Ipswich pulled a blinder there. Stole a million quid off our owners. A player who in 83 senior club appearances ,most at clubs he was loaned to he has scored 19 goals.
He has some of the attrbutes which is probably why we bought him but the sum off his parts is well short of what it needs to be. I think a good example of this sort of player is Pete the Pole. They can look good at a lower level or if they are allowed to play but they haven't got that certain something about them. I commented on this when I first saw him in pre season but hoped he wan't fully fit.
Bad miss and not defending him, but the bigger problem is we rarely create chances of that quality.
Leaburn missed a great chance too.
We put huge pressure on our players to be very clinical every game, to get a result they need to take pretty much every good chance they get. Even the god that is Alfie May missed chances and had runs of games without scoring.
Clubs in the top 6 create more chances and those chances will be of better quality.
Bad miss and not defending him, but the bigger problem is we rarely create chances of that quality.
Leaburn missed a great chance too.
We put huge pressure on our players to be very clinical every game, to get a result they need to take pretty much every good chance they get. Even the god that is Alfie May missed chances and had runs of games without scoring.
Clubs in the top 6 create more chances and those chances will be of better quality.
Leaburn did well and didn't get the luck. It was a 50/50 but he had to direct it wide of the keeper with pace. Ahadme just has to get a proper contact, even off his nose, and it is a goal.
Bad miss and not defending him, but the bigger problem is we rarely create chances of that quality.
Leaburn missed a great chance too.
We put huge pressure on our players to be very clinical every game, to get a result they need to take pretty much every good chance they get. Even the god that is Alfie May missed chances and had runs of games without scoring.
Clubs in the top 6 create more chances and those chances will be of better quality.
that does not explain the rest of his record, he had one decent season with Cambridge, 11 goals 29 appearances.
Bad miss and not defending him, but the bigger problem is we rarely create chances of that quality.
Leaburn missed a great chance too.
We put huge pressure on our players to be very clinical every game, to get a result they need to take pretty much every good chance they get. Even the god that is Alfie May missed chances and had runs of games without scoring.
Clubs in the top 6 create more chances and those chances will be of better quality.
that does not explain the rest of his record, he had one decent season with Cambridge, 11 goals 29 appearances.
I get what they were trying to do though, sign a young striker with a reasonable scoring record who they could develop. If we had a good reliable source of crosses he’d have probably scored a few more for us and his record wouldn’t be as poor as it is for us.
Bad miss and not defending him, but the bigger problem is we rarely create chances of that quality.
Leaburn missed a great chance too.
We put huge pressure on our players to be very clinical every game, to get a result they need to take pretty much every good chance they get. Even the god that is Alfie May missed chances and had runs of games without scoring.
Clubs in the top 6 create more chances and those chances will be of better quality.
that does not explain the rest of his record, he had one decent season with Cambridge, 11 goals 29 appearances.
I get what they were trying to do though, sign a young striker with a reasonable scoring record who they could develop. If we had a good reliable source of crosses he’d have probably scored a few more for us and his record wouldn’t be as poor as it is for us.
Signing a player like Ahadme but then having a formation without wingers is the kind of joined up thinking that should get people sacked.
Bad miss and not defending him, but the bigger problem is we rarely create chances of that quality.
Leaburn missed a great chance too.
We put huge pressure on our players to be very clinical every game, to get a result they need to take pretty much every good chance they get. Even the god that is Alfie May missed chances and had runs of games without scoring.
Clubs in the top 6 create more chances and those chances will be of better quality.
that does not explain the rest of his record, he had one decent season with Cambridge, 11 goals 29 appearances.
I get what they were trying to do though, sign a young striker with a reasonable scoring record who they could develop. If we had a good reliable source of crosses he’d have probably scored a few more for us and his record wouldn’t be as poor as it is for us.
Spot on, we lump balls up to him but what for? He gets no service. Is he expected to take players on because that REALLY isn’t his game.
Bad miss and not defending him, but the bigger problem is we rarely create chances of that quality.
Leaburn missed a great chance too.
We put huge pressure on our players to be very clinical every game, to get a result they need to take pretty much every good chance they get. Even the god that is Alfie May missed chances and had runs of games without scoring.
Clubs in the top 6 create more chances and those chances will be of better quality.
that does not explain the rest of his record, he had one decent season with Cambridge, 11 goals 29 appearances.
I get what they were trying to do though, sign a young striker with a reasonable scoring record who they could develop. If we had a good reliable source of crosses he’d have probably scored a few more for us and his record wouldn’t be as poor as it is for us.
Spot on, we lump balls up to him but what for? He gets no service. Is he expected to take players on because that REALLY isn’t his game.
I take it has had the same issues at Real Oveido B, Portsmouth, Ipswich, Burton Albion, where he played 27 times for 7 goals.
