Reda Khadra

[Need4speed]

Two things on Rheda Khadra
1. I am sure I have read somewhere on here, that when at Blackburn Tony Mowbary had to play him on the dugout side so that he could constantly tell him what to do defensively. I don't think he has learnt that means at times he should keep the ball and play sensible passes rather than always try to use his skill and pace to try and beat the opposition man marking him.
2. The Oli Burke/Rheda Khadra issue. Both have great pace Burke probably greater strength, Khadra better with the ball at his feet. But we never set up to exploit either players strengths. Now you might say "why adapt the way we play to an individual player?" But the why sign said player?

Therefore we need to find a way to adapt the system and the player toor get rid - Personally I would use Khadra in away games as a channel runner and in home games where the opposition have parked the bus as an impact sub playing right on the touch line.

 

[CPB]

It wouldn't surprise me if he starts on Sat.

N'Diaye could well be benched to protect him. Hopefully N'Diaye will be fresh enough to start though.

Whilst Pearson is correct Khadra hasn't lived up to expectations yet. He's also been behind other players who have been in form.
Thought Pearsons initial post match comments on sky were fine.
This singling out about Khadra not going to him at Bristol City though is pretty unprofessional. Fine to say "we were after him but he went there" but it's not fair to say what he has said.

 

[Charlieblade]

^^^not sure if the exact criteria was ever made public? If Khadra meets them, the ball is in United’s court for a simple yes or no. It’s why the deal took so long in the first place.

The problem with this lad is, the Blades need him to demonstrate some flexibility over his positioning, and adapt to the needs of the game.
His style is suited to playing a certain way. While most clubs expect that and would accommodate him, Sheffield United expect so much more from their players. Ver few are good enough to dictate where they can be picked and play.
Khedra is a decent player, but only when it suits him, not us. Building the team tactics around his game and his preferred position is unlikely to happen. He is not at Ndiaye standard.

I’m sure that lesser clubs would accommodate him, but not us.

 

[Davalon]

Not sure exactly how much game time he's had in his favoured role(s) but it's certainly not much.

People seem very quick to write off a young lad after very little game time who's already won us 3 points so far this season (which is more than nearly all our other strikers).

 

[mattbianco1]

I saw the interview Pearson did with Sky straight after and i've seen the BCFC interview to:



I've not seen or heard the SUFC (Hemmingham) interview which seems to be the one people have issues with

 

[Slugger]

Big credit to Hecky for having the balls to change things so early in the game.
Khadra's attitude over the next few games (I think he will get gametime) will be interesting.
Hecky's man-management skills will also need to be spot on.

My big problem with Khadra is that (like Moose) I can't see him lasting 90 minutes. A shocking thing to say about a 21 year old professional athlete. I wonder how many full 90 minutes he completed for Blackburn?

 

[biggiesablade]

I saw the interview Pearson did with Sky straight after and i've seen the BCFC interview to:



I've not seen or heard the SUFC (Hemmingham) interview which seems to be the one people have issues with

Nigel Pearson hits out at Sheffield United's Reda Khadra in bitter rant

The Bristol City manager has clearly not forgiven the Brighton forward for snubbing his advances in the summer

www.examinerlive.co.uk

Really odd

 

[Varkanoid]

Don't get the hatred towards Pearson other than he's an ex-pig... as is our manager BTW.
Pearson always gives an honest view and is one of the few managers to actively call out shit referees.

I thought his comments were fine last night. Slightly bitter towards Khadra where its clear he's annoyed he chose us instead, but he also had digs at his own team not putting us to the sword.

No issues with the piggy twat, from me.

I think it is people thinking back to when he was playing, he's not just a piggy twat he was a twat of a defender too.

 

[bladesmanluke]

Pearson might have just done Khadra a favour and given him a point to prove

 

[Slugger]

... just found the stats.

He might have played 27 matches for Blackburn but according to fbref.com he only averaged 54 minutes per match.
Not sure if he ever completed 90 minutes.
Any way of finding out?
With our injury problems, it's a risk starting a lad that you're probably going to have to waste a sub on.

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

He’s clearly not an attacking midfield so we might as well send him back, he’d have a better time being a winger elsewhere & we can use that budget elsewhere

 

[Nosworthys Throw]

Anyone know what the criteria for triggering the obligation to buy is?

Promotion plus X amount of appearances im led to believe

 

[robbiez666]

Could have said similar about McBurnie, before he was given a run of games and was able to build his confidence. Decision making is something that comes with game time.

You can say this for every player on our books. McBurnie is our player. I'd rather play a kid and give them game time. He just doesn't fit into our system. Odd signing.

 

[Balham]

It wouldn't surprise me if he starts on Sat.

N'Diaye could well be benched to protect him. Hopefully N'Diaye will be fresh enough to start though.

There is absolutely no way that a fit Ndiaye sits out a game at home against the side currently top of the table. We'll, quite rightly, play our strongest available 11 and Reda Khadra will be on the bench.

