Ryan Smith joins Millwall on loan

[Wils]

He was never going to get far.

As Jme said his attitude stunk and that was always going to hold him back,his whole time at Leicester it seemed that he thought he was to good to be playing at our standard.One game i remember away at Brighton in a six pointer when he came on and just didnt do anything and didnt look botherd and never tried and then he was substituted.Sums him up.

[Thracian]

Personally I'd have thought that accepting petulance and tantrums would set a bad precedent in any workplace. Billy Davies is no mug as a manager and he can see it's time to give the jumped up little tw@t a wake up call.

In my experience talented sportsmen - especially young ones - are often petulant, emotional, reactionary, all sorts of things that they sometimes grow out of.

Football is not any workplace. It is a workplace where ability is especially important while, in other environments, qualities like durability and reliability might be more relevent.

You might be the type of person who would quickly give up on Ryan Smith - and time might well have proved you right - but I wouldn't. I think his sort of ability is worth making some effort for.

The two are not the same, not one bit, but I wonder, given your intransigence, whether you'd have given up on George Best. The precidents he set weren't always ones to be recommended.

But, in some ways, I think George Best set the finest example possible in the workplace. He gave a constant demonstration of how the game could and should be played.

Would that City's training ground had more people like that and fewer of the worthy-but-wanting types.

[Manwell Pablo]

In my experience talented sportsmen - especially young ones - are often petulant, emotional, reactionary, all sorts of things that they sometimes grow out of.

Football is not any workplace. It is a workplace where ability is especially important while, in other environments, qualities like durability and reliability might be more relevent.

You might be the type of person who would quickly give up on Ryan Smith - and time might well have proved you right - but I wouldn't. I think his sort of ability is worth making some effort for.

The two are not the same, not one bit, but I wonder, given your intransigence, whether you'd have given up on George Best. The precidents he set weren't always ones to be recommended.

But, in some ways, I think George Best set the finest example possible in the workplace. He gave a constant demonstration of how the game could and should be played.

Would that City's training ground had more people like that and fewer of the worthy-but-wanting types.

George Best and Ryan Smith I'll admit one of them is definatley wortth the effort . The other is a jumped up little twat from Islington that flatters to descieve and has little in the way of end product.

[Hullfox]

You might be the type of person who would quickly give up on Ryan Smith - and time might well have proved you right - but I wouldn't. I think his sort of ability is worth making some effort for.

The two are not the same, not one bit, but I wonder, given your intransigence, whether you'd have given up on George Best. The precidents he set weren't always ones to be recommended.

But, in some ways, I think George Best set the finest example possible in the workplace. He gave a constant demonstration of how the game could and should be played.

Would that City's training ground had more people like that and fewer of the worthy-but-wanting types.

George Best was of an era where his behaviour was acceptable at that time. If he was starting off now, there's not a manager in the world that would put up with his excesses.

If you want a training ground full of alcoholic women beaters, you're welcome to it.

[Thracian]

George Best was of an era where his behaviour was acceptable at that time. If he was starting off now, there's not a manager in the world that would put up with his excesses.

If you want a training ground full of alcoholic women beaters, you're welcome to it.

Yes I've read about how some groups of modern footballers treat women...you do see life through blinkers.

In fact the likes of George Best couldn't stand on first base when it comes to the sort of utterly sordid, corrupt, dishonest, self-serving and arrogantly ignorant behaviour which manifests itself in some modern footballers and so many people around them who should probably be in prisons rather than rehab clinics.

Because the modern football world it soiled to its core.

And for all that, if Sir Alex Ferguson had the chance to sign George Best - he would travel to the end of the world with the forms himself and consider the day one of the greatest in his sporting life.

[The People's Hero]

Don't worry - we've got Andy King. He's twice the player that Ryan Smith or anyone else for that matter is!

[Hullfox]

Yes I've read about how some groups of modern footballers treat women...you do see life through blinkers.

Rather wear blinkers than a)Historical Rose Tinted Glasses b)Academy Rose Tinted Glasses c) See life through your eyes in general.

[Thracian]

Rather wear blinkers than a)Historical Rose Tinted Glasses b)Academy Rose Tinted Glasses c) See life through your eyes in general.

At least glasses only shade the eyes. They don't limit the view. I'll stick thanks.

[The People's Hero]

Ah right, I'll be expecting to see Alan Sheehan in the World XI for next year then?

[Thracian]

George Best and Ryan Smith I'll admit one of them is definatley wortth the effort . The other is a jumped up little twat from Islington that flatters to descieve and has little in the way of end product.

Doesn't mean he couldn't have an end product. Skill doesn't disappear because you reach the edge of a penalty box.

Besides I though an end product was no longer part of the criteria for Leicester players...

[Hullfox]

Ah right, I'll be expecting to see Alan Sheehan in the World XI for next year then?

Could well be too old by then for some.

[gatesheadfox]

at city he was great at doing feck all. he did step overs but couldnt kick a ball, ran into corners which he couldnt get out of. deserved a gunshot to the head in the away game at plymouth last season. i'd not cry if he was playing for notts county next year

[Simon]

Kicked in the head yesterday playing for Walsall- welcome to the real world Mr Smith!