ponsaelius Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 Just now, Amir_9 said: Feel sorry for him, he has been such a spark in a shit season. Hope we continue to build around him and diversify our patterns of play. He has had moments but he's as much to blame for the shit season as anybody tbh. He's painfully slow, weak in every challenge despite his size, doesn't hold the ball up - and the whole team is 10 yards deeper as a result of all of this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir_9 Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 (edited) 4 minutes ago, ponsaelius said: He has had moments but he's as much to blame for the shit season as anybody tbh. He's painfully slow, weak in every challenge despite his size, doesn't hold the ball up - and the whole team is 10 yards deeper as a result of all of this. He's still adapting to a new league, when you consider other major striker signings for other teams this year he is above average with a very high potential and ceiling. Today was his worst game for us but those around him with more experience in this league and his coach that has absolutely no plan 'B' are more to blame for me. Edited December 14, 2025 by Amir_9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 Had my fill of him before today but fuck me. Never has a 6 ft 7 player been completely fucking unable to win a header or hold up the ball. You're in the fastest, most physical league in the world, it's sink or swim like. We could get the ball into his feet more in tight areas, but I've not seen him fashion a chance with his feet once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novocastrian Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 He’s knackered. The end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Doctor Zaius said: Had my fill of him before today but fuck me. Never has a 6 ft 7 player been completely fucking unable to win a header or hold up the ball. You're in the fastest, most physical league in the world, it's sink or swim like. We could get the ball into his feet more in tight areas, but I've not seen him fashion a chance with his feet once. Fashion a chance for who? Our whole front three are miss firing. As a collective they've been poor. Woltemade technically is class but there is zero movement around him. Elanga and Gordon should be the perfect foil to feed of his threw balls. But the three have yet to click. Edited December 14, 2025 by duo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 He just doesn't fit our style of play. Whatever that is these days. He's done well to score the goals he has tbh, but he won't be able to keep that up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandrotastico Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 6 minutes ago, Novocastrian said: He’s knackered. The end. He did not attempt to do any of the above since day one. Great technical 'baller' but MIA as a hold up striker in a 433 - And I've not seen a player with less fight since Andreas Anderson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 1 minute ago, duo said: Fashion a chance for who? Our whole front three are miss firing. As a collective they've been poor. Woltemade technically is class but there is zero movement around him. Elanga and Gordon should be the perfect foil to feed of his threw balls. But the three have yet to click. Himself? He's thus yet not managed to find a bit of space and get a shot away in a premier league game and we're in fucking December like. If Woltemade can't win headers, can't hold the ball up, can't run in behind and can't make chances for himself, we're quite limited in what we can do, even if we're not using him right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 He is obviously fatigued. Not trying to defend for him but he really need a rest. Wissa gotta start next game and this is for Nicks own good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 8 minutes ago, Novocastrian said: He’s knackered. The end. He is, but we are not getting the best out of him with the way we are playing. We need to change some things to make this work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 I haven't been convinced by him for a moment tbf, and the irony is that - for all the criticism of the transfer window - I wouldn't surprised if he turns out to be the worst of the lot, because he cost a ludicrous amount and doesn't look suited to the league at all. Thiaw is good, Ramsey and Wissa will find their feet (I predict)... Elanga probably saves him but you never know, he does have a good track record at this level. He just offers absolutely fuck all. Won't attack the ball, can't press, can't run beyond a defender, can't find space in the box. Absolutely useless atm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novocastrian Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 1 minute ago, Sandrotastico said: He did not attempt to do any of the above since day one. Great technical 'baller' but MIA as a hold up striker in a 433 - And I've not seen a player with less fight since Andreas Anderson. He’d score shit loads in a functional team. He’s young and still developing. I genuinely think the recent drop off is primarily tiredness. He’s been flogged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 He’s a really good footballer who will thrive somewhere but bloody hell he’s looked so poor recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBingo Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 Just now, Yorkie said: I haven't been convinced by him for a moment tbf, and the irony is that - for all the criticism of the transfer window - I wouldn't surprised if he turns out to be the worst of the lot, because he cost a ludicrous amount and doesn't look suited to the league at all. Thiaw is good, Ramsey and Wissa will find their feet (I predict)... Elanga probably saves him but you never know, he does have a good track record at this level. He just offers absolutely fuck all. Won't attack the ball, can't press, can't run beyond a defender, can't find space in the box. Absolutely useless atm. He does all of those things for Germany, so clearly the way we play isn't getting the best out of him (or anyone else