Finn Azaz

[qwertyell]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

He is a proper proven Champ quality player

 

His statistics were decent. But you can't take them with you when you move clubs (Downs' 10 goals last season are worth fuck all to us now, for example). 

His attributes are garbage. Weak, slow, no work rate, drifts around on the periphery of games. We were told this by people that watched him week in, week out. 

But we still signed him - presumably because we don't scout anymore, just look at spreadsheets while patting ourselves on the back for being so modern. 

Edited November 1 by qwertyell

[saintant]

He's a good player and will prove it again if we sell him. The fact that we are so badly set up on matchdays is hardly his fault. We bought a good player but so far haven't utilised him to the best of his ability.

[Toussaint]

We didn’t need any more fair weather players. We are so data driven that we seem to ignore the character and mental strength of players we sign. 

[RedArmy]

7 minutes ago, Toussaint said:

We didn’t need any more fair weather players. We are so data driven that we seem to ignore the character and mental strength of players we sign. 

Goals and assists isn’t “data” it’s football. 

He’s proven at this level and we have misused him. 

[Toussaint]

2 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

Goals and assists isn’t “data” it’s football. 

He’s proven at this level and we have misused him. 

Good players shine and make things happen. 

[SambaMaverick]

27 minutes ago, saintant said:

He's a good player and will prove it again if we sell him. The fact that we are so badly set up on matchdays is hardly his fault. We bought a good player but so far haven't utilised him to the best of his ability.

When he can't even run or trap a ball then that doesn't wash at all

Another cunt stealing a wage

[saintant]

46 minutes ago, SambaMaverick said:

When he can't even run or trap a ball then that doesn't wash at all

Another cunt stealing a wage

Check his stats last season when playing for a Boro team utilising his talents. Chalk and cheese to what we're seeing.

[SambaMaverick]

12 minutes ago, saintant said:

Check his stats last season when playing for a Boro team utilising his talents. Chalk and cheese to what we're seeing.

I'd rather use my eyes than look at stats. Guly do Prado once scored 10 Championship goals in a season, was he worth £15m?

Boro fans told us they weren't bothered if we bought him, we should've listened.

[Osvaldorama]

In his defence, I’m not really sure what position he was supposed to be playing today. 

He was just sort of floating about giving the ball away  

Maybe a better manager could get something out of him? But not holding my breathe. 

Absolute stinker of a first touch on him 

[washsaint]

He is a terrible bloody footballer.  He goes missing for long periods when the going gets tought, gives the ball away cheaply and has generally been crap for us.

Yet he started ahead of Robinson and Fellows.  Madness 

[SambaMaverick]

Just now, washsaint said:

He is a terrible bloody footballer.  He goes missing for long periods when the going gets tought, gives the ball away cheaply and has generally been crap for us.

Yet he started ahead of Robinson and Fellows.  Madness 

Yep. It's all very well saying he needs the right conditions for him to play well, but if you need a perfect storm just to trap a ball then it doesn't look like £15m well spent.

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, washsaint said:

He is a terrible bloody footballer.  He goes missing for long periods when the going gets tought, gives the ball away cheaply and has generally been crap for us.

Yet he started ahead of Robinson and Fellows.  Madness 

He obviously isn’t. What did he get something like 12 goals and 14 assists last season. Like so many as soon as they pull on a saints shirt they become shit

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Turkish said:

He obviously isn’t. What did he get something like 12 goals and 14 assists last season. Like so many as soon as they pull on a saints shirt they become shit

Just like Bree is playing like an English Hakimi right now. Yet deemed not good enough for us.

 

[Convict Colony]

finn azaz couldnt provide penetration in a brothel

no wonder boro werent that bothered, another endorsement why stats are fucking bollocks

[Convict Colony]

3 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Just like Bree is playing like an English Hakimi right now. Yet deemed not good enough for us.

 

He's always been the English Hakimi for those of us who could see 🤣

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Convict Colony said:

He's always been the English Hakimi for those of us who could see 🤣

[Turkish]

59 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

finn azaz couldnt provide penetration in a brothel

no wonder boro werent that bothered, another endorsement why stats are fucking bollocks

He reminds me a bit of Gaston Ramirez however without that Villa game to fall back on as proof he clearly has talent 

Edited November 1 by Turkish

[Harry_SFC]

2 hours ago, SambaMaverick said:

I'd rather use my eyes than look at stats. Guly do Prado once scored 10 Championship goals in a season, was he worth £15m?

Boro fans told us they weren't bothered if we bought him, we should've listened.

I'd snap your hand off for a 10 goal Guly Do Prado at £15m in our current situation. 

[benjii]

Dog shit. 

[Britannia]

I wonder if he is looking for a new agent.

Boro are second.

