The catastrophic decay of Leicester City's top-flight ambitions can be traced directly to a hierarchical misfire of staggering proportions. Boardroom inertia and error has marooned the Foxes with a strike force of such profound inadequacy it borders on the farcical.
In the desperate search for salvation, the Blue Army is left to choose between two wholly underwhelming figureheads: Jordan Ayew or Patson Daka. Blimey.
To witness Ayew's empty contributions is to observe a man seemingly burdened by an acute lack of interest and, seemingly, skill. His lethargy and incompetent is so pervasive that the Zambian international, Daka, is almost by default considered the preferable alternative.
It is a grim indictment of the current doldrums of English football at King Power Stadium. A goalscoring dilemma of epic proportions!
The weekend's 'almost moment' at Watford was delivered by Daka's unique, almost adept, squandering of golden opportunities. The penalty was not good, not terrible, yet served as a grim microcosm of a disastrous campaign.
Any verbal abuse directed at the LCFC player is unquestionably ignorant along with unhelpful. Irrespective, ignoring his unconfident demeanour and erratic technique is similarly useless.
Leicester City reporter pulls punches
Daka was undoubtedly a calamitous choice for such a pivotal moment. Murphy's Law (anything that can go wrong, will go wrong) dictated that the former RB Salzburg man would falter. Nonetheless, Leicester Mercury's Jordan Blackwell posits that Daka was the statistically and logically the prime candidate.
"But if Daka’s credentials were in question, who else could have taken it?... Daka had also netted three from three for City, albeit his record across his career was seven from nine... So despite Daka not instilling City fans with confidence, there’s little evidence to suggest it was a bad choice of taker."Blackwell - LCFC Live
Blackwell is certainly an industrious and (generally) trustworthy beat journalist, his analysis here is too forgiving. He pulls his punches where absolute candour is required; as always in this game! As the great (and fictional) sports writer Ray Barone once quipped, 'to withhold punches is to invite the blow onto yourself'.
​The reality remains that any number of alternatives would have probably sufficed! Jordan James does not miss that spot-kick! The technical grace of Harry Winks would he preferable to the Zambia international. The explosive potential and technique of Abdul Fatawu is a goldmine.
Even Luke Thomas would have inspired more confidence in this Foxes fan! Just so you know, Daka's goal-to-game ratio this season is just fewer than one in every 10 fixtures (0.088). Mind-boggling.
As Daka ominously placed the ball on the Vicarage Road spot, it felt less like a chance to score a goal and more like a metaphorical omen for a club in freefall. If you care to challenge this assessment, the experts at Foxes of Leicester await your dissent on our social media platforms. Hope remains this season, but momentous moments require monumental mentality.