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Strider6003 said:
For me Vardy is a very strong finisher yet nowhere near the quality of Anelka. Anelka was much more of an all rounder striker and linked well with the team.

Where Vardy is good is running into space and finishing well yet he is poor when it comes to breaking down packed defences.
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Most great players/strikers struggle to break down packed defences unless you are the G.O.A.T(Messi) he's proven he's up there with the best. Put him out there as a free agent and Real, Bayern and the rest would be having some of that. Pace, dribble, anticaption and awareness. What more you want. It's all about right time right place and hitting the net. Vardy a real gem. Just hope he gets a season with a top team to show how good he really is. Arsenal wanted him and Chelsea should Real interest. Look at the top talent striker wise in football they've all got great players creating for them. Harry Kane great, great player. Erikson and Alli behind him. Aguero has Silva, Sane and De Brueyne. CR7 has Kroos and Modric. Suarez has Messi, Rakitic and Iniesta. 

 
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romfordblue said:
I am not suggesting Mahrez is not quality but Zaha shines at C.Palace. He was sh*te at M.Utd. Suggest we look at better teams than Leicester and Palace for player recruitment. 
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Salah and KDB were his age when they joined CFC and looked poor when they were with us, perhaps it was the wrong timing for them or the wrong manager. Just because Zaha couldn't make it at United back then doesn't mean he can only do well at a small club. Plus, many much more experienced and bigger name players looked sh*te for MU at that time. I'm not saying he's definitely going to be a success, but he's worth the risk.

 
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abramovich said:
Salah and KDB were his age when they joined CFC and looked poor when they were with us, perhaps it was the wrong timing for them or the wrong manager. Just because Zaha couldn't make it at United back then doesn't mean he can only do well at a small club. Plus, many much more experienced and bigger name players looked sh*te for MU at that time. I'm not saying he's definitely going to be a success, but he's worth the risk.
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Would happily take either for the right price, we need more from an attacking point of view. Pedro has decent finishing instincs but honestly plays with his head down so much and it always seem's 50/50 if he actually has the ball under control. Willian, a much better footballer, silky skills, great ball control, quick and good work rate but has a complete brain freeze any time he gets in to the danger positions. 

 
Nibs said:
Jeez, why don't we just go and sign the whole Leicester side that won the league?
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And then did so very very well the next season!

I also saw a couple of things posted above.  

1.  Someone mentioned "integrity" when discussing professional football.  That made I giggle!

2. Someone else said Vardy was "one of the top strikers in Europe"  That really made I laugh out loud.  Spat my cold meats and pickles all over my new Crimbo jumper.  He's not even one of the top strikers in the east midlands. Runs fast and and had a smashing season in a year when the whole Leicester team played out of their skins and the rest of the league too a year off.

 
I mentioned integrity, how can a club have integrity if it keeps buying players from the same club it is competing against.

Surely we would be better to offer their scouts a better deal. 

 
Strider6003 said:
I mentioned integrity, how can a club have integrity if it keeps buying players from the same club it is competing against.

Surely we would be better to offer their scouts a better deal. 
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Bayern have been doing it for years now. How many players have they bought off Dortmund now ?

 
yorkleyblue said:
And then did so very very well the next season!

I also saw a couple of things posted above.  

1.  Someone mentioned "integrity" when discussing professional football.  That made I giggle!

2. Someone else said Vardy was "one of the top strikers in Europe"  That really made I laugh out loud.  Spat my cold meats and pickles all over my new Crimbo jumper.  He's not even one of the top strikers in the east midlands. Runs fast and and had a smashing season in a year when the whole Leicester team played out of their skins and the rest of the league too a year off.
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A lot of the top strikers in Europe play with top players. Mr Vardy doesn't/Hasn't. Who knows what he'd do with a class supporting cast. You coulda saved your crimbo jumper. Now I've just spilt tea all over my new merchandise reading he's not even the best striker in the midlands. Swings and roundabouts.

 
Vardy at 30 is far too old to sign. 

Mahrez will be 28 in February and might have 3 years at the top in him. I rate him. 

Zaha at 25 is the best bet age wise

mahrez scores a goal every 3 games for Leicester and scored 17 in their title winning season

zaha is scoring every 4 games for crystal palace 

zaha is probably the better financial investment but I’d take Mahrez for a couple of seasons. 

 
ozboy said:
Vardy at 30 is far too old to sign. 

Mahrez will be 28 in February and might have 3 years at the top in him. I rate him. 

Zaha at 25 is the best bet age wise

mahrez scores a goal every 3 games for Leicester and scored 17 in their title winning season

zaha is scoring every 4 games for crystal palace 

zaha is probably the better financial investment but I’d take Mahrez for a couple of seasons. 
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Mahrez in the window, Agree a Zaha deal

for next season.

Yes, I'm greedy.

 
mahrez has been putting up decent numbers since leicester won the league. it's easy to say before they won the league who was he, but he could be a late bloomer. 

this season: 6 goals, 5 assists - only 3 assists less than kdb and he's playing in an inferior side. 

last season: 6 goals, 3 assists. last season the leicester team were playing more games and also were unsettled with the manager fiasco. 

their title winning season: 17 goals, 11 assists

i would absolutely take mahrez, if not just for his creative ability but also his left footedness, which we have a lack of left foot players. 

 
Yes, after what happened last time, I'm not going to expect any truth in any Mahrez rumour in the least until he's sitting there having signed for whoever he signs. 

 
If he goes to Arsenal without us putting up a fight, then i'm going to be pissed. Sanchez will most likely be going to City ( they don't need him, but they won't care ) so i don't think we can take a gamble and wait. We should go all out for Mahrez. The guy has been getting better and better as the season has gone on and i think he has all the attributes needed to make our attack click.

 
I'd personally not mind many of the leicester players..  Mahrez, chilwell, vardy, maguire.  Vardy since we need a PL ready second striker with workrate and pressing who can play on His Own..  No more false nine business. Not CL tied and english as well. Could give 2,  2.5 yrs of service by when tammy could take over. Mahrez for much needed creativity or else we are solely dependant on hazard (unless lemar/ carrascao is on board).

 
In essence...

Batshuayi replaced with vardy

Musonda replaced with mahrez/ lemar

Luiz (if leaving) replaced with bonucci

Kennedy replaced with sandro/ telles/ chilwell

 
Not heard anything about us being in for Mahrez since the summer transfer window so I'm doubting we're in for him despite him being a special player on his day. The problem is we also have Willian, Pedro and Musonda who also want to play that wide position. Also is Mahrez enough of an improvement on Willian/Pedro to be worth bothering with? 

I think I would prefer a bid on Zaha from Palace, but I wouldn't be disappointed to see Mahrez with us going into the last half of the season.

 
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