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Emmanuel Adebayor - what's wrong with him?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,303 ✭✭✭✭event


    Mr Alan wrote: »
    Who would you class as the best strikers in the world at the moment?

    RVN, Eto'o, Drogba, Henry, trezeguet perhaps

    do you reckon torres is their equal?
    Call_me_al wrote: »
    us liverpool fans get like that after the abuse we take in the liverpool forum!!

    did yiz get your own forum now?


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    | <---- Thread
    | So, Ade?
    | Ya, Ade?
    | Rly?
    | Ya, Ade?
    | Ade good!
    | Ya
    | But wai?
    |
    | Torres, tbh (Mr Alan)
    \
     \
      \
       \_
         \___
             \_______________________________
                                             \ Er, Ade?
                                             | Oh ya, Ade!
                                             | Hu?
                                       _____/ Ya, Ade!
                                     /
                                     | No, Torres. (Mr Alan)
                                      \________________________________________ 
    


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭Attractive Nun


    Tbh what I've seen of Henry this season - and last season really - he's gone downhill. To do with injuries probably, but still. RVN, Eto'o, Drogba and Messi are what I would call the top tier of strikers at the moment. The likes of Torres and Abebayor are on a level below, having proved they can do it at the highest level, but not yet having proved they can do it consistently over seasons. Messi hasn't really proved this either, but he's just that good that he's in the top tier anyway.

    (Yes, I know Torres has been going for a while, but you need to be AMAZING consistently for my top tier. He has been consistently excellent and occasionally AMAZING. Close, but still has much to prove.)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,658 ✭✭✭✭Peyton Manning


    jank wrote: »
    I think its only fact when it is eh.....fact. So far its only aleadged. If it was fact then sky would be showing on SSN all day, so far nothing.

    Ahem.....

    http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/217/arsemaniaslowsy2.gif

    FACT ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,714 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    Player appreciation threads or "who's the best player in this specific position?" threads are inevitably the silliest things to appear in football forums.

    It doesn't matter who you think is the best from a list of Ade, Torres, Rooney, Tevez, Drogba, Anelka. They all are exceptional players with particular strengths and weaknesses. They all contribute positively to their teams. AND THEY ARE ALL PROBABLY UNAVAILABLE TO THE OTHER THREE TOP FOUR PREMIERSHIP TEAMS.

    Having a debate about whether Keane is more effective than Rooney may have some merit because it is conceivable that Ferguson could bring him in at some point. But Drogba is never going to Utd. And Rooney is never going to be sold to Arsenal etc, etc. The top four generally don't sell off their top players to one another. So it's all moot.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,828 ✭✭✭gosplan


    Mr Alan wrote: »
    A lot of things in football come down to opinion, but some things are just undeniable.

    That's what you think.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭jank


    us liverpool fans get like that after the abuse we take in the liverpool forum!!
    Its not our fault if liverpool are kinda $hite at the moment!?:D

    Hmmm all i see in that heavily pixalated photo is Adebayor's arm close to Bendtner's head.

    So where is the headbutt??

    Can we get this thread back on topic!

    So do ye reckon Adebayor will catch ronaldo to finish as top goalscorer?
    Do ye reckon will he be nominated for player of the year?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Mad_Max


    I still cant understand how you guys can say RVN is up their with the best strikers at the moment when he's barely making 25 starts a season. Must just be me :D I'd still rather have the "downhill" henry before him.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,176 ✭✭✭Unearthly


    Mad_Max wrote: »
    I still cant understand how you guys can say RVN is up their with the best strikers at the moment when he's barely making 25 starts a season. Must just be me :D I'd still rather have the "downhill" henry before him.

    Played over 40 games last season and has played 24 games already this season:confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,836 ✭✭✭Vokes


    Huh, you're joking, right, Mad_Max :confused: He's constantly banging them in for Real and playing nearly every game.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Mad_Max


    SofaKing wrote: »
    Huh, you're joking, right, Mad_Max :confused: He's constantly banging them in for Real and playing nearly every game.

    Real? Who are we talking about now, I said Henry who is playing for Barcelona (Correct me if im wrong there). btw the guy's in his first season in a new team,league etc. New style of play after a long time at arsenal. Give him a chance before writing him off!!


