Mikele Leigertwood

[Barry the bird boggler]

Can't believe how fat and out of condition he looks. Last year he was onto players in a flash, this year he just seems to trundle around doing nothing.

Should not have signed him, should have taken him on loan again so he is playing for his future.....

[Hoop Blah]

Anyone know what the situation with Olofanjani is these days?

I thought he was at Hull and available again over the summer but he's not listed on their website anymore. Just thinking that if we can get rid of Howard and Williams it might free up some budget to get in a real bit of competition for the central midfield. As much as I'd like that player to be a more cultured and creative force I think it's clear McDermott favours the likes of Legiertwood and Karacan and so perhaps he'd be a viable option to strengthen us a bit?

[glass half full]

Can't believe how fat and out of condition he looks. Last year he was onto players in a flash, this year he just seems to trundle around doing nothing.

I thought that at the play-off final he might have been carrying an injury and he has certainly lost that 'edge'. As with so many, though, he cannot become a bad player overnight and I hope that we shall soon see a return to 2010/11 form.

[Maguire]

He looks like someone stuck him on the fried chicken diet over the summer.

If he's no injured then he needs to lose a bit of that junk.

[DOYLERSAROYALER]

He looks like someone stuck him on the fried chicken diet over the summer.

If he's no injured then he needs to lose a bit of that junk.

..and if he is injured what the hell is BM playing at picking him...loyalty is one thing, stupidity is another

[roadrunner]

Lazy, real lack of effort performance again. Same goes for a few of the others which is not the Reading way. We're used to high energy performances, closing down the oppo quickly and then breaking forward. We haven't seen any of that yet.

Needs to be binned and someone else deserves a chance.

[brendywendy]

the whole team are being a bit rubbish. not sure its fair to highlight mikele. although he was pretty awful. i wouldnt have said he looked any worse than many others on the pitch. and id certainly hold out more hope of him finding form again than many other of our players

[loyalroyal4life]

2 best mates in mcanuff and ledge have been the 2 worst players thus far

[Hoop Blah]

the whole team are being a bit rubbish. not sure its fair to highlight mikele. although he was pretty awful. i wouldnt have said he looked any worse than many others on the pitch. and id certainly hold out more hope of him finding form again than many other of our players

I agree, this is a deeper problem than a few of our players not being up to it or being out of form.

I think it goes back to the playoff hangover and the lack of ambition shown by the club in not only replacing those that have left but not looking to strengthen in the first place.

If we'd have kept Mills and Long (plus Legiertwood signing his contract) over the summer I don't think we'd have really have looked to sign anyone. As has been said time and time again, if you stand still your effectively moving backwards. The players can see that and I think, as with the second season syndrome in the Premier League, they've lost their edge because of the disappointment of losing at Wembley and then the club not really looking to kick on over the summer.

If we could get a couple of fresh faces in now it might not be too late to get them all back on track and up for it again.

[brendywendy]

i think we have enough to be successful already, it just requires some patience.

[Hoop Blah]

i think we have enough to be successful already, it just requires some patience.

You seem to be missing my point brendy. Making do with what you've got doesn't work in sport, or in fact most areas of business. You have to keep striving to improve or you end up with everyone else overtaking you.

What the club needs, IMO, is a lift. The lift that a couple of marque signings can give the fans and the squad because at the moment the players seem flatter and less motivated than even our bunch of pretty apathetic fans.

Patience is great in some cases. I think with a bit of patience some of our youngsters and new signings will come good. If we can't address the worrying decline in the short term though we might never give those players the right platform to improve.

[brendywendy]

i think we have enough to be successful already, it just requires some patience.

You seem to be missing my point brendy. Making do with what you've got doesn't work in sport, or in fact most areas of business. You have to keep striving to improve or you end up with everyone else overtaking you.

What the club needs, IMO, is a lift. The lift that a couple of marque signings can give the fans and the squad because at the moment the players seem flatter and less motivated than even our bunch of pretty apathetic fans.

Patience is great in some cases. I think with a bit of patience some of our youngsters and new signings will come good. If we can't address the worrying decline in the short term though we might never give those players the right platform to improve.

you seem to assume i thought you even had one.

and it aint gonna happen. so well have to turn it round through hard work, and good coaching, as usual.

[roadrunner]

i think we have enough to be successful already, it just requires some patience.

What at m8?

[brendywendy]

loads of shizzle!
& stick your meh face up your arse

[DOYLERSAROYALER]

loads of shizzle!
& stick your meh face up your arse

Brendy that sounds like what chairman would love to do...you're JM aren't you .....

[andrew1957]

All credit to Leigertwood for being honest on the OS.

At least he knows he is not playing like last season and sounds like he really does want to give 100%.

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDet ... 23,00.html

[leon]

All credit to Leigertwood for being honest on the OS.

At least he knows he is not playing like last season and sounds like he really does want to give 100%.

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDet ... 23,00.html

he wants to stop eating so much then

[specialjon]

he wants to stop eating so much then

Eh?

[leon]

he wants to stop eating so much then

Eh?

he's looking dreadfully out of shape - he's got a bigger arse than my wife...

[Snowball]

After Derby

Elwood Playing, final stats for Championship Games (not including POs)

One defeat in 22 (in a game we were cruising)





H 0-0 Leeds United
H 0-0 Coventry City
A 2-1 Derby County
H 4-1 Bristol City
A 1-1 Hull City
H 2-1 Burnley
H 1-0 WBA FA CUP
A 3-0 Doncaster
H 1-1 Hull City
A 2-2 Cardiff (Scored)
H 1-1 Watford
H 2-1 Millwall
A 3-3 Crystal Palace
A 1-0 Everton
H 5-2 Middlesboro
A 3-1 Ipswich
H 2-1 Preston
A 4-3 Forest
A 2-0 Scunthorpe
H 3-1 Leicester
A 0-0 Leeds
H 2-3 Sheffield United <<<
A 0-0 Coventry
H 2-1 Derby






League games only

P22 W12 D9 L1 44-24 GD=20

45 Points from 22 Games = 2.05 ppg extrapolating to a 94 Point season.

Good enough to have been champions this season.

We haven't seen a fresh set of "Elwood" stats for this season yet, can't think why....

Here is Elwood's League playing record overall, two seasons combined



P59 W33 D16 L10 101-58

115 Points from 59 Games = 1.95 ppg extrapolating to a 90 Point season

56% of Games Won.

P22 W12 D09 L01 44-24 GD=20 2010-11
P37 W21 D07 L09 57-34 GD=23 2011-12

45 Points from 22 Games = 2.05 ppg extrapolating to a 94 Point season 2010-11
70 Points from 37 Games = 1.89 ppg extrapolating to a 86 Point season 2011-12

Also he's scored 6 goals and had 4 assists