Last Chance For Lita?

[SpaceCruiser]

Oh there's more of his like on here... Half of them wanted Lita out when he filmed himself shagging a bird... It's like some sort of moral crusade if you are a Reading fan. Although I dont like to taint us all with the same brush, some of our fans really are total pricks...

Oh, I'd agree.

[Yorkshire Royal]

LOL.. improve his attitude?

Sorry, do you know him? Do you go to training with Reading? How anyone can come out with statements like

"he must improve his attitude" I don't know..

Also does anyone on here actually know about him turning down a new contract.. or what contract he was offered...

[Royal Rother]

Oh there's more of his like on here... Half of them wanted Lita out when he filmed himself shagging a bird... It's like some sort of moral crusade if you are a Reading fan. Although I dont like to taint us all with the same brush, some of our fans really are total pricks...

The real problem is that at the same time all this stuff dribbles out he just isn't producing on the pitch. And one can probably assume he's not producing in training either otherwise he would surely have been at least on the bench a little more often.

5 minutes token sub appearance against Liverpool doesn't convince me he's turned the corner in Coppell's mind either; more likely just a reminder to his potential suitors that he's not crocked.

[West Stand Flash]

Never changes.

Yep.. we should definitely get rid of a player because he got thrown out of a nightclub.

ROFLeading fans......

I wouldn't be derisive towards the majority of Reading fans just because of one stupid little prick like WSF.

Ooooh get you. Touchy little tnuc aren't you?

[Gus the teenage cow]

of course i don't know him but surely all the reports and stories about him can't be a coincidence

i know "he must improve his attitude" is a cliche but the fact is he is making too many ehadlines off the pitch and bot enough off it

i don't know craig bellamy either but i have an opinion on his character

[SpaceCruiser]

Oh there's more of his like on here... Half of them wanted Lita out when he filmed himself shagging a bird... It's like some sort of moral crusade if you are a Reading fan. Although I dont like to taint us all with the same brush, some of our fans really are total pricks...

The real problem is that at the same time all this stuff dribbles out he just isn't producing on the pitch. And one can probably assume he's not producing in training either otherwise he would surely have been at least on the bench a little more often.

5 minutes token sub appearance against Liverpool doesn't convince me he's turned the corner in Coppell's mind either; more likely just a reminder to his potential suitors that he's not crocked.

You can't just make an assumption like that.

[Yorkshire Royal]

The real problem is that at the same time all this stuff dribbles out he just isn't producing on the pitch. And one can probably assume he's not producing in training either otherwise he would surely have been at least on the bench a little more often.

5 minutes token sub appearance against Liverpool doesn't convince me he's turned the corner in Coppell's mind either; more likely just a reminder to his potential suitors that he's not crocked.

Can't disagree with much of that. If he is not good enough, then he will not be played and we should get rid. That all makes total sense. Getting rid of a player because of "his attitude" (or really his perceived attitude) is just silly..

[papereyes]

The real problem is that at the same time all this stuff dribbles out he just isn't producing on the pitch.

Exactly.

If he scores, people simply will turn a blind eye to all his indiscretions.

But while he doesn't, it all starts to add up in people's perceptions of him.

[southbank1871]

LOL.. improve his attitude?

Sorry, do you know him? Do you go to training with Reading? How anyone can come out with statements like

"he must improve his attitude" I don't know..

Also does anyone on here actually know about him turning down a new contract.. or what contract he was offered...

In fairness, I have it on good authority that he really does have an attitude problem. He apparently has a rather large chip on his shoulder and believes that pretty much everyone; refs, coaches, players etc, are all against him.

[brendywendy]

It's more than being thrown out of a nightclub, don't be so naive.

I like Lita, he has all the attributes to be a really great player and I would give him one last chance.....but he must sign a contract and improve his attitude or he can go

oh feck off you bunch of gheyers

feck off with your condecending naivety comments
and feck off with your shite opinions, the lot of ya

litas off field behaiviour matters not one bit to performance on the pitch
the only person whos opinion of it matters is his teammates, (dont give a oxf*rd)and coppell who may or may not be weighing up on selling, though comments of his throughout the last few months say exactly the opposite though, that he wants him to fight for his place, that he wants him to stay, didnt want to sell
no mention of attitude, or application or nightclub incidents

also making the bench on saturday for the 1st time in ages is hardly a manager at the end of his tether, and one more incedent away from flogging him off

all reports from training say he is a quiet lad, who trains incredibly hard and has a great attitude

ive got no problem with selling players, if it helps the club, or if other areas are bigger priorities
but this crap about attitude just comes from people on here, not the club

apart from that bloke above who said he had it on "good authority" that everyone at the club thought he had a bad attitude

[Royal Rother]

Jumping to conclusions about attitude when none of us know the bloke is of course rather dangerous but it was the incident (and subsequent reaction to it) in the U21 Euro tournament that really concerned me.

