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[Albion] Knocky to start on Sat & repay his red card



Nixonator

Nixonator

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Feb 8, 2016
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All points to him starting in my opinion.

Our other wingers (except Solly) are either unfit, carrying injury or well out of form.

It's a big game and he will want to redeem himself.

Whatever you think of his temperament, we must not forget that he ripped up the division below and could do so again. I'd rather not alienate him in case we end up there.
 




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rippleman

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Oct 18, 2011
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Sorrel said:
When he's good he's very good and when he's bad he's awful.

He also prefers to try and go alone spectacularly rather than pass to someone who has an easier attempt to score (though the fact that no-one can score makes this not quite so annoying at the moment).
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But when he does have the ball, where is the movement? A static Murray who may just about have made the edge of the penalty box covered by 2 or 3 defenders.........and what else? The midfield aren't allowed to get forward so what option does Knocky have other than to go it alone? It's the lack of options because of Hughton's negativity that has made him "selfish".
 


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rippleman

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Oct 18, 2011
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Yoda said:
Is anyone else not concerned about this? He's been back in the first team squad (match day 16) for almost TWO MONTHS and is still clearly not match fit/sharp.
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Absolutely. But then you will be told that "Hughton sees him in training.........blah blah blah". If the manager believes him to be fully fit which he surely must be if he is in the squad, then WTF has happened to him? Was his injury so bad that this is as good as Izzy will ever be now? If so, it would be tragic for him.
 


Marshy

Marshy

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Jul 6, 2003
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81jamie said:
As much as I love him for his Championship dominating form he has been patchy at best in the Premiership and his attitude or way of expressing frustration is a liability. Gross is coming back to full fitness and Izzy seems to be regaining fitness too so I'd prefer we used those two as a creative/direct running outlet and had a more defensively able Solly on the right.
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Be nice if we got the ball to him not in his own half though wouldn't it.... there you go knockaert…. do something 60 yards from the opposition goal....

why don't you score 15 goals like you did in the championship....
 






herecomesaregular

herecomesaregular

We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
Oct 27, 2008
4,244
Still in Brighton
We need Knocky's energy both defensively and offensively. Despite his negatives I just don't see a goal coming without him playing, at least as an impact sub. He's the only player that excites (Solly 2nd).
 


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