Dan Assane Ndoye of SWITZERLAND

Larry Lansbury said:
I think one of the missing links for Glasner is the other number10 - he clearly wants someone with pace to stretch the lines etc but Ndoye has pace but seems not m the quality. I like Jesus, brings a lot but not sure if his style is what Glasner wants as he drops deep at times.
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He may have a high top speed but not over short distances. Add in he's slow of thought, weak and timid and it's an underwhelming mix.
 
How the hell do Brentford and Bournemouth keep uneathing quality players season after season, while us, double European champions, have to keep putting up with this shite. Square pegs in round holes every week. Just play Jesus and Delap from the start in every game. Let's have a strike partnership. Along the lines of Baker/Wignall, Withe/Woodcock, Birtles/Woodcock, Collymore/Roy, van Hooijdonk/Campbell, Johnson/Harewood, to name a few. May as well. We're going nowhere with Ndoye and the like.
 
Larry Lansbury said:
I think one of the missing links for Glasner is the other number10 - he clearly wants someone with pace to stretch the lines etc but Ndoye has pace but seems not m the quality. I like Jesus, brings a lot but not sure if his style is what Glasner wants as he drops deep at times.
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I'm not convinced.

I banged on all pre season about needing another #10 and we chose to buy Delap instead. Not saying that's a bad purchase but I think Glasner genuinely thinks Ndoye can do that role, which is why we didn't buy a second ten and why he continues to play him despite his form being honking.

We were never linked with any tens were we? Logical conclusion is Glasner liked what he had.
 
Please let him go somewhere else to do no damage. This is just embarrassing.

Ndoye is at best a wide player, but playing behind a striker, not a chance. Come January, both he and CHO will be gone for ridiculously small amounts. Oliver Glasner probably does not read forums, but please choose Igor Jesus instead.
 
It seems like a definite ploy to me - Ndoye tracks back, certainly more than Jesus does, and I think Glasner likes to have that theoretical balance between defence and attack until the opposition team is tired, then bring on a quality attacking option like Jesus to take advantage of the opposition.

But the problem is that Ndoye handicaps attacks so often, that all it does in reality is make the opposition feel more comfortable and hands them an advantage.
 
Have to put this down as a failed experiment. His output and attitude, especially off the ball, is so far off acceptable at this level. He will turn in a decent performance every 5 games or so, but we need so much more than that in such a key pivot in Glasner's system.

Completely wrong that he is higher in the pecking order than Hudson-Odoi given the latters quality and track record of producing for this club. Time to move on from him, he's had countless, countless opportunities.
 
Alf-engelos Mindminackers said:
It seems like a definite ploy to me - Ndoye tracks back, certainly more than Jesus does, and I think Glasner likes to have that theoretical balance between defence and attack until the opposition team is tired, then bring on a quality attacking option like Jesus to take advantage of the opposition.

But the problem is that Ndoye handicaps attacks so often, that all it does in reality is make the opposition feel more comfortable and hands them an advantage.
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I agree with all of this however I'm not even convinced he tracks back that much. I think his work off the ball is far from good enough.
 
N'Doye has decent movement and is a willing runner, but he shits the bed in the final third. It's either a fluffed shot/cross or makes the wrong decision trying to beat his man and losing it. Very surprised we didn't recruit into that position.
 
Malwood said:
Glasner wants a fast player who runs beyond. Like Sarr. Jesus drops short to collect the ball, and is too slow (in Glasner's opinion). I'd have liked to see Hutchinson in this role. Or Kali. Or anyone else in the world, really.
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Fully agree- it seems this role is critical to the formation-someone with pace who can stretch the play then create more space for others. I’m not sure what the answer is-do we keep going with Ndoye or go with Jesus but thinks may potentially impact on the game plan. Jesus has got in goal positions but is that due to the game state.
 
Malwood said:
Glasner wants a fast player who runs beyond. Like Sarr. Jesus drops short to collect the ball, and is too slow (in Glasner's opinion). I'd have liked to see Hutchinson in this role. Or Kali. Or anyone else in the world, really.
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The problem is that it's pointless when Ndoye is lightweight and has zero end product.

Whether or not that's what Glasner wants it's not working. What has worked is when Jesus has played in the role. Why would you persist in something that doesn't work just because it's not the way you want to get there when you've got an option that does.

It's self harm, he's got it wrong and he needs to change it.
 
99.999999% of us do not want Ndoye to ever start again, problem is that the 0.0000001% who does is the manager.
I can take us losing today as long as he at last got the message the Ndoye is not a starter, and should really be sent off to France or Spain, he has had so many chances and it is clear he has not got it.
 
I get OG wanting to give the guy a chance, but the unfortunate thing is NDoye has literally never shown up with anything more than a 6/10 performance for us, and even those 6s have been rare.

I'd honestly rather have Bakwa playing, at least he has a good cross in his locker.
 
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