I was always fairly ambivalent towards Lucy - I never really understood the hero status he got compared to the stick the miles better (in my opinion) Beckford got in the same team. He did have a decent scoring record albeit,as with many strikers, it was inflated by a number of penalties in his last season (I know they still need scoring but it does over-exaggerate his goals per games ratio in a way) and to get into our top ten of all time is no mean feat.
Having said all that I do tend to go with the adage 'never go back' - I know both Baird and to an extent Batty both came back and did well enough but they are the exception. Other than a morale boost amongst his many fans (and the opposite amongst his fewer but not insubstantial number of detractors) I do not see what he will bring to the team that we cannot get from other players out there who do not have his 'baggage' / history etc I think tonight is a massive game, lose or draw and the season is as good as over, win and we can all get a lift and begin to dream of getting near the play offs again. I think it is very important that we keep McDermott for the long term and a bad result tonight would begin to put pressure on him (even this early) and lose some of the goodwill that he has amongst fans. I am surprised that fans on waccoe are saying that even season ticket holders are giving tonight a miss due to recent results and performances. I cannot believe that anyone would pay £400 or whatever for a full seasons football and then pack it in after 4 home games - assuming that if today goes badly they will not be coming again ? Hopefully things will go right tonight and we will get a victory and maybe the first one where we win by more than 2 goals for a couple of seasons ! I see that Ian Harte is back in their squad, surely we have the pace somewhere in the team to take advantage of his lack of speed ? Dave ________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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
