Jordan Ayew - sold to Swansea

[PeterWithe]

Blimey, far too early to make that judgement. He has been crap for two games but so have plenty of other great players new to the English game.

[Axl Rose]

shite at bournemouth, shite last night.

and a diver.

looks like a waste of money.

It was hardly a dive. More akin to Grealish against the Baggies in the FA Cup. Momentum, getting out of the way of a tackle etc.

Be a bit more patient, please mate

[silhillvilla]

He has looked thoroughly useless in terms of no left foot , no control and no composure and he doesn't make intelligent runs, however it's going to take time for him to settle in so we can't expect too much for first 6 months

[Axl Rose]

He has looked thoroughly useless in terms of no left foot , no control and no composure and he doesn't make intelligent runs, however it's going to take time for him to settle in so we can't expect too much for first 6 months

The last part of your sentence, I agree with. It's the 'thoroughly useless' part which irks. I don't know why, I just feel Ayew up front, through the middle with Gestede might work better. He'll also do better surrounded by the Gil's and Grealish's of this world. And lets not forget Adama, too!

[mr underhill]

totally agree didn't he play more centrally last year in France  and it was his most successful season. plenty of time yet before writing the guy off

[JJ-AV]

He's looked miles off the pace, which you may be able to attribute to the fact he's miles off the pace. Take him out of the team until he gets up to speed.

No idea if he's going to be good enough or not, I had my doubts when we signed him but I'm not basing anything on those two games. He's got an OK pedigree, commanded a very decent transfer fee and he really wanted to join us. He deserves a lot more of a chance than this.

[silhillvilla]

totally agree didn't he play more centrally last year in France  and it was his most successful season. plenty of time yet before writing the guy off

Of course we shouldn't write him off he's cost a significant amount of money and he clearly must have ability. I think we need to be patient and ease him into games maybe off the bench and buy an experienced proven goalscorer aswell.

[PaulWinch again]

He's off the pace, big deal. Ronaldo, Evra, Vidic, De Gea, Silva etc etc all struggled when they first came to England. I'm confident he'll come good and needs some patience along with the other new players.

[Clampy]

totally agree didn't he play more centrally last year in France  and it was his most successful season. plenty of time yet before writing the guy off

Of course we shouldn't write him off he's cost a significant amount of money and he clearly must have ability. I think we need to be patient and ease him into games maybe off the bench and buy an experienced proven goalscorer aswell.

But you said earlier he looked like a poor signing. Make your mind up.

[Clampy]

shite at bournemouth, shite last night.

and a diver.

looks like a waste of money.

After two games?

[Ron Manager]

Lots of players struggle at first at every club. Our European Cup winning captain Dennis Mortimer was very poor for a long time before coming through. Good job the internet was still a pipedream in those days,many players would have suffered vile abuse on a weekly basis. Footballers
pre 1990 had it easy it that respect.

Ayew has played two full games, it will be a month or two or longer before we see his true worth. It could be worth waiting for.

[mr underhill]

well said Ron, and I don't want to diss placeforparks but wasn't he the guy that denigrated Benteke  before he'd kicked a ball in anger for us?

[Nelly]

Surely stating the obvious but he needs just a bit of time to bed in, build a rapport, chemistry and understanding with the other players. That will come. Even if he isn't the world's best, he's probably equal to what we already have, with the potential to improve vastly. He's young, has his best days ahead of him. Please don't right him off. Remember how long Angel took to settle.

[PeterWithesShin]

The one thing i'm glad of is that we've learned from the likes of Benteke, Delph etc not to write a young player off straight away and give them over a period of time to show if they are good enough or not. It's one thing to say a player hasn't been impressive so far, to write them off after two games seems a bit daft to me.

[Dante Lavelli]

The one thing i'm glad of is that we've learned from the likes of Benteke, Delph etc not to write a young player off straight away and give them over a period of time to show if they are good enough or not. It's one thing to say a player hasn't been impressive so far, to write them off after two games seems a bit daft to me.

I agree with that, the conundrum is how long we persevere with him in the first team without his confidence and the team suffering too much.  Equally TS needs to try and guess how he would react to effectively being dropped if we put him on the bench.