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Moussa Dembele
Topic Started: 28 Jun 2016, 11:59 AM (860,324 Views)
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11 Feb 2018, 12:28 AM
I re-watched the game with my eye on Dembele and took notes of every bit of play he was involved in that he either touched the ball or directly influenced where the ball went. I tried to be as impartial as possible. The game is on BBC iPlayer for anyone who wants to check it out - everything is time stamped.

I haven't included his chasing down or his runs that he never received the ball from but there was a few that are worth mentioning. For the shot Forrest had in the first half he creates the space for Musonda to run in to by dragging the defender in the opposite direction. In the second half when Musonda breaks and tries to play him in he could have been played in a lot earlier as Moussa had found a lot of space. His overall work rate in chasing down was impressive from the video footage - He's defending from the front for our first goal cutting off space that leads to the turnover to Browns ball over the top.

The biggest thing I noticed is how little we created for him. He dropped deep more and more as the game went on to get involved. Forrest obviously scored a hat trick so who really cares but he didn't do much in the way of creating chances for anyone (3 assists all season).

Another thing is how we looked a lot more comfortable taking throw ins. His movement gave the thrower a target to hit. It was noticeable how long we were taking earlier in the season and how it was disrupting our play.

My opinion hasn't changed. A solid game. A few bad moments but mostly in situations where you don't really expect him to do any better. His work rate was up on the Killie game and he had some very good actions in the game - especially the one that led to the goal.

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Your clutching mate, hes struggling the now and as much as today was better than Killie it still wasn't great. Vast improvement needed.
You can say that - but I've gave an honest assessment of his involvement in the game.

It was a solid performance that doesn't warrant the nonsense that was posted here. I'm not saying he was incredible or anything of the sort. Just find it very effing weird that people jump in here with stuff that blatantly isn't true to try and have a go at him.
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Hes carrying weight. Not the athlete he was last season and his touch is honking.
Moussa carrying weight :rubeyes:

I am reliably informed Moussa has a 'physique like an effn Marvel superhero.'

agree way that......he looks like a powerful big man. An absolute tank. Just doesn't look sharp.
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Hes carrying weight. Not the athlete he was last season and his touch is honking.
Moussa carrying weight :rubeyes:

I am reliably informed Moussa has a 'physique like an effin Marvel superhero.'

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No pics front on but looks like he'd punch everybody on here's carrot in from the back anyway.
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Hes carrying weight. Not the athlete he was last season and his touch is honking.
Moussa carrying weight :rubeyes:

I am reliably informed Moussa has a 'physique like an effin Marvel superhero.'

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No pics front on but looks like he'd punch everybody on here's carrot in from the back anyway.
ffs :lol: :lol:

In fairness these player issue taps leave no margin for error in terms a fatness. Nowhere to hide anything. If you want to see a fitba player carrying a bit of beef look at Boyd in the Sportscene highlights tonight. Hes packin.
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No pics front on but looks like he'd punch everybody on here's carrot in from the back anyway.
ffs :lol: :lol:

In fairness these player issue taps leave no margin for error in terms a fatness. Nowhere to hide anything. If you want to see a fitba player carrying a bit of beef look at Boyd in the Sportscene highlights tonight. Hes packin.
I don't think Dembele looks fat btw. I think he looks the perfect physique for the type of player he is.

Can't wait for Musonda to bulk up so I can read posts on here about him being fat. :ph43r:
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No pics front on but looks like he'd punch everybody on here's carrot in from the back anyway.
ffs :lol: :lol:

In fairness these player issue taps leave no margin for error in terms a fatness. Nowhere to hide anything. If you want to see a fitba player carrying a bit of beef look at Boyd in the Sportscene highlights tonight. Hes packin.
I don't think Dembele looks fat btw. I think he looks the perfect physique for the type of player he is.

Can't wait for Musonda to bulk up so I can read posts on here about him being fat. :ph43r:
He looks like he could squat a million kilo.

I don't know what the problem is way him, I just hope its sorted soon. If for no other reason that I don't know how to change my username :lol: :ponder:
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I don't think Dembele looks fat btw. I think he looks the perfect physique for the type of player he is.

Can't wait for Musonda to bulk up so I can read posts on here about him being fat. :ph43r:
He looks like he could squat a million kilo.

