Michy Batshuayi

[Blusan Alamb 295]

 

[manpe 10,855]

3 hours ago, MefiX19 said:

https://streamable.com/7ca6b Nice team goal

I must say that was amateurish defending from Atletico for that goal. The way nobody paid any attention to Bakayoko and Alonso, and the way three players retrospectively went after Alonso leaving the middle so exposed will give Simeone a sore throat towards some players.

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

1 minute ago, manpe said:

I must say that was amateurish defending from Atletico for that goal. The way nobody paid any attention to Bakayoko and the way three players went after Alonso leaving the middle so exposed will give Simeone a sore throat towards some players.

They were obviously disorganised because they were expecting the ball to get directly whipped in. 

 

[manpe 10,855]

Just now, Belgiannutt said:

They were obviously disorganised because they were expecting the ball to get directly whipped in. 

 

Still shambolic, but great work from our players to position themselves and combine to exploit that disorganisation.

[manpe 10,855]

You know, I just wanted to come here and praise Michy for his attitude. He gets some stick from us, but what has impressed me is that in his first season he barely played, got humiliated several times with a few secondcameos, couldn't even get a game when Costa wasn't fit. Any other player would have sulked and left or gone on loan, but he stuck to it and is reaping his rewards. Getting plenty of game time now, scoring goals, always having a positive attitude. There are obvious footballing reasons why he is a substitute, but besides that I really like how he didn't jump ship at first opportunity.

[Weckerz 3,781]

[Atholy 1,293]

Time to step up Bats!!!

 

https://giphy.com/gifs/l0NwGpoOVLTAyUJSo/html5

 

[Leif 6,006]

'No Leif, you're an asshole, Batshuayi's a great goalscorer, look at his Marseille record, I can't wait to see him leading our line  '

'Fool, the guy's a creator, and all of his better attributes paint that picture. You play him alongside the goalscorer. I don't want him here; he lacks presence as a sole striker.'

'Stop trolling. How can i put Leif on ignore?' 'Yeah i need to do that too.'

Now people say the same damn diddly shit I did.  

If you want to see the future, find my old posts re: Rudiger.

[Amblève. 4,995]

2 hours ago, Leif said:

'No Leif, you're an asshole, Batshuayi's a great goalscorer, look at his Marseille record, I can't wait to see him leading our line  '

'Fool, the guy's a creator, and all of his better attributes paint that picture. You play him alongside the goalscorer. I don't want him here; he lacks presence as a sole striker.'

'Stop trolling. How can i put Leif on ignore?' 'Yeah i need to do that too.'

Now people say the same damn diddly shit I did.  

If you want to see the future, find my old posts re: Rudiger.

You're right, he's none of those things.

He's the GOAT.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Well Bats, you’ve been waiting for your chance. Here it is. 

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

Hate to say it but I can see the crowd turning on him if he doesn't perform well in Morata's absence.

[LAM09 6,535]

Michy's confidence will be shot if he doesn't start against Palace.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

The curious case of Michy Batshuayi . Sometimes it looks like Conte's his biggest fan, others its like dude's never wanted him in the team from day one. Of course, we've seen this all before. When Diego Costa missed games for us Batshuayi didn't lead the line. I get what the idea was against City, Eden as a false 9 because he was class up top with Morata v Atletico. Problem is, something quite alarmingly obvious, is Hazard needs that quality next to him to be playing acute 1-2's off. Michy doesn't really offer that type of play, in fact no-one aside from Morata does and therein we had a problem. 

Is Michy required in this team? Absolutely. Atletico proves that, but he's also a different option. But he's our Giroud. He's better coming off the bench in latter stages, that's just the way we're set up unfortunately.. Moving away from the big center-forward to a more ball playing sriker. Look at our run of games while Morata is expected to be out, Palace, Roma, Watford, Everton (EFL), Bournemouth & Roma it's alarming if Michy is our only forward option.

So I'm expecting a lot of experimenting with false 9. Imo Pedro is the most ideal to be playing there with Hazard playing his natural wide roaming role. Over to you Conte, I'm not going to doubt his tactics. He's got it wrong far too few times compared to how many times he's got it bang on (Spurs for example). 

[The Skipper 20,593]

14 hours ago, LDN Blue said:

Sometimes it looks like Conte's his biggest fan,

When? Conte doesn’t rate Batshuayi, that much was clear when he pretty much refused to start him during Diego’s half year absence. Don’t like Conte’s treatment of Batshuayi at all. 

[Hamilton 2,118]

Scored the 2-2 Bosnia - Belgium

[the wes 7,212]

 

[Hamilton 2,118]

Should have scored three..

[LDN Blue 7,903]

On 10/5/2017 at 4:58 PM, The Skipper said:

When? Conte doesn’t rate Batshuayi, that much was clear when he pretty much refused to start him during Diego’s half year absence. Don’t like Conte’s treatment of Batshuayi at all. 

Was gonna say his use of him early in the season when we didn't have a match-fit Morata, but looking back that was forced. I'm sure in Conte's ideal world Llorente would have been playing those games lol. It's easy to see why then Conte didn't want to let Michy go, with no-one coming in, shame Solanke isn't around.