Emmanuel Adebayor - what's wrong with him?

Meh, I liked him more when he was called Kanu.

I've never liked him since WC06. He seems to be an arrogant little fecker, he's scoring for fun though but with the amount of chances Arsenal create, whoever plays up front would be too.

I don't know.....I think he's regarded as one of the top strikers in the league this season by most. Just the other night, me and my mates were coming up with our 'team of the season so far', we agreed upon Adebayor up front with Torres.

I never thought much of him before this season tbh, but he has been stellar this season, and 15 goals in 22 games proves this.

it cause he iz black

But seriously, I think it's because he isn't the best player in his team. Also this board is pretty United and Liverpool focused, so you'll see a bit of a bias.

He's kinda living in Ronaldo's shadow to an extent. 15 goals so far this season is an absolutely amazing return. Fantastic really. Infact, I wonder how many people have ever got that many goals in 22 games. If he was top scorer, a lot more would be made of him.

I think it's because he kinda looks decidely average in terms of passing when it comes to the Arsenal team, as such, when you watch him, you kinda think he's ****, even though he's probably one of the best passing center forwards in the country.
Also he's not the best player in the team, which means he won't get much credit, as everything will be focused on Fabregas.

That said, there is something to be made of him being kinda inconsistant, or more accurately, he's a sprinter not a long distance runner. In the last 4 games he's scored 6 goals. In the 17 games before that, he scored 4. Then in the 6 games before that he scored 6. I think you get a bit more credit if you score more spread out, as you are a constant force in peoples minds, rather than 3 or 3 times player of the month, then very quiet inbetween.

I do however think Van Persie is better than him, but then again, I think Van Persie is possibly the best forward in the premiership, so

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Am I missing something here or is there a reason I haven't heard more waxing lyrical about this guy.

I see he has 15 goals in 22 league appearances this season

In all comps its 15 from 27. Still a really good return. I have to hold my hands up and say that I didn't rate him that highly before this season. He has surprised and impressed me.

Whats with all the RVP lovin'. Theres no way he should even be mentioned with the other great strikers in the league. Yeah hes a great player, very talented and his style is suited at gunners.

But lets check the numbers, hes scored 26 goals in 80 games for arsenal since '04. Look at adebayour, 27 in 63 games since '06.

Maybe RVP does other stuff better but in regards to the leagues top STRIKERS,
Keane just got 100th for spurs,
Rooney just shy of 50 for man yoo
Drogba also just shy of 50 for chelsea
Torres 11 already (scored 82 for atheltico)
could go on and on but you get the point.

Again not knocking him as a player, he is good but he's not in the upper tier of the leagues strikers.


p.s even Bobby Zamorra has scored 29 for the hammers :P

same could be said for say saha who has also scored a lot more goals than RVP.

reckon if RVP could stay injury free he'd be in the top 3 players in the world in three years. The lad is a class class act. If i could pick anyone in the league to take to Liverpool, if would be a fit RVP.

He'd take out Eduardo, pretty simple. He wouldn't swap him for Adebayor at the moment cos if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But he's a better player, and unbelievably talented. There's more to being a striker than goalscoring you know. Dennis Bergkamp was never that great a goalscorer either, still one of the best players ever to play in the Premier League.