MATCHWATCH : Blackpool (a)

[Hound]

I do find it strange that people claim Kelvin is low effort

He has his faults - wouldn’t say that was one of them.

[RoyalBlue]

Thought I'd have a quick look on here to enjoy all of the praise for Kyerewaa for his outstanding performance and attitude.

It's a bit muted. Perhaps humble pie isn't to everyone's taste.

Weird attitude

He was playing shite - but it was clear he could play a bit

He now has a couple of good games and people say he’s played well

Which is totally fair

I'm in the AR camp and I disagree that he was playing shite. IMO he was never that poor, always worked hard and caused opposition defenders problems. More often than not, he was let down by the failure of his teammates to make decent runs/get in good positions and perhaps too often he himself was looking to pass rather than have a go on his own. Today he was excellent as highlighted by the Sky commentator who has no axes to grind.

[Snowflake Royal]

I do find it strange that people claim Kelvin is low effort

He has his faults - wouldn’t say that was one of them.

Well, he has a fairly laconic style. And he's not an all action run his heart out on lost causes type. Though he does put in a shift.

Plus, he's black and there is that tendency for black players to be described as lazy more than white players.

[Hound]

Thought I'd have a quick look on here to enjoy all of the praise for Kyerewaa for his outstanding performance and attitude.

It's a bit muted. Perhaps humble pie isn't to everyone's taste.

Weird attitude

He was playing shite - but it was clear he could play a bit

He now has a couple of good games and people say he’s played well

Which is totally fair

I'm in the AR camp and I disagree that he was playing shite. IMO he was never that poor, always worked hard and caused opposition defenders problems. More often than not, he was let down by the failure of his teammates to make decent runs/get in good positions and perhaps too often he himself was looking to pass rather than have a go on his own. Today he was excellent as highlighted by the Sky commentator who has no axes to grind.

I’ve no axe to grind. I’m delighted to see him play well. Seems a good lad as well. He’s always worked hard, stayed very fit and given 100%

He’s had more assists in the two games than he did in the previous 20 or whatever it was however which tells it’s own story

Fully agree too often he looked to pass though. That was 100% his main flaw and showed a general lack of confidence

[Royals and Racers]

Doesn’t seem to have been any post match interviews with Leam Richardson or anyone else from the management team which i find odd.

[Orion1871]

Doesn’t seem to have been any post match interviews with Leam Richardson or anyone else from the management team which i find odd.

Interviews with Richardson and Kyerewaa on the club youtube

https://youtu.be/Y3ktI-4Rrs0?si=B79D36mLLExL3-ZV

https://youtu.be/dQEgnKio1IY?si=znpE1vOm7BL8BGKt

[Clyde1998]

Just got home and have to say Kyerewaa was absolutely brilliant today. He was consistently looking to drive the team forward and take on the defender. Felt like a proper winger and the Blackpool defence simply didn't know how to deal with him.

Will do a longer write up soon, but he has to be praised today.

[PieEater]

BFTG

I think you have to give Richardson some credit for his tactics - Blackpool play with 352 so we just needed Kywera to get 1:1 with the centre half and they were in trouble.

There was a lot of hoofball and we seemed to lose a lot of midfield battles but I was always pretty confident we'd win after scoring the first goal. It makes a pleasant change from the usual drubbing we get there.

Just on tarnish on the day, I stupidly got a burger for lunch before the game from a chippy, it was disgusting - they deep fried it in the chip fat and it tasted like it.

A shout out to the "Cask and Tap" pub, I'll be back there again on my next visit

[72 bus]

I do find it strange that people claim Kelvin is low effort

He has his faults - wouldn’t say that was one of them.

Well, he has a fairly laconic style. And he's not an all action run his heart out on lost causes type. Though he does put in a shift.

Plus, he's black and there is that tendency for black players to be described as lazy more than white players.

It's not his fault that he his not cut out to be a central striker, I think we can all see that. He is probably just as aware of that as we are.
But any way Ian, just play the race card, that normally shuts down any discussion on here.
You win the internet tonight, well done.

[Snowflake Royal]

I do find it strange that people claim Kelvin is low effort

He has his faults - wouldn’t say that was one of them.

Well, he has a fairly laconic style. And he's not an all action run his heart out on lost causes type. Though he does put in a shift.

Plus, he's black and there is that tendency for black players to be described as lazy more than white players.

It's not his fault that he his not cut out to be a central striker, I think we can all see that. He is probably just as aware of that as we are.
But any way Ian, just play the race card, that normally shuts down any discussion on here.
You win the internet tonight, well done.

You can bury your head in the sand all you like, but its hardly a secret it happens.

[From Despair To Where?]

Well, he has a fairly laconic style. And he's not an all action run his heart out on lost causes type. Though he does put in a shift.

Plus, he's black and there is that tendency for black players to be described as lazy more than white players.

It's not his fault that he his not cut out to be a central striker, I think we can all see that. He is probably just as aware of that as we are.
But any way Ian, just play the race card, that normally shuts down any discussion on here.
You win the internet tonight, well done.

You can bury your head in the sand all you like, but its hardly a secret it happens.

I seem to remember Ron Atkinson getting sacked for saying as much and it was definitely a commonly expressed trope in the 80s and 90s