Tomaszk Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) Continues to put in the work. Didn't think it was his best night on the ball. Looking forward to him v West Ham who will sit back. Edited January 31, 2021 by Tomaszk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 I like this guy, I think he was worth 16 million. Lyon fans can kiss my ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 27/01/2021 at 15:04, villalad21 said: Isn't tracking back enough. Great work rate from Traore today, the poor lad must have taken the online criticism to heart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Traore said "I need to make this up to villalad21 against Southampton", and the rest as they say was history. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 I like him although he needs to work on clearing the ball properly when defending the box ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Remember someone on here recently posting some comparison stats re him and Adama at Wolves. Wolves value Adama at approximately 50-70m. Enough said. I think we’ve made a very good signing here. He’ll get better and better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 I thought he was dreadful myself. Our worst player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 16 minutes ago, PaulC said: I thought he was dreadful myself. Our worst player. Same here I'm afraid. He's great on the ball, but a liability without it, and teams realise that if they overload our right hand side, they're going to get more chances than down our left. He should have been replaced halfway through the second half, as he was offering nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Risso said: Same here I'm afraid. He's great on the ball, but a liability without it, and teams realise that if they overload our right hand side, they're going to get more chances than down our left. He should have been replaced halfway through the second half, as he was offering nothing. I was scared he was going to cost us a goal, some of his challenges are pathetic and that clearance that looped in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 He'll get better, but Dean should have subbed him and tightened things up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Risso said: He'll get better, but Dean should have subbed him and tightened things up. Yes its not his fault, cant understand why hes so relucatant to make subs. We got away with it last night thanks to the goalkeeper and defence but it could have been so different. Small margins! He should have shured things up late on. Edited January 31, 2021 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 31, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31, 2021 Is he doing enough to keep out Trezeguet or Elghazi. I'm not sure, especially Trez who had seemed to hit a bit of goalscoring form before he was out/dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) It seems like we go around in circles with El Ghazi, Trezeguet, and Traore, the moment one of them has below average performance it seems that there are cries that they're not good enough and need to be replaced by one of the others, until it's one of those others turn to be deemed not good enough after one poor game. Whichever one of them plays they're going to be up and down with their form as is often the case with wide players, but statistically in terms of providing goals or assists they've all done well for us. Edited January 31, 2021 by useless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-k Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 26 minutes ago, sidcow said: Is he doing enough to keep out Trezeguet or Elghazi. I'm not sure, especially Trez who had seemed to hit a bit of goalscoring form before he was out/dropped. Trez hasn't scored a goal all season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 28 minutes ago, sidcow said: Is he doing enough to keep out Trezeguet or Elghazi. I'm not sure, especially Trez who had seemed to hit a bit of goalscoring form before he was out/dropped. For me, yes. He wasn't a threat against Southampton, but that's the first real time in a while. He's technically too good to leave out at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 31, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31, 2021 7 minutes ago, a-k said: Trez hasn't scored a goal all season? Oops. My bad. I was convinced he'd got a couple of goals before Traore came in. Strange how your mind work.... I'm blaming lockdown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 31, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31, 2021 30 minutes ago, useless said: It seems like we go around in circles with El Ghazi, Trezeguet, and Traore, the moment one of them has below average performance it seems that there are cries that they're not good enough and need to be replaced by one of the others, until it's one of those others turn to be deemed not good enough after one poor game. Whichever one of them plays they're going to be up and down with their form as is often the case with wide players, but statistically in terms of providing goals or assists they've all done well for us. Yes, the main problem is none of them stand out. I guess that's why I'm a bit disappointed with Traore, I thought he was here to be substantially better than both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 If you want a player guaranteed to be better than those then you need to spend big money, people were desperate for us to sign Benrahma but he hasn't shown anything at West Ham to suggest he would have been an upgrade on what we already have. Truth of the matter is that wingers that are cosistently scoring goals, providing assists and putting in good performances are going to cost probably three times at least what we paid for Traore, unless you get lucky with a signing that performs beyond reasonable expectations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 10 minutes ago, useless said: people were desperate for us to sign Benrahma but he hasn't shown anything at West Ham to suggest he would have been an upgrade on what we already have Watching him now and he wouldn’t get near our team. Of course he might step up as he gets more used to the league and to be fair West Ham are doing very well this season so he isn’t costing them anything in those terms, but agree he doesn’t look any better than what we have. I think we were watching him in case Grealish moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 I like him more and more, but still not sold on the right winger role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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