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Now 34, and tearing it up in the UAE. Opinions may be mixed about the quality of the competition, but some of these excerpts made me purr. I'd have him back at LR like a shot if he'd come - he'd rip the Champ a new one and then some and would be a bolt of lighting in our mediocre midfield. Probably on a tasty wedge over there, mind.
He looks great admittedly in a sub standard league but looks to have added a bit of steel and defensive duties to his game. Reminds me of Gazza in his pomp.
TBH, a traffic cone would score more goals than Dykes and Armstrong, so Adel would definitely improve the team. Not going to happen in a million years though.
He looks great admittedly in a sub standard league but looks to have added a bit of steel and defensive duties to his game. Reminds me of Gazza in his pomp.
Well he was somehow employed as a defensive midfielder by Benfica for years!
However, is this league faster and more intense? I am not so sure. I suspect when he goes past those players, they are slower than top-flight players and also make the same mistakes again and again.
You will notice that he uses the same two techniques again and again to get away from his man. If they come in close, he turns with the ball and gets away from them. Or if they stand off, he then taps the ball away to the side, running onto it and leaves them behind.
It's not that Adel has only these two tricks; we can see he has more, it's that he keeps using them in these clips. This tends to suggest to me that this league does not have the quality to stop him.
Or he has slimmed down, got his head straight and become a proper pro.
From what we see here, for me, it's both.
Could he do a job for us?
I believe on this small piece of evidence, he could, but that's more to do with we are so bad right now than he's so good. But it would never happen, he's bound to be on £30K per week there and there is no way we can afford that. And also you can see its the old Adel in the clips, he's happy as he's active and driven, like he was for us. Why would he change even if we had the money? Which we don't
I applaud his effort, but no, he wouldn't be able to perform like that in our division.
Why not? He's more skilful than Chair. Class is permanent, and when you have that skill and speed of thought to buy you a yard or two (which he does) it doesn't matter if you've lost a bit of pace or engine.
Or you know...we could carry on with Dozzell the creative playmaker.
Why not? He's more skilful than Chair. Class is permanent, and when you have that skill and speed of thought to buy you a yard or two (which he does) it doesn't matter if you've lost a bit of pace or engine.
Or you know...we could carry on with Dozzell the creative playmaker.
I tend to think he has the 'footballing' brain to manage a game now. But... do I want to find out that I'm wrong, not so sure.
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I tend to think he has the 'footballing' brain to manage a game now. But... do I want to find out that I'm wrong, not so sure.
He would score goals. He would create. Maybe not week in week out but then occasionally would be better than what we currently have.
I miss the maverick in todays game. He was the only true genius we've had in decades and judging by that video he's still go it.
I totally get what you mean though. Let the good memories stay as memories rather than him blot his copy book.
I'd still be tempted by a cheeky loan spell.
All pointless conversation though because as someone else said, why swap the no pressure big bucks in the sunshine for pocket change and a relegation battle in wet West London.
What a dream of a player. I think some of those skills would light up the Championship again. His speed of execution once ripped up this league, and although he might not hit those heady heights again, he would definitely enhance our forward play considerably.
Man alive, how good could this guy have been on the biggest stages in his prime? Feel blessed to have seen him at LR, and a little sorry he didn't fully apply himself in our Prem days and beyond.
You inow, i dream that sanity would prevail and we got Adel back, if only to teach certain players how to be as good as he was.
But to have him back in our team with Armstrong learning how to stay onside, and place a ball into the top left or right hand corner, and maybe ( just maybe) a rejuvinated Dykes (although i've never rated him) scoring goals, i'd be made up.
Mind you, Chair would have to pull his lazy ass socks up, or sell him for a sherbert dab, and a quarter of all sorts as thats probably all we will get for him, and good riddance i'd say.
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