Our system detected that your browser is blocking advertisements on our site. Please help support FoxesTalk by disabling any kind of ad blocker while browsing this site. Thank you.
Jump to content
 Share
davieG

The "do they mean us?" thread pt 4

By davieG, in Leicester City Forum

Recommended Posts

  • Popular Post
davieG

davieG

Posted
  • Author
  • Popular Post
Posted

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/5m-leicester-city-transfer-is-looking-a-real-masterstroke/

 

£5m Leicester City transfer is looking a real masterstroke: view
BY
ADAM TIFFEN
PUBLISHED 15 HOURS AGO
What a purchase this has turned out to be

Mads Hermansen
HIGHLIGHTS
 Mads Hermansen's acquisition for just £5m has been a game-changing move for Leicester City, transforming their playing style and defensive record.
 Hermansen's confident on-the-ball skills and ability to intercept deep balls have allowed Leicester to dominate possession and press higher up the pitch.
 With a passing accuracy better than renowned keeper Ederson, Hermansen's impressive shot-saving ability and young age make him a potential club legend for Leicester.

 

For just £5 million, buying Mads Hermansen has turned out to be an absolute masterstroke by Enzo Maresca and the Leicester City recruitment team.


There has been a complete transformation in how Leicester play football, from last season to this one. In their final season in the Premier League, they missed a lot of chances, conceded nearly two goals per game, and were a pretty lifeless and uninspiring team to watch.

The same cannot be said for the 2023/24 Leicester side. They're creating, and finishing, more big chances, and they dominate the ball in every game they play. They've got an exciting group of players with a mix of quality and youth. A return to the top 20 sides in the English football pyramid seems destined.

A lot of this can be put down to the new boss, Maresca. He's implemented a style of play that is both effective and nice on the eye. There is a clear identity and plan at the club, and the recruitment has been excellent.

Of all the new players they've acquired, there's one that stands out from the rest.

 

Signing of the season?
Mads Hermansen
For just £5 million, Leicester have arguably bought the best goalkeeper in the league. With the money that is floating around the Championship, that is an incredible move.

The 23-year-old Danish shot-stopper arrived from Brondby in the summer, having impressed in his country's top division in the 2022/23 season.

In that campaign, Brondby were not the most solid defensive team. Bringing in a young goalkeeper from a middle-of-the-road Danish team was quite a risk but it's more than paid off. He's the second most expensive Championship keeper ever, but who can dispute his value now?

When you look at Ellis Simms, who went to Coventry for a similar fee, Hermansen has had a much bigger impact.

 

Why Mads Hermansen is so good

Maresca came into the King Power Stadium with a clear plan as to how he wanted to play. It involved playing out from the back, and, with Leicester's previous set of keepers, that was going to be hard to achieve.

His on-the-ball confidence allows the team's possession to be up near 70% because he's not a vulnerable point that teams can exploit; as previous Leicester keepers have been.

He's very good at coming out of his box to intercept balls that come over the top of his defence. In fact, he's got a 100% successful run out rate, according to Sofascore. This allows the rest of his team to press higher up the pitch, forcing the opposition into more mistakes in worse areas. All of this ultimately leads to the Foxes occupying their opponents' half for most games.

 

His overall passing accuracy is at 83%, which is better than Manchester City's goalkeeper Ederson (82%), who is regarded as one of the best on-the-ball keepers in the world.

What's most important, though, is the team's defensive record. Prior to the Preston North End game, Leicester had only conceded nine goals in 15 games, and Hermansen had kept five clean sheets.

It's hard enough to beat teams that dominate the ball. It makes it even harder when the opposition goalkeeper saves 81% of the shots that they face.

The Dane is only 23 years old and there's nothing to suggest that he's going to be losing his starting spot for a very long time. The club have a history of turning Danish goalkeepers into club legends. Hermansen could well be on that path.

  • Like 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites
westernpark

westernpark

Posted
Posted
10 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Yeah he's been phenomenal. Mentioned it quite a few times but the trio of Winks, Vestergaard and Hermansen are the biggest differences makers for me. They make us so hard to press its insane. 

 

Crazy to think they’re the three best passers in the side and one of them is a goalie.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Popular Post
Messi

Messi

Posted
  • Popular Post
Posted
1 hour ago, CleudoG said:

Think I’m going to have to move my season ticket, young lad behind me spends the best part of every game shouting about how useless Hermansen is and how he f*n hates him. Wish he’d read this.


Nice to hear Danny Ward still attends matches and sits in with the fans.

  • Haha 19
Link to comment
Share on other sites
ARTY_FOX

ARTY_FOX

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, CleudoG said:

Think I’m going to have to move my season ticket, young lad behind me spends the best part of every game shouting about how useless Hermansen is and how he f*n hates him. Wish he’d read this.

That's 80% of the old folk round me. If you're limited to one bloke you've probably got the best seat in the ground tbf. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Trav Le Bleu

Trav Le Bleu

Posted
Posted (edited)
40 minutes ago, Messi said:


Nice to hear Danny Ward still attends matches and sits in with the fans.

