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How is Britt Assombalonga getting on since his Middlesbrough departure?

After signing for Middlesbrough in the summer of 2017 for a club-record fee of £15 million, Britt Assombalonga was supposed to be the man to fire the Teesside club back to the Premier League immediately. It didn’t quite work out that way for both Boro and the striker though as he couldn’t help...
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How is Britt Assombalonga getting on since his Middlesbrough departure?​

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After signing for Middlesbrough in the summer of 2017 for a club-record fee of £15 million, Britt Assombalonga was supposed to be the man to fire the Teesside club back to the Premier League immediately.

It didn’t quite work out that way for both Boro and the striker though as he couldn’t help get them back to the top flight in his four-year stint at the Riverside.

There was no shortage of goals from the DR Congo international, who netted double figures in his first three seasons for the club but they weren’t enough to ever get Boro into the top six.
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Assombalonga’s final season though was a disappointing one under Neil Warnock – he scored just five times and a January switch to Bristol City was mooted, however he remained at the club until April where he was released from his expiring contract early.

Upon his release, Assombalonga fixed himself up with Turkish side Adana Demirspor, but how is he getting on in Eastern Europe this season?
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As it stands, Assombalonga and his side are going very well in the Turkish Super Lig – they may be a mile behind the runaway league leaders Trabzonspor but they sit in third position which right now puts them in a Europa Conference League place for next season.

As for Assombalonga, he has fired in eight league goals for Demirspor in 25 outings, proving that he’s still got that scoring touch overseas.

His best performance of the season came just a few weeks ago in a 5-0 demolition of Fatih Karagumruk, where the 29-year-old scored twice and also bagged an assist.

Assombalonga though has come off the bench more times than he’s started though – that’s due to Mario Balotelli being his team-mate, with the Italian being the favoured lone striking option and Assombalonga being the back-up or often being utilised on the left flank.

With two years left on his contract out in Turkey though, Assombalonga will be hoping for more chances from the start in the near future and maybe his goal record would increase more if that was the case.

In the "big" league......
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Nobby_Barnes said:
He's been a one in 3 striker throughout his career....a succession of Boro managers didn't play to his strengths 😡
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I'v heard this said a lot about Britt, can you outline what his actual strengths were?

I honestly couldn't tell you in all the time he was with us, I suppose he looked fast at the start but by the last few seasons he wouldnt even run past his man.
 
laughingboroboy said:
I'v heard this said a lot about Britt, can you outline what his actual strengths were?

I honestly couldn't tell you in all the time he was with us, I suppose he looked fast at the start but by the last few seasons he wouldnt even run past his man.
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Well Britt was a poacher and a player who liked the ball played in front of him, he was strong, quick off the mark and skillful, he could run with the ball at his feet and could pass and lay the ball off well. He worked well off a bigger target man and would run the channels and try and get in behind.
I wouldn't say he was a target man or a lone striker, yet that was the role he was asked to play most of the time at Middlesbrough, up against massive Championship central defenders completely isolated like a lighthouse. Yet he wasn't bad at it and despite his smaller stature he made up for it in sheer strength.
If he played in Wilders system with another striker alongside him I would definitely say he would outscore Sporar 👍 Despite being played uptop on his own for most of the time he was with us, his goalscoring record with us was still impressive. I understand it tailed off a bit at the end but we were struggling as a team to get up the pitch and create chances.
I actually watch the game and the players very closely and I don't think anyone could really argue with my summary, it's absolutely spot on.
Thanks 👍
 
Nobby_Barnes said:
Well Britt was a poacher and a player who liked the ball played in front of him, he was strong, quick off the mark and skillful, he could run with the ball at his feet and could pass and lay the ball off well. He worked well off a bigger target man and would run the channels and try and get in behind.
I wouldn't say he was a target man or a lone striker, yet that was the role he was asked to play most of the time at Middlesbrough, up against massive Championship central defenders completely isolated like a lighthouse. Yet he wasn't bad at it and despite his smaller stature he made up for it in sheer strength.
If he played in Wilders system with another striker alongside him I would definitely say he would outscore Sporar 👍 Despite being played uptop on his own for most of the time he was with us, his goalscoring record with us was still impressive. I understand it tailed off a bit at the end but we were struggling as a team to get up the pitch and create chances.
I actually watch the game and the players very closely and I don't think anyone could really argue with my summary, it's absolutely spot on.
Thanks 👍some of the most important assets are character, workrate, commitment, desire etc. He scored ZERO in all these areas for me.
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Fair play to him a good striker which we never saw the best of mainly due to the managers he played under. Not sure why the huge dislike for him, he did nothing wrong here and is one of the better strikers we have had over the last 10/15 years. Transfer fee is nothing to do with the player
 
