Patson Daka

[Sir Steve Howard]

Getting a lot of heat at the moment but he's got a free pass for life based on Spartak (a)

[Muzzy_no7]

Has to keep playing ahead of Ayew.

 

Next season he will bag in a 4-3-1-2 or 4-4-2.

[broughtonblue]

Needs someone alongside him, but not ayew!

[RoboFox]

2 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Has to keep playing ahead of Ayew.

 

Next season he will bag in a 4-3-1-2 or 4-4-2.

Daka won't be here next season. 

 

 

[HankMarvin]

Will he hit 500,000 views before he leaves.

Edited 24 March by HankMarvin

[shen]

On 23/03/2026 at 12:04, Mickyblueeyes said:

The thing Daka was always signed as a raw talent with incredible potential. His numbers at his previous club had many interested. There was a lot of interest from Klopp and Liverpool. 

 

The problem with raw potential is the player has to be willing to adapt to circumstances and put the extra work in. Take Vardy - plenty of raw potential but let's not forget the work that man put in on numerous occasions to realise that potential. You dont go from giving away a last minute penalty in minus 5 against Middlesbrough to becoming a PL legend, without hard work. 

 

Daka on the other hand is already a legend in Zambia - the man cannot walk the streets without being mobbed. And for a player he is probably one of the best out of that part of Africa. Is the same drive there if every few months you are going back and being told you are up there with Drogba, Adebayor, Weah and Amokachi. Probably not. 

 

I have little sympathy with Daka in the same way I have little sympathy with a lot of other players in our current squad. Their predecessors showed them what hard work does. James, Drinkwater, Morgan, Simpson, Vardy, Mahrez, Barnes, KDH, Maddison, Fuchs, Kasper etc. They all came with raw talent - none of them were the finished article. In the case of Barnes and KDH, through the youth system - KDH a late developer but they work on improving. And as fans, you can see that - from what they when they all came in to what they were when they left. As a fan, you can love and respect that. 

 

Because of those players, you have guys like Daka on extortionate wages - he hasnt earnt one penny in his time here. Not one. He'll fall off a cliff now and feel sorry for himself. We have seen it before. But will he spend a couple of extra hours in the gym ? with the nutritionist ? on the training pitch working on shooting ? Of course he wont. 

 

We have a squad of assholes. Who believe its everyone elses fault. But wont look at those who followed them. That performance on Saturday - I dont care how much he ran around. Two real chances and he fluffed it again. I cant respect any of them. I hope they stumble over the line and then **** right off. 

Many things can be levelled at Daka, but he's always worked hard - but often in vain. 
He's never complained about his lack of playing time and he's never thrown hissy fits.

But maybe that's his flaw - he has never shown much of an attitude and gets subdued too easily.

Add to this that the step up from Austrian football and African internationals to PL/Championship football has proven too great, then maybe we get a picture of why he has failed.

 

On the surface he looked like a great replacement for Vardy. Fast, instinctive, clinical. As you say, his numbers were good and rewatching videos of his Salzburg days, you can understand why we went for him.

[HP1]

3 hours ago, Sir Steve Howard said:

Getting a lot of heat at the moment but he's got a free pass for life based on Spartak (a)

£40 million outlay for one good game though essentially.

[Les-TA-Jon]

2 minutes ago, shen said:

Many things can be levelled at Daka, but he's always worked hard - but often in vain. 
He's never complained about his lack of playing time and he's never thrown hissy fits.

But maybe that's his flaw - he has never shown much of an attitude and gets subdued too easily.

Add to this that the step up from Austrian football and African internationals to PL/Championship football has proven too great, then maybe we get a picture of why he has failed.

 

On the surface he looked like a great replacement for Vardy. Fast, instinctive, clinical. As you say, his numbers were good and rewatching videos of his Salzburg days, you can understand why we went for him.

He could be a model pro, but he could equally just be happy with the stupid contract that he knows he wouldn't get anywhere else.

[suffolk fox]

Elderly lady who sits in front of me in the East stand sums him up.......A lovely lad but lets be honest he is bloody useless.

[HankMarvin]

1 hour ago, shen said:

He's never complained about his lack of playing time and he's never thrown hissy fits.

If you’re shit at your job, you’re not really in a position to moan about a lack of opportunities 

Edited 24 March by HankMarvin

[Sir Steve Howard]

1 hour ago, HP1 said:

£40 million outlay for one good game though essentially.

worth it. 

[Muzzy_no7]

2 hours ago, RoboFox said:

Daka won't be here next season. 

 

 

I know he won’t. Hence why I said he will bag In them formations. 

[shen]

2 hours ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

He could be a model pro, but he could equally just be happy with the stupid contract that he knows he wouldn't get anywhere else.

I can only judge what I see on the pitch - he's never shy of working hard. He still has a strong instinct (he often gets half chances from opportunistic play) but his execution is not anywhere near as good or consistent as it seemed to be in Austria.

 

He's never seemed "in sync" with our squad with regards to movement. This, to me, speaks to a lack of tactical/footballing intelligence, which Vardy had heaps of, and not a lack of effort.

 

 

[Dmitry]

Reading some of these bizarre, limp-wristed comments, no wonder the club is where it is. 

