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A question of girth

I had to smile when I saw Yakubu emerge from the Reebok tunnel. He must be at least a stone over his given weight of 13st 4lb! Reminded me of the state Beattie was in when he arrived. One consolation is that Moyes has no time for lard-arses so he`ll soon run it off him in training. At least then our record signing will be able to do all that running back the manager demands and won't be spending all his time hanging around the penalty spot for AJ to give him tap-ins!
Henck Porter, Rainford Posted 03/09/2007 at 12:41:38

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Chris Keightley
1 Posted 03/09/2007 at 15:28:33

Unlike Aj he gets a sniff of goal and takes it, regardless of size he will score his fair share of goals, johnson seems to flap as soon as the goal looms yak wont.

John Prior
2 Posted 03/09/2007 at 15:49:44

You needlessy have a little go at yakubu, and chris responds by having a little dig at aj.

Never mind one scored with basically his first touch in a shirt, and didnt look overweight when he was racing to keep up with johnson.
And the other whilst lacking confidence in front of goal still has the ability to influence the result.

Andy Baker
3 Posted 03/09/2007 at 16:11:01

Henck i dont give a shit if hes 5 stone overwieght and doesnt do any running, all i want him to do is score goals. If he strolls into the box and scores then walks back to the half way line i’ll be more than happy.

Weve already ruined one 20 goal a season striker in AJ, making him chase Neville and Hibberts shite ’balls’ for 90 minutes! I feel sorry for AJ and just once id love him to turn round to Neville and tell him to fuck off instead of giving him the thumbs up like it was a decent pass!

For the first time in ages AJ had a pass were he wants it from Grav, straight down the middle either side or between the centre half and running at goal...not chasing a hoof into the corner flag! His confidence will return and then when he being slid in in the right position he will be up amongst the leading goalscorers again.

Karl Young
4 Posted 03/09/2007 at 16:16:07

i cant believe you can have a go at aj when he?s been the driving force behind most of the recent goals. just because he doesnt shoot at goal from anywhere on the pitch and send balls flying into the stands you start to get on his back.

it was his run on saturday which gave yak the easy tap in and he also did the same against wigan giving anichebe the easy tap in.

give the guy a break and he?ll supply every man on the team with a bag full of tap ins by the end of the season.

Connor Rohrer
5 Posted 03/09/2007 at 16:29:09

Henck, that is Yakubu’s build. He is stocky yet it is muscle. Beattie situation was completely different he had man boobs, no shoulders and genarally looked overweight whereas as Yak looks more of a body bulider.

Yak is fast anyway. His size doesnt affect him whereas Beattie’s did.

Dean Paton
6 Posted 03/09/2007 at 17:10:22

Two words sum this up for me: Bob Latchford.

Brian Noble
7 Posted 03/09/2007 at 17:41:03

Always felt Moyes has ’a thing’for big chested centre-forwards but I hope he doesn’t run the tits off the Yak as he did with Beattie.The ’Big Fella’s’effectiveness reduced in direct proportion to his weight loss and it would be a tragedy to see another big money signing just fade away!

Trevor Hemming
8 Posted 03/09/2007 at 18:46:50

?All I have to do is get on the end of AJ?s hard running?, says The Yak. I don?t think Moyes will be overly impressed with that statement! He will soon have him defending corners and running his bollocks off, just as he did with Beats. Notice how he preferred to praise Johnson after Saturday?s game.

Philip McAvoy
9 Posted 03/09/2007 at 19:00:11

Right who wants to go up to Yakubu and call him fat? ... You first, Henck

Allan Hobbs
10 Posted 03/09/2007 at 19:12:07

The Yak might be everso slightly overweight, but barely; he’s an incredibly well built fella, reminds me of a cruiserweight boxer. I get the feeling he can punch like one as well. The blokes a fearsome lookin geezer.

Gavin Ramejkis
11 Posted 03/09/2007 at 19:21:44

For everyone moaning about Yakubu being overweight, I suggest you watch the first goal against Bolton again. Not only does Yakubu run up the pitch he also gets to the box at the same time hence same speed as AJ. Think again, carrying some weight he can still shift.

Dave Roberts
12 Posted 03/09/2007 at 19:24:07

Andy Baker.

Absolutely spot on lad. Well said.

Carl Wyatt
13 Posted 03/09/2007 at 18:50:52

I just hope Moyes lets him idle his way to 15-20 goals this season.He’s already turned Beattie and AJ into non scoring strikers -he’s no genius with forwards!

Vic Walling
14 Posted 03/09/2007 at 19:30:49

Living in Boroughbridge,I’ve suffered Borough fans slagging off Yak as a lazy bugger for the last twelve months.I just wonder who is going to score a dozen goals for them this season!I hope Moyes just let’s him get on with what he does best-fuck the tracking back.

Ray Robinson
15 Posted 03/09/2007 at 20:13:26

Because he didn’t track back is probably why we scored the first goal on Saturday - we attacked with TWO pacey forwards. Apart from the last game of last season at Chelsea, when Vaughan scored, I can’t remember a similar situation for many a long time.

Andy
16 Posted 03/09/2007 at 20:29:11

andy baker

your spot on mate, i could’nt really care how big he looks he’s there to score and score only, i don’t care if he looks lazy, as long as he’s in the box when the balls getting played there and he finishes them off thats all that matters, how many times has johnson broke through only to find himself all alone up front with no support, well he’ll have support now with yakubu and i’ll bet my bottom dollar that johnson and yakubu both score bagfuls of goals.

Peter Laing
17 Posted 03/09/2007 at 21:52:01

Dont forget some of you posters had Yakubu down for being about 46 when he signed with a dodgy nigerian passport. What a difference a week, goal and win makes, I sense some of the comments towards AJ suggest now that Beattie’s gone he’s perceived as the whipping boy, fickle at best.

Anthony Jaras
18 Posted 03/09/2007 at 22:14:21

Yakubu is not fat, he is very very muscular.
Look at the size of his arms for christs sake.
Some people called Cantona fat when he joined United.
The club did a body fat % test and Cantona came out at 8%, the lowest at the club, even lower than Giggs.
(My mate made me watch a United DVD after he beat me at Fifa years ago as a bet).
Yakubu has always been that size, even at Maccabi Haifa where his goal-scoring records was exceptional, Portsmouth and Boro also got a great return from him despite his ’Girt’ as you put it.
I don’t give a toss if our players look like Rik Waller as long as they do the business.

Paul
19 Posted 03/09/2007 at 22:51:29

why the fuck are we discussing the lads weight after one game in which he scored? And Chris K was it not AJ’s his partner who set it up? Why have a pop at AJ, he runs and runs all day long and never moans, he’s an unselfish player but he will chip in with his goals like he did last year. we needed more craft an guile in the team and now Tommy G is back he’ll have more than Arteta supplying it. So start smiling, were 3rd in the league ahead of Chelsea and Man Utd and have played 4 out of last years top 8!!! COYB

Keith Harrison
20 Posted 03/09/2007 at 23:15:16

I think both AJ and The Yak will score plenty this season.

One thing bothers me though - if the Yak scored boatfuls at Maccabi Haifa, Portsmouth and Middlesborough, just exactly how old was he and how long did he play at Maccabi??? He’s been here about 5 years now, and is supposed to be 24, yet he looks a bit older than that to me.

I would guess on him being about 29 - shades of Bakayoko ???

What does anyone else think??

Dick Fearon
21 Posted 03/09/2007 at 23:47:17

Yakubu needs to score lots and regularly else the would be physical experts will do a Beattie job on him.