Beckford rejects row rumours

[dannythefox]

Happy with him saying everything's fine this says to me they've both spoke and he will be going knowwhere in the summer fingers crossed

[Ashley]

People see what they want to see. There are certain posters on here, no matter how well Beckford plays, simply don't like him. He's 1 goal behind our top scorer, and the reason why he hasn't got more is because our midfield is shite. He needs service to get his goals, which some people also cannot fathom on this board.

THIS!

[Raw Dykes]

I'm not having a debate about it but he can't. It was obvious after the match something had gone on, this article means nothing for me.

If Pearson remains here next season Beckford won't be around.

That makes you sound like a religious nut. What you're saying seems to be, you'll believe whatever you want to believe, based on nothing at all, even in the face of evidence to the contrary.

[Babylon]

Was a bit of sarcasm regarding the numerous reactional threads we have!

I dont want to get banned but here it is again....

I didn't think it was that bad and was aimed at the kids making numerous threads, not foxestalk.

Well I looked in the bin and everything deleted in there had the word "haters" or "haterz" in it... can only guess someone doesn't like that word

[Reynard Bleu]

The fact that Beckford did or did not refuse to haul himself in to the box for a free kick is not the reason we find ourselves outside the play-offs. He was bought to score goals and he has gone someway in delivering that, may be a few more would have helped, but the real reason is we have made too many mistakes and thrown away advantageous positions in too many games. This is why we are where we are. We used to be hard to beat, we used to grind out a result. Now we do the hard work then flush ourselves down the shitter with poor marking, out of position, failure to deal with crosses, passing like planks and or just losing the belief we can win the game..

[Poakey]

This has all started from Radio Leicester, Young in particular.

Young was going berzerk about it on the Radio, they tried to get callers who were at the game to call in and give there opinions on the matter and the only people moaning about him were people who was listening on the radio. People who called in from the game never even mentioned it. Konch came on and when asked about it said he didnt know anything had happened(he sounded genuine) but Young kept going on like someone had been shot!! Big over reaction from him has caused all this i reckon.

[jimmer]

Well I looked in the bin and everything deleted in there had the word "haters" or "haterz" in it... can only guess someone doesn't like that word

ahh yes thats right it started off with that!

ahh well back on topic....

This just goes to show how the media can have a negative impact on clubs.

[KidKunny]

This is evidence that he has not fallen out with NP so why are people choosing not to believe this?

What does it take from JB to make you like him?

Just can't please some people.

[Mark_w]

This is evidence that he has not fallen out with NP so why are people choosing not to believe this?

What does it take from JB to make you like him?

Just can't please some people.

It's the same with Nigel, people who want Beckford to go will choose to ignore this, people who want Pearson to go will ignore this. This doesn't suite their shoddily put together arguement so they'll just choose to ignore it.

[Libertine Dream]

This has all started from Radio Leicester, Young in particular.

Young was going berzerk about it on the Radio, they tried to get callers who were at the game to call in and give there opinions on the matter and the only people moaning about him were people who was listening on the radio. People who called in from the game never even mentioned it. Konch came on and when asked about it said he didnt know anything had happened(he sounded genuine) but Young kept going on like someone had been shot!! Big over reaction from him has caused all this i reckon.

It happens all the time, RL make things up to influence listeners so they all sing from the same hymn sheet. I have no opinion on the two of them and didnt hear it as I was at the game but they regularly pick an incident out, over-hype it to turn people so they all believe what those two want them to. They love Gally and when he was dojng alright they made him out to be gods gift, everybody went along with it and now people are disappointed when in reality his form has only dropped slightly. I think people on here over criticise him but likewise RL still thinks he's Beckham.

Alan Young.showed his true colours after the eay he talked to the guy after Millwall at home, and although I dont mind him simce then I ignore most of what he says.

[cc_star]

This has all started from Radio Leicester, Young in particular.

Young was going berzerk about it on the Radio, they tried to get callers who were at the game to call in and give there opinions on the matter and the only people moaning about him were people who was listening on the radio. People who called in from the game never even mentioned it. Konch came on and when asked about it said he didnt know anything had happened(he sounded genuine) but Young kept going on like someone had been shot!! Big over reaction from him has caused all this i reckon.

