Brighton Breezy
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Last night I thought Leon had his best game of the season. What amazed me was how many people still abused him throughout the game.
The blokes next to me in B Block even went so far as to abuse him after he had scored, calling him a 'lucky little bastard'.
Numerous people near me shouted at him when he got clattered by Virgo as well.
The most unbelievable was when he ran 20 foot to tackle someone, only for the ball to rebound to another Cardiff player. The response? Not, 'good chasing Leon' but 'THATS where you should be Knight you useless little tosser.'
It seems it is now fashionable to abuse Knight.
When I challened two fans about why the were giving him so much shit they just said he was 'robbing the fans because he is on 3k a week.'
It is plain to see Knights confidence is low. He is therefore not playing as well as he can. People getting on his back is just going to make things worse.
McGhee obviously told him to come back on to the right side of midfield when we were defending and he worked back well. He scored. He won headers. He put defenders under pressure and he kept the ball and won us vital free kicks to take pressure off of the defence.
The way he controlled a crossfield ball so that it flicked over the defender in the first half was amazing.
The thing people do no appreciate is that Virgo is obviously going to chase people down and hassle them. That is what he is told to do. Knight is not that sort of forward and is never going to be.
People have short memories. Was he a 'lazy useless bastard' when he scored the goal that put us up?
Give Knight a chance.
The blokes next to me in B Block even went so far as to abuse him after he had scored, calling him a 'lucky little bastard'.
Numerous people near me shouted at him when he got clattered by Virgo as well.
The most unbelievable was when he ran 20 foot to tackle someone, only for the ball to rebound to another Cardiff player. The response? Not, 'good chasing Leon' but 'THATS where you should be Knight you useless little tosser.'
It seems it is now fashionable to abuse Knight.
When I challened two fans about why the were giving him so much shit they just said he was 'robbing the fans because he is on 3k a week.'
It is plain to see Knights confidence is low. He is therefore not playing as well as he can. People getting on his back is just going to make things worse.
McGhee obviously told him to come back on to the right side of midfield when we were defending and he worked back well. He scored. He won headers. He put defenders under pressure and he kept the ball and won us vital free kicks to take pressure off of the defence.
The way he controlled a crossfield ball so that it flicked over the defender in the first half was amazing.
The thing people do no appreciate is that Virgo is obviously going to chase people down and hassle them. That is what he is told to do. Knight is not that sort of forward and is never going to be.
People have short memories. Was he a 'lazy useless bastard' when he scored the goal that put us up?
Give Knight a chance.