Le Fondre

[City123]

He can't genuinely think he wasn't a waste of money? Surely?

[NYCBlue]

He can't genuinely think he wasn't a waste of money? Surely?

He won't be if he scores tonight. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

[A Quiet Monkfish]

He never wanted to be here, he never could be bothered to put any effort in, he thought he was better than he is.
Couldnt care less if he scores tonight - as we'll score more - and we'll tackle him so hard he'll want to come off asap

one of his last games at home -maybe his last- he had 4/5 simple headers to score. Put them all well wide. He went soon after giving the club that message..

[the other bob wilson]

He never wanted to be here, he never could be bothered to put any effort in, he thought he was better than he is.
Couldnt care less if he scores tonight - as we'll score more - and we'll tackle him so hard he'll want to come off asap

My recollection is that LeFondre didn't attract the stick Macheda (who scored more for us than LeFondre) did because it was generally felt that at least he was putting in the effort - both of them were poor signings though.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

My recollection is that LeFondre didn't attract the stick Macheda (who scored more for us than LeFondre) did because it was generally felt that at least he was putting in the effort - both of them were poor signings though.

He blamed our style of play, when I remember him missing twice from a couple of yards, if that!

[Since62]

My recollection is that LeFondre didn't attract the stick Macheda (who scored more for us than LeFondre) did because it was generally felt that at least he was putting in the effort - both of them were poor signings though.

Just looked up Macheda on Wikipedia.

Now playing in Italy for a team in Serie B Novara , not a team I am familiar with. Did OK for them last season , but only 1 goal in 12 appearances so far this season.

While he was with us , I had the view that he was another player that thought he was better than he actually was and didn`t want the effort in because of that (the "I used to play for Man Utd" attitude).

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Just looked up Macheda on Wikipedia.

Now playing in Italy for a team in Serie B Novara , not a team I am familiar with. Did OK for them last season , but only 1 goal in 12 appearances so far this season.

While he was with us , I had the view that he was another player that thought he was better than he actually was and didn`t want the effort in because of that (the "I used to play for Man Utd" attitude).

Novara are quite interesting. It's becoming fairly common in Italy (see SPAL and Benevento this season) whereby a team gets a double promotion into Serie A, gets completely outclassed and goes down again. Novara's last few seasons have been promotion, promotion, relegation, lost in playoff final, relegation, promotion, 9th!

[Keyser Soze]

I remember seeing Le Fondre when he was at Birmingham and thought his game was limited. He had a tendency to score goals when balls were threaded through for him to latch onto, and he was a confidence player. Like a cheap Michael Owen. Back to goal he had the strength of a intoxicated nat, not that strong in the air, not that great taking shots on a cross and had the first touch of a rapist. To Reading's credit they understood his strengths and weaknesses well, signed him, and played the football that allowed him to score goals. Reading were a classic example of finding the right player to suit your style, or moulding a team around the ability of the players. We did neither with our strikers.

So the sale to Cardiff was fairly explainable. Reading needed to sell and we offered good money. Agent buzzed in his ears "Hey Cardiff will pay decent wages, go there." Like any sensible employee he saw the money and came here. And he probably thought that Ole would play decent football for him but couldn't get it going. Chances dried up, his confidence dipped and the rest is history. Slade's tactics would never suit Le Fondre so he is quite right - he didn't stand a chance under Slade as it was long ball, and nobody was capable of threading a decent ball through for him other than Mats Moehler Dahli, who was about as flavour of the month to Slade as a turd sandwich.

He was quite right when he said out style did not suit him, because he was one dimensional. But then again Slade didn't even have half a dimension himself. Awful combination one would say.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

I remember seeing Le Fondre when he was at Birmingham and thought his game was limited. He had a tendency to score goals when balls were threaded through for him to latch onto, and he was a confidence player. Like a cheap Michael Owen. Back to goal he had the strength of a intoxicated nat, not that strong in the air, not that great taking shots on a cross and had the first touch of a rapist. To Reading's credit they understood his strengths and weaknesses well, signed him, and played the football that allowed him to score goals. Reading were a classic example of finding the right player to suit your style, or moulding a team around the ability of the players. We did neither with our strikers.

So the sale to Cardiff was fairly explainable. Reading needed to sell and we offered good money. Agent buzzed in his ears "Hey Cardiff will pay decent wages, go there." Like any sensible employee he saw the money and came here. And he probably thought that Ole would play decent football for him but couldn't get it going. Chances dried up, his confidence dipped and the rest is history. Slade's tactics would never suit Le Fondre so he is quite right - he didn't stand a chance under Slade as it was long ball, and nobody was capable of threading a decent ball through for him other than Mats Moehler Dahli, who was about as flavour of the month to Slade as a turd sandwich.

He was quite right when he said out style did not suit him, because he was one dimensional. But then again Slade didn't even have half a dimension himself. Awful combination one would say.

He's never played for Birmingham? It's wholly unfair to blame Slade for ALF's failures here as well, he couldn't hit a barn door with a banjo. You can blame Slade for a lot but Le Fondre had a plenty of chances and he hardly scored. His record since his spell here is testament to the fact he isn't actually that good. He missed two open goals during his spell here, for whatever reason it didn't work.