Bilal El Khannouss joins - Official

[Filbertblue]

2 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Finally replaced Mahrez

More a replacement for Madders

[OadbyBlue]

So good today, he’s showed signs of a performance like this in his last few cameos. Was even better than Buono today, which is great as this one’s actually our player.

[LVFox]

Different class, could really suit that LM role under Ruud as we saw first half.

 

Brilliant performance from the lad.

[kingfox]

On 29/08/2024 at 21:59, kingfox said:

Right then, this took some editing last night, but hopefully the following gifs work and don’t slow this particular page down 🤞🏻
 

I resized them in hope that I can fit two side by side as it saves more scrolling. If the gifs are a bit difficult for the eyes, you should have the ability to click on them 👍🏻
 

I broke them down into certain attributes...

 

Creative Passing - No doubt the key attribute for why we signed him. As I mentioned in his transfer thread, he ranked 3rd in the Jupiler last season for Smart Passes, indicating his intelligence when it comes to some of his passes. The following gifs are broken down into Through Passes, Key Passes and Smart Passes...

 

Through Passes

 

Key Passes

 

Smart Passes

 

Shots - He produced 63 shots in the Jupiler last season, with 30% of them being on target. His technique is decent enough, while as you can see from a couple of his chances, he was a bit unfortunate not to score a few more league goals last season.

 

Crosses - He produced 101 crosses last season, 31% accuracy, with 1.87 of them coming from the right side, 0.87 of them coming from the left. Of the attributes I looked at, I feel that his crossing has room for improvement. He has the tendency to loft a lot of his crosses which are easy to defend against. While a number of his crosses either didn’t beat the first man or were over hit. 

 

Dribbles - I wouldn’t class him as an avid dribbler, he produced 113 dribbles last season, with a 56% success rate, solid enough. I’d class him as more nimble rather than an explosive 1 vs 1 specialist. 




 

Overall thoughts

It’s well documented that he is one of the best attacking midfield talents in Europe right now, he is a player that I could see us making very decent profit on. As you can see from the gifs and as I also mentioned in his transfer thread, he picks up positions all over the pitch, it wouldn’t surprise me if Cooper starts him central or off the left. 
 

He is a bit raw in parts, but his creative passing in particular is exactly what we’ve been craving for all summer. We’ll have to be patient with him as I can see him being frustrating at times, he’ll give away a few careless passes from time to time and for me his crossing needs improvement. 
 

But on paper, he is the most exciting signing we’ve made this summer, a player with tremendous potential, welcome Bilal. 

Ladies and gentlemen, he has arrived 

 

[Ric Flair]

Sensational, stardust

[izzymuzzet]

[Shambles]

 

[hejammy]

 

 

A couple of them talked about the new manager. I do believe that they just were not having Cooper and now they feel they've got a man leading the side who knows what he's doing. 

[Bert]

Just now, hejammy said:

 

 

A couple of them talked about the new manager. I do believe that they just were not having Cooper and now they feel they've got a man leading the side who knows what he's doing. 

Yeah you can read a hell of a lot into how they answer the questions. 

[Walshy5]

57 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Finally replaced Mahrez

Steady on!

[Hales]

14 minutes ago, Shambles said:

 

Love this 💙

[cropstonfox]

Enjoy him !

Chelsea and both Mancs will come a knocking in the summer..

[Hales]

[Lesta Legend]

He spoke very good English (some reason I didn’t expect that) and already looks like he’s settling in with the team, sometimes with young foreign players this can be a difficult transition. 
 

He is a very good creative technical player (like Mads) and hopefully can show further progression. It’s a shame Facundo isn’t ours they’re a good attacking pair. 

[AjcW]

5 minutes ago, Lesta Legend said:

He spoke very good English (some reason I didn’t expect that)

He’s Belgian to be fair mate, just plays for Morocco. 

[honeybradger]

Moroccan zidane. I said he will be our best and most improved player under Ruud but even despite that I was surprised with how good he was today, should have gotten 3 assists. Already kissing the badge, let's hope he meant it.

[MarriedaLeicesterGirl]

7 minutes ago, honeybradger said:

Moroccan zidane. I said he will be our best and most improved player under Ruud but even despite that I was surprised with how good he was today, should have gotten 3 assists. Already kissing the badge, let's hope he meant it.

They all mean it ... until they don't. I think if we get our finances in place, and have a better season than we have under the last guy, we have a good enough reputation to hang on to him until next year. 

 

Although I admit Top doesn't have that "photos of me squeezed your ears" attitude his father had.

[Vindaloo FOX]

He gives me Hazard vibes 

Edited 4 December 2024 by Vindaloo FOX

[Dan]

He's really starting to crack this now. I like.

[PhillippaT]

33 minutes ago, Vindaloo FOX said:

He gives me Hazard vibes 

If we need to score a goal to prevent Spurs from winning something, then...  

[Dahnsouff]

So encouraged by that showing, he has all the skills and attributes you could want. Superb performance from the lad.  

[Gazza M]

7 hours ago, Shambles said:

 

Video made me smile. Because of age gap they were almost like father and son in same team!

[Claudio Fannieri]

What a player, so cool calm and collected in possession, and a real eye for a pass, also love his work rate off the ball too, not afraid to track back and work defensively. We have an another talent on our hands and wouldn’t be shocked if he is another £50m+ sale in a couple of seasons time. 

[Nalis]

Please don't be injured

[funkyrobot]

Still can’t believe Dawson dropped him v Brentford.