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Wilfried Zaha

'Some Chelsea interest in Wilfried Zaha, and further to this, I am told that a fee if we did try and sign him, would be around £25m' #CFC (@siphillipssport)

 
Wonderful finish by Zaha to put Palace ahead at Anfield.

How many seasons does Zaha have to outperform our wingers before people here stop pretending he isn't a massive upgrade on what we have?

 
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Honestly I would happily take Zaha, and Toney for that matter, over everyone we have up top right now.

That is not to say he is an amazing player, just a lot better than what we have.

When Zaha, Toney and Sterling/Mount seems like a dream compared to what we have lol

 
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Wouldn't touch Zaha with @coco's barge pole. Far too inconsistent.

Yes he is better than Pulisic and Ziyech but not by enough that it's worth throwing money at Palace. He would just end up being another player we get frustrated about.

 
After watching his performance today, apart from the goal he's been greedy and naff, work rate has been shocking....definitely worth giving a wide berth.  

 
If we’re talking Palace players and young attackers I’d take Olise or Eze over Gordon.

 
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Not much said after his next two glaring misses 
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No one scores every chance but the difference between him and the rest of our frontline is he actually scores some of them.

Not his best performance today but we all know Zaha is going to score double figures in the league again this season wherever he plays while we're going to have to try convincing ourselves Pulisic and Ziyech have turned the corner when they score their 3rd goals of the season in March if we don't bring in improvements.

At £25m due to his contract situation Zaha is worth a punt.

 
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loz said:
Wouldn't touch Zaha with @coco's barge pole. Far too inconsistent.

Yes he is better than Pulisic and Ziyech but not by enough that it's worth throwing money at Palace. He would just end up being another player we get frustrated about.
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Oh its you that keeps moving my pole.

 
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No one scores every chance but the difference between him and the rest of our frontline is he actually scores some of them.

Not his best performance today but we all know Zaha is going to score double figures in the league again this season wherever he plays while we're going to have to try convincing ourselves Pulisic and Ziyech have turned the corner when they score their 3rd goals of the season in March if we don't bring in improvements.

At £25m due to his contract situation Zaha is worth a punt.
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He plays for a counter attacking team, he wouldn't be able to play like that for us. He would be expected to pick out passes, crosses and dribble through tight spaces. I haven't seen much of that in his game for Palace.

 
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He plays for a counter attacking team, he wouldn't be able to play like that for us. He would be expected to pick out passes, crosses and dribble through tight spaces. I haven't seen much of that in his game for Palace.
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Not only that he hasn't got any brains worth sh*t. Countless of times yesterday with their backs against the wall he had excellent opportunities to start a counter attack but kept been unnecessarily clumsy and holding unto the ball untill he was disposessed of the ball. We need players that can dribble, score goals but also intelligent enough to play in a team, and with the team. Zaha is clearly not the person

 
This really is a no brainier for me, a much better player than Richarlison, scored 3 goals already this season, in a better team than Palace I think he’ll thrive…

 
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Ballack & Blu said:
This really is a no brainier for me, a much better player than Richarlison, scored 3 goals already this season, in a better team than Palace I think he’ll thrive…
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Or oissibly the opposite if he is only used to playing in a side built around him and not one that he has to also run the hard yards in and work for the team. He has already tried and failed once in a better side.

That said he certainly looks better than a number of our players although the circumstances are different. If we lost a player from a similar role and we ended up relatively cost neutral then I'd say let's go for it. Not sure what his wage demands would be compared to Barkley, Ziyech, CHO or Pulisic.

 
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Or oissibly the opposite if he is only used to playing in a side built around him and not one that he has to also run the hard yards in and work for the team. He has already tried and failed once in a better side.

That said he certainly looks better than a number of our players although the circumstances are different. If we lost a player from a similar role and we ended up relatively cost neutral then I'd say let's go for it. Not sure what his wage demands would be compared to Barkley, Ziyech, CHO or Pulisic.
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The hope is that he's willing to accept a fairly modest wage because he's so desperate to prove himself at the absolute top of the game and play for an elite club.

If he compares himself to Pulisic and Ziyech and looks at their wages he'd be asking for £600K a week! 

 
Zaha is a decent player and always seems to have a decent goal return. But if he comes here I can see that form being blunted in lieu of him tracking back and defending 😉

 
Rumours we could make a bid before the window shuts.

I think Zaha is a skilful player, dangerous in 1 on 1 situations with good strength and a decent goal return.

He’s in the last year of his contract so if Gordon isn’t possible for a sensible price then Zaha could give us a couple of seasons at a decent price.

 
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