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Dangermouse Hastings 19 Sep 16 12.47pm
Originally posted by Willo Townsend is two-footed. He can cut in from the right-wing and score with his left-foot and as we saw yesterday he can cut in from the left and score with his right-foot from outside the area.He has also got an excellent free kick in his 'Locker'.In my humble estimation he is an all-round better player than Bolasie. Yannick's two assists for Lukaku have been from left footed crosses so far and like Townsend he's not two footed. Every now and then they get it right in spectacular style, like Wilf did at the Amex. Townsend has a better goalscoring record, so for that I'd put him ahead of Yala, but I don't see him as better, just different. That's Life And as funny as it may seem Some people get their kicks stompin' on a Dream. KEEP THE FAITH!!!!!
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Hastings 19 Sep 16 12.47pm

Originally posted by Willo

Townsend is two-footed. He can cut in from the right-wing and score with his left-foot and as we saw yesterday he can cut in from the left and score with his right-foot from outside the area.He has also got an excellent free kick in his 'Locker'.In my humble estimation he is an all-round better player than Bolasie.

Yannick's two assists for Lukaku have been from left footed crosses so far and like Townsend he's not two footed. Every now and then they get it right in spectacular style, like Wilf did at the Amex. Townsend has a better goalscoring record, so for that I'd put him ahead of Yala, but I don't see him as better, just different.

That's Life
And as funny as it may seem
Some people get their kicks stompin' on a Dream.
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Daddyorc Atlantic Highlands, NJ 19 Sep 16 12.55pm
Townsend gets back on defence, Yala didn't (for the most part, which is why Pards had to play him in a striker role. But Yala was super exciting to watch, and on his day would embarrass the opposition and create many chances. But Townsend is a better all around player.
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Atlantic Highlands, NJ 19 Sep 16 12.55pm

Townsend gets back on defence, Yala didn't (for the most part, which is why Pards had to play him in a striker role.

But Yala was super exciting to watch, and on his day would embarrass the opposition and create many chances.

But Townsend is a better all around player.

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Lyons550 Shirley 19 Sep 16 12.59pm
Originally posted by Dangermouse Townsend worked with international quality strikers and attacking midfielders and in Benteke has one here. Yannick and Wilf until now have never worked with that quality around them and have had to go above and beyond to make things happen. Let's see Townsend work alongside Campbell,Jerome, Gayle and Bamford, then we'll see if he's better? That's the poorest excuse for consistently crossing balls out of play, shooting into row Z and turning the ball over when trying to take on the same player for the 3rd time i've heard to date. Regardless of who was up front...very very few crosses ever went into dangerous areas...whether there was a striker in there or not! The Voice of Reason In An Otherwise Mediocre World
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Shirley 19 Sep 16 12.59pm

Originally posted by Dangermouse

Townsend worked with international quality strikers and attacking midfielders and in Benteke has one here. Yannick and Wilf until now have never worked with that quality around them and have had to go above and beyond to make things happen.
Let's see Townsend work alongside Campbell,Jerome, Gayle and Bamford, then we'll see if he's better?

That's the poorest excuse for consistently crossing balls out of play, shooting into row Z and turning the ball over when trying to take on the same player for the 3rd time i've heard to date.

Regardless of who was up front...very very few crosses ever went into dangerous areas...whether there was a striker in there or not!

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Lyons550 Shirley 19 Sep 16 1.00pm
Originally posted by We are goin up! Classic football fans As soon as a player leaves all we remember is his faults. Bolasie is still a terrific player and has made a very good start to life at Everton, 2 assists already and Lukaku and Barkley have both missed sitters off his crosses. Townsend has one (very) good game and he's suddenly a class apart from Bolasie? Not for me. Ask me after another 5 games. I'd suggest you haven't read much on the boards in the last 18months about Yala to even suggest this! The Voice of Reason In An Otherwise Mediocre World
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Shirley 19 Sep 16 1.00pm

Originally posted by We are goin up!

Classic football fans

As soon as a player leaves all we remember is his faults. Bolasie is still a terrific player and has made a very good start to life at Everton, 2 assists already and Lukaku and Barkley have both missed sitters off his crosses.

Townsend has one (very) good game and he's suddenly a class apart from Bolasie? Not for me. Ask me after another 5 games.

I'd suggest you haven't read much on the boards in the last 18months about Yala to even suggest this!

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Part Time James 19 Sep 16 1.01pm
Originally posted by Dangermouse Townsend worked with international quality strikers and attacking midfielders and in Benteke has one here. Yannick and Wilf until now have never worked with that quality around them and have had to go above and beyond to make things happen. Let's see Townsend work alongside Campbell,Jerome, Gayle and Bamford, then we'll see if he's better? Let's not.
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Originally posted by Dangermouse

Townsend worked with international quality strikers and attacking midfielders and in Benteke has one here. Yannick and Wilf until now have never worked with that quality around them and have had to go above and beyond to make things happen.
Let's see Townsend work alongside Campbell,Jerome, Gayle and Bamford, then we'll see if he's better?

Let's not.

