Slimani was ace today and offered us a far more rounded and complete option compared to Vardy who in my opinion isn't doing enough in his overall game to help the team.
Some people think he's beyond criticism and that anyone who thinks he has limitations should just shut up and worship.
He offers us so much, but not enough in our current style of play.
Slimani was a top stand in today.
I’m not being picky Lako me old fruit but I really can’t see who we could get who is better than Vardy for under ~£50 million +.
What is absolute fact and not debatable are his goals, scoring 1 in 2 games over the last 2 1/2 seasons.
Outside of that excellent fact (BN), he:
1) Leads from the front.
2) Is an excellent passer and crosser of the ball.
3) Closes down the opposition magnificently.
4) Tracks back and is often defending on the edge of his own area.
5) throws himself into challenges he shouldn’t win and galvanises the team.
6) Has a superb touch and is a natural finisher.
7) Sets the tempo for defending and attackng.
8) Heads the ball very well.
9) Sets up and brings other players into attack.
10) is always on the shoulder and is offside very little in relation to the number of runs he makes.
Agreed ha has off games but overall he is exceptional and there are less than a handful of other strikers in this league I would swap him with.
His goals haven’t dried up under Puel in spite of us playing far more possession and passing based build up football, he has adapted his game very well.
Of course we play to his strengths but we would need the footballing lack of attention equivalent to that of Paul Mersin not to build our play around sticking the round thing in the rectangular thing.
Apart from that though what have the Romans ever done for us?
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