Hes not overbuilt, he just doesnt have a typical footballer build. Hes very fast and lasts 90 minutes, so his build doesnt hinder his movement. And hes able to brush past challanges because of his build.
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Transfer Adama Traore
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Holy shit, that's what 72kg converts to?! That dude has to be pushing 180lbs easy.
They're trying to insult us.
Yeah using some bullshit unit of measure and everything. Fucking balls on 'em!
Ndombele is leaving so we need to bring in another CM comfortable on the ball, Sarr is for the future.
Gio was literally our best player for few months before covid outbreak, he can get back to that level if remains injury free
I’d take him over Ndombele. But I’d take myself over Ndombele. And that sums him up. No. No. No. it’s a desperation signing at best. Sissoko mark 2. Won’t do anything other than run up and down a bit and launch the ball into touch off his knee/shin. Awful
Player.
Player.
How would you possibly get away with that in modern football, particularly EPL?
He's only like 16 years old in that first pic.
Traore has always had an unusually bulky build, even as a young lad.
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If you look like that at 20, you've got the genetics to look like Traore does now at 25.
I don't really get it tbh, on the left we have Sonny, Bergwijn and Sessegnon. On the right we've got Lucas, Gil and Lo Celso seems to be getting game time in this position. We're not in a place to spunk 40m in a position we don't really need. Our priorities IMO in order should be
1. Getting out Sissoko, Ndombele, Winks, Aurier, Sanchez
2.Centre Back
3. Right Back
4. AM
5. Back up Striker
1. Getting out Sissoko, Ndombele, Winks, Aurier, Sanchez
2.Centre Back
3. Right Back
4. AM
5. Back up Striker
He said: "My gym work is guided by the personal trainer who takes me.Then again.....
"But I don't do weights. My genetics are like that and it makes my muscles grow very fast.
"I do other exercises. Each person has to adapt what suits him best.
"I do a lot of core. The secret is to know your body and adapt the training to your physical condition."
Traore also revealed diet is key in his development.
He added: "I have gained in muscles with training, rest and food. Food is essential and I consider it a very important part of training.
"Water - although I don't drink much in matches - is vital. Maintaining the water level in the body is essential for an athlete.
"I try to vary the amount of dishes and have a varied, healthy and balanced diet.
"I can eat a little paella as well as a typical Malian dish.with peanut sauce and brown rice.
"Everything is done by my mother, who is the best cook in the world. Then, like all athletes, I also throw in a lot of Italian pasta."
Traore - who oils up his arms to stop opponents holding on to him - also explained his gym work is designed around injury prevention.
He said: "It is a balance of everything. My physical change, evolution, has also been out of necessity.
"When I was 15, I had knee problems with tendinitis that did not let me play my game or explode with my speed.
Ah, I get Achilles tendinitis. it is a real bummer.
I think I have changed my mind over this guy. I am not a Nuno fan in terms of football style I wanted Potter or Ten Hag. However we have who we have.
Our style of football is going to be 2 DM’s in front of the CB’s then hit on the counter. Adama is the best dribbler in the premier league, he along with Gil, Lucas, Son and Bergwijn should give us more than enough trickery and pace to hit hard.
Adama also has something no other player in our team has, press resistance and a lot of it, well Ndombele has it but he can’t be fucked the lazy bum of a player. It means we can give him the ball and take the pressure of the defence at any moment of the game. It’s a winger version of Dembele.
This should not be our last action of the transfer window, we need another midfielder and striker and it would be nice to get Tomiyasu who can play RB and CB.
Our style of football is going to be 2 DM’s in front of the CB’s then hit on the counter. Adama is the best dribbler in the premier league, he along with Gil, Lucas, Son and Bergwijn should give us more than enough trickery and pace to hit hard.
Adama also has something no other player in our team has, press resistance and a lot of it, well Ndombele has it but he can’t be fucked the lazy bum of a player. It means we can give him the ball and take the pressure of the defence at any moment of the game. It’s a winger version of Dembele.
This should not be our last action of the transfer window, we need another midfielder and striker and it would be nice to get Tomiyasu who can play RB and CB.
We have no CMs who can resist the press or get the ball from defenders and send it to attackers regularly (or accurately). So we resort to having CBs lumping it high and far which son, lucas try to chase (and fail mostly cos opposite defenders are stronger than them two. )Traore solves a big problem.
7 goals in 142 prem appearances, there's a reason why no other top clubs are going in for this guy.
Why the tears?
If you can bring a player in on loan with an option to buy, so you can fully assess him, this surely is better than spunking millions on someone who might (many think Traore might) ad no value to the squad. It's a no brainer.
I bet those of you who are moaning at this are also moaning at us (and almost every other PL club) stuck with players who were bought for millions, paid massive salaries and haven't worked out but are stuck at the club because no other club in their right mind will pay them what we do, and therefore limit to who we can bring in as a direct consequence.
I'm six foot one and I'm tons of fun and I dress to a tee.
Gil plays on the left. Agree with points 1-5 but quite honestly, we need some better footballers anywhere on the pitch. Players who can take the ball when under pressure and still progress it forward.
Tangana, dier, Sanchez, Holjberg are all far too basic and easy to press into a mistake (or a hoof forwards or backwards)
Agree fully. I'm completely on board for Traore to be honest. His season before last was really good, 4 goals, 9 assists .. I have no doubt he'd have had a simar assist output last season had Jiminez not been injured. A big game player, seems to always keep teams like City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man Utd pinned back for periods of the game. Despite winning three points, our performance against Wolves was a bit worrying, and if that's how we're going to be playing then Traore is at least a massive upgrade on Lucas for that RW role. I think people would be happier with this transfer in 3/4 months than they are now.