we saw the worst and best of Bats in his cameo... struggled to lay off a pass 10 meters to the left.. got in a great position to almost put us ahead.. great instinct then to get a goal.. is he the new OGS?

Glad for him to get a goal. Showed the two sides of the coin again though. Reason why he'll never be a real starting option 

Think Bats is a real decent option and does have the knack of scoring crunch goals. Okay, he misses some sitters but I like his attitude and wouldn't want to see him go anywhere else. Can see him making more contributions as the season unfolds.

I know Chelsea lost this match, but this goal was exquisite

 

He's an awful footballer. Really f**king bad. Will get you a goal though, no doubt about that. Sadly for him, goals aren't enough, especially in the modern game, you've got to do so much more when you're playing up top on your own. Giroud is an infinitely better player. Everything about Batshuayi is erratic. If you need a goal he's a great guy to bring off the bench but that's about it. If he wants starts he needs to join a club with lower aspirations.

2 minutes ago, Davey Baby said:

He's an awful footballer. Really f**king bad. Will get you a goal though, no doubt about that. Sadly for him, goals aren't enough, especially in the modern game, you've got to do so much more when you're playing up top on your own. Giroud is an infinitely better player. Everything about Batshuayi is erratic. If you need a goal he's a great guy to bring off the bench but that's about it. If he wants starts he needs to join a club with lower aspirations.

Yeah what he said. Super sub role or Crystal Palace, make your mind up Michy. 

3 hours ago, robdog said:

I know Chelsea lost this match, but this goal was exquisite

 

Without this individual brilliance we would have lost at home without scoring, thus making ManU having an edge over us with the 5 or 6 goals to nothing in the previous encounters.

When the rest of the attack is just flat out underperforming Batman finds a way to score, he's the plan B that we really need.

Batman is a really important player for us, without him we wouldn't have won Ajax away, and we saved our faces here.

I think its more of a systematic thing with Batshuayi, I dont think he is most effective in the 4-3-3 system as his hold up and link up play is average so therefore it was no surprise with a midfield of Kova, Jorg & Billy he performed well below par. I think in a 2 striker system or with Mount as a Number 10 he would perform a lot better as he would have that support around him to make those runs in behind and with an additional body it would give him more space to find those gaps in the final third.

With the midfield we played on Wednesday he just kept getting isolated up against Maguire and Lindelof so I wouldnt criticise him too much as I dont think its a role that suits him too much yet he still managed to get us a goal.

He's the best finisher in our whole squad.

32 minutes ago, DannyVblue said:

He's the best finisher in our whole squad.

Errrm, no.

Just now, Malcolm9 said:

Errrm, no.

Errrm, yes.

5 minutes ago, DannyVblue said:

Errrm, yes.

Tammy? Mount? 

3 minutes ago, Malcolm9 said:

Tammy? Mount? 

Carefull... Tammy Mount is the brand-name of my new feminine hygiene product, I could sue

3 hours ago, Imran_CFC said:

I think its more of a systematic thing with Batshuayi, I dont think he is most effective in the 4-3-3 system as his hold up and link up play is average so therefore it was no surprise with a midfield of Kova, Jorg & Billy he performed well below par. I think in a 2 striker system or with Mount as a Number 10 he would perform a lot better as he would have that support around him to make those runs in behind and with an additional body it would give him more space to find those gaps in the final third.

With the midfield we played on Wednesday he just kept getting isolated up against Maguire and Lindelof so I wouldnt criticise him too much as I dont think its a role that suits him too much yet he still managed to get us a goal.

Agree with this. He looks better when the midfield support is closer to him. 

That midfield three the other day was just too defensive.

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2 hours ago, Malcolm9 said:

Tammy? Mount? 

Alonso is the best finisher in our squad.... 

4 hours ago, dkw said:

Alonso is the best finisher in our squad.... 

The manager is the best finisher... 

I know it sounds daft, but I thought he had an awful game besides that amazing goal. 

He's very good at running on to the ball, a very handy squad player. I hope we keep him around.

Goal was very good, but otherwise was poor, yes.

He just can't be a lone striker, he can't hold the ball and his link-up play always gives the ball back to the opposition. If he's going to do anything in this squad, he needs another striker up there with him really. I was surprised Lampard took him off for Tammy, instead of having them both on.

Scored a good goal Wednesday, but I thought he was poor, useful as a third or fourth striker, but let's be honest not many prem teams if any would have him as main striker, his instinct will get him the odd goal, but I feel if he has to think about the game and bring teammates into play he's a lost cause.

On 31/10/2019 at 18:58, Gol15 said:

Without this individual brilliance we would have lost at home without scoring, thus making ManU having an edge over us with the 5 or 6 goals to nothing in the previous encounters.

When the rest of the attack is just flat out underperforming Batman finds a way to score, he's the plan B that we really need.

Batman is a really important player for us, without him we wouldn't have won Ajax away, and we saved our faces here.

Without his individual performance we could have had another striker linking play and creating chances, you can't say we wouldn't have scored. Had Tammy been on he could have occupied the CB's and setup 2 or 3 goals for the wingers. 

Bats looks like scoring every time he comes on. On brilliant form.

25 minutes ago, evissy said:

Bats looks like scoring every time he comes on. On brilliant form.

He's becoming our very own David Fairclough (showing my age there)!

On 02/11/2019 at 15:11, RIP Mourinho said:

Without his individual performance we could have had another striker linking play and creating chances, you can't say we wouldn't have scored. Had Tammy been on he could have occupied the CB's and setup 2 or 3 goals for the wingers. 

You can't say we would have scored either, fact is Batman did more for us than your fairytales. Could have, would have doesn't make an argument lol

15 hours ago, Gol15 said:

You can't say we would have scored either, fact is Batman did more for us than your fairytales. Could have, would have doesn't make an argument lol

Fact is he still broke down every attack outside of that goal. Look at the bigger picture, champ.