Popular Post VillanousOne Posted February 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 minute ago, maqroll said: Would love it if he got the nod ahead of Bailey tomorrow. Isn't he injured/not match fit yet? I don't want to enter the how good/how bad Bertie is debate. I will say comparisons between him and Bailey don't work at all on any level. Would rather a player we spent 16/17 mil on and is probably commanding decent wages - is not rotting in a foreign league whilst we subsidise their wages for the benefit of another club, whilst their contract and value runs down. I don't know what role he will play under Emery but if anyone can get a tune out of him, Uncle Unai can. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, VillanousOne said: Isn't he injured/not match fit yet? I don't want to enter the how good/how bad Bertie is debate. I will say comparisons between him and Bailey don't work at all on any level. Would rather a player we spent 16/17 mil on and is probably commanding decent wages - is not rotting in a foreign league whilst we subsidise their wages for the benefit of another club, whilst their contract and value runs down. I don't know what role he will play under Emery but if anyone can get a tune out of him, Uncle Unai can. The Sultan of Unai will sprinkle his magic dust over him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterDad Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Tom13 said: I'd love you to provide evidence of consistently poor decision making from Traore in dangerous areas. West Brom away 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 7 minutes ago, Steero113 said: He's injured, won't be available for weeks. Right, forgot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: Don’t bring your arse into this… (insert Kenneth Gif here). Look, I don’t think he was excellent in his debut season. I thought he was very average and somebody we needed to improve upon. Probably why the club went out and spent 70m on two players who played in his position so it’s quite possible they agreed. If he comes back here and smashes it, then, and only then, will we talk about your arse. Good idea. Put his arse on the back burner. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Delphinho123 Posted February 3, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Tom13 said: El Ghazi had technique, but such a weak mentality. Every time he had a run of starts, he bottled it. He used to panic and hide. Traore doesn't panic. I don’t remember him having a weak mentality offering to take the penalty against Wolves in injury time to win the match. Nor do I remember his weak mentality in the playoff final when he was motm. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 16 minutes ago, DaveAV1 said: The Sultan of Unai will sprinkle his magic dust over him. What happens when Unai magic combines with Berty magic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Tom13 said: Hahahaha we had to spend that money to replace our best player. Ffs. I give up. I don’t really see your point. I agree we had to spend the Grealish money, I just found it odd we bought two right sided forwards and a striker when we didn’t play with 2 up front and we already had (according to you) the excellent Traore playing there? Not sure what you’re getting at? I’ll lay it out for you. We could have used the Grealish money a lot better. Ings was a panic signing and Bailey/Buendia have massively underwhelmed. I honestly doubt either will be starting for us next season. Bailey/Buendia were bought to replace Traore and Grealish, obviously because the club felt they could improve on Traore. Rightly so, as he isn’t up to much 90% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 14 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: I don’t really see your point. I agree we had to spend the Grealish money, I just found it odd we bought two right sided forwards and a striker when we didn’t play with 2 up front and we already had (according to you) the excellent Traore playing there? Not sure what you’re getting at? I’ll lay it out for you. We could have used the Grealish money a lot better. Ings was a panic signing and Bailey/Buendia have massively underwhelmed. I honestly doubt either will be starting for us next season. Bailey/Buendia were bought to replace Traore and Grealish, obviously because the club felt they could improve on Traore. Rightly so, as he isn’t up to much 90% of the time. Isn't up to much 90% of the time? That is complete rubbish and I can't take your opinion seriously in the slightest anymore. I'm out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 13 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Isn't up to much 90% of the time? That is complete rubbish and I can't take your opinion seriously in the slightest anymore. I'm out. Why do you think the club loaned him to Turkey and paid his wages, Tom? Do clubs do that with players they think are useful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 The pair of you make decent points. We never replaced grealish’s position. But getting rid of a player that had scored or assisted 13 goals, and another player that had scored 10 ‘just because’ was a Gerrardism. Im glad Traore is back. Should never have been loaned out in the first place until we knew Bailey was fully settled in. Gerrard should be shot for many things, this was another. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 (edited) I want him to do well but he was plumbing it at Basaksehir, injured and not particularly playing well. Not even playing as well as El Ghazi at PSV! There's a reason no one came for him and he could only get a loan out to Turkey. Let's hope he can play a few matches especially if Watkins or Bailey gets injured and pitch in a few of those wonder goals against those pesky low blocks that we can't break down. Edited February 3, 2023 by DJBOB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 minute ago, DJBOB said: I want him to do well but he was plumbing it at Basaksehir, injured and not particularly playing well. Not even playing as well as El Ghazi at PSV! There's a reason no one came for him and he could only get a loan out to Turkey. Let's hope he can play a few matches especially if Watkins or Bailey gets injured and pitch in a few of those wonder goals against those pesky low blocks that we can't break down. I’m all for it. Hope he makes me look stupid, but let’s not pretend he’s good enough for us. God, I remember his performance against Brentford last year and it was almost as bad as Baileys away at Fulham this year. It’s about time we actually bought a decent wide player. I don’t blame the club for Bailey. That seemed like a sensible signing at the time, it just hasn’t worked out to date as we’d have liked. I suppose he still has time to find consistency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Why do you think the club loaned him to Turkey and paid his wages, Tom? Do clubs do that with players they think are useful? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Just now, Delphinho123 said: I’m all for it. Hope he makes me look stupid, but let’s not pretend he’s good enough for us. God, I remember his performance against Brentford last year and it was almost as bad as Baileys away at Fulham this year. It’s about time we actually bought a decent wide player. I don’t blame the club for Bailey. That seemed like a sensible signing at the time, it just hasn’t worked out to date as we’d have liked. I suppose he still has time to find consistency. That's funny because even Steven praised his performance against Brentford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 Just now, Tom13 said: That's funny because even Steven praised his performance against Brentford. Christ, he was woeful. One of, if not the worst individual performance from a player that season. To be fair, he was coming back from injury but he stunk the joint out for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 10 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Christ, he was woeful. One of, if not the worst individual performance from a player that season. To be fair, he was coming back from injury but he stunk the joint out for sure. Do you actually like any of our (attacking) players? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, Jas10 said: Do you actually like any of our (attacking) players? Is that a rhetorical question? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 minute ago, Thug said: Is that a rhetorical question? No, I’m genuinely interested to see who he rates, deems fit or just likes Or are they all shit, in his eyes? Big time Buendia fan though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Does he have these standards with everyone? Does he rate Messi's career as a 6/10...could have done much better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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