Adama Traoré - GONE

[peter w]

Can't be every manager's fault.

[Dante Lavelli]

Can't be every manager's fault.

True, I suppose.  Sherwood and Black are the two I'd blame most.  Sherwood had a responsibility to make him feel welcome, especially as he signed him, and Black had nothing to lose by playing him.  The difficulty is knowing whether he was actually injured and whether it was he or the club that were diagnosing the never ending list of knocks.  Without that information it's all speculation.

[footyskillz]

Everybody seems to be conveniently forgetting that if we played him as often as The Smogmonsters have, we would be Twelvety Squillion Squids down on the cash flow front and probably facing bankruptcy proceedings.

That says it all  Good point well made. But wouldn't his wages pale in the significance of staying up. If Boro stay up this season I fancy him being a major contributor as he is often at the hubs of all attacking play since he's been drafted in. On side not he's really upper body strong and very fast so he certainly physical enough

[footyskillz]

Draws a lot of excitement when gets tge ball .against  Chelsea yesterday really was danger man impressive pace and strength

[peter w]

I only saw about 10-15 minutes of the second half but I thought he looked quite poor. Often made the wrong option and stood around too much. I thought he looked unfit.

[dcdavecollett]

I thought he made poor decisions, too.

[Villafirst]

He got Man-of-the-match against Arsenal at the Emirates. Still, as you say, a poor player.

[peter w]

Yes, he did.

[Toronto Villa]

He does tremendous things with the ball when he has it in space. His end result is often still very poor and runs into trouble way too often. Good thing is he is still very young so time is very much on his side.

[Ron Manager]

Article on Sky website today .Basically saying he is very fast...and as Middlesbrough's fans
are finding that is about it.

[Ron Manager]

Not playing tonight.Dropped to the subs bench......against Hull!

[UK Redsox]

He's just a quicker version of Zog

[Nastylee]

Despite his recent hype can anyone update me on his goal and assist stats since he moved up north?

[olaftab]

Not playing tonight.Dropped to the subs bench......against Hull!

If he had played it would be like Bambi on ice!

[peter w]

You've just given me a great idea for a Xmas Its A Knockout. Dress contestants from other countries in bambi outfits, give them some crack, and put them on the ice rick wearing skates. first class mayhem.