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2018/19 Yannick Bolasie

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There's absolutely no evidence of that. Was always fully committed when he played. Come on Tim, you're going overboard again.

A bad signing. But his attitude has never been in question.

He's not a team player. He does things that get him on soccer am but never influences a game in our favour. That to me is poor discipline. I would hate to be playing with him as he pirouettes and then does a step over out for a throw in. His strengths are not what you want in 11 a side football.
 
He's not a team player. He does things that get him on soccer am but never influences a game in our favour. That to me is poor discipline. I would hate to be playing with him as he pirouettes and then does a step over out for a throw in. His strengths are not what you want in 11 a side football.

Well he got five assists in his first few games iirc and would have had two in his first game if Rom and Ross hadn't missed sitters.

Not selfish as much as just a bit dim.
 

Highly doubtful, I'll be amazed if there is any loan fee.

They will either pay a fee mate or cover his wages. In all likelihood in this one I imagine it will be a bit of both. For accountancy purposes there's no way they are paying 90k p/w. I wouldn't be surprised to see a £2 million loan fee announced publicly, and behind closed doors Villa agreed to pay 50k pw.
 
Well he got five assists in his first few games iirc and would have had two in his first game if Rom and Ross hadn't missed sitters.

Not selfish as much as just a bit dim.
At the risk of going over old arguments from 2 years ago, you'll end up with the amount of assists you deserve. For every 'sitter' that somebody misses, you get an assist for touching the ball 2 yards to Lukaku away at City who then runs from the half way line, beats a couple of players and slots. Counting things that could have been assists in a parallel universe is something you only do to try to make an underperforming player look better than they are.
 
They will either pay a fee mate or cover his wages. In all likelihood in this one I imagine it will be a bit of both. For accountancy purposes there's no way they are paying 90k p/w. I wouldn't be surprised to see a £2 million loan fee announced publicly, and behind closed doors Villa agreed to pay 50k pw.
£2m, I highly doubt it. thats we paid for zouma.
everyone knows bolaise wont even make it on the bench if he stays, hence teams can low ball us.
 
At the risk of going over old arguments from 2 years ago, you'll end up with the amount of assists you deserve. For every 'sitter' that somebody misses, you get an assist for touching the ball 2 yards to Lukaku away at City who then runs from the half way line, beats a couple of players and slots. Counting things that could have been assists in a parallel universe is something you only do to try to make an underperforming player look better than they are.

In fairness, that assist in question was probably one of his smarter pieces of play. He actually used his strength well and knew just how to turn the ball on. It wasn't just luck.

I don't think that really evens itself out. I'm not saying Bolasie isn't a 'head down' player, just that, y'know, we could have had De Bruyne laying those sitters on a plate as well. The players in question have to finish them off.

Anyway, he's gone so best of luck to him. Wasn't a great signing, but at the time I thought he could offer us something we didn't have. The injury stopped us finding out either way and makes the fee more ludicrous. But oh well.
 

In fairness, that assist in question was probably one of his smarter pieces of play. He actually used his strength well and knew just how to turn the ball on. It wasn't just luck.

I don't think that really evens itself out. I'm not saying Bolasie isn't a 'head down' player, just that, y'know, we could have had De Bruyne laying those sitters on a plate as well. The players in question have to finish them off.

Anyway, he's gone so best of luck to him. Wasn't a great signing, but at the time I thought he could offer us something we didn't have. The injury stopped us finding out either way and makes the fee more ludicrous. But oh well.
Nah, for me it's honestly that simple. Sometimes you'll put one on a plate and the striker misses it, sometimes you'll be aiming for the bloke at the front post, overhit it by 15 yards and find your full back with an open net. I'm not saying it'll even out to the exact number, but saying 'he'd have had x amount if...' is pointless because it works both ways.

If you create a lot of good chances you'll get a lot of assists, and Lukaku was one of those strikers who could make a half decent ball into the box look like a pinpoint delivery because he's a natural goalscorer. You're right that the flick at City was good play, but it wasn't intended as an assist, it was just a pass which ended up in a goal entirely because of the quality of somebody else.
 

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