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The Curious Case of Wilfred Zaha
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 AERO  05 Feb 21 10.01am |
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Or by luck in current climate ? Might have saved us a few quid ?
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 silvertop Portishead 05 Feb 21 10.13am |
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Originally posted by viveasheagle
It is a difficult situation and one that needs to handled carefully. Proven EPL players on free transfers i.e. Cahill give you a proven player though you can expect to pay decent wages. Bringing in unproven but potentially good EPL players is a risk i.e. Eze. He has shown some great things but also some naivety in the defensive side of his game. Get the balance wrong and it could end in relegation. Will be interesting to see how things pan out over the next few months. I really want to see PVA and Schlupp sign new contracts as they are 2 with real pace along with Zaha. It looks like Fulhan, WBA and Sheffield Utd are doomed and there are some good players spread across these clubs that we might be able to sign. Never happens. They either keep or are snapped up by other clubs with deeper pockets. Bad thing? Yes and no. The prices are nearly always inflated beyond their value e.g. Sarr. Our club is too canny/mean for that market.
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| gazNgiz 05 Feb 21 10.14am |
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Undoubtedly Wilf is a serious talent, but his petulant behaviour is his achilles heel, fact. People are right in saying he's our star player, and has played a massive part in getting us where we are. But everytime he spits his dummie out and looses focus for 10, 20, 30+ minutes it has a negative effect on the whole team. It amazes me that he seems to loose his rag more and more. Against Newcastle he sat down and lost it with the tape he had round his ankle, the ref walked over and almost looked embarrassed for him! Other teams know exactly what to do to push his buttons. Surely someone at the club must highlight this to him, and help him work on it? Surely his family and friends must also pull him up on it? Has Wilf got to a point where he thinks he's too important to take advise from others? If he could use his 'passion' to spur him on, instead of loose his rag, he'd be a phenomenal footballer.
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| Jacey 05 Feb 21 10.58am |
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Originally posted by gazNgiz
Undoubtedly Wilf is a serious talent, but his petulant behaviour is his achilles heel, fact. People are right in saying he's our star player, and has played a massive part in getting us where we are. But everytime he spits his dummie out and looses focus for 10, 20, 30+ minutes it has a negative effect on the whole team. It amazes me that he seems to loose his rag more and more. Against Newcastle he sat down and lost it with the tape he had round his ankle, the ref walked over and almost looked embarrassed for him! Other teams know exactly what to do to push his buttons. Surely someone at the club must highlight this to him, and help him work on it? Surely his family and friends must also pull him up on it? Has Wilf got to a point where he thinks he's too important to take advise from others? If he could use his 'passion' to spur him on, instead of loose his rag, he'd be a phenomenal footballer. Probably,his petulant childish behaviour which has increasingly become an unwelcome feature of his game,has prevented a so called big club coming in for him and to that extent, he is the author of his own misfortune.
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| rawpalace05 Saltdean 05 Feb 21 12.00pm |
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Injury update?
1/6/2010.a new era.we made it everyone!!!lets get the ball rolling for another 105 years of proud history.thank you cpfc2010. palace forever.eeaaaaaaaaaaaaaggglless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| stuckinbristol In the woodwork. 05 Feb 21 12.01pm |
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Originally posted by gazNgiz
Undoubtedly Wilf is a serious talent, but his petulant behaviour is his achilles heel, fact. People are right in saying he's our star player, and has played a massive part in getting us where we are. But everytime he spits his dummie out and looses focus for 10, 20, 30+ minutes it has a negative effect on the whole team. It amazes me that he seems to loose his rag more and more. Against Newcastle he sat down and lost it with the tape he had round his ankle, the ref walked over and almost looked embarrassed for him! Other teams know exactly what to do to push his buttons. Surely someone at the club must highlight this to him, and help him work on it? Surely his family and friends must also pull him up on it? Has Wilf got to a point where he thinks he's too important to take advise from others? If he could use his 'passion' to spur him on, instead of loose his rag, he'd be a phenomenal footballer. Wasn't this, at least partly, due to the fact that he realised he had done himself an injury? I don't disagree with you on his petulant nature.
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| Ginger Pubic Wig Wickham de L'Ouest 05 Feb 21 12.27pm |
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Originally posted by rawpalace05
Injury update? BBS seem to say 5/6 weeks and credible posters on there seem to believe the person saying it. (I didn't recognise the person making the claim).
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| dreamwaverider London 05 Feb 21 1.29pm |
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Friend of mine said to me can you imagine what Wilf would be like if he wasn’t marked by 3 players every time he got a sniff of the ball. The curious thing is the top eight obviously don’t agree. I just hope they don’t become any more curious. He’s like Mickie Shannon, Le Tissier etc. Made for one club.
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| braunstoneagle the middle of bumf*** nowhere... 06 Feb 21 8.44pm |
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Originally posted by gazNgiz
Now don't get me wrong, I love the guy, he's a serious talent, one of our greatest, but.... It's like the older he gets the more immature he becomes. Sad but true, and it's preventing him becoming our, or anyone else's greatest. he is already our best ever player. not sure what would make you think otherwise
‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway |
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| Sansbup Norfolk 07 Feb 21 8.44am |
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It was refreshing to see Jack Grealish on Football Focus yesterday saying that when he’s kicked by the opposition he treats it as a compliment and it doesn’t bother him. I wish Wilf would be a bit more like that, as has been said he is peed off for 20 or 30 minutes at a time in every game these days...
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| gazNgiz 07 Feb 21 12.48pm |
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Originally posted by braunstoneagle
he is already our best ever player. not sure what would make you think otherwise He should try grinding the bean, instead of spitting it out!
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| Phil’s Barber Crowborough 07 Feb 21 1.57pm |
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Originally posted by Sansbup
It was refreshing to see Jack Grealish on Football Focus yesterday saying that when he’s kicked by the opposition he treats it as a compliment and it doesn’t bother him. I wish Wilf would be a bit more like that, as has been said he is peed off for 20 or 30 minutes at a time in every game these days... Wilf also sits there sulking and protesting for twenty seconds whilst the game moves on without him. Get on with it, get back in position and play your part again.
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