Daka

[SK3Blue]

Can’t believe people still think this guy is capable, the 2nd biggest mistake was buying him, the biggest mistake was not selling him to Bournemouth that time when they came in with crazy money. 
 

Wingers and no 10s would be mad to trust him, let’s face it if you look up and see Parson Daka running the wrong way (as he often does) then you are doing it yourself. Ridiculous that’s he’s still at the club. 

[lcfc sheff]

Yesterday didn’t move me from what should ultimately happen, bin him off 

[teblin]

A lot of water under the bridge with daka. He has his faults. 
 

Last time in the championship  he got 7 in 20 and 5 assists. Over a season that’s about 16 goals and 10 assists. That would’ve put him 2nd or 3rd top scorer last season in the championship.

 

We need a new striker, no doubt about it, but I do think Patson would score goals at this level. Marti will like him for his pressing I’d have thought.

 

Though I can’t get Leeds and Plymouth out of my head the season we went up.

Edited 26 July 2025 by teblin

[RumbleFox]

5 minutes ago, teblin said:

A lot of water under the bridge with daka. He has his faults. 
 

Last time in the championship  he got 7 in 20 and 5 assists. Over a season that’s about 16 goals and 10 assists. That would’ve put him 2nd or 3rd top scorer last season in the championship.

 

We need a new striker, no doubt about it, but I do think Patson would score goals at this level. Marti will like him for his pressing I’d have thought.

 

Though I can’t get Leeds and Plymouth out of my head the season we went up.

I’m not saying we should play him but you are right and in fact his numbers were even better than that. He had limited minutes so his actual goals per 90 stats are even better. He average about 0.6 goals per 90 minutes. That’s about 25 goals a season. I’m not saying he’d get that and I’d still rather us get a different striker but his stats really were quite impressive last time we were in the championship.

[lcfc sheff]

12 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

I’m not saying we should play him but you are right and in fact his numbers were even better than that. He had limited minutes so his actual goals per 90 stats are even better. He average about 0.6 goals per 90 minutes. That’s about 25 goals a season. I’m not saying he’d get that and I’d still rather us get a different striker but his stats really were quite impressive last time we were in the championship.

But can you also remember how he played? 
 

him, soumare, vestergaard, winks etc just feels so regressive keeping them, we know what they offer and it isn’t good enough in the long term

[SK3Blue]

Just now, lcfc sheff said:

But can you also remember how he played? 
 

him, soumare, vestergaard, winks etc just feels so regressive keeping them, we know what they offer and it isn’t good enough in the long term

This is the problem, these players were brought in to do a job in the premier league, and big money and wages were paid for them. The logic that ‘yeah he’s pretty crap but he’ll do an ok job in the championship’ is straight from the book of Rudkinomics. They drain the club with their wage, they can’t be offloaded, and if they are, it’s at a loss, but it’s acceptable to give them another go so they can fail for a 3rd time in the PL next season. 
We have kids and a whole bunch of overpaid  leeches who we hope can do a job in the championship. What a club!

[Dahnsouff]

14 minutes ago, lcfc sheff said:

But can you also remember how he played? 
 

him, soumare, vestergaard, winks etc just feels so regressive keeping them, we know what they offer and it isn’t good enough in the long term

But this is looking backwards over his whole tenure, and whilst yes history suggests he may not be good enough if/when we get to the Premier League, history also suggests he is sufficient for the Championship.

[lcfc sheff]

9 minutes ago, SK3Blue said:

This is the problem, these players were brought in to do a job in the premier league, and big money and wages were paid for them. The logic that ‘yeah he’s pretty crap but he’ll do an ok job in the championship’ is straight from the book of Rudkinomics. They drain the club with their wage, they can’t be offloaded, and if they are, it’s at a loss, but it’s acceptable to give them another go so they can fail for a 3rd time in the PL next season. 
We have kids and a whole bunch of overpaid  leeches who we hope can do a job in the championship. What a club!

Be Ruthless, no more letting them off or having another go. **** them off 

[lcfc sheff]

Just now, Dahnsouff said:

But this is looking backwards over his whole tenure, and whilst yes history suggests he may not be good enough if/when we get to the Premier League, history also suggests he is sufficient for the Championship.

I’m talking about his general play last time we were in the championship! Goals and assists occurred yes I won’t deny that but he doesn’t bring players in around him and relied purely on the talents Fatawu and Mavididi. 

[JimJams]

The issue with Daka, off the pitch, is that nobody else wants him.

 

He has one year left on his contract.  Anybody remotely interested in attaining his services will leave it for a year, see how he performs and then decide if he's worth a cheap pick up.  The only clubs with any interest that wouldn't do that are clubs that''d need to get in on him now, in case he had a resurgence and then they're not the most attractive suitor.  And those clubs don't have the money or inclination to take the chance on him now as it's too big a risk.

