Arkwright
Arkwright
He has got pace and skill but for me is lightweight and will get bullied off the ball far to easily.
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[Albion] Jahanbaksh as Striker?
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How many games did you see him play under Potter, out of interest?
The Wizard
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Didn’t Locadia score goals in Holland? Like A LOT? Players coming to the PL from that league seem to be really hit and miss.
What do you mean by “rest of it”? The guy hardly played last season after his two class goals?
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Yes he did. However, AJ's attitude seems to be far better than Locadia's.
Silverhatch
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Rest of it = inability to control a football, assist and score goals having been tracked by the recruitment team for a couple of seasons before he signed. But, he can strike a football as evidenced by his overhead kick and the 30 yarder that hit the bar in his first season. With Maupay, Ali J is the most expensive signing in our club’s history and he has not delivered. Sometimes think he might be a doppelgänger of the bloke who scored for fun in Holland
Granny on the wing
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AJ has not really been given a decent run of games to prove once an for all that he is good enough for the Premier League .I think it all goes back to the Bournemouth away game where he had a quiet game and did not feature much after that. I also remember he made some comments after the game about how we lost in a bit of a not to fussed sort of way .Maybe GP is one of those unforgiving sort of Managers ?. AJ certainly has a good shot on him around the Penalty box ,just seems a waste not to give him more of a chance .I don`t go for the theory about a player looks good in training its what a player does in the match that counts. It took a long time for GP to realize that Bissouma is a better player then either Propper or Stephens though the Jury is still out for GP for me.
Frankie
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This reminds me of the season we started with Fenlon up front on his own .
Agree. Also a central striker needs to be able to ‘put themselves about a bit’, be up for a bit of argy bargy and winning crafty free kicks. Murray was the master, and Maupay has a touch of it too. Not sure that’s really Trossard. Ali J, maybe a little bit more.
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Arkwright
Arkwright
Not sure what that proves, he squared up to a player after he lost the ball. It doesn't make difference what the manager thinks it's what the officials think.
AJ signs for a billion pounds, has a run of games as a left winger, and/or as an attacker on the left of a front three, and very much fails to convince.
AJ fanboys "It isn't his fault. He needs to play in his most favouritist position on the right".
AJ gets a run of games as a right winger / as an attacker on the right of a front three, and (other than two goals, and one really good cross) fails to convince again, then goes missing in a run of crucial games and gets sidelined.
AJ fanboys "It isn't his fault. He needs to play in his most favouritist position up front" (despite him never having played up front, ever).
I admire your loyalty and patience.
He got stuck in, he's no lightweight was the point I was trying to make. MAybe you missed the game.
Arkwright
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No, I only missed three games that season and in my humble opinion he hasn't got the strength or work rate required to play as a striker. With our system the strikers drop back and I just feel he is lazy.
Why ask the question about my attendance, lazy reporting.....
Granny on the wing
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Not looked at the stats but he did not play much after Bournemouth away .As far as shooting is concerned it has been terrible from midfield .
Nixonator
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Smacks of desperation.
Granny on the wing
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That is probably true but can defenders do that so much inside the box rather then out on the wing ?
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