Knight dropped for Saturday

[Easy 10]

Don't even GO there.
Not even in jest.

 

[Icy Gull]

But could Sven do a job?

We've had enough drab football in the last couple of seasons to make me think not

 

[Uncle Buck]

Don't even GO there.
Not even in jest.

Sven-Goran's blue and white army.

It works so much better than Mark McGhee's blue and white army.

 

[London Irish]

I have to say McGhee has got a great record at handling Leon's little mood swings. This is a small bump in the road and if McGhee thinks he needs a kick up the arse, then he knows best. Other managers have had difficulty handling Leon, and McGhee has done well up to now.

Leon's actions were indefensible on Tuesday. He was having a quiet game anyway and playing little influence on proceedings. When asked by the touchline to get involved more in pressuring the Wolves back line to defend our 1-0 lead, he ignored the pleadings of the touchline and was rightly subbed for Jake who ran his socks off in the last period.

If are going to have any hope of putting an Albion side with self-discipline and each player working for the other, then Leon is going to have to do better than this. People who defend his lack of workrate either don't care or have given up hope of putting out a disciplined Albion team.

 

[Simster]

People who defend his lack of workrate either don't care or have given up hope of putting out a disciplined Albion team.

...or don't agree with you when you say he lacks workrate.

 

[Goring Gull]

We've had enough drab football in the last couple of seasons to make me think not

God help us if Oatway became one of his favourites like Gerrard

 

[Easy 10]

Sven would be too busy robbing us blind and spitroasting secretaries to bother with the team too much. It'd be his mate Tord in charge most of the time.

 

[Silent Bob]

YEAH, let's drop our best player because he wants to play.

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

Doubt it. I wouldn't be suprised to see Turienzo start, but not for Leon.

 

[London Irish]

...or don't agree with you when you say he lacks workrate.

Sure - but remember it's not me you're arguing with, but Dean White and Mark McGhee who were making their views clear on Tuesday.

 

[Del Boy]

Good, It might do him some good. The less he thinks he can walk into the team now matter whether he is scoring or being a little baby the better!

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

Sure - but remember it's not me you're arguing with, but Dean White and Mark McGhee who were making their views clear on Tuesday.

I seem to recall McGhee saying he was tired, not lazy ... are you sure you're not putting words in his mouth?

 

[Yorkie]

So where did SCR get their information from?
How do we know if this is just speculation?

 

[London Irish]

I seem to recall McGhee saying he was tired, not lazy ... are you sure you're not putting words in his mouth?

Erm - beam in your own eye, old chap - where did I use the word lazy?

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

lack of workrate

Sounds like "lazy" to me.

 

[Happy Seagull]

Fcuk, how are we going to score now without hot shot Leon?

Yeah coz he's been in such high scoring form hasn't he

 

[Yorkie]

Yeah coz he's been in such high scoring form hasn't he

Once again a defender is equalling him in the scores

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

Not to mention all the other strikers ... oh, wait ...

 

[Mustela Furo]

Mindgames ?

 

[The Large One]

What a joke, does he expect leon to celebrate being taken off!!!

No, but he doesn't expect him to behave like a spoilt brat either. As a player, you abide by the manager's choice of tactics and line-up. If you don't like it, you talk to him at an appropriate time. What you DO NOT do is embarrass the manager. Even if the consensus was that McGhee got it wrong, you cannot get away with showing public contempt for your boss.

Anyway, how do we know he is being dropped (if that is indeed the case) purely for Tuesday's strop? We don't know, and may never know why this is the case. However, under most circumstances across the country, the sort of behaviour Leon showed would get most players dropped.