rjw63 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Read a stat on twitter this morning that said KEA has made more tackles in the opposition half than any other player in the league. That's pretty impressive. Bloody hell - The Triffids have landed - some one find the real BJ please !! Funny what a win does isn't it? ;-) Don't worry normality will resume when we lose to stoke next week Good shout, unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 24, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 24, 2014 Read a stat on twitter this morning that said KEA has made more tackles in the opposition half than any other player in the league. That's pretty impressive. Bloody hell - The Triffids have landed - some one find the real BJ please !! Funny what a win does isn't it? ;-) Don't worry normality will resume when we lose to stoke next week Good shout, unfortunately I cant see that he had much to do with yesterdays implosion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Not sure why he gets so much hate, he has been decent recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 24, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 24, 2014 Not sure why he gets so much hate, he has been decent recently. No one has really stepped up to the plate to take his mantle yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Not sure why he gets so much hate, he has been decent recently. No one has really stepped up to the plate to take his mantle yet! Not the fault of KEA, he puts effort in and doesn't give up. Quite a few on the pitch who do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 24, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 24, 2014 Not sure why he gets so much hate, he has been decent recently. No one has really stepped up to the plate to take his mantle yet! Not the fault of KEA, he puts effort in and doesn't give up. Quite a few on the pitch who do. Im talking about his scapegoat mantle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Read a stat on twitter this morning that said KEA has made more tackles in the opposition half than any other player in the league. That's pretty impressive. Bloody hell - The Triffids have landed - some one find the real BJ please !! Funny what a win does isn't it? ;-) Don't worry normality will resume when we lose to stoke next week Good shout, unfortunately I cant see that he had much to do with yesterdays implosion. I was referring to bannedfromH&V's abilities with the crystal ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodigan Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 simple fact of the matter, in my humble opinion, is we are better with him on the pitch than sylla in the same position.... him coming off on sunday showed me clearly how much we miss him, even if there is very little that he does which is hollywood.... have been critical at certain stages in the past, but think he has been a nailed on starter for me over the last few months, bearing in mind the alternatives we have available to us... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted March 25, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 25, 2014 simple fact of the matter, in my humble opinion, is we are better with him on the pitch than sylla in the same position.... him coming off on sunday showed me clearly how much we miss him, even if there is very little that he does which is hollywood.... have been critical at certain stages in the past, but think he has been a nailed on starter for me over the last few months, bearing in mind the alternatives we have available to us... Totally, Sylla was actually tidy with the ball even though he didn't offer anything going forward, and he got himself about a bit. The difference though for me is that KEA is pro-active and Sylla is re-active, KEA gets further up the pitch to press and breaks things up before they start. Sylla is reacting much closer to the defence to situation that's already getting dangerous. Once KEA went off we weren't pressing as high up the pitch anymore, so we were winning it back deeper and in areas it was harder to launch a quick counter from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezvilla Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 simple fact of the matter, in my humble opinion, is we are better with him on the pitch than sylla in the same position.... him coming off on sunday showed me clearly how much we miss him, even if there is very little that he does which is hollywood.... have been critical at certain stages in the past, but think he has been a nailed on starter for me over the last few months, bearing in mind the alternatives we have available to us... Totally, Sylla was actually tidy with the ball even though he didn't offer anything going forward, and he got himself about a bit. The difference though for me is that KEA is pro-active and Sylla is re-active, KEA gets further up the pitch to press and breaks things up before they start. Sylla is reacting much closer to the defence to situation that's already getting dangerous. Once KEA went off we weren't pressing as high up the pitch anymore, so we were winning it back deeper and in areas it was harder to launch a quick counter from. Sylla was tidy?....... Ok then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted March 25, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 25, 2014 Tidy in the fact he didn't give the ball away, he offered nothing going forwards as I said, I don't htink you can single out Sylla in particular for what was a GROUP failure agaist Stoke. I was making the point that KEA going off was a big blow, implication being Sylla is not as good in that role as KEA is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan_007 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I think you can pin point the turn around to KEA getting booked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I hope his injury won't be too big of a problem on saturday. We need to play like we did against Liverpool in the first half, and Karim was crucial for that performance. Will Lambert put Sylla on? Please get well soon El Ahmadi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I think its a blow that he won't play this weekend, we'll miss his off the ball pressing especially in their half of the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 who else could perform that role other than Karim? Would it be suicidal to play Albrighton on the wing and get Andi to run like a headless chicken (Karim role) and simply press the opposition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I think its a blow that he won't play this weekend, we'll miss his off the ball pressing especially in their half of the pitch. but that only really works against the good teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 (edited) who else could perform that role other than Karim? Would it be suicidal to play Albrighton on the wing and get Andi to run like a headless chicken (Karim role) and simply press the opposition? Karim seems to read play a bit better though and makes some good tackles/interceptions. I guess the only player that makes sense would by Sylla, he did it last season, I'm not sure whether he is up to the pace this season though. Personally I would go with Bacuna in the middle and Lowton in at right back, can't see it happening though. Edited March 28, 2014 by samjp26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 who else could perform that role other than Karim? Would it be suicidal to play Albrighton on the wing and get Andi to run like a headless chicken (Karim role) and simply press the opposition? Karim seems to read play a bit better though and makes some good tackles/interceptions. I guess the only player that makes sense would by Sylla, he did it last season, I'm not sure whether he is up to the pace this season though. I know he reads the play well, it was a figure of speech Maybe just play Lowton at RB and Bacuna in the middle then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Yep that's exactly what I want to see, I just can't see it happening being as Lowton hasn't even been in the squad lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Any news on if he's likely to be fit for the game this weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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