Quote Originally Posted by LDG View Post
We're a huge club. But we're not reaching our potential, and we all know the reasons why.

The debate occurred because some don't agree that having a "Vardy" would have won us the league last term. The reasons behind that are self evident, and are backed up by the last ten years.

If you said Suarez, then maybe you're talking the difference, as he can just do it on his own. The way we play, and the way we revert to type year on year restricts the impact new recruits may have, as we have seen with Ozil and Sanchez.

If you're talking about doing the club down as some non-entity, then I agree, some people will go to any lengths to diminish the club's stature, but I must admit, the frustration of seeing the same mistakes being made, and the distancing of the club from it's fans makes it hard to back the club up!
I think Vardy’s a good player but not special. Maybe time can convince me otherwise but I can’t help but think if Giroud, Welbeck and Walcott were playing for Leicester City, they wouldn’t look half as woeful as they do for us. Giroud playing up front with Welbeck or Walcott as his partner would probably be a deadly combination, especially if playing on the counter. We don’t get the best out of our players and Leicester were able to. They function very well on a whole which is why I worry about bringing one component in and assuming it will work for us. You get a different animal when playing in the right system and brimming with confidence.

It shouldn’t be a crime to question this move.

As for the big club thing, I still think we can draw big players but it all depends on the circumstance. With Vardy, the English spotlight is on him and I guessing he wants to show some loyalty to his old club and fans. I have no idea who he grew up supporting but I doubt he was an Arsenal fan. But regardless of that I think we’d have to splash the money on his wages and do a little more than depend on our rep as an elite club to get him here.