Leon Knight

[Barrel of Fun]

Maybe my memory is fading, but I am convinced that he spent much of the first half of the season (or at least 15-20 games) up front and managed to bag himself two goals. He was ineffective and McGhee tried something else rather than leave him out entirely.

Thank goodness we had a saviour in the shape of Virgo that was willing to play out of position and sweat some blood for the team.

You must know full well that Leon did not get booted out to the wing right from the start.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

and you will know, if you take off the Knight tinted glasses, that many of those 25 goals came from the penalty spot and once he was found out the goals dried up. he was put on the wing to try using his skill with less attention, but he didnt want to try that did he? someone will have to drag up the records, i recall he bearly scored in open play the seccond half of that first season.

his form certainly deteriorated in the second half of the season, infact his best period by FAR was before coppell left, he was almost unbeatable then

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

and you will know, if you take off the Knight tinted glasses, that many of those 25 goals came from the penalty spot and once he was found out the goals dried up.

You're not seriously suggesting that Leon Knight (He's Alright ) owes much of his success to Chris McPhee tripping over his two left feet in the box surely?

Lucky for you, me and Mark McGhee he did know how to take a penalty tho, eh?

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

my actual thoughts on the matter for what it's worth:-

1. In terms of natural ability he's one of the best i've seen for the club

2. without his goals (however they came) we wouldn't got to the play-offs, and his goal capped off a great day out in cardiff

3. he clearly has several psychologial issues

4. his mouthing off about us after he left showed what a tit the man really is

5. i'm glad that we managed to get some money for him, because since us no-one has

6. wherever he ends up playing will be far, far below his natural level of ability, but his shocking attitude has ruined any chance of a decent job for him

 

[beorhthelm]

i think turienzo, that is a fair appraisal. he could have been fondly remembered by us after leaving if he hadnt have been such a gobby shite. that shows the state of his mind/ego, he could not and cannot grasp he isnt the only person that matters.

 

[Arthur]

Would be cheap, proven at this level.

Sign him up!

 

[jordanseagull]

What did we sell him for?

 

[Bwian]

Would be cheap, proven at this level.

Sign him up!

Wouldn't work-he wouldn't be able to reach the griddle in the burger van without burning himself .

 

[pasty]

What did we sell him for?

Because he was an egotistical little pillock

 

[jordanseagull]

Because he was an egotistical little pillock

I meant £££

 

[Seagull73]

I meant £££

£125,000 if my memory serves me correctly!!!

 

[ward is god]

I remember some Brighton fans who also post on here said that when they stayed in the same hotel as the team after the play off final they saw the team watching a rerun of the game. He was sitting right in front of the TV and when the penalty went in the reaction from the team wasnt exactly complimentary. His team mates didnt like him but thats hardly unusual.

However, when he told us to **** off when he threw his black armband on the floor (for Adam Virgo's dad) it finished me.

Such a shame - a real talent.

 

[KneeOn]

That penalty.

'Nuff said really.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

That penalty.

'Nuff said really.

Well no, not really.

 

[NMH]

Maybe my memory is fading, but I am convinced that he spent much of the first half of the season (or at least 15-20 games) up front and managed to bag himself two goals. He was ineffective and McGhee tried something else rather than leave him out entirely.

Thank goodness we had a saviour in the shape of Virgo that was willing to play out of position and sweat some blood for the team.

You must know full well that Leon did not get booted out to the wing right from the start.

Knight was very glaringly and repeatedly played out of position, and for too long it was clearly not working for the greater good of the team. McGhee got the most out of LK, more than any manager, but then extinguished him in spite of the effect on the team and results.
Odd, but it can only be called bad management I'm afraid.

 

[NMH]

I remember some Brighton fans who also post on here said that when they stayed in the same hotel as the team after the play off final they saw the team watching a rerun of the game. He was sitting right in front of the TV and when the penalty went in the reaction from the team wasnt exactly complimentary. His team mates didnt like him but thats hardly unusual.

However, when he told us to **** off when he threw his black armband on the floor (for Adam Virgo's dad) it finished me.

Such a shame - a real talent.

Yep, he had talent and a self-destructively extreme short-man-syndrome that bordered on psychosis. He was a bit of a wrong-un, yet a great and tricky goal-scorer. Too bad it couldn't work for his and our good.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Melodrama. He got moved as he was ineffective as a striker in the Championship, unless you count 2 in 20 as a good return. No. Let's keep him there. It was a masterstroke to push Virgo up front. That is what saved us.

Knight was a big fish in the third tier. His attitude stank the place out. McGhee was considering leaving him out of the squad in Cardiff. The rot has already set in. Why? Not because McGhee was a bad manager, but becuase Leon was a bad egg.

Bad management? There was probably a clash, but are you really suggesting that LK was manageable? His record, post Brighton, speaks volumes. Tell the multitude of managers that tried to tame him, starting with Ranieri who released him. He released him with a sell on clause, so clearly thought he wouldmake somethingof himself, but probably realised that Leon was going one way.

The paying public deserved better from that little cretin. I guess if you get paid to 'watch' the football, then opinions might alter somewhat.

 

[Collar Feeler]

There is not a cat in hells chance of him ever coming back here again, thank god! If by some screwed up twist of fate he did I would burn my season ticket and send the ashes in the post to Bloom with instructions to place the ashes in an empty Kinder egg and shove them firmly up Knights arse.

I never liked him the whole time he was here even when he was scoring goals. My celebrations when he scored were much more muted than when any other player scored and that was mirrored by many other fans sitting around me. In fact when he scored the penalty in the play off final, i turned to my missus and said, "It had to be that twat didn't it!". Off the field he was a complete liability and had he stayed would have dragged the clubs name through the mud with his antics. If he wasn't a footballer I have no doubts he would have had an altogether different 'career' - a salesman of some kind perhaps?

 

[Icy Gull]

Sadly McGhee knocked it out of him. Which is a criminal waste of a player with more natural ability in his little finger than Holroyd has in his tiny head.

You do realise you sound like a complete cock, which I know you're not, regurgitating this nonsense three years on don't you?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

my actual thoughts on the matter for what it's worth:-

1. In terms of natural ability he's one of the best i've seen for the club

2. without his goals (however they came) we wouldn't got to the play-offs, and his goal capped off a great day out in cardiff

3. he clearly has several psychologial issues

4. his mouthing off about us after he left showed what a tit the man really is

5. i'm glad that we managed to get some money for him, because since us no-one has

6. wherever he ends up playing will be far, far below his natural level of ability, but his shocking attitude has ruined any chance of a decent job for him

Bingo.