ARTICLE: Striker Hountondji joins the Clarets

[ArmchairDetective]

Yeah, if you’re 12…

Not to make anyone feel old (including myself) but the Grand Theft Auto series has been around for the best part of 30 years, with the Andreas version 20 years old. I'd be worried if your average 12 year old knew much about it

As you might be able to tell, I liked the video

[Cap]

I follow a pro recruitment analyst/scout on X and he’s excited about this signing for us. He has shared a report he did on the player circa 8 months ago, which goes into detail on his profile. He believes we’ve got a real asset on our hands if we develop & refine some areas of his game.

What's their account name please?

[RVclaret]

What's their account name please?

@o_oconnell_

Seems to be a locked account now so hopefully he accepts your follow request. He’s actually a PNE fan so does quite a lot of posting on the Championship.

[NewClaret]

I think comments like he was tearing premier league sides apart are not good for anyone.

Koleosho looked really promising but I think it’s quite fair to say he is incredibly raw and usually his final ball was incredibly poor (shown by his stats).

I tend to agree I think this will be a big season for him but not sure he’s got 15 plus goals in him.

Well put it this way, he was our biggest threat and danger to the opposition every single game he played. That’s what I meant by tearing them apart because they couldn’t handle him most games.

I agree he was raw with the final ball, which you’d expect to improve season on season assuming he is well coached.

Let’s see whether he gets more than 15. I think he will if he stays injury free and plays.

[NewClaret]

I follow a pro recruitment analyst/scout on X and he’s excited about this signing for us. He has shared a report he did on the player circa 8 months ago, which goes into detail on his profile. He believes we’ve got a real asset on our hands if we develop & refine some areas of his game.

Really interesting report RV, thanks for posting.

A lot of it I’ll confess to not understanding. What is frequency?!? I hope we know as he seems to rely on it a lot

[CoolClaret]

Really interesting report RV, thanks for posting.

A lot of it I’ll confess to not understanding. What is frequency?!? I hope we know as he seems to rely on it a lot

I took it as meaning 'relentlessness'.

The report said he's basically always looking to make a run in behind or wide, making the job difficult for the opposing defenders.

[RVclaret]

Really interesting report RV, thanks for posting.

A lot of it I’ll confess to not understanding. What is frequency?!? I hope we know as he seems to rely on it a lot

Frequency is as it means literally, just how many times an action occurs in this context. So where it says ‘he relies on frequency as his final shot/pass isn’t to a high enough consistent standard’, its meaning he relies on being involved a lot (through his own relentlessness as CoolClaret said) and repeating those actions to deliver the final outcome. It’s a bit similar to how Gyokeres was at Cov, slightly erratic in his final actions but by his own work ethic, physicality, movement and relentlessness he was able to create many of the situations to then deliver an outcome (goal/assist).

Worth noting this report was only half way through last season and this aspect of his game may have improved given the 23 g/a he ended the season with.

[Goody1975]

Frequency is as it means literally, just how many times an action occurs in this context. So where it says ‘he relies on frequency as his final shot/pass isn’t to a high enough consistent standard’, its meaning he relies on being involved a lot (through his own relentlessness as CoolClaret said) and repeating those actions to deliver the final outcome. It’s a bit similar to how Gyokeres was at Cov, slightly erratic in his final actions but by his own work ethic, physicality, movement and relentlessness he was able to create many of the situations to then deliver an outcome (goal/assist).

Worth noting this report was only half way through last season and this aspect of his game may have improved given the 23 g/a he ended the season with.

If he's willing to work hard, he can improve a lot of the deficiencies on the training ground. One to one coaching on his shooting, control and hold up play will do him wonders.

[Winstonswhite]

Really excited by this signing. Going to throw a wild prediction out there and say this lad is bagging 20 this season

Just wondered if you’d reconsidered your prediction now you’ve seen him play??!

[Newcastleclaret93]

Just wondered if you’d reconsidered your prediction now you’ve seen him play??!

Give the lad a chance Winston he was punted out on the left wing to fill a gap for us.

