Richard Stearman

[Daz.I]

Dont think he's very good to be honest puts in some steady performances but is very inconsistent, would like to see someone else gave a shot at wing back as people are saying his final ball is Shite

maybe handy to us in the future but don't think we need him right now he doesn't fit into our team very well, as for darren kenton very good performances since chelsea been quite impressed with him doesn't do a lot apart from break play down but does it very well like him in that position

[Dames]

Thinks he's made it now and has taken his foot off the pedal bigtime.

He's currently living on the reputation he gained 2 years ago but that is starting to diminish and people are starting to see the real Stearman.

He needs a real big kick up the arse or he will be heading for the lower leagues.

[dpjfox]

Im a Sterman fan howeve having watchedhim last night at Deepdale he needs dropping.

[ASH17LCFC]

The guy is crap, He isn't a good winger and he isn't a good right back either. The guy has got even worst with all the talk about a move to the Premiership. Chambers would be alot better on the right then Stearman. The guy always gets caught out and lately seem anyone in the championship can skin him. He can't cross a ball and he can take no one on. He for me is the kinda player we do not need anymore.

[potter3]

He was my favourite player

[Thracian]

Seriously,

Are you guys suggesting he'd be a good centre back taking the mickey or what?

Slow,Weak,Crap in the air,Poor distribution,Poor positional sense,Weighs about 6 stone wet through!!

They aint centre back credentials are they?

It isn't going to happen anyway but go on, tell the truth. Have you ever seen him play centre-back?

If I'm not mistaken, Stearman started out as a centre-back and when I've seen him there he looks much more assured tan at full-back.

[ASH17LCFC]

It isn't going to happen anyway but go on, tell the truth. Have you ever seen him play centre-back?

If I'm not mistaken, Stearman started out as a centre-back and when I've seen him there he looks much more assured tan at full-back.

If he ever does play centre half, Im sorry but i could just see him playing like Matt Heath. Except Matt Heath Could win Headers.

Who do you rate more Matt Heath or Richard Stearman ?

[FilboFox]

What our back line should be in a 4-4-2:

Chambers ----- N'Gotty ----- Kisnorbo ----- Mattock

Back line in a 3-2-3-2:

--------- Chambers --- N'Gotty --- Kisnorbo ---------

Kaebi ------------------------------------------ Mattock

Notice one thing... there is NO Richard Stearman... he is a liability and is costing us points at the moment in games we could win...

[Thracian]

If he ever does play centre half, Im sorry but i could just see him playing like Matt Heath. Except Matt Heath Could win Headers.

Who do you rate more Matt Heath or Richard Stearman ?

Stearman at his best but he's not playing anything like that at the moment. Heath always looked slow to me. Stearman frustrates me. He can show skillful footwork for a full back but too often he picks the wrong pass - usually a far more hopeful one than the simple one he should choose.

I'd be trying to take his game right back to basics. Win the ball, simple 10 yard pass and keep supporting the move. I sometimes think he's a good footballer but not necessarily a good thinker so I'd try to take a bit of the thinking out.

I'd take him through a video or two and show him all the hopeful passes I considered he'd made - and all the times those passes failed to find their mark. Then I'd show him the sort of simpler alternatives I'd like him to choose. On the field I'd penalise his team every time he played a hopeful pass or lifted the ball above head height without reasonable chance of finding a man.

Long passes are fine if there's a realistic target. But, except when under severe pressure, speculative punts in the vague direction of the corner flag are virtually certain to gift the ball to the opposition and for me, Stearman's playing far too many of those and it will cost him his place if he's not careful..

[Ultra]

Interesting points..

I'll be intrigued to see TPD's response to this in defence of his "pal" Richie..

[TrickyTrev]

If he ever does play centre half, Im sorry but i could just see him playing like Matt Heath. Except Matt Heath Could win Headers.

Who do you rate more Matt Heath or Richard Stearman ?

