Stevo985 Posted June 12, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted June 12, 2014 Why does he need to be little? [/sizeist] Big men rarely have a good touch, con has told me. Fxd ur pst 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Still not sure about this guy. Looks decent in the air when attacking balls in the box but poor in the air everywhere else. Touch seems hit and miss and has a serious lack of pace. Seems to have a good attitude and puts the effort in and gets himself in good positions. I would imagine its going to take him some time to get himself match fit and sharp for the upcoming season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Lets give him a full season. Last season he was settling in. Benteke didn't hit his straps straight away either. A bad injury also.. he will need time. I think he will be a good squad player for us. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 He and Benteke may never come back the same. Awful injuries the pair of them. I think its a travesty we've got players up top like this and we've done absolutely F.A. to find a talented winger to constantly hit them with crosses. Gabby is not that guy Paul, nor is Andi. Albrighton is the closest thing to that and we get rid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 N'Zogbia can whip in a pretty good cross and if I remember right, he had this strange connection with Benteke where both were playing great together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulver Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 N'Zogbia was always better at dribbling for his own benefit than being a winger that provided chances for strikers Which made our decision to sign him for 10m to replace two out and out chance creators in Downing/Young all the more bizarre. As did not spending the rest of the 28m leftover on buying another actual winger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bannedfromHandV Posted June 12, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2014 (edited) So from memory, albrighton got one assist I think from a cross during this so called magical spell he had toward the end of the season (gabby vs Swansea) Said it before, say it again - he just puts balls in the area and doesn't pay attention to where the strikers are, that ain't worth £40k pw, not imo Edited June 12, 2014 by bannedfromHandV 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I think he got one for Delph's goal against Chelsea as well, although that was more down to Delphs great finish than the cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 So from memory, albrighton got one assist I think from a cross during this so called magical spell he had toward the end of the season (gabby vs Swansea) Said it before, say it again - he just puts balls in the area and doesn't pay attention to where the strikers are, that ain't worth £40k pw, not imo We went over this in the relevant thread months ago. Albrighton had one of the highest ratios of chances created to minutes played in the whole division. The fact that our tepid attack failed to convert many of those chances doesn't mean that he didn't provide them. Kozak would've benefited from that supply line. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I think most people who watched Marc realised his limitations but recognised he was a breath of fresh air towards the end when he got a few games he was far more dangerous than Wiemann/Gabby were, stats don't always tell the story of a game or performance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Albrighton never did much outside of cross a ball, but his crossing was so, so much better than anyone else we have. I'm ok with him being released if it's all about wages but, from a footballing point of view, it's silly to release good crossers of a football when you have Benteke and Kozak as striking option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 So from memory, albrighton got one assist I think from a cross during this so called magical spell he had toward the end of the season (gabby vs Swansea) Said it before, say it again - he just puts balls in the area and doesn't pay attention to where the strikers are, that ain't worth £40k pw, not imo 4 assists. For Delph against Chelsea, for Holt against Fulham (corner), for Gabby against Swansea and for Westwood against Hull. For whatever it's worth, those 4 assists came in his last 8 games and he definitely didn't play 90 minutes in each game. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lp_villa830 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 bobzy, on 13 Jun 2014 - 1:57 PM, said: bannedfromHandV, on 12 Jun 2014 - 2:15 PM, said: So from memory, albrighton got one assist I think from a cross during this so called magical spell he had toward the end of the season (gabby vs Swansea) Said it before, say it again - he just puts balls in the area and doesn't pay attention to where the strikers are, that ain't worth £40k pw, not imo 4 assists. For Delph against Chelsea, for Holt against Fulham (corner), for Gabby against Swansea and for Westwood against Hull. For whatever it's worth, those 4 assists came in his last 8 games and he definitely didn't play 90 minutes in each game. It's the job of the so called strikers to get in to the danger areas that he can cross into not for Marc to cross it to them on the edge of the box all game because they can't be assed to move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Anyone know when he's due back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfcwills10 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Reminds me of Zigic, sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Reminds me of Zigic, sadly. take his photo out of your wallet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 looks too lumbering for me....like to see sharpness in the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCAM Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 looks too lumbering for me....like to see sharpness in the box. His goals to game ratio with us is better than most of the squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 looks too lumbering for me....like to see sharpness in the box. His goals to game ratio with us is better than most of the squad So was Nil Lampteys. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 His goals to games ratio for the last few years has been good. People wrote Benteke off after a handle of games and Kozak had got off to a better start so way to early to judge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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