Yannick Bolasie

[RFUS]

Amazing how people forget how useful he was for us. Was creating chance after chance on a plate in those first two months.

Seems a good lad too. Looking forward to seeing him back in the royal blue.

 

[Niapper]

It's just sad to think that Bolasie might never be the player he was after injury

 

[d34noj]

I stand by my comments

I also stand by your comments mate. He's on a good day, average. On a bad day, he's a liability.

 

[Goat]

 

[Toffeemeister]

I think we do miss him but if he's lost his pace then it's 27 million down the drain.

We've been very unlucky I think with him and Coleman in one season.

 

[d34noj]

Really missed his attitude and skills since his injury.

Hard to believe that people have a different opinion to me about what is good and bad.

Mr. Koeman, for example, was prepared to offer 30 million and 90 a week for Sissoko when I thought
the guy was crap. Bolasie is the real deal, trust me, I know.

Sissoko is crap. And so is Bolasie. His stats through his entire career don't change just because he's pulling our shirt on.

Amazing how people forget how useful he was for us. Was creating chance after chance on a plate in those first two months.

Seems a good lad too. Looking forward to seeing him back in the royal blue.

Not disputing whether he's a top bloke or not, he's just an average player. And ON A PLATE???

It's just sad to think that Bolasie might never be the player he was after injury

Hope he isn't. Hope he's lost a yard of pace so he actually has to use his brain to play football instead of just lump & run (usually run it out of play/into a dead end or mishit/overhit his cross)

 

[d34noj]

Ive never rated him.

Sorry if that viewpoint offends you Friend.

Absolutely not Friend, me neither. I understand you don't like us kicking him when he's down but how poor he is/was is forgotten because he's not on the pitch.

He's our very own Luca Leiva.

 

[Steve0]

What exactly does he offer mate? because I, alongside pretty much everybody else can't see it.

He's quick, you cant argue with that, it's just a fact.
He had the highest number of assists prior to injury.
He had created the highest number of opportunities.

It's this wilful rejection of cold hard facts which undermine the naysayers. You could say, 'yes he's quick, skilful and perfect for counter attacking football with a high number of assists and chances created but he's a bit lazy and some crosses aren't perfect'

It'd still be a strange stance but at least it'd be intelligible.

 

[Goat]

Absolutely not Friend, me neither. I understand you don't like us kicking him when he's down but how poor he is/was is forgotten because he's not on the pitch.

He's our very own Luca Leiva.

I did think he was a weapon for us tho, he stretched the play, he made things happen and he got crosses in, despite my thoughts on him as a player, as a squad, we are much, much weaker without him in it, now whether that speaks more about the squad than him, well thats up to you.

 

[d34noj]

He's quick, you cant argue with that, it's just a fact.
He had the highest number of assists prior to injury.
He had created the highest number of opportunities.

It's this wilful rejection of cold hard facts which undermine the naysayers. You could say, 'yes he's quick, skilful and perfect for counter attacking football with a high number of assists and chances created but he's a bit lazy and some crosses aren't perfect'

It'd still be a strange stance but at least it'd be intelligible.

I agree with all of the highlighted, he is quick, skilful and perfect for counter attacking football. He just doesn't have the intelligence or quality to pull it off. As for the assists nonsense - absolutely everything was filtered through him so he's bound to have.

Lukaku has scored the most goals for us because that's what he's there for.
Robles has made the most saves because that's what he's there for. (Williams is catching him up to be fair)

'Some' crosses aren't perfect? less than 3 out of 4 passes find their target, only 30% of his shots are on target. The ball at his feet, he's quality - give him something to do with it and he's not.

 

[Nymzee]

£27M wasted. Williams looks a dud who'll only get worse too. Stekelenburg - poor. Calvert Lewin is not up to the task. Lookman - ok...who knows really.

That's £45M spent either on poor or speculative buys.

Schneiderlin and Gueye are the only successes in the transfer market (and even there you;d have to qualify that statement given the former hasn't played a lot of games yet and might be a poor injury prospect and the latter has dipped dramatically in form).

How is Bolasie wasted? Were we meant to envisage a season/career ending injury? Until he went out of the team he was arguably our top performer.

 

[d34noj]

I did think he was a weapon for us tho, he stretched the play, he made things happen and he got crosses in, despite my thoughts on him as a player, as a squad, we are much, much weaker without him in it, now whether that speaks more about the squad than him, well thats up to you.

As a squad player i'd keep him, last 15 minutes to stretch a game & give an outball - as a starter with the weight of the game on his shoulders? not up to the task by a long shot.

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

It seems there's no middle ground with this guy - it's like American politics at the moment. Loads saying he's absolute crap, an abortion of a player, when clearly that's not the case. he's not Cleverley FFS. Bottom line if we signed him for 12-15 million no one would have thought twice, but put a 2 in front of the transfer fee and everyone has a conniption over him.

 

[RFUS]

Sissoko is crap. And so is Bolasie. His stats through his entire career don't change just because he's pulling our shirt on.



Not disputing whether he's a top bloke or not, he's just an average player. And ON A PLATE???



Hope he isn't. Hope he's lost a yard of pace so he actually has to use his brain to play football instead of just lump & run (usually run it out of play/into a dead end or mishit/overhit his cross)

Yes on a plate. So much so Rom got a goal from a Bolasie cross without actually touching the fecking ball.

Watch his assists. And the missed chances, like Ross's awful header where he had tons of the goal to aim at from a few yards away. All of this is from a handful of games, straight away, despite being at a new club with a new style and new players.

He's not Alexis Sanchez but he's effective,he stretches the play and defenders hate playing against him. If you think he's crap then I think you're blinkered. I even recall Seamus saying he was the toughest winger he'd played against, way before there was any mention of us signing him.

 

[ijjysmith]

I did think he was a weapon for us tho, he stretched the play, he made things happen and he got crosses in, despite my thoughts on him as a player, as a squad, we are much, much weaker without him in it, now whether that speaks more about the squad than him, well thats up to you.

Agree totally. We've missed him in quite a few games while he's been out this season.

The price will always be over his head, but that's not his fault at all.