ToffeeDoug
Player Valuation: £35m
Agree, but which one of the four positions he ends up in is anyone's guess.
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Agree, but which one of the four positions he ends up in is anyone's guess.
Blu Bianco
Player Valuation: £1m
Don't know why Martinez has gone all Moyes and keeps playing just the one up front, I'd play Lukaku and Kone against Hull.
Ok, some people have issues with his finishing being wavy at times but I feel against a team like Hull, Kone could be the difference, he is not the exact same type of player as Lukaku, which will help.
Other than his goal, Hull marshalled an isolated Lukaku a few weeks ago, and as such it would be better playing the two of them. It would be a different formation and tactics too which would help, as recently we keep playing the same way and teams have long figured this out.
But if Martinez is going to play only the one striker then I'd stick Kone up there on the basis of today. He has showed tremendous spirit to fight back from that injury, has always said he would fight for his place and once he got back he proved it. He was the one bright spark in that performance today and the general rule with strikers is always go with the ones who are in goalscoring form. Kone has scored in his last game, and if only one striker is going to play then give him a start, he deserves it.
Ok, some people have issues with his finishing being wavy at times but I feel against a team like Hull, Kone could be the difference, he is not the exact same type of player as Lukaku, which will help.
Other than his goal, Hull marshalled an isolated Lukaku a few weeks ago, and as such it would be better playing the two of them. It would be a different formation and tactics too which would help, as recently we keep playing the same way and teams have long figured this out.
But if Martinez is going to play only the one striker then I'd stick Kone up there on the basis of today. He has showed tremendous spirit to fight back from that injury, has always said he would fight for his place and once he got back he proved it. He was the one bright spark in that performance today and the general rule with strikers is always go with the ones who are in goalscoring form. Kone has scored in his last game, and if only one striker is going to play then give him a start, he deserves it.
Delighted he scored and glad to hear it will get some historical recognition as must of taken a lot of willpower and effort to come back from that injury.
Beleive!
Rupert's Tower
Player Valuation: £6m
The amount of abuse he's gotten from petty much day 1 is absolutely shameful, proper Kopite behaviour, so made up for him. How ironic would it be he saves our season
McBain
Player Valuation: £80m
Ouch. Hire someone and then pay them a year of Workers Comp because they got injured and see how he smells then mate.
People slagged him because he was awful in the 17 minutes we saw him in, and then he's out. If he had been half decent we'd be happy he's back but first impressions and all that.
Can this thread have "Return of the Mack" when we come in here please mods?
L4Everton
Player Valuation: £30m
Neighbours with Belize?
deipnosophist
Player Valuation: £80m
There has been so much BAWKishness on this forum regarding Kone. I am glad he is making a few on here, if not eat their words, then at least review their BAWKish knee-jerkedness.
MartSlinger
Player Valuation: £40m
Thought his finish was brilliant. Not an easy finish that, but he kept composed and smashed it past their keeper. Is right.
bol-uk
Player Valuation: £50m
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How can you not like this fella.
*even though he appears to be wearing a kangol shirt there
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
Bit of a shame to not see him get the last 15 minutes? He was warming up and Roberto called him back on the 90th minute, no point bringing him on with 2 minutes to go.
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