Daka

[HankMarvin]

1 hour ago, JimJams said:

Hes taken too light a touch with his right so plows through with his left putting his full stride though it. Trying to be too tentative resulting ironically in the touch of a baby elephant.

That’s a bit harsh, and unfair 

 

 

 

 

some have a great touch 

 

[dmayne7]

That was dreadful but 100% on Kasey for the follow up

[Fazzer 7]

We're never going to get rid of him. 

[2ndtierfox]

2 hours ago, ealingfox said:

 

 

same vibe

[foxfanazer]

I just have no real hope that he's gonna turn it around here. He's comically bad but it's almost not even funny anymore 

[Lambert09]

1 hour ago, dmayne7 said:

That was dreadful but 100% on Kasey for the follow up

Not so sure on that, if daka was a cb, Kasey probably gets a pen 

[Quorndon_Fox]

The bit that really shocks me is we continue to pay him.

[lgfualol]

His legs flail about as if independent from his body

[Bluearmyfox28]

1 hour ago, 2ndtierfox said:

same vibe

I was in Stockholm for that game, left thinking Musa was the second coming and got to see Messi live. What a night.

[cruzFOX]

6 hours ago, Bluearmyfox28 said:

I was in Stockholm for that game, left thinking Musa was the second coming and got to see Messi live. What a night.

I was there too!

such a special game. Seeing Messi Mahrez and Vardy playing on the same pitch I can’t ask for more. 

[richardsfoxes]

When he first arrived he obviously wasn't the finished product but you could see little snippets of a player in there, he's honestly got worse over time its crazy, i will be flabbergasted if he manages to get a move in the Bunderliga, Prem, LA liga etc etc. 

[Tielemans63]

Am I going mad?

 

When I watched him last night (and I made a point of watching him closely) , I swear on my life, when the ball went out wide (i.e. just prior to a cross) he was checking his runs by a fraction of a second so as to almost...but not quite, be in the right place when the ball was played in*. Maybe I'm imagining it, but I think his confidence is so shot, he is deliberately not quite being in the right place, because he fears he'll miss the chance. 

 

He gives the impression of working reasonably hard, but after years of us being spoiled by having Jamie Vardy’s movement up front, you watch Patson and he's making some strange, almost counter-intuitive movements. I counted at least 4 occasions in which he was racing towards the 6 yard box before inexplicably slowing his stride and instead being 8 or 9 yards out - essentially not putting himself where it matters. That's worrying for me.

 

I genuinely think he's trying to perfect the art of almost being on the end of it every time.

 

He's effectively hiding in plain sight. 

 

*not that any of Thomas' crosses were any good anyway

 

Edited 14 August 2025 by Tielemans63

[VLC86]

2 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said:

Am I going mad?

 

When I watched him last night (and I made a point of watching him closel) , I swear on my life, when the ball went out wide (I.e. just prior to a cross) he was checking his runs by a fraction of a second so as to almost...but not quite, be in the right place when the ball was played in*. Maybe I'm imagining it, but I think his confidence is so shot, he is deliberately not quite being in the right place, because he fears he'll miss the chance.

 

He gives the impression of working reasonably hard, but after years of us being spoiled by having Jamie Vardy’s movement up front, you watch Patson and he's making some strange, almost counter-intuitive movements. I genuinely think he's trying to perfect the art of almost being on the end of it every time.

 

He's effectively hiding in plain sight. Very worrying.

 

*not that any of Thomas' crosses were any good anyway

 

Im not sure he made a single positive contribution so I wouldn’t be shocked.

[sdb]

He is literally useless in the system/s we play (and have done since he joined). I don't rate him but you might as well play the physio up top. 

[Ric Flair]

I am flabbergasted what's happened to Daka, he evidently isn't as good as the footballing world anticipated him to be but something has happened to him here that does not reflect his capabilities, certainly at this level.

 

His prowess in Austria, albeit in a inferior league but one which has produced many great players with less impressive output than Daka had there, but it was always in a front two in a 4-2-2-2 system which seldom few clubs play.

 

Think back to his first season here, his best play was either alongside Iheanacho in a 3-4-1-2, or the midfield diamond. I also remember him being electric alongside Vardy in the quarter final vs Liverpool where he created both his goals. 

 

With only having two players who resemble strikers on our books, going two up top is quite possibly folly to consider but do we ever play to his strengths? 

 

Hopefully he gets a few goals and goes on a spree, he did for a short while two years ago before confidence evaporated after the disruption of AFCON.

[CosbehFox]

4 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

I am flabbergasted what's happened to Daka, he evidently isn't as good as the footballing world anticipated him to be but something has happened to him here that does not reflect his capabilities, certainly at this level.

