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Kone will come good. Adapting to the league and not able to boss defenders like he did in league 1. The team don't really play to his strengths. He needs be in and around the box more
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WLS podcast Dave Kev James on 08:27 - Jan 23 with 616 views
Watching that you wonder who's coaching the strikers now - and wishing it was someone like Kevin Gallen. The bit about standing still, occupying the CBs, creating space for wide players like that instead of working so hard was really interesting.
There's a top-level former defender coaching defenders at QPR and similarly a midfielder, but there's no ex-centre forward. Would be a great job for Paul Furlong, whose overall game is not unlike Kone's. Wonder whatever happened to him?
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WLS podcast Dave Kev James on 10:43 - Jan 23 with 443 views
WLS podcast Dave Kev James on 09:12 - Jan 23 by TK1
Watching that you wonder who's coaching the strikers now - and wishing it was someone like Kevin Gallen. The bit about standing still, occupying the CBs, creating space for wide players like that instead of working so hard was really interesting.
There's a top-level former defender coaching defenders at QPR and similarly a midfielder, but there's no ex-centre forward. Would be a great job for Paul Furlong, whose overall game is not unlike Kone's. Wonder whatever happened to him?
You imagine that someone like Kevin Gallen or Charlie Austin would be ideal mentors for Kone, Burrell etc. Very dissappointed they let Paul Furlong go.
WLS podcast Dave Kev James on 22:03 - Jan 22 by sdm1508
Kone will come good. Adapting to the league and not able to boss defenders like he did in league 1. The team don't really play to his strengths. He needs be in and around the box more
I'll have a listen to this when I get out of this TEAMS meeting I'm on.
It seems to me that every striker we've had for decades has this rolled out in their defence : "don't really play to his strengths". Is this really a thing or are we signing strikers, giving them big deals and then leaving it at that and allowing them to fester and not demanding goal returns?
I've given Kone half a season plus and I'm now minded that he's not up to it at this level. Never bought the early season hype and I found it most annoying that after 4 goals in quick succession we were treated to a walk around the pitch interview with him and Charlie Austin. All a bit premature I felt.
Kone is as slow as a rainy Sunday and doesn't dominate opposition defenders anywhere near enough so his strength would be in question for me. I also think he's below average in the air (refer to at least two six yard box bad headed misses) and his ball control and skills pretty ropey. Passing wise I'm not seeing he has great vision and he also comes across as extremely moody when he hasn't got Burrell doing his running for him.
Now...... is there a player in there? Despite everything I've said my answer is yes, but he's got a hell of a lot of work to do. He has shown the odd flashes such as giving Charlton's CB's a torrid time, beating a decent full back out wide and showing a great pass to Burrell to score in a game (opposition I can't recall). It's also clear that when he hit's a ball cleanly it can stay hit - he has got a rocket shot. One thing he does seem to do is track back deep which flies in the face of my view that he's letting others do all the running.
I'd take him ahead of Dykes, Celar, Frey, Chris Martin etc but I'm fully on board with others here that note we could do with someone getting into these strikers and making them the next Helguson, Austin etc.
(I'm not mentioning his apparent age.... some people on here quite touchy about that)
Cherish and enjoy life.... this ain't no dress rehearsal
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WLS podcast Dave Kev James on 12:49 - Jan 23 with 216 views
Two years ago he was playing non league football. It took him some time to adapt and really kick on at Wycombe. He has taken another big step up and needs time, he is learning this division and has had to play for a large part of the season so far playing behind Burrell, not really his strength.
He would benefit from a dedicated striker coach as has been said on this thread, as well as some delivery into the box, the wide players are out of form to put it mildly.
Luckily the bloke non of us heard of has come in from Burton Albion and scored plenty of goals prior to his injury. or maybe it isnt luck, maybe it was a brilliant plan by the powers that be all along.
The WLS podcast headline certainly got the Twitter kids' knickers in a twist. Naughty Dave
Already mentioned before re Kone but a) it's adapting to a step up (given his meteoric rise) and b) he needs better conditioning.
Otherwise I think he's got the raw materials to do well for us, and he's a far better prospect than all the other crap strikers we've had over the last ten years.
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