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If i had the choice of keeping Fred of Saadi i would honestly choose Fred. I seen a clip on youtube of someone taking the piss of his highlights in a Cardiff shirt.
The miss against Brum wasn't the best but there are plenty of better players than him who have missed those chances.
His miss against Bristol Rovers wasn't really a miss at all. He done everything right. His movement and touch were good then he hit the inside of the post!
Like i said i know the club are spending a lot of money on his rehab due to a long running injury and i can't see us recouping much money for him so i can only assume Warnock has plans for him.
Nurse, nurse......
Nurse, nurse...... Croesy and Hartley are not playing nicely!
I always thought he had something mate. If you were to ask me before that Wolves game who would come good out of Zohore and Fred i would have said Fred.
The game in Europe is very different to what it is here. I watch a bit of Ligue 2 and the hardest thing is projecting whether a player there could be the same under the intensity the game is played here.
My hope is that Fred will have looked at Zohore and thought "i want a bit of that".
I live in hope but i do think it's a possibility.
My reasoning is cos i only saw 20 minutes of Saadi and most of that he was injured.
I also think Saadi is the type of striker who plays in behind from the goals i have seem of him.
Fred seems far more apt bringing players into the game amd playing with his back to goal.
The way we play with pace oit wide relies on this and i think Zohore would be more than capable of playing the "little man" role if Warnock wanted to revert to 4-4-2.
what deal? there was no 'deal'. the two transfers are unconnected. A deal implies if one didn't happen the other one couln't but in tis cae that is not true. Ward was already a done deal.
Maybe the club was made an offer they didn't want to refuse for a player they knew didn't really want to be here anyway.
Better to take the money or keep paying him for sitting on his arse?
Neither did Zohore mate.
I think if he scored that goal against Brum he may have settled better.
I thought he didn't react well when our crowd got on his back for not running about like Revell and you could see him go into his shell.
I'm hoping he will view Zohore as the blueprint of how to turn things arpund
Yep, we were all wrong on him, but I think he's got more attributes about him than Fred. He's faster and more powerful. I think with Zahore it was more down to being a bit lazy where as I think Fred tried his best it just weren't happening for him. A good striker will brush off the bad misses but they really seemed to shatter his confidence.
I'm not so sure mate. I watched Zohore a few times for the dvp and he looked incredibly raw and didn't have a clue how to link the play and like Saadi only looked a threat in behind.
The ball seemed tp stick more to Fred and he used it quite well. His problem was that he looked mentally fragile and i hope he can return with a bit more confidence.
Another I'll add is that when Fred was playing he was hardly surrounded with a team on the front foot. We didn't even look like creating chances under Trollope and he didn't have many starts under Warnock.
Yes that's a fair point on Trollope. The QPR home game where Caulker totally dominated Fred I don't think we got near their box, let alone create any chances, and he certainly didn't have any help from midfield.
You've obviously seen more than me but what's impressed me about Ken is not really his hold up play, but when he gets in front of his man, or the ball over the top, he's very powerful.
That goal he scored against Preston, and the recent goals / assists for Denmark, I just don't think Fred has that type of goal / play in his locker.
Neither do i mate. I don't think he can do what Zohore has done but i think Zohore could possibly be better than Bothroyd if he stays for another few seasons with us.
I do think Fred could be a better option than paying 2 million plus for a striker in a similar mould though and he could compliment Zohore.
I believe the injury Fred currently has may be a long term one which may have hindered his progress here. I hope he comes back hungry and proves us all wrong.