Comments on: Paul Dickov – Hasn't he retired yet?

By: timm

timm — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:13:24 +0000

If we’d won the shoot out it wouldn’t have been ‘SG is a genius’ from me. It would’ve been ‘we were lucky & we were poor all over the pitch’.
You’ll never here me slag off my team but this is a site for constructive comments, whether negative or positive & the fact is that we’re not playing well. The defence is shaky & the midfield are not winning or keeping the ball. I think uncle Ken needs to fork out on a trip to Spain for 3 or 4 days for them so they can get some sun & come back refreshed. they’ll deserve it when this 2 games a week sequence comes to an end at end of Feb.

By: Matt bb

Matt bb — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:17:27 +0000

For me the absence of kisnorbo is critical, michalik is terrible, and the opposition know it, howson needs a break and kilkenny can cover or johnson, no need to panic, we lost in the paintpot cup, sfw.

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:27:03 +0000

With all this venom flying around for SG and the likes of Howson, it’s just as well Beckford didn’t play or else it would have been all Becks’ fault.

Lose a penalty shoot out and “SG is talking shit about a brave effort”.
If we’d have won that shoot out – it would have been “SG is a genius”.

Either way, that result makes things simple for SG – 18 more games to get Leeds promoted. One aim, one job to do – promotion.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:31:57 +0000

The last time Dickov played against us, i seem to remember us ripping it out of him because he was in court for some offence :/
Oh how fickle we all are

By: timm

timm — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:18:44 +0000

Im very surprised by SGs comments about our performance last night. I thought it was one of our worst performances in the last 2 years. Our defending was an absolute joke & our midfield played like schoolboys. When is Johnny Howson going to learn to bring the ball down & pass it instead of playing head tennis? The ‘he’s only young’ argument doesn’t wash with me anymore, he needs to improve not only his game but also his fitness, the lad is exhaused after 75 minutes. We’ve been absolute crap since scum game & it’s time SG stopped going on about how well we’ve played when it’s obvious we’ve been a pile of shite! He’s got 18 games with no distractions to show us what he’s made of. Regarding Dickov, Thierry Henry said that he was the one player who he’d learnt most from by watching him, so if he’s still got the legs let’s have him here for the final push.

By: MikeLufc

MikeLufc — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:00:20 +0000

So where are we today?
Yet another defeat to a very ordinary team and all larry can do is talk shit about the brave effort.
I applaud all the hopeful fans who think Bates is doing well and Larry is our saviour, but the time comes when reality sets in.
Now we are pinning all our hopes in dickov.
Last week it was Mcsheffrey and lowry.

By: paul

paul — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:00:19 +0000

Re JPT. Although it’s always sad to see your team lose, and a day out at Wembley would have been nice for the kids, i still can’t help thinking it’s a blessing, they now have 100% concentration on the league.

Lets face it, in the run up of games before going to Wembley their minds would start wondering….thinking about going up them stairs to lift the cup, they would also be pulling out of challenges thinking i don;t want to get injured/booked…..all in all it’s good news if you know what i mean!!

By: Stu H

Stu H — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:02:02 +0000

Im a season ticket holder in the Kop, but my Dad is a big Blackpool fan. He swears by Dickov, stating him as the reason that they stayed in the Championship last year, as he spent the last half of the season on loan there brought in by Grayson.
So yes he is 37, but surely he can do a job, off the bench, to make sure we go up.
Gradel isn’t the answer. I’ve never been sold on him, even before his terrible performance last night. He looks good thrown on to chase the game, but any flair player would. From the start he simply isn’t good enough. Grella on the other hand I feel sorry for. I think he deserves more of a chance.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:14:10 +0000

Amen!

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:09:50 +0000

Yeah, surely the fact that Grayson knows him suggests he knows what Dickov is (or was) capable of and is therefore likely to act as a benchmark as he makes a renewed assessment. ‘Training with the club’ isn’t even going as far as saying Dickov is ‘on trial’.