Re: Balogun- are we missing a trick?!

Good grief no ! He was anonymous for the most part an only scored 3 times in 20 appearances. Scoring against Albania under 21’s is a world away from the hurly burly of the championship
 
Prolific goalscorer against kids. Struggled with the change to playing against men. I think he'll get used to that in time. I wouldn't be against getting him back. He needs a run and a bit of toughening up but he definitely has ability.
 
His ability to play youth football was never in question.

I'm fairly sure he's going to go on to be a successful striker, but he did not shine here.

He scored 2 taps in and one cracker.
 
If we were pinning all our hopes on him and/or Coburn then I think it'd be detrimental to our chances and unfair to them. However, if we had him and Coburn alongside two experienced strikers then I'd be more than happy to have him back.
Young strikers invariably need
more time to develop into the finished article and will consequently have good games and bad. Having to rely on them scoring regularly is not ideal and we definitely need two strikers who are experienced and ready to go from day one.
 
I think, like with Fletcher, he is undoubtedly a talented footballer but there is a doubt that he can be consistent enough for a team to play him week in week out.
 
He's a very expensive loan player earning £40k a week. For that sort of money we need guaranteed goals and top performances week in week out.
I think there's zero chance we were paying the lad anywhere near that, in fact some media outlets were suggesting it was a fraction of that.

Which is a good thing because he didn't live up to expectations.
 
Scored again for England U21s
I think this lad could be special next season and I hope we loan him again
I'd suggest that playing in the championship is much more challenging than playing for England Under 21s. He looked a decent finisher on the few occasions he got himself on the end of chances, but you've got to do so much more than he was doing in terms of overall contribution. If you're not scoring you still need to be showing for the ball, running the channels, being aggressive in and out of posession, and he did none of that.
 
He's young, but he's got nearly all the attributes and will click soon, just needs a bit more time in the first team, of wherever he goes.

I think he could have been 2-5x more effective this year, with some continuity and better strike partners, but there's the risk he still needs more time, which we don't have (albeit we may need to take that risk).

He could go to another champo club, find his feet and bang in 20 goals this year, he'll have a breakthrough season soon enough.

He was still scoring a goal every 300 minutes last year, if he can get that to 200 minutes, then over the course of 46 games (playing 80 minutes) that's 18 goals.
 
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