Oh be serious will you people. Stearman is a talented footballer whos a bit of a twat and has yet to learn a position. He may or may not live up to his early potential but as far as I am concerned he has already proved hismelf a competent Championship right back. Matt Heath on the other hand could not play football for shit. He couldn't run, kick a football or spell his own name judging by the intelligence he showed on the pitch. His only attribute was that he was 8ft 2.

[Rocky Dennis]

It isn't going to happen anyway but go on, tell the truth. Have you ever seen him play centre-back?

If I'm not mistaken, Stearman started out as a centre-back and when I've seen him there he looks much more assured tan at full-back.

No, I have not seen him play centre back, was it youth team or a friendly perhaps??

What i have seen is plenty of championship football in my life, skinny,slow defenders who think they're Roberto Carlos dont fit the profile of whats needed in this division. You need at the very least to be strong and good in the air, Stearman is neither.

[eaststandtom]

What are peoples actual opinions of him at the moment?

Saturday is his 100th appearance for Leicester, our most loyal player at this moment in time.

Personally, he is frustrating the **** out of me at the moment. He just doesn't seem to be able to put his foot on the ball and look up, even when he does he seems to misplace simple passes.

For someone that's played 100 games, also once considered as our brightest prospect at one point, he's just not cutting it at the moment, for me.

I couldn't give a shit if he's "Leicester through and through, he loves the club".

When we have the midfield back, I wouldn't mind Chambers having a run there. I think Stearman needs a bit of time to get himself back on his game. I understand he's being through a lot of change and what not. But at the moment, he's not performing, when coming forward from wing back he always looks unsure what to do. Last night he was caught out of position on more than one occasion, as he was at Chelsea.

So, your views?

i am disappointed with him.

he shows the elements he did 2 years ago but with less consistency

maybe he should be playing at centre half eventually. in the n'gotty role

[Cheese Me]

What our back line should be in a 4-4-2:

Chambers ----- N'Gotty ----- Kisnorbo ----- Mattock

Back line in a 3-2-3-2:

--------- Chambers --- N'Gotty --- Kisnorbo ---------

Kaebi ------------------------------------------ Mattock

Notice one thing... there is NO Richard Stearman... he is a liability and is costing us points at the moment in games we could win...

Interesting. No McCauley and Chambers as a centre back

[lookwhaticando]

Interesting. No McCauley and Chambers as a centre back

McAuley picked up an injury in the Preston game, didn't he?

[STUHILL]

Stearman for me has had plenty oportunities to prove his quality. He broke into first team and looked very good and definately one for future 11, however, his form then dipped and he was dropped for a while. Then with changes in management I saw a chance for him to stake a place in the team and become a regular however, he has failed to impress on many occassions and In my opinion has been given enough chances to prove his worth and has simply failed time and time again. I think when our injury list begins to look healthier, Stearman should immediately be benched or dropped to the reserves. I know I sound harsh but this guy has been given backing by the management and in my eyes consistently lets the team down with his mistakes and constant hoofball tactics. Drop him and move Chambers back there when the midfield has returned.

[eaststandtom]

Stearman for me has had plenty oportunities to prove his quality. He broke into first team and looked very good and definately one for future 11, however, his form then dipped and he was dropped for a while. Then with changes in management I saw a chance for him to stake a place in the team and become a regular however, he has failed to impress on many occassions and In my opinion has been given enough chances to prove his worth and has simply failed time and time again. I think when our injury list begins to look healthier, Stearman should immediately be benched or dropped to the reserves. I know I sound harsh but this guy has been given backing by the management and in my eyes consistently lets the team down with his mistakes and constant hoofball tactics. Drop him and move Chambers back there when the midfield has returned.

i think chambers has been a bit of an unsung 'hero' this season.

he does nothing flashy but works, runs and closes down and gets in some good tackles.

this is crucial in midfield so maybe we'd be losing that if he was moved to wing back plus would he be able to play that role as opposed to full back.

he gives the ball away once or twice but overall his workrate evens that out.

i like the options he brings to the team.

at aston villa he was superb

[Tommy G]

His dancing skills are better than his footballing skills in my opinion. Perhaps too much going out has been his downfall, although you could say the same for sheehan, porter, weso etc. It amazes me how people suddenly think sheehans a god after a handful of decent appearances. His hair cut is his best attribute!!

