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Post by GasAttacK on Aug 18, 2014 13:00:56 GMT
Now I'm not convinced about most of Clarke's summer signings but the signing of Leadbitter looks especially poor.
He looks one of the worst players ever to play in the blue and white quarters and when you consider some of the rubbish we've had in recent years that takes some doing.
He was constantly caught in possession again on Saturday and his mistakes could easily have led to another couple of Altricham goals. He is so hesitant and looks scared to death everytime the ball comes anywhere near him. I don't think he found a Rovers player with a single pass all afternoon.
Whether he was the cheaper option or not - and I'm not convinced that's true - it was a ridiculous decision to sign this guy in front of Higgins, We've gone from having the best right back in league 2 to the worst in the Conference.
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Aug 18, 2014 13:11:44 GMT
A bit harsh I think. He looked fine at RWB but clearly full back is too much responsibility. No problems against Grimsby from what I remember. He did look so nervous on Saturday though and it got even worse after Sinclair was put there.
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Post by wutangkillerbees on Aug 18, 2014 13:16:12 GMT
We've gone from having the best right back in league 2 to the worst in the Conference. When did you get round to watching every other team play? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 13:20:09 GMT
People forget that Smith was hardly the finished article when he joined. Only in the final months of McGhee's first season did I think he would go on to be a great player.
That's why I'm willing to give Leadbitter a chance to at least settle in.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 13:21:33 GMT
Is Higgins still without a club ?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 13:23:59 GMT
I cant believe we didnt sign Higgins
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Post by Topper Gas on Aug 18, 2014 13:36:01 GMT
Who knows how Higgins would perform in a competitive match? Leadbitter at least played in the Conference last season.
To start threads criticising players after just 1 home game is ridiculous and probably explains why players would now sooner sign for village side clubs like FGR than Rovers.
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Post by GasAttacK on Aug 18, 2014 13:43:44 GMT
Yes Smith was raw but I saw potential in him from day 1. It was obvious that although he needed to improve defensively he was going to be a very good footballer. Same could be said for Higgins although I wouldn't expect him to reach Smith's level.
Leadbitter however is just a liability.
I don't want to make him a scapegoat for all our problems because we have a lot of players who either don't look good enough or are under performing but he is clearly the weakest link and it just annoys me when Higgins showed so much potential in pre season.
I'd cut our losses right now because I'd be more than happy to never see Leadbitter in a Rovers shirt again. Transfer list him or send him out on loan and get Higgins in ASAP. If not play Lockyer there, he might have played Akinde onside last week but he's still a far more reliable right back than Leadbitter.
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Post by Centenary Gas on Aug 18, 2014 13:49:07 GMT
Who knows how Higgins would perform in a competitive match? Leadbitter at least played in the Conference last season. To start threads criticising players after just 1 home game is ridiculous and probably explains why players would now sooner sign for village side clubs like FGR than Rovers. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk He didn't just play in the Conference, apparently he played well in the Conference. |
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Post by rocknrollaayatollah on Aug 18, 2014 14:05:39 GMT
Yes Smith was raw but I saw potential in him from day 1. It was obvious that although he needed to improve defensively he was going to be a very good footballer. Same could be said for Higgins although I wouldn't expect him to reach Smith's level. Leadbitter however is just a liability. I don't want to make him a scapegoat for all our problems because we have a lot of players who either don't look good enough or are under performing but he is clearly the weakest link and it just annoys me when Higgins showed so much potential in pre season. I'd cut our losses right now because I'd be more than happy to never see Leadbitter in a Rovers shirt again. Transfer list him or send him out on loan and get Higgins in ASAP. If not play Lockyer there, he might have played Akinde onside last week but he's still a far more reliable right back than Leadbitter. Wow. After 3 games. Do you want people to take your posts seriously? |
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Aug 18, 2014 14:15:35 GMT
