Jordan Ayew - THREAD. LOCKED.

[MPH]

20 hours ago, Richmondfox said:

 

He is a greedy player and a cheat. Good job he’s gone next season. 

 

are you sitting down?

Edited 15 September 2025 by MPH

[Jobyfox]

1 hour ago, Finnegan said:

 

I'm genuinely lost that this can be such a popular opinion. 

 

It's tragic how many of our fans are easily impressed by someone putting effort in. Always been the way. 

 

Are we back to the days of just being happy with Iain Hume? 

 

Ayew has managed one goal, a gift, no assists, went three games in a row without a shot on target, is too slow to press effectively, repeatedly fails to get his head up and look for team mates, constantly wasted possession shooting from outside the box and slows the game down almost every time he gets the ball. 

 

How has he been "bloody good"? 

 

Thank the Lord it’s not just me.

 

People don’t get the hate for him? I don’t hate him. He was just a bloody awful signing. Not the worst player we’ve ever had, but an extremely poor and short sighted signing. 
 

The love for him now stems from the fact that, as we decline, he starts to become more useful. I’m pretty sure he’d smash League One. 
 

If he’s been “bloody good” this season then I think we have to redefine the role of a number 9. He was decent against 10 man Sheff Wed when he had time and space. He was decent against Oxford when ball retention was required. The rest of the time he’s contributed to a poor team set up as we’ve had no press from the front or outlet. We’ve actually looked better when Daka has come on. 
 

He might do ok this season (now we’re a Championship level club), but Marti can help stop the “hate” by not asking him to lead the line. He needs to play off or behind another striker or he needs to sit on the bench to come on late in games. He actually looks better against tired opposition, late in games, and that was also the case last season. 

[MPH]

2 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

I'm genuinely lost that this can be such a popular opinion. 

 

It's tragic how many of our fans are easily impressed by someone putting effort in. Always been the way. 

 

Are we back to the days of just being happy with Iain Hume? 

 

Ayew has managed one goal, a gift, no assists, went three games in a row without a shot on target, is too slow to press effectively, repeatedly fails to get his head up and look for team mates, constantly wasted possession shooting from outside the box and slows the game down almost every time he gets the ball. 

 

How has he been "bloody good"? 

 

I think it’s probably to do with how devoid of passion the team has been for a couple of seasons now.

 

 

 

 A thirsty man in a dry hot desert will treat half a bottle of flat coke as the drink of the Gods..

[AKCJ]

He has an important role to play in the squad but he can't (and won't) be the leading striker every week. I thought him and Fatawu looked dangerous when they were playing as split strikers though. During Ramsey's suspension i'd like to see him play up front with Carranza at some point.

 

I think it's a crime that we gave him the number 9 by the way.

[Free Falling Foxes]

54 minutes ago, MPH said:

I think it’s probably to do with how devoid of passion the team has been for a couple of seasons now.

 

 

 

 A thirsty man in a dry hot desert will treat half a bottle of flat coke as the drink of the Gods..

Just for balance; other colas are available.

[Noahfence]

1 hour ago, murphy said:

I've never been a fan of players that can't stay upright.  I think his fall down routine takes pressure off our opponents by killing our attacks. 

 

If that's his best quality then god help us. 

His whole game is built around winning fouls.
 

I’ve lost count of the amount of times he’s stopped an attack because he’s more concerned about hitting the deck. 

[jayfox26]

1 hour ago, murphy said:

I think it tells us that the alternative is Patson Daka

True. Still don't think Ayew is anywhere near as bad as many on here say he is 

[DAS Boot]

Ayew is a very, very average player.  I don't think i'll ever understand why we signed him and got rid of Tom Cannon.

 

Both pretty average but we already had Cannon and I assume we were paying him less so should have been used and the resources spent on Ayew diverted elsewhere.

 

He is our Patrick Bamford.  Will do something decent once every 6 or 7 games but that's it.  Pray that this Carranza fella is a gem so we don't have to watch Ayew hitting the deck constantly.

[Grebfromgrebland]

27 minutes ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Just for balance; other colas are available.

He meant coke that you do at your mates flat. 

[The Doctor]

20 hours ago, JonnyZeroFox said:

I don’t get the hate for him, he’s been bloody good this season.. 

he's not though, he's been good whenever he's dropped back into the number 10 role for sure but whenever played in the number 9 he's been mediocre at best and has left our attack looking entirely incoherent. 

 

Like, he'll play a lot with Ramsey suspended and that's fine, he looks perfectly serviceable as a support striker at this level, but he cannot lead a line for toffee and the sooner he is replaced as the main striker, the better.

[suffolk fox]

20 minutes ago, DAS Boot said:

Ayew is a very, very average player.  I don't think i'll ever understand why we signed him and got rid of Tom Cannon.

 

Both pretty average but we already had Cannon and I assume we were paying him less so should have been used and the resources spent on Ayew diverted elsewhere.

 

He is our Patrick Bamford.  Will do something decent once every 6 or 7 games but that's it.  Pray that this Carranza fella is a gem so we don't have to watch Ayew hitting the deck constantly.

Tom Cannon.....Really?!  Yes, ripping it up at Sheff Utd...............jog on.