I don't know what the problem is way him, I just hope its sorted soon. If for no other reason that I don't know how to change my username :lol: :ponder:
I'm sure admins will change your name for a donation to the charity fund. Or at least I think thats how it used to be.

I'll switch accounts with you :lol:
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He looks like he could squat a million kilo.

I don't know what the problem is way him, I just hope its sorted soon. If for no other reason that I don't know how to change my username :lol: :ponder:
I'm sure admins will change your name for a donation to the charity fund. Or at least I think thats how it used to be.

I'll switch accounts with you :lol:
:lol: I DO look like a Ste.
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11 Feb 2018, 12:28 AM
I re-watched the game with my eye on Dembele and took notes of every bit of play he was involved in that he either touched the ball or directly influenced where the ball went. I tried to be as impartial as possible. The game is on BBC iPlayer for anyone who wants to check it out - everything is time stamped.

I haven't included his chasing down or his runs that he never received the ball from but there was a few that are worth mentioning. For the shot Forrest had in the first half he creates the space for Musonda to run in to by dragging the defender in the opposite direction. In the second half when Musonda breaks and tries to play him in he could have been played in a lot earlier as Moussa had found a lot of space. His overall work rate in chasing down was impressive from the video footage - He's defending from the front for our first goal cutting off space that leads to the turnover to Browns ball over the top.

The biggest thing I noticed is how little we created for him. He dropped deep more and more as the game went on to get involved. Forrest obviously scored a hat trick so who really cares but he didn't do much in the way of creating chances for anyone (3 assists all season).

Another thing is how we looked a lot more comfortable taking throw ins. His movement gave the thrower a target to hit. It was noticeable how long we were taking earlier in the season and how it was disrupting our play.

My opinion hasn't changed. A solid game. A few bad moments but mostly in situations where you don't really expect him to do any better. His work rate was up on the Killie game and he had some very good actions in the game - especially the one that led to the goal.

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I'm calling you out on yar blockos.

I've took a ban because of your cliping and whining and I'm prepared to take another.

The protestations at anyone (heaven forbid) calling his performance below average has you scrabbling for the i-player so you can squeeze another 90 mins of Moussa into your hands, I mean life.
Now all this 'BUT HIS PHYSIQUE MAN!!' chat confirms all that was assumed.

If we isolate just but a few of your defenses and apply them to you guessed it, the man with the best goals to minutes record (Leigh Griffiths) then we can safely assume that Griffiths (with his superior assists and goals record) and who has suffered equally if not worse than Demebele on the injury front, is by far the better player.

Why?

Even when his team mates are honking and the defence plays the ball around to each other, Griffiths manages to bring his dross team mates into play.

Even though he is surrounded by pure muck and static midfielders, Griffiths seems to find space by coming deep or playing the flanks.

His genius is such that he also has the ability to spot a pass, and play the ball, AFTER having demonstrated some other worldly ability in controlling an errant, skywards pass from some goon skylarking as a Celtic defender.

There's no point in talking about Griffiths goal record however, as he notches up his efforts against muck like Hibs, Aberdeen or Rangers but fails against the likes of Barca (even though he somehow managed to score against the weakest Catalan team EVER!)

The amount of times he has brought us 3 points with his persistence, perseverance and plain old luck is an irrelevance because although he scores regularly, he probably doesn't match up to Moussa in the shower, and his baby making antics are an affront to the club.

I'm afraid your attraction and infatuation with Dembele is akin to Alan Partridge and his of 'Dan'.

Face facts. He's been pish most of this season but most Celtic fans I speak to agree, Griffiths when played, is actually less pish than Stan Lee's French Hero.
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:lol: Ste's running amok of late.
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11 Feb 2018, 08:06 AM
:lol: Ste's running amok of late.
Seems like he's just got out the jail and making up for lost internet arguing time
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He was fine yesterday.
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Thought he was poor yesterday. None of our forwards are playing well, but when not playing well, at least Griffiths is the most likely to pop up with a goal. On the other hand if Dembele does turn up, he’s by far the best option. It’s a big concern when we play mostly with one up front.

As with a few positions, the main problem seems that no-one has just been given a clear run of 8-10 games.
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:lol: Ste's running amok of late.
I don't even know where to begin with the pish that was posted about Griffiths.