Nobby_Barnes said:
Well Britt was a poacher and a player who liked the ball played in front of him, he was strong, quick off the mark and skillful, he could run with the ball at his feet and could pass and lay the ball off well. He worked well off a bigger target man and would run the channels and try and get in behind.
I wouldn't say he was a target man or a lone striker, yet that was the role he was asked to play most of the time at Middlesbrough, up against massive Championship central defenders completely isolated like a lighthouse. Yet he wasn't bad at it and despite his smaller stature he made up for it in sheer strength.
If he played in Wilders system with another striker alongside him I would definitely say he would outscore Sporar 👍 Despite being played uptop on his own for most of the time he was with us, his goalscoring record with us was still impressive. I understand it tailed off a bit at the end but we were struggling as a team to get up the pitch and create chances.
I actually watch the game and the players very closely and I don't think anyone could really argue with my summary, it's absolutely spot on.
Thanks 👍
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Wilder would never ever pick him. Bone idle, won't press and link up play is awful.
 
JM14 said:
Fair play to him a good striker which we never saw the best of mainly due to the managers he played under. Not sure why the huge dislike for him, he did nothing wrong here and is one of the better strikers we have had over the last 10/15 years. Transfer fee is nothing to do with the player
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he was awful man, poor first touch, poor one vs ones, no ability to dribble past a man, didn't close down without the ball. Great at 6 yard tap ins against lower table teams, complete waste of a shirt against top half ones. IIRC in his whole boro career of four years, he only scored in one game against a top 6 side. Most of his goals were against bottom 6. That tells you any half decent defender would have hi in his pocket
 
Nobby_Barnes said:
he was strong, quick off the mark and skillful, he could run with the ball at his feet and could pass and lay the ball off well. He worked well off a bigger target man and would run the channels and try and get in behind.
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Not the player I remember tbh.

Skillful? Like what, when? Genuinely can't think what you'd be referring to. I'm loving watching Jones this season. He's a skillful player. Loved Traore going past players with the ball. Remember Bamfords turn in the box vs Sunderland, that was skillful. Don't recall ever seeing Assomba do anything remotely similar.

Pass and lay the ball off well? What in training? How many assists did he get with us. I remember him getting slated on here for hitting pointless shots from stupid angles when very easy layoffs were available.

Strong? Again not my memory. Got pushed off the ball very easily. Wasn't a threat attacking corners or free kicks. Not sure what you're basing this on.
 
BoroMart said:
he was awful man, poor first touch, poor one vs ones, no ability to dribble past a man, didn't close down without the ball. Great at 6 yard tap ins against lower table teams, complete waste of a shirt against top half ones. IIRC in his whole boro career of four years, he only scored in one game against a top 6 side. Most of his goals were against bottom 6. That tells you any half decent defender would have hi in his pocket
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He is a 1 in 3 striker in the championship, he is hardly awful. Thats a significantly better record than almost any other striker we have had over the last 10 years.

Play to his strengths and we would have seen a much better player, but putting him in a system he would never be able to play was only going to have one result.
 
Hes everything a wilder striker isnt and really illustrates how much we have gone forward as a club. The mention of his name brings back memories of half arsed performance's, inane grinning at hes own ineptitude and couldnt give a **** attitude. Thank god Hes gone, I would love to see him back at the riverside someday for the opposition, just for us fans to give him the reception Hes owed.
 
JM14 said:
He is a 1 in 3 striker in the championship, he is hardly awful. Thats a significantly better record than almost any other striker we have had over the last 10 years.

Play to his strengths and we would have seen a much better player, but putting him in a system he would never be able to play was only going to have one result.
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He scores against bottom half sides, I believe he is a top league one striker but his glass ceiling is midtable champ. Once you get a half decent CB he doesn't really get a kick.

The only game in 4 years that he scored against a play off or promoted team was West Brom, he came of the bench and scored a couple of late goals. That's 1 successful appearance in approx 48 appearances against the decent sides. Waste of a shirt against a decent defender
 
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