rodders0223 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 16 hours ago, NottingVilla said: Sissoko broke out into a sprint once in a club game? Bullshit. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Probably from the Newcastle 5 Spurs 1 game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 18 hours ago, VillaChris said: Well just seen the highlights...he caused carnage for Arsenal at the back. Such a shame he never got a chance here...very much right player at the wrong time. Imagine if we had a buy back clause like Barca did.... He was injured most of last season and didn't want to be here this season. Like you said, shame. I think he should have got some games at the back end of last season when came back from injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 (edited) Brilliant against Arsenal. If he keeps that level up then Barcelona will activate the buy back clause. Edited October 24, 2016 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 unless us and boro have been very daft (us maybe to negate any sell on clause) then the buy back option has gone with his sale, barca's deal was with us, it wont carry through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 On 22/10/2016 at 23:32, VillaChris said: Well just seen the highlights...he caused carnage for Arsenal at the back. Such a shame he never got a chance here...very much right player at the wrong time. Imagine if we had a buy back clause like Barca did.... Acting like a total bellend the whole time he was here probably didnt help his cause much in terms of playing time. Had the same awful attitude that prompted Barcelona to show him the exit door. Maybe he will pull his finger out of his arse now he has found himself at Middlesborough, Birmingham was a downgrade on Barcelona but being in Middlesborough is horrific, i have had to work there. Adama will be trying to get out of there ASAP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 1 hour ago, PaulC said: Brilliant against Arsenal. If he keeps that level up then Barcelona will activate the buy back clause. DIdn't that die with us? Surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 24, 2016 Moderator Share Posted October 24, 2016 9 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: DIdn't that die with us? Surely? Yes. You don't get a recurring buy-back option over the life of a player's career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Infuriating we didn't/couldn't give this guy more game time. Such an entertaining talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rodders0223 Posted October 25, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Tom13 said: Infuriating we didn't/couldn't give this guy more game time. Such an entertaining talent. We had a 20th position to secure. You don't **** about with untried talents in the position we were in.. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Entertaining being the key word Actually any good at football remains to be seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Eric Black and Remi Garde just another reason to despise them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 25, 2016 Moderator Share Posted October 25, 2016 Right player, wrong time. I think most of us kind of suspected that this guy in a best case scenario could be devastating, and even in a normal case scenario would be very dangerous with his athletic ability if nothing else. Yes the end product and decision making is currently lacking, but with the right coaching and in the right environment he should flourish. We were not that team. We didn't have the luxury of bringing along probably the rawest player I've ever seen at Villa at a time when we needed all hands to the pump. We don't really have that luxury now either IMHO, although that's more a discussion on when you want promotion. Something we've visited elsewhere. It remains to be seen whether Boro are that team either, because they're not exactly without their own relegation pressures this season. There's also the issue of his allegedly ridiculous contract/wages at a time when we were trying to make things make sense off the pitch. Having him as one of the highest earners at a time when he wasn't playing and didn't look like playing any time soon, was something I imagine was very hard to reconcile. So needs must. Did he even want to be in this league? Coming from Barcelona? I dunno. But anyway, we now have a player (Adomah) who fits the profile and the requirement much better and probably isn't out of kilter in the wage structure either. All in all, it was a win-win-win for the 3 parties involved (Boro being the 3rd). It's a pity, and it might have been different had he come into a side that stayed up last season, but he didn't and we didn't, so we all move on. But I will enjoy watching him and wondering 'what if' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 On Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 00:23, Demitri_C said: Caused them problems but as we found his decision making in final third is absolutely shite This is an overrated opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 58 minutes ago, BOF said: Did he even want to be in this league? Coming from Barcelona? Barcelona B, a god awful barca B at that too, he'd have been playing in the 3rd tier of spanish football if he'd have stayed, finished rock bottom in a shit team 2 years on the trot agree about your adomah comments @Tom13 why is that overrated? the kid doesnt have a football brain, both in terms of his movement and his use of the ball, he's this great talent that we didnt use properly and didnt give a chance and yet in boro's 10 games this season he's made 3 sub appearances and 1 start, the start and performance vs arsenal being obvious seeing as even modou barrow at swansea run them ragged the week before, he's set the record for fastest player and had a couple of chances...he still hasnt actually done anything that great apart from the gil goal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 25, 2016 Moderator Share Posted October 25, 2016 19 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Barcelona B, a god awful barca B at that too, he'd have been playing in the 3rd tier of spanish football if he'd have stayed, finished rock bottom in a shit team 2 years on the trot Yep that's true. I just mean you're within the structure of Barcelona FC and IIRC he was one of the stars of that B side at the time, so he might have had reasonable ambitions to get called into the A team matchday squad at some point. Then to be in the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 46 minutes ago, Tom13 said: This is an overrated opinion. It really isnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 On 10/22/2016 at 23:32, VillaChris said: Well just seen the highlights...he caused carnage for Arsenal at the back. Such a shame he never got a chance here...very much right player at the wrong time. Imagine if we had a buy back clause like Barca did.... We have got a sell on clause though I think. I'm sure Dr T tweeted about it at the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 On 22/10/2016 at 23:32, VillaChris said: Well just seen the highlights...he caused carnage for Arsenal at the back. Such a shame he never got a chance here...very much right player at the wrong time. Imagine if we had a buy back clause like Barca did.... Isn't Adama the epitome of why you shouldn't judge a footballer from a highlights video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 25, 2016 Moderator Share Posted October 25, 2016 1 minute ago, The_Rev said: Isn't Adama the epitome of why you shouldn't judge a footballer from a highlights video? Yes and no. On one hand yes he's currently a highlight reel, but on the other, at 20 you'd think there's a whole lot more to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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