But who at present is THAT good in our defence at the minute. Huth and Danny Simpson were available and should have had them. I bet Kirchoff is a good solid defender when fit, Kone must be an improvement on Brown. And PVA has to start in midfield against Man c, and we get at them rather than viseversa.
Brown pisses all over Kone technically. Although Kone can probably do him for pace. Deal has been accepted so you'll be forming your own opinions fairly soon I'd imagine Monty.
Sunderland AFC News And Banter Page 4 mins · David Duke Just a little info on the kone transfer he's just arrived at airport on the airfrance with his brother and presumably his agent
Sunderland AFC News And Banter Page 12 mins · Lamine Koné joins Sunderland Lorient central defender Lamine Koné has joined Premier League side Sunderland this afternoon after successfully undergoing a medical with the North East side. The player has signed his contract with the club which runs for 4.5 years after Lorient accepted an offer from the Black Cats yesterday afternoon. According to Foot Mercato, that fee is worth €6.5m plus bonuses. This deal will be official imminently and comes after the player very nearly joined Sunderland already at the beginning of the window, only for the Black Cats to call the move off at the last minute.
Sunderland AFC News And Banter Page added a new photo to the album: Sunderland signings 15/16. 2 mins · Lamine Kone signs on 4-&-half-year contract please log in to view this image
I think we will see 2 more come in. Lets face it Brown will be finished by the end of this season. Kaboul and Kone as first choice with JOS and Kirchoff as back up. PVA should not play in midfield he is fantastic running on to the ball at pace, stick him up the pitch and he will be getting the ball with his back to goal. He is a great LB and with 2 quick cbs he will be even better.
Ive a feeling we will go 3 a tthe back mate with Pva and Debuchy (fingers crossed as wing backs) ----------Kaboul---O'shea----Kone----------- Debuche -----------------------------------PVA With Jones the Jarmen and Brown as back up. Happy enough with that TBH , assuming that Kone is a world beater
Well we dicked about but we got him signed up in the end. I've got a good feeling about this lad, I think Terry said in another thread that he's been a long term target for Sam and that's good enough for me. Don't know a lot about him but from what I've seen he's a strong lad who won't be bullied. I think he can also play RB so that suggests he's not bad on the ball or slow, I guess he can fill in there too if needed.
Swap Kaboul and Kone around and that will do me. Kaboul always seems to do well on the left side of the CBs, I like him there.
Bizarre as **** this one has been. Just a sidenote, Kirchoff has been very decent as a CDM for Schalke in the past, he could be used there.
