The_77 Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 Anyone who’s going to be a decent enough Mahrez replacement is going to have to be able to use his right foot for more than just standing.
STUHILL Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 Apparently the most one footed player the dutch league has ever seen Not too keen on this one. Looks explosive and obviously has an eye for a goal, but from what I've seen and heard, he lacks some basic abilities, which may mean he struggles at a top team in the Prem.
NasPb Posted 5 July 2018 Author Posted 5 July 2018 https://le10sport.com/football/mercato/mercato-ol-leicester-serait-a-laffut-pour-bertrand-traore-387047 Mercato - OL Mercato - OL: Leicester on the lookout for Bertrand Traore? Posted on July 5, 2018 at 2:40 pm by DI While Riyad Mahrez should leave Leicester to join Manchester City in the coming days, the Foxes would have targeted Bertrand Traore to replace the Algerian. The Riyad Mahrez soap opera is scheduled to end in the coming days. After an aborted transfer to Manchester City during the last winter transfer window, the Algerian international should indeed engage with the SkyBlues . And according to Yahoo , Leicester have identified the winger of the OL , Bertrand Traore , to replace Mahrez . Author of a good season with Lyon (13 goals in 31 matches of L1), the striker would like a lot to Claude Puel . However, the trend would not be a transfer on the side of Olympique Lyonnais . Mercato - OL: Bertrand Traoré ignites for his arrival at OL! Most expensive rookie of the transfer window of the OL until then, Bertrand Traore did not hide his joy of having joined the Gones.
OhYesNdidi Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, STUHILL said: Apparently the most one footed player the dutch league has ever seen Not too keen on this one. Looks explosive and obviously has an eye for a goal, but from what I've seen and heard, he lacks some basic abilities, which may mean he struggles at a top team in the Prem. Basic abilities? Like what? Traore was the only Ajax player causing Man United any trouble when they played in the Europa league final. He also has more goals than all our wingers (bar Riyad) combined. Edited 5 July 2018 by OhYesNdidi
Popular Post MC Prussian Posted 6 July 2018 Popular Post Posted 6 July 2018 (edited) I don't understand the obsession with some fans on here, slating Traoré for his deficiencies with his weak foot. As long as he scores goals and dishes out assists, why bother? I'd like to see all of you perform better with your stronger foot. Guy's a machine and only 22! Traoré has all the qualities that would make him a success in the Premier League, and there's no reason to believe that he can't make his right peg work also in the years to come. Edited 6 July 2018 by MC Prussian 6
La-li-lu-le-lo Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 15 minutes ago, MC Prussian said: I don't understand the obsession with some fans on here, slating Traoré for his deficiencies with his weak foot. As long as he scores goals and dishes out assists, why bother? I'd like to see all of you perform better with your stronger foot. Guy's a machine and only 22! Traoré has all the qualities that would make him a success in the Premier League, and there's no reason to believe that he can't make his right peg work also in the years to come. This, and a bit bizarre considering Mahrez isn’t that proficient on his right foot? 2
Strokes Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 55 goals in 147 career appearances, yeah thats fine with me.
Finnegan Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 1 hour ago, La-li-lu-le-lo said: This, and a bit bizarre considering Mahrez isn’t that proficient on his right foot? 1
st albans fox Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 2 hours ago, MC Prussian said: I don't understand the obsession with some fans on here, slating Traoré for his deficiencies with his weak foot. As long as he scores goals and dishes out assists, why bother? I'd like to see all of you perform better with your stronger foot. Guy's a machine and only 22! Traoré has all the qualities that would make him a success in the Premier League, and there's no reason to believe that he can't make his right peg work also in the years to come. To be fair - Chelsea have form for discarding young players who go onto become world beaters (plus plenty who don’t!) he has looked promising when I have seen him on the telly
Ric Flair Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 1 hour ago, La-li-lu-le-lo said: This, and a bit bizarre considering Mahrez isn’t that proficient on his right foot? He's scored a number of goals with his right foot, it's just he's the absolute bollocks with that left peg of his that he barely needs to.
