FlintWonderwall Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 Im interested on peoples thoughts on how he has played simce joining us last year. I personally still think he has a lot to prove as he seems to struggle a lot in games but also has moments where he looks dangerous (when he is running directly at players). Cant think of a game he has stood out and was very poor for me today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonM88 Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 17 minutes ago, FlintWonderwall said: Im interested on peoples thoughts on how he has played simce joining us last year. I personally still think he has a lot to prove as he seems to struggle a lot in games but also has moments where he looks dangerous (when he is running directly at players). Cant think of a game he has stood out and was very poor for me today For me, his best performance for us was Wigan at home last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeak Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 I was honestly disappointed when I saw his name on the team sheet at 2pm. However, I was pretty pleased with his performance today (probably aided by the fantastic result). Whilst there is a lot to be desired when going forward, he offered consistent and vital cover in defence to Vyner. Yes it wasn't a perfect performance, but he certainly played his part today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohbasso Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 He needs to start added goals and assists to his game. His work rate is excellent though and I bet fullbacks love having him in front of them with the amount of protection he gives them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAman08 Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 I like him. Great motor and is direct. Runs at players and makes it tough. Draws loads of fouls and doesn't give the ball away in bad areas. His decision making in the final third needs work but if he has that he'd not be here. Even then thought he played a lovely chipped ball to Bobby first half which BR put over the bar. Constantly shielded ZV too. I want to see Eliasson as much as the next guy but would've been tactical suicide today imo with a Vyner Eliasson right side. Think many way too harsh on COD. He's another not from a huge academy and if you count up his total minutes he's probably approaching half a championship season in experience. He has lots of room to grow and does so many good things that are usually hard to teach. Getting better offensively should be a bit easier for him but he's already excellent defensively and this affords him gametime which he needs. I believe Callum will play premier league football in his career, hopefully with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Like someone else has already said, he had his best game a Watford. My MOM. Direct, running at defenders with a turn of pace. There is a lot more to come from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Rich Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 I think he is progressing well. He's very important to our high pressing game and I think LJ really rates him for that part of his game. Works hard, direct running just needs to improve final pass/ball and will be a fantastic player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishRed Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 6 hours ago, JoeAman08 said: I like him. Great motor and is direct. Runs at players and makes it tough. Draws loads of fouls and doesn't give the ball away in bad areas. His decision making in the final third needs work but if he has that he'd not be here. Even then thought he played a lovely chipped ball to Bobby first half which BR put over the bar. Constantly shielded ZV too. I want to see Eliasson as much as the next guy but would've been tactical suicide today imo with a Vyner Eliasson right side. Think many way too harsh on COD. He's another not from a huge academy and if you count up his total minutes he's probably approaching half a championship season in experience. He has lots of room to grow and does so many good things that are usually hard to teach. Getting better offensively should be a bit easier for him but he's already excellent defensively and this affords him gametime which he needs. I believe Callum will play premier league football in his career, hopefully with us. He has a mountain to climb before he is remotely ready for the Premier League - he is not a Championship quality player yet! i agree regarding his work rate and his defensive side and whist that is important his role is a creative one and he is nowhere near on that yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garland-sweden Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 See intentions, not afraid to take difficault ways and tries to be creative. Interesting player who hopefully will progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamalagerdrinker Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Another season and he should be top draw still has some learning to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Decision making is his weakness at present. Reminds me of Freeman with skills and hard work but doesn't have a "football brain". Don't know how to teach that as IMO, that is instinctive. I suspect he may have a career at left back where creativity is less important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Not the finished article and no one incl COD would claim that he is I can see what he can be and think he's one , (that we as fans often do) where we see what he doesn't do (in our perceptions) rather than what he does do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey 6 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 O'Dowda could have really done with a loan to a league one club to get game time. He's never going to progress getting the odd game/20 minutes here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Works hard, adds pace, tachnically not bad, but end product is virtually zero. Flatters to deceive and I think we have better options to play out wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezo Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 I think from yesterdays game I have a better understanding of what he offers, I have always found him to be quite frustrating and first half they were getting a lot of luck down our right and we were looking weak but second half I thought he grew into it quite spectacularly and thought he was a completely different player he was also a key component to keeping the ball in the last 5mins while trying to run the clock down. Less of the first half and more of the second please COD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuffle Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 I thought he was dreadful and personally would have taken him off at ht for Leko. Has pace and is strong but no football brain and was caught on his heels as defender stepped in front of him. Yes he worked hard but has to sometimes as making recovery runs as he has not sensed danger or where ball will be. all about opinions I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 I was quite shocked to see him start but he impressed me, was direct on the ball and his