First and foremost , Ayew even considering coming to us in the first place should not be overlooked..He certainly didn't sign on for a relegation battle but has worked his arse off to keep our head above water no matter where we have asked him to play , class act .When Ayew does go , and he will , he will have bolstered our coffers on his way out the door .Something we should be extremely appreciative of . My thoughts all along were he would not play for us next season , and will go in the summer for sure . We would make a lot more money off him if he was sold in this window than the summer one . I was totally for keeping him till summer if we didn't get a good striker in , but we did get a good striker in . I'd have no problem selling Ayew before Monday as long as it isn't to Sunderland , Bournemouth , , Norwich ,West Brom or Villa . Sorry , just how I feel , we have lots of good pacey wingers to slot in and a quality striker so Ayew becomes a want and not a need .
It's no secret that a player like Ayew is using us as a stepping stone for bigger things and his agent thought we were the ideal club to join because of how we did last season, Unfortunately for whatever reason our season never took off and Ayew's Agent is pissed off that his prize player is only wanted by lower clubs and that was not the plan, He thought his player would be attracting interest from a few of the big boys.....Agents only see £ signs at the end of the day....Ayew is fully committed to us and is doing a good job and i cant see him ever joining another club not as good as us and will stay with us till the end of the season and see who comes in for him and at what value, If no suitable comes in and i mean a big club then i don't think Ayew would want to go anyway...
"I'd have no problem selling Ayew before Monday as long as it isn't to Sunderland , Bournemouth, Norwich ,West Brom or Villa . Sorry , just how I feel"
There is no problem at all in him going to a bigger club for a decent profit but i cant see that happening ATM. He will be watched by a few big clubs to see how he does in the remainder of the season that's for sure but i don't think they would take a chance on him yet......i may be wrong but i hope not as we need his talent to help us survive the season...
I can't see it happening either but if it did happen and he went to a bigger club , no probs for me and a hearty thank you he'd get on his way out the door . Ayew is the top scorer on a team that isn't scoring ....Why aren't we scoring as a team ? Ayew is a top man but when on the wing he is allowed to abandon his wing play to seek opportunity to score . When he plays the striker role he has opportunity to score from the free reign given a striker . Not having a proper striker devalues the opportunity midfielders should have to score , especially when you only play one useless striker .The single biggest reason the team in general haven't scored is Monk's insistence to play Gomis up front game after game while sh:ting the bed and not helping the midfielders in any way , shape or form . I suspect other members will start to score the rest of the season now that we have a proper striking threat up front , with or without Ayew . Like I've said before , although Ayew is our top scorer , he needs 2 goals next game to be where Graham was at this time a few seasons back . Go or stay it's a win , win for us regarding Ayew , a footballer I respect hugely
It Is staggering how you can say this, how do you know we will start scoring what is you logic behind that statement. You are happy to lose our top scorer, because you feel if he goes other will start scoring yet they haven't up till now. So lose your best player and top scorer and all we will score goals. Don't get the logic. Yes we have signed a new striker which I am excited about (no basis for this just a feeling) but he could be hopeless at this level so to be happy to sell your top scorer on a hope that if he goes we will be alight as someone will score is nonsense. I do agree with the addition of a tidy striker along with Ayew and possibly Siggy, gives us the opportunity to score more but no more than an opportunity. You seem happy to have 12m in the bank and risk our future, with the prize of 100m for staying up. For me Ayew has to stay as he is our only real/known goal threat for us as it stands.
I'm fine with Ayew staying , just not to panicky if he left like most . A regular type striker up front and regular pacey wingers out wide will bring us back to our regulate team play . Like I say , where most are looking at Ayew as our top scorer , I'm left looking at our lowest team output for goals since we've been up . I could be wrong about my outlook on the subject , but so could some of you guys .
Ayew needs to play in his proper position to get any real benefit from him. Hopefully now this will happen...
You have answered my argument in that statement and that is why he has to stay. He is the only one scoring regularly and has to stay, It is far to simplistic to say that if he goes others will score.
Please explain as I have no idea what you are getting at. You are happy to sell our top scorer yet you conceded that the rest of the team cant score goals and your argument is that if he goes, the others who haven't been scoring will miraculously start scoring. Brilliant logic.
If a last minute bid by a big club comes in that will give us a profit and Ayew wants to go then sell sell sell every time. We need to get our wage bill back in control, I cant see this happening but if it does then so be it....
Since the window shut in August and Gomis threw his toys out and didn't give a sh:t and we haven't had a proper striker up front we have scored 15 goals in 19 games . Over a season that would amount to 30 goals for an entire season . Even so , you will still have a top scorer , but still retain a problem .Bringing a proper striker in this window was far more important than Ayew staying . We have other wingers , we don't have other strikers .A proper striker enhances others to score while he scores , an improper striker just scores .
That striker scoring the same amount of goals as Ayew has scored for us, thats easy then, we are saved and will score loads of goals between now and the end of the season even though you have never seen Paloshi play, Have no idea whether he is good or not and have no idea whether he will fir our style or the Pl, but because we have signed what you call a proper striker, which by the way most on here said about Gomis before they saw him, all will be ok and we will now score loads of goals. Well I am so glad you sorted that out for me.
In the last 19 games we have scored 3 goals from the striker position . Gomis WAS a proper striker before the window shut in August and he didn't get his quick money windfall . I believe he actually didn't try after that and Monk , stupidly , didn't address the problems and just kept playing him from wishful thinking . Ayew doesn't play up far enough as a striker like a proper striker . As for the wing , Ayew strays off the wing to seek his goals at the expense of our width , width we've counted on our entire rise to the Premier and entire time in the Premier .Just saying that we have conformed our team play to get Ayew's top scorer status ....with 8 goals in 22 games .
Ok I give up you have worn me down and I cant take anymore of the ramblings, You are right we sell our top scorer and we will score at least 30 more goals than we have up till now. Logic says so.
Don't give up , address why you think team goals are way down . And if Ayew did go it would open minutes for wingers who will stay with us . Ayew will probably be going in the summer , we will be counting on pacey wingers with little game time starting next August . Hope Ayew stays the rest of the season , but certainly not worried like most if he did happen to go . Last post on this thread ,certainly don't want to upset the majority .
Ayew's goals are a welcome but the problem has only highlighted just how bad our strikers have been when he is our top goal scorer. Hopefully things will change now and Ayew can revert back to his best position and we have a striker who knows how to finish.
