Popular Post gwi1890 Posted April 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2021 I think we will see much more out of him, with better players coming in the summer he looks great when we are constantly on the front foot similar to what we were pre covid for the team. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 He excels in a speedy fast game back and forth when opposition is panicking and backing off when we're countering. And to be fair that is where we seem most dangerous.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Has all the skill and vision to be brilliant. It's his mentality, concentration and physicality which need work. Been shite recently but nowhere near a lost cause. Hopefully see a much improved version next season. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted April 12, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Has all the skill and vision to be brilliant. It's his mentality, concentration and physicality which need work. Been shite recently but nowhere near a lost cause. Hopefully see a much improved version next season. yep spot on...not given up on him at all. i fear we will always have an issue with consistency with him but if we get more consistent performers around him then it won't matter as much 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Has all the skill and vision to be brilliant. It's his mentality, concentration and physicality which need work. Been shite recently but nowhere near a lost cause. Hopefully see a much improved version next season. He will never have the physical side just like Hourihane. Hes lightweight, light on his feet, great skill but can easily be knocked off the ball. For that reason needs to work on being clever with his body position and trying to protect the ball to at least win more fouls like Jack does. I like Traore though and I'm sure he'll get better. As a team though we are badly lacking a big strong player in midfield. We could do with a Toure or a Vieira. Don't make em like that anymore! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 If he passed the ball or crossed it more often then he wouldn't look quite so bad. It's his refusal to use the overlap ( cash will slap him before the end of the season) and 9 times out of 10 fails to cross the ball by trying to do too much. If he added a bit of common sense to his game, we could afford his lack of physical and defensive presence. Until then, he is a liability for 90% of most games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) I don’t think I’ve seen a poorer performance from a player for a while. At least when El Ghazi is crap he sort of stays out the way and it’s like playing with 10 men. With Traore it was almost like playing with 10 men against 12. That cross field pass that nearly put a Liverpool playing through on goal would have been a great assist! He needs a lot of work. Edited April 12, 2021 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 7 hours ago, brummybloke said: If he passed the ball or crossed it more often then he wouldn't look quite so bad. It's his refusal to use the overlap ( cash will slap him before the end of the season) and 9 times out of 10 fails to cross the ball by trying to do too much. If he added a bit of common sense to his game, we could afford his lack of physical and defensive presence. Until then, he is a liability for 90% of most games. Yeah pretty frustrating seeing Cash bomb forward only for Traore to ignore him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 20 hours ago, gwi1890 said: I think we will see much more out of him, with better players coming in the summer he looks great when we are constantly on the front foot similar to what we were pre covid for the team. Spot on. Improve the midfield three so we can dominate possession and territory and Bert will be like a different player. He will boss it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooJung Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Does anyone have a clip/gif of that hospital pass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 46 minutes ago, WooJung said: Does anyone have a clip/gif of that hospital pass? Which one? He does one every game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 How long before he plays the next suicide pass thing in the next game? I'll start us at 14minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 This guy really has turned out exactly the way the Lyon fans were describing him. We'll see what he can do next season but so far terrible signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) On 12/04/2021 at 16:01, birdman said: He will never have the physical side just like Hourihane. Hes lightweight, light on his feet, great skill but can easily be knocked off the ball. For that reason needs to work on being clever with his body position and trying to protect the ball to at least win more fouls like Jack does. I like Traore though and I'm sure he'll get better. As a team though we are badly lacking a big strong player in midfield. We could do with a Toure or a Vieira. Don't make em like that anymore! They are out there, we just have to look and focus on one.....you have to want one intrinsically...some posters have picked a few out. I am not sure, we are interested to be honest....We will just keep signing wingers until we get that right. McGinn has shown, he is better suited further forward so is Dougie Imv. Edited April 22, 2021 by TRO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, TRO said: We will just keep signing wingers until we get that right. Heading into that Arsenal trap. Signing too many samey players 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjvilla Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 30 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Heading into that Arsenal trap. Signing too many samey players How are trez, el ghazi or traore anything 'samey' at all? Considering the post you have quoted is regarding wingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjvilla Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 40 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Heading into that Arsenal trap. Signing too many samey players In fact, having thought about it... Which players has Smith signed that are 'samey', across the whole pitch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 1 hour ago, villalad21 said: This guy really has turned out exactly the way the Lyon fans were describing him. We'll see what he can do next season but so far terrible signing In your opinion. In my opinion, he’s not been a terrible signing. Frustrating without a doubt and recently been annoying but like most of the team have recently. He cost approx 18m, has scored 6 goals and I think 4/5 key assists so far. By comparison, Adama at Wolves, who is valued at 40m plus, has 1 goal and perhaps 2 assists this season. Jack Harrison at Leeds has scored 7 goals and has approx 5/6 assists. Benrahma at West Ham, who most of us wanted on here, with 24 league appearances this season but only 2 EFL Cup goals only. I could go on. To say he’s been a terrible signing is extremely harsh. I doubt he’ll be amazing throughout next season and we’ll still see the inconsistency but for the money, he’s done more than ok in my view. He’s not an elite player but I can accept that for what we paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted April 22, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2021 50 minutes ago, Mjvilla said: How are trez, el ghazi or traore anything 'samey' at all? Considering the post you have quoted is regarding wingers. Their all inconsistent? Traora is a strange player , he could be very special but he could also be very poor. Suppose that's the problem with buying players who still need to develop, your never quite sure which way its going to go. Be interesting to know how he was scouted and by who, what data was used, if any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 I have to be honest. From what I’ve seen of him this season he’s not that much better than what we already have. Need to sign better quality for first team places. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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