Garbo
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...agree to a point but never really looked comfortable as a PL player?Wouldn’t say afobe was a fail. Scored some key goals - game against Norwich, Swansea that were important in keeping us up. Got our money back on him.
...agree to a point but never really looked comfortable as a PL player?Wouldn’t say afobe was a fail. Scored some key goals - game against Norwich, Swansea that were important in keeping us up. Got our money back on him.
Must go down in Cherries history as one of the strangest!...oh yeah surely that was a sympathy buy
...Eddie's signings since PL...Okay? (not including loans!)
FAILS
Afobe
Defoe
Murray
JURY STILL OUT?
Ibe (still young and learning?)
Rico (still to adapt to PL and improve language)
Mousset (still young,raw and just needs more determination?)
Mings (unlucky with injuries, looks the part but time is running out maybe?)
SUCCESSES
Ake
Brooks
Begovic
Lerma
YET TO SEE
Solanke
Mepham?
...all in all it looks a fairly even split of good and not so good, and I would rate his record against most PL managers and th
ink that he was doing okay?
Afobe had a knack for getting into amazing scoring situations that no one else could, and then losing the ball. Was very close to the finished product though....agree to a point but never really looked comfortable as a PL player?
...so he was an Eddie Howe failure then?...Glenn Murray was NOT a failure. The reason why he was unsuccessful with us was because we did not suit his style and play his game. Murray is comfortable playing in a 4-4-2 formation with balls being played into the box from both flanks and feeding off second balls. We tend to play down the front channels with the ball on the floor. Murray did not have the pace to operate in this way as a lone striker, a role that we often utilised him in. Brighton plays his game and that is why he is a prolific scorer with them.
We may, and I stress may, have got more out of Afobe if we had adopted the same system.
...so he was an Eddie Howe failure then?...
...ooops forgot him...is the jury still out on him or is he a fail I wonder?Brad Smith
What did you think of Marcos PainterI would say he was brought in as a very expensive backstop. Play his game and Murray will score goals all day.
...Eddie's signings since PL...Okay? (not including loans!)
FAILS
Afobe
Defoe
Murray
JURY STILL OUT?
Ibe (still young and learning?)
Rico (still to adapt to PL and improve language)
Mousset (still young,raw and just needs more determination?)
Mings (unlucky with injuries, looks the part but time is running out maybe?)
SUCCESSES
Ake
Brooks
Begovic
Lerma
YET TO SEE
Solanke
Mepham?
...all in all it looks a fairly even split of good and not so good, and I would rate his record against most PL managers and think that he was doing okay?
He's a fail......ooops forgot him...is the jury still out on him or is he a fail I wonder?
The only sensible signing we have made in this window is Clyne as that position needed to be sorted out. I believe we have over paid for Solanke ((If he proves me wrong then fair play)). I have always been in favour of signing a centre back, but I believe Mepham will not be effective until next seaon as he has to adjust to the Premier League of which will take time.
Gradel?
It's a valid point that Kings most successful goal scoring run happened when Afobe was playing.Failure but only due to injury - cameo role at West Ham showed what his pace could do. But got a goal vs Swansea in a must win game too.
As for grabban, afobe and Murray they all did a job in that baptism of fire first season. Gave us depth on the bench after a number of injuries and Murray’s goals gave us 3 extra points (1 vs Watford and 2 vs Chelsea) and we only stayed up by 5! Afobe played a vital role in helping king score goals after a tough run of defeats in season 2 of the prem. Grabban did little but as other said got money for him.
It's a valid point that Kings most successful goal scoring run happened when Afobe was playing.