Deportivo Seagull
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If this is the reason Ali J goes then we are going to see a lot of players leaving. March, Izzy, Stephens, Mooy to name a few ...
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[Albion] Alireza Jahanbakhsh joins Feyenoord
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If this is the reason Ali J goes then we are going to see a lot of players leaving. March, Izzy, Stephens, Mooy to name a few ...
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durrington gull
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Mooy only just signed , agree that others could go
I reckon we’d take £5M+ add ons just to get one of our highest earners off our books
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Not the player he was before that Villa sending off though?
Deportivo Seagull
I should coco
Well he wouldn’t have been signed on this form ....
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Before he was dropped AJ looked like providing exactly that...
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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1) Why is it always an either/or situation? Why do people need to slag off one player to defend another.
2)I hadn't factored in the covid issue for why Ali J and Bernardo have been missing from the 20 man squads.
3) If we do sell Ali J, just think...in 98% of previous seasons we would have killed to have a player of his quality. Now we can keep him or sell him and it's no big deal. Even three or four years ago if we'd had a player of his quality and there were rumours he was leaving this place would have gone into meltdown.
2)I hadn't factored in the covid issue for why Ali J and Bernardo have been missing from the 20 man squads.
3) If we do sell Ali J, just think...in 98% of previous seasons we would have killed to have a player of his quality. Now we can keep him or sell him and it's no big deal. Even three or four years ago if we'd had a player of his quality and there were rumours he was leaving this place would have gone into meltdown.
nwgull
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That was back in October. He’s had a few good performances since then!
Machiavelli
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Who is the source you're referring to, and what is the information?
Danny Wilson Said
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I think everybody wants Ali J to do well. He works hard and his emotion on scoring his two goals was very good to see.
BUT
He's not particularly fast, he doesn't beat a man and although he has fizzed in a couple of decent crosses, he doesn't look a particularly great passer of the ball. Just another of our average-sized, average-paced midfield players. If we get a good offer, we ought to take it.
BUT
He's not particularly fast, he doesn't beat a man and although he has fizzed in a couple of decent crosses, he doesn't look a particularly great passer of the ball. Just another of our average-sized, average-paced midfield players. If we get a good offer, we ought to take it.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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I take your point but I'd argue AJ doesn't give you any versatility. March can play winger or wing-back down either flank and take set-pieces, Mooy can play wide left or central, he can ping a pass while we presently need Stephens in central midfield because he is good at doing a containjng job which is what we need in a relegation fight.
I think Izzy was more consistent than AJ and I'd love to see him back but he's been out so long who knows?
AJ has one job and he hasn't done it very well in his 2 years to date.
There's plenty in that, but if we go with it the question still remains why's Ali the one who is left out.
He wasn't good at Bournemouth and had no right for even a place on the bench aftwards.
The same can't be said around New Year, esp when Mooy and Solly were stinking the place out, yet Ali's still nowhere to be seen.
Bladders
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Solly can’t cross , can’t shoot and has no skills to take fullbacks on , someone needs to tell him his future is at LB/LWB , cause he’s good defensively and Looks very good at LWB at the beginning of the season
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Barham's tash
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See post #7284
Jahanbakhsh did not play a minute of soccer for the first 15 or so games of the season. Most games he was not even picked to be on the bench. You can imagine what kind of psychological affect that can have on a player especially under a new manager. He has played 287 minutes since then. He has scored two goals and his amazing cross caused an own goal. So in 287 minutes of play time, he has basically scored 3 of our 33 goals this season. None of our other players come close to this minutes of play per goal average. And we all know about his great crosses into the box, especially the ones on the floor as our forwards are aerially challenged!!! I think most people want to get rid of him here because Potter does not play him, not because they don't like what they saw of him when he did play. Question is why doesn't Potter play him more
Real puzzling.
Real puzzling.
Seasider78
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Jahanbakhsh did not play a minute of soccer for the first 15 or so games of the season. Most games he was not even picked to be on the bench. You can imagine what kind of psychological affect that can have on a player especially under a new manager. He has played 287 minutes since then. He has scored two goals and his amazing cross caused an own goal. So in 287 minutes of play time, he has basically scored 3 of our 33 goals this season. None of our other players come close to this minutes of play per goal average. And we all know about his great crosses into the box, especially the ones on the floor as our forwards are aerially challenged!!! I think most people want to get rid of him here because Potter does not play him, not because they don't like what they saw of him when he did play. Question is why doesn't Potter play him more
Another way to look at it is he has now been here almost two years and under two managers he has not forced his way into a regular slot in the first team so they are obviously not convinced he has something to offer regularly at this level. You have to remember minutes on the pitch is only part of the story these managers are working on the training ground with him every day and at the end of the week are not even seeing him worthy of a place in the match day squad which is telling.
That’s not to say he is a terrible player but he has not settled or thrived in English football at all and a return to the Dutch league is probably on the cards. Cannot fault his attitude and he has shown himself to be a top pro so for that I hope he gets moved on somewhere where he can settle.
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Jahanbakhsh did not play a minute of soccer for the first 15 or so games of the season. Most games he was not even picked to be on the bench. You can imagine what kind of psychological affect that can have on a player especially under a new manager. He has played 287 minutes since then. He has scored two goals and his amazing cross caused an own goal. So in 287 minutes of play time, he has basically scored 3 of our 33 goals this season. None of our other players come close to this minutes of play per goal average. And we all know about his great crosses into the box, especially the ones on the floor as our forwards are aerially challenged!!! I think most people want to get rid of him here because Potter does not play him, not because they don't like what they saw of him when he did play. Question is why doesn't Potter play him more
Soccer!?
It's not puzzling at all, he hasn't made the squad yet since restart. That much is very clear, whether through previous illness or not up to levels required.
Macallister looks to be favoured and rightly so.
Baldseagull
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My opinion is that Hughton wanted his wingers to be part full back, and in this regard Ali was lacking. However, Potter seems more interested in his full backs being part winger.