I've watched Howson closely since he emerged and yes he has disappointed at times but I firmly believe he is a player that will improve when he plays with better players and against better opposition. He has the ability to reach a very high level.
As for Steve Gerrard -a one trick pony ? Disagree. best midfielder in the land. As for Lampard, never rated him and never good enough for England. Sent from my iPad On 28 Jan 2012, at 09:01, Dr Michael Benjamin <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally & probably I'll raise the roof , but this is not sour grapes.... > I think that Howson has been quite manipulative. That's OK but don't play the > 'home boy -- broken hearted'. From the outset he's out for himself and > nothing else. > He's been spoiled: he kept his place where others would have been dropped. He > got the captaincy and was not a revelation... putting it mildly. > In fact we tried very unsuccessfully to make him a Stevie G [who is a > complete wanker in my eyes anyway -- a one trick pony like Lampard] . The > only one who bought into this hype is Howson himself. > I'd have taken 2 million for him at any time and especially not forgone them > for 8 games of Cheshire Cat like performances. > Maybe he'll work in Norwich. Methinks his AWOL attitude will not go down well. > In short I think that all this spin makes me puke. He was never was Captain > Marvel as he was spun, he never was a true 'home boy' -- his antics showed > that. Selling him was right. What is wrong is that the money will go on MS > black hole and/ or be misused by a poor manager. > > Dr Michael Benjamin, > Community Psychiatrist > ------------------------------- > myRay: On-line Self-Help CBT > http://www.myRay.com > ------------------------------ > Mental Health: > http//www.MyDoctorExplains.com > -------------------------------- > Auditing || Quality Control > http://www.MyDoctorExplains.com/alamo/ > -------------------------------- > Blog: > http://www.DrMichaelBenjamin.com > > > > On 28 January 2012 08:57, Mark Humphries <[email protected]> > wrote: > Rich, you are missing the point here. > > > > There is no point getting into an argument again about whether the club pays > decent wages, or shows ambition, the point is simply that those things were > not the reason Howson decided to not sign a contract. > > > > It was purely and simply that he wanted to play PL next season and did not > want to sign a contract NOW in case we didn’t get promoted AND to keep his > options open in the summer. > > > > As far as Howson is concerned I am sure he would rather have not signed for > anyone NOW, because he would have wanted to help us get promotion and > ideally sign a nice new shiny PL contract with us in the summer. However the > club were faced with the choice of whether to allow that to happen, and risk > getting nothing, or selling him now and getting something for him. > > > > As much as you rate Howson, he is most definitely not a match winner the same > as Beckford (hence the different decision made), plus he is injured at the > moment. > > > > And as much as Howson would like to have had his cake and eaten it, he > understands the position the club was in and as there was an offer from > Norwich who are pretty much guaranteed PL football next season, he could see > the sense in going NOW. > > > > From: Richard Walker [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 27 January 2012 18:59 > To: Mark Humphries > Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LU] in his own words.. > > > > > > > L > > Anyway, the point it Howson was sold because he would not sign a new contract. > > > Not because we offered him a shit contract > > > > I would put money on that we offered him a shit contract. You don't know what > contract he was offered and neither do I but I know Ken Bates and my bet is > that Howson was still on League one wages, but if you don't know so why use > it as an argument. > > > > > Not because he perceived a lack of ambition > > > > Undoubtedly we have a lack of ambition - any fool can see that. Do you think > we are an ambitious club ? > > > > > > Not because we forced him to go. > > > > Been told that your Manager and his staff have decided to take 2 million for > you suggests that you're not much wanted. not much point in hanging around > after that. > > How do you know that he wasn't forced to go ? If my manager told me that he > had sold me to a rival firm I wouldn't really feel like sticking around. > Again we don't really know do we ? > > > > > Not because its all gone “bad” behind the scenes. > > > > Undoubtedly it has gone bad behind the scenes. You only have to open your > eyes to see that. do you think it's a happy place at the moment ? Really, do > you ? Or again do we not really know ? > > > > > All 4 of those those reasons have been used as an excuse to bash Bates or > Grayson, and for the final frigging time, Howson “In his own words” has told > us all exactly why he signed for Norwich. > > > > All we know is that he wanted to play in the premiership (with Leeds) and > surely that is the ambition of every current Leeds player so why use it > against him ? > > > > Mark, you don't really know do you ? And neither do I but I can guess. > > > > > > BATES OUT !!! > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 27 January 2012 17:51 > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LU] in his own words.. > > > > I disagree. If Bates had gotten us up last season, I bet Howson would have > stayed > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
