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Post by Everton News. on Dec 11, 2017 19:10:59 GMT
 Bolasie 'Overwhelmed' To Be Back In ActionYannick Bolasie revealed he was “overwhelmed” and felt “good to smell the grass again” after playing competitive football for the first time in more than a year in Everton’s Under-23s’ defeat at Leicester. The winger came on as a 61st-minute substitute in the young Blues’ Premier League 2 clash – another key step in his recovery from the serious knee injury he sustained in the 1-1 draw with Manchester United last December. After Bolasie returned to training last month, Everton manager Sam Allardyce revealed in his pre-match press conference on Friday that the 28-year-old could be back in his first-team plans in “a number of weeks”. And the DR Congo international vowed to keep working hard to make that happen. “Playing again was overwhelming,” Bolasie told evertonfc.com. “When I got on I felt good. I knew about two weeks ago I was going to play in this game so it’s good. “There wasn’t any nerves! Now that I’ve played the 30 minutes there isn’t any. Maybe before there was some because it’s been a long time. Training is training – it’s totally different in the matches when it matters so, yes, I’m happy. “I want to be with the [first team] boys. Right now the team is doing really well so you’re going to have to try to fight your way in but there’s no rush for myself. I know what my role is because a year out in football means it will be a month or two before I’m really back at it but the main thing is that I feel okay. “Just the smell of grass again in the game was great.” Bolasie nearly made an instant impression for David Unsworth’s Under-23s at Leicester when he headed the ball back across goal for Morgan Feeney whose volley was blocked. The 2016 summer signing from Crystal Palace joked that the young Blues skipper should have put the chance away and what Unsworth said to him as he got ready to make his long-awaited comeback. “He [Unsworth] just said, ‘Congrats’, and to go on and play simple,” added Bolasie. “I did and we had that chance. For me, Morgan should have done better! “It was a good game, although we lost unfortunately. It was disappointing on that front but for myself I’m overwhelmed that I came on to play 30 minutes.” Everton FC |
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Post by evertontillidie on Dec 12, 2017 18:37:34 GMT
How far off is he from the first team?
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Post by rugbytoffee on Dec 15, 2017 14:25:59 GMT
Yannick Bolasie is finally back – a year after the horrific injury that threatened his career.
Everton boss Sam Allardyce revealed the £28m star will play for the club's U23s tonight, and if he comes through that test will be on the bench for the first team when they face Swansea on Monday night.
Bolasie snapped his cruciate ligament last December against Manchester United, and he has endured an agonising rehabilitation to make the strong enough to return to football.
He made his comeback last Monday – his first competitive action in 12 months – when he appeared as a substitute in an U23 game against Leicester.
And Allardyce revealed he will give the former Palace winger another test tonight when the club's U23s face Dynamo Zagreb in the the Premier League International Cup at Southport.
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Post by rugbytoffee on Feb 15, 2018 15:30:47 GMT
Yannick Bolasie believes that his opportunities to train in warm weather usually help get him back to his best. He has experience with this after all, having spent a considerable amount of time training in warm weather mid season for some of his 31 DR Congo international caps.
As the winger continues to shake off the rust from a year out with a cruciate injury, he welcomed Everton’s current trip to Dubai for the chance to train in the warmth once again. Speaking with Evertonfc.com:
“Hopefully we will come back sharper. Personally, when I train in the heat then go back to the natural climate in England, I find I am that little bit quicker than what I would be normally. Hopefully that’s the benefit this time around as well.”
The winger has already shown considerable quickness so heaven help Premier League defenders if he gains yet another bit of spring in his step. The winger has attempted 5.4 dribbles per 90 minutes on the field and is completing right about half of them, a decent percentage. In comparison, Theo Walcott has been attempting 4.1 per 90 and has been successful on 3 per 90.
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