Oumar Niasse

[Zezti]

I think he could be good, but atm is playing at Kone standard.

 

[sageyefc]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...d-great-expectation-striker-effort-worth.html

Oumar Niasse arrived to the sound of great expectation... striker was full of effort on his first Everton start but needs to prove worth

• Roberto Martinez opted to give Oumar Niasse a start against Bournemouth
• But Senegal striker produced a dismal performance before being subbed
• NIasse had previously played 29 minutes in substitute cameo appearances
• Everton recorded only their fifth Premier League home win of the season

By DOMINIC KING FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 02:28 EST, 1 May 2016 | UPDATED: 05:25 EST, 1 May 2016


It was 27 minutes in to a run of the mill contest when the ball finally arrived at the feet of the third most expensive footballer in Everton’s history.

Oumar Niasse, a £13.5million signing from Lokomotiv Moscow on transfer deadline day in February, had waited nearly three months to make his first start for Everton but now – with Roberto Martinez electing to rest Romelu Lukaku – his opportunity had come.

For much of the opening exchanges, as Everton and Bournemouth traded a goal each, events had bypassed Niasse and the closest he had come to getting involved was jumping for a long ball from Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard.

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Oumar Niasse has done little to justify the £13.5million price tag Everton paid Lokomotiv Moscow in January

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Niasse was handed his first start but the striker failed to make a meaningful impact in place of Romelu Lukaku

But then, just before the half hour, Everton launched a counter-attack and suddenly the ball made its way to the feet of Niasse: so he turned, looked up to see where his team-mates where and picked his pass. And gave it straight to Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter.

There has not been much laughter at Goodison Park in the second half of this dismal campaign – except for when Arouna Kone tried a bicycle kick against Southampton and missed completely – but there was laughing here.

Niasse – a Senegal international – arrived to the sound of great expectation and the promise that he would offer a different dimension to Lukaku, the club’s striking talisman. Since arriving, though, he has done nothing to suggest his transfer fee was money well spent.

Before Bournemouth arrived at Goodison, Niasse had played the grand total of 29 minutes in a handful of substitute cameo appearances. He never looked like scoring a goal in any of those games and his efforts during warm-ups raised eyebrows rather than suggested he would quicken the pulse.

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Lukaku replaced Niasse after 60 minutes and moments later the Toffees regained the lead at Goodison Park

Martinez, whose future has been the subject of such scrutiny, took a gamble by playing Niasse here and that snap shot in the 27th minute epitomised his afternoon.

Out of tune, off the pace and, bluntly, not very good.

There was nothing wrong with the effort Niasse – who was the player Jose Mourinho had considered taking to Chelsea before his sacking last December – and there were a couple of neat, measured balls to Ross Barkley just before the interval that showed he was not completely hopeless.

But when, in the 60th minute, the electronic substitute board flickered into life and showed that No 10 would be replacing No 14, there was no surprise.

A huge ovation swept around this old stadium as Niasse departed the action but it was more to recognise that Lukaku was entering the fray.

Be under no doubt that Niasse has a huge job on his hands to ensure those cheers turn into acclaim rather than a sign of relief.



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Sly article by an utter ballbag of a journo

 

[Tree13]

Even in jest, what's with the reference to skin colour?

*trawls vaults for spiky reactions to Hibbo being referred to as "the white Cafu"....

 

[kithnou]

Sly article by an utter ballbag of a journo

I didn't watch the match. So Niasse impressed?

 

[TheBlueGibbon]

He played like he had actually seen a football prior to the match, an improvement.

 

[sageyefc]

I didn't watch the match. So Niasse impressed?

He was average tbh but that article is so over the top.

No mention of the sheer lack of service, same problem Roms had over the last several games and why he to has looked like a pub player as well.

NO mention of him putting ross through 1v1 or winning the ball back several times in their half through grafting

 

[Roberto Hongo]

We wouldn't have had to pay over £13m for you though mate.

Yeah but that's not his fault.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Sly article by an utter ballbag of a journo

Quite. Seems almost as if it's trying to appeal to the sarkier side of our fanbase

 

[DualityNSNO]

Looked to have plenty. Pressed and ran his tits off. Still clearly not fit though...worked hard but was knackered when he was subbed.

For me he looked like he'd be best suited to playing off Rom as a second striker. Was very isolated by himself. When he got service to feet he was more impactful. Seemed lost in the air...can't remember him winning one long ball sent at him.

Agreed with all of this.

FWIW, he won one header very well... but played the ball just upwards lol Then actually battled for it and attempted to win it back semi-successfully, but it escaped him and went out for a throw. Second half, a few minutes before getting subbed off I think?

*trawls vaults for spiky reactions to Hibbo being referred to as "the white Cafu"....

I wrote that earlier, don't even have to trawl as it's like 3 pages back lol

 

[Walken]

Looks grim in all honesty, thats just a first viewing and I guess we will see, but looks more kone than 14 mill striker

 

[royvernon39]

Looks well-overpriced. I still have not read if RM actually saw him play in the flesh because he, Niasse, does not look
an obvious goalscorer or even an exciting prospect and 13 million is a lot of dosh.

I reckon Niasse, at least on the evidence of three months, looks like a great bit of business from the agents and Lokomotive's side of the deal.

 

[Groucho]

The black Pele

I don't think he's going to reach the heights of either our very own "White Pele" (aka Colin Harvey) or indeed the actual Pele.

Call it a hunch, I don't know....

 

[Hong Kong Phooey]

This was my favorite..

"Niasse was handed his first start but the striker failed to make a meaningful impact in place of Romelu Lukaku

But then, just before the half hour, Everton launched a counter-attack and suddenly the ball made its way to the feet of Niasse: so he turned, looked up to see where his team-mates where and picked his pass. And gave it straight to Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter.

There has not been much laughter at Goodison Park in the second half of this dismal campaign – except for when Arouna Kone tried a bicycle kick against Southampton and missed completely – but there was laughing here."

He was nowhere near as bad as Dominic King has painted him here, not even close to being "laughable".

Okay he didn't have a stormer either, but certainly not as bad as that ballbag has made him out to be here.

 

[Groucho]

He was nowhere near as bad as Dominic King has painted him here, not even close to being "laughable".

Okay he didn't have a stormer either, but certainly not as bad as that ballbag has made him out to be here.

It just looks like he's read what we've posted here prior to seeing him play,and repeated it.

As you say, he's not the best player and is probably going to fail, but he's publicly hung out to dry there.


He just reminds me of Brett Angell in almost every way.

 

[hktoffee]

I would not write him off entirely yet but he looks more like Kone...ability wised.