He’s a striker.

[ksrclaret]

Just wondered if you’d reconsidered your prediction now you’ve seen him play??!

I know we were short on numbers today, but I didn't think we'd have to ask one of the police horses to go on the wing for us.

[blatherwickstattoos]

I’m a better footballer now at 40 and unfit then this guy

[Mattster]

His first start at a new club, in a new country and he's a striker being played as what was almost a left wing back...

Are we surprised he looked poor?

[Newcastleclaret93]

I’m a better footballer now at 40 and unfit then this guy

I think that’s pretty harsh. I honestly didn’t think he was that bad. At the start he had a few nice runs down the left where our midfield couldn’t find him.

He had our best chance of the game.

He’s a striker get the ball to him in better areas. Similar with foster

[KRBFC]

Really excited by this signing. Going to throw a wild prediction out there and say this lad is bagging 20 this season

Jesus Christ, you don’t half make yourself look stupid all the time. Like your weird obsession with Foster being the best striker in the league and also scoring for fun.

As for Hountondji, is this another Ali Dia?

[Newcastleclaret93]

Jesus Christ, you don’t half make yourself look stupid all the time. Like your weird obsession with Foster being the best striker in the league and also scoring for fun.

As for Hountondji, is this another Ali Dia?

Are you calling your Idol stupid?

He stated Foster “is our best player”

[blatherwickstattoos]

I think that’s pretty harsh. I honestly didn’t think he was that bad. At the start he had a few nice runs down the left where our midfield couldn’t find him.

He had our best chance of the game.

He’s a striker get the ball to him in better areas. Similar with foster

Never created a thing. Never beat a man and kept the ball. That header if he’s a striker should have been buried. I’ll give him time but from todays showing he’s miles off it

[boatshed bill]

I don't understand the attitude towards Dara. Almost everybody said he improved in the second-half of the season and never showed signs of not caring.

I think he could be one of the vital leaders.

"the attitude"?
Look at Cardiff's best chance last week, when they hit the post.
Don't worry about what he did wrong, just explain what he did right.

[roperclaret]

Houtdonki

That doesn’t even work

[willsclarets]

Christ give the lad a break. We were awful today, and the squad was totally in disarray. It was a horrible way to make a debut. Did he look good? No. Can he do better? I suspect the answer is yes. At least give him 10 games or so to settle.

[Swizzlestick]

Christ give the lad a break. We were awful today, and the squad was totally in disarray. It was a horrible way to make a debut. Did he look good? No. Can he do better? I suspect the answer is yes. At least give him 10 games or so to settle.

Agree with this. He wasn’t the only one turning in a shocking performance today. Certainly some of his more experienced colleagues did. Wasn’t he out of position too?

[Blyclaret]

I don’t believe in calling anyone a donkey but
Look at the u tube video of him.
A dog with a hammer up his arse could see he wasent good enough.

[boatshed bill]

A dog with a hammer up his arse could see he wasent good enough.

How?

[IanMcL]

That doesn’t even work

Works for me!

[dsr]

What worries me is that for the last 10 minutes when we needed a goal, the manager decided that McNally was the better option. It's not a vote of confidence.

[boatshed bill]

What worries me is that for the last 10 minutes when we needed a goal, the manager decided that McNally was the better option. It's not a vote of confidence.

Maybe he thought we'd have a better chance of salvaging a point by not conceding whilst pushing more players forward?
Who knows? Ask him

[burnley007]

He is the only attacking player we have bought this summer.

He looks garbage.

We are in a real mess.

[superdimitri]

He's clearly a number 9 type player and not a forward that will do well when played wide.
He hasn't exactly missed a plethora of chances.
Let's see how he does when he gets chances and gels with the team.

[beddie]

Just watched the highlights, there was one header he should have buried.

[agreenwood]

Early to say, but he was poor yesterday.

Along will all bar Esteve, Egan-Reilly and Trafford in fairness though.