Missing a couple of absolute sitters then going apeshit and doing the "big-I-am" in the camera lens, after scoring a fairly regulation striker's goal, was not really the act of a grounded young man, and it certainly made the various ex-pros commenting on the incident call his attitude / mentality into question.

Ex-pros generally make more allowances than supporters (because they've been there and done some of it themselves) and it was telling that they were not at all impressed.

[SpaceCruiser]

You talk bollocks yet again.

[Woodcote Royal]

No he isn't.

I can't remember the last Reading player who got a mention in the press for poor Saturday night behavior yet, how many times has this been for Lita now

It is truly pathetic just how low some of his sad little fan club will stoop to justify this totally unacceptable conduct.

Frankly, even if he was scoring 2 hat-tricks a month this club doesn't need little w@nkers who think it's big to film and publish their sex life, leave alone getting involved in late-night fights and getting thrown out of night clubs as they tell everyone just how famous they are

It's time Lita was some other clubs embarrassment.

[Gus the teenage cow]

No he isn't.

I can't remember the last Reading player who got a mention in the press for poor Saturday night behavior yet, how many times has this been for Lita now

It is truly pathetic just low some of his sad little fan club will stoop to justify this totally unacceptable conduct.

Frankly, even if he was scoring 2 hat-tricks a month this club doesn't need little w@nkers who think it's big to film and publish their sex life, leave alone getting involved in late-night fights and getting thrown out of night clubs as they tell everyone just how famous they are

It's time Lita was some other clubs embarrassment.

I agree, one or Reading's greatest assets is our humiltity

for example, if I was manager and was offered Ronaldo on a free and peanuts wages coz he was in love with a Reading bird I'd turn him down

[Royal Rother]

You talk bollocks yet again.

At the risk of highlighting your stunning lack of intelligence once again, (honestly, I really really get no pleasure from it) could I ask you to be a little more constructive and enlighten us as to what you specifically disagree with in my last post.

[Ian Royal]

I'm sorry but a player who consistantly gets into trouble.

Being glassed - for his attitude
assualting someone - only not getting arrested because the charges were dropped
being thrown out of a nightclub

And then theres the filming too.

He consistantly shows he is not capable of behaving himself. You can't expect players not to go out and enjoy themselves, but as athletes and professional sportsmen you expect them to do it responsibly

getting into fights can easily lead to injuries which prevent him playing. He is also clearly easy to wind up and provides plenty of ammunition with which defenders can provoke him into doing something stupid.

He seems to be a perfect example of the young talented player who thinks he is somehow better than everyone else - this IMO can only lead to problems.

One or two isolated incidents can be ignored - but it isn't that and there is no sign that he is trying to sort himself out.

He's not just a player he's also an ambassador for the club and partly the community. He needs to sort himself out or we get rid. I trust Coppell to know the full facts and deal with things accordingly, but it doesn't look good.

Finally anyone who is willing to shag that minger Charlie from big brother as he reportedly has,* doesn't have the intelligence to make it in our squad of footballs intellectual giants and shows a lack of judgement.

Is the clap likely to affect playing performance.

*late night drunken orgies with mates arn't exactly going to be good preperation for games. Fair play to him having a good time and getting it on with the ladies, but I think this is a little more than just that

[Royal Rother]

Finally anyone who is willing to shag that minger Charlie from big brother doesn't have the intelligence to make it in our squad of footballs intectual giants and shows a lack of judgement.

A good point and one that Spacey will heartily agree with I am sure.

[brendywendy]

No he isn't.

I can't remember the last Reading player who got a mention in the press for poor Saturday night behavior yet, how many times has this been for Lita now

It is truly pathetic just how low some of his sad little fan club will stoop to justify this totally unacceptable conduct.

Frankly, even if he was scoring 2 hat-tricks a month this club doesn't need little w@nkers who think it's big to film and publish their sex life, leave alone getting involved in late-night fights and getting thrown out of night clubs as they tell everyone just how famous they are

It's time Lita was some other clubs embarrassment.

im not a huge fan to be honest
he has scored some great goals for us, but there are at least two better strikers at the club.
and personally i have no real problem with people in their twentys getting thrown out of nightclubs, or even sleeping with someone, filming it and showing their mates-whatever their proffession
and its certainly not unnacceptable

[Royal Lady]

I've heard that the rest of the players have little time for him and his big "I am" attitude.

Having said that, as someone else previously mentioned, if he was peforming on the training field, I'd have thought he'd be well in front of Long, even if just as a substitute. I don't believe he is performing particularly well, as I doubt Copps would drop him just because of his off the pitch antics, as we need a good striker too desperately to be able to afford the luxury of dropping them for just those reasons.

[brendywendy]

I've heard that the rest of the players have little time for him and his big "I am" attitude.

Having said that, as someone else previously mentioned, if he was peforming on the training field, I'd have thought he'd be well in front of Long, even if just as a substitute. I don't believe he is performing particularly well, as I doubt Copps would drop him just because of his off the pitch antics, as we need a good striker too desperately to be able to afford the luxury of dropping them for just those reasons.

he did come on ahead of long on saturday