?lang=en&dm_i=764A%2CG4QO%2CV8YH5%2C20FY6%2C1 I”m no body language expert, but interviewer says 2 massive games left, soumare looks down then the first question how are you feeling, how are the squad feeling, proceeds to itch face and nose. Then says we are all feeling pretty confident. confirmed he is talking bollocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. James Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 I think the key thing is to stay in the game...say...10 minutes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetstonefox Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 They’ll be looking to blow us away first 20 minutes like Spurs and to be fair when they played Arsenal they had a really fast start despite losing. I really hope we are not losing 0-4 after 25 minutes but over to you Leicester City…. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchandro Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 It’s win or relegation. Everton will surely win against a side already on the beach. They actually have a bit of fight, even if they are rubbish. If Smith even considers taking a point he shouldn’t even be allowed to take the last match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poznan34 Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 Not even a little part of me is positive about this game, rampant Newcastle whipped up and about to qualify for CL vs our sorry excuse for a side - it could get very messy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxed Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 1 minute ago, Poznan34 said: Not even a little part of me is positive about this game, rampant Newcastle whipped up and about to qualify for CL vs our sorry excuse for a side - it could get very messy Rational thinking has no place in football you plastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoareyaaa Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 no team leaks yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksz Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 Surprised the team isn’t knocking about yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trabuch Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 Oh bloody hell. I'm feeling optimistic again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyblueeyes Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 I’m just going to enjoy this feeling for now. Pre-game. There is still hope. We can stay up. Blah blah. Before they ruin it for an entire summer. Just show up today and Sunday you pricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox_favourite Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 2 minutes ago, trabuch said: Oh bloody hell. I'm feeling optimistic again. Snap out of it! Re-watch Fulham game, that'll bring your optimism down 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJQuik Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 Just now, trabuch said: Oh bloody hell. I'm feeling optimistic again. Exactly the problem. Just don't watch the match. We're going to see a torrent of furious posts just after the match because there's still a minute part of us that thinks we could pull it off, before being disappointed yet again. It's almost as pointless as repeatedly posting in the pre-match thread that you're not going to watch the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nod.E Posted 22 May 2023 Share Posted 22 May 2023 Of late we seem to either not start at all and find ourselves a few goals behind early doors, or go out all guns blazing and end up knackered after 20 minutes. Any chance of just starting pretty solid without killing ourselves, and choosing our moments to counter attack tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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