Ebou Adams

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: Ebou Adams

So you don’t rate Salech ?

I'm not 100% sure. He's strong, good in the air, but slow with the ball at his feet. He'll probably be very useful in League 1, so OK I'll include him as a decent signing. What we don't have is a mobile striker who can 'run the channels'.

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: Ebou Adams

One of Morison's signings, along with Kipre, Philogene, O'dowda, Rinomhota, Robinson and Alnwick. And yes, he made some really poor ones as well, but the point is , since then apart from possibly Fish, we haven't made 1 single signing that shows the club has the slightest clue about player recruitment.

If you're including loan signings, then Karlan Grant was decent and Sory Kaba did the job he was brought in to do (although he wasn't very good). I also think it's way too early to write off Alex Robertson, who turned 22 a few days ago.

But the point you're making is a fair one. Recruitment has definitely been poor in recent seasons.

[City123]

Re: Ebou Adams

One of Morison's signings, along with Kipre, Philogene, O'dowda, Rinomhota, Robinson and Alnwick. And yes, he made some really poor ones as well, but the point is , since then apart from possibly Fish, we haven't made 1 single signing that shows the club has the slightest clue about player recruitment.

I think Robertson's a decent signing

Grant & Phillips were good loans too

[Rjk]

Re: Ebou Adams

I'm not 100% sure. He's strong, good in the air, but slow with the ball at his feet. He'll probably be very useful in League 1, so OK I'll include him as a decent signing. What we don't have is a mobile striker who can 'run the channels'.

we have Isaac Davies and Callum Robinson who can do that

[City123]

Re: Ebou Adams

we have Isaac Davies and Callum Robinson who can do that

Neither can be relied upon to stay fit though

[llan bluebird]

Re: Ebou Adams

I'm not 100% sure. He's strong, good in the air, but slow with the ball at his feet. He'll probably be very useful in League 1, so OK I'll include him as a decent signing. What we don't have is a mobile striker who can 'run the channels'.

I am sure he can, but will never be allowed unless we get a maverick coach with his own ideas.

They all use the same software, tactics, tracking device, heart monitors, post post-game analytics package. Davies will be left on the wing keeping in his lane, defend his space , run his press pattern. The ball over the full-back's head retired when Warnock did.

They are coached (poorly) within an inch of thier lives, and the person who assesses the data, reviews the tactics and responses picks the next team.

I can't recall too many arc'd run into the channels for CR either, holding space and leading the press seems to be his job nowadays

[LA Bluebird]

Re: Ebou Adams

that's true, siopis is another enigma - played very well against England for Greece, and has gone straight into the first team at Panathinaikos, who only narrowly went out to fiorentina in the Europa conference league.

I think the problem for at least the Bulut/Riza years is we've too often played with 2/3 of those types of players in the midfield, where really you only need one water carrier and then you've got to have the rest who are able to push forward, with and without the ball. I seem to remember Siopis looking very promising in an early Bulut side with Ramsey and Ralls (I think), before both of those players spent most of the next year being injured and slowing down.

[2b2bdoo]

Re: Ebou Adams

Neither can be relied upon to stay fit though

One my my concerns next season, if Ralls and Ramsey get new deals.

We have Ralls, Ramsey, Davies, Robinson, Etete who are rarely fit. NG always seems to have a niggle as well. I’ll let ODowda off as he’s mainly been fit this season.

[2b2bdoo]

Re: Ebou Adams

We had Siopis and got rid, that was his job.

He didn’t do it very well, not physical enough. Pressed well but rarely actually tackled and won the ball. His positional play was appalling,

[Father Dougal]

Re: Ebou Adams

https://www.ccmb.co.uk/showthread.php?457509-Ebou-Adams-not-bad-work-if-you-can-get-it&highlight=Ebou+adams+nice

[2b2bdoo]

Re: Ebou Adams

https://www.ccmb.co.uk/showthread.ph...bou+adams+nice

I don’t think it was the wrong deal to sell him. We got a good fee for a part time player.

We just have never got a good defensive modifier. Going down he’s exactly what we need imo. It’s going to be a battle, everyone wanting to beat Cardiff, large away followings, low home followings.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: Ebou Adams

If you're including loan signings, then Karlan Grant was decent and Sory Kaba did the job he was brought in to do (although he wasn't very good). I also think it's way too early to write off Alex Robertson, who turned 22 a few days ago.

But the point you're making is a fair one. Recruitment has definitely been poor in recent seasons.

There's an article from Wales Online reviewing Morison's signings. The one thing that strikes me is it seems to suggest that he was either instrumental in the signings or at least had a major influence. That's a major departure from where the club had been in the past 3 years since when the club has adopted a more 'scientific' and analytical approach to player recruitment. Whatever algorithms the likes of Deboys and his fellow scientists are working to, they've failed to include pace and strength to the criteria. It's a damning indictment of the squad that none of us can name a stand-out player.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: Ebou Adams

The defensive side of the game has been our biggest problem all season. Teams come right through the middle of us every game, no one gets near them never mind make a tackle.

Of course if we can get a good defensive midfielder who also likes to “play” wonderful although I doubt it, next season is going to be more physical than ever in league one and we are far to soft.

We have to find players who can pass a football, make quick decisions, give the ball to a blue shirt, open sides up. We've got enough cloggers, Ebou Adams isn't a very good footballer.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: Ebou Adams

Where are we going to find 16 of them?

Ask Paddy Deboys who not to sign, and sign them