The Bagan conundrum

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: The Bagan conundrum

He doesn't look like half the player he did at times last season. I imagine the coaching staff see it that way too. Losing Collins was a massive blow as he started on fire. Ebou Adams seems to be rooming with Isaac Vassell.

Collins played three games. He was impressive in two of those, but average at best in the other. Losing him was undoubtedly a blow, but I think his loss is often overstated considering how little we actually saw of him.

[Harry Bosch]

Re: The Bagan conundrum

So given the fine margin between a clean sheet and only one goal being conceded, and the fact that defensively we aren't so bad, you're not convinced that a top performer being out for the season, without having a convincing replacement isn't being overstated? In that position we brought in a Premier League loanee to compete with last season's young prospect, and are now playing out best attacking player in his place, but you think Jamilu Collins being out is overstated? A player who had rave reviews?

[2b2bdoo]

Re: The Bagan conundrum

Collins played three games. He was impressive in two of those, but average at best in the other. Losing him was undoubtedly a blow, but I think his loss is often overstated considering how little we actually saw of him.

As meat loaf said 2/3 ain’t bad

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: The Bagan conundrum

So given the fine margin between a clean sheet and only one goal being conceded, and the fact that defensively we aren't so bad, you're not convinced that a top performer being out for the season, without having a convincing replacement isn't being overstated? In that position we brought in a Premier League loanee to compete with last season's young prospect, and are now playing out best attacking player in his place, but you think Jamilu Collins being out is overstated? A player who had rave reviews?

Imagine, for a moment, that Mendez-Laing had been injured after the Sheffield Utd game at home in 2017. He'd scored 4 in 3 (including the league cup) and looked like one of the best signings we'd made that summer, albeit that he was a free from a League 1 side that many questioned at first.

I reckon that, by new year, we'd have had many fans saying how much we would have missed his goals, particularly when we lost 4 in a row around Christmas time.

The fact is that Mendez-Laing had nearly a full season and only scored 3 more for us. I know I digress.

When you use the phrase "massive blow" to describe losing Collins I think you are very much overstating things.

[Joe Gillis]

Re: The Bagan conundrum

No conundrum, he's not good enough

[Harry Bosch]

Re: The Bagan conundrum

And you are welcome to think that. I disagree. It's all opinions see. I never bought into NML. Like I haven't bought into Rubin Colwill. But I did get very excited at the performances of Collins. If you didn't that's ok.