Lee Peltier

I always thought that of him. We only brought his because Derek Fazackerly worked with him before

In all honesty:

Good points: a good athlete and good energy. Versatility meant that he could cover a few positions, which made him a useful squad player.

Bad points: regularly caught out of position defensively and, although he was often available on the overlap, his delivery of a final ball was too often poor quality. Not really good enough for a team that expects to be challenging for promotion, but a decent championship pro.

He wasn't near the top of my list of players I wanted to go, but I only really saw him as a squad player. I saw him as a back up right back (not 1st choice as he was for us last season), fourth choice centre back or injury crisis midfield stop gap.

Incidentally, a few comments before he left, which kind of shows a general consensus:

http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/135763

He started quite well with us tbf. Then Sven got the sack in October and he regressed from there onwards.

Getting caught out of position was a common problem. In the second half of the season it seemed pretty much every attack the opposition had he was in the wrong place. He was a weak link when the rest of the defence played well and when they didn't he still stood out as poor.

I think you've had a mare tbh.

Yep - you've pretty much summed him up. Decent going forward but suspect defensively and delivery in the final 3rd not great. Good thing about him is that he can do a decent job at centreback or holding mid.

Nigel Pearson was really astute in selling him and replacing him with a full back who is good going forward but defensively suspect and with no real end product!!!

Nice one Mersey.


Agree with all the above but I think manager's are equally to blame. If you have wide players in a four man mid-field, then full-backs are there to defend - end of! Konchesky is also guilty of this for us.

So a reasonable player but Colin should fine him every time he crosses the half-way line.