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Adebayor needs to be dropped.

Mr Pink

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I didn't have the balls to watch MNF but have seen what Gary Neville has said and he's absolutely spot on.

I will add something though and I feel its quite important. Pochettino will need to weed out the ones with poor attitudes and the ones who arn't prepared to put in the hard yards etc, but we need to see that Pochettino is demanding high standards to ensure we have a hard working group so that they can implement what he wants effectively.

Adebayor is the spearhead of our attack and he's still ambling about. He should be initiating the high press a lot of the time and his lethargy off the ball and poor movement is having a detrimental affect on our attacking dynamic. Absolutely convinced by that.

What's worrying me now is that not only is he the wrong selection, for reasons most of us know and agree on, but does Pochettino feel pressurised to play him? Is he fearful to drop him for fear of unsettling the group? Or is he just determined to stick with the front four for x amount of time to breed familiarity and understanding?

I just don't see how we're going to change our mentality if we continue to reward players like Adebayor with starts when he clearly doesn't deserve them and is quite clearly affecting our attacking dynamic.

I want to see Pochettino making some strong decisions now - its vital if we're to change the culture within the Club.
 
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yankspurs

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The telegraph signaled about some player unrest wrt selections and specifically mentioned players being unhappy when Poch started Ade over Kane coming off of a hat trick. I'd imagine that it was more over Ade starting though instead of kane not starting. It is so painfully obvious to everyone that Ade has done absolutely nothing to deserve his continuous starts but has done everything to deserve being dropped from the 18 for a few weeks. Poch is dangerously close to sherwood levels of ade love. Dangerously close. The players would have to be blind not to see it. There is no way, under any circumstance, that anyone can possibly have a legitimate argument to start Ade. Any legitimate argument about that went out the window after the arsenal match in which I thought it would only go up from there. Boy was I wrong. He's managed to be worse in a few matches since. I thought that was impossible. Ade has shown me it was not.
 

yankspurs

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Well there's more to the post if you actually bother to read it.
I just re read your post and saw the bit about him being pressured to play Ade. I dont think that is the case at all. I cant imagine Levy would pressure Poch into playing someone who is clearly the worst player in the side week and week out.
 

Mr Pink

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I just re read your post and saw the bit about him being pressured to play Ade. I dont think that is the case at all. I cant imagine Levy would pressure Poch into playing someone who is clearly the worst player in the side week and week out.

Not by Levy, just by Adebayor himself or by the group etc, Just making suggestions that's all.
 

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I'm hoping the persistent choosing of Ade has something to do with the club flaunting him a bit for a hopeful sale in January. That level of hope is nowhere remotely close to expectation, and is even admittedly consciously flawed due to the fact it seems Paulinho and Lennon aren't in the plans and are barely seeing time whatsoever. However, I think Lennon and Paulinho both still retain some value while Ade will be a very tough sale.

I'd like to say though ftr, I don't think the issue is so much work ethic. I think you can see it in his face that he wants to do well. But I think he's physically just past it. He's always had a bit of a "lumbering" gait, but now even his running is painful to watch. He's very tall and very skinny, which makes him offer little muscle to compensate for unforgiving wear and tear on poorly regenerative tendons and ligaments.

He could certainly work harder, but to me he does look as if he's in very bad condition, and consequently struggling all the more so to fit in with a system that is struggling to find any thoroughfare as is.
 

Mr Pink

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I didn't bother reading it. Did you say anything about the goal he scored?

If you didn;t bother reading it why are you commenting in the thread? And why do I need to say anything about the goal he scored? I think everyone's aware that he scored on Sunday, but that's not the point I'm making.
 

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I just re read your post and saw the bit about him being pressured to play Ade. I dont think that is the case at all. I cant imagine Levy would pressure Poch into playing someone who is clearly the worst player in the side week and week out.

I wouldn't rule it out. Levy undoubtedly hates watching such an expensive player rot on the bench, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if he's applying some pressure for Ade to be played, if for no other reason to at least peddle him a bit for potential buyers.
 

yankspurs

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I didn't bother reading it. Did you say anything about the goal he scored?
The goal means absolutely nothing. Did you bother watching that game? Have you bothered watching any of the games? He was absolutely awful on Sunday. Just like he was absolutely awful against QPR, against Arsenal, against West Brom, against West Ham, against Liverpool, etc etc. He has clearly been the worst player on the pitch in all of our games(besides for Vlad's last start where it was neck and neck between the 2 as to who was the worst). Maybe if he actually did anything else, the goals would mean something. I attribute his goal on sunday to Mason. Even Brad Friedel would have scored that goal from Mason's ball.
 

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Not by Levy, just by Adebayor himself or by the group etc, Just making suggestions that's all.
Yeah I dont think the players would be pressuring Poch to play someone who has been the worst player of the bunch this season. And if it is him giving into Ade, he'd lose pretty much all his credibilty...
 

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I wouldn't rule it out. Levy undoubtedly hates watching such an expensive player rot on the bench, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if he's applying some pressure for Ade to be played, if for no other reason to at least peddle him a bit for potential buyers.
Then he would be forcing Poch to play Soldado as well, since Soldado cost a higher fee and is on or close to the same wages, I'd imagine.
 

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Then he would be forcing Poch to play Soldado as well, since Soldado cost a higher fee and is on or close to the same wages, I'd imagine.

That's a solid point in truth, but I imagine despite everything Soldado still retains some value, while Ade is a very tough sell.
 

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The decision to select Ade on Sunday over Kane or Soldado, both of whom had legitimate claims to start, was almost as shocking and disappointing to me as Poch's refusal to celebrate Lamela's Rabona, or in fact any goal we've scored under him.

I quite like Poch, and I want to really like him, but this 'I don't show any emotion' thing is downright creepy to me. It's not a weakness to show you care, mate.
 

yiddo23

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He showed tons of emotion when we scored vs west ham....I think people are reading into it too much. He just knows how football works, no point in getting giddy for every goal when there is work to do for the full 90, attempts to stay at an even keel through the game and not let his emotions get the best of him and affect his decisions. It doesn't mean he doesn't care, I find it the exact opposite, I think it shows he really cares.
 

yiddo23

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I don't think there is any way Ade starts next week, if he does....well, it doesn't matter, he won't
 
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