Patson Daka

[adam]

30 minutes ago, HarryDee8 said:

Needs to start for me. With Vards as a 60 min sub

 

 

Why does he need to start? He is piss poor and is proven to be piss poor since he has been at the club. Rather give Edouard a go

[CrispinLA in Texas]

His mullet cut doesn't suit his nice guy face 🫣

[An Away Move]

The paradox that we find ourselves in is that Vardy is our best striker. He is also 38 with no real pace in his game. We play to accommodate this and have no real teeth up front. Daka has pace and can finish in the correct system. We saw it in the West Ham game. I’d play him and set the team up to be hard to score against and have pacey players on the counter. We can’t do this effectively with Vardy. 

[The boy Linacre]

The paradox we find ourselves in is that the upper echelons didn’t think a 38yo striker who scored 4 Premier league goals last time out with a more creative side behind him AND a 4 year proved striker who sadly can’t hit a barn door with a banjo AND possibly the worst ever loan deal the club has done were entrusted as our firepower for our battle for safety

[eblair]

Hear me out, we should play him up front in a two

 

We looked okay under Maresca with him playing

 

I hate Ayew

[Paninistickers]

The manager has got to back the lad. 

 

Opposition centre halves have little to worry about at present. Daka at least occupies them. Keeps them honest. His running alone..

 

He's more than good enough for this level. Just needs some love and confidence and a run. 

[murphy]

36 minutes ago, eblair said:

Hear me out, we should play him up front in a two

 

We looked okay under Maresca with him playing

 

I hate Ayew

We should have just bought a proper striker in the summer.

[honeybradger]

1 minute ago, murphy said:

We should have just bought a proper striker in the summer.

We should have promoted Jake Evans, not been among the goals for the U21s recently but I still back his technical and finishing ability as well as decision making over any of our senior strikers.

[Silverfox14]

I so want him to score and be brilliant.  Seems you don’t always get what you want though.

[Pita]

Just deadwood get rid asap

[Claridge]

9 minutes ago, Silverfox14 said:

I so want him to score and be brilliant.  Seems you don’t always get what you want though.

score and not be totally hopeless would do

[Marshall Cockney Fox]

I just think, sadly, we're going to have to start him. He's poor. But the options are terrible. 

[body102]

He should be told to play on the shoulder of the last defender and that is it. No dropping back . He has been managed to change his game to drop deep , hold the ball up. 

 

Play to his main strength which is his pace , so in my opinion , stay up front and occupy the last man .

[Aleksz]

Plays an important role in the goal last night if you watch him. At least he occupies someone in the penalty area unlike Ayew’s contribution over the course of the game. 

[fox_favourite]

Insight into Daka's new Academy....

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/2UaQvUqHrhs?si=z_NFgUQp5AJ0dCYU

 

[foxer]

Just a quick one - we're a lot better with big Pat up top. Okay, I never feel like he might score an actual goal, but I'm okay with that for the time being.

 

That said, I reckon he gets 10-15 goals this season. Just needs his first. 

[Phild]

He was shocking again today. There just isn't a footballer in there at all. His first touch is woeful, he can't hold up a ball, his off the ball movement is non existant and he offers no threat whatsoever on the goal. He's also too lightweight for a striker. He really is a waste of an outfield player in every sense. How many chances can one player get. 

[RobHawk]

Just now, Phild said:

He was shocking again today. There just isn't a footballer in there at all. His first touch is woeful, he can't hold up a ball, his off the ball movement is non existant and he offers no threat whatsoever on the goal. He's also too lightweight for a striker. He really is a waste of an outfield player in every sense. How many chances can one player get. 

He was far from shocking, he wasn't great but he did a good job today and the team is better with him there

[LCFCJohn]

He makes the team better. We look much more threatening and play further up with him in the side. Nothing worse than Ayew playing in his own half when he is supposed to be the striker!

[Claridge]

Just pay the fastest sprinter we can find, pay him £3000 a week and sell Daka. Offers nothing on the pitch apart from running about, can't play football that's for sure at a proper level

[moseeds]

2 minutes ago, Phild said:

He was shocking again today. There just isn't a footballer in there at all. His first touch is woeful, he can't hold up a ball, his off the ball movement is non existant and he offers no threat whatsoever on the goal. He's also too lightweight for a striker. He really is a waste of an outfield player in every sense. How many chances can one player get. 

 

He doesn't have any technical ability. But his erratic movement and pace means he can stretch oppositions to allow more gifted operators to exploit spaces. Like we did repeatedly today. He's a poor man's expensive Heskey with no assists. Just legs. Swansea aren't a low-block team so it kind of works. I think. 

[Aleksz]

It’s odd, he’s obviously crap as we’ve all long established but we’re better with him in the team at the minute merely because he actually occupies a defence, makes runs in behind and presses. How fvckin bad must Ayew be to make Daka look useful.

[trooky]

38 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

He makes the team better. We look much more threatening and play further up with him in the side. Nothing worse than Ayew playing in his own half when he is supposed to be the striker!

I'm struggling with the choice of words, Daka doesn't make the team better, but he's not preventing our better players performing unlike Ayew. 

[Paninistickers]

42 minutes ago, Phild said:

He was shocking again today. There just isn't a footballer in there at all. His first touch is woeful, he can't hold up a ball, his off the ball movement is non existant and he offers no threat whatsoever on the goal. He's also too lightweight for a striker. He really is a waste of an outfield player in every sense. How many chances can one player get. 

Mate. He wasn't shocking at all. As others have pointed out, he made the team far better. 

 

I think it's pretty obvious he's a confidence player. Not every player is blessed with an unshakeable belief. Can't we just show the lad some love and appreciation? It's in both player and supporter interests that he succeeds. 

 

 

 

 

[Mike Oxlong]

47 minutes ago, Phild said:

He was shocking again today. There just isn't a footballer in there at all. His first touch is woeful, he can't hold up a ball, his off the ball movement is non existant and he offers no threat whatsoever on the goal. He's also too lightweight for a striker. He really is a waste of an outfield player in every sense. How many chances can one player get. 

His off the ball movement is the one thing he gets a Blue Peter badge for