"Bougherra is a buccaneer. He plays football with style and child-like enthusiasm. A brief ride through YouTube reveals clips aplenty of his dogged refusals to hoof the ball clear. Instead he brings it instantly under his spell before nonchalantly flicking it over one onrushing attacker, megging another and storming upfield like the love-child of Bobby Moore and Socrates.
What those clips fail to show is his defensive partner launching into a last-ditch tackle only seconds later, relieved to concede just a corner before turning to find Bougherra, distant, stranded and slightly bemused as to how it all went wrong. They call him Magic, partly due to his tricks but mainly due to his disappearing. Such recklessness is barely acceptable when poncing about in the Championship, but in the brutal world of the Premiership is likely to leave your team defeated, your manager vexed and Alan Hansen speechless.
Bougherra is probably the most entertaining defender in the country, but Charlton need points not laughs. He will be a revelation in the Premiership, a delight for the neutral. Charlton fans, however, might be watching through their fingers."
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he really doesn;t go maroding up the pitch that often, did at crewe (poor opposition), rairly at wednesday (betta opposition that when he played at crewe) and he'll hardly end up doin it at ours, more often he'd play the simple ball out to feet 2 never hoof it and hope.
First you reassure us, scruffle, then you go and reinforce all the worries!!
but atleast bougys got genuine pace, there's not many attackers that'd pull away from him