Libor Kozák (confirmed post #190)

[dave.woodhall]

H reminds me a player of the 80's, Mark Hateley.

His dad played for us. Didn't know that, did you?

[Somniloquism]

Let us hope that Archie's post has the same effect as Belgium Villa's one on Benteke this time last year.

[Archie]

H reminds me a player of the 80's, Mark Hateley.

His dad played for us. Didn't know that, did you?

Touchče. . .

[dave.woodhall]

H reminds me a player of the 80's, Mark Hateley.

His dad played for us. Didn't know that, did you?

Touchče. . .

And they are, apparently, the only English father and son to score 200 goals each. His dad once played for Small Heath and, I kid you not, was signed off on the sick with depression.

[Archie]

Let us hope that Archie's post has the same effect as Belgium Villa's one on Benteke this time last year.

He can give his honest contribute to the cause, and he will do this as long as we won't have too high expectations.
These are the goals that he can score: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ahdAtgCn6ug&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DahdAtgCn6ug

(The TV commentator, a mad Lazio fan,  is a little bit mental, as you won't fail to note)

@ Dave: absolutely brilliant, as usual.

[TheSandman]

Mark Hately was my brother's hero back when he played for Rangers. He does media work up here and his hair has gone completely white.

[Somniloquism]

TBH Archie, I don't expect to have another Benteke on our hands and expect you to be right in this case, it was just the last time we had an opinion on an unknown striker from someone who saw them regularly and was based in their Country, it was Belgium Villa and the report was almost a carbon copy of yours. "Can head the ball", "Not great though", "Surprised we bought him".

[Simba]

yeah well I used to watch Tony Hately - and my hairs gone white.

[Archie]

TBH Archie, I don't expect to have another Benteke on our hands and expect you to be right in this case, it was just the last time we had an opinion on an unknown striker from someone who saw them regularly and was based in their Country, it was Belgium Villa and the report was almost a carbon copy of yours. "Can head the ball", "Not great though", "Surprised we bought him".

Yes I know, but as he played for my beloved team, having seen him a lot of times, I can say that I know him very well. Lazio,  that are very short on strikers (there is only Klose at a certain level, and infact they play 4-5-1) sold him, and Libor did not score one goal in all the last Serie A campaign. These are facts, not my opinion.

So said, I hope that in England, where (even after the . . . French revolution),  the style of play is still more physical than in Italy, where games are more tactical (ok, boring),  and the defenders stronger, he can do better.
But what is for sure is that,  as we say in Italy, a donkey could never become a horse.

[Toronto Villa]

Archie you sound like the Belgian Villans that claimed we signed a duffer in Benteke. I ask that you take that observation as a compliment and that Kozak becomes a very popular player for us.

[Damo70]

Mark Hately was my brother's hero back when he played for Rangers. He does media work up here and his hair has gone completely white.

He reminds me of Terry Nutkins these days. As for Kozak, he speaks good English and praised the personal touch of Paul Lambert.

[eamonn]

A donkey could never become a horse

Maybe that's what Shrek should have been about.

[Tuscans]

Libor at the 2011 Lazio Summer camp.

Nice guy but a mediocre player. Very good only with the head, whereas he is absolutely uncapable to play football with his feet, even if he was appreciated for his committment.
H reminds me a player of the 80's, Mark Hateley.

I have always seen Miro Klose sincerously incredulous, and a little bit amused, that  Libor played in Serie A and still could not complete with accuracy even the most simple passage (but Klose hasn't  seen Richard Dunne, it goes without saying  ).

He did not score one goal in the last Serie A campaign, where the defences are very strong and good on tactics, whereas he scored a lot in Europe, against average teams.

All in all, he can be only a reserve of Benteke,  that may be of some utility when the opponents park the bus in their box and you need some one that can score with the head.

He reminds me cross between Vladimir Smicer and Christopher Ecclestone.

[dekko]

Having trawled the interwebs for opinions of people who actually watch Serie A, it seems to be split about 60/40 between people who dont rate him, and people who say that hes good and only couldn't get into the team because he had to compete with Klose.

I want us to play him up top with Benteke, just to see the fear in the centre back's eyes ahahahahahaaaa

[PeterWithesShin]

All we need is for Stuart to say he's shit and we're good to go.