OhYesNdidi Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: He's scored a number of goals with his right foot, it's just he's the absolute bollocks with that left peg of his that he barely needs to. 1 out of his 13 goals last season were scored with his right. *West Brom at home. Edited 6 July 2018 by OhYesNdidi
STUHILL Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 I accept people's views on him and how highly they rate him. My issue is that in my mind, we are looking to replace a player like Mahrez, and although that is a near impossible task, I still believe we should be looking at wingers with similar attributes to him. Looking and hearing about Traore, he is a very fast, explosive player with an eye for goal, as his stats show in the Dutch and French league. Looking at the players we already have in the squad, with Vardy. Iheanacho, Gray, Diabate and Periera, I see no shortage of explosive pace. Personally, I would prefer we sign a more cultured winger, in the Mahrez/Maddison type skill set, in terms of being extremely comfortable on the ball, good with both feet, able to take a free-kick or corner, and flair to beat man or pick a through ball and not as reliant on pace to be effective, especially when teams sit deep. I think we need a good balance in our squad of pace and flair in attack, and apart from Maddison, we are lacking that flair aspect a lot more than pace, and I see the soon to be vacant RW position, a perfect opportunity to bring in a cultured winger such as Ziyech, Shaqiri or Hazard etc. 2
OhYesNdidi Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 (edited) 18 minutes ago, STUHILL said: I accept people's views on him and how highly they rate him. My issue is that in my mind, we are looking to replace a player like Mahrez, and although that is a near impossible task, I still believe we should be looking at wingers with similar attributes to him. Looking and hearing about Traore, he is a very fast, explosive player with an eye for goal, as his stats show in the Dutch and French league. Looking at the players we already have in the squad, with Vardy. Iheanacho, Gray, Diabate and Periera, I see no shortage of explosive pace. Personally, I would prefer we sign a more cultured winger, in the Mahrez/Maddison type skill set, in terms of being extremely comfortable on the ball, good with both feet, able to take a free-kick or corner, and flair to beat man or pick a through ball and not as reliant on pace to be effective, especially when teams sit deep. I think we need a good balance in our squad of pace and flair in attack, and apart from Maddison, we are lacking that flair aspect a lot more than pace, and I see the soon to be vacant RW position, a perfect opportunity to bring in a cultured winger such as Ziyech, Shaqiri or Hazard etc. If you've ever watched Traore then you'd know he's able to beat a man. His height, strength and pace make him difficult to stop (I think he's pretty reliable at tracking back aswell, with the games I've watched). His dribbling and close control is also very, very good and he always gets himself in the box - which is why he scores a fair few goals. Shaqiri is off to liverpool & Ziyech is better in CM or CAM, he does not quite have the pace to beat a man 1 V 1 out wide. Ziyech on the right, cutting in with pereira on the outside could work - similar to the Tadic & Cedric partnership at Southampton. The best solution would be having two flying wingers to flank Maddison in the middle. Makes it harder for teams to defend & is much more unpredictable. / in my opinion. Edited 6 July 2018 by OhYesNdidi
LCCFox96 Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 18 minutes ago, STUHILL said: I accept people's views on him and how highly they rate him. My issue is that in my mind, we are looking to replace a player like Mahrez, and although that is a near impossible task, I still believe we should be looking at wingers with similar attributes to him. Looking and hearing about Traore, he is a very fast, explosive player with an eye for goal, as his stats show in the Dutch and French league. Looking at the players we already have in the squad, with Vardy. Iheanacho, Gray, Diabate and Periera, I see no shortage of explosive pace. Personally, I would prefer we sign a more cultured winger, in the Mahrez/Maddison type skill set, in terms of being extremely comfortable on the ball, good with both feet, able to take a free-kick or corner, and flair to beat man or pick a through ball and not as reliant on pace to be effective, especially when teams sit deep. I think we need a good balance in our squad of pace and flair in attack, and apart from Maddison, we are lacking that flair aspect a lot more than pace, and I see the soon to be vacant RW position, a perfect opportunity to bring in a cultured winger such as Ziyech, Shaqiri or Hazard etc. I see the logic behind the concerns but one of the main things that reassures me on it is he also a decent track record of recording assists. Not Mahrez numbers but enough to suggest he is creative and capable of beating players with more than just pace. With Maddison in as well, they could be two new attacking options that compliment each other very well.
