R.Bear Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 First game back and all that but he was dreadful. Slow making decisions, indecisive and zero end product. Just another one of those nothing players we have in this squad. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 I thought he was quite good and he just tries things other players don't even see. Touch was sharp, he doesn't just try and create aimlessly like Bailey does for example. He looks to get it into feet in dangerous areas. Bit more match sharpness and I think he'd be looking good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Thought he looked quite good actually, tried to commit opposing defenders, close control, couple of decent crosses. Did far more than Bailey in much less time on the field. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Is he really the best option we had in January. Abysmal if this is the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 It's his first game back, not gunna write him off just yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Thought Traore was fine. Calm on the ball went past people tries some moves. First game back no complaints from me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Nah, he was rubbish, but to be fair to him he hasn't even played a minute of *youth* football since he came back from Turkiye. No surprise he looks very rusty. We're gonna have to be a bit patient with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Skinned that player into the box then just lofted a poor ball back post. It's like why??? Keep going and shoot. Tbh he wasn't that bad looked a bit off pace and was sweating alot for a cameo hopefully he gets back up to speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustibrooks Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 First game since his injury and didn’t do too bad. You can see he’s rusty, just needs a bit of a run then we can assess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Hopefully Gerrard gets the Trabzonspor job and takes him and Bailey in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calcifer Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Villa Talk logic. Coming on as a sub - Bertie is coming on, let's see what he can do. Looking forward to this. After 2 mins.. oh he is s### get rid Love it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Just now, calcifer said: Villa Talk logic. Coming on as a sub - Bertie is coming on, let's see what he can do. Looking forward to this. After 2 mins.. oh he is s### get rid Love it In fairness I highly doubt it's the same people posting both of those opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 (edited) I don't care how anyone tries to spin it, he wasn't good. A combination of his cult status, and the current Bailey dislike seems to be skewing opinions either way. Having said that, he may get better with a run, but signs weren't encouraging for me. Well aware of his skill and unpredictability at times but that won't cut it full time going forward. Edited March 12, 2023 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Just now, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: I don't care how anyone tries to spin it, he wasn't good. A combination of his cult status, and the current Bailey dislike seems to be skewing opinions either way. What did you expect from him? Views on Traore have nothing to do with Bailey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 (edited) He's poor but he could actually be better than bailey because he's so bad. Duran Duran should be starting ahead of them both or push moreno up and play digne. Or start Young as a forward. Edited March 12, 2023 by villa89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 He’s poor but miles better than Bailey. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 The usual stat sites have Traore as about average, and Bailey as the worst player on the pitch, which matches my viewing of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Just now, Delphinho123 said: He’s poor but miles better than Bailey. Yeah, not hard to do and he was still below average but that’s still a few levels above Bailey at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustibrooks Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 1 minute ago, Tom13 said: What did you expect from him? Views on Traore have nothing to do with Bailey. I mean there is an argument there, a lot of people praise someone else to put down a player they don’t like. I’ve seen this happen as soon as Bertrand came back. But as I’ve said he’s just come back from injury and looked like a player who has just come back from injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 I didnt think he was that good but looked very rusty which is to be expected. Needs game time to be properly judged 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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