Chris Killen (Unattached)

Come on Killen score some goals :) great to see he's playing though and sounds like he did reasonably well against Toon.

He picked up an 'assist" for the second goal.

Played 73 minutes in the recently completed game against Derby County. Sounds as though Killen had his liveliest game yet, having a couple of good shots saved. The man who replaced him though, Leroy Lita, scored a late equaliser which means Lita could be rewarded with a start at Killen's expense. :(

Sounds like Killen had an absolute blinder v Reading - scored one and had 3 or 4 other good chances the keeper saved.

Sounds like hes playing good.

Bloody Aussies, you go to the other side of the world and they still piss you off ;)

Sounds like Boro are in a bit of a nix-like draw rut and they now are extremely unlikely to be in play-off contentionvaleo2010-03-21 23:47:21

saw video of Killen's goal. v good effort to beat the keeper from well outside six yard box.

link?

local story on Killen's possible future at Middlesbrough - sounds like he's making a decent case for a long-term contract - http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/football/middlesbrough/5075172.Middlesbrough_1_Reading_1/

sounds like he is finding form and fitness at the right time for both them and the all whites. great news.

Killen just put middlesbrough one up against Preston. go Killer!

good man. a much needed 3 points.

Great news for Chris, Middlesbrough and New Zealand! I was stoked when I saw that he'd scored again to make it two good headed goals in two games. Lets hope he keeps getting the starts for Boro and keeps scoring goals!!

Played the full 90 as well.

Great stuff scoring today. The guy gets a lot of headers in doesn't he?

it was on TV3 news..oh joy. 

Ha im glad that guy that was running far post resisted the temptation to poach Killen's goal! :)

Full 90 this morning in a 1 all draw.

It appears Chris may have a few suitors in the summer...

Depends if he keeps up his form or not I suppose

I wonder, with West Brom almost certain to gain promotion, if it would be better for Killen to stay with Boro where he'd be far more likely to get game-time?

Chris mentor-ing Chris might be a good situation 

Well actually I think differently to that. The only problem he had was not getting much game time because of selection bias. Each time Celtic put him on the field, Killen had done his job/role well. The real reason why he hasn't had game time was that there was forwards ahead of him still doing their jobs, so instead of resting them by rotation, the coach ensured game consistency by sticking with the on-field team and used Killen as a squad player and not a team player. Killen was always able to do the job whenever 90 minutes or 10 minutes was required. The problem was a big club with superstars status and chokes some of the players career who would otherwise be a star in another team of the same competition level.AllWhitebelievr2010-03-31 00:30:38

Mmmm Quality vs Quantity. The chance to play in the EPL has to out-weight playing in the Championship. For Killen, he has to try and see how far he goes or he may end up asking a "what if?" etc etc. However that is not to mean that the Boro can't get to EPL themselves. Killen just has to check on what players that he will have compete for places with. If WBA wants him and think he can do the work in EPL, then he is going to get a running chance on the field.

according to an article of Strachan's, Killen was "close to full fitness, he hadn't played 6 games in arow since before Celtic due to his injuries".

Your right though about him doing the job when needed.

 

I'd love to see Chris playing in the Premier League, would make my day. And by all accounts I think with the strikers WBA have at the moment, Killen would have a good chance for a starting place. But obviously I'd expect WBA to sign other strikers as well as Killen during the summer. If hes going to play then Itd be great but if he signed for them and ended up in a situation like the one at Celtic, then Id be really really Gutted, especially because he would be giving up regular football at Boro.

Must have a good agent. Dropping unsubstantiated hints to newspapers who'll print almost anything...

He should go with Albion if given the chance to futher his career..we are going to be down for another season or 2.

Well thats a complete honesty there, if ever I see one. Obviously I can put you down as Country over Club supporter.

Consider his age, he should be starting to peaking so he should be getting ripe for EPL.

Well we have to wait on the final outcome between Forrest and the Baggies in the table to see which way he will swing. I like the idea for him to play along side Wood to get some combo working that would help us in the AWs.

being in an EPL squad doesn;t agruntee EPL games. Just look what happened to him at Celtic...

WBA and NF aren't that top flight. Can't see him having a problem with them. In the SPL, he had regular time with Hibernians but Celtic was the club that placed a stumbling block in his career. Having Killen in WBA or NF won't choke him. They are not the big 4 and unlikely to be top 8 material if they get into EPL so the challenge for places isn't that surmountable. I like to think that being at Celtic made him strong enough to handle EPL conditions.

Killen is nowhere near good enough to play in the premiership and would simply go back to the bench.  He is really lacking in almost every department when compared to even lower level starting premiership strikers.

Well he has to give it a shot to see how far he can go. A good one season payout deal in the EPL can be better than 2-5 years payout in the championship.

Still I can't see him not being a low end EPL striker, it's not as through in his previous games, that there is a hint of him struggling with the ball much.

Look at how guys like Jason Scotland and Ebanks - Blake, who dominated the championship, have been shown up badly in the premiership (I don't think either have scored and both have looked awful).  Killen isn't anywhere near as good as either of those guys, he's playing for a mid level champ team and scoring the odd goal.  He's just not premiership quality

Better or flasher??

Flashy players seem to have it made, but once space and time is lessen, they are shown out and have to relearn their game. Players that do solid basics accurately with hard physical work are invaluable to the team in more ways because they open things up for others.

People had said the same thing about Peter Couch before and now look where he is. Just working away at his job and getting things sorted around the goal. In certain respects, Greenache does the same role for us in the Nix and this allowed the other players the gap and the movement to attack.

As long he does the simple basic things right, things will come his way. Sometimes the decent players are the better ones. He's a hard worker and he being improving considering that he hasn't been given as much game time and had injuries in the past. He may not have the same array of skills as some of the flasher players but he makes up for it by hard work with the basics and different characteristics. I'll say he has the mental toughness to compete.

The thing is, who cares what the other players you compared to are doing or have done, it's what he is doing to get to the next stage. And I see foundation work for the next stage.

He needs a chance and some luck his way and lets not be to hastily in judging whether he can do it or not until he is given a decent run in the EPL.

I'm sorry but that is four paragraphs of utter rubbish, all of these players are:

Please don't tell me you've just compared Crouch with Killen and Greenacre.

Dear Lord.