Steve Lovell

[Old Wing Stand]

Just scored a cracker for Bournemouth v Huddersfield also got their first from the spot

[wullfo]

Superb finish, worth a look??

[Dynamo]

Jimmy never liked him.

[Quanny]

He was off the injured list.

[dazzy_deff]

Crackin goal. Looks like his injury curse has followed him there though going by what the commentators were saying.

[Dynamo]

CSKA Sofia did my coupon in, Bulgarian c**ts.

[Dynamo]

I think its never happening anyways, corners and cards might happen, and Huddersfield might win, but NO WAY is there going to be 2 more goals in the Europa Final - it is absolutely terrible match.

 

Braga are pish. Porto aren't much better.

 

 

7 teams on, 6 wins (presuming Porto win), 1 draw. So close.

[OddJob]

Calderplank didn't like Lovell. He was a man with more intelligence in his left earlobe than generations of Calderwoods could gather in their heads.

 

That's bad management, feeling threatened by one he couldn't control as fully as needs to in order to exert his fat useless authority.

Did the whole fall out between them not start with Lovell supposedly binning one of the younger players in training (might have been Paton) and Sandy Clark taking exception to it? Sure it was but might be wrong.

 

Either way what a ridiculous thing to do, seeing as though he was our most clinical forward and in the end JC's personal problems with him effectively cost the team in the end imo

[zander]

Always thought he was a lazy injury prone c**t, but was by far and away our best Striker at the club at the time, how much did we spunk on him?

[zander]

250k I think.

 

By no means a Tommy Wright a hell of a lot of money for us to have spunked on him.

[OddJob]

By no means a Tommy Wright a hell of a lot of money for us to have spunked on him.

Difference being he was a proven striker in the SPL, Tommy Wright was an unknown quantity who JC thought was worth risking and what a signing he was too

[Old Wing Stand]

Bournemouth going to pens Lovell off now so wont get another chance, Live on Sky Sports 1

[Bebo]

I always liked Lovell. Was treated unfairly by calderwood and if i remember despite being relegated to the bench, whenever he did come on managed to score some poachers goals, with a respectable (all things relative) goal/game ratio.

 

"Too lazy", apparently. Were there not rumours he had a bust up with Sandy Clark?

 

If true, i like the guy.

[OddJob]

I always liked Lovell. Was treated unfairly by calderwood and if i remember despite being relegated to the bench, whenever he did come on managed to score some poachers goals, with a respectable (all things relative) goal/game ratio.

 

"Too lazy", apparently. Were there not rumours he had a bust up with Sandy Clark?

 

If true, i like the guy.

That's what i'm led to believe happened, but of course there could have been more to it than that. And "too lazy"?, well i'd rather have a lazy forward who scored goals than Mackie who might work hard but has no end product, but that was a JC effort at the end of the day

[OneLeeMiller]

top lad, should of played alot more than he did, will always remember his goal against the huns, little dink over alexander i think it was!

[redtildead88]

I always liked Lovell. Was treated unfairly by calderwood and if i remember despite being relegated to the bench, whenever he did come on managed to score some poachers goals, with a respectable (all things relative) goal/game ratio.

 

"Too lazy", apparently. Were there not rumours he had a bust up with Sandy Clark?

If true, i like the guy.

 

Went through Clark's son in training.

[OddJob]

Went through Clark's son in training.

Oh it was Clark's son. f**k sake he should have got a medal for that, Nicky Clark is a f**king tink anyway.

[zander]

Wasn't Clarks son he went through.

[OneLeeMiller]

Maybe Jimmy should've been more careful on who he spunked a quarter of a million on then?

 

He wasn't motivated by money, he wanted to stay in Scotland - how much was he on at Dundee?

 

Just out of interest how much did we pay for Barry Nicholson?

[Jonty]

Just out of interest how much did we pay for Barry Nicholson?

200k if memory serves?

[Jonty]

what i was alluding to, was the fact that he had made his money already through a very successful "license plate" themed dating agency thing

 

this would explain why he turned his nose up to leicester and also why he had no heart or desire when playing for us

 

was a shame, because he and lee could have made a f**king gorgeous strike force

If making your money was a reasonable excuse no c**t in the premiership would ever try.

[paddy]

WTF? A steve lovell thread at this hour?

 

He still banging that scottish singer?

[robbo]

Opinion seemed to be mixed, although personally speaking the "lazy" excuse is over-used generally and stops us from looking deeper into why some players under perform.

 

Let's agree to disagree on this one buddy.

 

i despise the label. no player gets to the elite level by being "lazy". nobody who is good enough to play in the top tier of scottish football can be classed as "work shy". you work your bollocks off day in day out from the time your about 8 and still most players dont make it. i dont think a player makes it into the first team then suddenly takes out a massive cigar and sticks 2 fingers up at the world and decides they are going to take it easy.

