chickenrunner
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Don't sugar coat it, give it to us straight!
See Ashley Fletchers done well since he left Boro
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newyddion
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I thought he was alright.. the move to boro probably scuppered him. very much a confidence player and he needed games.. did ok at Sunderland in difficult circumstances.
uncle_rico
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Did he really only score 2 in that loan spell at the Mackems? Thought he got a few more than that.
Lefty
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Prior to buying Britt, he'd scored 79 in 171 appearances, with 30 in 65 in the most recent season. You can understand a Ā£15m price tag.
Fletcher has scored 27 in 170 appearances in his whole carrer. Prior to us signing him he'd got 5 in 37, zero in 16 in his most recent season. 7m was either incredible incompetence or something fishy.
Fletcher has scored 27 in 170 appearances in his whole carrer. Prior to us signing him he'd got 5 in 37, zero in 16 in his most recent season. 7m was either incredible incompetence or something fishy.
Alzi
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Not sure youāll find many Sunderland fans thinking he did āokā. Roundly ridiculed more like.
junos_boots
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To put his scoring into perspective, Akpom has scored more goals so far this season than Fletcher scored in his Boro career
festa5
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He was a better "footballer", but Britt was a far superior goalscorer obviously.
Those saying Fletcher had no talent or whatever are way off the mark. Just look at some of the goals he scored, some were technically top drawer.
His problem was the mental side. Never seemed up for a battle. He's a big lad, but was easily bullied. The fact he jumped ship straight for Watford, presumably knowing he had fat chance of getting a game, says it all. Just doesn't have that competitive edge you need. Or as we say on here "heart the size of a pea"
newyddion
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The Watford move made sense for him.. how could he turn it down? His mentality wasn't right at the start.. I think he would have benefited from starting off in a lower league. Maybe the outcome would have been the same?He was a better "footballer", but Britt was a far superior goalscorer obviously.
Those saying Fletcher had no talent or whatever are way off the mark. Just look at some of the goals he scored, some were technically top drawer.
His problem was the mental side. Never seemed up for a battle. He's a big lad, but was easily bullied. The fact he jumped ship straight for Watford, presumably knowing he had fat chance of getting a game, says it all. Just doesn't have that competitive edge you need. Or as we say on here "heart the size of a pea"
viv_andersons_nana
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People used to say this sort of stuff about Akpom.
festa5
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Financially yes. From a footballing perspective it was a poor move.
Nothing wrong with taking a big contract of course, but it does indicate where his priorities lay.
Ironops
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TeessideCleveland
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Akpim turned things around - Fletcher hasn't
viv_andersons_nana
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My point is that Fletcher *could* turn things around. Nobody saw this coming from Akpom. You donāt go from schoolboy football to the edge of Manchester Unitedās first team without being incredibly good at football. Perhaps his body doesnāt stand up to the rigours of the professional game, maybe heās never played in a successful side that was playing well and full of confidence, maybe he has a bad attitude or low pain threshold or has lost his hunger orā¦ well who knows.
But the point is that the lad worked his right through the system at Old Trafford. Just like Akpom did at Arsenal. You just donāt get that far if youāre sh*t IMO. I donāt think thatās a controversial opinion either. Or it shouldnāt be.
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muniz
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he waited till they went down before he started to score, which was great to see
Billy69_uk
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how in all thats holy did this dud play nearly 100 games for us?
dark times for the Boro indeed.
dark times for the Boro indeed.
Alzi
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Akpom had far more pedigree. He was tipped for the very top when a youth at Arsenal.
Glad to see he now looks like he may fulfil at least some of that potential.
S7DiscoDown
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I've not seen many with his physical stature be so useless in the air. I simply don't understand it.
He looked a right 'unit' up close.
He looked a right 'unit' up close.
indeedido
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He was a lanky skinny man child close up.
Rudy Gestede was a unit, but equally useless.
parmoboy
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Hadn't Britt sustained a serious knee injury though the season before we signed him?
Still can't get my head around why we spent that much money on him when we already had Bamford and Braithwaite. Utter madness.