Burmesefox Posted 12 November 2012 Share Posted 12 November 2012 If Refs are going to give pennos for defenders putting their hands on strikers there will be 50 pennos a game though. Their bloke took a dive no question. Happened right in front of me and it was deffoe a pen. A blatant shove and the ref and linesmean had no choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted 16 November 2012 Share Posted 16 November 2012 I don't get this hate on him. He looks like a better all round defender than St Ledger who I think is a liability IMO. Whitbread hasn't played properly for a while since joining us so bound to be rusty and under-confident. Give the guy a chance, 2 questionable yellow cards, admittedly a definite penalty vs Brighton and a good tackle on Sharp v Forest doesn't mean he's the 'worst centre back at the club'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monsell1976 Posted 16 November 2012 Share Posted 16 November 2012 He seems to be trying to hard to impress, he dives in a bit to much and is giving away cheap free kicks in dangerous areas, which is putting us under pressure from set pieces. I think the more games he plays he will come good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 16 November 2012 Share Posted 16 November 2012 I don't get this hate on him. He looks like a better all round defender than St Ledger who I think is a liability IMO. Whitbread hasn't played properly for a while since joining us so bound to be rusty and under-confident. Give the guy a chance, 2 questionable yellow cards, admittedly a definite penalty vs Brighton and a good tackle on Sharp v Forest doesn't mean he's the 'worst centre back at the club'. Compare St. Ledger's record to Whitbreads this season and you'll see we've been better with SSL in. Not bad for a liability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted 16 November 2012 Share Posted 16 November 2012 Compare St. Ledger's record to Whitbreads this season and you'll see we've been better with SSL in. Not bad for a liability. Or maybe that's the time Vardy was playing and Knockaert wasn't 'found out' yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 16 November 2012 Share Posted 16 November 2012 Or maybe that's the time Vardy was playing and Knockaert wasn't 'found out' yet So what about the games before when we'd lost with Vardy in the team but SSL wasn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerrrFox Posted 16 November 2012 Share Posted 16 November 2012 Or maybe that's the time Vardy was playing and Knockaert wasn't 'found out' yet Yeah because Vardy and Knockaert have a real influence on our defensive performance don't they?..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 16 November 2012 Share Posted 16 November 2012 Yeah because Vardy and Knockaert have a real influence on our defensive performance don't they?..... Yes indeed they do. In particular Vardy selfless defending from the front which prevents the opposition settling on the ball and building attacks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted 16 November 2012 Share Posted 16 November 2012 Yes indeed they do. In particular Vardy selfless defending from the front which prevents the opposition settling on the ball and building attacks, Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerrrFox Posted 16 November 2012 Share Posted 16 November 2012 Yes indeed they do. In particular Vardy selfless defending from the front which prevents the opposition settling on the ball and building attacks, Exactly. Waghorn is just as much of a selfless worker as Vardy is. That's one thing you know you will always get from Waghorn, a high work rate and graft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH Posted 17 November 2012 Share Posted 17 November 2012 Compare St. Ledger's record to Whitbreads this season and you'll see we've been better with SSL in. Not bad for a liability. Whitbread has of course played in the prem... and didnt disgrace himself... so we know he's got it in him... St Ledger hasnt made it out of the championship... although he has of course played international football.. It would be intresting to see a fully match sharp SSL and a fully match sharp Whitbread .... I have a feeling if we see that, Pearson would go for Whitbread... and if i am not mistaken, i seem to remember Pearson saying something along those lines in an interview.... SSL also has an uncanny knack of signing for a club and the manager losing his job fairly soon after! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefox Posted 17 November 2012 Share Posted 17 November 2012 Whitbread is decent, saying that I prefer the defence with SSL in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ealingfox Posted 17 November 2012 Share Posted 17 November 2012 Whitbread has of course played in the prem... and didnt disgrace himself... so we know he's got it in him... St Ledger hasnt made it out of the championship... although he has of course played international football.. It would be intresting to see a fully match sharp SSL and a fully match sharp Whitbread .... I have a feeling if we see that, Pearson would go for Whitbread... and if i am not mistaken, i seem to remember Pearson saying something along those lines in an interview.... SSL also has an uncanny knack of signing for a club and the manager losing his job fairly soon after! I feel like that might have changed a bit by now. Think NP rates SSL quite a bit more than he did when he started, and as Bert pointed out, it will be difficult for him to ignore the divergence in our results between SSL and Whitbread starting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfox Posted 17 November 2012 Share Posted 17 November 2012 Sean St Ledger is the man, enough said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 17 November 2012 Share Posted 17 November 2012 I don't get this hate on him. He looks like a better all round defender than St Ledger who I think is a liability IMO. Whitbread hasn't played properly for a while since joining us so bound to be rusty and under-confident. Give the guy a chance, 2 questionable yellow cards, admittedly a definite penalty vs Brighton and a good tackle on Sharp v Forest doesn't mean he's the 'worst centre back at the club'. Don't forget the time when he basically let Ramage walk past him to score for Palace... I don't feel safe with Whitbread at the back, especially when he is our last defender in a one v one situation. He is decent in the air, but I haven't seen anything else that suggests he is better than St Ledger. I prefer St Ledger anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc_star Posted 17 November 2012 Share Posted 17 November 2012 Well he's in the starting line-up today ahead of Moore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted 17 November 2012 Share Posted 17 November 2012 Good performance today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_w Posted 17 November 2012 Share Posted 17 November 2012 Did well, I don't think he's been that bad, but I'm sure today will do him the world of good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentFox Posted 17 November 2012 Share Posted 17 November 2012 Did well, I don't think he's been that bad, but I'm sure today will do him the world of good. Spot on for me. I think he gave us such aerial strength against some seriously big units today. Their lump up front got nothing out of him. Distribution sound. I also think he might be a rock alongside Morgs this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetintedspecs Posted 17 November 2012 Share Posted 17 November 2012 Spot on for me. I think he gave us such aerial strength against some seriously big units today. Their lump up front got nothing out of him. Distribution sound. I also think he might be a rock alongside Morgs this season. Totally agree, more game time he's getting better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettsj2 Posted 17 November 2012 Share Posted 17 November 2012 Such a shame that a new signing has to earn support from the fans. He had no pre-season and probably came in ahead of schedule. The way some fans have reacted to him has been way over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unabomber Posted 17 November 2012 Share Posted 17 November 2012 Such a shame that a new signing has to earn support from the fans. He had no pre-season and probably came in ahead of schedule. The way some fans have reacted to him has been way over the top. Fully agree, some were acting as if we had signed an unknown quantity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterboyuk Posted 17 November 2012 Share Posted 17 November 2012 Caught him on RL after the match. He was quite frank that his match fitness is not where it needs to be. Should be given slack and a proper chance to gain match fitness because he looked quite solid today. In the air he was supreme (again) and getting better with his distribution so could prove to be a useful CB over the medium term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 18 November 2012 Share Posted 18 November 2012 Good distribution and didn't lose a header. Should give him confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl the Llama Posted 18 November 2012 Share Posted 18 November 2012 Caught him on RL after the match. He was quite frank that his match fitness is not where it needs to be. Should be given slack and a proper chance to gain match fitness because he looked quite solid today. In the air he was supreme (again) and getting better with his distribution so could prove to be a useful CB over the medium term. Why medium term? At 28 he should be (and is) challenging for a regular CB slot. Nige got signing him spot on imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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