Spoony Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Is this Charles N’Zogbia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 7:10 - 8:00 sums up his whole performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 it took me 5 seconds to hate this commentator. Sounds like a **** radio 1 DJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Think some of the reaction to yesterday's performance is harsh on him. It's difficult to critique and especially write off a player based solely off of brief cameos, and if anything I'd say what he has shown in them has been more encouraging than discouraging on the whole, considering how long of a layoff he's had. Yesterday was poor, but he's barely had any minutes at all and was introduced to a game where the momentum was with Swansea and he struggled to pick up the pace of it. Still and all he would have had a great assist to his name had Abraham done better with the header at the back post, which I think the consensus is he should have, and suddenly Bolasie's performance would've been viewed in a better light through no added work of his own. Reserving my judgement for now but personally I'm expecting him to come good for us. I'm a bit concerned as to why he's still only seemingly able to play 15 and 20 minutes here and there but hopefully he can get at least an hour under his belt against QPR (would have him over Adomah myself) and then we'll have more of an idea of where he's at. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Thought he seemed a tad lazy when he came on, and a bit off the pace. Still glad we’ve got him though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I’m a bit concerned that we are just paying a fortune to rehabilitate an Everton player. Hopefully he will be capable of playing more than 20 minutes in the near future. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 5 hours ago, Spoony said: Is this Charles N’Zogbia? Nope because we’re not stuck with him if he doesn’t improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 He was poor on Saturday, he didn't track back to help out Hutton at all and waited for the ball to come to him instead of moving for it. On the ball he is normally very good and showed glimpses of it at times, but for this team to work they need to be hardworking and Bolasie currently isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) No doubts he was poor on Saturday but he is clearly not match fit and I'm fairly sure I read that he had only one training session with Dean Smith prior to the match so it will take time. Saying that at times, for me, it looked a lack of effort which, if so, is not acceptable. I think Bolasie is going to be one of those players for us who will often be either be a 5/10 or a 9/10 - when he is on his game is unplayable but when he is off he is shocking! Edited October 22, 2018 by Brumstopdogs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 The fact he was on his heels at all times was unacceptable, never in a position to receive the ball, never had his feet set to make good runs in behind or down the flank. This is down to one of, a lack of effort, lack of football brain or lack of confidence due to his injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) He was injured Dec 2016, he came back last season and made 16 appearances, as far as I understand he has since had a full pre season. How can he not be fit to run around for more than 20 minutes when we are shelling out £70k a bloody week. Come on man, did we even take a look at him before we signed it off. Edited October 22, 2018 by rodders0223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I've asked this question before but it seems very odd to me that we have players clearly lacking fitness but we don't play them in the u23s. As far as I'm aware you can field 3 over 23s but we haven't done anything of the sort for a few years. If Bolasie had been given a few games there earlier in the season he might have been up to speed by now. Hogan apparently has been fit for 6 weeks, he could have been another one benefiting from this. Even the likes of Lansbury and Bree to keep them fit. I don't get it. Its no wander they all look so far off the pace when they got thrown in for the odd game in the cup. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 More likely is he played (90 mins) in Zimbabwe the night of the 16th. So probably back in the UK for the 18th, so maybe one session under Smith hence just the 26 minutes against Swansea. I expect that to change and him to come in and play plenty of minutes in the coming weeks. Although maybe Smith will think he needs to work harder for his pressing game - we will see I guess. But I think Bolasie is a class player so very much hoping we get him integrated into the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Was good for 3 minutes before he ran out of steam. Makes Gabby look like Mo Farah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 I like how direct he is - we need that as Elmo is too ponderous at times. However, he seemed to be off balance EVERY time he kicked the ball! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Would like to see Bolasie starting our next game - he gives us a new dimension with his pace that we need. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Good delivery in. Lot of showy stuff that looks nice but isn't necessary at times. Will benefit from next week's training for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Put in a couple of good balls, but then also put in one of the worst crosses I’ve ever seen. Is such a lazy player, when we get the ball he should be sprinting to the touch line in line with the opposition back line to spread the play. Instead he just walks around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) Again too much on his heels, frustrating to see him not making good runs, and the player marking him from behind easily being able to get in front him when he received the ball with his back to goal. Edited October 27, 2018 by Dr_Pangloss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weedman Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 He's just a low grade Adama Traore at the moment, must do better if he's to play any part for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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