This is the 21st Century. The modern striker (alright not that modern, it's been like this since at least the days of Allan Clarke) must do so much more than score goals. Becchio has one huge and pivotal weakness............dreadful ball control. This means that 95% of the time when the ball is played up to him, we lose possession. No decent team can play with a striker who cannot hold the ball up.
He may have scored a lot of goals (some of which were surprisingly brilliant) during his years at Elland Road, but what was our win-loss record over that time? Not great. On 1 October 2013 12:45, Sutton / Smail <dsm...@dsmail.plus.com> wrote: > I think it's unfair to dis-associate the goals from the player. I'm no > particular fan of his, but if he does score and that's what he's paid to > do, then what's wrong with that? > Goodness knows we need goals from somewhere, anywhere, I'm not fussy! We > are toothless up front inspite of BMD encouraging more of a passing > approach which I think is good, > we can pass across the pitch (and back) all day and achieve nothing. > > > Dave > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Morrish" <edmorr...@gmail.com> > To: "Sutton / Smail" <dsm...@dsmail.plus.com> > Cc: <errand.fivef...@talk21.com>; "Leeds List (Post to list)" < > leedslist@gn.apc.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 9:59 AM > Subject: Re: [LU] Luciano! > > > "Love the goals, not the player"? > > On 1 Oct 2013, at 09:52, "Sutton / Smail" <dsm...@dsmail.plus.com> wrote: >> >> I'd have him back if he can muster a few goals again. We don't have many >> other options. >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.** > uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist<http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist> > To unsubscribe, email > leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.**org<leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org> > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER