27 Mar 2018 16:54:00
It's interesting that some fans are thing that Lassoga wanting to play in the premiership is a joke. He would probably do well there given the quality of the players that could be around him. Give him the service and he will score. He is the best finisher Leeds have had for a long time. He will not do as well as he could because the rest of the team are so average. Without many chances being created he has still got into double figures - without penalties and without too much playing time. He will do OK in a good team but not so much in ours because he has to half a dozen other jobs as well -do the creating, tracking back, crossing etc etc that could and should be done by others who are paid to do just that. A certain amount of 'other duties' is necessary but in the Leeds team it's ridiculous. He's there to score and he does given the chance.

1.) 27 Mar 2018
27 Mar 2018 18:11:28
Totally agree Hess!

2.) 28 Mar 2018
27 Mar 2018 23:56:12
He may be a good finisher but has absolutely no other football skill at all. More is expected of a striker these days whether in champ or prem. Wood had more skill and he is struggling.

3.) 28 Mar 2018
28 Mar 2018 09:31:55
Wood is not as good a finisher as Lassoga. For a lot of games Wood was absolutely awful and I saw most of them - then he would score. The classic was Derby away. Absolute rubbish for 87 minutes then he turns on a ball 20 yards out and puts it in the top corner. Quite a few of his goals were penalties however. I am not sure, if you take out the penalties, who has the better strike rate based on minutes played, lassoga or Wood. I said at the time 'he's (Wood) had a great season scoring but a poor one in everything else'. He did get better but he was never great. I don't expect him to keep scoring as he did for season after season

4.) 28 Mar 2018
28 Mar 2018 11:06:29
I thought wood was rubbish too. Just a goal scorer and you are right about penalties. But he was a better header and could control a ball better and worked 10 times as hard as lassoga! I don't get why people rate him. He is atrocious.

5.) 28 Mar 2018
28 Mar 2018 12:50:35
I don't rate him for this Leeds team. I just recognise a good finisher. All I am saying he will probably do better in a better team. He was rated very highly not so long ago and was on the periphery of the German national team. When I see him with the ball in and around the box I expect to see him score and he usually does. Wood, if given time to think, will usually miss. Lassaga is clinical our other 'strikers' are not.

6.) 28 Mar 2018
28 Mar 2018 14:57:00
Wood scored a goal last season from a pass from ayling that was pure class. Great speed. Control and finish. Lassoga couldn't have scored that in a million years. He can't control a ball. Usually falls over it. In perfect conditions. No defender in sight. And ball on the ground in front of him. He can score. But i can do that.

7.) 28 Mar 2018
28 Mar 2018 16:48:17
We will have to disagree. I saw Wood a lot and he has scored good goals. Usually, if he time to think, he makes a botch and misses. If its just see it and hit it he had some good strikes. Watching Lassoga and he has time he thinks and works out where best to place the ball and scores - usually. He can also score when he hasn't a great deal of time. He needs the service and we haven't the team to provide it. We need a player a bit better than Ecuban at running the channels but who can also score. They don't come cheap and often lose form when they come to Leeds. Everyone said Lassoga was great when he first arrived then he wasn't as good but kept scoring at a reasonable rate. Fuse Lassoga and Ecuban together and you might have a half decent player.