davieG Posted 15 January 2008 Posted 15 January 2008 Stearman has protected status in the team and has done since Allen left.I'm one of many who think Chambers would be a better option at right-back, but clearly the manager takes a different view. Perhaps you could explain what you mean by that?
Webbo Posted 15 January 2008 Posted 15 January 2008 Perhaps you could explain what you mean by that? I'll explain it for you Davie, he talks out his arse.
Ultra Posted 15 January 2008 Posted 15 January 2008 Perhaps you could explain what you mean by that? I'd be happy to. Stearman seems to retain his place no matter how many shockers he has, which this season have been plenty, both home and away. Other members of the squad (eg Sheehan) appear to be treated with a little less leniency. With Chambers available as an alternative of proven quality (at least at Championship level), the mystery deepens still further. Despite recent improved performances, he's still a bombscare at right-back.
Lillehamring Posted 15 January 2008 Posted 15 January 2008 well, i have just watched the highlights, trying to work out why stearman is the devil incarnate based almost solely on playing some long balls and THAT mix up in the defence, and to be honest i don't think it was stearmans fault at all... 1. he slows up when he can see alnwick coming out... a normal repsonse. 2. he actually manages, despite stumbling over the keeper, to get back to cover the goal giving adebola only the slimest of angles, not the 'gaping open goal' people have suggested... i've watched it a few times, and i think that he did all that should be expected of him. to justify rating him a four and suggesting he be dropped on the strength of that is laughable... (posted elsewhere, but seems like this is the hot bed of stearman discussion)
davieG Posted 15 January 2008 Posted 15 January 2008 I'd be happy to. Stearman seems to retain his place no matter how many shockers he has, which this season have been plenty, both home and away.Other members of the squad (eg Sheehan) appear to be treated with a little less leniency. With Chambers available as an alternative of proven quality (at least at Championship level), the mystery deepens still further. Despite recent improved performances, he's still a bombscare at right-back. But that's all opinion and conjecture on your part, how do you know how Chambers performs in training, what his attitude is. Is it not telling that despite your over stating his deficiencies that the managers' have and still continue to pick him - maybe they know more than you do! You also put your original statement down in a way to suggest it was a fact and not just your opinion.
The Stig Posted 15 January 2008 Posted 15 January 2008 Stearman has been poor this season. However the manager(s) kept faith in him, and it appears they were right to as the last three home games I've seen him in have given me no reason to want to drop him. Good luck to him, it's great to see home grown English talent.
colbo68 Posted 15 January 2008 Posted 15 January 2008 why oh why oh why are we still playing stearman at right back instead of chambo?Im not a stearman hater by any stretch, but i think he has consistently been one of the underperformers at the club, and on the bench we have a pacey right back whos played in the prem. I might just be missing something, or maybe he is just shite, but i would really like to see him get some games at rb, as the one game i have seen him in that position (blackpool), he looked pretty solid. ? Stearman, for me, does not have enough composure to be a great right back - the right back position is becoming ever more important in contemporary football and he cannot keep the ball for long enough to be able to make a telling pass. HOWEVER, he is good in the air and seems to be playing with a lot of passion - he needs to work on just slowing down, keeping the ball for longer and not just hoofing it down the flanks - I have noticed much improvement in his confidence since Ollie has joined the club and I feel Stearman will get better and better - just slow it down young man and keep possession
Joe. Posted 15 January 2008 Posted 15 January 2008 I'll give Sterman some credit, he has been decent in the last month or so. However, I still don't think he's good enough and if he does start to put in some poor performances, I'd love to see Chambers start at right back instead. If I'm honest, I'd rather see Chambers start right back on Saturday.
termite111 Posted 15 January 2008 Posted 15 January 2008 why oh why oh why are we still playing stearman at right back instead of chambo?Im not a stearman hater by any stretch, but i think he has consistently been one of the underperformers at the club, and on the bench we have a pacey right back whos played in the prem. I might just be missing something, or maybe he is just shite, but i would really like to see him get some games at rb, as the one game i have seen him in that position (blackpool), he looked pretty solid. ? Because hes not playing bad at all. for some reason people like to pick on him when sometimes mistakes aren't even his fault. He like hume tries 110% every game but yet hume doesn't score but people love him for his effort when stearman has usually played better.
