Richard Kone

[FrankieADZ]

 

Pinch of salt as always

[21st Century Fox]

2 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

 

Pinch of salt as always

21 goals for a goalkeeper! That’s Jose Chilavert numbers!

[fox_favourite]

22 minutes ago, 21st Century Fox said:

21 goals for a goalkeeper! That’s Jose Chilavert numbers!

I spotted that and could t stop laughing. 

[FrankieADZ]

potentially Kone and swansea wont be happening

context, VitalSwansea is meant to be quite reliable in terms of Swansea transfers*

 

*as always a pinch of salt*

Edited 3 August 2025 by FrankieADZ

[fox_favourite]

Swansea or Leicester City.....it'll be a hard choice. 

[FrankieADZ]

1 minute ago, fox_favourite said:

Swansea or Leicester City.....it'll be a hard choice. 

tbf we are smack bang in the middle of the country

god's country

[ronnup]

His numbers in league 1 arent amazing. I like his story though. 

[iancognito]

After seeing Daka again today I'd take a traffic kone up there, this guy cannot be any worse

[Pliskin]

26 minutes ago, ronnup said:

His numbers in league 1 arent amazing. I like his story though. 

He got 18 league goals last season? It’s not a bad return…..

[MPH]

2 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

He got 18 league goals last season? It’s not a bad return…..

Wycome finished very very mid table so that’s a fairly decent amount

[ThorpeAstleyFox]

31 minutes ago, ronnup said:

His numbers in league 1 arent amazing. I like his story though. 

He was League One Player of the Season last year AND the League One (joint) top goal scorer. What more do you expect of him?

[adam95581]

He looks ok from the YT highlights but not particularly polished.
 

Imagine he will struggle against better quality defenders but ultimately looks like he probably offers more than Daka (he can stay on his feet) and ultimately with Fatawu, Monga, Mav and potentially BEK, we only need a half decent 9 for this league. 

[FrankieADZ]

39 minutes ago, ronnup said:

His numbers in league 1 arent amazing. I like his story though. 

 

12 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

He got 18 league goals last season? It’s not a bad return…..

for context, Kone got most of his goals when Matty Bloomfield was manager, he got 16 goals in 28 games,

then when he left for Luton and replaced him with Mick Dodds, who plays a completely different way to MB, his form dipped to 2 in 15

 

so his stats prior to Dodds coming in where pretty good imo

[5waller5]

12 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

 

for context, Kone got most of his goals when Matty Bloomfield was manager, he got 16 goals in 28 games,

then when he left for Luton and replaced him with Mick Dodds, who plays a completely different way to MB, his form dipped to 2 in 15

 

so his stats prior to Dodds coming in where pretty good imo

Forgive my ignorance, which of the two managers plays a style closest to MC?? 

[FrankieADZ]

16 minutes ago, 5waller5 said:

Forgive my ignorance, which of the two managers plays a style closest to MC?? 

Bloomfields style is alot closer to MC's

 

compared to Dodds who plays some right honking stuff

[2ndtierfox]

1 hour ago, ronnup said:

His numbers in league 1 arent amazing. I like his story though. 

Think he scored 16 in first 28 or something, then when Dodds came in changed style of play to a less 'football playing' system, only scored 2 goals for rest of season.

 

(Edit- Just seen this was said by someone else after I was scrolling)

Edited 3 August 2025 by 2ndtierfox

[Sol thewall Bamba]

I can feel it in my bones. Wilf out and Kone in by the weekend. 

[Chairman of the Bored]

1 hour ago, MPH said:

Wycome finished very very mid table so that’s a fairly decent amount

They finished 5th and lost in the Play Off semis to Charlton. They were top / second until February-ish and their form nosedived which coincided with the loss of Arron Moreley who went back to Bolton. Kone picked up several injuries in the 2nd half of the season and his performance dipped. 

[Shev]

Wycombe fans here. Kone is heading to the top. He is unpolished, but has developed at a scary rate. We picked him up from the depths of non-league January 2024 and he was our undisputed number 9 by the time the next season rolled around.

 

He was immense under Bloomfield, but we have new corporatespeak plastic owners who wanted their own man, so they forced Bloomfield out (you won't see this officially) and treated him terribly before that despite him getting us into the autos playing the best football a Wycombe team ever has. They brought an out-of-his-kiddy-pool-depth "modern coach" in to finish tanking the season (and this one too, no doubt).

 

Very much hoping it is you rather than Swansea who get Rich. He will continue to develop at a torrid rate.

Edited 3 August 2025 by Shev

[Ric Flair]

4 minutes ago, Shev said:

Wycombe fans here. Kone is heading to the top. He is unpolished, but has developed at a scary rate. We picked him up from the depths of non-league January 2024 and he was our undisputed number 9 by the time the next season rolled around.

 

He was immense under Bloomfield, but we have new corporatespeak plastic owners who wanted their own man, so they forced Bloomfield out (you won't see this officially) and treated him terribly before that despite him getting us into the autos playing the best football a Wycombe team ever has. They brought an out-of-his-kiddy-pool-depth "modern coach" in to finish tanking the season (and this one too, no doubt).

 

Very much hoping it is you rather than Swansea who get Rich. He will continue to develop at a torrid rate.

Hopefully as part of any deal, if its us,we send a couple of our talented academy players your way on loan.

[MPH]

45 minutes ago, Chairman of the Bored said:

They finished 5th and lost in the Play Off semis to Charlton. They were top / second until February-ish and their form nosedived which coincided with the loss of Arron Moreley who went back to Bolton. Kone picked up several injuries in the 2nd half of the season and his performance dipped. 

 

my bad. 9th was the season before..

[Verumex]

I have to ask, is it pronounced "cone" or "koh-ney"?

[LFox99]

35 minutes ago, Verumex said:

I have to ask, is it pronounced "cone" or "koh-ney"?

It's cow-nee you uncultured swine

[Shev]

Koh-nay - or at least that's how our comms and fan base have always said it!

Edited 4 August 2025 by Shev

[Vindaloo FOX]

Looks very raw to me, does have something very Heskey about him, strong, holds up the ball well, and hopefully get us some goals.

 

Rather the giant lad from Cardiff but for around 5 million Kone probably the better deal.