Yes Smith was raw but I saw potential in him from day 1. It was obvious that although he needed to improve defensively he was going to be a very good footballer. Same could be said for Higgins although I wouldn't expect him to reach Smith's level. Leadbitter however is just a liability. I don't want to make him a scapegoat for all our problems because we have a lot of players who either don't look good enough or are under performing but he is clearly the weakest link and it just annoys me when Higgins showed so much potential in pre season. I'd cut our losses right now because I'd be more than happy to never see Leadbitter in a Rovers shirt again. Transfer list him or send him out on loan and get Higgins in ASAP. If not play Lockyer there, he might have played Akinde onside last week but he's still a far more reliable right back than Leadbitter. Wow. After 3 games. Do you want people to take your posts seriously? I totally agree. Judging after 3 games is absolutely ridicilous. If we want to go down that route then maybe we should get rid of the likes of Parkes, McChrystal, Clarke, Brown, Harrison etc. Unfortunately it isn't as easy as that and is especially ridicilous to criticse a new signing so much so quickly. |
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Post by stevek192 on Aug 18, 2014 14:53:11 GMT
Even on saturday he was NOT the weakest link ...that must go to McCrystal who IMO was the weakest link saturday and against Barnet. What makes matters worse is that he is our captain and that is what is really missing..Leadership on the pitch. We need to mark from the back forward and organise the marking and then from there compress the play and try to attack.
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Post by GasAttacK on Aug 18, 2014 15:01:25 GMT
Yes Smith was raw but I saw potential in him from day 1. It was obvious that although he needed to improve defensively he was going to be a very good footballer. Same could be said for Higgins although I wouldn't expect him to reach Smith's level. Leadbitter however is just a liability. I don't want to make him a scapegoat for all our problems because we have a lot of players who either don't look good enough or are under performing but he is clearly the weakest link and it just annoys me when Higgins showed so much potential in pre season. I'd cut our losses right now because I'd be more than happy to never see Leadbitter in a Rovers shirt again. Transfer list him or send him out on loan and get Higgins in ASAP. If not play Lockyer there, he might have played Akinde onside last week but he's still a far more reliable right back than Leadbitter. Wow. After 3 games. Do you want people to take your posts seriously? Not really bothered one way or the other. I questioned Leadbitter after watching him against Coverntry and Grimsby and since then he's actually got worse. Other than pace he doesn't have any of the qualities you look for in a pro footballer. I'm not happy with a number of Clarke's signings but this one was particularly frustrating when we had a perfectly good right back on trial for over a month. As Steve says above, some of our squad brought forward from last season have been nearly as bad. Brunt, McChrystal and Parkes have looked well off the pace. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 15:09:04 GMT
Yes Smith was raw but I saw potential in him from day 1. It was obvious that although he needed to improve defensively he was going to be a very good footballer. Same could be said for Higgins although I wouldn't expect him to reach Smith's level. Leadbitter however is just a liability. I don't want to make him a scapegoat for all our problems because we have a lot of players who either don't look good enough or are under performing but he is clearly the weakest link and it just annoys me when Higgins showed so much potential in pre season. I'd cut our losses right now because I'd be more than happy to never see Leadbitter in a Rovers shirt again. Transfer list him or send him out on loan and get Higgins in ASAP. If not play Lockyer there, he might have played Akinde onside last week but he's still a far more reliable right back than Leadbitter. "more than happy to never see leadbitter in a rovers shirt again" after 2 appearances?? words fail me when people write such utter crap like that |
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Post by markczgas on Aug 18, 2014 15:19:44 GMT
Wow. After 3 games. Do you want people to take your posts seriously? Not really bothered one way or the other. I questioned Leadbitter after watching him against Coverntry and Grimsby and since then he's actually got worse. Other than pace he doesn't have any of the qualities you look for in a pro footballer. I'm not happy with a number of Clarke's signings but this one was particularly frustrating when we had a perfectly good right back on trial for over a month. As Steve says above, some of our squad brought forward from last season have been nearly as bad. Brunt, McChrystal and Parkes have looked well off the pace. Gasattack you have very good football knowledge - so if these are your views it says a lot. This is more depressing news and sadly also highlights Clarke's recruitment. BUT is this the best he can get with his budget being constantly slashed ?? Why is this budget being slashed is the 64,000 dollar question however. |
