Confirmed Signing Demarai Gray

[Noisy noise annoys]

We'll see.

With all respect, you really think our new manager is replacing a current Brazil international with a £1.5 mil underperforming also ran?

 

[windymiller]

With all respect, you really think our new manager is replacing a current Brazil international with a £1.5 mil underperforming also ran?

And Dwight McNeill

 

[Terrarian]

What am I missing, I must be missing something, what gives people the impression from his career so far that Gray is going to be a decent signing? I haven't seen one single Leicester fan say anything remotely positive about the boy. Help me out here, I want to believe that this is good business.

 

[blueblue]

the gray transfer smells a lot like the whole Josh King thing last season. short term, low cost, flip of a coin.
Do we never learn?

Short term, low cost, could be a success may not be but is low cost and short term as you say... I must be missing something, why are these bad things ?


There seems to have been something weird happening at the club while Josh King was there, our results and performances were poor more often than not and he still could hardly get any miniutes on the field which I think was unfair.

Nevertheless he arrived on Feb 1st and left Jun 30th. I don't think his loan would have been a major burden compared to half a dozen others and Townsend the same.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

And Dwight McNeill

Mcneil would still start ahead of gray I presume

 

[blueblue]

What am I missing, I must be missing something, what gives people the impression from his career so far that Gray is going to be a decent signing? I haven't seen one single Leicester fan say anything remotely positive about the boy. Help me out here, I want to believe that this is good business.

It is one of those risks worth taking I think.
I certainly would not have picked him as a player to sign but for 1.5 m and turned 25 last month he is a player that we should not lose money on even in a worst case scenarion.

He has talent and we have seen in the past with Cahill, Arteta , Pienaar that these gambles can pay off at a low cost.

It sometimes depends as well how a player is used by a manager and of course there is always an element of luck but certainly not a transfer that jumps out as a no brainer.

 

[anton66]

Has been manager buys has been players for middle of the table team.

 

[windymiller]

Mcneil would still start ahead of gray I presume

Rotation and downgrade.

 

[BenToffee79]

What am I missing, I must be missing something, what gives people the impression from his career so far that Gray is going to be a decent signing? I haven't seen one single Leicester fan say anything remotely positive about the boy. Help me out here, I want to believe that this is good business.

Controversial but you couid wait to see what he does for us ,1.5m isn’t a gamble

 

[blueblue]

Leicester City fan here.

Gray is a real mystery. When we bought him from Birmingham City, he was definitely 'the next big thing'. Over the past few years we've earned a bit of a reputation for buying players and taking them on to the next level, and it seemed like Gray would be another in that line. But he turned out to be incredibly frustrating, and he must have really pissed of his successive managers and teammates. He did show flashes of talent, and there were a few games when he came on and lit up the place, but it was only a few, sadly: all too often he held the ball too long when a pass would have been the sensible option, and he sometimes seemed to disappear from view altogether. I suspect, on the basis of no evidence other than watching him, that he thought it would fall into his lap without trying - which is odd when you consider he was playing alongside people like Vardy, Albrighton, Ndidi etc, all of whom put in 100% all the time.

Maybe Benitez will be able to unlock his ability. I hope so, because I hate to see all that talent wasted.

I think that is a fair and balanced assessment... Thanks LdF

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Has been manager buys has been players for middle of the table bench.

fixed

 

[orly]

fixed

Not sure you've quite achieved what you planned for there

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Maybe there's a new algorithm being used which focuses on wrong un potential? Or xWU for the stattos. They might be crap, but they're honest.

 

[windymiller]

Maybe there's a new algorithm being used which focuses on wrong un potential? Or xWU for the stattos. They might be crap, but they're honest.

According to most reports Gray is a sulky wrongun.

 

[JMT]

Gray is smart business, whether he is a flop or not, 1.5m for PL experience 25 and potential to improve, Yeah I'll take that, If he flops it's not a big loss compared to someone like Iwobi.
Towsend, I see the reasoning but if he ends up being someone who plays over 30 games I might be sick, FSW has already talked about getting crosses for DCL and he delivers that so there isn't too much to be arsed about with him, We still need to sign another winger on top of these two.