On his day, Ade is better than Benteke.Emmanuel Adebayor is Aston Villa's top target to replace Christian Benteke
When did he last have a day like that? 3 or 4 years ago?On his day, Ade is better than Benteke.
On his day, Ade is better than Benteke.
Rarer than rocking horse shit.rarer than a leap year
True. But a proper manager ought to be able to get Ade firing for free (or, at least, nothing above and beyond the wages Ade is earning, plus his transfer fee). Squandering £32.5 million for something you don't need to pay for is stupid. Sherwood presumably knows that.When did he last have a day like that? 3 or 4 years ago?
Yes, let's slag off our own players. That'll make us good 'supporters'.Rarer than rocking horse shit.
Poch hasn't been able to do that. Ade is extremely high maintenance, he has to have his ego stroked all the time for a manager to have the chance of getting the best out of him.True. But a proper manager ought to be able to get Ade firing for free (or, at least, nothing above and beyond the wages Ade is earning, plus his transfer fee). Squandering £32.5 million for something you don't need to pay for is stupid. Sherwood presumably knows that.
Agreed. So we should stroke his ego, like Sherwood did. That's how it goes with top quality players. We should stick him up top, tell him he's one of the best strikers in the world and we love him, and watch him terrify defenders, while our rivals field inferior players like Ings and Giroud - or, for that matter, Benteke.Poch hasn't been able to do that. Ade is extremely high maintenance, he has to have his ego stroked all the time for a manager to have the chance of getting the best out of him.
Agreed. So we should stroke his ego, like Sherwood did. That's how it goes with top quality players. We should stick him up top, tell him he's one of the best strikers in the world and we love him, and watch him terrify defenders, while our rivals field inferior players like Ings and Giroud - or, for that matter, Benteke.
Cantona, Ronaldo, Zidane, etc: sometimes the team needs to know their job is to support the best player. Ade is arguably our best player... on his day.And send out the wrong message to the rest of the team? No thanks.
Cantona, Ronaldo, Zidane, etc: sometimes the team needs to know they're inferior, and their job is to support the best player. Ade is arguably our best player... on his day.
I don't entirely disagree with this. It just irks me that we have a very good striker rotting away, under a manager who relentlessly plays 451. Imagine Kane and Ade together - fearsome. I'm not talking about the realms of sci-fi. In Sherwood we had a manager derided for his man-management who got a player like Ade playing to his potential. To me, it seems that managers should be judged by their impact on the best players - not on some wishy washy notion of team spirit.on his day. That's all we ever keep hearing, we can't afford to make way for a player as consistent and turbulent as him to the detriment of the team. His days are few and far between. And on his day, he's not even THAT good anyway.
Almost every week under Tim for a period of time to be fair - less than 2 years agoWhen did he last have a day like that? 3 or 4 years ago?
Alternatively, Villa might decline to pointlessly sack a successful manager, and Tim, Ade and the team might go from strength to strength. We'll seeHe's never going to have them days again at Spurs but under Tim at Villa I'd expect him to start off well until he tailed off into his comfort zone and stopped bothering again
Think that was Nathan OduwaIm sure I saw ade turn and pass the ball from edge 18yd box to rose on left to run onto and score in the game at training ground v Southend...