Justin":1yrkqxh8 said:
IJN":1yrkqxh8 said:
I'm not a Freddie fan, BUT on Saturday I was with a couple of famous football pundits and both said he was easily the best player on the pitch. :wtf:
:wtf: I don't get it either, but it does make you wonder if they see something that we're all missing for some reason.
Speak for yourself Ian. I’ve been singing his praises since that goal away v Millwall. Yes I got abuse on here for it (this was before he started scoring consistently) but I think it’s easy to spot a striker that’s got the potential play at a much higher level. Freddie creates goals out of nothing. That’s a seriously valuable asset.
I thought the same Justin... wondering 'what we're missing' about Ladapo? Maybe the bit where he picked the ball up on almost the halfway line, turned the defender inside out and put an unstoppable finish past the keeper for his 18th goal of the season? He'd have got 30+ if he'd been playing for a top 6 team, and we'd have been sunk weeks ago without him.
I don't really agree with the premise of this thread in general. Ladapo's hold up play isn't as good as Taylor's but it's not as bad as some are making out. Carey isn't playing as well as he did last season, but that's more to do with his individual form. Lameiras is scoring as freely as he did with Taylor in the team. I don't think that dropping Ladapo would somehow tease more goals out of Sarcevic, Ness etc.
As a team we've scored a respectable amount of goals this season, the problems are at the other end of the pitch.