for that matter) as opposed to him being shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 It's a concern that he's pretty much a passenger unless the ball is hit straight to his feet as he can't win headers and can't run onto anything Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack14Bojangles Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 4 minutes ago, Sandrotastico said: He did not attempt to do any of the above since day one. Great technical 'baller' but MIA as a hold up striker in a 433 - And I've not seen a player with less fight since Andreas Anderson. What? You didn't see Mesut Özil or Kai Havertz?! Nick's a berserker compared to them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 22 minutes ago, ponsaelius said: He has had moments but he's as much to blame for the shit season as anybody tbh. He's painfully slow, weak in every challenge despite his size, doesn't hold the ball up - and the whole team is 10 yards deeper as a result of all of this. Couldn't agree more. His honeymoon period is over. He was abysmal today. The first and only header he won all day ends in our net. However, forget about the own goal for a minute, his overall play was shocking. Against a very poor team also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 Did look like he was just about to celebrate when that goal went in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 6 minutes ago, Yorkie said: I haven't been convinced by him for a moment tbf, and the irony is that - for all the criticism of the transfer window - I wouldn't surprised if he turns out to be the worst of the lot, because he cost a ludicrous amount and doesn't look suited to the league at all. Thiaw is good, Ramsey and Wissa will find their feet (I predict)... Elanga probably saves him but you never know, he does have a good track record at this level. He just offers absolutely fuck all. Won't attack the ball, can't press, can't run beyond a defender, can't find space in the box. Absolutely useless atm. I think that's a tad harsh on the lad - it wasn't that long ago everyone was singing his praises. He's technically excellent, has good vision, can pick a pass - our biggest issue is that he's not a 9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewel Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 He was always supposed to be eased in slowly, but Wissa getting injured fucked up those plans. He's been thrown into the deep end in a league that he's not used to. That, and being flogged to death by playing every single game, including internationals, hasn't helped him one bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Prontonise Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 8 minutes ago, Yorkie said: I haven't been convinced by him for a moment tbf, and the irony is that - for all the criticism of the transfer window - I wouldn't surprised if he turns out to be the worst of the lot, because he cost a ludicrous amount and doesn't look suited to the league at all. Thiaw is good, Ramsey and Wissa will find their feet (I predict)... Elanga probably saves him but you never know, he does have a good track record at this level. He just offers absolutely fuck all. Won't attack the ball, can't press, can't run beyond a defender, can't find space in the box. Absolutely useless atm. Yeah I see where you're coming from. He's hit the ground running but I think it's masked some big flaws in terms of him being a striker. I think he's a lovely footballer but not a striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 He needs a team who dominates the ball and plays most of the game with 7-8 players constantly in the opposition's final third, in the way Bayern or City do, even Liverpool ironically. It's frustrating watching him being asked to chase down players and contest mostly aimless percentage long distance passes, and occasionally trying to run onto stray balls and not having the pace to make it. We're a million miles away from being a team who can make use of his obvious talents. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack14Bojangles Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Yorkie said: I haven't been convinced by him for a moment tbf, and the irony is that - for all the criticism of the transfer window - I wouldn't surprised if he turns out to be the worst of the lot, because he cost a ludicrous amount and doesn't look suited to the league at all. Thiaw is good, Ramsey and Wissa will find their feet (I predict)... Elanga probably saves him but you never know, he does have a good track record at this level. He just offers absolutely fuck all. Won't attack the ball, can't press, can't run beyond a defender, can't find space in the box. Absolutely useless atm. To attribute even more competence to Elanga than to Nick is, in my opinion, incredible. Shame on you, forgetting everything Nick accomplished in the first two months? Elanga is the biggest flop of all the acquisitions. Edited December 14, 2025 by Jack14Bojangles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 10 minutes ago, Yorkie said: I haven't been convinced by him for a moment tbf, and the irony is that - for all the criticism of the transfer window - I wouldn't surprised if he turns out to be the worst of the lot, because he cost a ludicrous amount and doesn't look suited to the league at all. Thiaw is good, Ramsey and Wissa will find their feet (I predict)... Elanga probably saves him but you never know, he does have a good track record at this level. He just offers absolutely fuck all. Won't attack the ball, can't press, can't run beyond a defender, can't find space in the box. Absolutely useless atm. Seems to have been clearly told to stop dropping deep of recent, too. It's the best part of his game and we aren't even seeing it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted December 14, 2025 Share Posted December 14, 2025 Deserves a pass this lad imo. Wouldn’t have played anywhere near as much as he has had Wissa not been injured. He’s been largely dogshit these last few games, but he’s no doubt exhausted. He needs taking out for a few games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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