I'm with Nick on this.. Lees is young and still developing but has suffered from a lack of experience and Leadership around him needed to bring out his full potential.
Even having said that, he still seems infinitely better than Wootten and on many occasions more effective than Pearce. He has pace for a CB and has on many occasions been able to get back quickly to cover the mistakes of others (and sometimes his own) with last ditch tackles or blocks. . Not the perfect answer to our needs but, then neither is anyone on the current squad; however, on skill alone I'd keep him ahead of Wootten and probably ahead of Pearce but, when you factor in little or no fee then, it seems a really bad move. Sent from my iPad > On Jul 31, 2014, at 7:32 AM, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think it is a bad deal - young guy, England U-21 international while in the > 2/3 division - clearly has something. The defence has been shite for years and > remains shite despite (endless) changes of personnel, systems, changes in > manager/coaches; I think there's something about needing a dominant leader at > the back and letting him get it sorted (and that can be the keeper, think > Schmeichel Snr), as well as drilling them to within an inch of their lives on > the training ground...I have less faith in Wootton than I ever had in Lees. > > One thing that I will say as an ex-defender, when you've got the ball at your > feet at the back, you are only as good as the movement ahead of you...if > they're > static or hiding you're fucked, but the joy of it is, you get the blame. > >> >> >> Gone to Sheff Wed now either on a free or for an undisclosed sum (cannot be >> much) depending on what you read >> Bit of a shame for him, when he first broke into the team he looked a real >> prospect but, as so often with centre halves at Leeds, he got worse the more >> he played - not sure Colins public criticism of him helped at all. Got to the >> stage last season where my best mate really hated him, he was so fed of up of >> the hoof upfield that went into touch or to the opposition. He was part of a >> very shaky defence so is no great loss, especially if we are tying to play a >> passing game, not his forte >> >> Having said all that he did Ok for one season and did give us hope of more to >> come. Hopefully he will be able to get his career back on track (apart from >> against us of course) and start to improve again. I bear him no ill will but >> am not sorry to see him go - not sure about the Pearce / Wooton partnership, >> and with Zailiukas already gone and Killock too young and Rossini deal having >> fallen through we are in desperate need of a centre half, preferably one with >> pace, a good reader of the game who is strong in the air and on the ground >> (not too much to ask is it ?) >> >> No idea how good Cooper from Chesterfield is and whether we will agree a fee >> with them, he was 'let go' by Hull but that does not mean much either way >> >> Dave > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > John 'Grampa' Sykes > Rest In Peace old lad > 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
