So, seeing as we seem to be turning into your reserve team, and have been linked with Adebayor now, I was wondering if you could give me a bit of info.... There's no doubt in my mind that he could score for fun in the Championship, that's not in question. But what's his attitude like? We've just managed to find that mythical beast called team spirit - we obviously didn't know what it was last year. We're there any rumors of him being a bad influence within your dressing room? Do you think he could be bothered to perform at Championship level?
Rubbish. Spent most of last year galavanting around Africa missing flights home, while we had no fit strikers. According to one of our posters he and Assou-Ekotto were practically in competition to see who could **** about in / miss training the most, reuniting the two might not be the best idea. No, given he can't be bothered to perform in the Premiership... Overall though I'd rather we kept him as backup and sent Kane on loan to you - that would be more beneficial for both teams.
With Soldado and Defoe fighting for a place, plus the rumours of us being in for another striker in Jan, I don't know how Kane is going to get much game time for us. Tom carroll has shown real potential with what ever opportunities he's been given and looks like a good young player. However, I've yet to see anything from Kane to tell whether he's even up premier league standard yet. He might be, but I've not seen him show it yet. How much longer do we keep him for? I think it's a matter of time before he's sold, personally.
No rumours, all fact, take him at your peril, having said that he's not bad on loan...signing him seems to be the problem. Demanding wages to incorporate 50k a week to give to his charities is admirable on one respect, but could be seen as a cheek in another. Here's your wages, what you do with them is your business. He has an issue with one of our coaching staff, that in itself can happen in any walk of life, someone at work you think negatively about, most people just get on with it, but to actively display it is not a good example to young players at the club.
Apparently he's in our reserves because that's what we do with all players who have fitness issues and need extra work on their conditioning. That's not to say there are serious problems with his attitude though. I know people will say all the signs were there that he was going to do this to us but it still surprises me and I just can't understand why he acts this way. If he apologised and really knuckled down then there's little doubt to me that he can be a class player but he seems to enjoy falling out with everyone as soon as things don't go all his way. I don't think any team has room for a player like Ade that demands that he gets things all his own way because otherwise he'll throw a strop. He's well above Championship level but so are most of your players anyway so I can't see you guys having too many problems going straight back up this season.
If the rumours of Kane going on loan to you are true, he'd be a better option. True, he isn't as good a player as Ade is (when he's in the mood, anyway), but Kane is looking to improve so will put the work in when called upon, whilst there is the possibility Ade might sulk due to being demoted a division and that would be reflected in his performances.
It depends what Ade you get. In his loan spell and the last couple of games of last season he showed why he can be one of the best strikers in the league and even Europe, that Ade, is the one everyone wants. Yet his attitude on the pitch most times stunk. No effort or desire, couldn't score an open goal and it seemed he couldn't wait to get off the pitch and take home his £100k a week wages, that Ade, you don't want. As for Kane, he's a good prospect in my opinion. A lot of people nowadays use the likes of Barkley/ Wilshere/ Hughes as a benchmark to whether a player has a genuine future with the club, something I think is quite harsh. Not all are going to be at that standard at a young age but it doesn't mean they never will reach it. Kane is still only 20 years old, to me that's still incredibly young, especially for a player looking to make the breakthrough for a premier league side. I like Kane, I think he's a willing runner and reminds of a Keane-style centre forward, someone that can finish well but is also looking to add assists and help the team, not an out and out striker who'll guarantee goals but someone who gives a 100% for his team mates. I think the lad has only had about 4 or 5 starts for us - all of them in a "B" team Cup side - the rest have been late sub appearances, not enough to judge on for a young player in my opinion.
Adebayor on loan and theoretically playing for a move (likely elsewhere other than QPR) would absolutely rip the championship apart. He probably likes Harry
