Joselu close to a move

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Very close to moving to Spain
Thank fk for that

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Shocking player.

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Another ****e player forced on Rafa

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Aye....the list is huge...and includes Wanquillo.

Will be nice for Rafa to be able to go after his first choice players for once (assuming this takeover goes ahead)

[bix01]

I know I'm going to get loads of stick for this but here goes - he was never good enough but at least he put a shift in, to a certain extent could hold the ball up and certainly took the hits from opposition defenders. He couldn't hit a barn door with but when you look back to some of the genuinely talented but equally lazy forwards we've had over the years - Viduka & Kluivert spring to mind - he deserves a bit of credit. Still needs to go though!

[ex_pat_magpie]

I know I'm going to get loads of stick for this but here goes - he was never good enough but at least he put a shift in, to a certain extent could hold the ball up and certainly took the hits from opposition defenders. He couldn't hit a barn door with but when you look back to some of the genuinely talented but equally lazy forwards we've had over the years - Viduka & Kluivert spring to mind - he deserves a bit of credit. Still needs to go though!

Sums him up fairly.

[Jammy89]

I know I'm going to get loads of stick for this but here goes - he was never good enough but at least he put a shift in, to a certain extent could hold the ball up and certainly took the hits from opposition defenders. He couldn't hit a barn door with but when you look back to some of the genuinely talented but equally lazy forwards we've had over the years - Viduka & Kluivert spring to mind - he deserves a bit of credit. Still needs to go though!

Agreed.

Not good enough but didn't shirk.

[usedtobeshearer]

I know I'm going to get loads of stick for this but here goes - he was never good enough but at least he put a shift in, to a certain extent could hold the ball up and certainly took the hits from opposition defenders. He couldn't hit a barn door with but when you look back to some of the genuinely talented but equally lazy forwards we've had over the years - Viduka & Kluivert spring to mind - he deserves a bit of credit. Still needs to go though!

No its not his fault he's a terrible footballer and we signed him. I wish him all the best. But he will still go down as one of the worst ever strikers to play for us.

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I know I'm going to get loads of stick for this but here goes - he was never good enough but at least he put a shift in, to a certain extent could hold the ball up and certainly took the hits from opposition defenders. He couldn't hit a barn door with but when you look back to some of the genuinely talented but equally lazy forwards we've had over the years - Viduka & Kluivert spring to mind - he deserves a bit of credit. Still needs to go though!

No stick, mate. I don't think any of us have anything against him on a personal level or have any gripes about his effort, etc. It's just that, unfortunately for him, he was symptomatic of everything that was wrong with the Ashley regime-shocking quality, cheapest option available, a player to take us backwards let alone tread water.

Mind, I agree we've had worse. The two you mention had an appalling attitude whilst I'd add Riviere as a far worse player.

[ghostrider]

Joselu certainly hasn't done what we all thought he was bought for, but then again It's hard to actually know what Rafa bought him for, because, to me, he looked more like a defender from the front more than a striker on the front foot.

Rafa bought him, Rafa used him for an overall purpose which was more back foot than front foot.
Basically any striker in that position would have suffered at the time and the way Rafa played his system which was first and foremost, to defend.

Having said that, Joselu had no pace, so was hardly in any position to cause defenders problems in any counter.
What he did do well, was graft for the Rafa cause.
Even as a sub he was brought on to shore a game up, not to change the game in our favour, goal wise.

On that note I'd say Joselu has more than served the purpose Rafa bought him for. Unfortunately the football (at the time) served up was so over cautious, most top strikers would've struggled, in my opinion.