STUHILL Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 Just now, OhYesNdidi said: If you've ever watched Traore then you'd know he's able to beat a man. His height, strength and pace make him difficult to stop (I think he's pretty reliable at tracking back aswell, with the games I've watched). Shaqiri is off to liverpool & Ziyech is better in CM or CAM, he does not quite have the pace to beat a man 1 V 1 out wide. Ziyech on the right, cutting in with pereira on the outside could work - similar to the Tadic & Cedric partnership at Southampton. The best solution would be having two flying wingers to flank Maddison in the middle. Makes it harder for teams to defend & is much more unpredictable. and if Maddison gets injured or struggles with form? Who do we have with similar attributes? Who is taking corners, freekicks or able to pick those passes to Vardy? Mahrez has done all those for us and even then, we were crying out for additional players with the same skill sets. Maddison ticks those boxes, but losing Mahrez means we still have just the one player again. That's my concern. I can see the qualities Traore has, I just think we need a different type of winger to help balance the team and squad.
Ric Flair Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 58 minutes ago, OhYesNdidi said: 1 out of his 13 goals last season were scored with his right. *West Brom at home. He got a few the year before and the same in the title winning season. He'll use his right foot if needs be.
OhYesNdidi Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 3 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: He got a few the year before and the same in the title winning season. He'll use his right foot if needs be. Only got one in the 16/17 season, vs hull at home.
lcfc sheff Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 Ffs most of our players can’t use their weaker foot, who cares?!
FoxinNotts Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 This guy just doesn’t look that good to me. That is all.
Ric Flair Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 19 minutes ago, OhYesNdidi said: Only got one in the 16/17 season, vs hull at home. Champions League vs Porto? The point I'm making is he has scored goals with his right foot and will shoot and cross with his right at times. He still massively favours his stronger foot like most players but the goals he has scored with his right weren't wild swipes or scuffers either.
mazarron fox Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 Only FT and some of our deluded fans. You really couldn’t make it up. We buy a player ( Mahrez ) a relative unknown and coach him along with his natural ability to be a 60m + footballer. said footballer ( Mahrez ) wants to play for a bigger club and better team to back himself to get more trophies. shit happens. Some of our fans then want us to buy a player who can match mahrez’s skill sets and provide similar stats to our soon to be ex player. The brutal facts are is we either pay for another young player we can develop or splurge 60m on a player who is the finished article. The only problem with the latter is said potential 60m player won’t be looking to move to the likes of us but will be looking for a big club playing European football and with realistic yearly ambitions to be top of the pile domestically. Sadly LCFC do not fit into that category. so my message is sit back enjoy the ride let’s see if we can pick up another Mahrez or wilf or Harry and see where it takes us. enjoy the season FTers
OhYesNdidi Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 18 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Champions League vs Porto? The point I'm making is he has scored goals with his right foot and will shoot and cross with his right at times. He still massively favours his stronger foot like most players but the goals he has scored with his right weren't wild swipes or scuffers either. Vs Porto was still his left and okay I get your point.
MPH Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 Based on some opinions in here, we would never of signed Mahrez? kante or even Vardy for that matter. It’s laughable. people are going to have to understand, We will not be able to buy/afford someone at the same lvl Mahrez is right now. Mahrez is a world class player- that’s why he is going to Man City. We will not be signing someone who is world class- the potential to be, maybe, but that’s how it works. 1
STUHILL Posted 6 July 2018 Posted 6 July 2018 WOW to all the over reactions on here to people suggesting anyone who prefers looking elsewhere than Traore... is somewhat deluded and demanding someone as good as Mahrez My point is, I'd prefer we look for a different type of winger than Traore. I believe we have enough pace in the squad already. I think we are lacking in players who can take a corner, free-kick or can pick a through ball. With Mahrez leaving, I believe that the RW is a perfect opportunity to sign a player with those qualities. No deluded talk of thinking we can replace Mahrez. No bashing of Traore. Just an opinion that having a balanced team is important.
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