Richard Kone

[funkyrobot]

3 hours ago, moore_94 said:

I think we saw yesterday that Ayew just is not suited to play as a striker for us

Ayew was excellent in the number 9 role yesterday??

[moore_94]

1 minute ago, funkyrobot said:

Ayew was excellent in the number 9 role yesterday??

Ayew was good yesterday once Daka came on and was upfront and Ayew was behind him

[jv1]

4 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Ayew was good yesterday once Daka came on and was upfront and Ayew was behind him

This - he was utter tosh first half as a number 9 - not sure he even went in the oppo penalty area - saying that they were all horrible - he isn’t a number 9 though and won’t score more than 10 this year- worked very hard though and I can get behind that as a sub coming on or a deeper player - looks like a ten million year old yoda

Edited 11 August 2025 by jv1

[funkyrobot]

2 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Ayew was good yesterday once Daka came on and was upfront and Ayew was behind him

I thought Ayew was one of our better players in the first half when we weren’t great and got even better when Winks added creative support that had previously been entirely down to closely marked Mavididi and Fatawu. This was well before Daka came on. 

[Ric Flair]

2 minutes ago, jv1 said:

This - he was utter tosh first half as a number 9 - not sure he even went in the oppo penalty area - saying that they were all horrible - he isn’t a number 9 though and won’t score more than 10 this year- worked very hard though and I can get behind that as a sub coming on or a deeper player - looks like a ten million year old yoda

Reminded me of Ashley Barnes, it's a sorry sight of what we've become but he will be of use to us this season.

[jv1]

1 minute ago, Ric Flair said:

Reminded me of Ashley Barnes, it's a sorry sight of what we've become but he will be of use to us this season.

Yep he will I agree - not even slightly our biggest problem as a player that can do a few different things - and he is quite likeable because he tries so hard and looks like a grandad - still think he can’t be our starting 9 though surely 

[Ric Flair]

3 minutes ago, jv1 said:

Yep he will I agree - not even slightly our biggest problem as a player that can do a few different things - and he is quite likeable because he tries so hard and looks like a grandad - still think he can’t be our starting 9 though surely 

Our team press is under serious risk if he is. Likewise if we lose El Khannouss then Cifuentes preferred style of play will be inhibited.

[jv1]

5 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Our team press is under serious risk if he is. Likewise if we lose El Khannouss then Cifuentes preferred style of play will be inhibited.

I wasn’t at Fiorentina so maybe it was different but I didn’t really see any press yesterday at all and I looked for it - certainly not from the 2 absolute clowns in midfield first half anyway 

[Ric Flair]

6 minutes ago, jv1 said:

I wasn’t at Fiorentina so maybe it was different but I didn’t really see any press yesterday at all and I looked for it - certainly not from the 2 absolute clowns in midfield first half anyway 

Our pressing vs Fiorentina was relentless. It requires Mavididi, Bilal and Fatawu to be non stop as Ayew cannot do it naturally.

[Dan]

31 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Ayew was good yesterday once Daka came on and was upfront and Ayew was behind him

I'm amazed how few saw it this way. Massive recency bias.

[Finnegan]

35 minutes ago, funkyrobot said:

Ayew was excellent in the number 9 role yesterday??

 

Ayew was ****ing terrible at 9 and the more people keep saying otherwise the more I'm convinced how many of you don't actually watch the match. 

 

[FoxTrott]

I’ve followed Ayew a lot as I’ve always had a soft spot for Palace. The number 9 on the back is misleading. As with Palace, Ayew is best as a false 9, and is honestly very very good at it, winning the ball in deeper attacking areas and playing on the wingers. If you listen to his interview with Radio Leicester and he’s talking about playing the 9, you can tell there’s some hesitancy because it isn’t as simple as being the striker for him. Think Harry Kane at times for Spurs, where he’d drop deeper and play in balls for Son - just obviously a lesser calibre.
 

I actually think he fits this system very well, the key will be finding the players who will go beyond him (this “free” role that Thomas has been playing) as well as getting the wingers firing. Suffice to say I do think we need a proper out and out number 9.

[funkyrobot]

43 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

Ayew was ****ing terrible at 9 and the more people keep saying otherwise the more I'm convinced how many of you don't actually watch the match. 

 

This the same Finnegan that thinks Daka is an absolute baller? Let me start by saying I am by no means an Ayew fanboy but I appreciate that at this level he has the potential to be very effective. Ayew was excellent as the central point of attack yesterday. Yes he played it in a very different way to Vardy and Daka and yes he’s not going to be prolific as a goalscorer but he performed a central role well, linked up well with Winks and the wingers and had a number of shots on goal.
 

BTW I watched the match at the KP. I’m a season ticket holder that also goes to a lot of away matches and has full access to every game on tv too, I just have a different (equally valid) opinion to you! 

[funkyrobot]

35 minutes ago, FoxTrott said:

I’ve followed Ayew a lot as I’ve always had a soft spot for Palace. The number 9 on the back is misleading. As with Palace, Ayew is best as a false 9, and is honestly very very good at it, winning the ball in deeper attacking areas and playing on the wingers. If you listen to his interview with Radio Leicester and he’s talking about playing the 9, you can tell there’s some hesitancy because it isn’t as simple as being the striker for him. Think Harry Kane at times for Spurs, where he’d drop deeper and play in balls for Son - just obviously a lesser calibre.
 

