All I was saying is you do not get to be a pro footballer for several managers in 3 countries.
The game is littered with those not good enough to maintain a career who leave or end up in non league. Whatever you say he scored goals and became a fans favourite. I can't understand why you hate him. We have had so much shit in the team he is well down the list of wasters Sent from my iPad On 3 Mar 2013, at 17:58, Richard Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > There's always someone to trot out the argument ... He must be good cos Simon > Grayson, Gary Mccallister , Warnock and Chris Houghton picked him. > > Well, Grayson has just been sacked by Huddersfield , who are going down this > season. > > Macca was sacked by us in League One. > > Chris Houghton had nothing to lose - he shipped out a crocked Championship > striker and bought in an 'in form' championship striker with a good > reputation - even Don Goodman on Sky think he's dangerous in the air. You > cant argue with expertise like that. Chris has now relegated him within 3 > games to the bench behind Kamara. I think he's seen enough already and I > think Becchio ought to be looking for houses in Middlesborough in prep for > the Summer. > > As for Warnock, he gets my total respect for dispelling the myth that is > Luciano Becchio. Despite scoring a hat full of penalties Warnock got rid > because he knew he was limited, couldn't hold the ball up and was effectively > a dud. There's more to this story and I think more will come out when Warnock > has completed his stint at Leeds. > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > On 3 Mar 2013, at 14:41, 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
