Bertrand Traoré

[JAMAICAN-VILLAN]

7 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

It was his deft touch and skill that created the first goal today. I totally agree he has magic in that left foot.

Just wanted to give him a shout out for the mental, sucidal, crazy cross field balls he tried again today. Think he did 2. Superb. 

Lol.

I should probably add that, he is slowly but surely adding the hark work element we now want from our team, to his  game.

That run he continued onto which created the goal could easily have been a lost  cause.

Edited February 6, 2021 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN

[Dave-R]

Thought he played very good today.

[theboyangel]

Brilliant assist today - pushing to regain possession and a decent cross into Watkins to score. 

Bedded down well and quickly into the squad and the league. Good purchase and still can improve 

[Danishlad]

I think he is a very entertaining player. Really like him,

[sparrow1988]

3 minutes ago, Danishlad said:

I think he is a very entertaining player. Really like him,

Yep he's definitely got that bit of something about him. Should have had a goal I thought. He did the hard work for that chance. I love when I think he's lost control of the ball and all of a sudden his foot comes from nowhere and does some sort of multi-directional movement and he's passed the man. It must be so disheartening for the defender..

[sharkyvilla]

I know he chose the wrong option trying to dink it over Ryan but his turn to set up the chance was lovely.  Simple but effective.

[Danishlad]

1 minute ago, sharkyvilla said:

I know he chose the wrong option trying to dink it over Ryan but his turn to set up the chance was lovely.  Simple but effective.

I loved that, best bit of skill all game, for me. Should have scored though

[lexicon]

20 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said:

I know he chose the wrong option trying to dink it over Ryan but his turn to set up the chance was lovely.  Simple but effective.

I love the fact that he tried and had the idea to in the first place - he's an artist and incredibly quick-thinking 

[VillaAlex]

I didn't like him at first but he grows on me game by game, I think he's so important for the variety of our play. Despite being one footed he's extremely hard to read as a defender.

[birdman]

He's so dangerous on the ball love it. It's good to have in case Jack picks up an injury. Great assist with outside of the boot today. 

[tomav84]

1 hour ago, sharkyvilla said:

I know he chose the wrong option trying to dink it over Ryan but his turn to set up the chance was lovely.  Simple but effective.

i think that's something we'll always have to accept about him. sometimes he'll try and be too cute rather than taking the simple option. it's a toss up whether we coach that aspect out of him or whether we just accept it with the trade off that you have moments of magic from him

[Zatman]

1 hour ago, Sulberto21 said:

I thought he's going to tuck his chance into the near post. But I can see what he was trying as tucking it in is kinda boring.

Fully agree, i be disappointed if he scored such a boring goal

[paul514]

Good game today and it is noticeable how much more work he has put in defensively more recently.

[sheepyvillian]

That blind cross- field pass he done in the first half was something else, but if that goes wrong. He's one of them players who make the hard work easy and the easy work hard.

Edited February 6, 2021 by sheepyvillian

[The_Rev]

I've seen that first goal a few times now and it's clear how early he smells the opportunity that Arsenal might present him with something. 

He's in a full sprint as soon as Gabriel gets a boot on the ball but fails to trap it. He's got so much momentum before the rest of the Arsenal defence wake up to the danger that there's not much they can do to prevent him winning the ball and once he's got it then he's got the quality to deliver.  If the coaching staff can keep him on his toes and stop him from becoming a mercurial winger to an incredibly productive one then we've got a hell of a player on our hands.  

[BleedClaretAndBlue]

Class performance today. Gone under the radar with the fanfare each of our other signings got. Probably has the most quality on the ball besides Jack. Really become a prominent player for us now. 4 goals 3/4 assists now? The ball to Ollie was exquisite

[alreadyexists]

I thought he played really well today. He still look a bit lost defensively, but he’s getting better and his work rate isn’t in question with me. He’s talented and I think we can coach those gaps in his game

[Villa87]

Growing on me massively! Still think Trez is better suited for some games - great little cameo of the bench when we were up against it. 

Edited February 6, 2021 by Villa87

[hippo]

Ideal in a cagey game - he has that bit of magic, bit of brilliance. Definitely adds something , which is a relief because he weren't great in his first few games.

[Indigo]

I love this guy, proper throwback maverick winger. He had an absolute howler for that attempted dink - would have been forgivable had it at least been on target  - but he was in that position through his own great work (along with the aid of Barkley...) and I'd like to think they'll come good for him more often than not given his talent. Brilliant work for the goal between sniffing out the opportunity, bursting past Gabriel and making picking out Watkins look far easier than it actually was.

Appreciate Trez's improvement and the more consistent work rate he may offer but Traore has proven to be another level up in terms of what you primarily want from an attacking player and is making that position his own in terms of starting games.