 

[Keen Blade]

Wish my spare tyre was that bad

Yeh but we didn't pay £23m for you

 

[Yellarbellyblade]

Yeh but we didn't pay £23m for you

Ah yes good point

 

[Keen Blade]

Last night was clearly a tactical faux pas with the starting line up. I think Khadra is a good player but he's clearly an out and out winger which doesn't fit into our style of play

Hecky has some weird ideas - says he couldn't play 3 in midfield so goes 523 , then wonders why we get overrun.
Also , if you've got Billy , Illy & Khadra , why on earth put Khadra the midfielder up top with Billy + play Illy the goalscoring striker in midfield ? Complete brainfart.
Surely Khadra should be behind Billy & Illy ?
Can't understand Hecky sometimes.
Anyway , he saw his error + changed it , but the error should not have been made in the first place.
Khadra was poor with the ball , but Hecky is quite right to admit his responsibility for the bizarre setup.

 

[LudlamBlade]

Fast feet, flashy tricks, fuck all to show for it.

He's just the German Tom Ince.


I think he'll come good and have a cracking career, just not with us

 

[robbiez666]

Hecky has some weird ideas - says he couldn't play 3 in midfield so goes 523 , then wonders why we get overrun.
Also , if you've got Billy , Illy & Khadra , why on earth put Khadra the midfielder up top with Billy + play Illy the goalscoring striker in midfield ? Complete brainfart.
Surely Khadra should be behind Billy & Illy ?
Can't understand Hecky sometimes.
Anyway , he saw his error + changed it , but the error should not have been made in the first place.
Khadra was poor with the ball , but Hecky is quite right to admit his responsibility for the bizarre setup.

So, you're relying on Khadra to tackle, mark and track runs then?

 

[Keen Blade]

So, you're relying on Khadra to tackle, mark and track runs then?

Fair point but I don't want to see Ndiaye wasting his energy doing that.

 

[Keen Blade]

Whoops , thumb fart

 

[robbiez666]

It won't let me quote you, but neither does Hecky. Says in the post-match interview he had to play him there.

 

[Frank the tank]

... just found the stats.

He might have played 27 matches for Blackburn but according to fbref.com he only averaged 54 minutes per match.
Not sure if he ever completed 90 minutes.
Any way of finding out?
With our injury problems, it's a risk starting a lad that you're probably going to have to waste a sub on.

Are you sure ? because he was apparently the reincarnation of diego maradona at blackburn and its just heckys fault for not playing him in his best position and telling the lads to keep giving him the ball

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

Hecky contradicted himself by saying he got the shape and line-up wrong and then saying he told the players at half time it was their fault Khadra came off.

 

[BarcaBlade]

Hecky has some weird ideas - says he couldn't play 3 in midfield so goes 523 , then wonders why we get overrun.
Also , if you've got Billy , Illy & Khadra , why on earth put Khadra the midfielder up top with Billy + play Illy the goalscoring striker in midfield ? Complete brainfart.
Surely Khadra should be behind Billy & Illy ?
Can't understand Hecky sometimes.
Anyway , he saw his error + changed it , but the error should not have been made in the first place.
Khadra was poor with the ball , but Hecky is quite right to admit his responsibility for the bizarre setup.

I'd imagine because Ndiaye could provide better defensive cover so thought it worth a try rather than leaving Fleck and Norwood with only Khadra ahead of them. Ndiaye would have ended up coming back anyway because he would have needed to. He'd have seen the issue.

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

I saw the interview Pearson did with Sky straight after and i've seen the BCFC interview to:



I've not seen or heard the SUFC (Hemmingham) interview which seems to be the one people have issues with

The bloke is a sociopath

Odd odd bloke

 

[Beans]

... just found the stats.

He might have played 27 matches for Blackburn but according to fbref.com he only averaged 54 minutes per match.
Not sure if he ever completed 90 minutes.
Any way of finding out?
With our injury problems, it's a risk starting a lad that you're probably going to have to waste a sub on.

Transfermarkt quite good for stuff like this. 18 starts, played the full 90 five times, averaged a shade over 70 minutes per start (he got injured 25 minutes into his final start of the season and didn't play for Blackburn again after that).

 

[Nightsweats]

It wouldn't surprise me if he starts on Sat.

N'Diaye could well be benched to protect him. Hopefully N'Diaye will be fresh enough to start though.

Whilst Pearson is correct Khadra hasn't lived up to expectations yet. He's also been behind other players who have been in form.
Thought Pearsons initial post match comments on sky were fine.
This singling out about Khadra not going to him at Bristol City though is pretty unprofessional. Fine to say "we were after him but he went there" but it's not fair to say what he has said.

If Iliman is fit he has to start. Without him I can see only one outcome Saturday. We have noone who can spark us bar him. Saturday is the biggest game of the season. Win it by 2 and we go above Burnley. Lose and they move further away. The psychological boost of a win would be huge. The opposite applies.

 

[Grappler]

Hecky contradicted himself by saying he got the shape and line-up wrong and then saying he told the players at half time it was their fault Khadra came off.

My guess is he said to the players that it was his fault, at half time, because he got the set up wrong, and then just said the wrong thing in the interview.

I can't believe he would have said (at half time), "look at young Reda, sat over there, crying, that's YOUR fault, that is!"

 

[Bladesthorpe]

If Illyman had played that simple pass and put him clear in on goal and he scores he suddenly turns from villain to hero. Fine margins.