Very Proud of Joleon Lescott

[jay_mcfc]

A Didsbury_Dave thread we can all agree on. Good post.

 

[VOOMER]

Was anybody else as proud of Joleon Lescott last night as I was?

When he joined the club it was the very beginning of "the project". He was treated like shit by Moyes and by fans of Everton. He was widely renounced in the media as moving clubs for "non-football" reasons. I remember him being forced to play for them in a friendly and getting abuse fromt he crowd. Yet still he kept his mouth shut and joined us.

He got unfair stick during in first half season from a section of our crowd, too. He made one or two errors as he settled in but he nearly became a whipping boy, completely unjustly.

He's had periods where Kolo has been, again unjustly in my opinion, preferred to him at centre half. He missed out on the last world cup because of this.

But you never see him moaning or causing trouble. He's been rock-solid consistent for the last two seasons and totally deserved being an automatic selection. The goals he was obviously capable of started to come, with a knack of being in important, tight games.

He comes across as a down-to-earth, professional team-player and a nice guy. We lose balance and strength when he's not playing. He's part of the fabric of MCFC now, even though he'll have to fight to retain his place next season if we sign a world-class centre half, as I suspect. He's winning medals, getting lots of England caps and is a household name now.

I was really proud of him when he scored that goal last night. Couldn't have happened to a nicer or more deserving guy.

Dave, could we say he has improved under Mancini?

 

[GStar]

Agree with every word Dave.

 

[flook]

been a big fan of lescott (and milner) since they were teenagers, absolutely delighted when we signed them, the best of the english talent coming to city as well as the world famous johnny foreigner, loving it :)

 

[BluePurgatory]

I have had a couple of dealings with Jolean on a personal level and not a nicer fella you could not meet.

A mate also told me that who's daughter has been organising some fashion exhibitions for him. "Very humble" was the word

 

[Carl_Man_City]

fully agree

 

[leewill31]

Was anybody else as proud of Joleon Lescott last night as I was?

When he joined the club it was the very beginning of "the project". He was treated like shit by Moyes and by fans of Everton. He was widely renounced in the media as moving clubs for "non-football" reasons. I remember him being forced to play for them in a friendly and getting abuse fromt he crowd. Yet still he kept his mouth shut and joined us.

He got unfair stick during in first half season from a section of our crowd, too. He made one or two errors as he settled in but he nearly became a whipping boy, completely unjustly.

He's had periods where Kolo has been, again unjustly in my opinion, preferred to him at centre half. He missed out on the last world cup because of this.

But you never see him moaning or causing trouble. He's been rock-solid consistent for the last two seasons and totally deserved being an automatic selection. The goals he was obviously capable of started to come, with a knack of being in important, tight games.

He comes across as a down-to-earth, professional team-player and a nice guy. We lose balance and strength when he's not playing. He's part of the fabric of MCFC now, even though he'll have to fight to retain his place next season if we sign a world-class centre half, as I suspect. He's winning medals, getting lots of England caps and is a household name now.

I was really proud of him when he scored that goal last night. Couldn't have happened to a nicer or more deserving guy.

completely agree more so for the fact he took some right stick off some of us city fans for the price we paid for him and has done nothing but prove many wrong.

 

[BigJoe#1]

I never thought this would happen............but I agree a 100% with you Dave.

+1 on all counts

-- Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:35 am --

I don't know. Are you laughing?

Merely a term of endearment, BBS.

nope not laughing - that would have taken a humorous post, not sure you could manage that TF

So what's your point?

I think what he's trying to say flash is that it was an unfunny unnecessary comment.... but if it makes you feel good using an endearing term... then so be it.

But why Legohead?

 

[jimharri]

I have had a couple of dealings with Jolean on a personal level and not a nicer fella you could not meet.

A mate also told me that who's daughter has been organising some fashion exhibitions for him. "Very humble" was the word

I remember watching the interview with Joleon on the pitch after the QPR when he had his two lads with him, and he came across as a "bloody good bloke actually".

 

[Blue Mist]

I have had a couple of dealings with Jolean on a personal level and not a nicer fella you could not meet.

You've never met me so how can you make such a bold statement ?




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