New_Jersey_Villa Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 9 hours ago, gharperr said: this is why hes so frustrating. he done his job just by being on the pitch and making teams over protect vs him. pass it please!! stop trying to take everyone when passing is so much better in majority of scenarios he gets into. bit of intelligence would make him go far Agreed. You'd think the gaffer would simply say, pass more and you'll play more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallett Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I think Garde has gently made the point that as a player who has grown up at Barcelona - he has already been at the best place in the world for learning to pass and he still doesn't do it. There is a fascinating stat from an article on Bleacher Report. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2546620-why-barcelona-starlet-adama-traore-is-worth-the-premier-league Last season at Barcelona B Traore completed 243 successful dribbles (considerably more than 2nd placed Eden Hazard - 180 and 3rd placed Messi - 173). His success rate was 58% which is reasonably impressive but also means he attempted to dribble 419 times and lost the ball 176 times when dribbling. That is an unprofessional level of selfishness - more akin to schoolboy football - and is not very good for any football team let alone one in our position. It represents an enormous number of missed opportunities to do something else which would have developed the team's attack. Remember it didn't do Barcelona B a whole lot of good as they were relegated. He is a fantastic talent but Garde is right to need him to pass more before he brings him into the team properly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova26 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 The most prolific dribbler in world football and he can't get in dog turd our team? Hang on a minute, where's Jeremy Beadle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowlersrs Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I think the general consensus is that you can be the best dribbler in the world but if you've got no end product cos u can't pick ur head up and pick the pass then your dribbling skills arnt worth shit really.. he's got so much flair it's generally incredible to watch, he mesmerises players but he needs to develop a football brain to pick a pass and make the most of his absurd talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 18 minutes ago, Fowlersrs said: I think the general consensus is that you can be the best dribbler in the world but if you've got no end product cos u can't pick ur head up and pick the pass then your dribbling skills arnt worth shit really.. he's got so much flair it's generally incredible to watch, he mesmerises players but he needs to develop a football brain to pick a pass and make the most of his absurd talent Hence why the Harlem Globetrotters are not an NBA team! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GENTLEMAN Posted December 13, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2015 Adama's recent performances. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I'd gives him 20 minutes regardless of the result. He does need to pass more often though, if he doesn't he'll never get in the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) 8 hours ago, GENTLEMAN said: Adama's recent performances. I love that vid for the simple fact that of the first 5 action clips three are of him getting the ball and simply laying it off to a team mate (including a really nice crossfield ball to Hutton). Do people know who he is on the pitch or are they just confusing him with Bacuna or Sanchez?! Edit: Looks to have a really nice cross on him aswell from the under 21 highlights. Edited December 13, 2015 by VillaChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YGabbana Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 How is a quality player like that not good enough for our first team ffs. Baffled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 13, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2015 The only good things he does in those videos are in u21 games. I think he's our most talented player. But he's nowhere near our best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 9 minutes ago, YGabbana said: How is a quality player like that not good enough for our first team ffs. Baffled I think he has to be given ago from the start sooner rather than later, perhaps the next couple of games he should make more of a substantial appearance from the bench but eventually I want him starting. He's the only one in the squad with genuine top level pace on the ball, the only one who can genuine shit defenders up. I think he's the only one who can cause havoc so on that basis he should be playing. Players like Scott Sinclair do absolutely **** all, Traore should be in ahead of shite like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Sinclair was actually decent today, but Traore needs more than 5 minutes ffs and should probably be starting simply to try something different. We look lethargic going forward. Play Ayew centrally, play Traore and one of Gil/Grealish/Sinclair wide and have Veretout tucked in behind the striker somewhere. At least we'd be fluid and look to create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 13, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2015 Yeah I'd like to see him getting more time than he did today. Although I think one of his biggest assets is teams not knowing about him. Even today, his run was amazing. But straight after that Arsenal doubled up on him and the next few times he got the ball he had nowhere to go. In the run we've got coming up though he needs to play more. Newcastle's defence has been as bad as ours this season. Traore will stretch them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Obviously, he goes from the sublime (amazing run) to the ridiculous (when he dribbled it out of play). But for me, it's a totally brainless decision by Garde to only think to bring him on with literally 5 minutes to go. He made an instant impact, and is an obvious threat to any fullback he plays against. He has to get more game time, he should have come on at least at the 70 minute mark. Sinclair was doing absolutely **** all in the second half. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 How can he not get more than 5 minutes in a game we are losing? **** stupid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Well, despite tackling himself and running the ball out of play (silly mistakes due to lack of consistant gametime, easy to iron out) he does far more positive than negative. Makes players think, goes FORWARD. We literally have nothing to lose now, but yeah - Cant wait to see him for another 4 minutes next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Are we being trolled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 1 minute ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Obviously, he goes from the sublime (amazing run) to the ridiculous (when he dribbled it out of play). But for me, it's a totally brainless decision by Garde to only think to bring him on with literally 5 minutes to go. He made an instant impact, and is an obvious threat to any fullback he plays against. He has to get more game time, he should have come on at least at the 70 minute mark. Sinclair was doing absolutely **** all in the second half. Yeah, pretty much this. Sinclair was decent first half and started to tail off. 65 minutes or so gone, we should have brought on Traore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dont_do_it_doug. Posted December 13, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2015 **** joke bringing him on with 5 minutes left. "Look what you could have won". **** this shit. Another 6 days off, thank God. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 He actually tracked back in this match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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