I don’t think so mate with this squad we are to unpredictable.
Regarding some of the ex squad who left who are at Tranmere now, it’s going great for them isn’t it…
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Some of them not coming back will help tremendously i.e Mr Liddle
As we can’t go out and pay for the Eoin Doyle’s of this world ,A target man is a must. We simply do not make the ball stick
I’m assuming this what meant to be Adebayo but less said about that the better
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Reference Adebayo and Marcus Stewart I would probably say in Stewarts defence you can try as hard as you can with a striker improving certain things and working on him but if the striker doesn’t have that natural instinct strikers need of being in the right place at the right time you cant really train that in to them just a thought
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I don’t really buy into the Adebayo criticism. When you look at scoring rates in the league he’s actually not far off Lavery and better than Josh Gordon:
Lavery 8 Goals in 2017 minutes (252 minutes per goal)
Gordon 7 Goals in 2065 minutes (295 minutes per goal, admittedly some played outwide)
Adebayo 5 Goals in 1330 minutes (266 minutes per goal)
He also has a better shots on target ratio than the other two (58 percent to 57 and 53 respectively). (stats from BBC website).
All in all, 20 goals at this point of the season for all three is about as good a return as you can expect considering the number of chances a game we create. Yeah they’ve missed chances but you are going to get that in League Two. I think only having one winger and no creative midfielders is far more of an issue.
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Stats do shock you sometimes. I am not being funny but it does feel like Lav is way better than the other 2.
I totally agree, I’m not saying he’s better than either of them in fact and I also agree stats don’t tell the whole story.
What I do think is some of the criticism is over the top and we have bigger issues in this squad than Adebayo. That’s what I take from those stats.
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With our finances the only way we’re going to be successful is by following the “Crewe model”, we need to be getting game time into whatever talented youngsters we have, certainly Bates and Perry. And going forward we need to sign our own equivalent of their Powell and Porter, ie. experienced forwards, one of whom can lead the line when necessary, the other positionally versatile. Forget 4 and 5 signings, and scale down the use of all these loan players, get a couple of quality experienced forwards in. If Crewe can do it on their budget there’s no reason why we can’t, its just good management over time that’s got them where they are.
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Those stats make Adebayo look quite good how you managed it I don’t know 
but you did.
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The club have announced we wont be attempting it this year but we might next ( if we all buy season tickets),
This. He’s clearly having a bad run of games, but he’s nowhere near as bad as some people are making out.
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Sorry, but yes he is, can’t shoot, can’t tackle (except himself) runs down blind alleys, adds nothing to the squad. His goals have been tap in’s at best, when he very occasionally does manage that!
How many reports from games have watchers said " If Adebayo had got that open goal it would have been a different match"
The lad will never make a footballer, end of. Notwithstanding oblique stats.
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Adebayo is very poor. I don’t understand how anybody can say he’s in poor form at the moment. When has he ever been in good form?
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Sorry but if we are serious about getting out of this league , he is not the answer
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He can’t even win uncontested headers, pretty bad for someone 6’4"!
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I’ve said it before, from a yard out he’s as good a finisher as any of our strikers.
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No, you’re wrong. Adebayo was signed to give us all a laugh and make us think that Guffney isn’t that bad after all. We must get rid of Adebayo, Guffney and Guthrie at the end of the season.
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My fear is that Guthrie is on a 2 year deal .
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In which case, Clarke deserves credit for a successful signing.
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