watching abbott today, worst striker i have seen at charlton for an age, cannot dribble, cannot jump for headers, only thing he can do is stick his bum into defenders and lumber around on the pitch looking absolutley knackered after a 10 metre 'sprint' of his.
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weren't there today though
Benson has show improvement because he's had a run in the side. Abbott has not. Given a chance I think Abbott could score 15+ goals this season and in my opinion is a better forward than Benson. Time will tell I suppose.
My concern is that he is another Andy Gray,just does not settle down south. A goal at League level may change him around completely as has been the case with Benno. And hopefully we'll be singing
You put your left foot in
your left foot out
in, out, in, out
you shake it all about
you do the Pawel Abbott
and you turn around
thats what its all about.
ohhhhh the Pawel Abbott
ohhhhh the Pawel Abbott
left foot, right foot
goal, goal, goal
I think you'll find he has plenty of ability to play football, generally a decent touch, can lay the ball off well ......and has scored regularly all through his career, including 24 goals for Huddersfield Town 5 years ago. He even scored 13 goals as the lone forward in Oldham's dismal close to relegation 4-5-1 formation last season.
Pace isn't his main asset though, and if he was quicker (and fitter) he could no doubt do a job again in the CHampionship.
But my gut feeling is something isn't right at the moment; Parky said some strange things about him a month ago, then coincedentally a day or so later Abbott himself featured on the OS emphasising all the right things expected of him.
So something has evidently been said behind the scenes. And there's no doubt in my mind that Abbott is carrying too much lard at the moment; as we can all see, he just doesn't look fit.
I think Akpo offers more than him but doesn't seem to get a look in.
Benson may have had a slow start but did miss a few chances (Tranmere away, Daggers JPT for example) and was getting into the positions. Abbott does not seem to be doing the same which is owrrying. Not really sure he brings enough to the team when he plays.
Stupid scapegoating from people who can't distinguish between a bad game and a bad player.
Already we've seen wagstaff, solly, mccormack, francis and benson written off this season and only this week elliot was the worst keeper in this division and described as non-league.
Get some fricking perspective.
As shit as abbott may have become at the charlton fat club , there is no way akpo is better. ,never , no way , there is no such thing
I thought abbott looked decent early on , orient away he grafted his socks off but he has gone off the boil
As shit as abbott may have become at the charlton fat club , there is no way akpo is better. ,never , no way , there is no such thing
I thought abbott looked decent early on , orient away he grafted his socks off but he has gone off the boil
Minus points: No pace. Something isn't right. Too much lard. Doesn't look fit.
Good fricking perspective and Oggy is pretty much spot on, on both sides of the equation, I suspect.
The lard and lack of fitness probably rule him out of contention at the moment. Which as long as Ayinsah and Benson stay fit, need not be a problem.
Whether he's better than Akpo, I'd say the jury is still out.
Having watched him at Orient and seen the effort he put in at MK Dons, I don't doubt that there is a player in there somewhere, we just aren't seeing it at the moment.
Wtf. Stupid soccer am language
(Would that make him a France international....?)
Dunno about that. I remember being quite impressed with him v Orient.
I'd agree that he's not the same player at the moment and shouldn't be near the team.
As Oggy says, ''something isn't right''.
I also think Kap's Andy Gray comparison is insightful - and given what a flop AG was for us, potentially a rather alarming analogy.
And, yes, what does 'tekkerless' mean? I've never watched Soccer am or whatever it is. I googled the word - and the only thing that came up was this thread!
I was there today. When he came on he was "shit". But that's one game. The fella hasn't played since when? And then he hhit the bar.
Benson was "shit" a couple of weeks ago. I like to think (hope?) That maybe Parky knows what he's doing anf woll give this fella a slight chance before slagging him off in public. I hope, but then not everyone is as pissed in a pub in the west end as me just now!
(And this is meant in a nice jokey way - cos I'm bashed!)
I also agree that he needs to lose weight...doesn't look fit and recent performances back that up.
Hopefully he'll sort it out and we can move on to the next scapegoat!