Last Chance For Lita?

[Old Biscuitman]

admittedly 3 more than anyone else in the squad

No, there are other squad members with a worse track record than Leroy's.

I am intrigued. Who?

[brendywendy]

oster shot a man in the eye

just for glaring nastily at him

or so i heard

he wasnt oxf*rd glaring afterwards i can tell thee

[Dirk Gently]

:roll:

Does this "demeanor" consist of refusing to sign autographs and ignoring goggle eyed nerds?

Not that I know of - personally I've not asked anyone for an autograph for over 30 years!

It's partly having an attitude of self-wroth and entitlement which is far greater than performances on the pitch deserve.

[Dirk Gently]

oster shot a man in the eye

just for glaring nastily at him

or so i heard

he wasnt oxf*rd glaring afterwards i can tell thee

But that was a long time ago, and then SC gave him a chance to be a reformed character, which he has, as far as we can tell, well and truly taken.

Leroy has been given a number of chances to be a reformed character, which he has, as far as we can tell, completely and utterly not taken.

[brendywendy]

oster shot a man in the eye

just for glaring nastily at him

or so i heard

he wasnt oxf*rd glaring afterwards i can tell thee

But that was a long time ago, and then SC gave him a chance to be a reformed character, which he has, as far as we can tell, well and truly taken.

Leroy has been given a number of chances to be a reformed character, which he has, as far as we can tell, completely and utterly not taken.

its just his schoolboy demeanor that makes him seem so angelic

underneath hes a seething vortex of rage

[biscuitsrus]

oster shot a man in the eye

just for glaring nastily at him

or so i heard

he wasnt oxf*rd glaring afterwards i can tell thee

But that was a long time ago, and then SC gave him a chance to be a reformed character, which he has, as far as we can tell, well and truly taken.

Leroy has been given a number of chances to be a reformed character, which he has, as far as we can tell, completely and utterly not taken.

its just his schoolboy demeanor that makes him seem so angelic

underneath hes a seething vortex of rage

Shame he wasn't just a good footballer.

[rg6royal]

Will be really Peed off if Leroy goes. He has had a bad few games yeah fair enough he just needs another chance. We all know what he can do as we've seen it but he just needs to mature more as a player i feel.

[Dirk Gently]

Will be really Peed off if Leroy goes. He has had a bad few games yeah fair enough he just needs another chance. We all know what he can do as we've seen it but he just needs to mature more as a player i feel.

I'd say that he needs to mature as a person first - maturing as a player will follow from that.

[loyalroyal4life]

Will be really Peed off if Leroy goes. He has had a bad few games yeah fair enough he just needs another chance. We all know what he can do as we've seen it but he just needs to mature more as a player i feel.

i agree although i m not sure it will happen him getting a chance!!

[Old Biscuitman]

It's all a matter of "fit" with a particular style and ethos. SC's whole approach depends on individuals in his teams being mature. LL just doesn't fit the mould, much as SC has tried to develop him. I guess he suffers from having his formative years as a player in the very immature drinking culture of Bristol City.

[Behindu]

admittedly 3 more than anyone else in the squad

No, there are other squad members with a worse track record than Leroy's.

I am intrigued. Who?

Two players with well publicised chequered pasts. Both with incidents that went further than anything Leroy has been involved in.
As Dirk points out, one of them seems to have put his bad boy days behind him and the other doesn;t seem to have a future at the club anyway.
The point is that Leroy isn;t unique at the club, and also that he has a chocie. He can knuckle down, grow up and play football or he can get a bad reputation and drift. John Oster was seen as a huge prospect when he was a kid and for a variety of reasons never acheieved what he looked to promise. The fact that he got a reputation for trouble probably accounted for some of that.

[brendywendy]

admittedly 3 more than anyone else in the squad

No, there are other squad members with a worse track record than Leroy's.

I am intrigued. Who?

Two players with well publicised chequered pasts. Both with incidents that went further than anything Leroy has been involved in.
As Dirk points out, one of them seems to have put his bad boy days behind him and the other doesn;t seem to have a future at the club anyway.
The point is that Leroy isn;t unique at the club, and also that he has a chocie. He can knuckle down, grow up and play football or he can get a bad reputation and drift. John Oster was seen as a huge prospect when he was a kid and for a variety of reasons never acheieved what he looked to promise. The fact that he got a reputation for trouble probably accounted for some of that.

hes a seething vortex of rage i tell thee

[Behindu]

Oster comes across as really mild mannered - hard to think of him as a gun toting mad man isn;t it !!

[RoyalBlue]

I repeat - Who cares?

I couldn't give a fook what any of our players do in their spare time.

I could. If they're doing things that mean their commitment to the team (mental attitude or fitness) is affected - then that's surely got to be an issue.

Could not have put it any better myself

really?

has shagging some bird and filming it affected his commitment to the team, mental attitude and fitness?
i doubt very much whether getting involved in a ruckus in brizzle did either

Surely any ruckus is bound to affect him physically - but putting himself in positions where what was a late-night, drunken, ruckus is likely to occur does not show the best commitment to the cause or the greatest level of intelligence.

And yes, I know these things can happen to anyone, but it does seem to be a little more than once or twice with our Leroy.

Sadly, he seems to want to have all the trappings of being a Premier League player without first having put in all the application and dedication to prove that he is one.

So what Marcus said in his book about Leroy's dedication and application was all lies?

[Katie Marsden]

LOL @ people believing what players say in books.

They won't say anything to rock the boat unless they have a backbone.

[Rawlie19]

I repeat - Who cares?

I couldn't give a fook what any of our players do in their spare time.

I could. If they're doing things that mean their commitment to the team (mental attitude or fitness) is affected - then that's surely got to be an issue.

Could not have put it any better myself

really?

has shagging some bird and filming it affected his commitment to the team, mental attitude and fitness?
i doubt very much whether getting involved in a ruccus in brizzle did either

Oh yeah he is much better player for it, you can tell by his first team performances surely

yeah, nice one newbie, thanks

that kinda ignores the question of whether the fight or the sex tape has actually affected his 1 or two 1st team appearences, or hes just in a run of poor form, which could be due to many things, not least his lack of games

Oy, newbie, you can't go round calling people that have joined nearly 2 years before you a newbie just because you have 3,499 more posts than them.

[rg6royal]

Coppell seems to hint from his inview on the website that Lita won't be involved again this weekend.

[PEARCEY]

Coppell seems to hint from his inview on the website that Lita won't be involved again this weekend.

If thats the case then Leroy is not going to be a happy lad. If anyone leaves in January I think it much more likely to be Lita and not Shorey....but things can change quickly and if either Doyle or Kitson or heaven forbid both get injured then Leroy might still have his chance.
Personally I would like to see him in the 16 as coming off the bench he could still make an impact against tiring defenders.

[Woodcote Royal]

Why would he be involved?

We only need 3 strikers and the others have done nothing to warrant being dropped in favour of the only front man without a league goal this season

[PEARCEY]

Why would he be involved?

We only need 3 strikers and the others have done nothing to warrant being dropped in favour of the only front man without a league goal this season

I would still place him ahead of Long in the pecking order although you obviously wouldn't.
I am in two minds regarding Lita.He does blow hot and cold(on the pitch and probably off it as well judging by the lurid pics on this board) but on a good day he looks a decent striker.
I cannot see him staying in January as things stand. I hope if he does go we get somebody in who is better. I am far from convinced the likes of Zamora and Nugent would be better and not sure what other options there will be next month.