Doncaster Post Match

[brockmyster]

Well that's just bull.

What else has he offered? Yes he can make great runs, yes he can finish well, but today he did nothing other than lose it and apart from scoring in many games he is like a ghost

[Haydos]

Maybe, but scoring doesnt change the fact he is lazy and contributes very little.

I'd rather have a striker who tries hard and never gives up, who might not score loads, but that sort of striker will help the team more, work and make space for other players.

Is this a joke or are you serious? I honestly can't tell.

[Kenners]

I seem to remember Fryatt haters saying that he only made any effort when he was looking for a new contract, why isn't anyone saying that about Yakubu?

When the Yak is good he's very good a lot of the time he's awful, I just don't think he's got the legs to sustain any kind of form over a whole season anymore.

Out of all the loanees he's the 1 I'm least bothered about keeping.

Because hes scoring.

[Webbo]

Because hes scoring.

And he's looking for a contract.

[Dylan]

Did anyone find Terry and David in the end

[Leicester_Loyal]

Its his job to score, he scores, stop moaning and get behind him.

[Guest Bilo]

20 goals a season and fvck all else > 10 goals a season and running round like a blue arsed fly.

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[Corky]

Match had an end-of-season feel about it, as both teams had little meaningful points to play for.

First half was pretty even, second they scored a good goal, we responded and Kamara should've scored before the Yak did. Weale made a couple of late saves and that was about it.

Hopefully next week will be a bit livelier.

[James18]

I agree with Bilo. Why is it that a player has to run round the pitch like a headless chicken to be liked or supported by our fans?

He's a striker and is put there to score goals which he seems to be doing, how is anyone upset by this? Also why is it that jut because he's not scoring 30 yard screamers people decide that it's not good enough? Every goal counts the same. It doesn't matter if it's from 3 yards out and an open goal, he's still found himself in that position.

[Corky]

Maybe, but scoring doesnt change the fact he is lazy and contributes very little.

I'd rather have a striker who tries hard and never gives up, who might not score loads, but that sort of striker will help the team more, work and make space for other players.

How is scoring 10 goals in 19 contributing very little? He contributed far more than Howard did.

He does frustrate me at times but you can't argue with his scoring record.

[Leicester_Loyal]

I agree with Bilo. Why is it that a player has to run round the pitch like a headless chicken to be liked or supported by our fans?

Because our fans seem to be idiots.

[The Padster]

I'd rather have a striker who tries hard and never gives up, who might not score loads

I know other people have picked up on this before me but I need you to confirm that you actually want a striker who does not score goals?

Did you take a knock to your head earlier today? Seriously, that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard, not just on FT but ever.

[DMU Fox]

20 goals a season and fvck all else > 10 goals a season and running round like a blue arsed fly.

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absolutely.

[Ashley]

I was standing behind the goal at the game today before kick off and two teenage lads started waving at me from the back row, I didn't know the lads but put my hand up to acknowledge them. Was it anyone off here?

Before anyone says anything, no one else was around me at the time.

JoeyB, unlucky with the conga effort.

[Brown Fox]

I know other people have picked up on this before me but I need you to confirm that you actually want a striker who does not score goals?

Did you take a knock to your head earlier today? Seriously, that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard, not just on FT but ever.

You'll have done well to get a reply off of him for confronting some of that bullshit when you have proved him completely wrong!

[Guest DavidJCW]

A terrible advertisement for football. Two lacklustre teams edging out a thrilling 1-1 draw. Not.

We had more chances in the first half, but again, just like many other times this season, failed to capitalize.

What bugged me most was that we ran into offside way too often once again at the beginning of the game and that the midfield let everyone down.

King and Wellens have run themselves ragged over the course of this long season and they've both gone downhill quite a bit in the past few weeks.

King oftentimes just jogs along, without any impact on the game whatsoever. Wellens used to be more precise with his passing.

We needed this slap-in-the-face, Donnie's goal. For long spells during the game, we had a terrible way of dealing with chances.

This was the wake-up call.

Well, that's what I hoped for.

Instead, for the next 20 to 25 minutes, up until Howard came on, we were absolutely abysmal, letting Doncaster control most of the game, no effort getting the ball back, we were second to almost every single one-on-one situation.

Enter Kamara, who works for two, and who has proven to inject the game with much-needed energy.

