Didn't he dis Leeds fans as well at some point? Anyway has signed now so we are stuck with him
Sent from my iPhone > On 13 Aug 2014, at 12:57, Ian Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK thought it was more recently! > > I would have thought he was a great signing 2 years ago. Cautiously > optimistic this time around. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 13 Aug 2014, at 19:38, "Matt Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That was about 4 years ago. Terrible though that was he has been bought be >> Sheffield utd southamption and was at forest I think without setting the >> world on fire. >> >> His only good spells were at Doncaster and Scunthorpe >> >> To me he is just another Andy gray >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 13 Aug 2014, at 11:38, Ian Murray <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I agree to a point about Cellino's policy, but we're not an academy side. >>> Correct me if I'm wrong but Cellino's policy at Cagliari was to buy young >>> players with a view to selling them on at a profit to enrich himself. >>> >>> I don't want us to be that short of club. We need to get back in the Prem. >>> I think to do that we do need young, exciting hungry players, but we also >>> need experienced players in the team. Look at Wilko's promotion winning >>> side. >>> >>> Sharp has a good record at this level, yeah he has recently lost his way a >>> little but didn't he lose his baby son to SIDS? Bound to affect anyone's >>> performance at work. >>> >>> I think he'd be a good signing. >>> >>> 'Youll never win anything with kids' >>> >>> Ian >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On 13 Aug 2014, at 18:25, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> Rich W said >>>> I think in all the recent years I've been watching Leeds I don't think >>>> I've ever seen such a disjointed team. Lots of individuals , some who are >>>> actually decent footballers but do they have what it takes in the >>>> Championship. I'm not sure. >>>> >>>> And in another post states that we are not a team - whilst I agree with >>>> that assessment , what do you expect ? 7 of the team yesterday were >>>> starting their first or second game for the club - Taylor, Taylor, >>>> Berardi, Cook, Bianchi, Ajose and Doukara. Even though Pearce has played >>>> a decent number of games he has only partnered Wooton a few times, Smith >>>> and Tonge the other two who have a number of games under their belts for >>>> us were paired / partnered with players they have never played with >>>> before. >>>> If you took the best player in the world in each position and threw them >>>> together they would look great players but not a great cohesive team - I >>>> am sure lots of mistakes would be made. The lower down you go the worse >>>> the players are and the longer it takes to gel , a couple of times last >>>> night Cook played what looked from the stand to be a good ball, and the >>>> right one, but the other player did not read it. Hopefully this will come >>>> with time on the pitch together , most partnerships take some time to work >>>> together as players get to read each others games and have an idea what >>>> runs etc their team mates will make. >>>> It could be even worse on Saturday if the two centre backs both play (plus >>>> Sharp ?)- we could conceivably have 9 players all with less than 3 games >>>> in a Leeds shirt -that is why I asked for patience, I get that after >>>> 10year of total dross patience is in short supply but to me, a number of >>>> the players yesterday gave me hope that they could be decent but they need >>>> TIME >>>> >>>> Re Billy Sharp - pre game myself and my mate agreed that we quite liked >>>> Cellinos transfer policy - getting young players on 2/3 year contracts or >>>> one year loans with option to buy. We agreed that his reported comment >>>> about Sharp "how old is he, 28, too old, he will not get any better, we >>>> will not sign him" was about right. Yes we need a goal scorer to replace >>>> Ross and Morison, Smith, Hunt, Ajose and Doukara are probably not >>>> individually 20+ goals a season players but a 28 year old journeyman, not >>>> for me, stick with the getting young hungry players only please. >>>> >>>> (I do of course reserve the right to laud Billy Sharp as the greatest ever >>>> and a brilliant signing if he comes and starts banging them in !) >>>> >>>> I note that Doukara scored the first with his right and the second with >>>> his left and both were good strikes so that is promising in itself, hate >>>> seeing a striker missing a chance cos it is on 'his wrong foot' and he >>>> either messes about trying to get it onto his right foot or scuffs it with >>>> his wrong one. >>>> Is Doukara going to be a goal scorer ? Not sure, his early pass rather >>>> than shoot suggests he is a provider rather than a natural greedy goal >>>> poacher but later on he did have a shot when someone was better placed >>>> because he wanted his hat -trick so who knows >>>> >>>> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