Joe. Posted 15 January 2008 Posted 15 January 2008 Because hes not playing bad at all. for some reason people like to pick on him when sometimes mistakes aren't even his fault. He like hume tries 110% every game but yet hume doesn't score but people love him for his effort when stearman has usually played better. Are you Richard Stearman?
BLUEARMY8 Posted 15 January 2008 Posted 15 January 2008 Stearman is not the most skillfull defender we have but he does his job fairly well, which is defend. I would be surprised if there was another player out on that pitch who would have been as commited as he is when he puts on a Leicester shirt. He is a good defender who scores a few goals as well. Look at some of the right backs in the prem are you telling me they are brilliant footballers?. I would say they are top defenders and that is why they are picked to defend anything else is a bonus. Sheehan is one of the best crossers of the ball we have seen for a very long time, does that mean he should play left back?
Thracian Posted 15 January 2008 Posted 15 January 2008 You could, but it wouldn't be true.His final ball is poor in open play. Only when he can pick the ball up, place it down, adjust it's position three or four times and then strike it, is the delivery any good. For someone who seems to delight in calling every other poster stupid, you do come out with so much rot, especially when it comes to football.
stevie909 Posted 15 January 2008 Author Posted 15 January 2008 Number one, i agree with you, stearman hasn't been diabolical recently. In defense he doesnt look bad, and he was ok at marking adebola on saturday. I saw him at charlton, and again i dont think he was too bad there. The problem is eevrytime he gets the ball at the moment, he just hoofs it, and seems to have little knowedge of the players around him. I havnt seen chambers in training, so i dont know what hes like, but i'd just like to see him get his chance at playing rb rather than midfield, as we have hardly seen him there all season. Im not suggesting a lynching, just that we give chambers his chance for one game, if just to create competition for a place that stearman is controlling at the moment.
Ultra Posted 16 January 2008 Posted 16 January 2008 Because hes not playing bad at all. for some reason people like to pick on him when sometimes mistakes aren't even his fault. He like hume tries 110% every game but yet hume doesn't score but people love him for his effort when stearman has usually played better. Effort alone is not enough There has to be a certain level of skill involved as well - except in Stearman's case it's been absent too often this season. Holloway obviously thinks he can regain it, Only time will tell whether he's right or not.
Tommy G Posted 16 January 2008 Posted 16 January 2008 Effort alone is not enough There has to be a certain level of skill involved as well - except in Stearman's case it's been absent too often this season.Holloway obviously thinks he can regain it, Only time will tell whether he's right or not. No offence the manager knows more than you - if he thinks RS should play then deal with it. He's just as committed as hume is when he pulls on a city shirt. People are calling for him to be replaced on sat? why change it if it isn't broke?!
Ultra Posted 16 January 2008 Posted 16 January 2008 Because Norwich have different strengths to Cov. Stearman's struggled badly against Huckerby in previous seasons. As I've seen more of Stearman's appearances this season than the manager has, I'm entitled to question his judgement, just as many did with Cort and others. Managers can (and in Leicester's case often do) make mistakes. We shouldn't assume they always know what they're doing.
Thracian Posted 16 January 2008 Posted 16 January 2008 Because Norwich have different strengths to Cov. Stearman's struggled badly against Huckerby in previous seasons.As I've seen more of Stearman's appearances this season than the manager has, I'm entitled to question his judgement, just as many did with Cort and others. Managers can (and in Leicester's case often do) make mistakes. We shouldn't assume they always know what they're doing. Well there's no way it'll help the club if he's sheltered from such players. Now's his chance to learn how to deal with Huckerby and for his manager to tell him exactly how.
Scow Posted 17 January 2008 Posted 17 January 2008 Well there's no way it'll help the club if he's sheltered from such players. Now's his chance to learn how to deal with Huckerby and for his manager to tell him exactly how. He's had about three years to deal with the likes of Huckerby - not much is going to change now.
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