And so say all of us. Sent from my iPhone
On 3 Mar 2013, at 22:42, "Matt Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote: > You don't get to be a professional footballer without having some skill or > talent let alone a premiership one. > > Either that or becchio has pictures of macca Grayson warnock and houghton > pleasuring goats and he is blackmailing them. > > We have had plenty of shit footballers over recent years, however crap he was > he scored goals and most fans loved him. > > Can't we just remember the good times and move on and hopefully fluke our way > out of this league (upwards) and never need to be in the position of needing > to buy becchios again > > Sent from my iPad > > On 3 Mar 2013, at 17:04, Richard Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If we're quoting stats Paul, lets get them right. Becchio had scored 15 >> league goals (hes not having that Brighton goal). and more than a third of >> them were pens. So lets not get carried away with his scoring prowess. He >> has never scored 20 league goals in a season in his life. In the season he >> played with Beckford he got 15 and Beckford got 27 , another striker not >> good enough for the PL. >> >> Ricky Lambert was not in the premiership when Soton bought him, he was in >> League One playing for Bristol Rovers and he cost 1 and a half million , >> only twice what we paid for Danny Pugh. Good business that and a bit of a >> fuck up on our part. Althoughy Danny Pugh did give us stability on the left >> hand side. >> >> Jordan Rhodes has scored 22 league goals ( according to BBC ) this season in >> a struggling Blackburn side. He ain't no world beater but he can trap a ball. >> >> Glen Murray shows you what you can do being an average player , with a bit >> of composure and skill in the Championship. >> >> Charlie Austin, Tom Ince all can play a bit and will score way over 20 goals >> this season - Austin already has. >> >> Kevin Nugent, he'll score 20 this season- a bit of pace, skill , control. >> >> There's fucking loads of players at Championship level that would help us >> get promotion. Becchio couldn't. >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 3 Mar 2013, at 12:16, "Paul Cundell" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Very selective of you Rich, Becchio scored 19 by the end of January THIS >>> season in the championship. >>> Ricky Lambert is in the premiership, I think, and Jordan Rhodes was until >>> relegated and has never scored 20 goals in the championship. >>> McCormack scored 18 last season not 20 and is nowhere near achieving that >>> this season (3), had that been Becchio you would have called last season a >>> flash in the pan. >>> Morison scored 20 goals in League One and 15 in the Championship for >>> Millwall. >>> Lambert played 90 minutes yesterday, didn’t score and couldn’t avoid getting >>> beat by QPR. >>> Rhodes played 90 minutes, did score but couldn’t avoid defeat by >>> Peterborough. >>> >>> So by your own admission we really have one example of a footballing >>> goalscorer and neither of us can remember his name – old farts that we are – >>> Glenn Murray >>> >>> I never thought Becchio was premiership standard either but that he was a >>> decent second division goalscorer. >>> >>> Our current goal drought against poor form teams leads me to believe that we >>> should be careful what we wish for. >>> >>> As for Macca’s pen being on target, that’s all it was – otherwise it was one >>> of the weakest attempts I’ve ever seen and if it had been Becchio you would >>> have been calling for his hanging. >>> >>> Rich W wrote: >>> >>>> of course you can have a goalscorer who can trap a ball , play a pass and >>> score goals at Championshiop level. Ricky Lambert is one and Morrison has >>> proved for Millwall that he can do it too (45 goals in 2 seasons). Also our >>> own McCormack has proved it can be done scoring 19 the previous season. If >>> you look around there are others - the bloke from Palace who has nearly 30 >>> goals already, Jordon Rhodes and many others. Yes some of these cost a bit >>> of brass but that's the sort of player we need to take us up. >>> >>>> and it's funny you talk about Becchio as if he's a proven 20 goal a season >>> scorer - he never managed 20 in one season in League One and got 11 season >>> before last so don't make out he's something he's not. >>> >>>> the Becchio watch thing is to demonstrate that this guy is just not up to >>> the premier league, in fact he's not even close. I never said he single >>> handedly could avoided getting beat against scum but he would have managed >>> the team or maybe the first striker sub if he was showing some promise. >>> >>>> and of course Becchio would have scored both pens yesterday - not if he >>> took it like the one he missed v Yeovil. At least Macca got it on target. >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> >> MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