Bad miss and not defending him, but the bigger problem is we rarely create chances of that quality.
Leaburn missed a great chance too.
We put huge pressure on our players to be very clinical every game, to get a result they need to take pretty much every good chance they get. Even the god that is Alfie May missed chances and had runs of games without scoring.
Clubs in the top 6 create more chances and those chances will be of better quality.
that does not explain the rest of his record, he had one decent season with Cambridge, 11 goals 29 appearances.
I get what they were trying to do though, sign a young striker with a reasonable scoring record who they could develop. If we had a good reliable source of crosses he’d have probably scored a few more for us and his record wouldn’t be as poor as it is for us.
Spot on, we lump balls up to him but what for? He gets no service. Is he expected to take players on because that REALLY isn’t his game.
I take it has had the same issues at Real Oveido B, Portsmouth, Ipswich, Burton Albion, where he played 27 times for 7 goals.
Unfair to read too much into the first few years of his career, he’s only turned 24 this month. What’s more relevant is last season - how did he score double figures? Some penalties, but a lot from crosses. He doesn’t look good in front of goal for us, but not one can argue the service is good enough either.
Bad miss and not defending him, but the bigger problem is we rarely create chances of that quality.
Leaburn missed a great chance too.
We put huge pressure on our players to be very clinical every game, to get a result they need to take pretty much every good chance they get. Even the god that is Alfie May missed chances and had runs of games without scoring.
Clubs in the top 6 create more chances and those chances will be of better quality.
that does not explain the rest of his record, he had one decent season with Cambridge, 11 goals 29 appearances.
I get what they were trying to do though, sign a young striker with a reasonable scoring record who they could develop. If we had a good reliable source of crosses he’d have probably scored a few more for us and his record wouldn’t be as poor as it is for us.
Spot on, we lump balls up to him but what for? He gets no service. Is he expected to take players on because that REALLY isn’t his game.
I take it has had the same issues at Real Oveido B, Portsmouth, Ipswich, Burton Albion, where he played 27 times for 7 goals.
Unfair to read too much into the first few years of his career, he’s only turned 24 this month. What’s more relevant is last season - how did he score double figures? Some penalties, but a lot from crosses. He doesn’t look good in front of goal for us, but not one can argue the service is good enough either.
Actually don’t give a shite about what he did elsewhere, Jimmy Floyd hasselbaink was one of the prems greatest strikers but he was a fat useless tosser for us
all I’m interested in is what he’s done in a Charlton shirt and I’d rather have Paul benson back than this fraudulent footballer
Bad miss and not defending him, but the bigger problem is we rarely create chances of that quality.
Leaburn missed a great chance too.
We put huge pressure on our players to be very clinical every game, to get a result they need to take pretty much every good chance they get. Even the god that is Alfie May missed chances and had runs of games without scoring.
Clubs in the top 6 create more chances and those chances will be of better quality.
that does not explain the rest of his record, he had one decent season with Cambridge, 11 goals 29 appearances.
I get what they were trying to do though, sign a young striker with a reasonable scoring record who they could develop. If we had a good reliable source of crosses he’d have probably scored a few more for us and his record wouldn’t be as poor as it is for us.
Spot on, we lump balls up to him but what for? He gets no service. Is he expected to take players on because that REALLY isn’t his game.
He's not gonna get a better cross/chance this season than he got today. That miss was Bonne-esque.
Yeah we need to create more chances but he's been brought up to the target man/hold-up player, that's his main job, so it's not unfair to judge him on that aspect so far.
Ipswich pulled a blinder there. Stole a million quid off our owners. A player who in 83 senior club appearances ,most at clubs he was loaned to he has scored 19 goals.
Sums up our scouting. Play well against us and you'll get a contract.
You can say he’s not getting the service but it’s his all round attacking play which is more worrying. His positioning is way off, his hold up play is non existent and his first touch is terrible. That’s not even accounting for his finishing. Yeah, we probably didn’t pay £1m but it must’ve been at least £600,000. Criminal scouting.
Bad miss and not defending him, but the bigger problem is we rarely create chances of that quality.
Leaburn missed a great chance too.
We put huge pressure on our players to be very clinical every game, to get a result they need to take pretty much every good chance they get. Even the god that is Alfie May missed chances and had runs of games without scoring.
Clubs in the top 6 create more chances and those chances will be of better quality.
that does not explain the rest of his record, he had one decent season with Cambridge, 11 goals 29 appearances.
I get what they were trying to do though, sign a young striker with a reasonable scoring record who they could develop. If we had a good reliable source of crosses he’d have probably scored a few more for us and his record wouldn’t be as poor as it is for us.
Spot on, we lump balls up to him but what for? He gets no service. Is he expected to take players on because that REALLY isn’t his game.
He's not gonna get a better cross/chance this season than he got today. That miss was Bonne-esque.
