jagfox Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 28 minutes ago, 1nickydevlin said: How is tomi ? Behind Brian Graham Like Dowds he's got an eye for goal when he gets a chance. Will start Saturday against QP. A chance to grab the jersey from BBG for a while. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted November 21, 2023 Author Share Posted November 21, 2023 If we can get Dowds tied up in January on a contract longer than six months I’ll be delighted. Makes a huge difference having a recognised striker signed up at this level as we won’t be scrambling around looking for someone next summer. Fully expecting a clear out in all areas over the summer so if we can have a core group tied up of player who are tried and tested at this level it would be a big boost. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railwayend Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 Tomi is a professional footballer who has never completed a pre season. but is a damn decent striker . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 18 minutes ago, jagfox said: Behind Brian Graham Like Dowds he's got an eye for goal when he gets a chance. Will start Saturday against QP. A chance to grab the jersey from BBG for a while. Has he brought as much drama to the Thistle team as he did to the Ayr one? He reminds me of the Brazilian Kaiser, moaned about not getting a game, then was injured when he did get a game, gets a move to a league club in the summer after months of drama and weird comments from him and his agent then gets injured and barely plays for his new club. Like Kaiser, he wants to be a footballer but not really playing football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 1 minute ago, D'Jaffo said: If we can get Dowds tied up in January on a contract longer than six months I’ll be delighted. Makes a huge difference having a recognised striker signed up at this level as we won’t be scrambling around looking for someone next summer. Fully expecting a clear out in all areas over the summer so if we can have a core group tied up of player who are tried and tested at this level it would be a big boost. Hopefully Thistle are happy to get him off the wage bill in January and we sign him on January 1st. Chalmers, either Dundee United have half an eye on recalling him or they are attempting to play silly buggers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railwayend Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said: we can get Dowds tied up in January on a contract longer than six months I’ll be delighted. Makes a huge difference having a recognised striker signed up at this level as we won’t be scrambling around looking for someone next summer. Fully expecting a clear out in all areas over the summer so if we can have a core group tied up of player who are tried and tested at this level it would be a big boost. There must be other players not in the plants at other Championship clubs . Wouldn’t say no to another striker coming in , as well as Dowds ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 19 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said: Has he brought as much drama to the Thistle team as he did to the Ayr one? . Nothing to report on that score. Again well behind Brian Graham on that score... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 Tomi was the one bright spark in a god awful team. Almost single handedly keeping that team up. I continue to wish him well. He had a positive impact at the club and many worse players get an easier ride from sections of our support. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, Trogdor said: Tomi was the one bright spark in a god awful team. Almost single handedly keeping that team up. I continue to wish him well. He had a positive impact at the club and many worse players get an easier ride from sections of our support. Early days to judge I guess, but I think Dowds/Adeloye are probably similar levels of championship striker. Tomi possibly a bit more ability to take the ball in and chuck folk about, whereas Dowds has more about him work rate/fitness wise. It’s obviously hard to compare directly given the utter shit Adeloye played with, compared to the likes of Murphy and Chalmers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muZZa__44 Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 1 minute ago, No_Problemo said: Early days to judge I guess, but I think Dowds/Adeloye are probably similar levels of championship striker. Tomi possibly a bit more ability to take the ball in and chuck folk about, whereas Dowds has more about him work rate/fitness wise. It’s obviously hard to compare directly given the utter shit Adeloye played with, compared to the likes of Murphy and Chalmers. The things I would do for a strike force of Adeloye and Dipo with support from Chalmers and Murphy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 19 minutes ago, muZZa__44 said: The things I would do for a strike force of Adeloye and Dipo with support from Chalmers and Murphy You would hate to be in that central midfield or defence, but still - it would be fun! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted November 21, 2023 Author Share Posted November 21, 2023 20 minutes ago, No_Problemo said: Early days to judge I guess, but I think Dowds/Adeloye are probably similar levels of championship striker. Tomi possibly a bit more ability to take the ball in and chuck folk about, whereas Dowds has more about him work rate/fitness wise. It’s obviously hard to compare directly given the utter shit Adeloye played with, compared to the likes of Murphy and Chalmers. I think Dowds’ finishing is that wee bit better as well. I can’t quite remember all his goals but Tomi very rarely put his foot through the ball to burst the net. Quite often his shots were placed and easy to save at times. Dowds has shown that he can score a lot of different types of goals. Adeloye is better with the ball at his feet however although this sometimes led to him holding onto the ball for too long when he should’ve passed. As you say though he didn’t exactly have many good options to be passing to in that team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 35 minutes ago, muZZa__44 said: The things I would do for a strike force of Adeloye and Dipo with support from Chalmers and Murphy ^BGM, when he watches McKenzie, Ashford et al cover those yards in training! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott-ish Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 I liked big Tomi, could never understand the stick he got. Yes he was lazy and a lot of the time he kept the ball through being big and awkward rather than skillful but still, he scored goals and had a bit of charisma. I'll always wish him well. Even if just for running k***ie ragged at RP when he came on. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muZZa__44 Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 22 minutes ago, Scott-ish said: I liked big Tomi, could never understand the stick he got. Yes he was lazy and a lot of the time he kept the ball through being big and awkward rather than skillful but still, he scored goals and had a bit of charisma. I'll always wish him well. Even if just for running k***ie ragged at RP when he came on. I never understood the lazy comments cause from what I saw he’s not a Dipo/McKenzie/Ashford who could go and run about for 90 minutes was never his style and we most games just left him up top by himself he worked best when paired with Ashford for a bit up top who could do the running for him 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 50 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said: I think Dowds’ finishing is that wee bit better as well. I can’t quite remember all his goals but Tomi very rarely put his foot through the ball to burst the net. Quite often his shots were placed and easy to save at times. Dowds has shown that he can score a lot of different types of goals. Adeloye is better with the ball at his feet however although this sometimes led to him holding onto the ball for too long when he should’ve passed. As you say though he didn’t exactly have many good options to be passing to in that team. Dowds absolutely loves a blasted finish - it is very aesthetically pleasing! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliayr76 Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 I was wondering if thay have calendar this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Adeloye was one of those strange players that you could tell within the first 5 minutes of a game how well he was going to play. I think Dowds is an above average Championship striker at best, but there is a nagging feeling with Adeloye that there is real ability there that no one has yet completely unlocked. Given his age, the boat has probably sailed in terms of his development and he will play out his remaining career as a real enigma. I’d be delighted if he was at Ayr given we only have one striker who can actually score goals at the moment, but less sure he’s what we would need longer term. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 As others have said, always wish Tomi well. He was pretty much the reason we didn't get relegated that season. Dowds is also a decent enough striker for this level, I think his output over the course of the season will probably be similar or slightly greater than Adeloye. Ayr supporters have a habit of developing ridiculous views on strikers. I spoke to someone the other day who genuinely insisted that Akinyemi was the most overrated player he has ever seen, that he was incredibly lazy and that he was glad he left. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 14 minutes ago, AuAl said: As others have said, always wish Tomi well. He was pretty much the reason we didn't get relegated that season. Dowds is also a decent enough striker for this level, I think his output over the course of the season will probably be similar or slightly greater than Adeloye. Ayr supporters have a habit of developing ridiculous views on strikers. I spoke to someone the other day who genuinely insisted that Akinyemi was the most overrated player he has ever seen, that he was incredibly lazy and that he was glad he left. Hahaha, that is an impressive football opinion that one… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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