Leon Best (5 Viewers)

[skybluealan]

Could anybody tell me if we received anything for the Leon Best transfer to Blackburn?

 

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[Yorkshire SB]

I'm sure we must have, deals involving young players invariably do

 

[Astute]

SISU could. It will be undisclosed.

 

[Glen]

I doubt it very much knowing wanky sisu

 

[usskyblue]

I see Best has found his level.

Never premiership standard..

 

[Mary_Mungo_Midge]

I see Best has found his level.

Never premiership standard..

Simply stupid. 10 goals in 31 starts for Newcastle is a respectable haul. Decent number of assists too

 

[hill83]

Simply stupid. 10 goals in 31 starts for Newcastle is a respectable haul. Decent number of assists too

I agree. Any excuse to slate an ex cov player though

 

[usskyblue]

Why isn't he in the premiership then?

 

[Mary_Mungo_Midge]

Why isn't he in the premiership then?

A Yorkshire Terrier is still a Yorkshire Terrier when it's not in Yorkshire.....

 

[usskyblue]

The answer is because he's horribly inconsistent and intermittently lazy.

 

[wingy]

Can't see he ever did anything wrong up there ,may have had a few injuries ,but his biggest obstacle would have been created through management change ,and increased funding policy .Did well when called on .

 

[Sterling Archer]

The answer is because he's horribly inconsistent and intermittently lazy.

Yes, I sure do long for strikers like Andy Morrell over Leon Best.

In case you didn't realise, I'm being sarcastic.

 

[lordsummerisle]

The answer is because he's horribly inconsistent and intermittently lazy.

Intermittently lazy? Does that mean part black?

 

[wingy]

The answer is because he's horribly inconsistent and intermittently lazy.[/QUOTE

Think the antipathy was a two way street ,never totally committed to us ,a commodity being moved around without real loyalty ,as emphasised by his desire for a swift move to Notts Forrest.

 

[usskyblue]

Yes, I sure do long for strikers like Andy Morrell over Leon Best.

In case you didn't realise, I'm being sarcastic.

In case you don't realise it:

Andy Morrell hasn't played in the Premiership.
&
I'm not American

 

[wingy]

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Slightly unlucky not be used more by the Republic of Ireland {if I'm allowed to say that},guess its how you're percieved .

 

[WestEndAgro]

He will be back in the Premiership anyway next season, when Bllackburn go up as Champions.
I rate Best very highly, almost unplayable on his day, and their arnt that many players you can say that about who have played for us lately.

Just my opinion

 

[hill83]

I'll never understand the 'lazy' jibe directed at Best. To my eye he worked his bollocks off time and time again.

 

[Grendel]

The answer is because he's horribly inconsistent and intermittently lazy.

I suppose you are one of those educated supporters that prefers a trier to an achiever. Sean Flynn over Darren huckerby or robbie Simpson over Jordan Henderson, good player Best.

 

[usskyblue]

I suppose you are one of those educated supporters that prefers a trier to an achiever. Sean Flynn over Darren huckerby or robbie Simpson over Jordan Henderson, good player Best.

I suppose you're one of those educated posters that likes to use comparisons that you incorrectly assume I'd make.

Best was very often unmotivated to the point of embarrassment.

I'm not suggesting he's a poor player, my opinion is that his attitude has affected his altitude. Championship will probably do him good...

 

[sw88]

He was too like Jay Boothroyd for my liking. Had the talent but failed to show it on the big stage. It did look at one point that he might get a chance when Carroll left and he stepped it up temporarily, but for Pardew to need to bring in two extra strikers suggests he didn't rate Best at the top level. One expects his arrogance may have also played a part in that

 

[usskyblue]

He was too like Jay Boothroyd for my liking. Had the talent but failed to show it on the big stage. It did look at one point that he might get a chance when Carroll left and he stepped it up temporarily, but for Pardew to need to bring in two extra strikers suggests he didn't rate Best at the top level. One expects his arrogance may have also played a part in that

Thank the Lord...

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Best was a decent player for us, I didn't think he would do as well as he did at Newcastle. He was a very selfish player, particularly towards the end of his Cov career.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

He was too like Jay Boothroyd for my liking. Had the talent but failed to show it on the big stage. It did look at one point that he might get a chance when Carroll left and he stepped it up temporarily, but for Pardew to need to bring in two extra strikers suggests he didn't rate Best at the top level. One expects his arrogance may have also played a part in that

Yea if Pardew has ambitions to consistently play in Europe then he didn't rate him at that level, I don't think it means he didn't rate him as a mid to lower end premiership player.

 

[usskyblue]

He was decent.
He was lazy.
He is not a premiership player.

 

[Astute]

He is not a premiership player.

You are clever. Blackburn are in the Championship. He was a Prem player until he moved there though.

 

[usskyblue]

You are clever.

I am....

...in comparison

 

[Astute]

I am....

...in comparison.....

.........ermmmm.....

.......can't think of anything that makes me look clever........

I have come to the rescue of your lack of intelligence for you

 

[Sutty]

Is this the 'lazy' Leon Best that collapsed with exhaustion at the end of one match?

Inconsistent I'll give you, selfish possibly, but lazy? No way.

 

[Real]

Good player, yet another in a long line of good players our supporters booed because he didn't run around like a headless chicken.

 

[theprince]

We never really knew for certain what fee we got for Best when he left anything from £250k to a million i believe.

 

[Sterling Archer]

Good player, yet another in a long line of good players our supporters booed because he didn't run around like a headless chicken.

Spot on.

The lazy thing is mystifying.

 

[usskyblue]

I have come to the rescue of your lack of intelligence for you

Read your sentence again. Then we'll have a chat regarding intelligence.

 

[ajsccfc]

He wasn't a lazy player, he was screamed at by the type of person that wants to see the forward track back to their own goal line in the name of 'passion' and then bemoans the fact there's no outlet a few seconds later.

 

[usskyblue]

The comparison to Jay Bothroyd is valid.

Oh, except for the fact that Jay Bothroyd is playing in the Premiership....mainly because he rolled his sleeves up with Cardiff and got noticed.

Best-Injury prone and frustrating as feck. A liability when you're picking a team-you need to be consistent in the Premiership. That's why he isn't playing for a team that resides there.