Yeah we need to create more chances but he's been brought up to the target man/hold-up player, that's his main job, so it's not unfair to judge him on that aspect so far.
So one chance and he’s got to take it? Even Haaland misses chances, he did today, but he has numerous chances during a game and normally takes a couple of them. If Ahadme or any other of our strikers had four good chances in a game and fluffed the lot then fair enough criticize them but if they only get one chance it’s a bit rich to castigate them for missing it. I’d admit he’s been disappointing but I weigh that up against the chances that have been created for him and they are severely lacking. Think a lot of the criticism has been well over the top.
Bad miss and not defending him, but the bigger problem is we rarely create chances of that quality.
Leaburn missed a great chance too.
We put huge pressure on our players to be very clinical every game, to get a result they need to take pretty much every good chance they get. Even the god that is Alfie May missed chances and had runs of games without scoring.
Clubs in the top 6 create more chances and those chances will be of better quality.
that does not explain the rest of his record, he had one decent season with Cambridge, 11 goals 29 appearances.
I get what they were trying to do though, sign a young striker with a reasonable scoring record who they could develop. If we had a good reliable source of crosses he’d have probably scored a few more for us and his record wouldn’t be as poor as it is for us.
Spot on, we lump balls up to him but what for? He gets no service. Is he expected to take players on because that REALLY isn’t his game.
He's not gonna get a better cross/chance this season than he got today. That miss was Bonne-esque.
Yeah we need to create more chances but he's been brought up to the target man/hold-up player, that's his main job, so it's not unfair to judge him on that aspect so far.
So one chance and he’s got to take it? Even Haaland misses chances, he did today, but he has numerous chances during a game and normally takes a couple of them. If Ahadme or any other of our strikers had four good chances in a game and fluffed the lot then fair enough criticize them but if they only get one chance it’s a bit rich to castigate them for missing it. I’d admit he’s been disappointing but I weigh that up against the chances that have been created for him and they are severely lacking. Think a lot of the criticism has been well over the top.
No, not what I'm saying. More like the opposite. In isolation it's a woeful miss, I'm sure we can all agree on that. And we can say he needs more service and more tap-in chances but that's not what he's been brought in to do. He's been brought in to play in a front 2, be the foil for the other player, get us in a position to create those chances and do the other side of the game. And in that area too he's been failing to make any impact.
Bad miss and not defending him, but the bigger problem is we rarely create chances of that quality.
Leaburn missed a great chance too.
We put huge pressure on our players to be very clinical every game, to get a result they need to take pretty much every good chance they get. Even the god that is Alfie May missed chances and had runs of games without scoring.
Clubs in the top 6 create more chances and those chances will be of better quality.
that does not explain the rest of his record, he had one decent season with Cambridge, 11 goals 29 appearances.
I get what they were trying to do though, sign a young striker with a reasonable scoring record who they could develop. If we had a good reliable source of crosses he’d have probably scored a few more for us and his record wouldn’t be as poor as it is for us.
Spot on, we lump balls up to him but what for? He gets no service. Is he expected to take players on because that REALLY isn’t his game.
I take it has had the same issues at Real Oveido B, Portsmouth, Ipswich, Burton Albion, where he played 27 times for 7 goals.
Unfair to read too much into the first few years of his career, he’s only turned 24 this month. What’s more relevant is last season - how did he score double figures? Some penalties, but a lot from crosses. He doesn’t look good in front of goal for us, but not one can argue the service is good enough either.
I think people are over egging his achievement last season. He scored 11 goals in 29 games. On the face of it, that's ok, especially given he was at a weak team. Strip out the 3 penalties though and in the league he got 8 goals; 6 headers and 2 shots. It's not great. One of those headers was against our powder puff defence too. When we bought him in the summer I went to see what the Cambridge fans thought and was worried to read they really weren't bothered and were amazed we had paid money for him.
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A player who in 83 senior club appearances ,most at clubs he was loaned to he has scored 19 goals.
Leaburn missed a great chance too.
We put huge pressure on our players to be very clinical every game, to get a result they need to take pretty much every good chance they get. Even the god that is Alfie May missed chances and had runs of games without scoring.
Clubs in the top 6 create more chances and those chances will be of better quality.
all I’m interested in is what he’s done in a Charlton shirt and I’d rather have Paul benson back than this fraudulent footballer
Yeah we need to create more chances but he's been brought up to the target man/hold-up player, that's his main job, so it's not unfair to judge him on that aspect so far.
I think people are over egging his achievement last season. He scored 11 goals in 29 games. On the face of it, that's ok, especially given he was at a weak team.
Strip out the 3 penalties though and in the league he got 8 goals; 6 headers and 2 shots. It's not great. One of those headers was against our powder puff defence too.
When we bought him in the summer I went to see what the Cambridge fans thought and was worried to read they really weren't bothered and were amazed we had paid money for him.