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Absolutely not. 

 

Unbelievably frustrating player that I could live with because he played an important role and served a purpose in a team regularly struggling to stay up.

 

Much like Rafa, choosing him when you're in a position of being able to potentially choose anyone is just sadism.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Interpolic said:

Would 100% take him back as a squad player, not that I think it will happen or anything. His ability to play across the front to a decent level would be extremely useful. 

I think he’d be superb in a more fluid attack under someone like Howe.

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6 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Absolutely not. 

 

Unbelievably frustrating player that I could live with because he played an important role and served a purpose in a team regularly struggling to stay up.

 

Much like Rafa, choosing him when you're in a position of being able to potentially choose anyone is just sadism.

 

 

 

Think unbelievably frustrating is a bit harsh like. I really liked him, he always gave everything, he was versatile and he had good technique. End product let him down and it felt like he didn’t ever reach the level he could have

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7 minutes ago, gbandit said:

Think unbelievably frustrating is a bit harsh like. I really liked him, he always gave everything, he was versatile and he had good technique. End product let him down and it felt like he didn’t ever reach the level he could have

 

He frustrated the fuck out of me most of the time tbh. I accepted it and at times liked him because he played such an important part of Rafa's set up and would eventually go on nice runs of form, but it felt like to get there you had to put up with loads of misplaced passes and directionless dribbling that ended up with him losing the ball.

 

It was especially frustrating when paired with us having really low possession.

 

Either way Newcastle should definitely be aiming for better.

 

 

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On 10/02/2022 at 10:56, Kid Icarus said:

 

He frustrated the fuck out of me most of the time tbh. I accepted it and at times liked him because he played such an important part of Rafa's set up and would eventually go on nice runs of form, but it felt like to get there you had to put up with loads of misplaced passes and directionless dribbling that ended up with him losing the ball.

 

It was especially frustrating when paired with us having really low possession.

 

Either way Newcastle should definitely be aiming for better.

 

 

 

 

This is totally valid, but there were also a couple seasons there before ASM where the only real reason to watch the games was that you might see Ayoze do something cool.

 

He didn't score a ton and he could be frustrating, but he also scored some really slick goals and was the only bright spot in a team of absolute cloggers for a while there.

 

I overrate Ayoze's impact for sure, but he'll always be one of my favorites from that era.

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1 hour ago, Darth Crooks said:

I always found the criticism of him being somehow lazy very odd.

In all fairness, he did at times have a tendency to make the last bit of movement which would put him in a good position. Say for example he had the ball in a central position, then passed it wide, he wouldn’t make that run into the box behind the defender to receive the ball again.

 

He also suffered by not having a clearly defined position. He wasn’t a forward, yet wasn’t a wide a player. Nor was he a true number 10 either.

 

He’s essentially wasted his career, he could have been so much better. Maybe he never had the right coach, maybe he never had the desire. I don’t know the answer, but I’d like to think that he had the ability to be better. Maybe going back to Spain will help him.

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He was practically a child with a massive responsibility and massively exceeded his expectations. 

 

He left for Leicester under a cloud. He's had his fun and the financial situations make that move look silly but no one can blame him for leaving the old regime. 

 

I liked him most of the time. (But I bet I slagged him off in this thread several times :lol:)

 

 

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