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The Wilfried Zaha Thread
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 dreamwaverider  London 06 Mar 20 7.37am |
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Originally posted by PatrickA
I’m one of Wilf’s biggest fans, but the fact is we’ve attained 36 points this season with minimal contribution from him. But it’s not one on one is it? It’s nearly always one on three. When it was one on one v Newcastle he got rugby tackled. Edited by dreamwaverider (06 Mar 2020 7.41am)
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| EddieMac 06 Mar 20 8.25am |
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He’s either not as fast as he used to be or he has been carrying an injury all season and his holding back slightly when he sprints.
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| slubglurge welling 06 Mar 20 8.30am |
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However great he has been i just get the feeling we have seen the best of him. People have always said a player is at his peak at 27 but all players are different. He has lost pace too, seeing a lump like Dan Burn catch him up last week was quite a shock. He still has moments of magic but nowhere near as much as before. He has carried our team on his back for years and it may have taken its toll on him.
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| Vaibow vancouver/croydon 07 Mar 20 4.54am |
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Originally posted by slubglurge
However great he has been i just get the feeling we have seen the best of him. People have always said a player is at his peak at 27 but all players are different. He has lost pace too, seeing a lump like Dan Burn catch him up last week was quite a shock. He still has moments of magic but nowhere near as much as before. He has carried our team on his back for years and it may have taken its toll on him. not really thought about it like that, to an extent... but I agree, he could be burnt out and just lost that spark which you don't even know you have or how to attain it, it's jut there - I was also thinking earlier, in all honesty, what bigger club is going to pay 50+ for him? Unless he hits the ground running and improves, he won't do much more than what they would probably already have, last summer was his chance - he could have had a shot with Arsenal or Everton even - imagine him in this arsenal team, but firing on all cylinders to impress. Parish screwed him over maybe? Bizaarly, I can see united changing their side around in the summer and bringing him back 'with a point to prove' he would probably cost them 30-40 in theory which would amount to selling his for 55 elsewhere.
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| dreamwaverider London 07 Mar 20 7.43am |
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Originally posted by Vaibow
not really thought about it like that, to an extent... but I agree, he could be burnt out and just lost that spark which you don't even know you have or how to attain it, it's jut there - I was also thinking earlier, in all honesty, what bigger club is going to pay 50+ for him? Unless he hits the ground running and improves, he won't do much more than what they would probably already have, last summer was his chance - he could have had a shot with Arsenal or Everton even - imagine him in this arsenal team, but firing on all cylinders to impress. Parish screwed him over maybe? Bizaarly, I can see united changing their side around in the summer and bringing him back 'with a point to prove' he would probably cost them 30-40 in theory which would amount to selling his for 55 elsewhere.
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| The Dolphin 07 Mar 20 8.47am |
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Originally posted by EddieMac
He’s either not as fast as he used to be or he has been carrying an injury all season and his holding back slightly when he sprints. Carrying an injury I think - long term one.
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Ian-VI  Vicenza 07 Mar 20 4.05pm |
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As things stand I'd worry more if we didn't have Ayew than Wilf...
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 grumpymort  US/Thailand/UK 07 Mar 20 4.10pm |
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Originally posted by The Dolphin
Carrying an injury I think - long term one.
No way would you risk playing him if that was the case.
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sprites  Auckland 07 Mar 20 6.01pm |
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Originally posted by Ian-VI
As things stand I'd worry more if we didn't have Ayew than Wilf... 100%. Give me Ayew any day.
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| Phil’s Barber Crowborough 07 Mar 20 6.06pm |
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His pace has gone.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 07 Mar 20 6.34pm |
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When Raheem Sterling nullified him at Selhurst that told everyone. He needed to go last summer but the bids were below his value at the time. Now those bids are above his current value and he could face a future elsewhere watching from the sidelines in a top 6 subs suit.
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| braunstoneagle the middle of bumf*** nowhere... 07 Mar 20 6.54pm |
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i think hes just playing a different role, more suited to a team hame rather than the wilf show...when he needs to run & burn past a player he still can but he also seems to has lost a bit of muscle which means he cant brush players off the ball like he used to. make no bones about it...still our best player by a country mile.
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