Daka

[BKLFox]

Just read in my leaves that we get rid & he goes to a Burnley type club, plays almost every game scoring 15 & this thread is re-opened with the words.. well tbf he never really got a good run of games to prove what he can do..
but out of interest what is the longest run of games he's had in both division's, i do seem to remember Vardy being out for a few weeks so he would have been front & centre then but that would be what, 4 games on the bounce or longer?

 

 

 

Edited 6 May 2025 by BKLFox

[richardsfoxes]

The crazy thing about Daka is he's got worse since being here, whether thats confidence or what who knows, he's 100% worse than he was in the first year.

[leicestercityrepresent]

A Striker needs to hit the ground running at any club, I do think he has been unlucky in parts in the sense that we don't play to any of his strengths and he hasn't got a good run in the team  shit or not
Feel a bit harsh on the lad

[BeaumontFox]

45 minutes ago, richardsfoxes said:

The crazy thing about Daka is he's got worse since being here, whether thats confidence or what who knows, he's 100% worse than he was in the first year.

Because he doesn’t have Maddison or Barnes to prop him up anymore

[Sol thewall Bamba]

18 minutes ago, leicestercityrepresent said:

A Striker needs to hit the ground running at any club, I do think he has been unlucky in parts in the sense that we don't play to any of his strengths and he hasn't got a good run in the team  shit or not
Feel a bit harsh on the lad

What are they?

[leicestercityrepresent]

Just now, Sol thewall Bamba said:

What are they?

Running in behind
i do belive he has a bit of pace id assume that was one of the reasons he was bought
name a game where we played with balls in behind stretching defenses ?

Also imagine scoring 4 goals in a game and getting benched next game  that would just annoy and frustrate me 

just an opinion just think if we stuck with him and played a better system we might of got a bit more out of him

[Richmondfox]

9 minutes ago, leicestercityrepresent said:

Running in behind
i do belive he has a bit of pace id assume that was one of the reasons he was bought
name a game where we played with balls in behind stretching defenses ?

Also imagine scoring 4 goals in a game and getting benched next game  that would just annoy and frustrate me 

just an opinion just think if we stuck with him and played a better system we might of got a bit more out of him

He’s just a crap footballer.  Running in behind might be his strength, but he doesn’t even produce a shot off target, the predictable outcome is he trips himself up. 

[AyewJoking]

2 hours ago, dooflip said:

Do you not remember him saying he was using the club as a stepping stone to get a move to Barcelona?

his english wasnt great at the time, he meant Burton.

[adejo92]

Convinced the whole 'pace' thing is a myth too.

[filthyfox]

On 05/05/2025 at 09:09, Sol thewall Bamba said:

The line about Daka was always that his return against his minutes was good. 

 

This season it's 1 goal contribution per 639 minutes. 38 year old Vardy is 1 per 242 minutes.

 

He's going backwards.

How many goals per minute for Doris the tea lady?

[HankMarvin]

1 hour ago, leicestercityrepresent said:

 

A Striker needs to hit the ground running

 

He does repeatedly 

[leicestercityrepresent]

3 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

He does repeatedly 

[BKLFox]

94 league appearances equating to 45 '90min' games with a combined total of 17 goals (& 12 assists) so 1 every other game'ish /  2.5 games.

Championship is 46 games, if he worked to those numbers next season would he look better?

This seasons top scorer was Piroe on 19, Sainz & Brownhill joint 2nd with 18 then 4th is Sargent 15, so 17 would see him 3rd before things drop off to 13 & below there weren't / arn't many top strikers in the league, also given Sainz & Brownhill go down as W & CM not CF it's all the more shocking.
If he kept the assists the same also 12 would see him 3rd overall with only Tom Fellows & Josh Murphy above him with 1 more (14)

In our championship season with Enzo's system he played only 12 '90mins' & scored 7 with 5 assists, so sticking with the near 1 every other game run rate Daka could have finished with 24 goals (assists abit trickier but lets double it to 10) - Piroe ended with 19 goals & 7 assists.

I guess you do have to acknowledge Daka was 22 when he came to us & straight into the 'hardest' league in the world, but at 26 & in the Championship you would expect him to be nearer the top of the scorer charts next season..with or without us!

 

 

 

Edited 6 May 2025 by BKLFox

[HankMarvin]

22 minutes ago, BKLFox said:

In our championship season with Enzo's system he played only 12 '90mins' & scored 7 with 5 assists, so sticking with the near 1 every other game run rate Daka could have finished with 24 goals (assists abit trickier but lets double it to 10) - Piroe ended with 19 goals & 7 assists

He played 15 games from the start and scored in 5 games 

so more like a goal every 3 games.

its just in 2 of those games he got 2.

Nearly half of his goals were penalties.

He also played 6 more games in the (champ from the start) from his last game he scored and failed to score in any. 
So saying he could have finished with 24 goals is a stretch. He started well but went on a poor run.

Maybe with a new manager and no Vardy pressure, he might succeed in the champ.

