Ok folks- let's talk about the 800 lb. gorilla in the room. I've seen so many mentions of this guy that he deserves his own thread- and if he's had one before then he deserves his own new thread.
I'll go first: I hate this player, because I actually think he embodies everything that's wrong with our team. He's a supremely talented football player, one that, as we all know, can "glide past anyone," yet seems to have zero heart and even less drive. Look- I'm not totally blind to the fact that on occasion he does things well, but too many times he's just disappeared. On his day he can be great, but it is rarely his day.
I remember when we got him from Fulham, a week after he'd just singlehandedly destroyed Man U- a Man U team under Ferguson- and man I was excited. To my chagrin I soon found out that that was a one-off, never to be repeated again (at least in Lilywhite).
He won us a Europa League game and has done well a couple of times against minnows, but how often has he bossed a match when we've needed it? How often has he taken a game by the scruff of the neck and won it for us? FFS I can name more Holtby-dominated matches than Dembele ones- and Lewis literally has half the physical attributes as Moussa.
I want to love him, but I don't. I think he needs to go immediately. Am I wrong? Can he turn it around? Or should he be offed ASAP?
I'll go first: I hate this player, because I actually think he embodies everything that's wrong with our team. He's a supremely talented football player, one that, as we all know, can "glide past anyone," yet seems to have zero heart and even less drive. Look- I'm not totally blind to the fact that on occasion he does things well, but too many times he's just disappeared. On his day he can be great, but it is rarely his day.
I remember when we got him from Fulham, a week after he'd just singlehandedly destroyed Man U- a Man U team under Ferguson- and man I was excited. To my chagrin I soon found out that that was a one-off, never to be repeated again (at least in Lilywhite).
He won us a Europa League game and has done well a couple of times against minnows, but how often has he bossed a match when we've needed it? How often has he taken a game by the scruff of the neck and won it for us? FFS I can name more Holtby-dominated matches than Dembele ones- and Lewis literally has half the physical attributes as Moussa.
I want to love him, but I don't. I think he needs to go immediately. Am I wrong? Can he turn it around? Or should he be offed ASAP?