Winter Transfer Speculation

[Globalgunner]

Adebayor was far from special. Most talented in the Prem? Never! Wenger could get that level of performance out of a striker like Benteke, Bony even Darren Bent!

Arguably he is better than any of the current strikers we have, Including Giroud. Better than any we have had since RVP. Adebayor however was a self absorbed idiot with the mentality of a spoilt brat. We could and should have done better since he left us. Everywhere Ade has gone, his nemesis has gone right along with him. Idiot.

[mastermind84]

Most talented strikers the premiership has seen?

Not even close, there's so many better than him it would take too long to list them, he was nothing special, his career proves that.

Adebayor was far from special. Most talented in the Prem? Never! Wenger could get that level of performance out of a striker like Benteke, Bony even Darren Bent!

there have not been many with his size, strength, speed, technique, leaping ability, heading ability, passing ability, and finishing ability. He was more talented than those people you named and it wasnt close. He was more talented than Drogba, but didnt have the same professionalism.

[Power n Glory]

there have not been many with his size, strength, speed, technique, leaping ability, heading ability, passing ability, and finishing ability. He was more talented than those people you named and it wasnt close. He was more talented than Drogba, but didnt have the same professionalism.

Drogba? Stop it. He'd have done something with his career if any of that was true.

[Marc Overmars]

Adebayor was very good at times but if you don't have your head screwed on right you're never going to amount to much in any walk of life. Waste of a career.

[Niall_Quinn]

Apparently Marketing are prepared to listen to offers for Isco.

Makes you wonder what the fuck we are waiting for. Perhaps he's not as good as what we already have? Or has that excuse been exhausted?

[mastermind84]

Drogba? Stop it. He'd have done something with his career if any of that was true.

Please go back and re-read what I said. Drogba had a strong mentality and professionalism, which Adebayor didnt have.

Saying that, he did a lot in his career. He just did not do anything near what he should have but Adebayor was a big time talent. He is one of the best talents the Premiership has seen and shoulda lead us to titles if he had his head screwed on right. Million dollar talent with a 10 cent mind.

Adebayor was very good at times but if you don't have your head screwed on right you're never going to amount to much in any walk of life. Waste of a career.

exactly!

[Niall_Quinn]

Adebayor was a fabulous striker in his prime. The way he moved and the speed of his brain and his feet, the constant forward momentum, it gelled perfectly with our team at the time. I loved the way he could dip a shoulder and send the defender 180 degrees the wrong way while pushing the ball on instantly. But then he became a big time charlie, like Yaya Toure. And it all went to fuck. The fact he was converted from a "where will he play" defender, winger to a striker is one of Wenger's rare successes. But if you are an arsehole then you are an arsehole and nothing is going to save you from that. Now he's cancer, hire him and you'll pay the price twice. Like Balotelli.

[Power n Glory]

The guy had a touch of a rapist, never was a natural finisher and wasted a lot of chances. If you think Giroud and Walcott were bad, Ade was up there with them for sitters. He was just lucky enough to play with a team that carved teams open for fun. Never scored 30 goals before us and never scored 30 after. There was no evidence of a bad attitude in his first seasons for City or Spurs. Seemed focused and motivated but couldn't come close to scoring 30. Says it all. He was never a top talent. Wenger elevated his game to make it seem as if he was. Our style suited him.

[Niall_Quinn]

The guy had a touch of a rapist, never was a natural finisher and wasted a lot of chances. If you think Giroud and Walcott were bad, Ade was up there with them for sitters. He was just lucky enough to play with a team that carved teams open for fun. Never scored 30 goals before us and never scored 30 after. There was no evidence of a bad attitude in his first seasons for City or Spurs. Seemed focused and motivated but couldn't come close to scoring 30. Says it all. He was never a top talent. Wenger elevated his game to make it seem as if he was. Our style suited him.

Watch him play in his second season for us, compared to the static Giroud and the hapless, random Walcott. Not saying he was as good as RvP or even in the top tier but he was way, way better than Giroud or Walnut. I mean let's not even bring Walnut into this, he's one of the worst players we've ever had. Turns up 5 games a season, if we are lucky.

[mastermind84]

The guy had a touch of a rapist, never was a natural finisher and wasted a lot of chances. If you think Giroud and Walcott were bad, Ade was up there with them for sitters. He was just lucky enough to play with a team that carved teams open for fun. Never scored 30 goals before us and never scored 30 after. There was no evidence of a bad attitude in his first seasons for City or Spurs. Seemed focused and motivated but couldn't come close to scoring 30. Says it all. He was never a top talent. Wenger elevated his game to make it seem as if he was. Our style suited him.

Adebayor became a very good finisher as his career went onward. He could have grown more here. His touch was good too. Not great

And he was MUCH better than Giroud and Walcott. Not even close lol. Shoot, if he wasnt a nut job now, I wouldnt mind taking him back.

Can you imagine Adebayor with Ozil and Sanchez behind him, ffs. We would be leading the league right now by a few points.

He was a top talent who had a weak mindset.

You make fun of Adebayor all you want and say he wasnt a top player, but the talent was not deniable at all. And he wasnt scoring tap-ins either, ffs.

I'm not debating that. Because he had power, pace, the physique and a team that kept supplying, it helped cover up his shortcomings. If he were slow like Giroud he'd have no chance. You forget the sitters he'd miss and the amount of chances he needed to score. Far from clinical and his technique was average.

if Drogba didnt have pace, power, physique he wouldnt have been a premier league player.

if Thierry Henry didnt have pace, power, physique, he wouldnt have been the best player in the world for a few seasons.

If Vieira didnt have pace, power, and physique he woulda been a nothing player.