But with another season under his belt where he has looked absolutely pony I don’t hold out much hope.

Edited 6 May 2025 by HankMarvin

[BKLFox]

26 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

He played 15 games from the start and scored in 5 games 

so more like a goal every 3 games.

its just in 2 of those games he got 2.

He also played 6 more games in the (champ from the start) from his last game he scored and failed to score in any. 
So saying he could have finished with 24 goals is a stretch. He started well but went on a poor run.

Maybe with a new manager and no Vardy pressure, he might succeed in the champ.

But with another season under his belt where he has looked absolutely pony I don’t hold out much hope.

Stats can be diced anyway to make any arguement, i've tried to total full 90min games which came up as 12 & he ended with 7 & 5 so you would think with a potential 34 more 90mins he would have put a few away & would certainly be near or potentially past Piroe haul of 19.
We can use stats on Piroe also as he scored 4 in 1 game alone (v Stoke) 2 in 2 others Stoke & Cardiff so the top scorer in this seasons championship scored his 19 goals in 14 games yet appeared in 46 matches..

 

 

 

 
 

Edited 6 May 2025 by BKLFox

[DJW1]

2 hours ago, richardsfoxes said:

The crazy thing about Daka is he's got worse since being here, whether thats confidence or what who knows, he's 100% worse than he was in the first year.

The fact that this has happened says a lot about the coaching staff and managers. He wasn´t good enough for PL football when he arrived and now isn´t good enough for the Championship.

Last season, in the games when he wasn´t playing he did seem genuinely happy when they won, whereas Cannon always looked miserable (understandable if Daka gets selected ahead of you).

[Clever Fox]

Sometimes you can just try to hard. A few goals would have worked wonders for his confidence. Sadly that's never happened for him here. So it's best if he goes and tries his luck elsewhere.

[jv1]

Nobody is picking up his wages - he will only leave when his contract runs out - on about 80k a week isn’t he - Insane 

 

anyway he will be first choice next year as we won’t have proper money to buy a striker - expect him to get 20 goals but still look absolutely pony in that league - we will sign a second choice but he will be the starting forward I reckon 

 

if he can’t score 20 at that level starting 90% of games he deserves to never get a contract anywhere ever again 

[HankMarvin]

 

20 minutes ago, BKLFox said:

Stats can be diced anyway to make any arguement, i've tried to total full 90min games which came up as 12 & he ended with 7 & 5 so you would think with a potential 34 more 90mins he would have put a few away & would certainly be near or potentially past Piroe haul of 19.
We can use stats on Piroe also as he scored 4 in 1 game alone (v Stoke) 2 in 2 others Stoke & Cardiff so the top scorer in this seasons championship scored his 19 goals in 14 games yet appeared in 46 matches..

 

 

 

 
 

 

I think starting 15 games gives a fairer reflection of performance 

[BKLFox]

29 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

 

 

I think starting 15 games gives a fairer reflection of performance 

Not to go on & on but even using that graphic he gets his 1st start in week 20 (he'd had 1 minute thus far) so hardly match fit & gets 4 goals & 2 assist in a run of 6 starts, he's then taken out of the squad for 3 games, he's then back in & gets 3 & 1 in 3 games & then gets dropped again this time to the bench, he then has a further 6 starts where he only produces 2 assists granted but again sandwiched between 2 unused bench appearances & a 4 minute cameo, he's not had a run of games to get back to when his season started in week 20.
I can't remember why he wasn't in the squad splitting that run at that beginning but 7 goals & 3 assists in 9 games is a good return no & who knows if he was allowed to continue through that patch he would have got sharper?

Again using this season top scorer Piroe who started 36 games & came on in the other 10 so had input in all 46 games, only scored 19 total. I'd assume had Daka been given a fairer crack of the whip he would have also got 19+, he was playing 2nd fiddle to Nacho yet still out scored him as he only scored 5 in those 1st 19 games.

 

[deep blue]

10 hours ago, murphy said:

I don't think there is any revisionism going on.  Many people have reached a conclusion now.  He has had a lot of chances here, but I don't see anyone claiming to have known it was a bad signing at the time. 

 

Like you say, we were all buzzing. 

I seem to remember Liverpool were sniffing at the time so it's not surprising many of us thought it as a coup.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

1 hour ago, HankMarvin said:

 

 

I think starting 15 games gives a fairer reflection of performance 

Almost half his goals in that space came against clubs that have since been relegated from that league. At least one was a penalty too!

[Spudulike]

23 minutes ago, deep blue said:

I seem to remember Liverpool were sniffing at the time so it's not surprising many of us thought it as a coup.

Had he gone to Liverpool he would've most likely failed there as well. Only difference would be that he'd now have other clubs trying to sign him and Liverpool would demand a hefty transfer fee. That's how it works. 

[HankMarvin]

29 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Almost half his goals in that space came against clubs that have since been relegated from that league. At least one was a penalty too!

Rotherham 

Stoke

Millwall 

 

3 pens 

[Mike Oxlong]

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