Adebayor for me was very poor

[Anonymous]

I don't normally pick out individuals for criticism but I thought Adebayor was awful last night....the ball just bounced off him,he won jack all in the air-he had a nightmare for us at the very moment we needed him to become a nightmare for spuds.
No player is above being called to account when it's warranted-and Ade's effort and application was sadly lacking last night.

 

[ninjamonkey]

On his day he's the closest thing to Drogba that you can get, he has everything but his day just doesn't come around very often at all. He's considered a target man because of his height but that isn't the way he plays, much like Tevez he likes to drift out wide get the ball at his feet and take people on. Him and Tevez just do not work together in the slightest. We can't have both strikers constantly out in wide positions we need somebody in the box waiting to get onto anything that's put in there. It's why we have struggled to break teams down in recent games.

We need something else i'd love to keep them both and add to them but i can't see players of that calibre being happy not starting most games and if that's the case then i'm sorry but i'd rather we kept Tevez.

 

[micky_blue]

I have not played football seriously for nerly 10 years and I'm nearly 45, but I could have easily marked Adebayor last night.

A top striker would have pulled Dawson around the pitch, trying to make space for others.......not our lazy lump though.......just stood around and was not arsed.........perfect example when Barry pulled the ball back into the 6 yard box, the lazy git never made an attempt to get on the end of it.

 

[Neil McNab]

I think everyone wants Ade to be something he's not, he isn't great in the air with his back to goal, he does get caught offside a lot and does tend to drift wide. What I did see last night was a regular Ade performance, why expect different?
The real problem with City is the fact that we have no attacking central midfield at all, Mancini has 3 holing midfielders to pick from plus a dissinterested SI.
I said we'd end up on 69 points and if we needed more than a draw against Spurs we were fucked.
Ade or RSC are not the solution up front, a chance to get who we want slipped through our fingers weeks ago!

 

[blueplan]

I think everyone wants Ade to be something he's not, he isn't great in the air with his back to goal, he does get caught offside a lot and does tend to drift wide. What I did see last night was a regular Ade performance, why expect different?
The real problem with City is the fact that we have no attacking central midfield at all, Mancini has 3 holing midfielders to pick from plus a dissinterested SI.
I said we'd end up on 69 points and if we needed more than a draw against Spurs we were fucked.
Ade or RSC are not the solution up front, a chance to get who we want slipped through our fingers weeks ago!

I know that midfielders like Fabregas are a premium. But can't at least our holding midfielders score stingers or screamers, once in a bluemoon, like Huddlestone did against the Trotters?
To Barry's credit he nearly did score from a sharp angle.

 

[levets]

Definitely not a target man as said above. Better on the floor.

However, Crouch as a target man for Spurs today was very good, obviously don't know how often he plays like that.

Fulop made some good saves, De Jong was great, just one of those days.

De Jong was great
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You are joking right?
Never got to grips with Huddlestone & Modric. Too many misplaced passes. Never joined the attack.... Hider!!!!

If you mean great diving in for a few tackles... then fine! Me? I expect more from him.

 

[blueplan]

I have not played football seriously for nerly 10 years and I'm nearly 45, but I could have easily marked Adebayor last night.

A top striker would have pulled Dawson around the pitch, trying to make space for others.......not our lazy lump though.......just stood around and was not arsed.........perfect example when Barry pulled the ball back into the 6 yard box, the lazy git never made an attempt to get on the end of it.

Against Stoke he was pulling Shawcross literally (clutching Ade's shirt and arm) all over the pitch. Against Spuds, wasn't he trying to spread the Spuds defence wide?
Is that your notion of being lazy?

 

[simon23]

I have not played football seriously for nerly 10 years and I'm nearly 45, but I could have easily marked Adebayor last night.

A top striker would have pulled Dawson around the pitch, trying to make space for others.......not our lazy lump though.......just stood around and was not arsed.........perfect example when Barry pulled the ball back into the 6 yard box, the lazy git never made an attempt to get on the end of it.

neither did tevez...is he lazy as well

johnson was no where in the vacinity...is he lazy

where was bellamy

You are just jumping on the bandwagon.....watch the whole game...he was constantly running the channels (especially the left), jumping for long hopeful punts from our midfield and defence....

Ade is a striker who needs service, he is never going to be a tevez or a bellamy who runs themselves in to the ground...but neither was thierry henry, matt letissier, van nistleroy, to name but a few....

 

[Lancet Fluke]

I have not played football seriously for nerly 10 years and I'm nearly 45, but I could have easily marked Adebayor last night.

A top striker would have pulled Dawson around the pitch, trying to make space for others.......not our lazy lump though.......just stood around and was not arsed.........perfect example when Barry pulled the ball back into the 6 yard box, the lazy git never made an attempt to get on the end of it.

He seems to get grief from half the supporters for not moving at all and from the other half for running around too much and not being in the middle. I suspect Adebayor will never be liked by lots of football fans whatever he does. His face doesn't seem to fit in this country for whatever reason. Also, I wouldn't blame him for not having a go go gadget leg that would have allowed him to get on the end of a ball that was 6 yards away from him, went straight to a defender and was cleared immediately.

 

[levets]

Typical, lets blame the African when he had a decent game compared to Bellers, Tevez and even Johnson.

Close this thread you moaning bastards, we lost cos of a jammy goal after a solid performance stop finding excuses.

We lost forth cos we drew too many games this season.

14 goals 25 games 2 bans almost got killed.

Fools you disgust me.

Well said mate. The worst on the pitch was bellamy by a mile! Followed by NDJ.
Also, the balls into the box (corners as well!) were very poor from the wings (Bellamy, Johnson, Zabba & bridge)... thats why Tevez and Adebayor were dropping deep or going wide.

Adebayor has got as many goals as Robinho did last season... and we generally accepted that Robbie had a good season! 14 in 25 is a remarkable achievement considering the disruption he has had.

Some of you are fools.