Looking forward to see him play for us one day. Playing up or playing down his talent is fun but futile.
Amad “Traore“ Diallo
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Forums need balance, expecting the kid to match Ronaldo and hyping him up to unattainable levels leads to disappointment. It happens all the time on here. Lads a good prospect and may well be a special talent. Be good to give him a few seasons before anyone is mentioning him as a possible generational player.
Not balance from somebody who has never seen him play before. How is that balanced against actual reports from his time in Italy?
Yeah, too much hype would put more pressure on him. Signing a contract with Man United has already put him into spotlight, which I assume he was not used to.
While proper amount pressure is always needed for players to grow up, excess is not gonna help him.
As I wrote, trialists are very short-term temporary visits, that are usually documented and tracked. How would Diallo's case work like that?
Are you blaming him for racist abuse, or what is your point here?
Who knows he might end up having a contribution like Rashford did when he was younger. Or like Greenwood. Start him in Carling cup and we'll see from there.
Ive watched many clips of him. Extreme talent but lack of pace. Him having pace would 100% make him generational.
Does he actually exist?
God I hate the word “generational”.
Any reason he hasn't played this season?
Well I’m afraid to say that a lack of pace is rather disastrous for a winger. Regardless of any other attributes if he can’t win a footrace against premier league full backs he will be pushed back and inside which is no what we want at all, I don’t think.
On the other hand he could get faster as he matures and puts on more muscle. And I’ve heard all sorts of people described as lacking pace, even Rooney (who once recorded the fastest sprint of any player in the whole season), so I’ll reserve judgment on that (as well as every aspect of his ability) until I see him play in the Prem.
I don't think there's really any incentive for Atlanta to develop him if he's joining us in a few months. He might not be ready for first team football yet either.
Yh pace is so important for our team. It’s why Mata has always struggled in our team.
The player is also quite small so I’m expecting him to put on more weight to be able to cope with all the pulling by defenders in this league.
Huh? From what I’ve watched he seems very quick. I don’t know if he’s Adama level but he’s also not Mata level.
This is true, though if he was already as good as some people are hypin g him up to be they would be wanting to play him anyway for results
They would have to change their entire formation for him to play
he doesnt look quick enough for his small frame. Will need to bulk up a bit to hold his own.
Don’t like the sound of that.
So far I’ve heard he lacks pace and can’t play unless the entire formation is changed to accommodate him.
He’s young and has some natural ability but is not really ready for top tier game time, appears to be the size of it.
All this talk and rumors about him being a “generational talent”...how would we classify Greenwood - has there been any talk from pundits/pros as the same?
Our other 'Championship player'.
No! Some have actually said that?
It’s up there with ceiling. Awful.100% Its beyond annoying how its become part of the football lingo on the cafe
any youngster with potential has a chance of being labelled generational on the Caf.
On the bench tonight
We should have arranged a loan for him
This isn’t some league one team we’re talking about who are lucky to have him. Atalanta are a top team in Italy, they already have a full squad of good players. Why would they invest game time in an 18 year old they are losing in 2 months?
I take it there is no cup tie rule in the groups anymore then??
Think that rule is gone
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No they are not, they are a team that has been very recently successful with little history
Hope he joins the first team and has at least 60% of the effect that Bruno had in the second half of last season.
UFO’S?
Having competition in every position does wonders to the 1st teamers. Luke, De Gea for example. Hopefully, this will wake up Mason.
They're not historically successful, but the club is over a hundred years old, and has been in (and out of) Serie A since before the 2nd World War. They have plenty of history, and no real reason to play a raw young player who is leaving in a few months time. As far as I can see the only reason he didn't join in the summer is that he needed to sort out his citizenship for work permit reasons - not because Atalanta wanted to keep him
I get the feeling that the club didn’t go all in for Sancho because they saw this kid as a bargain future star and will go all out for Haaland instead this summer if we can do a big deal.
A little like the Ronaldinho - Ronaldo situation years ago. Who knows.
A little like the Ronaldinho - Ronaldo situation years ago. Who knows.
But we did go all out for Ronaldinho, he just wanted to join Barca as he’d promised their new president he’d join them if he was elected. Or he preferred to live in Barcelona over manchester.
is this based off of YouTube clips and the 27 minutes of first team football that he’s played?
We also go all out for Sancho, that #7 would be his if there is no covid.
No he doesn't lack pace, he's pretty quick off the mark. No he won't be out running fullbacks, he isn't that sort of player. He'll be cutting in and looking for passes.
