Tiemoue Bakayoko

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

 

[kmk108 1,186]

Drogba told Bakayoko how important the Spurs match was, so he went to Conte and told him he wanted to play.

"It says a lot about the mentality of Bakayoko that he opted to play when clearly lacking fitness. Not a single person at the club expected Bakayoko to start against Tottenham: the logical thinking was that he could potentially make the bench. He was still a week or two from being in consideration to start. However, Bakayoko approached the manager during the week and told him that he wanted to play despite the numerous medical reasons telling him to wait. A source at the club confirmed that Conte was taken aback by the gesture. Bakayoko essentially told the manager “if you need me, I will run for 90 minutes and worry about it later”. Not many players willingly put themselves in that sort of situation; particularly when the opponent is both as good and as physical as this Tottenham side. A certain Ivorian idol of Bakayoko’s reportedly telling him the meaning of this fixture unquestionably helped."

[Duppy Conqueror 1,526]

I have never bothered to compare `Yoko and Matic..and am not going to now,all I know is `yoko alone for that DM spot bothers me if we want to play 60 plus games this season and challenge for silverwear. I`m sure he`ll be fine for the games he plays in but wouldn`t put it past our rivals to target his legs in contests between us,knowing that it will knock us out of the race if we lost him for any significant time with what we have behind.

Matic may have wanted to leave but we could have held onto him until a replacement was found.or atleast held onto Pasalic. 

Kante and Fabregas are great at what they do best but as a combo they are about as suitable as gravy and fish.

 

[the wes 7,212]

16 hours ago, RoyalBlues said:

To think a month ago, people thought he is no better than Chalobah, lol.

I know ray Wilkins was raving about it lol he must be still on the drink 

[yuvala 2,167]

I'm thinking we can start him and Fabregas together against lesser oppositions.

[MefiX19 1,092]

 

 

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

[akgw13 867]

Team player. Amazing effort. Love it.

[Special Juan 28,094]

Brilliant if true, bloke was really good Sunday. Cannot wait to see him fully fit and at it.

[termninja 5,290]

7 hours ago, akgw13 said:

Team player. Amazing effort. Love it.

Makes you appreciate Drogba also quite a bit, if true. Amazing.

[Kezza 1,965]

A certain Ivorian idol of Bakayoko’s reportedly telling him the meaning of this fixture unquestionably helped....Kalou??

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

 

[Yeboii 1,844]

46 minutes ago, Blue-in-me-Veins said:

 

Starting to like this guy a lot!

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

On 8/23/2017 at 3:55 AM, Kezza said:

A certain Ivorian idol of Bakayoko’s reportedly telling him the meaning of this fixture unquestionably helped....Kalou??

It was Drogba

[Kezza 1,965]

8 hours ago, RoyalBlues said:

It was Drogba

No shit...