[123EasyasBFC]

Foster been equally as poor as hountonji for 3 games bar one run at Luton which actually came from him losing the ball.
6 goals in 40 games for foster at Burnley. Imagine the stick likes of Barnes, wood and vokes would be getting if they had similar records. Had people on other discussions saying foster is best striker in the league, he’s nowhere near

[ClaretLoup]

We will have serious problems up front if we have to rely on just the three on show yesterday should Amdouni and Weghorst depart.

[Gp8419]

We have some proper assholes about as fans,fair enough you can have a go at the club for selling absolutely everyone it seems.But don’t slag a player off who got thrown in at the deep end in a disjointed team you can’t make your decisions after that surely!!!

[Casper2]

This is what you end up with when computers identify players , if you know anything about football you would know this lad isn’t good enough at League 2 level let alone the Championship

[JR1882]

There was no evidence yesterday that he is even a footballer, I can’t recall a single thing he did good or bad.

[NottsClaret]

If you want an even more knee-jerk reaction, I saw him play against Cádiz and after 20 minutes got the impression he was a non league footballer.

[Gp8419]

This is what you end up with when computers identify players , if you know anything about football you would know this lad isn’t good enough at League 2 level let alone the Championship

Wow we really do have some of the worst fans in the country proper ego you mate.Right mr know it all! This is how bitter some of you get after a bad result.I repeat what I said earlier give the lad a chance! You can’t judge off that surely! I listened to a podcast the other day apparently Gareth bales spurs debut was horrendous look how that turned out!

[Newcastleclaret93]

This is what you end up with when computers identify players , if you know anything about football you would know this lad isn’t good enough at League 2 level let alone the Championship

I’m sorry but this is just absolute nonsense

[RVclaret]

This is what you end up with when computers identify players , if you know anything about football you would know this lad isn’t good enough at League 2 level let alone the Championship

[BurnleyFC]

There was no evidence yesterday that he is even a footballer, I can’t recall a single thing he did good or bad.

He is a footballer, a near 4 million pounds one at that

[daveisaclaret]

I feel like there was a time when Burnley fans understood that someone being crap in their first proper game might not mean they weren't a real professional footballer. Maybe I'm romanticising it.

[Dark Cloud]

Tbf, he wouldn't be the first player we've signed who didn't look much on his first outing (or first few outings). I've called (quietly, in my own head) quite a few players useless on first seeing them and been quickly proven wrong once they get going. We have to also remember he made his debut in a hastily cobbled together starting XI where basically every player struggled and was way off it. Hopefully he'll come good. We'll see!

[Row x]

I feel like there was a time when Burnley fans understood that someone being crap in their first proper game might not mean they weren't a real professional footballer. Maybe I'm romanticising it.

There was, but before keyboards were invented.

[Casper2]

Wow we really do have some of the worst fans in the country proper ego you mate.Right mr know it all! This is how bitter some of you get after a bad result.I repeat what I said earlier give the lad a chance! You can’t judge off that surely! I listened to a podcast the other day apparently Gareth bales spurs debut was horrendous look how that turned out!

I know when someone can play football or not , he can’t , not at this level anyway .

[Blyclaret]

I know when someone can play football or not , he can’t , not at this level anyway .

Totally agree. Take 5 mins and look at the u tube video of his best bits.
He can’t play football at this level. I don’t know what Burnley were doing signing him for 4m … crazy

[ClaretTony]

No doubt for me that he was awful yesterday but you can't judge him on that, playing out of position in a team that was miles off it.

[GetIntoEm]

We're turning on the new lad now. Love to see it

[Juan Tanamera]

You can tell we lost yesterday, can't you?

[Cooclaret]

This is what you end up with when computers identify players , if you know anything about football you would know this lad isn’t good enough at League 2 level let alone the Championship

You’d be surprised then to learn that ALL major clubs use ‘computers’ to identify players that fit their systems.

[Casper2]

You’d be surprised then to learn that ALL major clubs use ‘computers’ to identify players that fit their systems.

That’ll be why Arsenal,Chelsea,Man U ,and Aston Villa haven’t brought in a decent striker then , or they actually have staff who know how to process the results.