Summer Transfer Window 2017

[bol-uk]

It was said with intent, and repeated a few times. He was fined by Leicester and sent on diversity awareness training. This was two years ago. Since then he's repeatedly tried to put the incident behind him. How racist is he ? Well, racist enough to shoot his mouth off in such a way that might well have got him fired if he'd been working in the public sector. And if he were to act in similar fashion as an Everton employee I hope that the club and the fans would be tough as nails on him.

Yeh seen that since.

 

[bol-uk]

Probably not but if you watched the vid you wouldn't defend him, it was a 50/50 bullying and racism.

Yeh,just seen it

 

[GwladysBlue]

Monaco want Slimani, so they will sell him before Vardy. No chance of getting him, or anyone decent this late in the window.

File under same old Everton.

We got Lukaku in the final hour of the the final day of the transfer market in 2013. But ok.

 

[mill]

LOL, googled "Vardy racist" and apparently he said "Jap" for a Japanese person.

Bloody hell, off with his head, that is just terrible.

The amount of people hating him for any reason they can find, his looks being the main, is bizarre, he is just a person ffs.

I'm sorry are you trying to rationalise racism?

Checking for a friend.

 

[little elfin]

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Reported as he was given permission by the club to go home already mate, so God knows what we're lining up with today centrally, have a weird Rooney, Davies and siggy midfield could be played ;/

Knowing Koeman he'll probably go with Lewin centre - mid today.

 

[Zatara]

LOL, googled "Vardy racist" and apparently he said "Jap" for a Japanese person.

Bloody hell, off with his head, that is just terrible.

The amount of people hating him for any reason they can find, his looks being the main, is bizarre, he is just a person ffs.

He's lucky he didn't get smashed in the face.

 

[People75]

Well, if the whole fuzz, about Vardy being a racist, is over him caling a japanese person a "Jap", i have to take back my words.

it may be a bit hard, but he seem to have apologized, and i can live with that.

I just don't understand racists. Disregard towards badly behaved people, yes, but towards a skin color, is beound my comprehention.

 

[AsiaAsia82]

Is Jap worse than saying Brit for British?

Brits, ozzies, kiwis, japs??!! I understand that it may well be the manner in which he used it but even so.

Ooooh, there's a interesting one, the story of the overzealous racist brigade*

Japanese Jap versus Swedish Swede, Finnish Fin, Scottish Scot, (apologies just realised Finnfan is a racist name by comparison) the list goes on, is it acceptable to shorten your nationality because it's a country not a race?
Are people from Pakistan a race or just a country?

Only white people can be racist, it's the *ORB law,

 

[DrEFC]

Ooooh, there's a interesting one, the story of the overzealous racist brigade*

Japanese Jap versus Swedish Swede, Finnish Fin, Scottish Scot, (apologies just realised Finnfan is a racist name by comparison) the list goes on, is it acceptable to shorten your nationality because it's a country not a race?
Are people from Pakistan a race or just a country?

Only white people can be racist, it's the *ORB law,

Wtf is this?

 

[Zatara]

Two footed and lots of skill...

 

[cardno4]

My girlfriends family are half Japanese and all of them refer to each other as "Japs" as do the other half of the family when they are coming over etc....

I suppose like anything it's just how these things are said.

 

[cardno4]

Two footed and lots of skill...

Do we really need to see a video on a player we've watched against us? Can't seem to remember him imposing himself on our team at all.

 

[bluestevon]

As usual great post mate.

I do have an issue with his age. I agree with you re miles in the legs but the body still ages and at 30 a deterioration will set in, particularly with the attributes Vardy has. He relies heavily on pace and if that were reduce it would have an impact upon his game. Owen a similar striker was finished around Vardys age.
I compare him to see Sigurdson who's came us around technique and ball striking which will remain constant as he ages it's a big difference. Likewise a striker like Giroud is older but his game is much better suited to being a bit slower in his 30s.

The other difficulty I have with Vardy is that he doesn't fit the profile we want. We have been after a target man all summer. I'm not sure it says a lot for our plan if we jettison it at the final minute. What does it say about the managers approach?

I have no problem with not bringing a target man. I prefer using a false 9 and a lad like Vardys pace and Calvert Lewin for games when we need a presence. However Koeman seems to have indicated he wanted an experienced big man so you have to try and deliver on that as a result.

The final concern I have is that this is like the 90s all over. We are spending big money on lads who will in 2-3 years be on the decline and the money tree will run out like it did towards the end of the 90s. I have no idea how sustainable the investment is, and if there's a plan to continue investing that's fair enough but I am concerned.

Good points you make there mate.

Would point out something about Vardy and players with pace in general though, a lot of them 'seem to age' a lot earlier than other types - but often it's a case of chicken and egg, as they have a tendency to pick up a lot more injuries such as hamstrings - which ultimately tend to plague them and long term slow them - so is it a case of it being exasperated by that factor, Owen a very good case in point, as is closer to home mirallas - who if you just looked at him - he has clearly not only slowed in general but 100% lost that explosion of pace which made him dangerous.

Which brings back the benefit of Vary having not played for that long at a really testing physical level, he's stayed clear of injury and as much as it can be said is extremely fresh for a 30yo.

We do indeed need and seemed to have been after a quality target man type, my assertion is, if we can't get one and the next best option is a journeyman type, then we'd be better served by bringing in the best available player who gives us dramatically different options to anything we currently have - which Vardy certainly does, and also one who is better than anything we have in that position by quite a way in what he does.

I wouldn't worry about the finances of such deals mate, we appear to have gone with a distinct plan to bring in two different categories of player - in regards to age, ones with a certain market value increase, and ones with the current ability to effectively pay for their prices by improved results and performances on the field right now. Ultimately they will not be sold for close to the amounts they where bought for, but the club seems acutely aware of this with the recruitment into the Under 23's going into absolute overdrive - as indeed has the level of teams we are beginning to loan players out too, in order to gain them experience and ultimately increase any future sale price should they not be deemed good enough for us.

As for the worry about sustainability, i would scratch that worry from your mind for now mate, we don't have the richest owner ofc, but what we do have 100% is the owner who has the shrewdest mind in terms of accounting and ensuring things aren't put at risk.

 

[Zatara]

Do we really need to see a video on a player we've watched against us? Can't seem to remember him imposing himself on our team at all.

Do we really need to see a post complaining about a video? If you cant remember him then perhaps watching may refresh your memory, or watch a re-run of our games..