General What has happened to Tariq

[The Mighty Aldo]

Over the past 4/5 league games he has not been a threat. He constantly cuts back inside losing momentum in the attack. Not once in the past 3 games has he taken on a full back and outpaced him.
Earlier in the season he was electric.

 

[Foley]

I thought that he was very good today. Far better than against MK.

 

[unification]

Wingers will drop in and out of games as well as have up and down spells throughout the season. He’s played a lot and if we had a better option than Hall to hold up a wing, I think we would see him rested. He’s simply played far more football than KR thought he would.

I thought his touch and control was great today and he beat Jombati a couple of times. He ran out of steam towards the end and was guilty of losing the ball more often than most but far from bad.

 

[beyondthefourth]

I just thought about how nice it would be to have the option of Marcus Browne to rotate with Tarique this season.

And now I can't stop salivating.

 

[gingerox]

Can't think of many who will have played more minutes recently, seems to have started a lot. Think its just a downside to how hard he's been working defensively, hopefully can get some cover in Jan.

 

[Isle of Wight Yellow]

He was better today than he has been recently but still way below his previous super high standards. He gave the ball away quite a few times and his shooting was wayward. The Fosu of a couple months ago when he was in red hot form would have destroyed Wycombe today. As has been said it would be great to have a Marcus Browne type player to be able to bring on for him.

 

[SouthLowerOx]

In all fairness I thought their right back had a great game today, stood Fosu up well and was right up behind him not letting him turn. Saying that there was a few times Fosu sent the whole of their back 4 the wrong way, he’s a pleasure to watch!

If Fosu played at his peak constantly he would be way, way out of our reach.

 

[Oufcad30]

I did wonder if his head may have been turned

 

[Sarge]

I did wonder if his head may have been turned

Hope not

 

[Concretebob]

Looked a bit tired at times today it seemed.

 

[Oufcad30]

Hope not

I hope not too but you just have to wonder

 

[Berliner]

If I was kicked to sh*t every weekend I'd probably get a bit disillusioned as well...

 

[Paul Cannell]

Mmm, played loads of minutes, gets lumps kicked out of him on a weekly basis.

I hope he stays. Far, far better than Hall (rip) and the likes of Graham. May he play for us forever.

Etc.

 

[dickwalton1964]

By the sound of it he will get some help in January when a couple of wide players come in. I just think a lot of games have caught up with him and in a few recent games teams have doubled up on him. Much better today though.

 

[Jason N]

I agree to a certain extent, 2 or 3 games prior to the City game Tarique did appear off the pace. Against City and Wycombe today I thought he was back to his best, the only difference for me is that earlier in the season pretty much every shot he made went in!!

He's a very good winger at this level. I hope he stays.

 

[Manorman]

Maybe Agyei will develop into a player who can play wide in a front 3.

 

[Wallop]

Can't think of many who will have played more minutes recently, seems to have started a lot. Think its just a downside to how hard he's been working defensively, hopefully can get some cover in Jan.

He's also the most fouled player in league 1 and has defenders doubling up on him.

 

[Yellow Submarine]

No danger of Fosu going anywhere in January. He had a very poor season last year at Charlton. By all accounts the one consistent in his good form throughout his career is KR

 

[ttg17]

Thought Fosu was much better yesterday than he has been recently. Also far more two footed than I'd ever noticed him being , their RB was put on his a**e more than once because he just didn't know which way he was turning.

That said, he was never realistically going to continue that goalscoring run of september / October. As great as his long range bangers were, no player is going to consistently bang them in for a whole season (except perhaps Nick Powell for Crewe in I want to say 2012/13!).

I think we'll definitely bring in a winger or two in January. One of the few positives of last season (for much of it, at least) was the superb options on the wing we ended up having. Browne and Whyte, bringing in Graham in Jan, and even developing Garbutt into an excellent winger at this level gave us so many varied and dangerous threats in the run in. No chance KR doesn't look to replicate that.

 

[ttg17]

I was watching some highlights from earlier in the season last night and it really struck me how electric Fosu looked (particularly in the Tranmere game, where he won us two penalties and was integral to setting up CB's goal) in comparison to how he has done recently. Could be dodgier pitches, but I think the stance that I had been taking, that he's just getting double teamed now so isn't having he same impact, is probably wrong. The guy's lost a yard and I think that must be due to fatigue.

 

[Sarge]

think he's 'targeted' by opposition scouts as someone to 'stop' .... in recent games hes been kicked all over the pitch with little , if any, protection from weak referees and assistant referees

that said, I do agree with some other posters on this thread, that Fosu could maybe do with resting? hopefully as other players get back to match fitness he'll get a bit of respite and recharge his batteries?

 

[Oxford1996]

Think people are over reacting. Scored a great goal Saturday and set Holland up for a sitter.

 

[Teddydee1980]

Agree about the over reaction. What team in their right mind WOULDN'T watch a player like Fosu and figure out how to combat him and what he does, based on his early performances. And yet, he's still involved, still creating chances, still running, still,scoring.

For me, one of the first names on the teamsheet, without doubt.

 

[Essexyellows]

One of those mercurial players that can make a game talked about for years, or who gets lumped by an opposition tag team.
Yes he has off days but so does everyone. Real match winner, fast thinker and has feet like super glue.
I`ll let him off on his bad days because there are ,generally, more good than bad.

 

[Foley]

OM has him as man of the match on Saturday, so I'm not sure about him needing a rest at the moment ( maybe when we play 2 games a week every week in February?)

 

[chuckbert]

The proof of Fosu’s ability appears when subs are made around him and the new players stretch the game - he suddenly gets a few inches more to play with and creates danger.
All of the time you see him holding onto the ball and turning it back to midfield or defence is because there is no outlet due to the three people that are put on him. I still can’t work out what percentage of his tumbles are dives or fouls, but it’s clear he is getting kicked about.

 

[Oxymoron]

The good thing about Saturday was that Tariq took on the man in front of him, went to his right and got a shot away.

So many times from this position he has feigned right and then gone left for the byline presumably so he can put the ball across the box and invariably been dispossessed.

It's been doing my head in for weeks........

 

[ZeroTheHero]

He is like most 'flair' wide players, especially at our level. One day he can be a game changer, the next the match will just pass him by. I will say in his favour though, he does a lot of covering back in the defensive areas so even if he isn't having the best game, he does make a useful contribution.

 

[Witneyoldfella]

I read an article somewhere where he said he had played more games this season so far than in total last season, so could be a reason. I still think the man is quality and improves our side.

 

[Foley]

He is like most 'flair' wide players, especially at our level. One day he can be a game changer, the next the match will just pass him by. I will say in his favour though, he does a lot of covering back in the defensive areas so even if he isn't having the best game, he does make a useful contribution.

The other thing is that he scores goals ( which many wide men dont)
Is that 10 for the season?