by Royal Rother »
11 Jan 2009 22:00
brendywendy Royal Rother brendywendy Great to see him back at his best last night. He worked tirelessly when the rest of the team may have been winding down,was seen in every quadrant of the pitch,won a free kick or two,and scored a goal reminiscent of his finest hour at man city.
As it happens I've never been one to doubt his effort, just his ability, but was very pleased to see him score as he is obviously a confidence player but that accolade above is so over the top it's a little cringeworthy.
He worked tireslessly for 15 minutes? Fantastic - what a bloody hero!
Remember that header he missed? No striker at his "best" would have put in such a feeble effort when presented with such an opportunity - almost completely unchallenged (before the corner was taken, during its flight and as he made contact), to put it that wide was Sunday League stuff.
rubbish
all strikers oxf*rd up chances, and litas record suggests he does it less than you think
the ball was a bit behind him, and he tried to slide it in at the far post, but it went wrong, end of.
I was delighetd to see Lita score and on this thread have given him more credit for it than even he himself wanted to take, but in the last 2 years, whilst playing for us, he has shown an amazing knack of oxf*rd up almost every opportunity that comes his way, moreover his reaction when anywhere near the goal betrayed a complete loss of confidence. To me he was almost shot-shy, at times looking like he would rather not have a chance to score.
Anyway, re yesterday, ANY striker, at ANY level of the game would be embarrassed with the header, which, being absolutely unchallenged, without a single obstruction in his way before and during the ball's flight, was pretty pathetic to be fair.
I have long identified Lita's huge weaknesses but, whether you care to recall or not, have also been extremely keen and happy to acknowledge when I think he has done well, or when I do not agree with the criticism levelled at him (espec re his work-rate which I have never had a problem with) but feeble defences such as the one you have offered for yesterday's miss are just daft.
It (as in the miss itself) doesn't deserve a defence of any sort (and I'd be amazed if he offered one himself); however what does deserve acknowledgement is that he then, a minute or so later, when he could have been wallowing in self-pity, went ahead and scored a decent striker's goal.
Fingers crossed he will now start buzzing and, if he has really developed a greater maturity in the last few months, as his words suggest, then he could indeed play a very important part in the next few months.
