After watching the game last night, I was just wondering what your opinions are on James coppinger? The reason I ask is I used to go to school with him in guisborough and played in the same school team.
He was never that good as a kid and after last nights performance from him, I was just scratching my head as to how he's made it anywhere in the professional game, let alone to an established championship team.
Whats the opinion of him as a donny player? I thought he was your worst player last night, barring Richard naylor.
Leeds fan in peace!!
posted on 15/10/11
Kind of the opposite of Hayter, plenty of balls but no ability!
posted on 15/10/11
donnyred4ever shall we have a check on goals games ratio....how many "brave"goals has hayter scored, came on as sub last night loosing cause, nothing to prove.....straight on their keeper bang,(or had you gone home by then) just back from injury the other week played as a lone striker got lumps kicked out of him. If some of the others last night would have shown the same amount of bottle perhaps the game may have been different
posted on 15/10/11
We will never see the same in Hayter Lanzo, just one of those things. I don't rate him personally. May be it's just one the bad things So'D did at Rovers, personally I think he ruined Hayter.
On the gone home by then comment. Never left a match early in 43 years of life, certainly not gonna do it now & trust me I've seen a lot worse than last night.
Someone just happens to have a different opinion to you, accept it or don't, it bothers me not.
posted on 15/10/11
hey donnyred 43 yrs thats the same as me we have both suffered to long RTID Alan Little my favorite player (not the best but favorite) dont think him and 26 would get a long to well lol Take Care.
posted on 16/10/11
too right lanzo. not sure anyone would get on with no. 26 right now the way he's playing!!!! A luxury player we can scarse afford right now when we need everyone giving 100% EVERY game.
Now I'll give that one to Hayter, constant 100% effort, I just feel he's been played out of position so much, he forgotten to do much of the basic stuff up front
posted on 16/10/11
Lanzo, as you know I'm not a fan either, perm class when he's on it but all too often more Conference or even Sunday League. We should have taken him to Ipswich in close season as we mentioned, think we will have to pay someone to take him now. Mason should come in for Oster and Bennett for Copps, give us pace, appetite and players who will run at opposition and cause problems.
posted on 16/10/11
Agree 4life, but what we really needed on Friday night was a bit if graft in midfield. We were overrun because we had no one in the middle of the park to hassle and put it about. Leeds closed us down quickly and gave us no time on the ball.
The defence have taken a lot of knocks over the performance, but it's more the lack of any bite in midfield that cost us
posted on 16/10/11
Yeah agree there DonnyRed, Gillett was shocking, normally quite tenacious but was 3rd to everything. Think he's a decent player but was not at races on Friday, mind you, that comment could apply to most of the team. Would love to see a real wall in our midfield though, big strong, powerful, hard tackling... Plus, and I know I'm likely to get some stick here, I would drop Billy. He's a million miles from being fully fit, has been rushed back and it shows.
posted on 16/10/11
If you think back to the success times of SoD the two main midfielders were Green and Wellens, both hard tackling and tenacious players. I think I am right that they were both signed by Dave Penny and not SoD. Once they left we did not have that bite any more.
posted on 16/10/11
How i wish we could have the likes of those two in the team.
Greenie was the best box to box midfielder Rovers have ever had.