Emmanuel Adebayor

[dave.woodhall]

But I am not antagonist of Dave in any sense and I would be very disappointed if I had unintentionally  given this impression, or if I had been desrespectful when I invited to him to face the reality.
In this occasion we have different views about Adebayor, but generally speaking I have only to learn by him that is one of the most cultured and experienced Villa fan I have ever met.
I was delightful when Frank introduced me to him at Norwich, he is half Italian if my memories doesn't fail me, and he even understands some Italian words!

See, cultured and experienced. But not half-Italian. Thank you.

[themossman]

Damn straight *checks order status of hand wraps on Amazon*

[pauliewalnuts]

But I am not antagonist of Dave in any sense and I would be very disappointed if I had unintentionally  given this impression, or if I had been desrespectful when I invited to him to face the reality.
In this occasion we have different views about Adebayor, but generally speaking I have only to learn by him that is one of the most cultured and experienced Villa fan I have ever met.
I was delightful when Frank introduced me to him at Norwich, he is half Italian if my memories doesn't fail me, and he even understands some Italian words!

See, cultured and experienced. But not half-Italian. Thank you.

100% Brummie.

[dave.woodhall]

But I am not antagonist of Dave in any sense and I would be very disappointed if I had unintentionally  given this impression, or if I had been desrespectful when I invited to him to face the reality.
In this occasion we have different views about Adebayor, but generally speaking I have only to learn by him that is one of the most cultured and experienced Villa fan I have ever met.
I was delightful when Frank introduced me to him at Norwich, he is half Italian if my memories doesn't fail me, and he even understands some Italian words!

See, cultured and experienced. But not half-Italian. Thank you.

100% Brummie.

Bollocks.

[Ron Manager]

I might be missing something but the chance to get in an oven ready premier league striker on a short term/low risk deal while we bed in new and recently injured players as longer term options seems like a pretty good approach.

Whilst I agree, I'd slightly query the 'oven ready' bit as he hasn't played for a while and may need time to get match sharp.

But I'm still in favour of the move as a loan.

Adebayor hasn't played any kind of match for a long time. To get match fit will take more than a few weeks to get up to speed. Judging by Kozak's performance tonight he might not be needed for some time.

[ozzjim]

I think the 14 in 24 starts under Sherwood between 18 and 12 months ago are what we should really be looking on. Last season Pochetino didn't fancy him and Kane became the total centre piece for Spurs, and Adebayor has always seemed one that plays for the manager he likes. While I think that is wholly unprofessional, I know I work harder for bosses I have liked through my working life, so I can understand it. Clearly he has a rapport with Sherwood, and if he comes and scores 10-15 goals this season then he will be worth every penny.

We are basically ensuring that we have other options, that maybe we won't even need watching the pre season form of Kozak, but I would much prefer to have Adebayor as our back up plan than playing Gabby down the middle and crossing our fingers. It then gives us a year to scout around another Benteke too, which Sherwood may not have found/ had chance to do thinking he would keep the big man this summer.

[Villa in Denmark]

Sorry but it really is a no brainer.  Quality striker who the manager gets on with, no fee, same wages ish as benteke.  It buys a year to see if Libor can be the man, or if a.n.other comes through.  Plus the African contingent will no doubt blend.

Now there's a sweeping generalisation.

That's like saying we could sign a squad based on German, Dutch, Portuguese, Finnish and Norwegian players and there'll be no problems because they're all European.

Indeed it is. but there a modicum of reality to it. Northern europeans - Scandanavians, Dutch, Germans for example - tend to do well in the English leagues whilst the Latin Europeans tend to fare better in the French/Spanish/Italian leagues. I am well aware that there are now going to be stats disproving this.

That might well be so and I've not got any data to prove the argument one way or the other, but intuitively I'd say it's because the individual domestic leagues better mirror the new host league, as with Scandinavians tending to adapt well to English football as an example.

I have no insight to the cultural differences or similarities, not to mention political rivalries to make an educated guess as to whether there's any potential benefit.

Maybe a better "bad" European example would be a Serb, a Bosnian, an Albanian and a Kosovan.  Now that would be a recipe for dressing room tension.

[peter w]

Sounds like the start of a bad joke. Or a civil war.

[Archie]

See, cultured and experienced. But not half-Italian. Thank you.

Sorry, I had taken that your grandmother was Italian or something like that, but probably I was drunk after the Norwich win! 

[Doorbell]

Maybe a better "bad" European example would be a Serb, a Bosnian, an Albanian and a Kosovan.  Now that would be a recipe for dressing room tension.

Or a chance for them to realise how much they have in common compared to their new found hosts...

[tomd2103]

Ignore everything else and only look at how Adebayor performed for Sherwood. A loan move for a year, possibly with Spurs contributing to his wages, makes too much sense to ignore. It allows us to spend in other positions and gives us a year to decide whether to sign him on a free or identify another forward.

Totally agree.  The fact that he is in the last year of his deal will hopefully mean he will be keen to impress.  I'm trusting Sherwood's judgment on this one, as he is in the position to know.

[dave.woodhall]

Maybe a better "bad" European example would be a Serb, a Bosnian, an Albanian and a Kosovan.  Now that would be a recipe for dressing room tension.

Or a chance for them to realise how much they have in common compared to their new found hosts...

We had two Serbs and a Croatian before. That went well...

[Doorbell]

Maybe a better "bad" European example would be a Serb, a Bosnian, an Albanian and a Kosovan.  Now that would be a recipe for dressing room tension.

Or a chance for them to realise how much they have in common compared to their new found hosts...

We had two Serbs and a Croatian before. That went well...

My memory from the early to late 90's is not the best to say the least...did they not get on?!

[ROBBO]

Skye says he will be having a medical tomorrow (Wednesday), a loan deal by all accounts.

[KRS]

Do we know if Adebayor has been in pre-season training with the Spuds squad? Obviously he hasn't had much game time but if he's general fitness is ok to good then he should pretty much walk straight into the team (I'm not convinced by Kozak even if he does have a handy habit of scoring a few goals).