Tiemoue Bakayoko

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Feck take a chill pill. Right now everything is going against us. Injuries, suspensions, small squad, poor fitness. Our best player didnt even feature yet.

I will worry when we will be at our best and still losing games, but when we are in such riggid state, its obvious we wont be playing great. United is in super form, no injuries, players inform, Matic and Lukaku straight impact, swansea and whu were in poor state too. 

If we dont end up winning the league, so be it. Right now we are in transition, just replaced key striker and midfielder with younger dudes and it will take some time. Also for Eden to return from his first major injury in career. 

But we will come back sooner or later.

Just enjoy the road 

[Tautvix 1,321]

3 minutes ago, BlueLyon said:

Feck take a chill pill. Right now everything is going against us. Injuries, suspensions, small squad, poor fitness. Our best player didnt even feature yet.

I will worry when we will be at our best and still losing games, but when we are in such riggid state, its obvious we wont be playing great. United is in super form, no injuries, players inform, Matic and Lukaku straight impact, swansea and whu were in poor state too. 

If we dont end up winning the league, so be it. Right now we are in transition, just replaced key striker and midfielder with younger dudes and it will take some time. Also for Eden to return from his first major injury in career. 

But we will come back sooner or later.

Just enjoy the road 

Every time we win the title, next season we are in transition  It shouldn't be like that I suppose.

With the squad we have I would take top 4 now. But we need to win at least League Cup or FA Cup anyway...

[Dimitr 488]

If we want to challenge the pl title 

we don't need necessary top players . 

 

We need top players for UCL only there . 

 

For pl we need depth. We have good players for PL but not so good to challenge Real ,Bayern,Barca. That's all.

[Rekin 835]

So Baka is starting. His first game with the team is away to Spurs, not the easiest debut.

Can we all agree to go easy on him if he doesnt perform well? He might have been signed a while ago, but he has yet to play regularly with the others, and he just came back from knee surgery. Let's not panic if he looks rusty. 

[Kendrick 339]

26 minutes ago, Rekin said:

So Baka is starting. His first game with the team is away to Spurs, not the easiest debut.

Can we all agree to go easy on him if he doesnt perform well? He might have been signed a while ago, but he has yet to play regularly with the others, and he just came back from knee surgery. Let's not panic if he looks rusty. 

Also I want to add it now before anyone will mention him- fully fit Matic didn't do well against Dembele and Wanyama either.

[Stats 7,053]

For  player who had no pre-season and is not fully fit, he done very well and lasted the 90 mins. Sometimes conceded cheap free kicks however showed a lot of pace and power and once he is fully fit, is going to be a big hit here.

[Milan 17,853]

He definitely needs to get used to the League and Conte's ideas but he will get there, not one doubt. He already showed a couple of times what he is capable of. The runs through the midfield like a knife through a butter. Looking forward to his progress!

[termninja 5,290]

I was expecting a bit more from him when we were defending, but ok, he needs time. It's good that he is back and ready to play. For how much he trained with the team and how fit he is, he did good today. Good luck!

[Pizy 18,368]

People need to take into account the circumstances. No preseason, very first ever game with new teammates, huge rival, arguably the best midfield in the league, and coming off a bad injury. All that considered he did well. Showed a few flashes of his power and made a couple of surging runs. He gave away some silly fouls but that will sharpen up.

I feel like he'll form an awesome partnership with Kante going forward. They cover every blade of grass.

[Tautvix 1,321]

Think Bakayoko gives away free kicks way too many times but I think that's fixable.

Think we saw his strengths today. But since he didn't have a pre season, is new to the league, is not 100% fit I am really happy how he did.

[ulvhedin 507]

9 minutes ago, Pizy said:

People need to take into account the circumstances. No preseason, very first ever game with new teammates, huge rival, arguably the best midfield in the league, and coming off a bad injury. All that considered he did well. Showed a few flashes of his power and made a couple of surging runs. He gave away some silly fouls but that will sharpen up.

I feel like he'll form an awesome partnership with Kante going forward. They cover every blade of grass.

and 4 new players in first XI

[manpe 10,861]

If he hadn't just come off an operation, had had a full pre-season with the team and would be fitter, then I'd be calling that performance underwhelming. But considering the circumstances, I'm just happy he made it through the full 90 unscathed.

[lucashm 340]

Have to say something though, he looked like an absolute boss with that long sleeved shirt.

Still cant get over how beautiful our new kit is

[Jase 43,479]

25 minutes ago, manpe said:

If he hadn't just come off an operation, had had a full pre-season with the team and would be fitter, then I'd be calling that performance underwhelming. But considering the circumstances, I'm just happy he made it through the full 90 unscathed.

Indeed. Just imagine once he's fully fit! Could end up doing Kante-esque crazy things.

[zakhov 253]

To be honest most of the free-kicks he looked to have give away looked soft.

The one where he barely puts his arms around Alli and all Alli had to do was flop around and give Taylor his puppy dog eyes.

 

[Dimitr 488]

Very good performance,unfit but was a monster. 

I love his power . 

Without injuries he will be A MONSTER. War machine.

lets forget Matic .

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

A fully fit and prepared Bakayoko with Kante beside him sounds absolutely GODLY!

[Pizy 18,368]

Thankfully we don't play sides who press like maniacs every week so Baka will now have a couple of games where we'll likely have the lions share of the ball and he can have some time and space in possession.