Kamil Conteh

“Cheers for Conteh, had a complete blinder today”. Just sent to me from my Rovers mate who was there.

Clearly settled in quickly.

That performance today showed why we will miss him, our midfield today was useless

Quoted from Simon

That performance today showed why we will miss him, our midfield today was useless

Did we have a midfield today?

Quoted from Simon

That performance today showed why we will miss him, our midfield today was useless

Thought the wise sages on here said, with just two assists, he wouldn’t be missed today soon showed that to be a misplaced judgement. Badly need an experienced quality midfielder and at least three other new signings by Tuesday night or else we are really in trouble.

Quoted from cardiffmariner

“Cheers for Conteh, had a complete blinder today”. Just sent to me from my Rovers mate who was there.

Clearly settled in quickly.

I can only think he had time to think about our club and could not wait to get out soon enough.
Bristol rovers are not exactly world beaters…..

We beat Salford and Crewe and played well without him. Our midfield definitely doesn't have as much quality without Conteh, but we still have Holohan who would've been better than we got.

Quoted from AndyGTFC

We beat Salford and Crewe and played well without him. Our midfield definitely doesn't have as much quality without Conteh, but we still have Holohan who would've been better than we got.

The guy whos casual tracking back cost us many times this season and many on here bash for being woeful in passing. It seems he does some magic that results in a goal or has a good cameo and all of sudden folk forget the past and he's Pele. Many here were agreeing last week he should be let go so we can free up wage budget. It's weird how those with short memory, have perfect hindsight after the game.

I said earlier in this thread that he would be sorely missed and was proved right today. None of the other midfielders are as good as he is and this is going to be compounded by the way Artell wants to play. If you want to play through your midfield then you need someone who is readily available and positions themselves well, consistently good at the basic passes and comfortable with the ball on the half turn. We've gone from having one of the best in this division at doing this to having Green who is a non-league player. It is absolutely crucial that we get someone in before the end of the transfer window who can replace Conteh because if we're relying on Green playing as the pivot then we're royally fooked.

I think it's clear Conteh was underestimated.

It reminds me a bit of Gilberto Silva at Arsenal. He never set the world on fire, and you never really knew how good he was until he wasn't there, but you often need someone to sit in the hole, shield the defence and take up good positions to make it harder for the opposition. Conteh is clearly better defensively than a lot here realised. Of course, there is some fans here that think a central midfield is judged on their goals and assists and probably aren't away of the concept of a defensive midfielder. Some just sit defend, take the ball, and pass it to someone who's more competent with it. It was rare because we had someone who had ability defensively and offensively, and it was lucky. Seems Bristol Rovers realised that quite quickly.

Quoted from AndyGTFC

We beat Salford and Crewe and played well without him. Our midfield definitely doesn't have as much quality without Conteh, but we still have Holohan who would've been better than we got.

Our front six against Crewe was Conteh, Hunt, Clifton, Gnahoua, Eisa and Rose. It was comfortably our best performance (and result) of the season.