[Mboto Gorge]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

He obviously isn’t. What did he get something like 12 goals and 14 assists last season. Like so many as soon as they pull on a saints shirt they become shit

Yep. And you can guarantee the moment he leaves us, he will immediately start banging then in again and contributing for his new club. The lack of football acumen and structure here among coaching staff to mould a functioning team of players and get the most out of the players we bring in, is staggeringly bad, to an epic scale. No other business would survive such ridiculously horrendous management. 

[LoyalSaintSO50]

Absolute pile of gutless shite. Fuck off 

[Bakovnetski]

Whoever scouted him needs the sack

[Miltonaggro]

Comments of Azaz being a luxury player. I think he thought he was joining a luxury team. A lot of us thought that. 

[Football Special]

14 hours ago, qwertyell said:

His statistics were decent. But you can't take them with you when you move clubs (Downs' 10 goals last season are worth fuck all to us now, for example). 

His attributes are garbage. Weak, slow, no work rate, drifts around on the periphery of games. We were told this by people that watched him week in, week out. 

But we still signed him - presumably because we don't scout anymore, just look at spreadsheets while patting ourselves on the back for being so modern. 

Yeah he's looked like a terrible player for us, gets completely lost in games which just pass him by , no idea how he was supposed to fit in to the side but can say that about a few of our players 

[Football Special]

8 hours ago, Mboto Gorge said:

Yep. And you can guarantee the moment he leaves us, he will immediately start banging then in again and contributing for his new club. The lack of football acumen and structure here among coaching staff to mould a functioning team of players and get the most out of the players we bring in, is staggeringly bad, to an epic scale. No other business would survive such ridiculously horrendous management. 

Yes! I said this back in August, there was no sign of any strategy or building a team , completely dysfunctional bunch of strangers on the pitch who seem to have no plan , lacking strength in key areas with same mistakes made over and over again 

[S-Clarke]

If we hadn't have spent the entire summer flapping around an Armanian player we were never going to get, we may not have had to do a last-min panic buy on Azaz who is so at odds with the rest of the squad.

[Wade Garrett]

Just now, S-Clarke said:

If we hadn't have spent the entire summer flapping around an Armanian player we were never going to get, we may not have had to do a last-min panic buy on Azaz who is so at odds with the rest of the squad.

This is true, but at the same time, we haven’t played him in his most effective role, number 10 in a 4-2-3-1.

[S-Clarke]

Just now, Wade Garrett said:

This is true, but at the same time, we haven’t played him in his most effective role, number 10 in a 4-2-3-1.

We're using him terribly, absolutely.

[Gloucester Saint]

4 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

If we hadn't have spent the entire summer flapping around an Armanian player we were never going to get, we may not have had to do a last-min panic buy on Azaz who is so at odds with the rest of the squad.

Ditto Gapko in August 2022, this lot never learn. You could say the same for Reed and Promes as well.

[SoberSaint]

Not being played in his natural position doesn’t excuse roaming around doing f*** all!

[sledger]

fact is they were quite happy to keep his midfield partner and let him go for inflated money,says it all

[Football Special]

When will we get to see this player? 

 

[skintsaint]

4 minutes ago, Football Special said:

When will we get to see this player? 

 

Worldie?

[AlexLaw76]

Small sample, but you see him in and around the penalty area when attacking...not sat deep or stuck wide

 

[jasonbenali]

I'm in two minds about him. If our players could finish he'd be on quite a few assists by now as I think he's got a good eye for a pass.

Just need to play him in the right position in a well organised line-up with some decent finishers - I think I see the flaw in my plan...

[malcolm waldron]

I think we need to give him time and see how he plays under a new manager before using some of the extreme comments above.  However, I did think a few weeks back that if we wanted a floaty, non-tackling, non tracking back attacking midfielder in our team then didn't we have one before deciding he should be loaned out to Millwall.....?  

[saintant]

4 hours ago, Football Special said:

When will we get to see this player? 

 

When we stop playing 3 at the back with 2 wing backs who are really just full backs.  Add the keeper and a defensive midfielder and that's 7 players out of 11 playing defensively. Hard for the creators to shine in that sort of set up.

[Osvaldorama]

3 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Small sample, but you see him in and around the penalty area when attacking...not sat deep or stuck wide

 

Playing a number 10, at number 10!?

 

It will never catch on. Stick him at hybrid left wing back or defensive midfield 

Edited Tuesday at 13:54 by Osvaldorama

[die Mannyschaft]

On 01/11/2025 at 17:07, qwertyell said:

His statistics were decent. But you can't take them with you when you move clubs (Downs' 10 goals last season are worth fuck all to us now, for example). 

His attributes are garbage. Weak, slow, no work rate, drifts around on the periphery of games. We were told this by people that watched him week in, week out. 

But we still signed him - presumably because we don't scout anymore, just look at spreadsheets while patting ourselves on the back for being so modern. 

That's why we are stuck in bottom 6. Its like buying a car online from pictures and not we have found some of the cars don't have an gear box, or even an engine or electrics are shot to bits.

Arthur Daley has been our head scout