Arouna Kone

[Caolam]

I can definitely say without fear of contradiction I thought he was a wooden one. I would have given him a free transfer to get him off the books. I don't know that scoring last week and putting in a good performance makes him a world beater but it has certainly earned him a place in the starting line up. It is great to be proved wrong when something like this happens. Hope he goes on to score 20 goals and forms an attacking partnership with Lukaku.

 

[Haston]

Who would have thought it? 2 games in and 18 pages of Kone-praise, well deserved too! Hope he can stay fit and continue to score/assist

 

[RFUS]

Why does there have to be so much vaulting? Player performance over time is so difficult to predict. Short of saying "I think Messi will have a good season" or "I think Dan Gosling will have a mediocre to poor season" there's not much you can guarantee.

I was pleased when we signed Kone, and kept defending him during last season, but I also lost patience this summer and wrote him off. At the time we signed him and during his injury recovery, I thought of the player I saw for Wigan. But during the summer I thought he'd just never reach those levels again. Seemingly he has, though it's been 2 games and anyone suddenly thinking it's okay to say people writing him off were idiots is being a Ted and jumping the gun a bit.

I think we all want Kone to do well as he seems a nice chap and ultimately, we like our players to do well. Well, most of us do. Hopefully Arouna can build on these promising first few games and prove himself to be a useful member of the team. Whether or not he does, I don't think anyone needs to be made to feel stupid for thinking he was a great signing or an awful one. Perhaps people giving him awful abuse deserve some egg on their face, but if people can't have opinions unless they're backed up by a clairvoyant-esque accuracy level, then what is the point of a forum?

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Had to be a relief after all the stuff he's dealt with. Hopefully he's not suffering from any soreness and can just concentrate and putting a string of performances in.

 

[Sharpys top lip]

I always said given a chance he'd be a top player.....

 

[SpurtingLesbian]

Goals, he's scored a few
But then again too few to mention
He's done what he's had to do, come smiling through
with his golden hairline

He's played, the odd one-two.
and travelled each and every byline
And more, much more than this,
Arouna Kone

 

[Groucho]

Goals, he's scored a few
But then again too few to mention
He's done what he's had to do, come smiling through
with his golden hairline

He's played, the odd one-two.
and travelled each and every byline
And more, much more than this,
Arouna Kone

I applaud this.

 

[Titus Bramble]

Interested in what @bizzaro's thoughts are.

 

[EFCPaul]

We've only played two games. He's done very well in both granted but it's a bit early to be declaring him a good player after all. Give it until to Christmas and see how well he's done overall then before taking back all the criticism.

 

[hetion]

Not one of mine, but as a fellow stupid player chant aficionado you'll appreciate it:

I wanna know what love is!

AROUNA KONE!

Still absolutely loving this

 

[AndyC]

Goals, he's scored a few
But then again too few to mention
He's done what he's had to do, come smiling through
with his golden hairline

He's played, the odd one-two.
and travelled each and every byline
And more, much more than this,
Arouna Kone

Superb !!

 

[Hibbertinho]

Goals, he's scored a few
But then again too few to mention
He's done what he's had to do, come smiling through
with his golden hairline

He's played, the odd one-two.
and travelled each and every byline
And more, much more than this,
Arouna Kone

Haha! I was gonna suggest the 'Fellaini' chant, swapping in 'golden hair' instead of 'curly hair'... but why even bother?

 

[Harryhhhh]

Goals, he's scored a few
But then again too few to mention
He's done what he's had to do, come smiling through
with his golden hairline

He's played, the odd one-two.
and travelled each and every byline
And more, much more than this,
Arouna Kone

We must sing this.

 

[njligernj]

Why does there have to be so much vaulting? Player performance over time is so difficult to predict.

I think we all want Kone to do well as he seems a nice chap and ultimately, we like our players to do well. Well, most of us do. Hopefully Arouna can build on these promising first few games and prove himself to be a useful member of the team. Whether or not he does, I don't think anyone needs to be made to feel stupid for thinking he was a great signing or an awful one. Perhaps people giving him awful abuse deserve some egg on their face, but if people can't have opinions unless they're backed up by a clairvoyant-esque accuracy level, then what is the point of a forum?

I actually like the accountability in general but only when it's applied correctly (which is tricky).

For the certain kind of poster who doesn't think they have opinions -- they think they have only facts -- then a good vault can work well. (Yes some things are facts of course ... not talking about those.)

I agree being vaulted for an opinion like -- "not sure about this signing -- lot of money for an older striker with injury problems" -- would be silly.

However "mark my words Kone will never play a single good game for Everton ... end of" deserves a vaulting.

Plus the negative to positive ratio of vaulting is like 99:1 -- mix it up a bit.

 

[DanEFC92]