MaxiRobriguez
Bob McKinlay
Bet you he's regretting not making more of an impact in Nottingham.
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Loïc Badé
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BryanRoy22
Ian Bowyer
Also, Rafa Mir is on the bench for Sevilla. It feels really strange whenever I see his name on the scoresheet for Sevilla.
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First Team Squad
Has bade gone or is he ours next season?
Statto
Free Kick Specialist
He was on loan from his French club, got recalled, and loaned out again to Sevilla.
He was never ours
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First Team Squad
That many signings it’s hard to remember all the details!
That love keeps him in a job though and us in the Prem.
Not sure how we dropped the ball so badly with this kid however. Especially during that period before Boly came into the team and we looked all over the place defensively.
Omar Devone Little
Mr Realistic
Would love to know the story behind this one.
I can only assume its off the pitch stuff that stopped him playing, as he's clearly good enough to be picked over Steve Cook.
I can only assume its off the pitch stuff that stopped him playing, as he's clearly good enough to be picked over Steve Cook.
Gyros Peter
Sauce salad?
I think the story is as simple as Cooper ran the rule and decided he wanted experience during that period and turned to a lesser player in Cook, but one he felt he could trust.
Perhaps there's backroom politics tied in, but the above is just as likely.
Perhaps there's backroom politics tied in, but the above is just as likely.
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First Team Squad
Reading back it looks more likely that his club just got a better offer for him to be playing European football rather than in a relegation dogfight so requested we didn’t play him so they could loan him out elsewhere?
Gyros Peter
Sauce salad?
I think that would have happened after it became clear we weren't planning to use him extensively (ie when Cook got the nod ahead of him).
Statto
Free Kick Specialist
Not sure if that's intended but that can read somewhat disparaging in the direction of Cook.
So he's the wrong side of 30 and not what we need long term nor is he better than 5 or 6 of our CBs.
But he is an experienced player from years with Bournemouth including promotion and PL experience and was key to us going up last season and wasn't embarrassing when called upon this season.
He's not PL standard but its easy to see why Cooper trusted the defensive unit from last season especially once Niakhate was injured and before we had Boly and Felipe. Unlike Worrall and McKenna, Cook at least has been here before.
I guess the other point which was brought up before is language - at that point we were using 3 English speaking CBs with an English speaking GK behind and either another English LB (or Lodi) and a Welsh RB (or Aurier who played for Spurs). We don't know how good (or bad) Bade's communication would be in that unit - or even Biancone. Boly and Aurier would be good English speakers from years playing here and of course have other languages in common with Niakhate, Navas and Felipe later on.
Sometimes it isn't just about raw ability but about partnerships and units which I'd imagine Cooper is big on
Malwood
Geoff Thomas
Wonder how Bade feels about it all now that he's got a winners medal?
HBB
Jack Burkitt
Not Bade, not Bade at all I reckonf
andover red
Geoff Thomas
Cant help feeling we missed out on a good player but we stayed up, he won the Europa League, everyone's a winner.
Gyros Peter
Sauce salad?
Unintended disparagement- I use the example as if you've been bought in to improve a defensive line and the old defenders are getting the nod ahead of you it's clear your going to find it though to break through.
Good point on the language thing - Cooper alluded to that being an issue early on I think.
Anyhow, as other have said all's well that ends well (for both - turns out we didn't need Bade).
Good point on the language thing - Cooper alluded to that being an issue early on I think.
Anyhow, as other have said all's well that ends well (for both - turns out we didn't need Bade).
Berkshire Red
Jack Armstrong
Being ultra critical, he looked the weakest of Sevilla's defensive unit. Got away with a couple of miskicks which could have been crucial too.
Morpeth
John Robertson
Did we have an option on him when he was here?
Sib
First Team Squad
Yes, £10m apparently.
If that would have become an obligation after a few games, similar to Wood, I think it would explain the reluctance to play him while there were still doubts.
youreds1986
Geoff Thomas
We had a 10m option?!?
Fucks sake. He's going to be absolutely top drawer.
Fucks sake. He's going to be absolutely top drawer.
RianBrice
Viv Anderson
Ffs.youreds1986
Geoff Thomas
Honestly, I'm haunted daily that we played Steve Cook over this lad.
He never even got a chance here.
He never even got a chance here.
Larry Lansbury
Viv Anderson
We don’t know what actually happened-or I don’t anyway! So think it’s unfair to instantly blame Forest. He may have been a disruptive influence, not fit, Cooper just didn’t fancy-all non of the above and other reasons. We don’t know-but he was quickly shipped out for a reason.
Mr. Blonde
Jack Burkitt
You have to say letting him go was a Badé decision