Daka is a terrible striker, who lacks even the basic ball-handling skills expected from someone playing at this level. Full Stop.

[Winstonthedog]

1 hour ago, HankMarvin said:

If you’re shit at your job, you’re not really in a position to moan about a lack of opportunities 

Not forgetting the bagful of cash he gets paid every week for doing fu*k all ..... would you moan 

[Winstonthedog]

39 minutes ago, shen said:

I can only judge what I see on the pitch - he's never shy of working hard. He still has a strong instinct (he often gets half chances from opportunistic play) but his execution is not anywhere near as good or consistent as it seemed to be in Austria.

 

He's never seemed "in sync" with our squad with regards to movement. This, to me, speaks to a lack of tactical/footballing intelligence, which Vardy had heaps of, and not a lack of effort.

 

 

Strikers like Vardy have instinct, will gamble and make defence splitting runs, chase lost causes .... Daka has none of these 

Edited 24 March by Winstonthedog
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[Tielemans63]

[shen]

3 hours ago, Winstonthedog said:

Strikers like Vardy have instinct, will gamble and make defence splitting runs, chase lost causes .... Daka has none of these 

But that's not true though, he absolutely has instinct. In recent games he's fashioned opportunities out of nothing really (i.e. anticipating defenders missing interceptions, closing down goalkeepers etc). He's just not sharp enough to take these chances, but he absolutely has instinct. 

 

Most of his career goals are instinctive finishes.

[Parafox]

Nice bloke.

Shit "striker".

 

Nuff said.

[Parafox]

3 minutes ago, shen said:

But that's not true though, he absolutely has instinct. In recent games he's fashioned opportunities out of nothing really (i.e. anticipating defenders missing interceptions, closing down goalkeepers etc). He's just not sharp enough to take these chances, but he absolutely has instinct. 

 

Most of his career goals are instinctive finishes.

My cat has instinct but she still can't catch a mouse in the shed. Where she has ample opportunity to do so.

Edited 24 March by Parafox

[shen]

3 hours ago, Dmitry said:

Reading some of these bizarre, limp-wristed comments, no wonder the club is where it is. 

Daka is a terrible striker, who lacks even the basic ball-handling skills expected from someone playing at this level. Full Stop.

Yeah, my opinion from a foreign country has a lot to do with why the club is where it is  ridiculous and needless stab.

 

I'll say it again, you can absolutely understand why we went and got him from RB Salzburg. He had great numbers, similar profile to Vardy and was in great form and was affordable.

 

It didn't work out, we overpaid (like every other player since 2016) and were lumbered with him ever since.

 

You could level the same kind of criticism at Adrien Silva (who was far more proven at a higher level), Slimani, Kramaric, Iborra, Inler etc, but they all left pretty quickly again. We held on to Daka for way too long and now we can't shift him for anything.

[FoxesWalk]

2 hours ago, Tielemans63 said:

Daka has played something like 35 mins on average for those 130 appearances, I’d imagine Matty played close to 90 mins on average in all of his.
 

Daka is shite but so are these comparisons. 
 

edit:

Matty scored a prem goal every 772 mins.

Daka scored a prem goal every 300 mins. 
Vardy is 183 mins per prem goal for reference, and Akinbiyi is 387 mins per prem goal. So Daka is at least better in terms of scoring rate than one of our worst ever Prem strikers 🤣 

Still crap numbers for a even a bit part striker (and Daka is bit part, I don’t recall him getting a regular run of games except for under Maresca for about 8 games in the Championship), but his scoring rate is far better than even one of our highest scoring defenders ever (who did also play up front sometimes, and took a few pens on occasion… if memory serves me correctly)

Edited 24 March by FoxesWalk

[funkyrobot]

On 22/03/2026 at 08:48, jayfox26 said:

What about the 6 points Top and the board are responsible for? What about the fact we haven't signed a decent striker to replace Vardy? You're very naive if you believe Daka is to blame for us being where we are. Hes a terrible footballer and should not be in our team, but seeing as our amazing recruitment team and DOF didn't get us a striker, other than a kid from Chelsea that is clearly not good enough, we don't have much choice but to play him. 

All of the above can be true, (except where you suggest I’m naive) but that STILL doesn’t change the fact that if we are relegated by 1 or 2 points we can say that Patson Daka missing an easy penalty and an absolute sitter is the football moment that was the difference between staying up and being relegated. Simple opportunities against an opponent that was as bad as Bristol City and offered no attacking threat. 

[kenny]

1 hour ago, Parafox said:

My cat has instinct but she still can't catch a mouse in the shed. Where she has ample opportunity to do so.

Its because she knows you liked your old cat better.

[sm1]

Looking at his record, in the last 2 seasons at Salzburg he averaged over 30 goals a season, scoring 61 in total. That's elite numbers, in fact he got 11 goals in his 1st season with us, but he's never looked like getting close to those numbers. One thing I've noticed is he always seems to be hiding behind CBs as opposed to finding space. Against Watford Ricky crosses the ball which flashes across the goal. It would've been an easy tap in for someone standing closer to the goal line, but where's Daka. He's hiding behind 2 CBs near the penalty spot. Surely a striker should be finding space, not having to be told that by coaches. Even the most basic aspects of scoring goals has deserted him.