LJL.

Quoted from aldi_01

He’s never gonna finish so much as a dinner but he does bring plenty to the side…

To be honest, the miss was a shocker, regardless of how good or bad the ball was…that said, Mcatee should not be squaring that ball…

LJL is low on confidence and I think McAtee was trying to help him out. Backfired and could have cost us.

But, we got 3 points so we move on.

Every team. Every year. The same posters on here require a scapegoat.

Step forward LJL. He brings a lot to the team, gives 100% and is a valuable member of the squad.

Just enjoy being top and stop singling people out. It’s embarrassing.

No wonder his confidence is low. Imagine scoring 2 and getting 1 (possibly more) assists and the fans still not thinking he's good enough.

People who understand football knows what he offers. Very easy to differentiate the simpletons by the criticism LJL receives.

Quoted from fishboyUTM

He gives his all and the ball sticks well usually. Hold the ball up and brings others into play. He's probably past his best, doesn't seem to pull away from players like his first spell, looks on the heavy side though I don't doubt it's muscle. I don't rate him as a finisher, which is his primary job. I'd like to see another centre forward brought in as I just don't think he's good enough for a championship challenging side at this level. See him as backup.

You don’t have to be a goalscoring forward. It’s what you bring to the team offensively and defensively. Firmino, despite his recent goal splurge, isn’t exactly prolific; he never has been but he’s one of the most important cogs in the Liverpool squad.

Ross Hannah could sniff out a goal but he couldn’t hold the ball up, couldn’t work the channels and couldn’t defend. I’d much rather have Lennie IF you have goals in the rest of the team. We didn’t last year. We appear to have this now.

I’ve just found out we didn’t win 3-0. Gobsmacked !!

I love Lenny. There are 4 people that sit behind me that literally spend the whole game berating him and calling him a useless pillock etc. They are deadly silent every time he holds the ball up or wins a flick on, or scores for that matter. But anything he does wrong he is the devil apparently. Even when the game is going nowhere they are constantly just talking about how crap and utterly useless he is.

The guy sat next to me nudged me at one point and said 'I'm gonna have to say something in a minute'. Its absolutely out of order and they clearly have no sense of what he brings to the team, which is plenty IMO

Quoted from AlwaysHaddock1878

People who understand football knows what he offers. Very easy to differentiate the simpletons by the criticism LJL receives.

100% this...

I get fans trying to be positive towards him and I’m one, I was buzzing for him when he scored and hoped he would go on to have a stormer. But the brutal fact is he isn’t good enough for this league never mind a title chasing team. How many times did he stray into an off side position when great balls were put through to him? How many times did he lose the ball or give away? He must be the strongest player physically but goes down very easy, I get he’s a bit of a lump and hold the ball up well but that is not enough!

He’s a supposed to be a striker but it’s not even a joke now when people say he scores about 1 in every 10+ chances, that was an open goal today and could of cost us, an embarrassing miss even he would have to admit.

I hope I’m wrong and it’s just a bit of rustiness I would love him to prove me wrong, but we have been here so many times with him but now he’s getting on a bit in footballing terms, I don’t know what Hurst sees in him to warrant a full 90mins today, I mean where was Max Wright what a kick in the teeth he looked really sharp coming on against Woking.

To be fair Lennies got broad shoulders , maybe it’s better they’re on his back than one of the younger lads .
Like I said a few weeks ago we’re not going to be loaned a striker  that’ll come here and sit on our bench