Emmanuel Adebayor


Born: 26 February 1984, Lomé Togo
Height: 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)

Signed from Monaco in the 2006 January transfer window, the big fella has already scored 9 goals in 13 appearances this season and has had opportunities to bag plenty more, replacing Henry's role as main striker. But where there are ups, there also downs. Fans are getting frustrated with him for some reason or other, whether it be his inconsistency or his lack of ability to shoot straight. Can he play as a lone striker up front? Can he improve? Does he need to?

Discuss.

adebayor has a great talent but he needs to work on his final tuch......keep the good work my nigah(looool)

He is frustrating at times.
Needs to work on his touch and just placing it into the net.

Well actually his touches were very good yesterday, it was his decision making that let him down, not passing at right opportinuty, or not keeping onside!!

But we know he can be brilliant, he just needs consitensty, in his touches and decision making, and then we'll have one of the best strikers in the EPL.

Becuase of his excellent hold play and i don't think we should ever sell him, he is the perfect foil for RVP who is the better finisher.

he is soo inconsistent at one point...

but holding up the ball...is always his strength

but wasting chances...making wrong decision....stuffing up..
if he didnt doo soo much of those..then ya he will be consider pretty good

He is the most frustrating forward we have had in a while.

If Adebayor was to improve on the basics of his game better like passing the ball and moving into better positions to receive the ball then he would be such a good player.

He just makes bad runs at times and he really needs to improve on that.

He reminds me of Berbatov for us to be honest. Everyone knows there's a chance he'll spring up with a moment of magic but he just leaves you tearing your hair out half the time. Like I've said about Berba before; when the team is playing well he's probably the best on the pitch, but when the team isn't flowing right he is probably the worst.

What sort of level do you guys consider him? World class? European standard? Forgetable? (Once he's left of course). I don't see him sticking around in discussions in 5-10 years time to be honest, not in the same way Henry or V.Persie might.

If a bigger club than us makes a bid for him (e.g Real Madrid, AC Milan), then I can honestly see him leaving. But I can't see him leaving any time soon because he's not clinical at all. Adebayor is a scorer of great goals, not a great goalscorer. Henry is both, van Persie is well on his way to being both, but Adebayor, when you look at all the goals he's got this year, most of them were brilliant finishes, but when it comes to the easy chances, where there is arguably more pressure, he misses.

I don't think he's World Class, but he's got the potential. The annoying thing is that he seems to be getting ahead of himself with just how good he is/could be.

If he left in the summer, then he's forgettable. But I can't see it happening. But in 2-4 years, with the likes of Bendtner and Vela coming through (both of whom are more clinical than Ade), then I can see him either getting bought for a high fee, or getting forced out of the starting XI, causing him to want to leave. But I could be wrong.

Adebayor is one of my favorite players. For such a tall guy, he has excellent feet, and as many have stated before, he is fantastic at holding the ball. But I think Da Phenom was spot on in saying he is a scorer of great goals but not a great goalscorer. His finishing will have to improve if he is to keep his first team position over the likes of Bendtner and Eduardo (not this season but next perhaps).

Nevertheless, I hope he stays for the greater portion of the career. We all know he has the potential to become a world class striker, and personally, I just enjoy watching him play. Yeah he frustrates at times but for some reason I find him to be a very entertaining player.

February 26, 1984 ...hey,man,do u really think he's 21..hah

I'm surprised with what you said. I thought you're defending him last time.

I'm just pissed by his lazy display yesterday while Toure, Sagna, Gallas, Diarra were defending until last drop of bloody. If Henry played like this lazy level, I'd have blazed him too even he's one of my many favourite players.

if we could get las tseasons hard working ade...with this years goals.............i can dream cant i?

His attitude is really bad. I'm shocked by it. Last year he confessed he'd play for Arsenal for free and he ran his ass off every game. Is year it seems he'd take any deal 1 pound above his asking price and most times he just stand there and complains. Bad, bad decline!

Incredibly negative thread, this thread epitomizes Arsenal fans.

Great player, end of, no player is perfect, id say he has more talent than most.

He has the potential to be a great striker, he is both very quick and tall which is rare in a striker, he just seems so erratic at the moment, he'll do something brilliant one minute, then look like an amateur the next.

Exactly that, inconsistency.
But he is such a good "good" luck charm, we can't let him go.
He can be
And then
Then just like that.
Then sometimes I just

he will become Arsenal's very own Zlatan im telling you now

Wasn’t that a negative comment in itself? Pfft, hypocrite.

On-topic, I don't think Adebayor is on his way out yet. Senderos has been performing atrociously this season and Wenger still has trust him in him, so I figure Ade still has a chance.

And if he does, I see him going to a mid-table La Liga team and scoring 25/season

He would to that. One transfer then out of nowhere his finishing skills are the best in the world. All us gooners crying out 'Why couldn't he do that for us'?

I really hope Wenger talks to him and convince him to return to his ways last season, but with more scoring.

Convince him to go back to his old ways?He's not trying to be inconsistent.You can't just tell him to not suck in some games and expect it to happen.

