Leon Knight - can he do well in the 2nd?

[oapdodge]

He is abit light weight. The time he turned the guy on the edge of the box near the end and got nothing may have been because of what went on earlier.
Luton went out of their way to rough him up today.Lots of kicks,pulls and tugs off the ball ayt corners and free kicks.As he plays more he will get used to it.Mustn't over react or start whinging because he will get nothing back.He has to get on with it use his pace and skill to do the talking.
The worry is if he keeps getting kicked up in the air how many games will he miss through injury.
He is a class player and doesn't need fans criticism over his antics.
If he goes down when kicked is that any worse then Mayo ?

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

I think he has already proved that he can do it at this level. Today he faced a team that was a little unsporting to say the least.

 

[dunno]

Don't worry about Leon - he is class. Against Luton he still had a couple of chances despite being quiet - one shot across the goal and that diving header from Jonah's bit of magic - if either of those had gone in we would have been raving about his performance. He also tormented their defence for Charlie's goal. I think he was quiet after being clattered about - 'cos he was hurt.

 

[Bald Gull]

He'll be fine in this division and will score A LOT of goals for us. As dunno said, he had a quiet game today and was still close to scoring 2. Must sort out the diving etc though. I reckon he would have been very close to being sent off if SC hadn't hauled him off towards the end.

 

[dunno]

Not sure about the last 'dive' though, I thought it was a dive from where I was (block C) - but some friends in block J thought it was a clear cut penalty

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Why is there even a question ?

He will be great in this division. Most big lumps at the back want to play against people like Howard, not Knight.

 

[larus]

Give SC time to work on LK. He will improve over the season.

Let's face it : the kid is still green. Imagine how good he will be for us in Div 1 next season.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Interesting old posts about Leon here, nearly three years ago.

How times change

 

[dwayne]

good thread, an interesting one. I'm glad I'm not the only worried about the impact of a heavy marking job on the lil fella's performances. I suppose the only bright spot is that it will free up more space for our other attackers.

genius

 

[dwayne]

My mind was made up after the QPR game: the kid'll be a star.

 

[Bald Gull]

He'll be fine in this division and will score A LOT of goals for us. As dunno said, he had a quiet game today and was still close to scoring 2. Must sort out the diving etc though. I reckon he would have been very close to being sent off if SC hadn't hauled him off towards the end.

He did score A LOT of goals for us that season - God I'm good...

 

[ROSM]

He'll be fine in this division and will score A LOT of goals for us. As dunno said, he had a quiet game today and was still close to scoring 2. Must sort out the diving etc though. I reckon he would have been very close to being sent off if SC hadn't hauled him off towards the end.

coppell had to haul him off? why the little infested man. That was no way to treat the god that was leon!

 

[Yorkie]

coppell had to haul him off? why the little infested man. That was no way to treat the god that was leon!

Funny how managers HAVE to substitute Leon isn't it?

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

STOP PRESS ... LATEST NSC SCANDAL ... LEON KNIGHT WAS ONCE SUBSTITUTED BY COPPELL ... PROVES ONCE AND FOR ALL THAT BOTH ARE SHIT ...

 

[Ccider]

Am I bovered?

 

[Safeway]