Lua Lua

[Vegas Seagull]

Reading through many of the other posts on yesterdays game I am surprised at the acclaim KLL is getting. Yes he had a good game, yes he caused them problems and yes when he is on his game he is class.

However, his strength is short bursts of power in ball control, shooting and crossing. He would be a better all round player if he could temper the power sometimes and this would make him less one dimensional / predictable. His constant need to put every ball in with power means that many of the opportunities he creates he wastes with the final ball and this was evident yesterday. An example is Conway's cross to the far post to Dave, a class cross that KLL could learn from.

Was good but could have been better.

Predictable and Lua Lua...hilarious...no'one pays you to analyse & drive strategy I hope?

 

[Questions]

If KLL was slightly more consistent with a better final ball or cross then we would have to wave goodbye to him.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

If KLL was slightly more consistent with a better final ball or cross then we would have to wave goodbye to him.

Exactly.

If he beat his man EVERY time, and either put the cross on the centre forwards head, or cut inside and unleashed a shot on target shot EVERY time, he would be in the Premiership.

 

[Sheebo]

When Noone left I wasn't overly bothered (great lad tho) because KLL and Buckley are better all round wingers. This has def proved correct since for me...

 

[Seagull on the wing]

Yeah right...Kaz not good enough....that's why Bolton put three defenders on him and he still went past them like a hot knife through butter...you can hear the rise in fans voices every time he gets the ball...he skins more players than a mule skinners knife....go get 'em Kaz.....

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Yeah right...Kaz not good enough....that's why Bolton put three defenders on him and he still went past them like a hot knife through butter...you can hear the rise in fans voices every time he gets the ball...he skins more players than a mule skinners knife....go get 'em Kaz.....

Spot on. He makes things happen and it raises the tempo and the crowd makes more noise. He raises expectation. Long may it continue

 

[Justice]

Reading through many of the other posts on yesterdays game I am surprised at the acclaim KLL is getting. Yes he had a good game, yes he caused them problems and yes when he is on his game he is class.

However, his strength is short bursts of power in ball control, shooting and crossing. He would be a better all round player if he could temper the power sometimes and this would make him less one dimensional / predictable. His constant need to put every ball in with power means that many of the opportunities he creates he wastes with the final ball and this was evident yesterday. An example is Conway's cross to the far post to Dave, a class cross that KLL could learn from.

Was good but could have been better.

KLL's peach of a free kick led to our first goal or did you miss that one? the best game he has had for a while and you still moan.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Reading through many of the other posts on yesterdays game I am surprised at the acclaim KLL is getting. Yes he had a good game, yes he caused them problems and yes when he is on his game he is class.

However, his strength is short bursts of power in ball control, shooting and crossing. He would be a better all round player if he could temper the power sometimes and this would make him less one dimensional / predictable. His constant need to put every ball in with power means that many of the opportunities he creates he wastes with the final ball and this was evident yesterday. An example is Conway's cross to the far post to Dave, a class cross that KLL could learn from.

Was good but could have been better.

Best not mention Lua Lua's cross to the far post at the end of the Millwall game for leo to hammer home

 

[trueblue]

His final ball can be hit and miss but it's got a lot better. I bet most Championship full-backs would be hard pushed to name three players they'd be less enthusiastic about going head to head with. Occasionally erratic or not, the guy's strong as a bull, blindingly quick and can hit a ball as hard as anyone in the league. What's not to like?

 

[Was not Was]

If KLL shot had gone in instead of hitting the bar then there wouldn't have been any doubt about MOM.

Likewise if Ince hitting the ball at the ref had led to a Bolton goal.

 

[catfish]

Last year we were all desperate to see Gus play KLL and Buckley in the same formation.

 

[Easy 10]

Instead of being tied to the left touchline, Oscar seems to have given him more license to drift inside into more central positions, and I think he is FLOURISHING in that role. He has always been explosive down the wing, but his ability to go past players in more central areas as well is making him even more of a handful for the opposition. He was a CONSTANT threat at Reading, he almost single-handedly hauled us to a point v Millwall when he came on, and he was equally troublesome to Bolton. He commits players, he draws them in, makes them make fouls, and creates space for others. His crossing can still be erratic, there's not much in the way of subtlety, but I think he has been immense for us just lately. I'm chuffed that Oscar is putting some faith in him and giving him some serious game time now. Its also noticable how hard he works tracking back.

I've always been a fan of KLL, but under Oscar I think he is getting better and better.

 

[Scoffers]

What Easy 10 said!

 

[Questions]

He beats his man more consistently than any other Brighton player for years.
When his crossing is good he can be almost unplayable.

 

[brightonmark1234]

i feel he needs to work on his final ball.

 

[Questions]

i feel he needs to work on his final ball.

I'm sure he does, as would Lopez with his final ball, Barnes with his finishing and Kush taking crosses cleanly.

 

[Black Dalek]

Great performance, MOTM easily. They just could not handle him.

 

[Withdean11]

Amazing. LuaLua was, yet again, fantastic. Every time he gets the ball, things look like happening.

And to think most on here thought we should sell him in the summer.. Idiots.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Christ alive. People really are mental aren't they.

 

[brightonrock]

One thing that might have gone unnoticed is how much of an effect Vicente had on him. Kaz was one of the few players to link up with Vicente regularly and successfully over the past couple of seasons, others didn't seem to be on the same wavelength. I'd be prepared to bet decent money that training and playing with such a quality player has improved his decision making tenfold.

As for the OPs suggestion that he's predictable, so what? Everyone in the stadium knows he's going to (a) stepover, push it to the byline and cross or (b) stepover, push it inside and shoot. The problem is even if you know what he's going to do, he's too quick and too powerful to stop him. That's why oppo sides double or even treble up on him. And often he still gets through.