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Lyons550 Shirley 19 Sep 16 1.03pm
Originally posted by Dangermouse Yannick's two assists for Lukaku have been from left footed crosses so far and like Townsend he's not two footed. Every now and then they get it right in spectacular style, like Wilf did at the Amex. Townsend has a better goalscoring record, so for that I'd put him ahead of Yala, but I don't see him as better, just different. Agreed, they're certainly different players and when Yala was/is on fire he's the better player to watch...however that wasn't the OP's question and whilst I agree its early days, as I said earlier, Townsend had already shown he was a more 'complete' winger than Yala before he came to us. The Voice of Reason In An Otherwise Mediocre World
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Shirley 19 Sep 16 1.03pm

Originally posted by Dangermouse

Agreed, they're certainly different players and when Yala was/is on fire he's the better player to watch...however that wasn't the OP's question and whilst I agree its early days, as I said earlier, Townsend had already shown he was a more 'complete' winger than Yala before he came to us.

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Part Time James 19 Sep 16 1.06pm
If any of you still want to see somebody do lots of exciting tricks, watch Dynamo: Magician Impossible.
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Part Time James

19 Sep 16 1.06pm

If any of you still want to see somebody do lots of exciting tricks, watch Dynamo: Magician Impossible.

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Jacey 19 Sep 16 1.06pm
And as Simon says'it's a yes from me' Just a matter of time before he gets an. England recall. Brilliant bit of business.
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19 Sep 16 1.06pm

And as Simon says'it's a yes from me'
Just a matter of time before he gets an. England recall.
Brilliant bit of business.

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Sansbup Norfolk 19 Sep 16 1.07pm
Bolasie: Crossing tick Scoring hmmm. Goal threat hmmm. Unpredictability tick Townsend: Crossing tick Scoring tick (tbc) Goal threat tick (tbc) Unpredictability hmmm. Bolasie £30m Townsend £10m Hmm. Although sad to see Yala go, I'm happy with the current situation and I'm confident Andros Townsend will prove to be a great player for us.
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Sansbup

Norfolk 19 Sep 16 1.07pm

Bolasie:
Crossing tick
Scoring hmmm.
Goal threat hmmm.
Unpredictability tick

Townsend:
Crossing tick
Scoring tick (tbc)
Goal threat tick (tbc)
Unpredictability hmmm.

Bolasie £30m
Townsend £10m
Hmm. Although sad to see Yala go, I'm happy with the current situation and I'm confident Andros Townsend will prove to be a great player for us.

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Part Time James 19 Sep 16 1.12pm
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure most of the people on here would be happy to have had Wilf, Andros and Yala if we could've without compromising finances. If we could only have two of the three, at this point in time (appreciate we haven't had a chance to see Townsend play many games yet) I would personally choose Zaha and Townsend. But that is just my opinion. There are probably good arguments for and against all of the combinations.
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Part Time James

19 Sep 16 1.12pm

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure most of the people on here would be happy to have had Wilf, Andros and Yala if we could've without compromising finances.

If we could only have two of the three, at this point in time (appreciate we haven't had a chance to see Townsend play many games yet) I would personally choose Zaha and Townsend. But that is just my opinion. There are probably good arguments for and against all of the combinations.

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Sussex Based Palace Sussex 19 Sep 16 1.15pm
Townsends end product is far better than Bolasie's Townsend isn't as likely to lose the ball in possession as much as Bolasie did, I used to love watching Yala but got frustrated at times, I much prefer watching Townsends accuracy of passing and crossing of the ball. Edited by Sussex Based Palace (19 Sep 2016 1.17pm) We are Palace from Selhurst.
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Townsends end product is far better than Bolasie's Townsend isn't as likely to lose the ball in possession as much as Bolasie did, I used to love watching Yala but got frustrated at times, I much prefer watching Townsends accuracy of passing and crossing of the ball.

Edited by Sussex Based Palace (19 Sep 2016 1.17pm)

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Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 19 Sep 16 1.17pm
Originally posted by Dangermouse Yannick's two assists for Lukaku have been from left footed crosses so far and like Townsend he's not two footed. Every now and then they get it right in spectacular style, like Wilf did at the Amex. Townsend has a better goalscoring record, so for that I'd put him ahead of Yala, but I don't see him as better, just different. Townsend's stronger foot is of course his left-foot but he has done so many good things with his right-foot, including his goal yesterday (!), hence the "Two-footed" tag.Yes Bolasie can cross with his left-foot but I don't see his "Weaker" foot as anything as good as that of Townsend. All-round I prefer Townsend rather than Bolasie who is far too inconsisent and can go from PL to Sunday League in the space of minutes.For me he flatters to deceive although I recognise his "Explosive" qualities and the ability to get his team up the pitch.
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South coast - west of Brighton. 19 Sep 16 1.17pm

Originally posted by Dangermouse

Yannick's two assists for Lukaku have been from left footed crosses so far and like Townsend he's not two footed. Every now and then they get it right in spectacular style, like Wilf did at the Amex. Townsend has a better goalscoring record, so for that I'd put him ahead of Yala, but I don't see him as better, just different.

Townsend's stronger foot is of course his left-foot but he has done so many good things with his right-foot, including his goal yesterday (!), hence the "Two-footed" tag.Yes Bolasie can cross with his left-foot but I don't see his "Weaker" foot as anything as good as that of Townsend.

All-round I prefer Townsend rather than Bolasie who is far too inconsisent and can go from PL to Sunday League in the space of minutes.For me he flatters to deceive although I recognise his "Explosive" qualities and the ability to get his team up the pitch.

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