I'm just going to sit back and let Remy deal with it. It'll be much funnier that way.
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11 Feb 2018, 12:45 AM
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11 Feb 2018, 12:28 AM
I re-watched the game with my eye on Dembele and took notes of every bit of play he was involved in that he either touched the ball or directly influenced where the ball went. I tried to be as impartial as possible. The game is on BBC iPlayer for anyone who wants to check it out - everything is time stamped.

I haven't included his chasing down or his runs that he never received the ball from but there was a few that are worth mentioning. For the shot Forrest had in the first half he creates the space for Musonda to run in to by dragging the defender in the opposite direction. In the second half when Musonda breaks and tries to play him in he could have been played in a lot earlier as Moussa had found a lot of space. His overall work rate in chasing down was impressive from the video footage - He's defending from the front for our first goal cutting off space that leads to the turnover to Browns ball over the top.

The biggest thing I noticed is how little we created for him. He dropped deep more and more as the game went on to get involved. Forrest obviously scored a hat trick so who really cares but he didn't do much in the way of creating chances for anyone (3 assists all season).

Another thing is how we looked a lot more comfortable taking throw ins. His movement gave the thrower a target to hit. It was noticeable how long we were taking earlier in the season and how it was disrupting our play.

My opinion hasn't changed. A solid game. A few bad moments but mostly in situations where you don't really expect him to do any better. His work rate was up on the Killie game and he had some very good actions in the game - especially the one that led to the goal.

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Your clutching mate, hes struggling the now and as much as today was better than Killie it still wasn't great. Vast improvement needed.
You can say that - but I've gave an honest assessment of his involvement in the game.

It was a solid performance that doesn't warrant the nonsense that was posted here. I'm not saying he was incredible or anything of the sort. Just find it very effing weird that people jump in here with stuff that blatantly isn't true to try and have a go at him.
It was from solid.
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Imagine getting so worked up about your golden boy that you take a ban and still come back for more :cuckoo: :lol:
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Imagine getting so worked up about your golden boy that you take a ban and still come back for more :cuckoo: :lol:
:lol:

The guys lost the plot. I'm living in his head rent free.

He'll be fuming on Thursday when big Moussa does the damage on the big stage again.
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Some serious mental gymnastics going on in this thread. Yesterday wasn't his worst game in recent times and he did tremendously well at the first goal. But from that point on he often looked clumsy on the ball and very static off of it.

That said, his best game arguably this season came a couple of weeks ago when Eduoard played off him. Why Brendan has abandoned that system after one very successful trial run is anyone's guess. The constant chopping and changing hasn't helped anyone.
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Dembele just looks like a guy who doesn’t want to be here. It started to worry me earlier in the season when he didn’t look too fussed when we scored-even in the league cup final. If Griff was fit i’d be starting him in a heartbeat before Dembele. Even when he’s not firing on all cylinders the wee man always gives you 100%.
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11 Feb 2018, 12:28 AM
I re-watched the game with my eye on Dembele and took notes of every bit of play he was involved in that he either touched the ball or directly influenced where the ball went. I tried to be as impartial as possible. The game is on BBC iPlayer for anyone who wants to check it out - everything is time stamped.

I haven't included his chasing down or his runs that he never received the ball from but there was a few that are worth mentioning. For the shot Forrest had in the first half he creates the space for Musonda to run in to by dragging the defender in the opposite direction. In the second half when Musonda breaks and tries to play him in he could have been played in a lot earlier as Moussa had found a lot of space. His overall work rate in chasing down was impressive from the video footage - He's defending from the front for our first goal cutting off space that leads to the turnover to Browns ball over the top.

The biggest thing I noticed is how little we created for him. He dropped deep more and more as the game went on to get involved. Forrest obviously scored a hat trick so who really cares but he didn't do much in the way of creating chances for anyone (3 assists all season).

Another thing is how we looked a lot more comfortable taking throw ins. His movement gave the thrower a target to hit. It was noticeable how long we were taking earlier in the season and how it was disrupting our play.

My opinion hasn't changed. A solid game. A few bad moments but mostly in situations where you don't really expect him to do any better. His work rate was up on the Killie game and he had some very good actions in the game - especially the one that led to the goal.

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Your clutching mate, hes struggling the now and as much as today was better than Killie it still wasn't great. Vast improvement needed.
X 2.

He is a shadow of his former self.

All round play is poorer and at times looks as if he cannot be fooked.
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