 

39 minutes ago, ARTY_FOX said:

That's 80% of the old folk round me. If you're limited to one bloke you've probably got the best seat in the ground tbf. 

Daniel Iversen, Ron-Robert Zieler and Conrad Logan too apparently.

Edited by Trav Le Bleu
Link to comment
Share on other sites
foxile5

foxile5

Posted
Posted
54 minutes ago, ARTY_FOX said:

That's 80% of the old folk round me. If you're limited to one bloke you've probably got the best seat in the ground tbf. 

There is a certain trendiness - in some folks’ minds - in being a braying contrarian.

 

Hermansen, if sold now, would go for five times what we’ve bought him for. For that reason alone he’s brilliant.

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Popular Post
davieG

davieG

Posted
  • Author
  • Popular Post
Posted

https://sportwitness.co.uk/kasper-schmeichel-great-guy-leicester-city-player-legend-now-club-tattoo-leg/

 

Kasper Schmeichel on ‘great guy’ Leicester City player – Legend where he is now, club tattoo on leg
By Thomas Coast -10th November 2023
SHARE

Leaving Leicester City for OGC Nice, Kasper Schmeichel never managed to find happiness in the south of France, which is why he is now at Anderlecht.

He moved to Belgium this summer, and finally gave his first interview after joining the club, where he was asked a number of questions, including some about his time at the King Power Stadium.

Relayed by HLN, the goalkeeper talked about the many players who have crossed over from Anderlecht to Leicester, including now retired centre-back Marcin Wasilewski,

The 43-year-old spent four years with the Foxes between 2013 and 2017, and is now part of a growing list of footballers to have featured for both clubs, such as Dennis Praet and Youri Tielemans.

Schmeichel talked in depth about the former Poland international, and had nothing other than great things to say about him.

He said: “I know his status (at Anderlecht), he also has a huge tattoo of Anderlecht on his leg. At Leicester, groups of Anderlecht fans were regularly in the stands just to watch Wasilewski at work. That illustrates the bond he has with this club.”
Asked if the player was still as ‘crazy’ as he used to be, the goalkeeper replied: “I wouldn’t call him crazy, he’s a great guy. An example for everyone, not just for the young players. I remember when he came on trial at Leicester, and from his first day, he immediately tackled one of the key players. 

“The manager, Nigel Pearson, immediately gave him the yes. I have not seen a player as determined as Wasilewski in my career. He only has one gear: sixth.”

The defender went on to make 77 appearances for Leicester over the course of his time there, including 30 in the Premier League.

By contract, he featured 194 times for Anderlecht, where he scored 22 goals and assisted another 11, which is no mean feat considering he mainly played in the heart of their defence.

  • Like 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Lionator

Lionator

Posted
Posted
2 hours ago, CleudoG said:

Think I’m going to have to move my season ticket, young lad behind me spends the best part of every game shouting about how useless Hermansen is and how he f*n hates him. Wish he’d read this.

I was at the Sunderland game and sat in the Kop and I was stunned how much criticism there was for Hermansen. 

  • Sad 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
ARTY_FOX

ARTY_FOX

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, foxile5 said:

There is a certain trendiness - in some folks’ minds - in being a braying contrarian.

 

Hermansen, if sold now, would go for five times what we’ve bought him for. For that reason alone he’s brilliant.

Even if Hermansen gets the ball at his feet in the first 5 seconds with no opposition withing 40 yards of him all I hear from behind is NOOOOOOO JUST KICK IT UP FOR GOODNESS SAKE STOP PLAYING AT THE BACK!

  • Haha 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Popular Post
Finnegan

Finnegan

Posted
  • Popular Post
Posted
1 hour ago, davieG said:

image.png.b36f2096cdca5ad485bcd12e465b1b1d.png

 

Surely this is meaningless data? 

 

It only really works as a total at the end of the year when everyone has done every away trip and even then you'd need caveats like if Plymouth play Sunderland mid week for example they're going to take less than if it was a weekend? 

 

It wants to be represented as % of allocation sold really. If Sunderland have been to, say, Leicester, Leeds and Wednesday away while Blackburn have been to Rotherham, QPR and Millwall then they're not going to have had the opportunity to take more by raw numbers purely by virtue of potential allocation? 

  • Like 8
Link to comment
Share on other sites
mod hero

mod hero

Posted
Posted
23 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

Surely this is meaningless data? 

 

It only really works as a total at the end of the year when everyone has done every away trip and even then you'd need caveats like if Plymouth play Sunderland mid week for example they're going to take less than if it was a weekend? 

 

It wants to be represented as % of allocation sold really. If Sunderland have been to, say, Leicester, Leeds and Wednesday away while Blackburn have been to Rotherham, QPR and Millwall then they're not going to have had the opportunity to take more by raw numbers purely by virtue of potential allocation? 

Yep, nonsense really until all clubs have been to all grounds

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...