Fashion Sakala: Awful or useful?

[Graeme Ro55 770]

Apart from his excellent work rate, injury record and never getting in trouble with the ref, Sakala contributes numbers. 

[BEARGER 1,830]

He’s just not a footballer for me, don’t see him doing anything in Europe. Just not good enough.

[compo 7,067]

He’s got tremendous work rate he’s probably done more running in his last 90 minutes than Morelos and Kent have done in the past 90 days .

[RANGERRAB 3,687]

He’s erratic but useful to have & he’s got pace. One minute he can be a match winner but the next minute he’s a liability. He’s that type of player 

[Frankie 8,588]

We can't change every under-performing player in the summer so Sakala may be one that's worth keeping for another season as, despite his obvious short-comings, he does contribute in a positive sense more often than some.

 

Because of that he does have some reasonable transfer value as well so may well be moved on sooner rather than later.

[Bluedell 5,627]

He's both awful and useful. Had a good game at the weekend though.

 

If an offer for £3m+ came in for him, I'd snap your hand off for it, but I'll not lose any sleep if we keep him as a squad player for next season.

[der Berliner 3,755]

He might not become a cult figure like Nacho Novo, but essentially plays in a similar role with similar effect:

 

Nacho Novo - Games: 228 - Goals: 62 - Assists: 21

 

Fashion Sakala - Games: 88 - Goals: 21 - Assists: 15

 

... and IIRC, Novo hardly faced the brickwall attitude that we see nowadays with Scottish teams. He sure is one of these "attackers" that are not a typical centre-forward type, but has been rather effective on the right side of our attack than most players out there for the best part of three seasons. Only Cantwell has outshone his contributions in terms of goals, assists, and goal involvements this year. I'd even go as far as saying that without these two players, the year 2023 would have been a far more dire affair indeed.

 

He's got a contract till 2025 and I for one hope that he stays for at least this long. 

 

[BlackSocksRedTops 3,757]

7 hours ago, der Berliner said:

He might not become a cult figure like Nacho Novo, but essentially plays in a similar role with similar effect:

 

Nacho Novo - Games: 228 - Goals: 62 - Assists: 21

 

Fashion Sakala - Games: 88 - Goals: 21 - Assists: 15

 

... and IIRC, Novo hardly faced the brickwall attitude that we see nowadays with Scottish teams. He sure is one of these "attackers" that are not a typical centre-forward type, but has been rather effective on the right side of our attack than most players out there for the best part of three seasons. Only Cantwell has outshone his contributions in terms of goals, assists, and goal involvements this year. I'd even go as far as saying that without these two players, the year 2023 would have been a far more dire affair indeed.

 

He's got a contract till 2025 and I for one hope that he stays for at least this long. 

 

God, that's a poor return for Novo tbh. 

[CammyF 8,145]

7 minutes ago, BlackSocksRedTops said:

God, that's a poor return for Novo tbh. 

But he did always seem to score goals that mattered. 

[BlackSocksRedTops 3,757]

20 minutes ago, CammyF said:

But he did always seem to score goals that mattered. 

I know but if we had a striker playing today that was effectively 1 goal in 3.5 games, we would be asking questions.