[RowlattsFox]

People are always going to be disappointed with Ayew. He's going to be an ok player for us, nothing more, he will have decent moments in games and will have complete shockers. 

I actually think he cares as well, and seems to be a good guy, especially around the young players. 

 

He's not a number 9 though, although scored a typical 9 goal at the weekend. 

[AKCJ]

57 minutes ago, DAS Boot said:

Ayew is a very, very average player.  I don't think i'll ever understand why we signed him and got rid of Tom Cannon.

 

Both pretty average but we already had Cannon and I assume we were paying him less so should have been used and the resources spent on Ayew diverted elsewhere.

 

He is our Patrick Bamford.  Will do something decent once every 6 or 7 games but that's it.  Pray that this Carranza fella is a gem so we don't have to watch Ayew hitting the deck constantly.

Tom Cannon was and is absolutely average and we got paid £10m for him.

 

4 goals in 39 games for us and since selling him.

 

Even his loan spell at Stoke, he hardly lit the place up. He had one great game against Portsmouth but otherwise scored 7 in 24 for them.

[OntarioFox]

2 hours ago, MPH said:

I think it’s probably to do with how devoid of passion the team has been for a couple of seasons now.

 

A thirsty man in a dry hot desert will treat half a bottle of flat coke as the drink of the Gods..

Ain't that the truth. At one point in the 22-23 relegation season I was trying to convince myself that Kristiansen was exactly what we needed, because he pumped his fists a bit in the cup against Walsall. 

[FoxesFan100]

3 hours ago, murphy said:

I've never been a fan of players that can't stay upright.  I think his fall down routine takes pressure off our opponents by killing our attacks. 

 

If that's his best quality then god help us. 

Whilst I understand and appreciate that, it seems to be one of our only options at the moment… sucks having a striker who can’t control or pass a ball correctly (I hate being unsupportive of players).

[sm1]

He's an average player, but he's the best we've got. Our squad is full of guys like that, Faes, Vesty, Thomas, Hamza etc. Hopefully Carranza proves to be better, but until then, I've got no issue with Ayew starting.

[dylanlegend]

Id rather we play Daka up top than Ayew. Ayew isnt a striker, at least with Daka hes had 25+ goal seasons in the past so a bit of confidence and pontentially the more valuable asset.
 

Cant comment on Carranza but it does make me laugh how alot of fans think he’ll be like Higuan and should be starting to without even seem him play once

[VLC86]

1 hour ago, DAS Boot said:

Ayew is a very, very average player.  I don't think i'll ever understand why we signed him and got rid of Tom Cannon.

 

Both pretty average but we already had Cannon and I assume we were paying him less so should have been used and the resources spent on Ayew diverted elsewhere.

 

He is our Patrick Bamford.  Will do something decent once every 6 or 7 games but that's it.  Pray that this Carranza fella is a gem so we don't have to watch Ayew hitting the deck constantly.

This the same Tom Cannon who has scored twice for Sheff United since we sold him for £10m?

 

Ayew scored more in one of the worst teams in top flight history. 

[South Shire Fox]

Hes not a striker. His goal record over his career shows that. Ridiculous to keep playing him as one

Edited 15 September 2025 by South Shire Fox

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Plays like he gets paid per touch

[Jobyfox]

2 hours ago, dylanlegend said:

Id rather we play Daka up top than Ayew. Ayew isnt a striker, at least with Daka hes had 25+ goal seasons in the past so a bit of confidence and pontentially the more valuable asset.
 

Cant comment on Carranza but it does make me laugh how alot of fans think he’ll be like Higuan and should be starting to without even seem him play once

Agree on both counts.

 

Daka is shite, but the team plays with a better shape when he starts as a number 9. 
 

I’m not expecting big things from Carranza given his career profile to date. I’m just hoping that he’s better than Daka, which is a pretty low bar. 

[Richmondfox]

3 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Plays like he gets paid per touch

Gets docked if he passes to a team mate and a bonus if he falls down and stops a counter attack. 

[murphy]

5 hours ago, dylanlegend said:

Cant comment on Carranza but it does make me laugh how alot of fans think he’ll be like Higuan and should be starting to without even seem him play once

Surely he was signed to play, no? 

 

Surely he was signed because he was expected to be better than what we have wasn't he? 

 

Otherwise what's the point? 

 

Edited 15 September 2025 by murphy

[The Doctor]

18 minutes ago, murphy said:

Surely he was signed to play, no? 

 

Surely he was signed because he was expected to be better than what we have wasn't he? 

 

Otherwise what's the point? 

 

regardless of what you think about Daka, he's one of only two forwards we had on the books two weeks ago, and is set to go to AFCON in January. Unless you want a month of just Ayew up top non stop, or the possibility of a teenager having to lead the line constantly, we needed another striker.

[murphy]

42 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

regardless of what you think about Daka, he's one of only two forwards we had on the books two weeks ago, and is set to go to AFCON in January. Unless you want a month of just Ayew up top non stop, or the possibility of a teenager having to lead the line constantly, we needed another striker.

Strange response to my post.  Of course we needed another striker.   I'm not saying we didn't.