HanoiVillan Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 56 minutes ago, TRO said: I liked him to begin with....getting ever increasingly dubious. having an end product is an essential part of being a good player. My feelings too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 10, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2016 Watching him play is so frustrating it's physically painful to me. OWWWWW AAGGGGGGGH Can you hear that? That is the sound of me in pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spray Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Ayew's form is 1 in 9 (2 in 18) Gayle's form is 1 in 1 (16 in 16) It's not hard to figure out which forward is fully committed to their clubs promotion push. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 It's almost as if one plays as the #9 and the other rarely ever plays as striker. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 he is 25 so I dont see any future improvement. flashy but poor player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 4 hours ago, kurtsimonw said: It's almost as if one plays as the #9 and the other rarely ever plays as striker. You think we'd see much difference if he played number 9? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 4 hours ago, Zatman said: he is 25 so I dont see any future improvement. flashy but poor player Flashy in areas outside the final third but when it comes to his final ball he is poor - offers little and a luxury player we cannot persevere with as delivers so rarely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Really is the first out of the door for me. Not committed and offers nothing that Kodjia or McCormack don't. Incredibly unlikeable and overrated player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 8 hours ago, Spray said: Ayew's form is 1 in 9 (2 in 18) Gayle's form is 1 in 1 (16 in 16) It's not hard to figure out which forward is fully committed to their clubs promotion push. Thats a baffling way to summarise things, lol. Thats like saying Alan Hutton isn't committed to our promotion push because of his lack of ability. You would have been better off saying "that's the difference in quality of a forward" or something else. You also have to remember that Newcastle have a superior squad. Anyway, yes, Ayew has fallen off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 11, 2016 Moderator Share Posted December 11, 2016 14 hours ago, thunderball said: With coaching he could be a beast. But currently makes bad decisions and still thinks he's carrying the team when he has a few equals on the pitch. By the time he's run himself into a dead end he's slowed the impetus down and the opposition have everyone covered and have swarmed back. The 'team' of average players will always beat a collection of individuals, he still has the individual mentality. I don't think coaching can make the slightest bit of difference to him. You can't tell me that by his age a number of coaches won't have told him his faults. It's down to him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Been a big disappointment over his last few games and he is now becoming the weak link of the front three. I think the biggest problem is that he isn't good enough to play through the middle and he doesn't have the where with all to play out wide. He continually fails to look up and try to pick out a pass and has no intention of ever making his way to the byline and putting a cross in. Instead he continually cuts inside and where as earlier in the season he was managing to get a few shots off doing this more recently he is continually running into trouble. Therefore he is now neither creating chances for others or for himself and is becoming ineffective. I think Bruce may well look for a wide left player in January. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 11, 2016 Moderator Share Posted December 11, 2016 I don't say this lightly, for me he is only a marginal improvement on N'Zogbia. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Surplus to requirements. does nothing but unbalance the team and take on the opposition sideways across the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 His best trait is his workrate. I may be wrong but I didn't think he even did that yesterday. Maybe sulking, don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 11, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2016 54 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: I don't say this lightly, for me he is only a marginal improvement on N'Zogbia. That's incredibly harsh. He's not performing well enough, I totally agree. But let's not get carried away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Been very disappointing this season. I know a lot of us were expecting him to light the league on fire but his heart just isn't in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 11, 2016 Moderator Share Posted December 11, 2016 12 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: That's incredibly harsh. He's not performing well enough, I totally agree. But let's not get carried away. I don't think so but I know others will disagree. Obviously I'm making the comparison to when N'Zogbia was playing for us rather than the later years of his contract. His work rate makes him better but they both have very similar failings in their games and each lack end product. Given the drop of division and of quality of opposition his poor form is even more alarming. Even the things people say about them are similar, there are definite parallels even if people would rather not think it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 31 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: That's incredibly harsh. He's not performing well enough, I totally agree. But let's not get carried away. N'Zogbia in this league would probably be just as effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 11, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2016 1 hour ago, Dr_Pangloss said: N'Zogbia in this league would probably be just as effective. Couldn't disagree more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 7 hours ago, Phumfeinz said: Been very disappointing this season. I know a lot of us were expecting him to light the league on fire but his heart just isn't in it. I'm not trying to be picky but we don't that, it may be just the way he looks. its sometimes aimed at players that are just not hacking it I.e Nigel Callaghan in his day. i would be interested to hear SB's take on it. for me good feet, but not sure what else......slows down the tempo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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