Shillzz Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I was skeptical about Kozak when we bought him, but it now seems he was one of our best summer signings. If ever there was a backhanded compliment . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan_007 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Tonev and Albrighton on the wings with Kozak up top could work, if Tonev can indeed cross the ball. Like it did against Spurs? Yes, exactly like it did against Spurs. I'm not sure if this contains any sarcasm or not, but Tonev, Kozak and Albrighton did not work at all well together against Spurs. Kozak was far too isolated, and all of his knock ons went directly back to Spurs. Not only that, but neither Albrighton, nor Tonev were able to fashion any meaningful chances for Kozak in the penalty area. They needed to be narrower and running past Kozak in order to pick up his flick ons. I have more faith in a potential partnership of Gabby, Kozak and Weimann. Yes they did, I'll give you it wasn't frequent enough but both of them are very short on match fitness. That ball tonev put into the box for kozak was sublime - if he can find his feet soonish we'll start seeing the best of his skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 The problem we had on Tuesday was our wingers were more focused on tracking runs of the full-backs than getting forward, it was rare when they ran past Kozak. With Gabby and Weimann, they will go beyond Kozak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 He lacks the skill and footwork Benteke has which means that the wingers (Gabby/Albrighton/Weimann/Tonev) will actually have to hug the touchlines and not play more centrally as they do when Benteke is playing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Thought he worked his socks off today with little reward. Played his part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 He's strong, powerful and works hard, will definitely cause any centre half problems in this league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Worked his socks off today. was very impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 This lad may not be as talented as Benteke but he's definitely gonna cause problems for other teams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switters Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 yeah worked hard. had nothing to play off most of the game. did a good job of timewasting and winning free kicks late on as well. helped stop City building any momentum in added time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Put a shift in. Is never going to create something from nothing as Benteke can but decent understudy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Thought he was my MOTM after Bacuna tbh 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas_Mike Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Given the players he was up against and the amount of possession we actually had in the game..... thumbs up for what he did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Not as skilful, but definitely harder working than the Benteke, played for the team well today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 One thing he has in common with Tekkers is that he gives the impression he'll run through brick walls for the team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart-L7 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 One thing he has in common with Tekkers is that he gives the impression he'll run through brick walls for the team Trekkers does run through walls and anything else that stands in his way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 yeah worked hard. had nothing to play off most of the game. did a good job of timewasting and winning free kicks late on as well. helped stop City building any momentum in added time. He did that at Norwich aswell. I like that seeing how bad we frequently are at closing out games. I get the feeling he'll be the sort that will score important goals for us rather than being a regular scorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Not as bad with the ball at his feet as I expected him to be, works very hard too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Really impressed with him today. You could tell he has played in Italy as the guy knows how to win a free kick which was crucial near the end as it broke up the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Superb work rate and showed quick feet at times. Shame he lacks a bit of pace because i think ultimately that will hold him back from being a top striker in this league. Good performance today though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Looked really good. Been very impressed with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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