Jordan Ayew - sold to Swansea

[MattW]

His passion was very clear after he had to be consoled by his brother post Swansea. The "problem" of our French, "Moneyball" summer signings was a premeditated and fabricated scenario by the media to spin Sherwood into another prominent post where they could keep wanking him.

Well put. And his comments suggested he didn't try to get to know them and work out a way to play with them, which says a lot about his character.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

He does work hard and he looks like he cares. Shame the other players aren't on the same level.

He chased back and harried their defenders throughout the game. Sinclair, by contrast, didn't.
And he was one of the few players who came over to us at the end of the game yesterday and showed his appreciation.
I reckon he's a bit of a gem.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Did the players not applaud the away fans?

[VillaAlways]

Did the players not applaud the away fans?

On the TV ,I only saw Hutton walking over and clapping but someone said Ayew did too.

[supertom]

Really like this guy. Some reports before signing him had him down as a kind of French Gabby, with a potential attitude problem. We've seen none of that so far and as for comparisons to Flabby, that is an injustice to Ayew's technical ability. He's got ability. He's not going to do it every game because if he did he'd be at a top side, but I have him down as a player like Carew, who will frustrate but create brilliant moments.
However, what Ayew also has in his locker is a bloody good work ethic and desire.

Frankly our Frenchies have been a rare bright spot. Veretout is coming along nicely. Gana is very industrious. We've not quite got the midfield balance right though, because I still think when you play a three of Sanchez, Gana and Veretout, you need Grealish or Gil playing at the top 3 to drift and try and pick through balls.

What's really letting us down though is the total lack of any inspirational premier league experienced players in our squad. There's no one who sets the bar and helps these lads settle in. We need someone reliable and solid who's been around the block. Someone who will help us gel and pick us up by the scruff of the neck when needs be. Richards is the closest to that, but until we play him at Right back, he's a defensive liability which supersedes any gumption he tends to show.
No one is inspired by Hutton, Lescott, Clark and most certainly not by a Westwood. As for Gabby, frankly he's been a disgrace in recent years.
What I wouldn't give for a Barry, or Taylor, or even a Southgate.

[Toronto Villa]

I'm another big fan of Ayew. More than any other player, he looks fucking pissed off when we lose. Yesterday, he looked pissed off with a draw. He gives his all and he can play a bit too. Get some decent players around him, play him wide, and he'll get even better.

Look at his face after the game being interviewed by our Jack. Now part of it is because he's being interviewed by Jack, but he looks fucked off to be talking about his goal when we didn't win again. I love his attitude, and you can see that win, when it comes, will mean the world to him.

[Olof's Beard]

He's also perfect for that wide forward role, and it's a shame he didn't arrive two years earlier when we were shoe horning Weimann and Agbonlahor into those positions every week. He will get 10 goals from out wide while still adding a lot to the team, if we had a central striker capable of scoring 15 then we would look pretty healthy up front.

Perhaps if we bring in a centre forward in January, stick Ayew on the left and the equally hard working Veretout to the right, we could afford to play either Gil or Grealish on the hole, particularly if we also managed to bring in a more mobile central midfield. We might be able to find the right balance of pace, guile and hard work finally.

[Bad English]

Really like this guy. Some reports before signing him had him down as a kind of French Gabby, with a potential attitude problem.

Funnily enough I saw my neighbour as I was  dragging my hangover up our road. He asked me how Ayew was turning out. He was the one who told me Ayew was a bit of a character.

[SoccerHQ]

He's also perfect for that wide forward role, and it's a shame he didn't arrive two years earlier when we were shoe horning Weimann and Agbonlahor into those positions every week. He will get 10 goals from out wide while still adding a lot to the team, if we had a central striker capable of scoring 15 then we would look pretty healthy up front.

Perhaps if we bring in a centre forward in January, stick Ayew on the left and the equally hard working Veretout to the right, we could afford to play either Gil or Grealish on the hole, particularly if we also managed to bring in a more mobile central midfield. We might be able to find the right balance of pace, guile and hard work finally.

Exactly, he's the type of forward we need to sign around that time rather thank Kozak even if the fees were a little different. It didn't take long that season for teams to start to work out how to play the quick front trio and predictably under Lambert there was no other forward with a different skill set.

Ayew and Benteke would've been excellent together.

[ozzjim]

Go get the bugger back. The two of then together up top would keep us up.

[supertom]

I hope he's an example for players like Grealish, Gil and Kozak who are struggling to get into the side. Garde has already challenged Grealish to work harder. There's no excuse for not putting in a shift and being fit enough for this league. Ayew is setting the bar as far as our attackers go. The others need to follow suit.
Too many of our players need to pull their fingers out.

[PaulTheVillan]

Will be gutting to see him in a Spurs shirt next season

[Toronto Villa]

Why will he be in a Spurs shirt? Or anyone else's for that matter. How about ours? We really are a defeatist bunch sometimes. I suppose years of taking it in the rear can do that but it is very possible that they will all be back. QPR, Newcastle, Norwich, Hull etc. None of them encountered mass player departures and all of them have done well or come straight back up. There is no reason why we cannot do the same by holding on to our better players.

Relegation will be shit but we need to stay together as a club which I believe is part of the long term solution. Otherwise why would Garde have even joined? Would he have come if it was revealed to him he'd lose the core of his squad if we went down?

[brian green]

Well said TV.

[darren woolley]

I like his passion he played well yesterday you could see he cares for us by his reaction I think he will only get better.