Adama Traore - CONFIRMED

[PaulWinch again]

I don't get this not a footballer thing with Traore that assist against Newcastle or Sunderland, can't remember which, was absolute quality and if he can replicate that and become consistent doing that he'll be a great player. He is someone I really hope we keep and develop.

[paul_e]

I don't get this not a footballer thing with Traore that assist against Newcastle or Sunderland, can't remember which, was absolute quality and if he can replicate that and become consistent doing that he'll be a great player. He is someone I really hope we keep and develop.

It's nonsense, he's played 226 minutes for the club and has a goal, 2 assists and created an own goal (against palace) so he's been involved in a goal every 56.5 minutes he's been on the pitch.  He's very raw and there's clear gaps in his game but some of the comments you see about him suggest he's done nothing but skin a few people all the time he's been here.  I reckon with decent strikers he's have a couple more assists because there's been a few times where he was in space to cross and there was no one making a run for him.

[brian green]

He should have had at least one assist at Norwich.  With Benteke to cross to it would have been three.

[peter w]

I don't get this not a footballer thing with Traore that assist against Newcastle or Sunderland, can't remember which, was absolute quality and if he can replicate that and become consistent doing that he'll be a great player. He is someone I really hope we keep and develop.

Yes one (slightly overhit) cross. I was at the Sunderland game and there were quite a few other crosses that were dreadfully overhit when in good positions.

[PaulWinch again]

I don't get this not a footballer thing with Traore that assist against Newcastle or Sunderland, can't remember which, was absolute quality and if he can replicate that and become consistent doing that he'll be a great player. He is someone I really hope we keep and develop.

Yes one (slightly overhit) cross. I was at the Sunderland game and there were quite a few other crosses that were dreadfully overhit when in good positions.

18/19 years old in a new country and barely any minutes behind him and already people looking for the negatives. That slightly over hit cross lead to a goal after running over half the pitch.

[PeterWithesShin]

That a kid was on the pitch for half an hour and created a goal and put in quite a few other crosses from good positions sounds like a decent enough performance to me.

[peter w]

Quite a few poor crosses and as okay as the cross was for the goal it was overhit and took a great finish for it to be a goal. That is all I'm saying.

[paul_e]

4 crosses 1 led to a goal (I don't really care if it was a little overhit, we scored from it, it's not like we score enough goals to be picky).  I reckon most wingers would happily take a 25% completion rate (by that I mean a shot on goal from the cross).

[Villafirst]

Adama - surely he must be close to a return? They said 8-10 weeks out at the beginning of January. Mind you, that was our medical team's estimate....

[CT]

Adama - surely he must be close to a return? They said 8-10 weeks out at the beginning of January. Mind you, that was our medical team's estimate....

This does my head in too. We get a date and then it drags on for weeks longer.

It seems like a month ago we were talking two weeks, and still no sign.

[UK Redsox]

He's eloped with Kozak

[adrenachrome]

Conspiracy theorists will talk about appearance payments.

Cynics will shrug their shoulders and stoically sigh.

Realists won't even be looking at the topic.

[Villafirst]

Pity we haven't got a fully fit Adama, Amavi, Grealish (fully confident) and Kozak who definitely started to look better in January which coincided with a slight upturn in form in January.

[dcdavecollett]

Yep, apparently Remi's middle name isn't Lucky.

[UK Redsox]

Yep, apparently Remi's middle name isn't Lucky.

Based on some of his team selections, it's probably 'Avant'