Jimmy Kebe is a good player, sign in

[juanpablo]

In what can only be described as an absolute dire game, I can't see that Kebe was worse than any other Reading player. He made the most inspirational run of the game before he was tackled and Doyle fell over his feet. He may not have been better than any of the others, but he was by no means the worst player on the pitch. In a shite game, he was average.

agreed

at the end of the day we had two goal scoring type opportunities

1 Kebe goes on a long run and sky replay shows he was clearly brought down and it should have been a penalty (the defender got none of the ball on replay)

2 Doyles header

they both ran when they could, they both ultimately didn’t deliver..... Doyle was average ..... Kebe was average...

the defence was good everyone else was pretty poor or average at best

[Coppell's Right Footed 11]

Kebe did not track back, and is scared to tackle. He is lazy and selfish. He has pace and quick feet and thats about it.

If he could learn to look up and play a pass, or even shoot then he may be a decent player. He was anonymous for the whole 2nd half. He did one decent run where he had both Lita and Doyle making runs, what happens? head to the floor and loses it. Does he track back? does he oxf*rd

[joe999]

hes absolute oxf*rd

[earleyroyal]

. Yes, his final ball and passing isn't brilliant,

Yeah, never mind the final ball and the passing being atrocious, this boy can run. Perhaps he should be in Beijing instead.

Why not go the whole way and sign up Usain Bolt? Dwain Chambers might have some time on his hands as well. Teach them what a football looks like and how to lump it 30 yards in front of them and we're in business!

[Scarface]

Where are all the RTG's that thought Kebe was going to be good this season, based on a few good friendly performances ?

One game is enough, surely Coppell can see this bloke is complete shit and will get a replacement in soon. We'll create nothing down the right with that lanky, lighweight muppett playing. All he can do is get his head down, cut inside and run.

[Platypuss]

I do feel sorry for him though - he plays his career at left wing, and then we come along to try and convert him into a right winger. Why not get a proper right winger in the first place?

[Scarface]

I do feel sorry for him though - he plays his career at left wing, and then we come along to try and convert him into a right winger. Why not get a proper right winger in the first place?

I think it's the question a lot of us want to ask Steve Coppell urgently mate. I reckon you'll see Hunt and Convey as the wingers when we've signed a left back. So the solution will come from "within the sqaud".

[starbug]

dont know why all the negativity, he's no Glen Little (and never will be) but he looked very dangerous when running at the defence. Clearly there's a few things he needs to improve on but it does look there's a chance he'll create something (more than can be said for 'going for another field goal Convey'). His shot in the first half (while offiside) was a quality strike and if he could have finished off that run in the first half (where he was fouled in the box but got nothing..) then we could have been talking about goal of the month already!

I can see him being an up and down player, some great performances followed by forgettable ones but thats creative players for you but thats what we could do with instead of consistently average by the rest of the squad.

Kebe, the sublime and ridiculous (often in the same move ).

[tlcs]

What honestly do you expect..we paid peanuts for him from a French second division team who had him on loan so they must have the same opinion as us that hes PANTS .
If he was any good at all he would have been spotted by talent scout who would have flogged him to a premiership club..oh i forgot we bought him.
Besides watching him at the gunners last season i also watched him in the res at West Ham and believe me he is shite.
We needed to address the right hand side last season and we still do today that also includes Rosenior !!!!

[Millsy]

I didn't see the match but a friend who did said Kebe was outstandingly good and looked really exciting.

I think we all need to calm down a bit. Kebe as one of the only effective newbies is seemingly shouldering the entire weight of expectation of HNA posters to be the savour who gets us up.

Reality: get it into our scapegoat-finding heads that we didn't go down because of him, and he was a relatively cheap purchase who will only improve. One for the future who is thankfully being played now and might well develop into a stunning player.

[Hugo Boss]

Kebe: The only player in the world who can make Rougier look half decent.

[cmonurz]

I didn't see the match but a friend who did said Kebe was outstandingly good and looked really exciting.

Please give me the name of your friend's supplier.

[Platypuss]

I think we all need to calm down a bit. Kebe as one of the only effective newbies is seemingly shouldering the entire weight of expectation of HNA posters to be the savour who gets us up.

Reality: get it into our scapegoat-finding heads that we didn't go down because of him, and he was a relatively cheap purchase who will only improve.

He is a figure of fun/scapegoat more for the reason that he embodies our dysfunctional recent scouting/transfer dealings.

Then again, I think I might end up being whooshed here.

[Royal Rother]

I didn't see the match but a friend who did said Kebe was outstandingly good and looked really exciting.

Please give me the name of your friend's supplier.

Count me out - that's dangerously mind-bending shit.

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

What a terrible player.

I'm sorry, a winger that can't cross or pass?

He played 3 crosses, hit 3 Forest players. That volley, when he just stood 2 yards off side looking along the line. What the fcuk was he doing?

If running in a straight line got you points, he'd be at Man Utd. Shame in the real world, you actually have to be able to to do something with the ball.

Him and Cisse, we're just embarrasing. Can't pass, can't shoot, can't cross.

I'm so glad we didn't try and improve this side in the summer. Coppell's ears must be so full of sand right now and the worst thing is, yesterdays performance will make no difference to Coppell and he'll still refuse to buy anyone.

People can kid themselves all they want. Funny how the same people who are saying how great he his, we're saying how great he was when we 1st signed him. He wasn't good enough then, until he learns how to pass and cross, he will never be good enough,

[cmonurz]

Not to drag this towards a transfer debate again, but the lack of signings would matter less to me if we were giving chances to young players. But we aren't doing that either. Let's hope that changes at Plymouth, where Coppell will have a simple choice between Cisse and Karacan.

[Wycombe Royal]

What honestly do you expect..we paid peanuts for him from a French second division team who had him on loan so they must have the same opinion as us that hes PANTS .
If he was any good at all he would have been spotted by talent scout who would have flogged him to a premiership club..oh i forgot we bought him.
Besides watching him at the gunners last season i also watched him in the res at West Ham and believe me he is shite.
We needed to address the right hand side last season and we still do today that also includes Rosenior !!!!

Guy Moussi was signed from a French second division club for less than we paid for Kebe - yet most say he was man of the match.

[SpaceCruiser]

I do feel sorry for him though - he plays his career at left wing, and then we come along to try and convert him into a right winger. Why not get a proper right winger in the first place?

He's right footed though, isn't he?

[Platypuss]

What honestly do you expect..we paid peanuts for him from a French second division team who had him on loan so they must have the same opinion as us that hes PANTS .
If he was any good at all he would have been spotted by talent scout who would have flogged him to a premiership club..oh i forgot we bought him.
Besides watching him at the gunners last season i also watched him in the res at West Ham and believe me he is shite.
We needed to address the right hand side last season and we still do today that also includes Rosenior !!!!

Guy Moussi was signed from a French second division club for less than we paid for Kebe - yet most say he was man of the match.

Which says all you need to know about our scouting system (and our midfield).

[Platypuss]

I do feel sorry for him though - he plays his career at left wing, and then we come along to try and convert him into a right winger. Why not get a proper right winger in the first place?

He's right footed though, isn't he?

How does that, in any way, change the validity of my statement?