Ayozé Pérez (now playing for Real Betis)

[Sean]

We were much better with than without him last season, but we don't have any competition for his place so thats not all that surprising really in that context. We need an alternative but we won't get one.

[mrmojorisin75]

There are those that look at the form of Diame and Shelvey in the back half of the season and extrapolate that into next season, but it seems few people do the same with Ayoze.

 

He was phenomenal towards the end - didn’t he score something like five in ten at one stage? Many people have a #10 high on their wishlist, but he’s one of the first picked for me. I’m hopeful that one more season under Rafa could really push him to the next level.

 

He has a great eye for goal and good positioning up top. He just doesn't feel right for me at #10 but I don't know where he properly fits in with our formation. He doesn't look bad up top but he is too lightweight and gets marked out of the game. Arguably his best form for me was when he was out wide up top in his first season or so but we have better players for there now.

 

Those stats don't lie though if he can keep that kind of form up, remembering he looked invisible for much of the season, lightweight and sloppy in possession at times, maybe he would be ok still starting for us at 10. I think for me its lofty expectation of wanting a Hatem with trickery, creativity and ability to score blinding goals or create them out of nothing. Ironic when his best play also came from out wide. We simply won't pay for a player that can do that and Ayoze will give his all.

 

IF (as we all know this looks like it isn't happening as usual) we come out of the window with a top draw or pretty decent front man that can actually create some space and hold up the ball we might see a greater improvement of Ayoze as a secondary striker too.

 

I think he has just never settled and had the chance to settle into any true position. I am not against keeping him there if he continues his form I just hope we also get someone else capable of playing there.

 

i think the difference was kenedy personally, before that he was expected to be too creative in a proper number 10 mould but his success in the later part of the season imo came from the freedom was given to be a second striker getting in goalscoring positions

 

if he's played like that again and we have kenedy/ritchie/shelvey doing the the creating i see no reason why he can't continue to get in good positions and push for double figures

[joeyt]

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-uniteds-ayoze-perez-watched-14934158.amp?__twitter_impression=true

 

Going to be watched by Luis Enrique. Also says there's interest from some Spanish clubs

[CaliMag]

25 Today.

I also learned on .COM that he has 30 goals from 100 appearances in the league. Better than I thought.

[hakka]

Dat training ground finish! 

 

I'm looking forward to seeing if Perez will keep his great form from 2018 going.

[Raconteur]

I said on his birthday thread on FB that he’ll be a £40m player by the end of the season. I don’t really think it’s that bold a claim.

[Shadow Puppets]

I said on his birthday thread on FB that he’ll be a £40m player by the end of the season. I don’t really think it’s that bold a claim.

 

[TBG]

Maybe £39M in today's inflated market, but definitely not £40m

[mighty__mag]

Complete fanny this lad.

[1892er]

I've never been sold on Perez. I want so much to like him and for him to succeed but for me he's never going to be anything other than a poor striker. He's got technical ability but it's not enough to make up for the glaring weaknesses in his game. I can't see us ever getting anywhere long term as long as he's playing in our starting 11.

[HaydnNUFC]

One of the most average of a lifting bunch before his sub imo.

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

He got two close range shots on target which the Cardiff goalkeeper blocked. Better than any of our other players managed from an attacking point of view. That Shelvey pass wasn't the easiest to control so he did well to get the shot away.

[TRon]

One of those games where he kept losing the ball in great positions due to wanting an extra touch. Kenedy was the same. That said, lumping the ball long is never going to get the best out of these type of players.

[triggs]

Really don't think he's a number 10 at all, terrible at keeping it in tight spaces but good at getting into positions to score further forward

[Deuce]

Really don't think he's a number 10 at all, terrible at keeping it in tight spaces but good at getting into positions to score further forward

 

Agreed, but he’s the best non-#10 we have

[Gottlob]

I still think he has the most difficult role in our side, asked to be the creative fulcrum high up the pitch, a goalscorer, and more often than not the person responsible for dragging us forward and keeping the ball on the break - without a lot of support from fairly deep-lying central midfielders, our shoddy selection of strikers, and wingers who tend to keep the width. There's no doubt he loses the ball a lot, but I think even when he has a poor game he tends to be responsible for some of our best attacking moments, the odd give-and-go or break beyond the defensive line, and I'm less confident of us scoring when he's not on the pitch.

 

If Kenedy's going to miss a few games, it's a good opportunity to try Perez alongside Muto, another player who will press high up the pitch and make more direct runs at and beyond the opposition's defence.

[Infinitely Content]

Good post

[Guest neesy111]

5th season at the club.  He really should be consistent and much improved since he first joined but is he?

[Menace]

If he was at Tottenham he'd be class.

[TRon]

5th season at the club.  He really should be consistent and much improved since he first joined but is he?

 

No.

[ujpest doza]

Should have scored when he was through after nicking the ball off the centre half in the first half. Tame back pass to the keeper in the end.

[geordiedean]

So weak so infuriating hate this fella being in the team

[Disco]

Just gone up in my estimation.

[Newcastle Fan]

He's really not offering anything at the moment, we need to look at other options.

[Raconteur]

Another player whose form is well below the back end of last season. Doesn't seem to be right in the head to me. We need him in form, perhaps more so than Kenedy.