Leon still stropping out

[London Irish]

Apart from the fact that he was our top scorer you mean?

7 goals in open play from 60-odd games. A scoring rate worse than Mark McCammon's at the Albion.

 

[Fatboy Quim]

I think we should. Name me.

Its better then being one of the PLEBS who think we should keep McGhee.

so sticking up for a disruptive little shit who no longer plays for the club, and had no pride or passion in representing the Albion is better than getting behind our current manger who does exemplify those traits.

well done mate - good point.

 

[Ray the Otter]

Is it ok to wish we still had Leon and want McGhee to stay? Or is that tantamount to be a modern day Cathar?

 

[TSB]

Apart from the fact that he was our top scorer you mean?

Yep he was...with 4 was it? MMM 8 goals this season would have kept us up wouldnt they

 

[The Large One]

so sticking up for a disruptive little shit who no longer plays for the club, and had no pride or passion in representing the Albion is better than getting behind our current manger who does exemplify those traits.

well done mate - good point.

That's Richie Morris for you.

 

[Storer68]

Kenny Jackett finally took off the ineffective Leon Knight and brought Andy Robinson on. Within 5 minutes the game seemed beyond Swansea as Vale grabbed their third.

 

[Fatboy Quim]

And getting no service or support..... ....

but he's "better than Jermain Defoe" (his words) surely he could have made a few chances for himself.

I think fair enough for him getting the hump with Jackett subbing him. That must put Defoe ahead of him in Sven's plans for Germany

 

[Redhead]

but he's "better than Jermain Defoe" (his words) surely he could have made a few chances for himself.

I think fair enough for him getting the hump with Jackett subbing him. That must put Defoe ahead of him in Sven's plans for Germany

But Defoe is still behind Dean Windass and Steve Claridge?

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

How is he THRIVING at Swansea then?

Sorry, how many goals has he got? It's not STILL more than the entire Brighton team is it? I'm assuming we've passed him by now!

Bonus points if you can fit a belittling reference to his goal against Rhyl in your answer ...

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

But the twat was savey enough to be in the centre of the team picture celebrating winnin the League Trophy over Carlisle. He is a complete and utter prized twat who's career is going down hill and he will soon be seen in an updated version of Different Strokes. whadya talking about Willis

Ooh ... good effort! Almost got all the Leon-knocking cliches in there!

First bit's not quite as good as the SCANDAL that was him daring to watch his promotion-sealing goal on TV after the Playoff Final, but it's a decent stab. Second bit's fits the "bollocks assertion" slot pretty well, what with him having moved to a bigger, more progressive club than ours.

And the Different Strokes joke is certainly original - great job!

:thud:

 

[The Large One]

How about the fact he is an irrelevance to today's club insofar as he doesn't play for us any more? Yet some people just want to hang on to him and revere him as their icon against all things McGhee because just he scored 28 goals in a division he has now found his level in?

Whoopy-f***ing-shit. If ever there were people who have become stuck in the division below us from two years ago, this is it. We had our time, and now it's over. Move on with what we've got now, you sad bastards.

 

[FalmerforAll!**]

7 goals in open play from 60-odd games. A scoring rate worse than Mark McCammon's at the Albion.

But thats like McGhee's win record!

 

[Uncle Buck]

I haven't seen that.

I have seen the manager react to appalling personal abuse - which i would guess that he probably regrets after the heat of the moment. - this is a regretteble situation but i won't condemn him for it. Give me another example of McGhee acting like a "spoilt brat" - as much as i appreciate Leon's contribution to our promotion season, there were examples of his petulance almost weekly.

other than that I have only ever perceived McGhee as a manager exemplifying uncompromised commitment to the club both on and off the pitch, in the face of a fair amount of adversity

I was referring to post Wolves at home where McGhee said via the press he would not pick Leon until after he apologised. I have said it before, Knight was in the wrong, but McGhee should have kept the issues inhouse and not used the Argus to make his point.

 

[London Irish]

Bonus points if you can fit a belittling reference to his goal against Rhyl in your answer ...

Don't have to, I've got a new one!

Mark McCammon has a better scoring rate than Leon this season in League 1 too!

 

[London Irish]

I was referring to post Wolves at home where McGhee said via the press he would not pick Leon until after he apologised. I have said it before, Knight was in the wrong, but McGhee should have kept the issues inhouse and not used the Argus to make his point.

He'd been keeping the problems with Knight's deplorable attitude to training and teamwork "in-house" for years, so much so that we had little suspicion of the problems previously.

If you are going to drop a player for disciplinary reasons, you have to level with the fans. Someone like you would have been the first to complain if McGhee had refused to answer any questions about why Knight was not picked for the next game.

 

[Ex-Staffs Gull]

Whoa, just thought it was funny, now a mass arguement is ensuing !!!

For the record, liked him in League 1, but didn't have enough about him for championship (well he didn't display enough on a regular basis). I LIKE arrogance in players (especially strikers), but HATE petulance. When arrogance is consumed by petulance it's time to get rid.

MM on the other hand, I would like to give him the first 3 months of next season, to get us into the top 6-8. And assess from there, I think he has earnt that and clubs who stick with managers tend to do better.

 

[Hungry Joe]

How about the fact he is an irrelevance to today's club insofar as he doesn't play for us any more? Yet some people just want to hang on to him and revere him as their icon against all things McGhee because just he scored 28 goals in a division he has now found his level in?

Whoopy-f***ing-shit. If ever there were people who have become stuck in the division below us from two years ago, this is it. We had our time, and now it's over. Move on with what we've got now, you sad bastards.

Do you apply that same argument to Zamora?

 

[Uncle Buck]

He'd been keeping the problems with Knight's deplorable attitude to training and teamwork "in-house" for years, so much so that we had little suspicion of the problems previously.

If you are going to drop a player for disciplinary reasons, you have to level with the fans. Someone like you would have been the first to complain if McGhee had refused to answer any questions about why Knight was not picked for the next game.

I do not think he should have used the press like he did, just like I felt Adams / Cork should not have described Cameron as usless via the press. An element of keeping elements of it inhouse.

 

[London Irish]

But thats like McGhee's win record!

Yes indeedy, a case of one stat (Knight's) heavily influencing the other (McGhee's).

 

[TSB]

But thats like McGhee's win record!

And it's like easier to like score than to like win