[Koke]

Don't rate the boy at all. As someone else mentioned, he's been living on his reputation that he gaiend 2-3 years ago but its starting diminish now and people are beginning to see what Stearman is all about. His distribution are piss poor and his has no positional sense, stays off his man 10 yards or so and lets him cross or fine a pass. Okay, some say he isn't a wing back but even at right back he was less than impressive. You can blame the management or the eight different coaches he's had as much as you like but at the end of the day we are where we are and Stearman is simply not good enough for this team when everybody is fully fit. And sometimes you get the sense that he thinks he's better than he actually is.

[Thracian]

i think chambers has been a bit of an unsung 'hero' this season.

he does nothing flashy but works, runs and closes down and gets in some good tackles.

this is crucial in midfield so maybe we'd be losing that if he was moved to wing back plus would he be able to play that role as opposed to full back.

he gives the ball away once or twice but overall his workrate evens that out.

i like the options he brings to the team.

at aston villa he was superb

We'll only see if he can play wing-back by trying him.

He's surprised me in midfield but you can have a team full of fast tackling terriers but somewhere or other you've got to invest in people that make goals and we've not done that for as long as we've been at the wrong end of the wrong division.

The great Leeds team of Billy Bremner and Norman Hunter was as vicious as they came but the did have a bit of finesse when they got the ball - and everyone could pass in that side. I'm not sure Chambers will ever pass well enough in an attacking sense to make a midfielder - or even an attacking full-back.

But he's worth investing time in and, seeing as we've got a decent midfield when they're all fit, I'd really like to see if he can improve our side at right back.

In the abandoned game with Forest he was a giant at times, chucking himself at everything and saving us from a right good hiding.

[maddog]

Stearman is absolutely shit. Always miles away from his man, clueless on the pitch. shit shit shit. sell him to a league 2 club right now. I hear an iranian named Kaebi i think plays in his position?

Get him in the team

[Trav Le Bleu]

Swap Stearman and Chambers, and don't play Stearman on the flank. His positioning isn't too bad but he's liable to be beat in one on one situations. Wing-back leaves him exposed.

He WILL improve. He can play superbly on occasion and isn't always slacking, he just needs to get some consistancy, as I said somewhere else tonight.

Frustrating, yes, but constantly slagging him off is a bit harsh.

What he said

[Joe.]

Ahh I love a good thread where I can have a rant. Well here goes:

Personally I cannot stand Richard Stearman.

He is just not good enough for us, especially to play as a wing back. The logic behind him playing there when he clearly cannot attack, lete alone defend is beyond me. Chambers would be a much better suited option to play there.

Stearman gets the ball and he either a) hoofs it forward b) loses it c) passes it backwards.

He can't cross a ball and he doesn't get forward like he should as a wing back. Since he's been at the club (apart from his first 5-10 appearances?) he's been total crap, and this season is no different, he's been utter bollocks.

[Scow]

Oh be serious will you people. Stearman is a talented footballer whos a bit of a twat and has yet to learn a position. He may or may not live up to his early potential but as far as I am concerned he has already proved hismelf a competent Championship right back. Matt Heath on the other hand could not play football for shit. He couldn't run, kick a football or spell his own name judging by the intelligence he showed on the pitch. His only attribute was that he was 8ft 2.

Oh come off it.

Instead of just telling us he's a talented footballer, at least explain how that's the case.

[Anish]

I can't believe that it was Chambers who was dropped today instead of Stearman. What a joke. Chambers is by far the superior right back and is much better going forward, and Stearman has been woeful for most of this season. The sooner Chambers becomes a fixture at right back/right wing back the better.

Stearman can be loaned out for all I care.