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Goodbye Freddie (signs for Rotherham)
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Get as much as we can for him, but no love lost whatsoever.
We completely lost our identity as a team last season, and he was a big part of that. I know I sound like his love child (except I am not ginger) but Tayls would have been the better bet for us last season. I remember seeing a stat that Ladapo scored practically all of his goals against teams in the bottom half of the table. Yet we kept playing him in every game, home and away. And as a result, we couldn't hold the ball up and relieve the pressure on our - admittedly dismal - defence. We also couldn't use our best assets - Carey and Lameiras - to maximum effect. Taylor can be very effective in Lgs 1 & 2, with talented players around him; I hope Lowe treasures him for the asset that he is.
Final point: if I were Adams, I would feel most let down by Ladapo. Adams basically resuscitated his career, which was headed nowhere. What he got in return was half-hearted effort on the field, and backchat on social media.
We completely lost our identity as a team last season, and he was a big part of that. I know I sound like his love child (except I am not ginger) but Tayls would have been the better bet for us last season. I remember seeing a stat that Ladapo scored practically all of his goals against teams in the bottom half of the table. Yet we kept playing him in every game, home and away. And as a result, we couldn't hold the ball up and relieve the pressure on our - admittedly dismal - defence. We also couldn't use our best assets - Carey and Lameiras - to maximum effect. Taylor can be very effective in Lgs 1 & 2, with talented players around him; I hope Lowe treasures him for the asset that he is.
Final point: if I were Adams, I would feel most let down by Ladapo. Adams basically resuscitated his career, which was headed nowhere. What he got in return was half-hearted effort on the field, and backchat on social media.
Freddie scored 5 braces last year...half his goals coming in just 5 games.
After seeing how many chances he should have converted in other games, imagine if he shared those goals out across the season a bit more?
500k if true is decent business to allow RL to get his own team together.
After seeing how many chances he should have converted in other games, imagine if he shared those goals out across the season a bit more?
500k if true is decent business to allow RL to get his own team together.
Happy to cash in for £500k and reinvest.
There's always a Jayden Stockley out there for £100k... :think:
There's always a Jayden Stockley out there for £100k... :think:
So we are getting 500k for a player who has only had one season like he has in the whole of his league career.
Seems a good deal to me considering how poor the Southend fans thought he was.
At times took his chances well. Gave us an extra dimension with his pace. Remember the guy was isolated on his own up front a lot of the time so when talking about his play to being in other teammates into the game, l think it’s harsh.
Taylor is exceptional at hold up play, and we are lucky he could do that job on his own so well.
I’d worry about Ladapo’s attitude though especially at critical stages of the season. With only a couple of games left though we also have to wonder if he did “down tools” which isn’t great for a professional footballer.
For a guy who has had one decent season in his whole football career, l’d snap your hand off for 500k and say thanks Freddie for last season.
Seems a good deal to me considering how poor the Southend fans thought he was.
At times took his chances well. Gave us an extra dimension with his pace. Remember the guy was isolated on his own up front a lot of the time so when talking about his play to being in other teammates into the game, l think it’s harsh.
Taylor is exceptional at hold up play, and we are lucky he could do that job on his own so well.
I’d worry about Ladapo’s attitude though especially at critical stages of the season. With only a couple of games left though we also have to wonder if he did “down tools” which isn’t great for a professional footballer.
For a guy who has had one decent season in his whole football career, l’d snap your hand off for 500k and say thanks Freddie for last season.
Take the money.
We've had one reasonable Season out of him, in the grand scheme of things, we're worse off despite his goals, but It also serves as a pointer to the spending patterns that took Pompey and Sunderland to the levels they're at and are remaining at for at least one more Season.
We've had one reasonable Season out of him, in the grand scheme of things, we're worse off despite his goals, but It also serves as a pointer to the spending patterns that took Pompey and Sunderland to the levels they're at and are remaining at for at least one more Season.
Read the full post Justin.Justin":2fjks8rn said:
I said that the players lacked fight and commitment for 3 months, Accrington was the cumulation of it. In far too many games leading up to that woeful performance, the players almost seemed to accept defeat and showed very little respect for the many fans who followed them up and down the country on a regular basis; hardly the stuff of “legends” I would suggest.
The wheels had come off well before that day in Accrington, but when myself and a few others posted our concerns we were derided by the likes of you because of a few wins in January. Early into the New Year I posted “we are sleep-walking to relegation” and got slaughtered by green tints telling me we are in mid-table and will finish in the top half.
When you have seen Argyle relegated as often as some of us, you recognise certain ominous signs and they were all in evidence for much of last season. Key among them was a lack of heart from too many of the players and the feeling that they could and should be doing much better.
