Quote Originally Posted by Tommyjet View Post
I respect Leonardo is getting better but I'd like to see his turnover stats. Such a frustrating player when he shows that the talent is there but he spends half the game walking, a quarter abusing his teammates (mostly when he is in the wrong), and the rest is mostly turnovers mixed in with some the occasional sublime skill.
I would like to see him play the ball off his teammates a bit more rather than dribbling a touch too far into traffic.
Also his first bit of 'end product' yesterday with the assist to nobbys nutcracker
Probably a fair comment, as long as his perceived "temperamental" issues aren't affecting the rest of the playing group in a negative way then we probably shouldn't dwell on it too much. It's a bonus having a player who takes on players like Leonardo and yes it would be ideal if he were to strike up more of a balance of passing the ball more often too, but the truth is that with him in the side we just look so much more effective in attack. When he beats a player, they are out of the equation and instead of say 5 on 4 it becomes 4 on 4 and it just creates more space for other team-mates, let alone the uncertainty it creates in the opposition defence who get pulled out of position trying to compensate.
Yes, can be a little frustrating at times but I wouldn't like to see him change his style of play too much.