Agreed but in certain games i.e. Leeds or last 20 minutes against say City it would be a different option than throwing exactly the same types of players on. Greenwood Rashford, Martial are similar. These types of players are rare and just for shts and giggles it would be fun to watch like the days of Asprilla although he was better.
Adama Traore
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If he was on a rugby team, they'd tell him to lose weight.
Hardly. Stop evaluating him through the lens of a forward. He's not a forward
People saying he wouldn't be as good as James blows my mind. He's miles better at taking people on as well as faster/stronger so using him as basically a classic winger/energy man would be a huge upgrade.
Problem is unlike James there's no chance we'd get him for cheap, and at 50m it's certainly not worth it for a niche player like him.
Still, it's bizarre that there hasn't been a coach that sits him out for hours at training every day to have shooting practice. "Nah Adama mate don't worry about the rondos, just keep shooting".
Problem is unlike James there's no chance we'd get him for cheap, and at 50m it's certainly not worth it for a niche player like him.
Still, it's bizarre that there hasn't been a coach that sits him out for hours at training every day to have shooting practice. "Nah Adama mate don't worry about the rondos, just keep shooting".
Wolves leaving him up the field at times is the definition of poor coaching. One of his best qualities is driving through the field, eliminating numbers in transition. How's he gonna achieve that standing on the half way line?
Because he’s a brainless footballer who basically does what he wants. He’s not in a team that can afford luxuries like that
never seen a player look so unstoppable for huge chunks of a match then gets subbed off after contributing nothing end result wise
He's also not much of a winger, or a wing back.
I think he plays really well in his new role actually. His contract has only 2 years left so he will move to a bigger club either in January or next summer, assume he won't extend his contract without a release clause.
Does he still do the baby oil thing? And where can I apply to for the job?
his issue is composure before he releases the ball. same thing that plagues Daniel james
Only final ball is missing in Adama's game, that and his stamina levels. Everything is missing in James' game except stamina.
He was oilly as hell at the start of the second half, so he still does it. Unless he just goes full pelt on a stationary bicycle during the half time.
Wouldn't say the final ball is missing either. Sure he's no De Bruyne, but he put up 0.18(twice) and 0.23 xA per 90 in his 3 seasons at wolves
It's goals he's missing, and attacking off ball play in general
I’ve always believed he could be a brilliant attacking full back for a team like Chelsea.
Ofcourse final ball is missing, he is exception dribbler and beats player for fun. Player with better composure would have had easily better xA considering the position he finds himself after beating players.. Anyways he isn't the player who should be judged on goals and assists. He takes on defenders and destabilize the whole defense line, others benefit with the amount of space they get as Traore is marked by 2-3 players all the time.
He's an exceptional dribbler in transition and on the wing. Most of his final balls are crosses or cutbacks. Not that easy to pull off a lot of xA off of those, playing for Nuno's wolves. Agree he's not great at it, but good enough imo
Agree with the rest
ridiculous over exaggeration
I agree, should have said off the ball movement is missing from Adam's game.
So much vitriol in this thread. I love watching him play, the way he accelerates and brushes past players is a thing of joy! Couldn't care less about his final ball as he is actually fun to watch.
He's more of a novelty than an impact player, kind of like a Rory Delap long throw.
He would have more assists if Wolves players could actually finish.
Valencia did it better.
He did but not towards the end of his career. I remember that season he was unstoppable with that one move he had with his right foot, no one could deal with it.
The have a really nice run of fixtures coming up, so let's see. Weirdly, I think his physicality helps against the big teams where Wolves play on the break. Will be interesting to see if he'll be this good against the lesser teams as well.
He's good but nothing special. Incredibly explosive but his end product is mediocre especially for someone who is as big a threat as he has. If only he had a good shot on him. How is he defensively? And at crossing? If he was even pretty good at those he could be a quality wingback
Exactly this. He shouldn't be asked to create or score goals because he sucks at it. But be the one to pass the ball to make an assist or other key players who can actually do it.
Nuno did this by keeping him away from the goal and he would do a bloody brilliant job as a wing back.
Love his dribbling. Sometimes you need players to enjoy the game at the fullest. Imagine a packed stadium enjoying his dribbling.
He could easily be very close replcia to LAV as a RB but the problem with Wolves is they don't have anyone consistently better in the attacking department, so Adama doesn't play to his trengths up front, I believe he will be rated much higher if he's moved to wingback or full back..
Wingback maybe, the defensive responsibilities of a fullback would overwhelm him.
Even as wingback, he’d only work in very specific tactical set up, capitalizing his world class ball carrying ability, if you rely on him to actually put crosses in or find connections in field in the final third, he’d still let you down because the guy simply just isn’t a good footballer.
I nearly spat out my dinner when I read that.
He's a nothing player who does nothing special. Only gets recognition because of his size.
I nearly spat out my dinner when I read that.
He's a nothing player who does nothing special. Only gets recognition because of his size.
His ability to beat players is special, he's a complete outlier statistically.
I'm sure Fred will be happy he only has to play against him twice a season.
Maybe, but who even cares? He's an extinction-level threat to the high press, and even against a deep block he occupies 2-3 defenders by himself at all times
On a team with serious attacking talent around him he'd be game-breaking
He is a tank. He should be playing Rugby/NFL instead? or may be even wrestling.
Poor man's Akinfenwa. Bet he hardly benches 300.
You can't actually stop him 1 on 1 on the wing. Have no idea why Wolves players refuse to get in the box.
He never touched weights in his life, mate
Brilliant
That's basically because he can use his power to just run through people. His ball control is terrible and his actually dribbling skill is quite poor, it's just kick and rush. He can bully his way past people but he has absolutely no end product.
7 goals and 14 assists in 140 odd games. That's 1 goal contribution every 7 games. He completes 11 dribbles every game and on average puts in 6 crosses a game. So out of about 800 crosses he's gotten 14 assists, about 1 in every 60.
Wolves are scoreless in three premier league games and it’s not like he’s around Burnley or Newcastle level talent. Jimenez, Trincao and Neves etc are capable.