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eagleseatseagulls

New member
Sep 5, 2005
667
SE25
All I have seen in him really is masses of pace- he'll win you 5 or 6 free-kicks a game because full-backs are nowhere near being able to catch him.
End product is what he is lacking, obviously- maybe if he gets a move to a Premiership side he'll get better coaching and it will develop or maybe it'll come naturally, who knows.
I think any club would be mad to spend the circa £10 million on him just yet though.

Masses of pace and unbelievable ball skill, you're right though not much end product. All our best players end up at Wigan for some reason, if he goes there i'm gonna be well pissed off :facepalm:
 






Ali_rrr

Well-known member
Feb 4, 2011
2,817
Utrecht, NL
GK: Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester)
RB: Nathaniel Clyne (Palace)
CB: James Tomkins (West Ham)
CB: Liam Ridgewell (Birmingham)
LB: Paul Konchesky (Leicester)
RM: Will Buckley (Brighton)
CM: Vicente (Brighton)
CM: Kevin Nolan (West Ham)
LM: Jimmy Kebe (Reading)
ST: Ricky Lambert (Southampton)
ST: Craig Mackail-Smith (Brighton

Bench:

Adam Federici (Reading)
Noel Sharp (Reading)
Kazenga LuaLua (Brighton)
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace)
Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City)

I could see Mackail-Smith and Lambert having a good partnership. But I'd probably keep swapping Whittingham and Kebe/Buckley.
 




Goldstone Rapper

Rediffusion PlayerofYear
Jan 19, 2009
14,865
BN3 7DE
Masses of pace and unbelievable ball skill, you're right though not much end product. All our best players end up at Wigan for some reason, if he goes there i'm gonna be well pissed off :facepalm:

Marcos Painter is still trying to figure out the puzzles that Zaha was weaving with his disco feet in September.
 




Goldstone Rapper

Rediffusion PlayerofYear
Jan 19, 2009
14,865
BN3 7DE
GK: Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester)
RB: Nathaniel Clyne (Palace)
CB: James Tomkins (West Ham)
CB: Liam Ridgewell (Birmingham)
LB: Paul Konchesky (Leicester)
RM: Will Buckley (Brighton)
CM: Vicente (Brighton)
CM: Kevin Nolan (West Ham)
LM: Jimmy Kebe (Reading)
ST: Ricky Lambert (Southampton)
ST: Craig Mackail-Smith (Brighton

Bench:

Adam Federici (Reading)
Noel Sharp (Reading)
Kazenga LuaLua (Brighton)
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace)
Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City)

I could see Mackail-Smith and Lambert having a good partnership. But I'd probably keep swapping Whittingham and Kebe/Buckley.

Sadly, Mackail-Smith is unproven at this level. Seems a strange choice considering there are strikers firing on all cylinders whose performances already demonstrate they can excel in the Championship. At the most, we can only guess that CMS might be a goal machine at this level if a team played to his strengths.
 


perseus

Broad Blue & White stripe
Jul 5, 2003
23,459
Sūþseaxna
I am surprised Chris Burke (Birmingham) is not mentioned more often.
 


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