again your hatred of the player blinds you. he is perfectly capable of passing the ball, in fact there were a few times last season he played some lovely weighted through balls, but you never see that because you dont like the guy. He was at one point winning balls in the air, on the ground in the middle of the park and laying it off (apparently he was being lazy and uninterested at that point) and again the myth sayers state he can only run fast.
and before its asked do I think he is a top 4 player? no, consistency will stop that and besides neves aside i dont think we have any top 4 players but for the type of team we are he is a good player and worth a contract. Plus what i feel people are also forgetting with the advent of extra subs the likelihood of more teams playing high press is higher, which a player like traore is perfect for breaking with, we saw how poor we were at that last season once he was loaned out, he gets us up the pitch.
I don’t hate the guy, I just think he is significantly over rated. Am I not allowed to discuss this with people who do on a forum? Or js having negative views on Adama not allowed?
I am sorry that I no longer just love the fact the crosses and opportunities he gets don’t amount to much in a team where chances and goals are at a premium.
Why does someone who doesn’t think adama is as great as his hype a “hater”? I suppose it is easier for you to say “hater” than it is to objectively discuss the failings in your favourite players game, that’s cool.
I am sorry that I want to see end product. I am sorry I don’t want to see crosses more often than not end up in the keepers arms or headed away with no difficulty or him miss her another sitter.
Hwang gets significantly more hatred on here for far despite having far more tangible point contributing actions.. but you don’t come at people as being haters of him or ask people to tone it down when it comes to him. Also Hwang has goals in the champions league and a regular starter who gets goals and assists for his country. Things Adama cannot claim as he is rarely picked now and was I believe one of the few unused outfield players in the Spain euros squad.
I comment like I do about adama, because he gets far more excuses for **** all contribution of goals and assists than a player in Hwang who does have goals and assists and had our best shot conversion rate who despite having a bad run, still shows for the ball
And tries and doesn’t hide away. You allow that to constantly fly in a far more vitriolic way and some posters are prolific with hwang in a far nastier way but you leave it unchecked and no accusations of being a “hater” or say “your hatred blinds you”
So if you even put the playing field a bit, I would happily tone down my posting about adama.
It isn’t hatred to think a player is far over hyped and I am offering fair and probable counter points that aren’t based on objectivity or blinkered opinion. My opinions are backed up in the numbers. His passing stats aren’t very good by the way.
I also have said in another posts that his close ball work and ability to use a trick is fantastic so I am not blind to what he can do well or in that case the best in the squad. I have also said his whipped and flat cross is very dangerous this morning and I wish he used that more…..
I just no longer see the hype and for a team lacking in goals seeing a player who contributes next to nothing in assists and goals and people talking like he is so important doesn’t make sense.
Watch his passes objectively, they more often than not hit way to hard and there is also the fact he has to stop and do a big wind up to complete a pass. He has the lowest completed pass % of all the wide and midfield options, only closest one is podence whose passing game is aimed at the more riskier passes to unlock defences. So my comments about his passing ability aren’t inaccurate when looking at the numbers. But I suppose the stats are “haters”
It is great he gets us up the field, fantastic, but we are more potent and also create more chances when he doesn’t play. So surely for a team that has issues scoring he isn’t a good fit for us?
I wasn’t going to ask if he is a top 4 player as no fan or “hater” thinks that he is.
But my opinions are based on facts and figures, that doesn’t make me a hater. Your opinion is based on personal feelings and they are far more “blinded” in opinion forming than how mine has been made.