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Jermaine Defoe - Poorest signing in recent memory

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One of only a few decent players we have, therefore it's up to the manager to play a system which suits him.
Some of the useless knackers who get picked before him is beyond belief.
 
toosb said:
That's some hangover Morny will have this morning
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:lol: I didn't have any drink last night.

I admit that the thread title was ott, and not representative of the point I was making.

I stand by my view he's been a poor signing, for all the reasons I've already went into. Now gonna a it back and wait for the day shifters to rip me to pieces!
 
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Controversial view, but his signing has been a disaster.

Not so much as a player: despite being four years past his (pretty average) best, he's still our best goalscorer and an alright player.

But he turned Poyet's grinding, but solid, team into a complete shambles as Gus fannied about trying to find a way to accommodate him in the side. Convinced if he hadn't signed, we would have ground out a dull survival, Poyet would still be manager and we'd be moving on with a actual philosophy and at least trying to play good football.

Even after Poyet, Advocaat was at a complete loss how to us him, and now Allardyce his.

He's on unspeakable wages, until he's about 63, and three managers in a row have basically admitted there's no way to fit him into our side.

A genuinely, catastrophically awful signing, which we didn't need and didn't fit, which is the biggest shambles of the whole Congerton era of awfulness.
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His goals kept us up last season. His goal scoring record here is decent TBH
 
Morny said:
:lol: I didn't have any drink last night.

I admit that the thread title was ott, and not representative of the point I was making.

I stand by my view he's been a poor signing, for all the reasons I've already went into. Now gonna a it back and wait for the day shifters to rip me to pieces!
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Just had a read through and amazing how many posters miss your point.
 
Morny said:
:lol: I didn't have any drink last night.

I admit that the thread title was ott, and not representative of the point I was making.

I stand by my view he's been a poor signing, for all the reasons I've already went into. Now gonna a it back and wait for the day shifters to rip me to pieces!
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It's true that we sign players without any plan of how to use them. Another example is Sessegnon.
 
Morny said:
:lol: I didn't have any drink last night.

I admit that the thread title was ott, and not representative of the point I was making.

I stand by my view he's been a poor signing, for all the reasons I've already went into. Now gonna a it back and wait for the day shifters to rip me to pieces!
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And rightly so!
 
Dexter said:
I think the OP has gone a little overboard with the thread title, but I completely agree with the sentiment. There's absolutely no way to get him in the team without either playing him out of position or sacrificing our already fragile midfield; all this for a bloke who's 33 and probably on upwards of 70k p/w.

And while he might be our best goalscorer, let's not forget some of the absolutely criminal chances he's missed in his time here. I said it all summer that I wanted us to sell him and bring in someone who would fit the way we play, but instead we're lumbered with a player we can't possibly get the best out of. Like everything SAFC related these days, it's a shambles.
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Yep, this is my view too.
 
The fact that he was signed in January 2015 and he's on to his 3rd manager speaks volumes about the way this club is ran.

Not the poorest signing for me he is a victim of the fact the club is so short sighted and he doesn't seem to fit with Big Sams plans. Million miles better than Jozy though
 
The OP has attempted to start a debate which very few seem to want to take part in. Most seem to have missed the point. It was an expensive fairly desperate signing and one that appeared not to sit too well with Poyet. He has scored some important goals which helped to keep us up, but he is now an expensive luxury that we can't afford. If he got a long run in the team people would be on here slagging him off. His overall play last season was poor and he should not be what we are building a team around.
 
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