William Buckley....

[mcshane in the 79th]

No chance.

I don't know, reckon it could be a bit of a surprise. Probably too early to judge but after the Spurs and Doncaster games I just thought KLL had lost the edge of his acceleration. Still bloody quick but not quite as much as pre-injury. We need to organise a RACE

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Poyet's certainly got a tough call, but would have to be 4-3-3 Noone & Buckley starting with CMS in the middle with Hoskins & LuaLua to come on for me .......

Has there been any news on Hoskins. All seems quiet to me. Really looking forward to seeing him in action

 

[Gerbil]

Has there been any news on Hoskins. All seems quiet to me. Really looking forward to seeing him in action

I think he was quite close to being fit for the Donny game, so assume he was rested yesterday with an eye on Saturday.
If he's half as good as he was when we beat Brizzzle 4-2 away last season he will be a cracking signing, ran the show!

 

[casbom]

I can't believe Gus will play Buckley AND Noone from the start on Sat! He didn't do that away from home last year, so why do it this year?

I reckon the team will be:

--------------Ankregen--------------
Calderon Dunk Greer Painter
Dicker Bridcutt Vincelot
Buckley
CMS Barnes

With Lua Lua, Noone, Hoskins, Navs, Brezovan on the bench.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

I think he was quite close to being fit for the Donny game, so assume he was rested yesterday with an eye on Saturday.
If he's half as good as he was when we beat Brizzzle 4-2 away last season he will be a cracking signing, ran the show!

Thanks. Agree he really could play a vital role just behind CMS pulling all the strings. Can't wait

 

[Skaville]

He has a huge head, a bit Frank Sidebottom'ish.

 

[Codner pharmaceuticals]

He is all arms and legs... Somewhat spideresque?

Loving his style. He will have aloof times this year when he is not in the game.

 

[ken tiler]

Reminds me a lot of Gerry Fell

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Reminds me a lot of Gerry Fell

Was Gerry Fell that quick?

 

[ken tiler]

Gerry Fell was very quick and did that same thing that Buckley does of pushing the ball past the defender and beating the defender with sheer pace. Fell was also very good in the air and was switched to a more central role I seem to remember in the latter part of his career with the Albion.

 

[Simster]

No chance.

It would be tight. There were a couple of times in the first half last night when Buckley was giving the defender at least 3 yards head start and still getting there first. Kazenga this season hasn't done much apart from be fouled, fall over or give the ball away, but we all know what he's capable of. He needs to be a bit more cute in making space to receive the ball at this level. Last season he was doing exactly what Buckley was doing (3 yards head start and winning it) but Donny marked him tightly and it was like we were playing with ten men. I just feel he should drop back a yard or two before receiving the ball to give himself time to turn and attack the defender, and reduce the likelihood of being muscled off the ball thereby prompting a counterattack.