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Moussa Dembele
Topic Started: 28 Jun 2016, 11:59 AM (860,753 Views)
Sevco Skelper
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ChiliPepper
20 Jul 2016, 11:27 PM
Sevco Skelper
20 Jul 2016, 09:44 PM
Big amido in disguise.
I'm worried. If he can't score in 2 games against amateur opposition .......
Boil yer heid.
So far we have bought one player.
A striker who has yet to score.
I thought his touch tonight was poor.
At this point in time he looks just like any of the other 5 or 6 alleged strikers we have signed over the last few years.
I want him to be a success.
I want him to score a barrow load of goals.
I want him to be bleeding player of the season.
My eyes so far tell me different.......
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Sevco Skelper
20 Jul 2016, 11:39 PM
ChiliPepper
20 Jul 2016, 11:27 PM
Sevco Skelper
20 Jul 2016, 09:44 PM
Big amido in disguise.
I'm worried. If he can't score in 2 games against amateur opposition .......
Boil yer heid.
So far we have bought one player.
A striker who has yet to score.
I thought his touch tonight was poor.
At this point in time he looks just like any of the other 5 or 6 alleged strikers we have signed over the last few years.
I want him to be a success.
I want him to score a barrow load of goals.
I want him to be bleeding player of the season.
My eyes so far tell me different.......
A barrel load of goals would be even better.

He has scored a perfectly good goal that was chalked off and was going to step up to take the penalty tonight that we should have had. That could/should be 2 goals in 2 competitive games.
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Sevco Skelper
20 Jul 2016, 11:39 PM
ChiliPepper
20 Jul 2016, 11:27 PM
Sevco Skelper
20 Jul 2016, 09:44 PM
Big amido in disguise.
I'm worried. If he can't score in 2 games against amateur opposition .......
Boil yer heid.
So far we have bought one player.
A striker who has yet to score.
I thought his touch tonight was poor.
At this point in time he looks just like any of the other 5 or 6 alleged strikers we have signed over the last few years.
I want him to be a success.
I want him to score a barrow load of goals.
I want him to be bleeding player of the season.
My eyes so far tell me different.......
Do you not think players need time to settle? He arrived after the hard graft of pre-season was done.

He needs time.

Comparing a guy who has represented France at every youth level to Amido Balde says more about you than it does about him.

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Kingslim
20 Jul 2016, 11:43 PM
Sevco Skelper
20 Jul 2016, 11:39 PM
ChiliPepper
20 Jul 2016, 11:27 PM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deep
So far we have bought one player.
A striker who has yet to score.
I thought his touch tonight was poor.
At this point in time he looks just like any of the other 5 or 6 alleged strikers we have signed over the last few years.
I want him to be a success.
I want him to score a barrow load of goals.
I want him to be bleeding player of the season.
My eyes so far tell me different.......
Do you not think players need time to settle? He arrived after the hard graft of pre-season was done.

He needs time.

Comparing a guy who has represented France at every youth level to Amido Balde says more about you than it does about him.

Also the opposition were not amateur, they get paid for playing

his link up play with LG looks promising
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Once he notches he will be fine. Trying too hard.
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Marado
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ChiliPepper
20 Jul 2016, 11:25 PM
You can see he has quality.
Really? Maybe I'm missing something but nothing tonight really impressed me - I thought he looked ok but not what I expected.

No doubt will take time to settle and for team mates to get on same wavelength but so far nothing I have seen has suggested he's the answer.
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Sevco Skelper
20 Jul 2016, 11:39 PM
ChiliPepper
20 Jul 2016, 11:27 PM
Sevco Skelper
20 Jul 2016, 09:44 PM
Big amido in disguise.
I'm worried. If he can't score in 2 games against amateur opposition .......
Boil yer heid.
So far we have bought one player.
A striker who has yet to score.
I thought his touch tonight was poor.
At this point in time he looks just like any of the other 5 or 6 alleged strikers we have signed over the last few years.
I want him to be a success.
I want him to score a barrow load of goals.
I want him to be bleeding player of the season.
My eyes so far tell me different.......
You could add those 6 together and not come up with an identikit of what this boy, for that's what he is, could be.

Needs a couple of goals, and needs time and support, judge him in 2 years not in 2 weeks.
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Looked like he was trying too hard tonight.
Just needs to put his foot through the ball rather than trying to set himself up.
His first goal will make all the difference.
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Clearly needs a goal, but that aside I thought that he did well this evening. Think the goals will come. His link up play and flick ons were good.
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Whatever your opinion of Dembele is, Roberts, Griffiths and Forrest were all miles better tonight. Better players than Dembele have taken time to settle in so there's no alarm that he's been indifferent so far, but he has been indifferent so far.
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Thought he makes some nice runs to offer options and thought he looks skillful. Yes, he is clearly desperate to get off the mark.
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Yes, he's shown nothing special so far and his awful first touch after Roberts fine jinky run in the first half was cringe-worthy. But he was genuinely unlucky with his shot from close range at a tight angle that Navas did really well to save.
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This place never fails to follow the same patterns time after time :lol:

We should have a flow chart made up
Edited by KaiserCelt 32, 21 Jul 2016, 12:22 AM.
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He'll come good still a good fortnight behind the rest of them in terms of pre season.

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Thought he was brilliant in the air second half. Won everything Gordon punted up and regularly found a Celtic jersey too. This alone makes a big difference to us as it will help us retain possession. His first touch was generally poor and he should have buried the chance second half too I thought, but I'm pretty confident it will fall into place for him.
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This thread :lol:
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It's come to the point where any legitimate critique of a player's performance is automatically met with the typical 'same old KDS :ffs: ' nonsense.

Bar the odd idiot, nobody is calling Dembele a dud, saying he should be dropped etc.

But I don't think it's unfair to say based on the extremely limited outings he's had in pre-season, and v Lincoln Red Imps, that he doesn't appear to be the prolific goal scoring type. Purely a hunch but I'm sure he'll get into double figures and as long as Griffiths does the business that's acceptable.

Tonight he got into some good positions, but his finishing was sub-par. Either screwed wide or tamely shot straight at the goalie. He provided a decent option physically but failed to win a fair few headers from 50/50 situations. Otherwise he linked up quite well and I'm sure once he imposes himself more, he will improve the fluidity (BRFA) of our forward line.

Moussa can only improve with more games and time with his teammates as he settles into the club.
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Thought he showed more glimpses again tonight of what we can expect when he s up and running.

Perfect foil for Griffiths.
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you can see his potential tonight in the second half and at times linked well with griff. as some have said needs first goal as trying to hard at times. to compare to balde is frankly idiotic. balde wouldn't score 17 in the championship in 10 seasons let alone 1
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I think Dembele & Griffiths can give us 20 league goals apiece this season, some great touches, shows good awareness - money in the bank for me. He will only get better, question will be how long we can hold onto him.
But for now I'll sit back and enjoy watching him play.
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