 

He needs to start for us and blow the championship away in order to keep his career going at a decent level.  If he has shit year for us, we won't renew, we might not even if he does ok, and then the chapter in his life of playing at the top level looks over.  If he does amazingly well he might pick up a Premier League job as a squad option which he might chance on.  But ultimately I don't see many outcomes where he stays with us, as whatever kind of season he has for us I'd suspect he moves away regardless.  Which is why we need to get someone else in.

[lcfc sheff]

I know ultimately we’ll end up keeping him as we can’t offload him, but him along with others just fill me with dread and despair regardless if others think they’ll do a job in the championship 

[l444ry]

Unless a new face comes in the Daka should be starting ahead of Ayew up top. Much more energetic. Good to see a Manager actually try to use him to his strength by getting behind the opposition defence as often as they can. It's down to him if he takes this opportunity as it's probably his last chance to cement his place.    

[Vindaloo FOX]

20 goals this season 🙌 I do post this every season though 

[Dahnsouff]

11 minutes ago, lcfc sheff said:

I’m talking about his general play last time we were in the championship! Goals and assists occurred yes I won’t deny that but he doesn’t bring players in around him and relied purely on the talents Fatawu and Mavididi. 

Suspect this year the forward will be more like a pivot to bring the wingers into play also.

[RumbleFox]

31 minutes ago, lcfc sheff said:

But can you also remember how he played? 
 

him, soumare, vestergaard, winks etc just feels so regressive keeping them, we know what they offer and it isn’t good enough in the long term

I believe I said I wouldn’t play him. I’m merely stating that, purely based on statistics, he was in the top 1% of strikers in the league per minutes played.

[Gamble92]

I believe in the Daka

[Claudio Fannieri]

21 minutes ago, Vindaloo FOX said:

20 goals this season 🙌 I do post this every season though 

I have a feeling he will have some sort of Iheanacho type of season bag 10-12 goals by Christmas, sign a pre contract deal somewhere in January and then stink out the rest of the season due to checking out. 😂

[Pliskin]

He presses well, which is what Marti will like about him. Can’t do anything else mind.

[Bablemikey]

I'm surprised by the numbers showing he was in the top 1% last time we were in the Championship actually, so fair play to the lad for that. However, this preseason evidence has not shown much in the way of creativity so far. Maybe they are working on this, but in the videos we see them practising lots of cut backs to someone crossing the ball into the box and I don't think Ive actually seen this in real play so far. Except from Koln, who actually scored from such a move yesterday ironically.

My point is, we'll need to get a lot better at creating chances if Daka is going to replicate his numbers from last time.

[coolhandfox]

He will miss chance, he will miss control the ball and fall over.

 

But he will score goals at this level.

 

He's played 5446 minutes in his LCFC career that's the equivalent of 60.5 games during that time his score 23 goals, which is 1 every 2.6 games.

 

Playing a full championship season that ratio see him scored 18 goals.

 

If he can do that and then we shake hands at the end of the season.

[Winstonthedog]

On 22/07/2025 at 08:41, Bergen fox said:

Could we not just do what other clubs seem to do and sell them to a Saudi club for stupid money. 

The only problem is .... other than leicester city ..... nobody else is stupid enough to stump the money up

[Winstonthedog]

51 minutes ago, Gamble92 said:

I believe in the Daka

I believe in santa Claus 

[Vestan Pance]

1 hour ago, coolhandfox said:

He will miss chance, he will miss control the ball and fall over.

 

But he will score goals at this level.

 

He's played 5446 minutes in his LCFC career that's the equivalent of 60.5 games during that time his score 23 goals, which is 1 every 2.6 games.

 

Playing a full championship season that ratio see him scored 18 goals.

 

If he can do that and then we shake hands at the end of the season.

That Spartak match did wonders for his average😂

[Sol thewall Bamba]

3 hours ago, teblin said:

A lot of water under the bridge with daka. He has his faults. 
 

Last time in the championship  he got 7 in 20 and 5 assists. Over a season that’s about 16 goals and 10 assists. That would’ve put him 2nd or 3rd top scorer last season in the championship.

 

We need a new striker, no doubt about it, but I do think Patson would score goals at this level. Marti will like him for his pressing I’d have thought.

 

Though I can’t get Leeds and Plymouth out of my head the season we went up.

Purely stat padding unfortunately. Look at the context of the goals, nearly all goals in games that were already won, at least 2 penalties.

 

Those Leeds and Plymouth games, when the chips were down he folded as usual.

[Richmondfox]

2 hours ago, Pliskin said:

He presses well, which is what Marti will like about him. Can’t do anything else mind.

He tends to drop too deep and gives away stupid fouls. He is also crap at running with the ball.  I’ve never seen a striker trip over his own feet with only the keeper in front.