I'll cry if this falls through.....

For Beckford's sake I hope this deal happens. He needs to be playing regularly and to get his career back on track after Pearson has derailed it so spectacularly and so vengefully. I know many will disagree, but I believe JB is a very good player at this level. Sadly our manager and fans can't see past the fact he refuses to run around like a headless Waghorn for 90 minutes, instead choosing to be creative and decisive with the runs he does make.That's the problem with LCFC fans - you'd rather have braindead numpties who hoof and chase but show 'pashuuuun' rather than genuinely skillful players who are a little more refined and sophisticated in their play. Fair enough, you get what you ask for, and ultimately what you deserve.

If Freedman can keep him fit and motivated, he'll score 15-20 goals for them next season, not even debatable for me. And whilst his new team can look forward to a good shot at promotion, his old team can look forward to crap football under a crap manager, with a team who's losing all it's decent players and are only left with a bunch of lump it and run merchants heading towards a lower-mid table finish.

I take it from that that you haven't purchased a season ticket for the coming year, Foxello?

Nope. Haven't brought tickets for the South African lottery or given £250 to that Nigerian guy so he can buy a bible, either

You haven't? I did. I was a bit suspicious at first, but he explained that he's a distant relative of Nigel Pearson so that was enough to convince me.

I agree with you Foxello.

I cannot see why a section of the support has be so much behind the Waghorne and Vardy's of this world, yet so venemous in their hatred of Beckford.

I agree he does not fit in at Leicester. Problem is, I also believe that the one with the major attitude problem pulls the strings.

Because he played so well at Huddersfield?

Because he's better than Nugent?

Because his wages are so much lower than Vardy and Waghorn (both also on the way out I hasten to add) he's worth the punt?

Reality is, Beckford offers poor value for money and we can get better players (not runners, players) for less.

"I cannot see why a section of the support has be so much behind the Waghorne and Vardy's of this world, yet so venemous in their hatred of Beckford."

They're not. Most comments I see want all of them out.

Putting aside the childish waffle, despite finding him lacklustre and frustrating, there is always something in the back of mind that has wondered why it is he can't perform at this level.

There of course is a chance he could do well at Bolton, this is certainly a division where average strikers can hit a bagful if they have the supply.

But I just can't seem to see anything to suggest it is more than likely.

He has scored 16 in 73 at this level, and as has been mentioned above, with FFP and the player pushing 30, there isn't really an argument to keep him.

I'm a firm believer that a good striker will score goals at any level, provided the leap from his current division isn't too high. I think we've seen from how poor Jamie Vardy has been that the leap from BSP to Championship is just far too high to sustain.


However, what many of you forget is that Beckford went from a newly promoted League One side to an established Premier League side. His goal record at Leeds was 72 goals in 126 games, a ratio of over 0.5 goals per game. At Everton, he scored 8 goals in 34 appearances, however many of these appearances were as a substitute. Nevertheless 8 in 34 is not the worst goal ratio I've ever seen for a Premier League striker. Thus, I believe, proving that Beckford did make a successful (of sorts) step up from League One to Premier League. If he can make a step up to PL standard, surely he too could step up to Championship standard also? And he did - at Huddersfield (where he suffered from a bad injury, and in a team playing with no confidence or self-belief) he scored 8 goals in 21 appearances, an average of approximately 1 goal per 2.5 games. Over the course of a season, he would be averaging about 17 goals for the whole season - that in a relegation threatened team. Many teams in this league would gladly take that. Compare that to Nugent and Wood and there is little difference between any of the 3.

So rather than it being a case of 'not good enough for the Championship', JB has proved he is good enough for the three top tiers in English football. I believe his inability to perform at Leicester has been caused by circumstance - he signed to play for Sven, and was slowly but surely improving before he left. As I say, he signed because of Sven, then a few weeks later Pearson takes over and has, what seems to be, an almost instant disliking to him. It's like being promised a night of passion with Mila Kunis only for a grumpy Susan Boyle to turn up with a rolling pin. Seeing that he perhaps made a mistake leaving Everton, he lost confidence (not helped when Pearson began to drop him) and was eventually shunned and loaned out.

I believe under a good, compassionate, personable manager Beckford would have (and still could) thrive. Which is why I would have loved to see him play under Bruce, Adkins, Coyle, etc. As it is, we'll never get to see what a confident and wanted Jermaine Beckford would look like in a Leicester City shirt.

If Beckford was a temperamental genius then I may well agree with you. But he isn't. He's just another guy who has ability but doesn't have the application or work ethic to make the most of it. And that's why he hasn't been snapped up by a host of Premiership clubs, all who would be overjoyed to bag a 15-goal-a-season striker.

He may well get off to a good start at Bolton. Both us and Huddersfield have seen what he's capable of. The problem is his ability to maintain that level of performance. If he was playing, I'd fully expect there to be problems further down the line - he'd get injured, or he'd go off form and wouldn't contribute, frustrating their fans just as he's frustrated ours.

It's a shame and I wish for his sake that he was able to sort out the mental side of his game. But he's pushing 30 now; his attitude isn't going to change and he's going to start losing some of his pace.

Beckford had the potential to be a decent player. That he hasnt made it, don't blame Pearson - The blame for that lies with only one man, whether he accepts it or not.