Cobbo Posted 25 September 2006 Share Posted 25 September 2006 lcfc.com Clean Bill Of Health Assistant manager Mike Stowell has revealed that Gareth Williams is back in training ahead of Saturday's Championship clash against Birmingham City at St Andrews on Saturday. The Leicester midfielder has been out of action since the end of August with an ankle problem. But Stowell confirmed that Williams had completed his first full training session today (Monday), and would be bidding to make himself available for the game at the weekend. He said: "Gareth looks to have got over the ankle injury he has had and that is good news." Meanwhile, Stowell was also hopeful that Richard Stearman and Paddy McCarthy would be available for the Blues clash. He added: "We have got a couple of players who were unable to train due to a sickness bug. Paddy and Richard are just feeling a little under the weather at the moment. "But other than that everyone is injury free." Bloody need him too. never thought I'd say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coale39 Posted 25 September 2006 Share Posted 25 September 2006 Hughes out - low in (fock it even if he is crap) Williams in- Johnson out the door Sorted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gist Posted 25 September 2006 Share Posted 25 September 2006 I can't see kelly dropping Johnson for Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc_jme Posted 25 September 2006 Share Posted 25 September 2006 I'd love to see RK drop Hughes and Johnson for Low and Williams, as I feel our midfield would be just that - both attack and defense wise. However I just don't think RK has the balls and sense to do so, and I think he'll go with the tried and trusted formation/lineup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybes Posted 25 September 2006 Share Posted 25 September 2006 Good news, hopefully he will add the "spark" kelly keeps talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxing_Around Posted 26 September 2006 Share Posted 26 September 2006 Bloody need him too.never thought I'd say that. Totally agree, we certainly need some creativity in the middle of the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBO Posted 26 September 2006 Share Posted 26 September 2006 Hughes out - low in (fock it even if he is crap) Williams in- Johnson out the door Sorted! I dunno about sorted! Definitely better than what we saw on Saturday though. I hope Williams pulls his weight when he gets back in the side, I know anything is better than Johnson but it seems like Williams is almost being relied on to do a good job in midfield already, when there have been occasions in the past when he's been absolutely awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez of Mahrez Posted 26 September 2006 Share Posted 26 September 2006 I dunno about sorted! Definitely better than what we saw on Saturday though. I hope Williams pulls his weight when he gets back in the side, I know anything is better than Johnson but it seems like Williams is almost being relied on to do a good job in midfield already, when there have been occasions in the past when he's been absolutely awful. People have short memories. Play badly, drop Williams, play badly, drop Hughes, play badly, drop Williams. It could go on forever. Drop Johnson, play Hughes and Williams, concede more goals, bring back Johnson, score no goals. Play Kenton, no overlap when we have the ball down the right, play Stearman, stupid defensive errors and generally hoofing, drop Stearman. Play Johansson, no overlap when we have the ball down the left, drop Johansson, play Tiatto, general thuggery and pointless backpasses galore, etc etc etc. There is no golden solution to all of this but Hume as an attacking midfielder and/or 3-5-2 would play to our strengths and cover for our weaknesses in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teblin Posted 26 September 2006 Share Posted 26 September 2006 i would go for hume as a winger. Williams has to play, I know he is frustrating but at least with him you know he has some ability. With that the hope that he could play a killer ball in a game, and in some games you only need 1 killer ball. Unless is falls to elvis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Claw Posted 26 September 2006 Share Posted 26 September 2006 Without wanting to sound like a moaner we will have problems in our midfield whoever we play; Williams floats in and out of game, Weso is still not match fit Johnson can't pass Hume is untested (ditto for Gradel) Hughes is lighteight Lowe can't cross Tiatto can be a liability With our complete lack of creatvity RK has to try something be it Williams, Hume or even Tiatto in CM, someone has to lead by example and asking Weso to it (or Porter) is asking a lot on such young and inexperineced players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez of Mahrez Posted 26 September 2006 Share Posted 26 September 2006 Without wanting to sound like a moaner we will have problems in our midfield whoever we play; Williams floats in and out of game, Weso is still not match fit Johnson can't pass Hume is untested (ditto for Gradel) Hughes is lighteight Lowe can't cross Tiatto can be a liability With our complete lack of creatvity RK has to try something be it Williams, Hume or even Tiatto in CM, someone has to lead by example and asking Weso to it (or Porter) is asking a lot on such young and inexperineced players. 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbo Posted 14 October 2006 Author Share Posted 14 October 2006 Williams is back and we looked so much better I must say. He's something we need, someone that can create and I thought he played well today, made the difference. Good lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubes Posted 14 October 2006 Share Posted 14 October 2006 he made a hell of a difference in the middle and it showed by us scoring 3 he was my man of the match played brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybes Posted 14 October 2006 Share Posted 14 October 2006 He played really well today. Looks like one of only a few that can get the ball down and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamite foxes Posted 14 October 2006 Share Posted 14 October 2006 Best performance I have ever seen by him today. He never gave the ball away and got stuck in. His set pieces were good and he showeda bit of passion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cisono Posted 14 October 2006 Share Posted 14 October 2006 Best performance I have ever seen by him today. He never gave the ball away and got stuck in. His set pieces were good and he showed a bit of passion Glad to hear ... He *can* play well (PS: He also looks pretty good on the picture I had taken with him ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra Posted 14 October 2006 Share Posted 14 October 2006 He seemed really up for it today. Hope he carries on like that at Leeds on Tuesday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe. Posted 14 October 2006 Share Posted 14 October 2006 More of that please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildave3 Posted 14 October 2006 Share Posted 14 October 2006 He played very well today, provided exactly what we needed in midfield: a creative midfielder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gist Posted 14 October 2006 Share Posted 14 October 2006 Best performance I have ever seen by him today. He never gave the ball away and got stuck in. His set pieces were good and he showeda bit of passion Exactly right. I thought he would go missing today like he does in most games seeing as it was quite physical but he got stuck from the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cisono Posted 14 October 2006 Share Posted 14 October 2006 Exactly right. I thought he would go missing today like he does in most games seeing as it was quite physical but he got stuck from the start. I wonder what made the difference today? Was it just that he was in the right frame of mind or something else? I guess we'll never know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 14 October 2006 Share Posted 14 October 2006 I wonder what made the difference today? Was it just that he was in the right frame of mind or something else? I guess we'll never know! Requires a new contracct at the end of this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildave3 Posted 14 October 2006 Share Posted 14 October 2006 Requires a new contracct at the end of this season Renew it now! We can't lose a creative mid like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe. Posted 14 October 2006 Share Posted 14 October 2006 No wait for a bit to see whether he continues to play well. Remember the usual Williams? Lazy etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesino_LCFC Posted 15 October 2006 Share Posted 15 October 2006 Made all the difference and played very well yesterday. I'm glad for the guy because I've stuck by him all the time and I know he's a great player. He can also become a fan-favorite with moments like yesterday (when he actually acknowledged and clapped the fans when taking a corner!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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