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Michel Ange Balikwisha

Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by Callum McGregor, Aug 23, 2025.

  1. If we pull someone's pants down bounce him out of the club in January

    Can't dribble, take on his man or cross the * ball

    He's supposedly a winger yet his 2nd touch is always a backwards pass

    Get rid of the gutless wonder
     
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  2. He’s just no good enough and we have been held to ransom for a bang average player.

    We are a * show, not the lads fault but he’s simply not good enough and we have spunked 5 million for nothing.
     
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  3. Mikey was streets ahead of this guy, going by what we’ve seen so far.
     
  4. Guchi Gucci

    Guchi Gucci Gold Member Gold Member

    Feels reminiscent of Kuhn thread. I'll wait until Jan/Feb before making a call.
     
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  5. Poor shows so far from him.
     
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  6. So has he got a * dentist aswell ?
     
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  7. Guchi Gucci

    Guchi Gucci Gold Member Gold Member

    Maybe.
     
  8. Would rather have Palma playing he at least had some tricks and could play a through ball, there was a moment against hibs where MB looked completely all over the place. What are our scouts seeing in this guy, there’s been better options in the spl.
     
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  9. Jackie Daytona

    Jackie Daytona Gold Member Gold Member

    I haven’t seen enough of him to determine whether he’s a decent player.

    It does not look like he’s a player that fits our style or system though. How they’ve been chasing him a year is beyond me.
     
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  10. People seem on his back really quickly. Had very few minutes so far. Seems to be a victim of the bad feeling among the fans just now.
     
  11. Sadly, judging by his performances so far, he looks like another player who won't make it at our club. If it was Rodgers who chased him then Rodgers needs to accept that he's fecked it up .
     
  12. Never in a million years is this guy Celtic class..

    Most clips on his reels he was playing left wing and already people are trying to shoehorn him in to midfield as an 8 or a 6 ffs. Good luck with that, looks a shitebag and has no heart but let's stick him in the deep lying role..

    Aye I'm going early on him. He looks just as bad, maybe even worse than I originally thought from his videos and why I kept banging the drum to stay well away from him..

    You can go back to the links. Was clear to see he had no real pace and couldn't beat a man for love nor money. Zero skill. Pishy crosses in. Was never a game changer..
     
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  13. Tbf, he looked like he's been shoehorned as a left winger :giggle1:
     
  14. And yet we still identified him for over a year for that position and had it confirmed by Rodgers that it was with Maeda leaving in mind..
     
  15. Aye it's pretty mental. Not writing him off yet personally but he's not the type of winger who thrives here.

    Maeda is a bit of an anomaly in that his work rate, pace, and ability to use those in combination, is freakish. His runs in behind are something that Balikwisha could replace but Maeda's shortcomings are only tolerated because his extreme plus points.

    Seems weird to replace him with another winger that plays that way when you're never going to find someone like Maeda.

    Balikwisha reminds me of Scott Sinclair when he lost his pace near the end of his time here. He was good for a goal but did little outside of it and was very negative on the ball. Yet to be seen if Balikwisha is even a goal threat though.
     
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  16. PaulM1888

    PaulM1888 Administrator Administrator

    We’ve not even seen a single attribute to suggest he’s any better than James Forrest right at the tail end of his career when his pace has gone.

    A literal nothing winger, even if he gets his confidence back he’s not a Jota or Tounekti or even a Maeda in terms of offering the ability to beat a full back. You can see at his best he might be neat and tidy but * neat and tidy as a Celtic winger, you need to create and score goals and plenty of them.
     
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  17. I dare ye to say Yang is better
     
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  18. PaulM1888

    PaulM1888 Administrator Administrator

    I think he’s * but no that *.
     
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