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Post by GasAttacK on Aug 18, 2014 15:22:49 GMT
Yes Smith was raw but I saw potential in him from day 1. It was obvious that although he needed to improve defensively he was going to be a very good footballer. Same could be said for Higgins although I wouldn't expect him to reach Smith's level. Leadbitter however is just a liability. I don't want to make him a scapegoat for all our problems because we have a lot of players who either don't look good enough or are under performing but he is clearly the weakest link and it just annoys me when Higgins showed so much potential in pre season. I'd cut our losses right now because I'd be more than happy to never see Leadbitter in a Rovers shirt again. Transfer list him or send him out on loan and get Higgins in ASAP. If not play Lockyer there, he might have played Akinde onside last week but he's still a far more reliable right back than Leadbitter. "more than happy to never see leadbitter in a rovers shirt again" after 2 appearances?? words fail me when people write such utter crap like that To be fair I accept that wasn't the best choice of words but I've seen very few performances from Rovers players when I've actually honestly believed 'Even I could do better than him' but Saturday was one of those occasions. I've seen Leadbitter in the pre season game against Coventry and all 3 league fixtures and he's abeen a liability in all 4. I guess we all feel the need to rant about something at the moment and we have plenty of choice right now but the decision to sign Leadbitter over Higgins looks more baffling by the day in my opinion. For what it's worth, while he continues to play for Rovers I really hope he proves me very wrong. |
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Post by UpTheGas on Aug 18, 2014 15:49:58 GMT
New low from some of our fans. Worst player ever after two and a half games? Utter, utter tosh. That's the reason I can't take some 'fans' seriously on here. It's laughable, it really is.
Leadbitter hasn't had the best of starts but who has? According to Hereford fans he was their best player last season and Southend wanted to keep him this summer so there must be a player in there, and I've seen some encouraging things from him to be fair. I absolutely feel a player should be judged by what they do in the quarters but you simply cannot form an accurate or fair opinion after two and a half games.
Let's get off his back and give the lad a chance to show what he's all about. Good luck Dan.
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Post by fanboy on Aug 18, 2014 15:52:48 GMT
The entire team is underperforming, AGAIN, for whatever reason. It's very harsh to pick on individuals. He was rated highly at Hereford last season, and was on the verge of signing for Southend. He clearly isn't a poor player, just as the others aren't, but yet we continue to underperform.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Aug 18, 2014 15:56:39 GMT
The entire team is underperforming, AGAIN, for whatever reason. It's very harsh to pick on individuals. He was rated highly at Hereford last season, and was on the verge of signing for Southend. He clearly isn't a poor player, just as the others aren't, but yet we continue to underperform. I don't see how you can say that with such confidence, we clearly aren't that great otherwise we wouldn't be in this league in the first place and we wouldn't have 1 point from 9. Maybe some of our players just aren't as good as you think they are? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 17:17:16 GMT
"more than happy to never see leadbitter in a rovers shirt again" after 2 appearances?? words fail me when people write such utter crap like that To be fair I accept that wasn't the best choice of words but I've seen very few performances from Rovers players when I've actually honestly believed 'Even I could do better than him' but Saturday was one of those occasions. I've seen Leadbitter in the pre season game against Coventry and all 3 league fixtures and he's abeen a liability in all 4. I guess we all feel the need to rant about something at the moment and we have plenty of choice right now but the decision to sign Leadbitter over Higgins looks more baffling by the day in my opinion. For what it's worth, while he continues to play for Rovers I really hope he proves me very wrong. hes looked very nervous so far,not sure why? i just hope dc stops chopping and changing which will give the players a better chance to settle and perform better,although the new players have disapointed some,for me by far the poorest performers on saturday were parkes and mcchrystal |
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