Adam Armstrong

[CB Fry]

Some of his finishes in recent games have been majestic and at other times in his career he would have fluffed all of them.

Well done Arma and the manager. Brilliant.

[S-Clarke]

3 hours ago, CB Fry said:

Some of his finishes in recent games have been majestic and at other times in his career he would have fluffed all of them.

Well done Arma and the manager. Brilliant.

Exactly, his first goal yesterday was really tidy - a little dink finish.

The 2nd one was really well directed too, like an arrow. Good movement to boot.

He's a confidence player, but he also does thrive on space. That's less forgiving in the PL and it's harder for him to stand out, so his confidence takes a battering up there - and he loses his instinctiveness, which is there when he's confident. 

[pimpin4rizeal]

7 hours ago, CB Fry said:

Some of his finishes in recent games have been majestic and at other times in his career he would have fluffed all of them.

Well done Arma and the manager. Brilliant.

He’s playing so well I’m almost getting suckered into thinking he could do it at premiership level again .

At the moment  we are playing in a very quick on the floor counter attacking way that suits him it’s definitely the right way to use him. In the past we have always whinged about not having a big strong cf to hold up play but we are currently playing in a way we don’t need that 

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

had to laugh, on the Baggies match day thread they couldn't believe how good he was - comments like "How come he couldn't hit a barn door when he was playing for us and now look at him"

[Willo of Whiteley]

I said a few months back what an excellent player he is in this division.

Future Ballon d’Or winner.

[bpsaint]

Thank fuck we didn’t let him go this summer.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, pimpin4rizeal said:

He’s playing so well I’m almost getting suckered into thinking he could do it at premiership level again .

At the moment  we are playing in a very quick on the floor counter attacking way that suits him it’s definitely the right way to use him. In the past we have always whinged about not having a big strong cf to hold up play but we are currently playing in a way we don’t need that 

I'm of the opinion that for a player that gets as many goals assists and has a great workrate, he deserves the chance should we get there.

We've gone through so many systems and managers, I'd be happy enough to see how it works out. Not very ruthless, considering how the last couple of PL campaigns have gone. But I like to see players rewarded with the chance. And some decent SR reinforcements.

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

Definitely rated in the Championship. Can't believe he is still only 28!

His confidence seems to have definitely increased from the beginning of the season and credit to Tonda for facilitating it.

[saintstowin]

He's been great and I'm really pleased for him. And playing to his strengths is key. He was unsurprisingly ineffective with balls in the air and took unfair flak. 

I always hoped he could make it work in the middle because for a while he was taking up a space out wide. And although he did well there in the last championship season, we needed Fellows to come good this time. AA is a striker so it's brilliant for us and him that he's coming good, again.

[Turkish]

Bro is on cheat mode 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

1 hour ago, saintstowin said:

He's been great and I'm really pleased for him. And playing to his strengths is key. He was unsurprisingly ineffective with balls in the air and took unfair flak. 

I always hoped he could make it work in the middle because for a while he was taking up a space out wide. And although he did well there in the last championship season, we needed Fellows to come good this time. AA is a striker so it's brilliant for us and him that he's coming good, again.

Good point, early season was impacted by the crazy tactics of high balls into him. Not his fault.

[Sheaf Saint]

Can we please take him off penalties now?

1/5 this season is shocking.

[Lighthouse]

1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Can we please take him off penalties now?

1/5 this season is shocking.

We’ve had five penalties this season?

Agree with the sentiment though, his pens are all medium pace, waist height and apparently easy to read in terms of direction.

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, Lighthouse said:

We’ve had five penalties this season?

Agree with the sentiment though, his pens are all medium pace, waist height and apparently easy to read in terms of direction.

Actually I think the 1/5 that he's scored might stretch back further than the start of this season. I can't be arsed to go through the match reports of every game to check.

[Harry_SFC]

19 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Can we please take him off penalties now?

1/5 this season is shocking.

Clearly needs to be Scienza on all set pieces from now on. 

[benjii]

21 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

We’ve had five penalties this season?

Agree with the sentiment though, his pens are all medium pace, waist height and apparently easy to read in terms of direction.

Yeah, they are very "safe" penalties that assume the keepers goes the wrong way. 

[obelisk]

17 minutes ago, benjii said:

Yeah, they are very "safe" penalties that assume the keepers goes the wrong way. 

If Armstrong had been watching he'd have seen the keeper leaning to his left in his run up. A decent penalty taker can adjust quickly and slot it in the other side.

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, obelisk said:

If Armstrong had been watching he'd have seen the keeper leaning to his left in his run up. A decent penalty taker can adjust quickly and slot it in the other side.

Been saying this for ages. He's so slow of thought. 

When the ball comes to him on in the edge of the box and he's decided he's gonna leather it, he's incapable of recognising better options and changing his mind.

Same with penalties. He makes up his mind which way he's going, and even if the keeper telegraphs which way he's gonna go, like today, he can't do anything other than what he had already decided to do.

[Saint86]

He's a very average penalty taker, i think this is not news to the fans - But it is mad that he is still our penalty taker after all this time. If there is no one better than him in the squad then we're going to be in serious trouble if we ever wind up in a penalty shoot out 😰

[benjii]

51 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Been saying this for ages. He's so slow of thought. 

When the ball comes to him on in the edge of the box and he's decided he's gonna leather it, he's incapable of recognising better options and changing his mind.

Same with penalties. He makes up his mind which way he's going, and even if the keeper telegraphs which way he's gonna go, like today, he can't do anything other than what he had already decided to do.

Top scorer in the league.

His penalties aren’t great, but he's a better striker than nearly everyone else at this level.