 

His prowess in Austria, albeit in a inferior league but one which has produced many great players with less impressive output than Daka had there, but it was always in a front two in a 4-2-2-2 system which seldom few clubs play.

 

Think back to his first season here, his best play was either alongside Iheanacho in a 3-4-1-2, or the midfield diamond. I also remember him being electric alongside Vardy in the quarter final vs Liverpool where he created both his goals. 

 

With only having two players who resemble strikers on our books, going two up top is quite possibly folly to consider but do we ever play to his strengths? 

 

Hopefully he gets a few goals and goes on a spree, he did for a short while two years ago before confidence evaporated after the disruption of AFCON.

**** me Ric, you've got reaching to the memory there, had to check I didn't take mushrooms that night cos he was superb. 

[Pliskin]

42 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

I am flabbergasted what's happened to Daka, he evidently isn't as good as the footballing world anticipated him to be but something has happened to him here that does not reflect his capabilities, certainly at this level.

 

His prowess in Austria, albeit in a inferior league but one which has produced many great players with less impressive output than Daka had there, but it was always in a front two in a 4-2-2-2 system which seldom few clubs play.

 

Think back to his first season here, his best play was either alongside Iheanacho in a 3-4-1-2, or the midfield diamond. I also remember him being electric alongside Vardy in the quarter final vs Liverpool where he created both his goals. 

 

With only having two players who resemble strikers on our books, going two up top is quite possibly folly to consider but do we ever play to his strengths? 

 

Hopefully he gets a few goals and goes on a spree, he did for a short while two years ago before confidence evaporated after the disruption of AFCON.

If you look at his time in Austria, with the exception of a few, most of his goals come within the penalty area, or balls in behind for him to run onto. 
 

Daka in the PL winning side would bag double figures for me, because those types of chances were being presented, which Vardy ate up. But, we just don’t play in a way that gets that out of Daka…. He’s being asked to drop deep and help link up the play, which he just can’t do, so then that taken him away from his strengths. He’s the type of player who needs confidence, so when you’re asking him to perform a role he isn’t comfortable with, and it isn’t going well, he will gradually lose confidence, and look like he’s Bambi on ice 90% of the time. 
 

If Marti was willing to sacrifice Dake dropping in, and make him play purely off the shoulder then he may get more joy, but at the moment his confidence is ruined and we’ve no place for a player of Daka very specific skillset. Which is incredible, considering we’ve got three of the most creative attacking mids on the league. I want to see a bit of a shift from Marti, perhaps he needs to slightly adapt the style to suit Daka, but having said that, we can’t afford to play Daka into form. 

Edited 15 August 2025 by Pliskin

[goog]

I'm not sure he is even human?

He plays like he a piece of Potato Skin. 

[MC Prussian]

17 league goals in 4 seasons with us, not a single goal in a cup competition so far.

For a striker, that is appalling.

Especially for one that cost £23m.

[mod hero]

That’s 1 goal in the last 38 games now 👍🏻

[dmayne7]

As crap as he is, was so much better with him on the pitch as at least gave us the option to go in behind. Ayew cannot play up top if he's doesn't have goal threats around him

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Reaction to the goal was a disgrace. The twat will never have it as good as he has it here and he's acting like he's too good to be playing against Preston. BELLEND.

[MattFox]

2025 and this donkey is still getting game time

 

Any club with half a brain cell would have cut loses years ago

[splinterdream]

On 15/08/2025 at 08:01, Ric Flair said:

I am flabbergasted what's happened to Daka, he evidently isn't as good as the footballing world anticipated him to be but something has happened to him here that does not reflect his capabilities, certainly at this level.

 

His prowess in Austria, albeit in a inferior league but one which has produced many great players with less impressive output than Daka had there, but it was always in a front two in a 4-2-2-2 system which seldom few clubs play.

 

Think back to his first season here, his best play was either alongside Iheanacho in a 3-4-1-2, or the midfield diamond. I also remember him being electric alongside Vardy in the quarter final vs Liverpool where he created both his goals. 

 

With only having two players who resemble strikers on our books, going two up top is quite possibly folly to consider but do we ever play to his strengths? 

 

Hopefully he gets a few goals and goes on a spree, he did for a short while two years ago before confidence evaporated after the disruption of AFCON.

I think we should explore playing ayew as a 10 with daka up top, bilal and winks as the deep lying midfielders, or try monga or mavididi in that role. Ideally I'd like us to sign a couple of players but we need to come up with some systems which will surprise our opponents because all they need to do is mark our wingers out the game and play on the break

[RowlattsFox]

It doesn't look great on the images but Daka is normally one to celebrate goals so maybe it's misleading. 

I think it's another example of where the squad is at, unable to do anything with smiles on their faces at the minute.