Should read 'offer £70 million for Ayew instead.'

So that makes Ayew a more creative player than Eze - one ball across the box??
Despite not being a striker Eze scored 10 goals last season in contrast to Ayew's 3 and Ayew plays as a forward as opposed to a midfield player and played far more minutes than Eze.
This is not to criticise Ayew who makes a very good contribution to the team.
However, to suggest he creates the 'same, if not more, than Eze' is something that would be very difficult to substantiate.
They both have a role to play in their different ways.

I know Whoscored ratings are limited but as a rough guide they're not bad. They agreed with everyone who's posted in identifying our full backs and striker as areas of weakness, My point is that, understandably, when we watch Palace, we watch Palace; Ward, Mitchell and Edouarde were all rated more highly than their opposite numbers for Brentford.

With the return of injured players we know our attack will be sharper, though how much so depends on what Franca can do. The "two more over the line" was said to include an attacker so maybe we'll see a no. 9 who can at least sometimes turn our periods of dominance into goals and results, I have a nasty feeling the defender will have to be a goalkepper thanks to Guaita - unless we can sue him for the price of Henderson (lol)? Signing Ferguson showed awareness of a need to bring in new full backs and that wa a while ago. Neverthless we've had a lot of shots this season and if we had someone who put more of them in we could easily be two or three points better off.

Or Godot Will Arrive Before Ferguson.

Edited by CT Charlie (28 Aug 2023 1.59am)

Edited by CT Charlie (28 Aug 2023 2.00am)

And from our vast supplies of full backs, who would you play instead of Ward?