by Born 'n Bred Royal »
01 Jan 2013 19:19
Maguire It's one thing to think Leigertwood isn't going to cut the mustard at the top level of English football (this I can agree with).
It's quite another to abuse him endlessly. Leighertwood you pcunt, Leigertwood is fcking shit, get that prick out of the team etc. That's just retarded - it's not like the bloke isn't trying or has, I dunno, refused to travel to an away game for example. Then going to games with this idea in your head that he's rubbish and taking out all your frustrations on him is stupid. He played better than Karacan today - going to start abusing Jem now?
Same with Brian McDermott - anyone who's abused him on here this season, called him a bald pcunt and so on is just a fickle moron.
I agree that direct personal abuse not involving football is retarded. However as paying supporters we have a right to call players sh*t, when they are indeed, sh*t. In the Championship Leigertwood is a decent player but he is not cut out for Premiership football. If you want to stay in the Premiership there is no place for sentimentality, I'm not going to sit there and be content with us continually giving the ball away and being way out of our depth when other recent newly promoted sides are all flourishing in the division. Although I completely agree that we are punching above our weight just being here, it would be nice if we could give it a better shot and hopefully the players we sign in January can do that for us.
However do not put people who call players sh*t in the same bracket as people who call McDermott a bald cnut as that is just uncalled for and deeply disrespectful to a man that has achieved something only one other Reading boss has done. I wouldn't call players cnuts either. But calling someone shit - although harshly worded is often true - and Leigertwood this season (and his previous two seasons in the prem) is sh*t at this level.