{"id":8071,"date":"2015-07-13T09:32:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T08:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.colossusbets.com\/?p=8071"},"modified":"2019-04-15T16:38:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T15:38:16","slug":"3-reasons-villa-sherwood-avoid-adebayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/3-reasons-villa-sherwood-avoid-adebayor\/","title":{"rendered":"3 REASONS VILLA &#038; SHERWOOD SHOULD AVOID ADEBAYOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa need to hit the ground running at the start of the 2015\/16 season if they want to avoid the kind of fate that befell them during the last campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a magical run to the FA Cup final which ultimately ended in a crushing defeat, Villa\u2019s league form was about as poor as it gets and Tim Sherwood deserves the plaudits for stopping the Villains from plunging into the Championship abyss. Just.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/summer-transfers-priced-out\/\">summer transfer<\/a> window gives everyone a chance to dream of what the forthcoming few months will bring and to that end, inspired signings can give a real lift to a team.<\/p>\n<p>Although Fabian Delph\u2019s decision to stay at the club rather than be lured by the money on offer at Manchester <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/man-city-aguero-exit\/\">City<\/a> is a real filip, Sherwood\u2019s business in the transfer market is a little underwhelming to this point.<\/p>\n<p>Idrissa Gueye has joined from Lille for \u00a39m and Micah Richards has been secured. Keeper Mark Bunn has also joined from Norwich but none of the three have got the locals excited.<\/p>\n<p>Rumours that Emmanuel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/adebayor-occasionally-unplayable-often-unselctable\/\">Adebayor<\/a> is next on the shopping list, surely suggesting that Christian Benteke is on his way out of Villa Park, won\u2019t be greeted with unanimous approval either.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s three reasons why Sherwood should steer well clear\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disruptive influence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If there is one thing that has authored every stage of Adebayor\u2019s career, it is a disruptive influence in the dressing room.<\/p>\n<p>Sherwood has been big on the \u201call for one, one for all\u201d mentality but that\u2019s not something that the Togolese can subscribe to.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s not too much doubt that on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/7-days-7-points-16\/\">day<\/a> Adebayor offers a significant presence, but his best days are few and far between.<\/p>\n<p>He garners more column inches for his egotistical behaviour than his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/seven-days-seven-points-20oct\/\">goals<\/a> which tells us much.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goalscoring record<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When he wants to, Adebayor can look like a world beater.<\/p>\n<p>For a big man, he possesses a decent array of skills and a record throughout his career of a goal in every three games is a reasonable return.<\/p>\n<p>However the stats are ever so slightly misleading.<\/p>\n<p>With each new team Adebayor sets the pulses racing with a glut of goals in the initial stages, but we can be assured that within a few weeks the goals will dry up.<\/p>\n<p>Just two goals at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/spurs-different-beast\/\">Spurs<\/a> during the 2014\/15 season is a perfect example. 11 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/moyes-will-back-epl-seasons-end\/\">season<\/a> before is far more productive.<\/p>\n<p>62 goals in the last five years is a far more accurate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/guide-next-1000000-1x2-pick15\/\">guide<\/a> as to the prowess that Villa fans can expect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Age<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you buy a main striker, you want proven quality of course, but also a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/player-cashes-out-for18k-on-690k-ticket\/\">player<\/a> in their prime wouldn\u2019t go amiss.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Benteke is just 24 years old and arguably has some growing to do to reach his peak, however if his will is to move on because the club don\u2019t meet his aspirations, there is little Sherwood can do about it.<\/p>\n<p>With a reported \u00a332m in the kitty should the Belgian decant to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/previewing-11feb-millionaire\/\">Liverpool<\/a> or elsewhere, that money could be spent a lot more wisely than on a 31-year-old whose best days are clearly behind him.<\/p>\n<p>With respect, the player isn\u2019t going to get any better is he?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa need to hit the ground running at the start of the 2015\/16 season if they want to avoid the kind of fate that befell them during the last campaign. 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