Erm, were they?
I seem to remember his stats being pretty good and those who didn't like him arguing they were skewed because we were using him as our sole creative outlet
Because our 'tactic' (you know from the tactical genius koeman) was for players to ALWAYS pass to Bolasie who would run forward then boot the ball anywhere apart from where our players were. On the off chance lukaku took the ball off him lol he got an assist.
Oh, and yes his stats were terrible in regards to accuracy and conversion. Was something stupid like 20% shooting accuracy and 65%/70% passing accuracy - it was covered in the previous carnation of this thread.
Yes, he cant hit a barn door...remember lukaku taking the ball off him haha
Hes an absolute donkey...a bigger Mcgeady.
You haven't seen him play have you. I bet some of our players passing stats must be immense this season...I also think Sigurdsson must have run 11miles last game...great stats lol
Love how some ‘back’ the players on here.
Of course his passing % is lower, he was the one always trying to take the riskier options to create. Which he was quite successful at, too.
Everyone bemoans our lack of pace and he obviously brings that in droves. At least he did before the knee and let’s hope he can again.
Back him in, you’re ‘supporters’ for a reason. Aren’t you?
I 'love'' how some 'fans' on here rewrite history like they did with Kone and others....
No he wasn't successful....no he didn't take risky options....read the comments on him last season...hes a headless chicken.
I always enjoyed watching him for Palace on MOTD, but knew from Palace fans that the entirety of his effective moments were captured on MOTD... and this has mostly been borne out for us. He's a Youtube player.
I would like us to be the sort of team where he'd be a different option off the bench, when the game is stretched (not to mention the sort of team that doesn't splooge almost £30m on the likes of Bolassie) but we are obviously not currently that sort of team.
He's like a big oafish Deulofeu, the way he can't move without doing that silly roll-over which he loses control of half the time, but his end product is even less reliable.
Difference is, Deulofeu showed he could cross the ball and control it...like you mentioned, that rollover thing...an opposition defender can easily dive in and take the ball as its so easy to predict.
I saw a Chelsea v. Palace game about three or four years when Palace took them apart at the Bridge. We all know that CFC had for years bullied EFC ,especially Ivanovitch and Terry. Who can forget Ivanovitch nearly trothling McCarthy as they ganged up on the ref and got Barry sent off?
Well that day Bolasie did a Johnny Morrissey and made Ivanovitch lay down and scream for mercy.
His coming to EFC to partner Lukaku, I thought was a great move but it only worked occasionally and then Bolasie got a big injury. But have no doubts, Bolasie is just what EFC lack today. A fearless, hard, physical winger with bit of pace.
What on earth are you on about lol
