What a great statement, I wholeheartedly agree.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Interesting reading all the comments about Olise today.

I think Olise is great, he’s certainly what I’d consider a prem quality player. I’m curious though, who would you choose between a prime Bolasie and a current Olise?

It’s just, I can remember not so long ago, Olise didn’t start games for us. As frustrating as that was for us fans…because most of us wanted him on the pitch over Ayew. His defensive game just wasn’t good enough.

Over the years we see players come and go. What tends to be proven, is that it’s quite possible to replace good players eventually…especially when we have the money to.

The reason I ask the question about Bolasie, is that he was a special talent also. So strong, robust, flair, pace…he had so many good attributes. But I think we could find a player like that again. I think we could find a player like Olise as well.

Just to add to what I put, Townsend managed very similar outputs in terms of a combination of goals and assists for us, in comparison to Olise. He was also far better defensively. Now I admit, Olise has room to get better, which will interest the big clubs, but for us, I still think there will be players out there that can contribute effectively to this side being a success.

Edited by Hudsoneagle (02 Aug 2023 12.15pm)

It's difficult isn't it? In this day and age where any player with a bit of potential gets put up on a pedestal by fans and media alike, without haven't actually gone on and achieved something yet. Olise is good, and has great potential, hopefully he can realise it for us in the meantime. The one thing that separates him currently from Yannick is Yannick got his move to a "big" club...

Edited by southnorwoodhill (02 Aug 2023 12.22pm)

Bolasie for me everytime. He was so bat s*** crazy he didnt even know what he was going to do next. Olise has become a bit of a one trick pony for me he either comes in and tries to curl one to the far post , shoot or cross (not a criticism) . As a defender Bolasie was a nightmare to manage, our counter attack from defending corners was lightning quick.

Pepe, Ziyech, Diallo or Cornet are all left footed right wingers who could do a job for a year, and all probably available.

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

Good point and very true but only if the striker and right-back turn out to be better than what we have.

Spurs sold Bale for a record fee which they reinvested in (if I recall correctly) seven players, all but one of whom (Eriksen) was a relative flop, and they didn't even manage to make a profit when Eriksen left in the end.

The idea of trading your way to a better team is perfectly feasible, but it's not guaranteed to work.