I actually think he fits this system very well, the key will be finding the players who will go beyond him (this “free” role that Thomas has been playing) as well as getting the wingers firing. Suffice to say I do think we need a proper out and out number 9.

Technically we have one. The alternative option in Daka is already there. I’d expect Cifuentes to continue rotate between the two or play them both together assuming PSR is preventing any transfers this window.

[Grebfromgrebland]

4 hours ago, Philkeavo said:

We are an aging-striker injury away from having no backup. I am sorry we cannot rely on Daka or an emerging Evans to get the goals we’ll need if promotion is a realistic aim.

Not sure promotion is the aim. Well see by the end of the window I guess.

[LCFCJohn]

QPR is a good move for him. I was keen myself for him to come here but he’d have been written off too quickly by our fanbase. You can see the comments throughout this thread turning noses up at a League 1 player. At QPR he will get the chance to develop and I think they will make a profit selling him towards in time.

[Finnegan]

7 hours ago, funkyrobot said:

This the same Finnegan that thinks Daka is an absolute baller? Let me start by saying I am by no means an Ayew fanboy but I appreciate that at this level he has the potential to be very effective. Ayew was excellent as the central point of attack yesterday. Yes he played it in a very different way to Vardy and Daka and yes he’s not going to be prolific as a goalscorer but he performed a central role well, linked up well with Winks and the wingers and had a number of shots on goal.
 

BTW I watched the match at the KP. I’m a season ticket holder that also goes to a lot of away matches and has full access to every game on tv too, I just have a different (equally valid) opinion to you! 

 

Haha, that's peak Internet arguing that is. You managed a strawman, ad hominen and a good bit of whataboutery in all pretty much one sentence. 

 

I've repeatedly said we can't be relying on Daka this season. I've never described him as a baller, just that he's much better statistically than people realise, which is my whole point. 

 

Ayew was and is awful as a central striker. The few bits he did against Wednesday that were decent were when he was moved out of that position in to a more free roaming role, ironically behind Daka. 

 

The only really "quality" thing he did was a run very much down the right wing from deep. 

 

His forward play for the first 60-70 minutes that he was leading the line was not good and literally nobody was singing his praises up until that point. 

 

[funkyrobot]

17 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

Haha, that's peak Internet arguing that is. You managed a strawman, ad hominen and a good bit of whataboutery in all pretty much one sentence. 

 

I've repeatedly said we can't be relying on Daka this season. I've never described him as a baller, just that he's much better statistically than people realise, which is my whole point. 

 

Ayew was and is awful as a central striker. The few bits he did against Wednesday that were decent were when he was moved out of that position in to a more free roaming role, ironically behind Daka. 

 

The only really "quality" thing he did was a run very much down the right wing from deep. 

 

His forward play for the first 60-70 minutes that he was leading the line was not good and literally nobody was singing his praises up until that point. 

 

Ayew played well before Daka came on, combining effectively with Winks from the 1st minute of the second half. Yes he might operate in a different way to a traditional centre forward we are used to at Leicester. He’s going to come deeper and hold the ball up rather than running away from the last line of defence. As for your strawman, ad hominem, whataboutery comnent - Maybe it is some of that but what’s wrong with that? Why can’t I point out contradictions or a bias?  I’m merely pointing out that you have been very quick to criticise one but were a staunch defender of another striker. You use stats to back up your argument for Daka, I’d be interested in the stats you use to back up your criticism of Ayew. In his last two games he’s scored a goal, has numerous shots on target and created opportunities for others (and that’s before Daka entered the pitch.) 

[funkyrobot]

9 hours ago, moore_94 said:

Ayew was good yesterday once Daka came on and was upfront and Ayew was behind him

He was good before that too

[The Doctor]

11 hours ago, funkyrobot said:

Ayew was excellent in the number 9 role yesterday??

he was crap as a number 9. He was ok when he dropped in behind daka and suggests if we lose BEK it might not be the end of the world, but he cannot lead a line for a wethers original

[Bluetintedspecs]

Meanwhile ....

Any news on the player this thread is about, who there's not been any strong or credible links over  , yet many are losing their shit ? 🤔

Edited 12 August 2025 by Bluetintedspecs

[Trav Le Bleu]

11 hours ago, jv1 said:

This - he was utter tosh first half as a number 9 - not sure he even went in the oppo penalty area - saying that they were all horrible - he isn’t a number 9 though and won’t score more than 10 this year- worked very hard though and I can get behind that as a sub coming on or a deeper player - looks like a ten million year old yoda

When as old as him look as good you will?

[RonnieTodger]

People thinking that we’re raising funds to spend are going to be very disappointed.

 

Does anyone think we’re going to sign a load of key players in three weeks? 

[Dahnsouff]

Clearing the debt for sale or reinvestment - win/win

[stevostadium]

2 minutes ago, RonnieTodger said:

People thinking that we’re raising funds to spend are going to be very disappointed.

 

Does anyone think we’re going to sign a load of key players in three weeks? 

nope, relegation battle looms