What I mean by that is Adebayor become the work horse he once was. At Newcastle he scored and then just stood there. Last season he would be everywhere, pressuring everyone.

i was soooo pissd of at him agenst newcastle...he scored and then done fuk all

we had couple good chances wich cudve materialised into something better had it not been for hm (especially the break away wtih rosicky, wen he juss carried on runnin far ahead offside, and wen he cudve pasd it to eboue on the far edge of the box all alone, but ended up as a goal kick

Last season he was known as 'Ade-can't-score'. He is EPL top scorer, and he has no foil at the moment. Are you serious about selling him?! He had a disappointing game against Newcastle (in which he scored...), and now he's our worst player. Come on, he is a striker, he has to score. Why don't you blame the 5 midfielder who couldn't keep the ball for more than 2 touches? And is quite ludicrous saying that he was better last season, because in 29 he scored 8 goals, now in 13 he score 9, with an hattrick and a brace against Tottenham. You're too harsh with him, seriously. He's not Henry, he's not perfect, but he's doing his job quite well. He is selfish because he didn't pass to Eduardo!? The same Eduardo who was running like a slug on the opposite flank!
I don't know what do you expect from him, seriously...

Adebayor, please leave for a while! I don't care what you do. Go to the ACN, watch and have fun. I fucking hate you, and I don't want to see you in red and white for a while.

his presence at the boro match...was basically invisible...

and he is someone u cant really trust or count on...

he just give you a once in a while Goal..

You do still realise he's got 9 goals in the league this year right?

Well from his Boro performance he doesn't seem to be bothered working for a 10th. I'd rather Bendtner start above him.

I feel Wenger has no choice but to start Adebayor. The last four games Arsenal's been poor and scrappy, but when your striker scores, it's hard to drop him. I honestly believe Wenger wants to use Bendtner and Walcott (and even Denilson!), but feels they lack the same fitness levels as Adebayor and Gilberto.

Yea. Give him a rest, Wenger.

Have some holiday in Ghana, play some PES or FIFA would do you good.

I'd rather start a striker over him who can score five scrappy goals out of 10 chances are given rather than Ade who scores one brilliant goal in 10 given chances and misses 9 sitters.

in the CL i hope to see denilson and bed and walcott play

Our latest results have Nothing to do with Adebayor. The guy hasn't put a foot wrong really.

When Ade plays football as we know it,he is one of our best players,when he tries to work his African magic..oh dear..

I just don't get how he can sound all confident in interviews about how good he's doing then perform like he did today. But he's young, and he has time to mature.

I have the feelings

A: People will soon have to eat their words
B: Ade cannot be expected to be perfect in his 1st season as a regular starter.
C: People have short term memories on other players who were alot more useless than Ade is when they first joined.

Oh leave him alone. He does have his moments. His goals are partly the reason you sit one clear at the top of the Prem.

His problem is he hasn't been putting his feet anywhere much at all. Just so nonchalant, unless he gets feed the ball in a goal scoring position he loks like he dosnt know what to do.

Good point but you also have to remember Adebayor was getting good praise when we had cesc and Hleb in the team. He simply has no one to get the ball and give it to him so he can run on the end of it with his pace.

Fabregas is very good at picking out Adebayor but he can't do that when isn't there.

The more Cesc and Hleb picks him out the more balls he'll lose. I agree he didn't get enough supply during the past few games, but most of the times he got them he screwed it. His first touch is so inconsistent it's unbelievable, but he was consistently poor in the past few games.

I also noticed a drop in his work rate compared to last season when he have to fight for first team place.

He wasn't so bad against Boro, even nearly won it.

I think that when he learns to keep his form instead of just having spurts of it, he will be able to win us games. And as for boro, i also think that he nearly won it

Source: arsenal.com

He seems to always score against Spurs, which is great. I don't think he would have finished that last season.

Lad has excellent control. But he's very inconsistent and most of the time sometimes his first touch lets him down.
Other than that, good striker.

EVERYBODY VOTE FOR ADE ON ARSENAL.COM!!!

as was posted above, he is shortlisted for African Footballer of the Year. Lets all vote for him as many times as possible, who knows? Perhaps our consistant voting could make the difference!

I love Adebayor, but Essien deserves it more than anyone.

He's a good luck charm.

Lately I feel we've been way too hard on the lad. He really needs to improve his first touch and decision making, but yesterday it was only the later that let him down, and not that much really.

His first touch yersterday was amazing, he really was setting himself up in great manner to pivot for quick 1-2's. But as most of us know by now, he's just not cut out to be a lone striker, at least not for the moment.

A guy as big as Adebayor needs more space to run, that's his games, running and sprint-dribbling, we all saw how sad his dry-dribbling was yesterday (yes I am making those terms up, you get them right?) , he is no Hleb on that subject.

Pompey really closed in on him yesterday and he had no room and considering that, he didn't lose the ball that much.

I agree that 4-4-1-1 is really no solution to our and his problems.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials...ote/index.shtml

vote for him if u want

I'd doubt he will win. Up against big names.

I would never really fault Ade for making mistakes. I can kind of accept them as he is still young and they kind of come with the overall package you get with him.

What I can't abide is the fact he has developed such a big ego this season as if he has done anything other than score a few goals. He is constantly talking himself up and then not putting it in on the pitch. As I said, I can accept the mistakes to a certain extent but no Gooner, no matter how much we all love him, can deny that he's dropped his work rate since last season.

He is still quality when he wants to be and definitely capable of making the difference.