Unless we can unearth a couple of strikers who are going to score a hatful of goals for us ( or at least reach double figures) I would hang on to JP. In spite of my doubts, and the doubts of many others, he has turned into a very decent player.

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Edited by monkey (08 Apr 2024 11.26am)

He is a good player for us atm, I'm very happy with his improvement, recent performances and identity within this team.

I think 'for us' is the key wording however. I can't see somebody else thinking 'he's exactly what we need' and thus forking out a large sum for him. Just my opinion and for the time being, I hope he continues to be a 'good player for us'... if he does, there really won't be nobody better than Jean Phillipe Mateta, at Palace anyway

Edit: Just as an aside, and assuming I've remembered correctly, but were the audio guys so pessimistic that they took the day off on Saturday? I can't recall the Vengaboys or even GAO ringing out after JPM's opener???

Edited by Nicholas91 (08 Apr 2024 11.33am)

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

he is gassed after 70 mins. but then so is the rest of the team.

But those 7 goals have come since he came on for the injured Edouard against Liverpool which led to his first proper starting run in the team since his arrival at the club. Prior to the Liverpool game, he was usually a late sub for Edouard. So, his 7 goals have come in a run of 16 league games which is a decent return for a striker in a team like ours. We can also note that he has scored 4 in 6 since Glasner took over and is looking more and more confident with each game.

Many correspondents don’t seem to realise that JP was a two goal a game forward in both France and Germany before his transfer to Palace. We were lucky to get him as Mainz were desperate for money. Roy treated him with the same distain as he treated Sorloth, even after the Leicester goal which started the good run after Vieira and the hatrick against Plymouth. I always thought that selling him on would be a mistake as some other team would benefit at our expense. Everton were sniffing around during the summer window.
Our record with strikers is only poor because the wingers are poor at crossing the ball and rather selfish when it came to passing to others in better scoring positions. Zaha and Ayew provided only 3-4 assists each per season in the last five years. We saw an example of this on Saturday when in a 3 to 1 situation Ayew shot when a simple pass would guarantee us the lead again. No wonder OG was filmed taking the foetal position with his head in his hands!