True.

But given they just sensationally invented the 'problem' - God knows what the anti-NP brigade were chiming in with on here.

Laughable < insert rude word >.

Complete & total joke 'fans'

[nickelbyfox]

It happens all the time, RL make things up to influence listeners so they all sing from the same hymn sheet. I have no opinion on the two of them and didnt hear it as I was at the game but they regularly pick an incident out, over-hype it to turn people so they all believe what those two want them to. They love Gally and when he was dojng alright they made him out to be gods gift, everybody went along with it and now people are disappointed when in reality his form has only dropped slightly. I think people on here over criticise him but likewise RL still thinks he's Beckham.

Alan Young.showed his true colours after the eay he talked to the guy after Millwall at home, and although I dont mind him simce then I ignore most of what he says.

I agree, one reason I love the player ratings thread that doesnt really get that many posts, as listening on the radio and then coming on here you havent a clue what the game was like, or what happens!

Youngs passion is nice, but blinds him from giving a more accurate commentary

[KidKunny]

It happens all the time, RL make things up to influence listeners so they all sing from the same hymn sheet. I have no opinion on the two of them and didnt hear it as I was at the game but they regularly pick an incident out, over-hype it to turn people so they all believe what those two want them to. They love Gally and when he was dojng alright they made him out to be gods gift, everybody went along with it and now people are disappointed when in reality his form has only dropped slightly. I think people on here over criticise him but likewise RL still thinks he's Beckham.

Alan Young.showed his true colours after the eay he talked to the guy after Millwall at home, and although I dont mind him simce then I ignore most of what he says.

This is true, Young and Stringer did dramatise the situation and, half the fans didn't even realise it happened until the phone in, which could've been where the papers picked it up from, so evidently it started from Stringer and Youngy being drama queens.

[Guest ttfn]

None of this changes the fact that Beckford threw a wobbly when asked to go up for a free kick at the end. 12,000 people saw that.

What it does change is any perception that there might have been a long-term fall out. Pearson and Beckford are both grown men; there's no reason they couldn't have sorted out differences which may have existed on Saturday by the following Thursday.

Good on him for coming out in the press and setting the record straight though. That said, people seem a little over-keen to gobble up the usual platitudes about "passion".

[Bluetintedspecs]

I confess to being the second caller on the moan in on Monday, it is refreshing to hear that the point I made about Beckford tracking back appears to be the end of the matter.Is peace breaking out?

[Darkon84]

There should be an 'Apology/Eat my Hat' thread, for all those slating him/Pearson over this.

[Darkon84]

None of this changes the fact that Beckford threw a wobbly when asked to go up for a free kick at the end. 12,000 people saw that.

What it does change is any perception that there might have been a long-term fall out. Pearson and Beckford are both grown men; there's no reason they couldn't have sorted out differences which may have existed on Saturday by the following Thursday.

Good on him for coming out in the press and setting the record straight though. That said, people seem a little over-keen to gobble up the usual platitudes about "passion".

As he said, and as the same 12,000 saw, he had been playing for 90 minutes, then SPRINTED from their box, all the way back to ours to help defend, while most others stood up in their box. I think he had a little reason to be slightly out of breath and not busting a gut to get back in to the opposition box which was already full of our players and people better equipped to head in a cross/free kick

[Kitchandro]

This is true, Young and Stringer did dramatise the situation and, half the fans didn't even realise it happened until the phone in, which could've been where the papers picked it up from, so evidently it started from Stringer and Youngy being drama queens.

Yep.

I never saw what happened but having spoken to people who listened it's evident that Stringer and Youngy claimed Beckford was 'arguing with Bamba and Pearson' and 'refused to go up for the free kick'.

Whether this is true or not now seems unclear.

But if it's been resolved or it didn't happen at all then good.

[Guest]

None of this changes the fact that Beckford threw a wobbly when asked to go up for a free kick at the end. 12,000 people saw that.

Make that 11,999. Sorry, 11,998; the OH didn't see Beckford throw a wobbly either.

