Great to see after a rather shaky start to the season and not quite looking the same player after his lengthy injury last season. Maybe the addition of Pocognoli has spurred him into action? Nevertheless, a joy to see him marshaling wingers expertly and making perfectly timed overlapping runs again. Well done Gaetan!
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Bong back to his best
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Munchkin
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Agreed! Going to be some tough decisions when everyone is fit and available!
Kayal / Lua Lua / Rosenior / Towell / March
No, he wasn't being lazy, he just wasn't back to full fitness and didn't have match practice.
GoldWithFalmer
Seaweed! Seaweed!
It's a mental thing too,we will probably see the same from March,when he starts regularly again..
BensGrandad
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IF I had to be critical I would suggest that some of his clearing headers do not gain any distance and just go straight up and down but that is minor as opposed to the leaps and bounds he has come on since his injury
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Afraid I have to disagree there. If he wasn't back to full fitness after a full pre season that would be worrying. Perhaps lacking match sharpness, yes. It's always vital to have competition for places though and we didn't have that at LB after Rosenior got injured.
GoldWithFalmer
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I would have to agree to disagree ,match sharpness is also part of fitness,no amount of running and training gets your fitness levels up like playing does,yet you can be fit enough to start a game and finish a game,it's only playing that gets the levels of fitness up high enough that the sharpness is tuned.
London Irish
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I actually think better is to come - not sure he is quite at the levels before his injury when he was my player of the early season ahead of LuaLua. He is top 3 Hughton signings along with the monsters no 7 and no 11
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Fair comment. But then again we did play a number of games pre season and several in the league before Bong's performances improved. I don't think you can simply put it down to not being match fit/sharp, he was in poor form also.
In modern football, players are trained to find a teammate with a defensive header, it's not about distance anymore. This is similar to judging keepers and central defenders on how far they can kick a ball; it's not golf and we're not in the 70's anymore.
Eggman
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Bong was BANG
BensGrandad
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I appreciate that but some of his headers just go straight up and down to the same spot rather than 4 or 5 yds away. A very minor criticism
GoldWithFalmer
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No you are right,it cannot be just down to sharpness,dependent on the players position,form can be effected by the caliber of the opponent in a given position on the day,the tactics employed by the opposing manager,numerous factors can contribute,over period of matches confidence of an individual can slip and that's when manager sees things we as fans may not,before they happen and act accordingly to try to rectify the situation.... We were also in poor form pre-season overall though,not that i ever read anything into pre season results..
LamieRobertson
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Fair enough. Hopefully something he can iron out over the next few seasons.
sjamesb3466
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Have been so impressed with Bong the last few weeks. I was very concerned and critical of him earlier in the season as he constantly looked like dropping a bollock and gave the ball away far too often in dangerous areas however he is a changed player from that early season form.
Whether it's match sharpness or just plain confidence long may it continue
Whether it's match sharpness or just plain confidence long may it continue