Sam-AVFC Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 TLDR - 3 hours ago, villalad21 said: Clearly an agenda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV82 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 The type of player to dance with the ball through 4 defenders, refuse to pass for a tap-in and then absolutely leather the ball into the Holte. It was fun, all the best Jimmy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 21 hours ago, Zatman said: The fact we ran Wesley into the ground then refused to play a striker for me indicates he might have been a bad egg Wesley was starting to improve... It was Ben Mee that ran him into the ground... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tom13 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 15 hours ago, briny_ear said: Bye Kodj. Just shows the risk of recruitment. Nearly 4 years on and a lot of salary money later, we finally get to unravel one of the early mistakes of the Xia/diMatteo era. Worth remembering though that he got a fair few goals in his first season but never really regained form after his injuries. A mistake? We'd have been in League 1 without him after that first season mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 5 hours ago, DCJonah said: Scathing comments from smith on Kodjia. I defended kodjia in the past but sounds like I was wrong to do so Hardly scathing. He also said the ACON and the injury he picked up VS Tottenham were the reasons he struggled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DCJonah Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Hardly scathing. He also said the ACON and the injury he picked up VS Tottenham were the reasons he struggled. Oh that's good. I should have read the whole thing. Jimmy Danger brought a lot of enjoyment after that horrendous relegation season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Tom13 said: A mistake? We'd have been in League 1 without him after that first season mate. Well that begs a long of questions! Obviously if he wasn’t in the squad and there was no other forward in his place then, yes, we would have been in big trouble (a bit like we are now). I’m assuming though that it would have been possible to buy a forward who could have worked better with the team and scored more consistently. The “mistake I referred to was that no manager ever really found a way of integrating him properly into the team. Edited January 21, 2020 by briny_ear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2020 13 hours ago, villalad21 said: The disrespect to Kodjia in here is embarrassing. Kodjia isn't lazy. He may not run around like a headless chicken like Weimann used to do, not all strikers do. He is a fox in the box and prefers to conserve he's energy for what's happening in the final third. Smith says he isn't up for the fitness standard yet got no problems playing a totally unfit Drinkwater. Does not add up to me. Clearly an agenda. Did Kodjia sleep with his wife or something? I wish him all the best and thank him for the memories. I actually agreed with the first half of your post. The irony of mentioning an agenda in the second half of the post is funny though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 On 21/01/2020 at 10:45, briny_ear said: Well that begs a long of questions! Obviously if he wasn’t in the squad and there was no other forward in his place then, yes, we would have been in big trouble (a bit like we are now). I’m assuming though that it would have been possible to buy a forward who could have worked better with the team and scored more consistently. The “mistake I referred to was that no manager ever really found a way of integrating him properly into the team. He was injured in his second season, third season we had Abraham who was definitely the first choice upfront. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) Just scored two in two minutes on his debut for his new club... Edit: He's now scored an hatrick... Edited January 23, 2020 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 How bad is that league!?!? wish him well but think he’s opted for an easier life with more money (in a way, who could blame him!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted January 23, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2020 He will love it there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Looks like that games being played at St Andrews! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I hope he’s got a good goal bonus. Could easily get 20 for them. It’ll be like when Gyan left Sunderland and just scored loads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 2 hours ago, useless said: Just scored two in two minutes on his debut for his new club... Edit: He's now scored an hatrick... Took his goals well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Sack the board 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) I can tell you right now that fitness is paramount. If Kodjia didn't have it, Smith made a good choice. There's not much use for a player who is technically sound to dribble by 2 or 3 defenders and has the technique to finish, if he can only do so for 5-10 minutes before his fitness fails. Even if this individual is quite athletic (like Kodjia) with a quick first step, agile in change of direction, sound foot-eye coordination and has the ability to 'slow time' at critical moments. All that goes to waste if the fitness levels are inadequate for the level of competition being played, otherwise you have to be exceptional at your skill-set and have others cover your liabilities. Kodjia was never and probably will never be an exceptional PL striker. Unfortunately for him it was probably not too far from his reach, and who knows had he stayed injury free. Edited January 23, 2020 by A'Villan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Hat trick on debut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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