    Uneartly, Im basing this on league appearances as we are talking about strikers in the league. He hasnt played more than 25 games a season for arsenal and has only scored more than 10 league goals once. To me thats not overly consistent.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,176 ✭✭✭Unearthly


    Mad_Max wrote: »
    Real? Who are we talking about now, I said Henry who is playing for Barcelona (Correct me if im wrong there). btw the guy's in his first season in a new team,league etc. New style of play after a long time at arsenal. Give him a chance before writing him off!!


    Uneartly, Im basing this on league appearances as we are talking about strikers in the league. He hasnt played more than 25 games a season for arsenal and has only scored more than 10 league goals once. To me thats not overly consistent.


    RVN = Robin Van Persie to you? :p

    We are talking about Van Nistelrooy


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Mad_Max


    Haha apologies so!. Typo ... bad one at that

    *Books appointment at specsavers* was convinced that was rvp!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    Archimedes wrote: »

    Looks like Bendtner squaring up to Ade and Ade pushing him away. Maybe a better quality clip might shed some light?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 579 ✭✭✭Qs


    jank wrote: »
    So do ye reckon Adebayor will catch ronaldo to finish as top goalscorer?
    Do ye reckon will he be nominated for player of the year?

    He can catch Ronaldo if he doesn't get suspended for the handbags with Nik.

    He should be nominated for player of the year but it'd take a really amazing run in for him to win it. Should take a place in the team of the year if he keeps going like he has been.


  • Posts: 14,379 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    | <---- Thread
    | So, Ade?
    | Ya, Ade?
    | Rly?
    | Ya, Ade?
    | Ade good!
    | Ya
    | But wai?
    |
    | Torres, tbh (Mr Alan)
    \
     \
      \
       \_
         \___
             \_______________________________
                                             \ Er, Ade?
                                             | Oh ya, Ade!
                                             | Hu?
                                       _____/ Ya, Ade!
                                     /
                                     | No, Torres. (Mr Alan)
                                      \________________________________________ 
    
    Both the funniest and strangest post Ive read all day!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,591 ✭✭✭✭cson


    Chalked up two more against Newky yesterday. Seems to like scoring against them.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,658 ✭✭✭✭Peyton Manning


    I think his footwork his phenomenal, he showed it yesterday with one of his goals and with the goal against Spurs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 579 ✭✭✭Qs


    Archimedes wrote: »
    I think his footwork his phenomenal, he showed it yesterday with one of his goals and with the goal against Spurs.

    Its all the more impressive considering his size, he has the power to add to the footwork, its very hard to shoulder him off the ball. I think thats why so many defenders have said they don't like defending against him. He's not the complete article yet but he certainly has all the ingredients required.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,555 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    Qs wrote: »
    Its all the more impressive considering his size, he has the power to add to the footwork, its very hard to shoulder him off the ball. I think thats why so many defenders have said they don't like defending against him. He's not the complete article yet but he certainly has all the ingredients required.

    So, he's like a good Peter Crouch?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 729 ✭✭✭scruff321


    psi wrote: »

    Just seems he's a VERY understated player while people talk this season about Tevez, Torres, Anelka and Keane.

    ok fair enough people talk about how good anelka,torres and tevez are i still think that keane is very under rated


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,591 ✭✭✭✭cson


    2 more for Ade today. Aside from the goals, his overall workrate is immense. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,920 ✭✭✭AnCapaillMor


    The only thing the guy is missing now is being a good freekick taker. Would've loved to have seen with bergkamp behind him.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,658 ✭✭✭✭Peyton Manning


    Shameful dive today. But we'll say no more, he doesnt play for United so ssshhh....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,692 ✭✭✭✭OPENROAD


    Archimedes wrote: »
    Shameful dive today. But we'll say no more, he doesnt play for United so ssshhh....

    I agree, unusual for him which is maybe why you won't hear much.

    Why do utd fans persist with the shameful chants at Wenger.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭Nunu


    OPENROAD wrote: »
    I agree, unusual for him which is maybe why you won't hear much.

    Why do utd fans persist with the shameful chants at Wenger.

    Ye, must admit from a Utd point of view I cringe at that chant.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,951 ✭✭✭DSB


    I missed the chant. Is it something that can be posted here?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭eirebhoy


    One of the dramatical dives I've seen.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭Nunu


    DSB wrote: »
    I missed the chant. Is it something that can be posted here?

    Basic gist of it is calling Wenger a kiddy fiddler:(


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,658 ✭✭✭✭Peyton Manning


    eirebhoy wrote: »
    One of the dramatical dives I've seen.

    Im guessing the worst you've seen is Gilardino's against your lot? That was shocking...


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