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Player Adama Traore

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Wolveseagle said:
Unfortunately, I wouldn't be going near Doherty now! Had some great times at Wolves previously but we shouldn't be going back for him. 20 million plus 5 in add ons though 👀🤝
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Naaaaa...

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This is the Doherty plus £5m you want for that sprinter.
 
Wolveseagle said:
I assume you mean against Aston Villa? He had a good game that day and won the free kick for our winning goal.

Generally, I would say goals and assists output is the best parameter for attacking players though as they are what ultimately decide games. He has missed several big chances this season (including against Aston Villa) whilst making the wrong decision on at least 4 occasions when in a 3v2 or 2v1 situation too. In my opinion, if these situations fell to players such as Son, Salah, Jota, Mahrez etc, it would result in a goal at least 70% of the time. Traore should be on at least 7/8 goal contributions this season, his end product is why he is on 0.
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Great pace, great physical, horrible end product.

He is basically a upgraded version of Bergwijn or downgraded version Son without the finishing.
 
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He certainly wouldn’t have solved the many issues we had in the match tonight, but how handy would it have been having a player comfortable receiving the ball and progressing the ball up the pitch, getting the fans behind us, winning fouls and breathing space from the Chelsea onslaught in that first half.
 
Not a must get, has his pros/cons but I wouldn't be sad to get him. Certainly exciting on his day. Especially if he's a player Conte wants. I assume its for RWB? That's the main question I'd have. I know he's played there before but I can't remember how it went.
 
Wolveseagle said:
Hi, Wolves fan in peace.

I've seen a few posts that Traore has been dropped by Wolves in recent months due to his contract situation so I thought I would shed light on this.

Although it is fairly clear Traore doesn't want to sign a new contract with Wolves with the terms offered, the main reason he has been dropped is due to his goals and assists output. He's played 17/19 league games this season and has failed to register a goal or assist. For context, our goalkeeper has more goal contributions this season.

This season, we've tried to adopt a more possession style football playing slightly higher up the pitch than under Nuno. Although our attacking play in general hasn't been good this season, it's particularly hard to play a possession style approach when you have Adama playing who is constantly looking to get the ball to feet, offering no dynamic movements and taking 8-10 touches every time. One of the biggest frustrations from Wolves fans in recent years is that he seems to have the inability to make runs off the ball, in behind defenders where his pace really could be used to great effect. Instead, he will often hug the touchline and try to beat the 2/3 defenders down the byline.

As eluded to previously, the biggest problem with Traore is his goal contributions. In 121 league appearances, he has only registered 7 goals and 13 assists. When you consider that 4 goals and 9 assists of these were during the 2019/20 season during a hot phase with Jimenez, he has only scored or assisted a total of 7 goals in 2 and a half Premier league seasons outside of that.

Although I personally believe Traore is vastly overrated due to his amazing speed and dribbling ability, I do believe he could still be used effectively as an impact player or against certain opposition. For Wolves, he has often looked his best when playing against top sides who offer the space to counter attack. For context, 5 of his 7 premier league goals have come against the 'big 6' sides including a brace at the etihad 2 years ago. These games particularly benefit the team as he often finds himself deeper with a lot more space to run into. Due to this, teams often revert to tactically fouling him which often results in yellow cards and drawing fouls higher up the pitch. Being fair, these moments don't necessarily get reflected in the statistics but are very useful for getting a team like Wolves up the pitch in these games.

Alternatively to using Traore against the bigger teams, I would ever only use him as an impact sub personally when 'Plan A' isn't particularly working.
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Cool story, bro
 
BAE32 said:
I really hope all this rumour is bollocks. This guy is just a suped up Sissoko, not what we need to progress this club at all.
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We need new players now…. Like before next weekend now. I don’t give a shit about 3 years or a project…. For £20M now it’s worth a go imo.

We are boring at times, he will add something different but we need a few more footballers desperately as well. Dier, Romero, Gill, GLC with PEH and Romero out somehow
 
Zomb said:
We need new players now…. Like before next weekend now. I don’t give a shit about 3 years or a project…. For £20M now it’s worth a go imo.

We are boring at times, he will add something different but we need a few more footballers desperately as well. Dier, Romero, Gill, GLC with PEH and Romero out somehow
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Punts like this are the reason we are in this mess of recruitment as it is. Adama would bring 'excitement' yes, but he adds nothing to us that would actually change where we are. We would still be dogshit vs parked defences, we would still have a right sided player who can't put in a good cross, we would still be crying out for a ball-playing playmaker who can spot a pass.

Beating the opposition fullback is not a problem we need solving, because we aren't primarily a crossing team and we already have shit delivery from wide positions as it is, without adding another.
 
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