[ad_pod ]As Kelechi Iheanacho was presented with the ball inside the Manchester City penalty area last Monday evening, it looked for all the world as though he’d be about to put a huge dent in his former club’s title aspirations.But football is never that simple. The ball arrived at his feet and in one swift swing of his left boot, he fired miserably off target.It was a chance he’d have taken with aplomb at City. However, in the royal blue of Leicester, he missed.In this era of ‘big 6’ dominance, has finishing 7th become as good as winning a trophy? The Pl>ymaker FC squad have their say in the video below…The opportunity rather summed up his time in the Midlands. He’s been pretty shoddy back up for Jamie Vardy, but with Shinji Okazaki departing, now is the time for the Nigerian to step up.

On the chalkboard

If anyone can revive the career of Iheanacho, it can be Brendan Rodgers. The Northern Irishman has worked wonders with young prodigies in the past and after a turbulent few years at the King Power, the young forward may finally have found someone capable of rejuvenating him.

The attacker was impressive for City, scoring 14 times in all competitions throughout the 2015/16 season despite rarely starting. This term, he’s found the net just once.

It’s a horrendous record and after his miss against his ex-employers, it didn’t look like it had any chance of getting better. The stick he received on social media after the game showed just how hated he’s become at the club.

But if Rodgers makes the 6 ft 1 striker his next major project, Leicester could discover the man capable of replacing Vardy in a few years. As such, supporters need to keep faith in him.

Rodgers seems to have a trend of taking promising strikers who perhaps haven’t done too well at big clubs and turning them into prolific forwards.

At Liverpool, he developed Daniel Sturridge into one of the most clinical forwards in the league after he’d failed to really impress at both Chelsea and Man City.

Then at Celtic, he took Moussa Dembele under his wing after he failed to make the grade at PSG.

Dembele is now the same age as Iheanacho, 22, and at one point it looked as though the latter could become one of the most dangerous finishers around.

Unfortunately for Leicester, that hasn’t come true, but with Rodgers at the helm, there’s a possibility of a huge improvement in the years to follow.