[Albion] Alireza Jahanbakhsh joins Feyenoord

[Hugo Rune]

I think we need 6 players for the front 3 next season (with Khadra as U23 back up).

So we need to turn this 8 into a 6 whiskt making room for a new No.9.

Welbeck
Maupay
Izquierdo
Zeqiri
Connolly
Jahanbakhsh
Trossard
Tau

I’d go with:

Welbeck
Zeqiri
Trossard
Maupay
Jahanbakhsh
New signing.

 

[Blue3]

I hope Ali J is not moved out this summer when he has finally started to show what he can offer

 

[albionalex]

I hope Ali J is not moved out this summer when he has finally started to show what he can offer

How to define recency bias.

 

[andys320]

A recent run of games, often out of position and some quality touches, crosses, would love to see him get more game time next season.

 

[Machiavelli]

Sell.

Wasted some really good opportunities tonight. Just not quite good enough. Tau was more productive in a fraction of the time on the pitch.

Doubt he's going anywhere, unless he wants to take a substantial pay cut.
I thought he played well today. Tau got his pass right, but West Ham's CBs were so split, it was hardly a difficult pass but credit to him for getting it right.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Alireza Jahanbakhsh signs on a 5-year deal for a club record fee

Doubt he's going anywhere, unless he wants to take a substantial pay cut.
I thought he played well today. Tau got his pass right, but West Ham's CBs were so split, it was hardly a difficult pass but credit to him for getting it right.

And yet Ali J has just one assist in 48 Premier League appearances

Nice guy, tries hard, lots of excuses are therefore made for him but ultimately he doesn’t do enough in the chances he’s given and just isn’t quite good enough.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Alireza Jahanbakhsh signs on a 5-year deal for a club record fee

And yet Ali J has just one assist in 48 Premier League appearances.

He also got one where the player turned it into his own net.

He actually has just over 19 full 90 minutes and about 3 games where he has been played as a forward which, to be frank, is the only position he’ll thrive at in the Premier League.

He has put in some great balls against Wolves and West Ham, I think he’s useful as a right sided inside forward, certainly he’s a model professional unlike some of the others we’ve got in the forward line.

I’d give him one more season, it’s worth the gamble as his value is so low currently due to about 6 full games per season in the EPL.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Man with previous success in preferred position, performs well in preferred position shocker.


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[Dorset Seagull]

I think we need 6 players for the front 3 next season (with Khadra as U23 back up).

So we need to turn this 8 into a 6 whiskt making room for a new No.9.

Welbeck
Maupay
Izquierdo
Zeqiri
Connolly
Jahanbakhsh
Trossard
Tau

I’d go with:

Welbeck
Zeqiri
Trossard
Maupay
Jahanbakhsh
New signing.

Andone?

 

[Seasider78]

For me Ali J is stuck in a bit of a vicious circle. He was reluctant to take moves back to Holland or the Championship as believes he can make it at this level yet has not shown he can hold down a starting place in a bottom six side for 3 seasons. No club will pay a decent fee (or I am guessing wages) that would take him off our books so where does he go from here?

What is going to change for him next season that has not happened in the last 3 as he has not shown anything to make another PL or equivalent club take him off our hands?

For me he either stays and becomes an expensive bit part player for another season or he drops a level and takes a loan this summer for regular first team football.

 

[Eric Youngs Contact Lens]

I don’t think Welbeck helped AIi last night.. he made no attempts to get across his man , or to attack the near post when Ali had the ball in crossing positions. We were light getting players into the box with him too. I thought he played well enough, was as threatening as any other player on the pitch.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Not PL standard, imho.

 

[A1X]

At what point do a few half-decent cameos against tired teams at the end of the most congested and exhausting season in recent times start to cancel out two and a half years of utter dross?

 

[Icy Gull]

Classic case of a player getting better with game time, especially when played in his preferred position. Don’t write off Ali J, he is clearly made of stern stuff and has unshakeable belief in himself. Absolute credit to the club, really hoping he kicks on and gets to play the rest of this season

Anyone who can’t see what he brought to the team yesterday is in denial imo.

 

[Brian Fantana]

He's been our most direct threat of any of our attacking players recently, IMO. He at least isn't reticent to take on his man and has put in a number of decent crosses, as well as having some good shots saved. I still think there's a quality player in there. He's ample good enough to be a squad player for us.

 

[zefarelly]

He's been our most direct threat of any of our attacking players recently, IMO. He at least isn't reticent to take on his man and has put in a number of decent crosses, as well as having some good shots saved. I still think there's a quality player in there. He's ample good enough to be a squad player for us.

Playing in the right position and tactics he's a starter . . . Would like to see him in the Slah position with Andone up front and Welbeck to the left of a front 3

I'm sure ANdone or a proper striker would get on the end of his crosses . . .maybe even COnnolly if they stay low

 

[Seasidesage]

He's done enough to not get sold for £5m. Personally I would still take a decent offer as I'm not convinced he gets in this team when everyone is fit and available but on the flipside if he stays another 12 months he has earnt the opportunity as he has shown of late that he can play at this level even if its as a squad player rather than a starter.

This summer it will be tough to move players on for full value he's shown enough to persist with and maybe push Tau towards the exit instead. I can't see us retaining both...

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Classic case of a player getting better with game time, especially when played in his preferred position. Don’t write off Ali J, he is clearly made of stern stuff and has unshakeable belief in himself. Absolute credit to the club, really hoping he kicks on and gets to play the rest of this season

Anyone who can’t see what he brought to the team yesterday is in denial imo.

Agree.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Alireza Jahanbakhsh signs on a 5-year deal for a club record fee

Classic case of a player getting better with game time, especially when played in his preferred position. Don’t write off Ali J, he is clearly made of stern stuff and has unshakeable belief in himself. Absolute credit to the club, really hoping he kicks on and gets to play the rest of this season

Anyone who can’t see what he brought to the team yesterday is in denial imo.

I agree, he has played just under 20 full EPL games.

But his biggest problem is his clear lack of versatility, not a good trait playing for Potter. He is poor in a defensive side. His defending is average, his pace is average and his strength is average too. I don’t see him as a midfielder, wing-back or defender.

However, I’d be more than happy with him starting every game next season but only as a forward (right or maybe left, never No.9 ) in a front three.

There is enormous potential; put him in last year’s EPL winning Liverpool team (but only in Salah’s position) and how many goals would he get?

If he gets a run of games and goals, he could be a player to really cement our place closer to, or even in the top 10. He can do what so many Potter-ballers can’t in the final third, play a dangerous ball or score a goal.

 

[Swansman]

Maybe the truth is somewhere in between and he is a decent footballer.