Leeds United Chat • Re: Patrick Bamford

Well it depends on the judgement.

A judgement that he is a good player who has spent a long time out injured and hasn't scored in a team that didn't win 1 in 8 is very reasonable.

But I think the "he's crap, get rid" assessments are unreasonable.

I haven't seen the Lewandowski/Ronaldo comparisons but they seem wrong. For starters, prime players in that category will never play for the wages Leeds pay. Ever. Any expectation that any Leeds striker should be just like prime Lewandowski is ridiculous.

I personally never said he is crap, think he is a decent footballer technically.

Don't think he is a world beater or anymore than an at best bottom 5 level Premier league striker when fully fit technically, not crap but never a natural goalscorer.

Just think he won't ever ever repeat the heights of that 17 goal season for a variety of reasons (fitness being one) and we do need to stop hanging our hat on him (as a club) and talking like if he ever regains fitness it will fix things.

It won't and he probably won't.

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