Talk:Emmanuel Adebayor

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Number 25

Was assigned to David Bentley at the start of 2005-06 season, see [1] Qwghlm 08:18, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

People Removing the info i'm adding

Sorry, but i keep updating the page every 3 weeks or so, (stats on his record aginst tottenham, assist and goal against fulham etc) and people keep removing it, how come? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.82.106.47 (talk • contribs) 11:58, May 10, 2007

usually if the information is not very notable or some sort of a milestone you get expect it to be removed. Because imagine if he's only 23 now and so many of his goals/moves/assists are chartered in a few years time the article length is just going to explode. Chensiyuan 19:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Brother

On Football Manager 06/07 there is a young Adebayor listed in the Metz U18. Ade is mentioned in his favourite personel. If it's his younger brother it might be worth mentioning. PlayCollective 01:34, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- It doesn't seem unlikely. They are usually quite accurate actually. Google and see if you can find out something, could be his brother or maybe another relative... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.202.218.230 (talk) 16:47, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dance

Ugh well Ive had enough goes with trying to make a fancy annotation with the henry adebayor dance so I embedded the gif so if anyone wants to make a fance annotation thumbnail image thing go right ahead :)Rammstein1 05:30, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Poor quality article

This, without a doubt is the worst Wikipedia article that I've ever seen. The Arsenal section for a starter is littered with journalistic magazine style information that wouldn't look out of place in a tabloid. If this isn't sorted soon then it is going to have to be addressed at WikiProject Football. Jazza5 (talk) 17:13, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CL Runner Up?

Should this still count for him? He was cup tied and ineligible for the Champions League with Arsenal that season. Robixsmash (talk) 20:07, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldnt he be a runner up with Monico? Y2J RKO (talk) 16:47, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article 2004 UEFA Champions League Final confirms he was in Monaco's squad that season, so he would have got a silver medal. slυмgυм [ ←→ ] 18:38, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

done Y2J RKO (talk) 18:59, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brother Rick?

Weird sentance that says his brother rick helped him get where he is today. I'll remove it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bulkroosh (talk • contribs) 12:12, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why is The Emirates cup classed as an honour? This was just a pre season friendly tounament and isn't counted as a competetive tournament. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DDRickyDD (talk • contribs) 14:32, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Style of play?

I reverted a change earlier removing the style of play section. The claims are good, but I think a major change like that should be discussed first. I'm fairly indifferent to the matter. Thoughts? – moonty (talk) (contribs) 05:45, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Style of play sections are fairly common, even amongst good and featured articles (e.g. Thierry Henry and/or Duncan Edwards). In a wider context the same can be said of articles on basketballers. But most of the time these sections are quite hard to write (POV etc.). Chensiyuan (talk) 08:27, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe I was a bit hasty in removing it from this article, but I do not like "Style of play" sections because a majority of them are nothing but opinion ("He is known for this or that") and are mostly gleaned from what's written in the press. They offer nothing encyclopedic.--Beemer69 ^chitchat 20:23, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am okay with them because an entry purely on statistics and awards hardly breathe any life or insight into what the player was like qua player. E.g. whether he is fast, can dribble, scores mostly with head... Chensiyuan (talk) 04:36, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Saying that he scored a "stunning volley" at a "seemingly impossible angle" is nothing but POV and weasel words. It does not represent a neutral viewpoint. Plus, a list of goals he scored is sports commentary, which doesn't belong either. Beemer69 ^chitchat 00:56, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is it a joke?

Guys,is this a joke?THE FINNISH WIKIPEDIA HAS MORE INFORMATION THEN THE ENGLISH ONE!He is a great player that plays for an english club and there isn't nothing on this page.I suggest to write somethng,is ridicoulos that the only thing of Adebayor's page are Honours,References and external link.--Ujkaj4president (talk) 14:58, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Go ahead! Chensiyuan (talk) 15:09, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Contract

Nothing mentioned on his holding the club to ransom over the summer and refusing to commit when his name was banded about in the press and generally being an all round mercenary?