As he said, and as the same 12,000 saw, he had been playing for 90 minutes, then SPRINTED from their box, all the way back to ours to help defend, while most others stood up in their box. I think he had a little reason to be slightly out of breath and not busting a gut to get back in to the opposition box which was already full of our players and people better equipped to head in a cross/free kick

I agree. I also thought he stayed put because every other player, bar Beckford and Schmeichel, were up front for the free kick. Had it been one of those cases where the ball was played out of the area, Beckford would have been best placed to pick it up.

[Darkon84]

Make that 11,999. Sorry, 11,998; the OH didn't see Beckford throw a wobbly either.

I agree. I also thought he stayed put because every other player, bar Beckford and Schmeichel, were up front for the free kick. Had it been one of those cases where the ball was played out of the area, Beckford would have been best placed to pick it up.

Preeeeeeeeeeeeecisely, but of course, that might take a tiny bit of thought to think about that, rather than just shouting like a caveman 'beckford striker, striker not in box...must be shit and have no passionnn'

[Leicester_Loyal]

Waheyyyy go on Beckford.

[Guest ttfn]

Make that 11,999. Sorry, 11,998; the OH didn't see Beckford throw a wobbly either.

I agree. I also thought he stayed put because every other player, bar Beckford and Schmeichel, were up front for the free kick. Had it been one of those cases where the ball was played out of the area, Beckford would have been best placed to pick it up.

1) Forgive my ignorance, what's an OH? I thought it was pretty clear that he had a strop - whether he had the right to or not is certainly upfor debate.

2) Don't get this point at all. For starters, Drinkwater, taking the free kick, was outside the box and could have put it back in. Beckford is a striker (a "poacher" as I keep being told). He should have been in the penalty area. Whether somebody else should have been waiting for the ball to come back out (Wellens or Marshall perhaps) is another matter. Nobody would be blaming Beckford if he'd got himself in the box, Posh had broken away and he'd scored; that's not his job at all.

[Out Foxed]

1) Forgive my ignorance, what's an OH? I thought it was pretty clear that he had a strop - whether he had the right to or not is certainly upfor debate.

2) Don't get this point at all. For starters, Drinkwater, taking the free kick, was outside the box and could have put it back in. Beckford is a striker (a "poacher" as I keep being told). He should have been in the penalty area. Whether somebody else should have been waiting for the ball to come back out (Wellens or Marshall perhaps) is another matter. Nobody would be blaming Beckford if he'd got himself in the box, Posh had broken away and he'd scored; that's not his job at all.

not one free kick (that i can remember) was put in the box. drinkwater skied it, konch, skied it, marshall skied it. so why should he have bothered.

[Guest ttfn]

Preeeeeeeeeeeeecisely, but of course, that might take a tiny bit of thought to think about that, rather than just shouting like a caveman 'beckford striker, striker not in box...must be shit and have no passion'

Have you ever seen anything like that before? Team losing 1-0 gets a late free kick and somebody who is supposedly a master goal poacher is the only one back defending.

I can just about understand the view that he was tired from tracking back 90 yards (and good on him for doing so) but to be so bold in your conviction that there was genuinely a tactical element to his thinking beggars belief.

[Darkon84]

1) Forgive my ignorance, what's an OH? I thought it was pretty clear that he had a strop - whether he had the right to or not is certainly upfor debate.

2) Don't get this point at all. For starters, Drinkwater, taking the free kick, was outside the box and could have put it back in. Beckford is a striker (a "poacher" as I keep being told). He should have been in the penalty area. Whether somebody else should have been waiting for the ball to come back out (Wellens or Marshall perhaps) is another matter. Nobody would be blaming Beckford if he'd got himself in the box, Posh had broken away and he'd scored; that's not his job at all.

Its not any of the defenders job to be in the box then is it? I don;t see any of them getting thoroughly slated for being in there.

I do see your point, yes, as a poacher, you'd like him in there, but after busting a gut to get all the way back to help defend (not his job), he saw best to hang back, away from an already packed box in case they broke. And you know as well as I do, if he was the last one to get in the box, then Posh broke and scored, he would still get slated for being the last one to get in the box and not having the broader idea to sit back and help defend