Worrying info about Lita

[Stranded]

Will soon be off on loan, you heard it here first.

Very easy for anyone to just come out with that. Source?

I can't see him going on loan to a League 1 club and I doubt we'd want to loan him to anyone in this league. He might be a bit of an idiot but he's one of the best strikers in this division.

Hardly much conclusive proof of that to be fair.

[Uke]

Will soon be off on loan, you heard it here first.

Very easy for anyone to just come out with that. Source?

I can't see him going on loan to a League 1 club and I doubt we'd want to loan him to anyone in this league. He might be a bit of an idiot but he's one of the best strikers in this division.

Hardly much conclusive proof of that to be fair.

His record at Charlton demonstrates his quality

[Deathy]

Bit harsh Stranded. He was a key player both when we got promoted and in the Premiership that season. He's certainly one of the top 5 strikers in the Championship.

[Focher]

Bit harsh Stranded. He was a key player both when we got promoted and in the Premiership that season. He's certainly one of the top 5 strikers in the Championship.

He is nowhere near the top 5.

Doyle
Hunt
Ebanks Blake
Phillips
Hulse
Parry
etc etc etc

[Deathy]

Bit harsh Stranded. He was a key player both when we got promoted and in the Premiership that season. He's certainly one of the top 5 strikers in the Championship.

He is nowhere near the top 5.

Doyle
Hunt
Ebanks Blake
Phillips
Hulse
Parry
etc etc etc

Hulse and Parry

Hulse when fully fit, yes, but he hasn'r been for abut 3 years. More so actually. He was in and out of Leeds' squad too.

LOLz at suggesting Hunt is in the top 5 after one quality performace and some cup goals.

[Stranded]

Bit harsh Stranded. He was a key player both when we got promoted and in the Premiership that season. He's certainly one of the top 5 strikers in the Championship.

Yep, he had a decent impact that season 11 in 26, good record.

Charlton was 3 in 8, all goals coming in 2 games back to back - didn't do much of note in the other games by all accounts.

And started very poorly this.

He's not in the top 5 strikers in this division.

[papereyes]

Bit harsh Stranded. He was a key player both when we got promoted and in the Premiership that season. He's certainly one of the top 5 strikers in the Championship.

Hmmm.

Important, certainly, definitely, but 'key' given that he had months out injured?

[Focher]

Bit harsh Stranded. He was a key player both when we got promoted and in the Premiership that season. He's certainly one of the top 5 strikers in the Championship.

He is nowhere near the top 5.

Doyle
Hunt
Ebanks Blake
Phillips
Hulse
Parry
etc etc etc

Have you seen Parry play? Far more graft and impact than Lita. Yes Hunt is yet to prove himself, but on Tue he did twice as much as Lita all season. Lita is nowhere near the top 5 in the championship (at the moment), with the correct attitude he should be the best in the league.

[Millsy]

Well, I'm going to stick up for him a bit here - I know someone who knows him quite well. They used to say he was very arrogant and they didn't care for him much, however, they have told me that he has changed and the change seemed to come about last season. He told this person in the close season that he didn't want to leave, that he really loved it here, but that "someone" (I know who but I'm not going to say) didn't like him and wanted him out.

He said he'd had interest from 3 or 4 clubs in the close season, but nothing came of it.

I have also met him and in the very brief chat that we had he came across as rather more shy than anything else - he was also very witty.

When he was left out of the squad last game, this person tried to contact him, as they thought he was probably off to another club, but he didn't want to talk about it.

I would venture to suggest that he probably was an arrogant idiot up until fairly recently - he probably also carries a bit of a chip on his shoulder. From what I saw of him, I liked him and he surprised me. He didn't have to communicate with me at all, but he did. He knew I knew the other person I am talking about here (if you can understand that) but he was genuinely friendly and not putting on an act.

He's early twenties, he obviously earns more money than many many others of the same age (and older!) and he has found it hard to handle himself in certain situations. There are always "lads" out and about in Reading, who revel in trying to take a "pop" at some of the players and I think Lita has had more than his fair share.

I think his swagger etc has more to do with the fact that he's being what he thinks people perceive him to be, he didn't know how to handle himself and the money situation - but as he's getting older and wiser, he's calming down. He argued with Kitson, I know that for a fact from two different people, but I also know a lot of the other players didn't like Kitson much. Maybe Lita was the only one who told him to his face.

I get really fed up when our players are being knocked all the time, by their own fans. I can only go on what I've seen with my own eyes and what I've heard from someone who has known him fairly well.

Thanks RL very informative.

For the record I'm not slagging him of just posting what I've been told as info.

I suspect it's a case of him being fundamentally a good lad but with an odd quirk that comes to light when drunk or really irked by something.

I'd still love to see him brought back into the fold and starting games, but after recent developments Doyle and Hunt should start I guess.

[Forever Reading]

There is a lot of talk recently about the emergence of N Hunt and how this has pushed Long down the pecking order but what does all this mean for Leroy. I personnaly believe that Lita and N. Hunt are similar types of players but Hunt is more effective at linking play together and holding up the ball, simply put better.

So Lita doesnt look close to getting back into the team and surely Mooney is next in line for a chance should injuries etc create an opportunity. Is this the end of the line for Leroy? The one time U21 starlet used to carry a supposed price tag of around £6M could we even get our £1M back we paid for him?

Your thoughts please

[Uke]

wibble

[Gordons Cumming]

Maybe he could find some fish to go with those well balanced chips he might open a shop?


HTH

[facaldaqui]

I don't think NH is a better player than Lita, but I suspect he follows orders whereas Lita just does what he likes on the pitch. Leroy's problem is temperament: I suspect he is just not a team player. I hope we sell him at Christmas, and, who knows, someone desperate might give us a tidy sum for him.

[Royalwaster]

I don't think NH is a better player than Lita, but I suspect he follows orders whereas Lita just does what he likes on the pitch. Leroy's problem is temperament: I suspect he is just not a team player. I hope we sell him at Christmas, and, who knows, someone desperate might give us a tidy sum for him.

I'd say someone who isn't a team player in a team game is unlikely to be better than someone who is - QED.

[Scarface]

His attitude obviously wound up Coppell last year (hence the loan) and the fact he has been omitted from the squad recently suggests another flare up has happened. He should be a big part of plans this year, but if he's not prepared to be a team player then I suggest he's not in Coppell's plans at the moment. Noel Hunt has shown what a hungry player can do!

I doubt Coppell will loan him to a rival in the Championship, so I imagine he will remain in the stiffs untill January when he'll be sold.

Good ridance I say.

[papereyes]

Or the club finally took a look at his overall goal scoring record and performances and worked out that Irish >> Lita.

[Forever Reading]

I just can't see him climbing the pecking order so I think he will go unfortunately for a lot less than the figures which were quoted last season.
Then we will be left with our all Irish strike force.

[SpaceCruiser]

Hasn't this already been discussed in UR&G?!?

[Uke]

Hasn't this already been discussed in UR&G?!?

ad nauseum

[SCIAG]

Or the club finally took a look at his overall goal scoring record and performances and worked out that Irish >> Lita.

Let's sign Robbie Keane!