 

laziness is very subjective. folk say kris boyd is lazy. i dont like the guy but hes not f**king lazy. if he was he wouldnt score goals as frequently as he does. so for folk to be saying that lovell was lazy is beyond a joke. darren mackie is far from lazy but hes probably out chasing butterflies most days. id rather have a "lazy" striker like boyd who knows where the net is as opposed to someone who runs all day but is as effective as an underwater fart. its an ignorant comment to make and brings my piss to a boil. lovell was hellishly unlucky with injuries and was always rushed back. its also clear his learning style wasnt conducive with the way calderwood wanted to coach.

 

i dont think we saw even 50% of the potential lovell had. he scored a couple of stunning goals but didnt fit with the way we tried to play in those days. thats not his fault. if you were to point the finger at someone itd be calderwood for looking at the way dundee played and assumed lovells game could be changed to the way he wanted us to play.

 

he was hideously underused and mismanaged in his time here and for that, im saddened because he had the potential to be a SPL superstar

[StandFree1982]

Went through Clark's son in training.

I'm sure I heard that Clark went off on one at him, and Lovell said something along the lines of "f**k off you blue nose c**t".

[barassie_afc]

No doubt Lovell was a frustrating player. I think if he was signed on a freebie the criticism would be less. The man had all the tools, built like an Olympic sprinter, a cannonball shot and a strikers instinct, for some reason it didnt quite work. Saying that he did do the business v the Huns which some of our lot cannot do, and 23 goals in 88 appearances isnt that bad is it?

[Dynamo]

Jimmy would bin Berbatov for being lazy then, using mt's logic.

[vanderark14]

i despise the label. no player gets to the elite level by being "lazy". nobody who is good enough to play in the top tier of scottish football can be classed as "work shy". you work your bollocks off day in day out from the time your about 8 and still most players dont make it. i dont think a player makes it into the first team then suddenly takes out a massive cigar and sticks 2 fingers up at the world and decides they are going to take it easy.

 

laziness is very subjective. folk say kris boyd is lazy. i dont like the guy but hes not f**king lazy. if he was he wouldnt score goals as frequently as he does. so for folk to be saying that lovell was lazy is beyond a joke. darren mackie is far from lazy but hes probably out chasing butterflies most days. id rather have a "lazy" striker like boyd who knows where the net is as opposed to someone who runs all day but is as effective as an underwater fart. its an ignorant comment to make and brings my piss to a boil. lovell was hellishly unlucky with injuries and was always rushed back. its also clear his learning style wasnt conducive with the way calderwood wanted to coach.

 

i dont think we saw even 50% of the potential lovell had. he scored a couple of stunning goals but didnt fit with the way we tried to play in those days. thats not his fault. if you were to point the finger at someone itd be calderwood for looking at the way dundee played and assumed lovells game could be changed to the way he wanted us to play.

 

he was hideously underused and mismanaged in his time here and for that, im saddened because he had the potential to be a SPL superstar

 

very good post Robbo. Spot on about Lovell as far as I'm concerned

No doubt Lovell was a frustrating player. I think if he was signed on a freebie the criticism would be less. The man had all the tools, built like an Olympic sprinter, a cannonball shot and a strikers instinct, for some reason it didnt quite work. Saying that he did do the business v the Huns which some of our lot cannot do, and 23 goals in 88 appearances isnt that bad is it?

 

not a bad return at all.

[dezzy_dan]

i despise the label. no player gets to the elite level by being "lazy". nobody who is good enough to play in the top tier of scottish football can be classed as "work shy". you work your bollocks off day in day out from the time your about 8 and still most players dont make it. i dont think a player makes it into the first team then suddenly takes out a massive cigar and sticks 2 fingers up at the world and decides they are going to take it easy.

 

laziness is very subjective. folk say kris boyd is lazy. i dont like the guy but hes not f**king lazy. if he was he wouldnt score goals as frequently as he does. so for folk to be saying that lovell was lazy is beyond a joke. darren mackie is far from lazy but hes probably out chasing butterflies most days. id rather have a "lazy" striker like boyd who knows where the net is as opposed to someone who runs all day but is as effective as an underwater fart. its an ignorant comment to make and brings my piss to a boil. lovell was hellishly unlucky with injuries and was always rushed back. its also clear his learning style wasnt conducive with the way calderwood wanted to coach.

 

i dont think we saw even 50% of the potential lovell had. he scored a couple of stunning goals but didnt fit with the way we tried to play in those days. thats not his fault. if you were to point the finger at someone itd be calderwood for looking at the way dundee played and assumed lovells game could be changed to the way he wanted us to play.

 

he was hideously underused and mismanaged in his time here and for that, im saddened because he had the potential to be a SPL superstar

 

[wrightio1985]

Jimmy would bin Berbatov for being lazy then, using mt's logic.

 

Christ I'd bin Berbatov purely for being Berbatov!

[Dynamo]

 

 

If Berbatov also went through a youth player and refused to apologise, I would yes, much in the same way Fergie seems to have?

 

It's a man's game, sounds like Nicky Clark needed to man the f**k up and not use the playground "I'll get my Dad on you"...but then again, 'Nicky was one of the boys'.