📝 Mai Traore Signs

[Med Pie]

I'm quite excited about this - I read he signed for Fredrikstad for 300k, if we keep Jatta them both linking up could be something special

And drop who?

I think he has to fight for a place because nobody deserves to be dropped on current form. He'll get a game when McG needs a rest but really can't see how it's going to fit in?

[Med Pie]

[QUOTE=Elite_Pie;40652047]I'm not sure of the details and may be wrong, but isn't the fact he needs a visa down to Brexit?[/QUO

I'm not sure of the details and may be wrong, but isn't the fact he needs a visa down to Brexit?

As he's African, he'd need a visa anyway as we were never in Schengen so no, you can't blame Brexit this time I'm afraid.

This site is VERY slow tonight

[Med Pie]

[QUOTE=Elite_Pie;40652047]I'm not sure of the details and may be wrong, but isn't the fact he needs a visa down to Brexit?[/QUO

I'm not sure of the details and may be wrong, but isn't the fact he needs a visa down to Brexit?

As he's African, he'd need a visa anyway as we were never in Schengen so no, you can't blame Brexit this time I'm afraid.

This site is VERY slow tonight

[Elite_Pie]

Does that mean I'm wrong 3 times?

[WarsopPie]

Looks like the rumours were true!

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2025/february/03/signing--mai-traore/

Wonder if we will see him Saturday or it?ll be Jatta scenario where it took 6 week for a work permit

[SwalePie]

Wonder if we will see him Saturday or it?ll be Jatta scenario where it took 6 week for a work permit

I reckon it'll be a little while before we see him but you never know I suppose

[OchPie]

Wonder if we will see him Saturday or it?ll be Jatta scenario where it took 6 week for a work permit

Wasn't that slow:

He signed on deadline day, 1 Feb
Work permit approved 12 Feb
Debut 24 Feb in the loss to Crewe

[SmiffyPie]

Fingers crossed AJ stays. Those two would scare the pants off any defence.
Haven't seen anything posted but has he been playing recently? Is he match fit?

[1955pie]

Think he will be longer term replacement for next season. Jatta stays unless mullin or macca comes in I think

This has to be a possibility.
Though if we sold Jatta today for ?750k or ?1m, it would have to be Macca because Mullin is supposedly not match fit and Traore won?t have a permit for a little while.

[1955pie]

Every now and again I feel like you're capable of an actual discussion.

I do somewhat agree with where you're coming from, but more often than not players of colour often are referred to by their traits - what they are - rather than who they are, it's one of those things where you'd not call a white player that as casually as a black player and it's where it stems from.

It's been a common thing in sports for years and really has been considered more in the past four years a bit stronger than it used to be.

Here's a paper where someone was quoted way back in 1987 as to why beastial terms are subtly racist.

https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/v...ontext=pocpwi2

Basically... Victor Wanyama would likely be called a 'beast' but Sam Vokes would be called a 'unit'

Is it OK for Dave Bracegirdle to call Jatta a ..Gambian beauty..?