Tiemoue Bakayoko

[LAM09 6,744]

For the life of me i want an answer regarding this - what is he clearly talented at? I must be blind and dumber than i thought.

His built is the only selling point right now

 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

I will be judging him at the end of next season. 

He may have crap games, he may have good games now, but the question is how good he can get and not how good he is now. 

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Man I'm trying so hard to be patient with him but he is making it so hard. Never impressed me in his Monaco days and his game is showing no signs of improvement at all, sigh.

[Special Juan 27,423]

It's like employing a secretary who can't type......He's fucking shit right now.

[nono 791]

We should have gone for Mahrez and kept RLC. Instead signed Bakayoko and Drinkwater.

[LAM09 6,744]

Ampadu is more deserving of a start going forward. Need to treat him like everyone else instead of being gifted starts despite under performing.

[blues.bridge 343]

FROM AN ITALIAN FORUM
"After witnessing the resounding defeat of Chelsea in the West Ham home, I can not forget that this player is a dog. After the home team, scored with the duo Lanzini - Arnautovic who are the only two players of technical caliber that the Hammers have today fielded against Conte, the pressing of the blues becomes suffocating for West Ham who can not even exceed his area limit let alone the midfield circle. In all this domination, with Chelsea midfield acting TOTALLY undisturbed given the lack of high pressure of the opponents who are crushed close to their goalkeeper worried of the chelsea's strikers, all the his hidden talent comes out of these meters, fails miserably stops and controls of the ball very simply without even being under pressure from someone, try to be helpful to offensive but rather decisive maneuvers to gently rub the defenders of West Ham revealing even the total incapacity in the distant reliance on their physical (but oh well we talk about those who humiliated on the physical plane too from Pjanic and Dybala), the only thing that seems a success for everything is mediocre that is not able to do anything. Count on the bench is furious and the 45, without even the slightest sign of indecision, slams him off the field and makes him sit on the bench in favor of Pedro's entry into the field. Yet another lousy proof of the biggest package dropped in the last session of the market."

[Special Juan 27,423]

I can't watch him anymore, and being hauled off at HT says everything about him.

[TheWiz 109]

Great Player this ... Can understand now, why 80% of our Forum Professionals begged God the Almighty and our Board to sign him ...

Well done.

[Reddish-Blue 2,345]

18 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

I can't watch him anymore, and being hauled off at HT says everything about him.

I'm surprised at people's reactions to Bakayoko.  Did everyone really expect him to become a class midfielder over night? 

He is as raw as they come from the French League. Barely played two full seasons of senior football, gets a big money move to a top club and he's expected to be the new Matic.

As his former mentor (Makelele) mentioned in multiple interviews, Bakayoko has no discipline in his game, he'll never be a calm midfielder, ready to sit and recycle possession, he's unpredictable, he can do something brilliant then make an awful mistake straight after, he has a while to go before he becomes a consistent threat. 

[Special Juan 27,423]

Just now, Reddish-Blue said:

I'm surprised at people's reactions to Bakayoko.  Did everyone really expect him to become a class midfielder over night? 

He is as raw as they come from the French League. Barely played two full seasons of senior football, gets a big money move to a top club and he's expected to be the new Matic.

As his former mentor (Makelele) mentioned in multiple interviews, Bakayoko has no discipline in his game, he'll never be a calm midfielder, ready to sit and recycle possession, he's unpredictable, he can do something brilliant then make an awful mistake straight after, he has a while to go before he becomes a consistent threat. 

I expected to him to be able to control the ball and pass the ball 5 yards, he struggles with both.

At Monaco he was brilliant, and right now there are no excuses for his inability to even contribute one single thing. Like I always say I want to be proven wrong, but as it stands this bloke shouldn't even be considered starting anytime soon.

[The Skipper 20,593]

2 hours ago, Special Juan said:

right now there are no excuses for his inability to even contribute one single thing.

I would say: new league, no preseason and some new injury niggles, plus no rest at all for weeks because there were no other CMs (even though he just came back from a long term injury) could explain some of his problems at the moment. 

I think his main problem is the pace of the league. He seems to need like half a second or so longer to make decisions. Bernardo Silva at City is having the same problem - but Pep is integrating him into his side slowly because he has a fantastic squad at City. Something we couldn’t have done here whatsoever. 

The incompetence at this club is mind blowing sometimes. We signed an injured midfielder in Bakayoko - what do we decide to do again for his competition/cover? We sign an injured Drinkwater. 

[Special Juan 27,423]

Should not be playing then, because we saw what happened at Anfield, even the basics he struggles with and his mistakes are leading to conceding a goal like we saw.

I get what you are saying, but IMO passing a ball 5-10 yards he's struggling with, he is not reading the game correctly and with this he's a liability.

[robsblubot 3,502]

4 hours ago, The Skipper said:

I would say: new league, no preseason and some new injury niggles, plus no rest at all for weeks because there were no other CMs (even though he just came back from a long term injury) could explain some of his problems at the moment. 

I think his main problem is the pace of the league. He seems to need like half a second or so longer to make decisions. Bernardo Silva at City is having the same problem - but Pep is integrating him into his side slowly because he has a fantastic squad at City. Something we couldn’t have done here whatsoever. 

The incompetence at this club is mind blowing sometimes. We signed an injured midfielder in Bakayoko - what do we decide to do again for his competition/cover? We sign an injured Drinkwater. 

Is it half a second longer to make decisions, or half a second longer to fully control the football? Isn't the latter more likely, that his first touch is not great and that his overall technique is making it harder to adjust to a faster paced league?

Players with better technique can more easily adapt to new leagues and their peculiarities. 

[Styles 9,790]

7 hours ago, The Skipper said:

I would say: new league, no preseason and some new injury niggles, plus no rest at all for weeks because there were no other CMs (even though he just came back from a long term injury) could explain some of his problems at the moment. 

I think his main problem is the pace of the league. He seems to need like half a second or so longer to make decisions. Bernardo Silva at City is having the same problem - but Pep is integrating him into his side slowly because he has a fantastic squad at City. Something we couldn’t have done here whatsoever. 

The incompetence at this club is mind blowing sometimes. We signed an injured midfielder in Bakayoko - what do we decide to do again for his competition/cover? We sign an injured Drinkwater. 

That doesn't really explain the complete lack of any technical ability whatsoever. He looks completely and utterly out of his depth against even average Premier League opponents. He may get better but his ceiling isn't that high because of his lack of skill. I seriously doubt there will be a massive improvement on what he is currently. It will be marginal at best.

Drinkwater is comfortably better and he isn't good enough either.

We're rubbish because we sign players like this whilst the top teams continue to prioritise skill and technique.

 

[Special Juan 27,423]

What a player 

[Leif 6,006]

When you're wrong, you're wrong. I was wrong. I've been fed my just deserts. 

[!Hazard! 3,394]

I'm getting the shirt.