N'Golo Kante

[TheIceMan 596]

12 hours ago, Chelsea? said:

Need more goals from him 😎😎😎

yea I said it. 

If we were able to get someone of the attacking quality of Pedro in Moses' spot and then get a creative attacking guy as our RF then we might just be champions league contenders. 

If he scored goals he would be in Real Madrid and costing 120 mil!!!

[the wes 7,212]

Kante has only been in the PL for two season and he's got most tackles in three seasons

[kellzfresh 7,229]

[BoyBlue96 990]

This guy is unreal and I am so happy we got him and of course grateful to him for putting faith in our club. We got rejected by many players in the summer with reports saying "because Chelsea don't play Champions League and uncertainty because we have to see if their new manager can repair all the damage done by Mourinho" 

 

Love him. Such an important player for us. Second Premier League title in 2 years...? Epic.

[Tomo 21,733]

4 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Fully agree but we do need a better player next to him.

What do you think of Vincent Koziello for Nice? He in my opinion has the potential to be on the level of Verratti and Nainggolan and will be cheaper than both. Players with extreme potential and good enough to play for the first team immediately. This is an article from a year or so ago about him, the part i'm copying here is why i'm excited about him and would be delighted if we got him.

https://www.vavel.com/en/football/582560-vincent-koziello-who-he-is-and-why-you-must-watch-out-for-him-in-2016.html

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Thanks to his energetic demeanour, which is in stark comparison to the more minimalist work rate of OGC Nice poster boy Hatem Ben-Arfa, his movement off the ball is constant, and this results in him seeing plenty of it. Furthermore, when given the opportunity he likes to burst forward with the ball, similar to Ben-Arfa. While his dribbling isn't flashy, he glides forward positively when given the space, and has been successful in over 66% of the occasion he has taken on an opposition player. 

His work rate is crucial in defending as well as attack, and thanks to Koziello's awareness and intelligence he is able to use it to his advantage. Constantly throughout games Koziello is looking for spaces in the midfield or in front of the defence to fill in. This is particularly crucial in instances when midfield partner Seri has broken forward leaving a space in midfield alongside Mendy. Such good positional awareness has led to him averaging one interception and just under three tackles every game,

This defensive impact is surprising given both his attacking abilities and physical stature. Players who tend to fill the advanced playmaker role, and are of similar stature to Koziello, on the whole let their defensive work fall to the wayside, but instead Koziello uses it as another string to his bow. He is tenacious as a consequence of the aforementioned energy which engulfs him, and in addition to his positional awareness this gives him a plethora of opportunities to dispossess opponents. Furthermore, this bolsters his attacking impact, as he wins the ball in both the opposition half as a result of pressing high, as well as in his own half and this allows him to start attacks.

So while Koziello may not be the provider in terms of goals, he doesn't look to unpick defences with speculative splitting through balls too often, and prefers to be ready to foil a potential counter attack, rather than bursting into the overcrowded box as his team attacks, he is instead the enabler. His energy allows him to dispossess opponents and in conjunction with his precise passing, he gives his team a platform to mount menacing attacks from. 

 

[the wes 7,212]

14 minutes ago, kellzfresh said:

The wee guy is a machine 

[kellzfresh 7,229]

26 minutes ago, the wes said:

The wee guy is a machine 

Incredible stamina, vidal levels 

[Last Sicarius 610]

In last minutes of second hal he was impassable.  Take down so many action  I was so impressed. But if he can do more successful passes he would be perfect.

[Captain Ahmed 528]

Some say when N'golo Kanté lost his virginity, he won it back

[the wes 7,212]

[the wes 7,212]

Arsene Wenger today admitted Arsenal twice tried and failed to sign N’Golo Kante and believes the midfielder is the key reason whyChelsea lead the Premier League title race

[manpe 10,861]

2 minutes ago, the wes said:

Arsene Wenger today admitted Arsenal twice tried and failed to sign N’Golo Kante and believes the midfielder is the key reason whyChelsea lead the Premier League title race

He is key, he enables us to play 3-4-3. Without him, imagine Matic and Fabregas running our midfield - we'd get regularly slaughtered. We can afford to play only 2 midfielders thanks to him. Kante at the moment is indispensable to us and he was the same at Leicester. His impact may be bigger than we initially thought, with him Leicester of all clubs won the league, now they are in ruins after he left. We were in ruins last season, but he joins and all of a sudden we look much better. Of course it's too simplistic to say that it is all on Kante, but no doubt he makes a BIG difference and it is rare to see one player making such an impact straight away even when he was new to the league.

[Special Juan 27,439]

He was far too well known for Arsenal to buy him

[Last Sicarius 610]

Wenger was close to buy every player on top, but didnt do it xD So funny, i can imagine how Arsenal fans feel right now  

[BlueStorm1003 539]

11 hours ago, Last Sicarius said:

Wenger was close to buy every player on top, but didnt do it xD So funny, i can imagine how Arsenal fans feel right now  

At times I wonder if he just goes full Manure fan mode. "We didn't want him anyway"

[BlueLyon 9,359]

15 hours ago, manpe said:

He is key, he enables us to play 3-4-3. Without him, imagine Matic and Fabregas running our midfield - we'd get regularly slaughtered. We can afford to play only 2 midfielders thanks to him. Kante at the moment is indispensable to us and he was the same at Leicester. His impact may be bigger than we initially thought, with him Leicester of all clubs won the league, now they are in ruins after he left. We were in ruins last season, but he joins and all of a sudden we look much better. Of course it's too simplistic to say that it is all on Kante, but no doubt he makes a BIG difference and it is rare to see one player making such an impact straight away even when he was new to the league.

Its the kind of player I take any day of the week ahead of flashy guys like James, Pogba etc. 

Being footballer myself when I was still in highscool, I know that core and heart of team comes from good midfielders. 

The sad part is that players like Kante, Gabi, Koke, Parolo, Matuidi etc get so little praise compared to Griezmann or Pogba and the likes. Yeah people say these midfielders are all muscle and power and no brain or technique, but man, when you are playing there in the team, that midfielder will have the bigger heart, motivation and determination than whole team. 

Shame that this kind of players is slowly but quickly getting replaced by the new generation of wannabe midfielders who are so fucking spoiled. Old school is nearly gone...there are however some exceptions, mainly from south america in poorer places with less technology and strict parents that help making a strong character. Downside is that education is missing too and there you get brave guys but also bit loco.

We should be exceptionaly happy that we got one of these rare old school midfielders in Kante.

[Fernando 6,488]

The Tackle King! 

[LAM09 6,792]

Steal!