Yannick Bolasie

ToffeeTim · September 13, 2016

My work ethic today was greatly diminished due to humming YANNICK YANNICK BOLASIE RUNS DOWN THE WING FOR ME pretty much all day

MikeH72 · September 13, 2016

davek said:
He's a headless chicken until conclusively proven otherwise.

Let's reconvene the debate in 6 months and see if you're still crowing about this fellers genius.

Only thing is Dave, is that any "conclusive proof" you'll just dismiss, you've already made your mind up about him. We all know you're not one to change your mind on any subject ever, even when presented with factual evidence.

davek · September 13, 2016

MoutsGoat said:
Why cant we discuss what we have already seen David?

Surely hes impressed you?

Hes done alright I think, some bad things and some very good game winning things.

We can do that, but it isn't helped by *some* using two games worth of decent play as proof of anything at all.

Trends are al important, and when we look at that then all we have to go on is the comments of palace supporters (who know him well better than us) who saw him as a player with little end product and one they were clicking their heels at getting some mugs to throw £25M at them for.

tnc85 · September 13, 2016

Nearly my new favourite! Del Boy still has my vote but exciting times if he can keep up the performances. Thought he looked knackered but kept driving forward with pace and power. Awesome stuff

Goat · September 13, 2016

davek said:
We can do that, but it isn't helped by *some* using two games worth of decent play as proof of anything at all.

Trends are al important, and when we look at that then all we have to go on is the comments of palace supporters (who know him well better than us) who saw him as a player with little end product and one they were clicking their heels at getting some mugs to throw £25M at them for.

Right and the Villa fans told us Gana was terrible, Saints fans told us that we wouldnt get Koeman.

Ignore fans from other teams, they matter less than Damo.

But I suppose we ignored all the Wigan fans who told us Martinez was out his depth and didnt know what the word defence meant.............

Anyway, every player we sign comes with a clean slate, judge him on what he does for Everton and so far hes done well IMO, what say thee?

Ruairi77 · September 13, 2016

davek said:
We can do that, but it isn't helped by *some* using two games worth of decent play as proof of anything at all.

Trends are al important, and when we look at that then all we have to go on is the comments of palace supporters (who know him well better than us) who saw him as a player with little end product and one they were clicking their heels at getting some mugs to throw £25M at them for.

I balked at the price but I'm beginning to realize that we might be able to trust our manager to see the bigger picture. Villa fans were hardly distraught that we bought Gueye. Koeman has seen something in Bolasie and so far I have no reason to doubt his judgement.

Put it this way, you're holding off on giving him the thumbs up untill a prolonged amount of games. Why not start from current form and wait for a bad run to give him the thumbs down.

It's clear that the whole squad need to be evaluated on their form under Koeman and not what went before.

adi dassler · September 13, 2016

Headless chicken is very harsh. His pace and power make him a real threat and I like the way he doesn't hide even if something hasn't come off. He just gets the ball back and tries again.

Will create loads of chances for Rom. Just needs to work on his shooting for me and we'll have a proper player

davek · September 13, 2016

mikeh72 said:
Only thing is Dave, is that any "conclusive proof" you'll just dismiss, you've already made your mind up about him. We all know you're not one to change your mind on any subject ever, even when presented with factual evidence.

Au contraire: Naismith. I never changed my mind that he was one of the most comical footballers ever to wear an Everton jersey, but I did recognise he was a good player to have about for the odd poacher's goal and his fighting spirit in stark contrast to the bunch of tanking jellyfish he shared a dressing room with.

davek · September 13, 2016

MoutsGoat said:
Right and the Villa fans told us Gana was terrible, Saints fans told us that we wouldnt get Koeman.

Ignore fans from other teams, they matter less than Damo.

But I suppose we ignored all the Wigan fans who told us Martinez was out his depth and didnt know what the word defence meant.............

Anyway, every player we sign comes with a clean slate, judge him on what he does for Everton and so far hes done well IMO, what say thee?

How can we do that? We dont live in a vacuum. We know his play and form at Palace, which is why most here were horrified at his signing.

As said, he has the chance to right that perception over time.

Goat · September 13, 2016

davek said:
How can we do that? We dont live in a vacuum. We know his play and form at Palace, which is why most here were horrified at his signing.

As said, he has the chance to right that perception over time.

Im sorry but I prefer my opinion over a bunch of cockney mutants who have played 2nd tier football for most of their history David.

I was horrified at his signing, but the second he signed on the dotted line his Everton career started and nothing else mattered.

MikeH72 · September 13, 2016

None of our other players could do what he did to set up the second goal.

MikeH72 · September 13, 2016

Barkley would have fell over the ball and then cried and chewed on his blankie when the fans groaned.

Woolverhampton_Blue · September 13, 2016

davek said:
We can do that, but it isn't helped by *some* using two games worth of decent play as proof of anything at all.

Spot on. Martinez gave us a whole good season and still turned out to be gash. We should surely have learned to hold any conclusive judgements a while longer.

Having said that, he looks like he will create plenty of chances and works hard. Promising start.

davek · September 13, 2016

Ruairi77 said:
I balked at the price but I'm beginning to realize that we might be able to trust our manager to see the bigger picture. Villa fans were hardly distraught that we bought Gueye. Koeman has seen something in Bolasie and so far I have no reason to doubt his judgement.

Put it this way, you're holding off on giving him the thumbs up untill a prolonged amount of games. Why not start from current form and wait for a bad run to give him the thumbs down.

It's clear that the whole squad need to be evaluated on their form under Koeman and not what went before.

Because the only solid data we have is the only thing we can go on. We have a workable generalization that's been built up via the large number of Palace appearances. That theory can be falsified though, so I dont have a closed mind on him. For instance, his change in environment can make a difference.