clipped through ball for Bobby early on was class, he was good defensively as well which was needed as vyner looked out of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannybluff Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 I have had a few games where I thought he stood out. Can't remember but the one he hit crossbar at ag last season and a couple more. I agree with most others that he needs to improve still but works very hard and is progressing. No problems with how he keeps involved around the first team though as that will help. As part of our strategy I think COD is a perfect example of how we develop youngsters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoxton casual Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 I am not sure how many rated Bolasie before he left but COD has a natural gifts including great balance power great engine. I agree he was probably played to help Vyner, but I think he can go on to be a too player. Not there yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 I`d like to see him used predominantly wide left in front of Joe. He`s always looked better to me when he`s on that side and I think him and JB overlap each other quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartockRed Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 1 hour ago, hoxton casual said: I am not sure how many rated Bolasie before he left but COD has a natural gifts including great balance power great engine. I agree he was probably played to help Vyner, but I think he can go on to be a too player. Not there yet. This. Reminds me of Joe Bryan in that sense. It's taken Joe a couple of seasons, but now he's excelling at this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider red Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Odowda is a solid player with top attributes and heaps of poyential to improve. Yesterday he was solid, created a couple of chances and helped out Zak vyner on numerous occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAman08 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 4 hours ago, ScottishRed said: He has a mountain to climb before he is remotely ready for the Premier League - he is not a Championship quality player yet! i agree regarding his work rate and his defensive side and whist that is important his role is a creative one and he is nowhere near on that yet. No doubt he's got a long way to go. Just think he has all the unteachable stuff. Athletic, big, strong, hard worker and a few tricks. Stuff like his crossing and finishing are easier attributes to get better at than what he already has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAman08 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Red Right Hand said: I`d like to see him used predominantly wide left in front of Joe. He`s always looked better to me when he`s on that side and I think him and JB overlap each other quite well. Completely agree. Just hard to move Paterson from there. Think he'd be more comfortable getting crosses in from that side as well. Him and Joe away to Newcastle last season were outstanding. We all want the finished article but it's just not the players we are bringing in at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 4 hours ago, Red Right Hand said: I`d like to see him used predominantly wide left in front of Joe. He`s always looked better to me when he`s on that side and I think him and JB overlap each other quite well. 7 hours ago, JonDolman said: I rate him highly. The only thing that is missing is that final pass or final shot. He has everything else though. Some games last season he looked like our best player. He doesn't seem to do it on the right in a 442. His best performances have been wide left like against Watford and last season against Huddersfield, Villa, reading and Newcastle. He also played well on the left of a diamond against forest and hull. Apart from Wigan and Burnley games where he was excellent, his poorer performances came on the right last season. I think he's done very well when coming on this season. At 22 he will improve and I reckon will be our best player in a couple of years. Agree that I think we'll see the best out of him from an attacking perspective when he plays left. But he did a job for us yesterday in front of Vyner. Had Pisano been fit, we might've seen Leko or Eliasson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Looking at the highlights if Bobby had managed to finish the chance he got early on I think we might have all been raving about his control and pass in that move. We need to see more like that from him, and I think competition for places will bring more of that out of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 8 hours ago, JonDolman said: I rate him highly. The only thing that is missing is that final pass or final shot. He has everything else though. Some games last season he looked like our best player. He doesn't seem to do it on the right in a 442. His best performances have been wide left like against Watford and last season against Huddersfield, Villa, reading and Newcastle. He also played well on the left of a diamond against forest and hull. Apart from Wigan and Burnley games where he was excellent, his poorer performances came on the right last season. I think he's done very well when coming on this season. At 22 he will improve and I reckon will be our best player in a couple of years. He was on the right last season against Huddersfield. Or at least he was at his most threatening points, same for Villa last season. Him and Patterson swapped wings quite often though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie BCFC Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 I thought he was incredible v Huddersfield at home last season but so was everyone tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswoodactor Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 8 hours ago, JonDolman said: I rate him highly. The only thing that is missing is that final pass or final shot. He has everything else though. Some games last season he looked like our best player. He doesn't seem to do it on the right in a 442. His best performances have been wide left like against Watford and last season against Huddersfield, Villa, reading and Newcastle. He also played well on the left of a diamond against forest and hull. Apart from Wigan and Burnley games where he was excellent, his poorer performances came on the right last season. I think he's done very well when coming on this season. At 22 he will improve and I reckon will be our best player in a couple of years. Which isn't exactly promising when you're a professional footballer playing as a winger in the 2nd tier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 2 minutes ago, JonDolman said: You must be thinking of other games as Paterson didn't play in those. Cotterill played on the right in those games, and O'Dowda on the left. Villa last year O'Dowda was on the right, Tomlin(I think) was on the left, Cotterill was 100+ miles away. But O'Dowda was 100% on the right. Huddersfield was Cotterill, but as I said when mentioning Patterson, they swapped wings often, O'Dowda threatened most down the right in that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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