Yakubu was utterly disappointing up front. The goal should not deflect from the fact that he just was his usual lazy self.

A couple of nerve-racking moments from Weale again - but why his defenders are still passing balls back to him...

Oh well, you never know where Weale will end up this summer, so...

In fact, the whole team performance was a huge letdown and frustrating to watch.

We just play really, really bad away from the Walkers - why that is, someone please explain to me.

It's as if they just switch off as soon as they get onto the coach.

There was no teamplay, hardly any workrate (Vassell did a great job, though) and no cohesion.

Signs of a team slowly, but steadily dissolving, evaporating into the holiday season.

Here's to Leicester putting on a show next weekend. After all these terrible displays on the road, I expect nothing less.

Good game then...

Seriously though, it's fair enough. Every point made is correct and it's a real shame they've just given up... not exactly the spirit we all hoped to see.

[Koke]

Maybe, but scoring doesnt change the fact he is lazy and contributes very little.

I'd rather have a striker who tries hard and never gives up, who might not score loads, but that sort of striker will help the team more, work and make space for other players.

Would you rather have Ian Hume back?

There is a striker who runs around a lot and scores bucket load of goals, and his name is Javier Hernandez. Such players are snapped up by clubs like Manchester United for a reason.

If Yakubu added work-rate to his game he wouldn't be playing for us.

[Kitchandro]

Would you rather have Ian Hume back?

There is a striker who runs around a lot and scores bucket load of goals, and his name is Javier Hernandez. Such players are snapped up by clubs like Manchester United for a reason.

If Yakubu added work-rate to his game he wouldn't be playing for us.

Hernandez plays for Man U because he works hard and scores loads of goals at Premier League level.

There are players at this level who score goals and work hard.

You can't tell me that if Yakubu decided to try he'd be playing for Man U. I'm afraid he's just not that good, that's why he's on loan in the Championship.

[Kitchandro]

As I impied above, 1 goal in every 2 games looks great, but if 3 goals come in one game (like at Middlesbro) and then you get nothing for 5 games then the ratio is the same but the record is poor. We cannot afford to have strikers who are as lazy as he is and who dont score often enough. Its about putting in the effort regularly, not just once in a blue moon.

This is how I feel - he plays awfully 3 games out of 4 or something, then scores 2 or 3 in one game. This makes his finishing and ratio look good but if you watch the games it's flattering to him.

I'm not here to have a go at him for today but It seems some people only like looking at stats when it suits them. When stats about a player they don't like are brought up they dismiss them, yet they mean everything if it's about a player they want to defend.

People need to stop being so single minded, I don't think many of them were piping up in his defence after that Norwich game. You'd be hard pushed to honestly say his performances haven't been inconsistent.

[STEVIE B]

This is how I feel - he plays awfully 3 games out of 4 or something, then scores 2 or 3 in one game. This makes his finishing and ratio look good but if you watch the games it's flattering to him.

I'm not here to have a go at him for today but It seems some people only like looking at stats when it suits them. When stats about a player they don't like are brought up they dismiss them, yet they mean everything if it's about a player they want to defend.

People need to stop being so single minded, I don't think many of them were piping up in his defence after that Norwich game. You'd be hard pushed to honestly say his performances haven't been inconsistent.

Totally agree. In many games we have nothing down the middle,and have to keep going sideways,the pace has gone and we are easy to defend against.He may not be the answer,but Vasell added a spark when he replaced Yak V Forest.

[Corky]

You'd be hard pushed to honestly say his performances haven't been inconsistent.

Generally players at this level are, but we need someone who can put the ball in the net, which he does.

[smudger63]

Can`t knock Yaks goals to games ratio, but his lack of movement really doesn`t help our midfield.

[Guest Basildon Fox]

Can`t knock Yaks goals to games ratio, but his lack of movement really doesn`t help our midfield.

Of course it could be argued that the lack of movement from the midfield does not help him.

[AdamN]

I'm not here to have a go at him for today but It seems some people only like looking at stats when it suits them.

Yeah, let's just ignore a striker's goalscoring stats, shall we?

Jesus wept.

[Brown Fox]

I'm still waiting for peterborofox to reply to Padster after he's been confronted for the piece of shit he posted about wanting a striker to not score goals.