Folarin Balogun: Balogone

[TheGreatWright8]

What a volley the target has to be 15 goals for him now seems likely he already is like to surpass his previous (10).

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

He's having a great season and profile wise, he's exactly what we need. Go Flo

 

[TromsoGooner]

Why sell him? We should sell Nketiah and keep this guy.

Just saying if we were to sell him. Hope we don`t.

 

[MutableEarth]

Watching Reims right now.

Almost had an assist if not for a goal saving block.

Follows that up by scoring a great volleyed goal after peeling off his defender cleverly.

And it’s only been 7 minutes.

Having a great season. Looks happy. Really happy for the kid.

I'll keep saying it though:

His team are annoyingly bad at times. Just not a very smart team.

 

[db10_therza]

Why sell him? We should sell Nketiah and keep this guy.

Gonna park this in “nice problem to have” category

 

[MutableEarth]

Balogun is not getting many touches but he's making all of them count. Good lad. Bodes well.

 

[NieThePiet]

I rather would get less money and put in a buy-back-clause.

 

[Xorspy]

That's one way to get yourself a passport. Not sure I'm okay with someone flying when so heavily pregnant though. I'm surprised TSA didn't send her on the next flight back!

His parents knew what they were doing. Wink

 

[Xorspy]

Just imagine in a few years time, him getting fed assists by Martinelli, Saka, et el. He's gonna be smashing goals in left right and centre.

 

[DuBB]

I'll keep saying it though:

His team are annoyingly bad at times. Just not a very smart team.

I’ve watched 90% of the Reims games BT Sport has aired simply to keep an eye on his progress, and you’re 100% right. Defensively naive, make wrong decisions with the ball… everything. But they play a relatively young side.

In fact I think in at least 3 or 4 of their matches I’ve watched they’ve gone down to 10 men. But to be fair I watch a lot of Ligue 1 and the refereeing is atrocious. Like “I’ll never complain about Premier League refereeing again” bad. I watched a game where a substitute got sent off within 5 minutes of coming on and neither of the cards were yellows. In fact the second tackle if I remember correctly he actually won the ball. Even the opponents were confused, as well as the BT commentator.

French refereeing is so across the board incompetent you can’t even accuse them of corruption because the bad decisions don’t benefit anyone

 

[avenellroad]

We could get way more. I would be reluctant to accept 30m to let him leave tbh.

Yeah definitely. Considering Liverpool sold Rhian Brewster for £25 million to Sheffield United, who can’t hit a barn door - we should easily be getting closer to £35-40 million for Balogun.

Wouldn’t sell him though - think he has a lot to offer us but feel another loan next season will do a lot for him.

 

[MutableEarth]

I’ve watched 90% of the Reims games BT Sport has aired simply to keep an eye on his progress, and you’re 100% right. Defensively naive, make wrong decisions with the ball… everything. But they play a relatively young side.

In fact I think in at least 3 or 4 of their matches I’ve watched they’ve gone down to 10 men. But to be fair I watch a lot of Ligue 1 and the refereeing is atrocious. Like “I’ll never complain about Premier League refereeing again” bad. I watched a game where a substitute got sent off within 5 minutes of coming on and neither of the cards were yellows. In fact the second tackle if I remember correctly he actually won the ball. Even the opponents were confused, as well as the BT commentator.

French refereeing is so across the board incompetent you can’t even accuse them of corruption because the bad decisions don’t benefit anyone

Yeah Ligue 1 refs are bafflingly strict.

I'm watching the game now and Balogun is getting literally 0 service at the moment . It's why the goals he's scoring is quite remarkable. Turning dust into gold.

 

[DuBB]

Yeah Ligue 1 refs are bafflingly strict.

I'm watching the game now and Balogun is getting literally 0 service at the moment . It's why the goals he's scoring is quite remarkable. Turning dust into gold.

I just looked it up and I underestimated how bad Reims are. They’ve gone down to at least 10 men 7 times this season so far

Dust into gold indeed.

 

[grange]

Are there any highlights that aren't getting blocked for copyright immediately?

 

[MutableEarth]

Scores again lol

Got a bit lucky but he deserved that luck. Double figures for the season!

 

[DuBB]

Scored again.

Scrappy and lucky but he was in the right place to take advantage.

 

[DuBB]

And he’s coming off. He’s the main man in their attack so makes sense to wrap him in cotton wool

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

keep them coming Balo 10 goals already only Neymar Mbappe scored more.

 

[TheGreatWright8]

Go on Balo

 

[DuBB]

On another note, I hope he picks the USMNT, whether he stays with us next year or goes out on loan again.

They're crying out for a striker to build their attack around, and going off to be the main man during international breaks will only make him more confident and more assured as a player.