Lua Lua

[BensGrandad]

Disagree, he was being hacked down twice a minute and was taken off for his own protection.

I would amend that to diving twice a minute. The ref was very poor generally but he saw through Lua Lua and as a result possibly didnt give as many freekicks as he could possibly have done

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I would amend that to diving twice a minute. The ref was very poor generally but he saw through Lua Lua and as a result possibly didnt give as many freekicks as he could possibly have done

He was definitely hacked down, as I saw him, directly in front of me, holding onto his weak ankle. He was in a lot of pain. That isn't to say that he didn't dive later on in the game but this was fairly early on.

 

[LamieRobertson]

He was definitely hacked down, as I saw him, directly in front of me, holding onto his weak ankle. He was in a lot of pain. That isn't to say that he didn't dive later on in the game but this was fairly early on.

you can add to the 2 other instances where he was body checked

 

[Brighton Mod]

certainly was making more of an impact in the first half than March who doesn't seem right for that midfield role

Poor Solly, it seems that this season he has had his natural skill and trickery coached out of him to be replaced by safe 5m passes, I can't recall him running by anyone on Saturday. Doesn't look the raw exciting player we saw in the pre season games.

 

[Notters]

I would amend that to diving twice a minute. The ref was very poor generally but he saw through Lua Lua and as a result possibly didnt give as many freekicks as he could possibly have done

One or too of them he might of gone over a bit easily, but most were fowls IMHO. The last one was extremely cynical, where their player stuck a foot out at the last minute right in front of the referee and got a yellow.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

He scored many a goal with free kicks especially the one decent goal at Anfield. I'm sure you could think of others if you tried hard enough. His corners are of a decent quality too.

Corners have been terrible overall!

 

[dan4bha]

Lualua seems to just play 'for the foul' nowadays, which isn't enough when our set pieces aren't the best. Gets fouled 4-5 times a game, would love to see the stats for how many times the full back he's up against HASNT been booked this season.

Turned into a bit of a one trick pony. Does a step over and goes outside every time, where are the days where he would cut inside and fire into the bottom corner?

 

[Springal]

Everytime Kaz got the ball, Dobbie was shouting and pointing at what way he was going to run...

 

[APACHE]

He scored many a goal with free kicks especially the one decent goal at Anfield. I'm sure you could think of others if you tried hard enough. His corners are of a decent quality too.

Yesterday they stopped him taking them cause the opposite corner flag was in more danger than the goal.

 

[London Irish]

Because he lit up the game when he was on? To the best of my knowledge he was not withdrawn due to injury.

Well, if you think we had a better attacking player on the pitch than him at any point in the 90+ mins, I'd like to hear you make a case

 

[London Irish]

Poor Solly, it seems that this season he has had his natural skill and trickery coached out of him to be replaced by safe 5m passes, I can't recall him running by anyone on Saturday. Doesn't look the raw exciting player we saw in the pre season games.

And the exact same thing happened to Rohan Ince. Surging runs when he first started into the team, replaced by backward passing and sinking back into third centre back territory

 

[Foolg]

Mustapha Carayol and Albert Adomah have 20 goals between them this season for 'Boro.

LuaLua, March, Buckley and Rodriguez have 5 between them.

No doubt he's one of our most exciting players, but you do wonder if we could move him on for a decent fee and bring in Carayol or someone similar (given we bid for him in January) whether it'd be an area worth spending a good part of our money this summer.

 

[daveyboy1973]

Not the same player when he starts!!! He is an impact sub and that is it !!

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Well, if you think we had a better attacking player on the pitch than him at any point in the 90+ mins, I'd like to hear you make a case

When Stephens pushed on he was more threatening. Lingard ran at Blackpool yesterday with more success. Two examples.....

If you think of a direct threat you could argue that Buckley got into a more dangerous positions than KLL and Ulloa, but twice but failed.

KLL, as always, looks good on the ball, but how may times did he get a ball across, once perhaps, twice, he ran into players trying to get a foul and when he was scythed down in the second half the ref didn't give it, arguably as a result of the first half.

He is exciting to watch and can be unplayable, but yesterday was not one of those days.....

 

[Don Quixote]

Classic step over and falls over. Though I still like him because he was unstoppable in League One.

 

[Surrey Phil]

Didn't have his best game yesterday. Buckley & Orlandi are certain starters when fit but I love it when he comes on for 30 mins when defenders are tired.

 

[London Irish]

When Stephens pushed on he was more threatening. Lingard ran at Blackpool yesterday with more success. Two examples.....

If you think of a direct threat you could argue that Buckley got into a more dangerous positions than KLL and Ulloa, but twice but failed.

KLL, as always, looks good on the ball, but how may times did he get a ball across, once perhaps, twice, he ran into players trying to get a foul and when he was scythed down in the second half the ref didn't give it, arguably as a result of the first half.

He is exciting to watch and can be unplayable, but yesterday was not one of those days.....

Thanks for replying but you lost me at Lingard

 

[catfish]

Not the same player when he starts!!! He is an impact sub and that is it !!

Have to agree with you.

 

[geniarse]

He's one of my favourite players but I do feel he goes to ground too easily and yes refs have sussed that out this season. That said Blackpool have the worst discipline record of the season thus far - 82 yellows, 10 reds and 10 pens conceded so admit he was kicked out the game somewhat...

 

[bravohotelalpha]

Didn't have his best game yesterday. Buckley & Orlandi are certain starters when fit but I love it when he comes on for 30 mins when defenders are tired.

Possibly wasn't firing on all cylinders on Monday, he tweeted at the weekend that his grandma had died