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Emile Acquah

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KiwiRob said:
It just shows it is difficult for many young players to become instant successes when fans almost instantly write them off as 'useless'. It looks like Acquah is going to end up making a lot of money for Maidenhead, which is presumably why Alan Devonshire invested in him.
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I wouldn’t say it was instant. He played 31 games in last season and scored twice. He’s played 11 for Maidenhead in the league and scored once. I don’t think he’ll be making much money for Maidenhead. You can say he has it tough playing for a Southend team in free fall, but in all the games I saw him play there was nothing to suggest he was anything above National league at the very best.
 
KiwiRob said:
It just shows it is difficult for many young players to become instant successes when fans almost instantly write them off as 'useless'. It looks like Acquah is going to end up making a lot of money for Maidenhead, which is presumably why Alan Devonshire invested in him.
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I saw nothing from his 30 odd games to suggest he was anything but simply not good enough and massively lacked any sort of footballing brain. If slowly trotting around doing eff all floats your boat then fair enough. I think what frustrated a lot of people was that the lad is a absolute unit and couldn't win a header against a small child (I'd suggest he should try jumping a bit more).

As far as I can see he's scored one league goal in 11 appearances (in NL bear in mind) yet the story line on this thread seems to be like we've let a world beater go. I don't get it personally.
 
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Spenser said:
I think the poster can stand up for himself then. After all, he has just described a young player who scored a huge amount of goals as a schoolboy and youth as 'totally and utterly useless '. He has also just been signed by a decent National League club. Fair enough to challenge that assessment I would say.
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Let's be honest he wasn't the only one who thought that. Whenever I saw him he was like Teflon, when the ball went upto him it never stuck.
Could be poor coaching though.
 
He jogged about like he was 41 year old on his last leg, given his age, I would expect him to run around and give opposition central back an tough time. Last season, opponents central back only have to drink their coffee and eat their cake and watch Acquah jog about like a old man.
 
My mate who supports Maidenhead say Acquah is the worst striker in his living memory as he think he wouldn’t get into an Ryman division 1 side.
 
Loan Shark Linda said:
It's funny that Aquah has scored one goal less than Dalby in all competitions and we think Dalby is brilliant lol
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I know Dalby got our goal on Saturday, but I found myself regularly frustrated with him during the game, his movement around Murphy is poor and some of his decisions and touches are simply not good enough. But hey, if I think he's a passenger and he scores goals what does it matter! Ironically, I think Murphy would have done well alongside Acquah last season. I'll get me coat!
 
Dalby offers quite a lot that isn't necessarily reflected in the goal stats. He's good at picking tricky passes around the box and has a very good touch. Created tons of chances for Murphy so far this season. He may be a bit slow and struggle sometimes against very large defenders but there's definitely a classy player there and this type of striker carries on improving well into their late 20s.
 
flangejackrabbit said:
Dalby offers quite a lot that isn't necessarily reflected in the goal stats. He's good at picking tricky passes around the box and has a very good touch. Created tons of chances for Murphy so far this season. He may be a bit slow and struggle sometimes against very large defenders but there's definitely a classy player there and this type of striker carries on improving well into their late 20s.
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Fair enough, I’ll reserve judgement a bit longer ??
 
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