HOT TAKES?

[TheGoldenGod]

1 hour ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

Also letting Kasper go was a huge mistake. He’d still get in our side now at 39, and one of few genuine leaders we had.

Looked like an absolute lug last night I'll be honest...

[Stuntman_Mike]

On 18/11/2025 at 08:14, pmcla26 said:

Soumare is one of the most mismanaged players we’ve ever had. Could easily be a consistent performer in the Premier League under the right manager/team with his attributes. 

When someone fails under so many managers, you have to start looking a little closer to home.

 

His attitude has been abysmal since he arrived. That's before you even start on what might have been with ability. 

[SystonFox]

6 hours ago, TheGoldenGod said:

Looked like an absolute lug last night I'll be honest...

the way he jumped for the halfway line goal he looked like a sloth in slow motion. absolute shocker had here Kasper.

[murphy]

10 hours ago, Danizen said:

Say what you like about him but he's calm and composed in all situations...

Also known as 'not giving a toss.'

[murphy]

On 18/11/2025 at 08:14, pmcla26 said:

Soumare is one of the most mismanaged players we’ve ever had. Could easily be a consistent performer in the Premier League under the right manager/team with his attributes. 

Interesting.  So how exactly do you go about getting a tune out of Soumare? 

[pmcla26]

33 minutes ago, murphy said:

Interesting.  So how exactly do you go about getting a tune out of Soumare? 

I think he has to be an 8 in a 433 in English football with legs around him. 
 

The thing is he’s not really good enough to demand changing the system around just to suit him, and I think in general none of our midfielders really compliment each other.
 

Both he and Winks are two of the most talented midfielders in the league but playing them together as a double pivot is horror.
 

There’s been no joined up thinking in signing players that compliment each other for a few years now. 
 

I think he would have been good in Maresca’s system as an 8. 

[pmcla26]

51 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

I think he has to be an 8 in a 433 in English football with legs around him. 

    Okoli Vestergaard Nelson

 

             Skipp Ricardo (LB)

 

          James  Soumare 

 

 Fatawu                     Mavididi

                   Daka    

 

I'd be intrigued to see how that would work

 

[SystonFox]

22 hours ago, pmcla26 said:

I think he has to be an 8 in a 433 in English football with legs around him. 
 

The thing is he’s not really good enough to demand changing the system around just to suit him, and I think in general none of our midfielders really compliment each other.
 

Both he and Winks are two of the most talented midfielders in the league but playing them together as a double pivot is horror.
 

There’s been no joined up thinking in signing players that compliment each other for a few years now. 
 

I think he would have been good in Maresca’s system as an 8. 

Mods, have a word

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Soumare doesn't have any football intelligence and he moves like Henry VIII. I can't wait until he's gone 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

3 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Soumare doesn't have any football intelligence and he moves like Henry VIII. I can't wait until he's gone 

Absolute Zero take.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Just now, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Absolute Zero take.

 

Sorry, that was in reference to the convo above about him, I don't think that my post is a hot take by any stretch aha

[Fox92]

Soumare has now played over 100  games for us and I can't recall anything he's done.

 

He was a title winner in France, he maybe a decent player (if pmcla26 wants to argue that), but it doesn't work in England especially the Championship. A lot of the time he dailies, and is caught out, I just don't see how he works in any position.

[Corky]

2 hours ago, Fox92 said:

Soumare has now played over 100  games for us and I can't recall anything he's done.

 

He was a title winner in France, he maybe a decent player (if pmcla26 wants to argue that), but it doesn't work in England especially the Championship. A lot of the time he dailies, and is caught out, I just don't see how he works in any position.

He has played under 5(?) managers here. Most players would have some sort of purple patch under at least one. An expensive and virtually forgettable spell.

[bovril]

4 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Soumare doesn't have any football intelligence and he moves like Henry VIII. I can't wait until he's gone 

We're talking Parr era Henry VIII too, not Field of the Cloth of Gold era Henry. 

[Danizen]

3 hours ago, Fox92 said:

Soumare has now played over 100  games for us and I can't recall anything he's done.

 

He was a title winner in France, he maybe a decent player (if pmcla26 wants to argue that), but it doesn't work in England especially the Championship. A lot of the time he dailies, and is caught out, I just don't see how he works in any position.

 

This is how I'll remember him. I remember thinking at the time, I've never seen anything like it. These days, it's the norm.