Yacouba Sylla

[olaftab]

Agreed that  Sylla, Westy and Delph make us a team and at their current level are good enough for a win against 60 % of the PL teams however to succeed further they all been to develop much better control and passing accuracy.

[Summers]

Their passing accuracy isn't a problem. From yesterday; Delph was No.3 for passes with fifty-three successful from fifty-seven made. Westwood was No.4 with fifty from fifty-six made. Sylla was No.7 with forty-one successful from forty-seven made.

That's against one of the top football sides in the league. Westy & Delph have had similar passing stats every time they've played.

[nigel]

Looks like another bargain to me.

Some excellent points for Chelsea game.
Odd call from aftab regarding passing accuracy, though, thought the midfield three's passing was excellent, given the opposition, too.

I don't know how much the media said he cost, but my brother know's a guy, who works in the right circles, he was saying it was £600K.

He and Benteke look to have a bit of an understanding starting to develop.

[Mister E]

He played well but I thought Delph was head and shouilders above the rest yesterday; best MF on the pitch. He just needs to start scoring goals a little more.
Also surprised how little acceleration Sylla has; thought he was quicker than he appeared yesterday.

[nigel]

He played well but I thought Delph was head and shouilders above the rest yesterday; best MF on the pitch. He just needs to start scoring goals a little more.
Also surprised how little acceleration Sylla has; thought he was quicker than he appeared yesterday.

Delph was my motm, too.
But I certainly wouldn't take anything from Sylla's performance. Quite a few by where I sit agreed with Sylla as motm.
It could have gone to any of the midfield 3 and there'd have been little argument.

[ozzjim]

Agreed that  Sylla, Westy and Delph make us a team and at their current level are good enough for a win against 60 % of the PL teams however to succeed further they all been to develop much better control and passing accuracy.

I think Westwood hardly ever dips under 95% for accuracy, and Delph since January has been very similar!

[ozzjim]

Agreed that  Sylla, Westy and Delph make us a team and at their current level are good enough for a win against 60 % of the PL teams however to succeed further they all been to develop much better control and passing accuracy.

I think Westwood hardly ever dips under 95% for accuracy, and Delph since January has been very similar!

I am mistaken. Over the season Westwood has about 85% and Delph about 88%. Higher than Wilshire for example, and Lampard. It is very misleading though, as the highest completion is from mainly defenders, who knock it across the back all the time.

[Nastylee]

They do have good stats but I'd like to see some more probing passes. We do keep the ball for the sake of it at times.

[olaftab]

Their passing accuracy isn't a problem. From yesterday; Delph was No.3 for passes with fifty-three successful from fifty-seven made. Westwood was No.4 with fifty from fifty-six made. Sylla was No.7 with forty-one successful from forty-seven made.

That's against one of the top football sides in the league. Westy & Delph have had similar passing stats every time they've played.

I think what was trying to say earlier, half asleep, was that they need to spring forward into the last 3rd and pass like Mata, Lampard and Hazard did yesterday putting us under serious danger. That has to be their next stage of development.

[Clampy]

Also surprised how little acceleration Sylla has; thought he was quicker than he appeared yesterday.

That was one thing i said yesterday during the game. If he was a little bit quicker he'd be very good.

[supertom]

Also surprised how little acceleration Sylla has; thought he was quicker than he appeared yesterday.

That was one thing i said yesterday during the game. If he was a little bit quicker he'd be very good.

He looked fairly quick for me, over larger space. He's not so quick on the first 10 yards, but he covers a lot of ground when up to speed, for a big lad anyway.

[andyh]

I thought he looked like a real player until he tired.
He looked like he had a lot more belief in his game, ran with the ball and took players on, rather than just tackle, give and go as he has pretty much done in most games.
I am hoping for really good things from him next season.

[SoccerHQ]

Sylla has been a nice surprise for me, he's been a lot better than I expected.

Certainly a good squad option to have next season.

[Toronto Villa]

All three midfielders are very promising indeed. They a going to need some help in the summer because inevitably at some point their form will dip. It's great that the likes of Gardner will be coming through but we need more experienced heads on their to lessen the burden on the current lads.

[SoccerHQ]

Westwood, Delph, Sylla, G.Gardner, new signing-attacking midfielder, new signing- physical midfielder.

That should be our 6 options for next season ideally for the 2-3 positions depending on the Lambert formation.

I'd get rid of KEA, Holman and Bannan if possible. First two after decent starts to the season have been really disappointing and Bannan is overrated.