[size=small][font=Helvetica, Roboto, 'Segoe UI', Calibri, sans-serif]Wenger on [/font][/size][size=small][font=Helvetica, Roboto, 'Segoe UI', Calibri, sans-serif]#Vardy[/font][/size][size=small][font=Helvetica, Roboto, 'Segoe UI', Calibri, sans-serif]: [/font][/size] [size=small][font=Helvetica, Roboto, 'Segoe UI', Calibri, sans-serif]"He's worth £30m. He's the best goalscorer in the league. Without a doubt, he's worth that."[/font][/size]
[size=small][font=Helvetica, Roboto, 'Segoe UI', Calibri, sans-serif]Wenger on [/font][/size][size=small][font=Helvetica, Roboto, 'Segoe UI', Calibri, sans-serif]#Vardy[/font][/size][size=small][font=Helvetica, Roboto, 'Segoe UI', Calibri, sans-serif]: [/font][/size]
[size=small][font=Helvetica, Roboto, 'Segoe UI', Calibri, sans-serif]"He's worth £30m. He's the best goalscorer in the league. Without a doubt, he's worth that."[/font][/size]
wenger back in december. must have really won him over this season
Segway wrote: The comparison to Ian Wright seems so apt. Chance = goal. MD you forgot the most important stat: Goals scored.
The comparison to Ian Wright seems so apt. Chance = goal.
MD you forgot the most important stat: Goals scored.
Don't think Vardy is like Wright. Never seen Wright play, but wasn't he more of a box striker? Vardy is more of a runner IMO
mdgoonah41 wrote: i know i know, stats dont matter, your eye test is the perfect evaluator of all talent in all leagues, i get it
i know i know, stats dont matter, your eye test is the perfect evaluator of all talent in all leagues, i get it
I would give this some relevance if Leicester created even half as many chances as we do.
More than half those statistics are based on that.
Vardy beats Giroud in goals scored, a marginally better assist per 90 minute metric (Though they have the same assists-6) and of course who'd have thunk it that Giroud would be better in the air.
Cannon wrote: Segway wrote: The comparison to Ian Wright seems so apt. Chance = goal. MD you forgot the most important stat: Goals scored. Don't think Vardy is like Wright. Never seen Wright play, but wasn't he more of a box striker? Vardy is more of a runner IMO
No, he wasn't just a box striker and he was miles better than Vardy.
Captain wrote: Cannon wrote: Don't think Vardy is like Wright. Never seen Wright play, but wasn't he more of a box striker? Vardy is more of a runner IMO No, he wasn't just a box striker and he was miles better than Vardy.
Cannon wrote: Don't think Vardy is like Wright. Never seen Wright play, but wasn't he more of a box striker? Vardy is more of a runner IMO
Of course he was. Wright was a way more complete striker.
But there are similarities: both are late bloomers, clinical finishers and have can outrun pretty much all defenders.
Similar in that they're both old and play as strikers, yeah.
Ian Wright was on a whole different level when it came to finishing, touch, dribbling, heading; basically everything. I actually rate Vardy but there is no comparison to be made there.
Absolutely.
Wright was pretty unique in style
Captain wrote: Similar in that they're both old and play as strikers, yeah. Ian Wright was on a whole different level when it came to finishing, touch, dribbling, heading; basically everything. I actually rate Vardy but there is no comparison to be made there.
They're both Winners with a killer's instinct.
Klaus wrote: mdgoonah41 wrote: i think vardy is actually okay. better than giroud probably, but hes a real short term signing. if we are planning on sorting our the mid term too, then fine, but this just seems odd. at least with kante he is young and you could sort of understand it. vardy is basically at his peak. its mostly downhill from here People need to worry less about the long term. Most players we buy for the future don't amount to much in the end. We paid £16 million for Welbeck two years ago and that's money that we just pissed away. We could have just burned that cash in the stove instead. He will never turn into anything useful. Paying £20 million for someone like Vardy and taking the 2 or 3 good seasons he'll immediately give us is brilliant business in comparison.
mdgoonah41 wrote: i think vardy is actually okay. better than giroud probably, but hes a real short term signing. if we are planning on sorting our the mid term too, then fine, but this just seems odd. at least with kante he is young and you could sort of understand it. vardy is basically at his peak. its mostly downhill from here
i think vardy is actually okay. better than giroud probably, but hes a real short term signing. if we are planning on sorting our the mid term too, then fine, but this just seems odd. at least with kante he is young and you could sort of understand it. vardy is basically at his peak. its mostly downhill from here
People need to worry less about the long term. Most players we buy for the future don't amount to much in the end. We paid £16 million for Welbeck two years ago and that's money that we just pissed away. We could have just burned that cash in the stove instead. He will never turn into anything useful.
Paying £20 million for someone like Vardy and taking the 2 or 3 good seasons he'll immediately give us is brilliant business in comparison.
100% with this. We need to stop binning time and resources on player who seem in a perpetual state on potential and focus on those who deliver.
I've beem saying that for 8 years Evoh.
If he costs 20m this is a no-brainer. Massive upgrade over Giroud.
Fucking hell, what a surprise that is ... Dean just said its basically done.
Pablo @AFCAMDEN 2m2 minutes ago Confirmed that deal agreed between Vardy & Arsenal, just paperwork & medical to complete. Should be done today & tomorrow. #afc #lcfc
Warming to this. Not my first choice of strikers out there we could realistically sign, but feel pretty confident we would be a much better team with Vardy instead of any of the striker options we currently have. Most importantly, it would mean I won't have to see another season of the game we have to play with Giroud at point.
Wow.
Im warming as well. Mainly because he and Xhaka are absolute madmen. Just what we need.
Can't believe this is being sorted overnight. Where the fuck were you last summer Wenger you fucking wastrel? :angry:
I might have to cheer for England in the summer after all if this goes through.
At 20m there's no warming necessary, even if he's not your first choice. It's a bargain. It's 4m more than Welbeck and Chambers for one of the top scorers in the league and player of the season.
Is he capable of playing as WF, together with Giroud, would they compliment each other? If so, is he better at LWF or RWF?
