Arouna Kone

[brownmola]

His poor pass straight to the Chelsea player but then his commitment to win it back pretty much sums up his day for me. Basic errors but he worked hard and put in a shift.

I can definitely see him being a staple in the team, especially in how he supports Lukaku. His cross to to him in between defenders was almost perfect. Also unlucky not to score today. I can see 9 or 10 goals from him (never thought I would say that).

 

[4737carlin]

Was unlucky with a header in the first half, top class saved pushed it wide, from my view looked like it might of been heading in?

 

[Woolly Blue]

His poor pass straight to the Chelsea player but then his commitment to win it back pretty much sums up his day for me. Basic errors but he worked hard and put in a shift.

I can definitely see him being a staple in the team, especially in how he supports Lukaku. His cross to to him in between defenders was almost perfect. Also unlucky not to score today. I can see 9 or 10 goals from him (never thought I would say that).

Spot on that.

Kone put a decent shift in today, including defensively where he was first to quite a few corners and was denied a goal by a superb save. Decent performance.

 

[Woolly Blue]

Was unlucky with a header in the first half, top class saved pushed it wide, from my view looked like it might of been heading in?

I was more or less right behind it and was nearly celebrating before Begovic got a hand to it. It definitely needed saving.

 

[andy4efc]

Having Kone Playing at the same time as Lukaku, even in 4-3-3 means that we can switch during the game from the 1 central striker to 2, to suit our needs.

 

[flibbyflob]

Having Kone Playing at the same time as Lukaku, even in 4-3-3 means that we can switch during the game from the 1 central striker to 2, to suit our needs.

also both are happy to go wide for a time and you still have a man to replace him in the middle.

Kone has done well this season. Hope he stays fit if he can play like this.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

His poor pass straight to the Chelsea player but then his commitment to win it back pretty much sums up his day for me. Basic errors but he worked hard and put in a shift.

I can definitely see him being a staple in the team, especially in how he supports Lukaku. His cross to to him in between defenders was almost perfect. Also unlucky not to score today. I can see 9 or 10 goals from him (never thought I would say that).

Haha that "pass" was hilariously bad, he looked up, saw Coleman and instead of just moving the ball to make the angle for the pass just kicked it straight at the defender! Made me laugh, then swear.. But then he won it back so i couldn't get too mad.

He does leave us exposed down the flank defensively when he plays wide but he deserves credit for not being the absolutely awful footballer he seemed.

 

[andy4efc]

Haha that "pass" was hilariously bad, he looked up, saw Coleman and instead of just moving the ball to make the angle for the pass just kicked it straight at the defender! Made me laugh, then swear.. But then he won it back so i couldn't get too mad.

He does leave us exposed down the flank defensively when he plays wide but he deserves credit for not being the absolutely awful footballer he seemed.

Think it's a little harsh to say he leaves us exposed. He tracks back and works hard, especially for a striker..

Also; I haven't seen a striker of his size win so many headers from corners before.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Think it's a little harsh to say he leaves us exposed. He tracks back and works hard, especially for a striker..

Also; I haven't seen a striker of his size win so many headers from corners before.

He doesn't do it all the time obviously, he will work back, but just sometimes he switches off and lets someone go.

Not all players can be like Lennon though of course.

 

[andy4efc]

He doesn't do it all the time obviously, he will work back, but just sometimes he switches off and lets someone go.

Not all players can be like Lennon though of course.

Have to accept that considering he's a striker though I suppose

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Have to accept that considering he's a striker though I suppose

Yeah, it's not really a criticism of him, like you say it's not his game so shouldn't be expected to be great at that side of the game.

You get positives and negatives with every player though.

 

[ijjysmith]

Hahahaha

This guy.

 

[MACCA75]

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Was aiming for a couple of 'V' signs. Missed.

 

[cduff]

Seemed like he headed clear about 6 Chelsea corners in a row! Thought he did well overall.

 

[riddick]

got to admit, i voted 'he's completely crap and will never contribute'. Not at all this season, he's been a revelation.