LEON JEANNE

For those of you who are interested, since Leon's trial at Brighton last summer he has played for Afan Lido in the Welsh Premier League where he has been one of their stand out players, inspiring a team who were tipped for relegation to the Welsh League Cup Final. Below I have attached a clip of two of Leon's recent goals against Port Talbot, with his second goal in particular an excellent effort.

http://s4c.co.uk/sgorio/e_/gem/2425pt-lido/

While it's great to see Leon back playing at a decent standard on a regular basis, and see him really enjoy himself, it is a crying shame that no football league club offered Leon a chance after his trial at Brighton. Having been there myself I saw that on the ball Leon was more than a match for the likes of Buckley and Noone when it came down to ability, it was just fitness that was lacking.

Brighton had invited a number of players to go on trial with them and in the end Leon was the last one left. Gus Poyet was very complimentary about Leon's ability and attitude but was quite honest when he said that they already had 3 excellent wingers in Buckley, Noone and Lua Lua and that even when Leon got back to full fitness he couldnt guarantee him game time, which at this stage in his career he is desperate for. In light of this Gus offered to give Leon an excellent reference and assured him that he still had the talent to make a difference in the professional game, once he was fully fit. Sadly not one team gave him that chance. Calls were made to a number of clubs, including Cardiff City, but no one wanted to take a look at him. Indeed, not one of them even bothered to contact Poyet to ask for his opinion. Having seen the likes of Lawrence and Cowie in our midfield I do honestly believe that Leon Jeanne could have played quite comfortably for us this season and made a difference, even as an impact player off the bench.

was always a good player.. but ive seen him in town enough times off his face not just on alcohol mate, thats probably why he hasnt been looked at to much, people know his background i think and once you get that image its hard to lose unfortunately!

was always a good player.. but ive seen him in town enough times off his face not just on alcohol mate, thats probably why he hasnt been looked at to much, people know his background i think and once you get that image its hard to lose unfortunately!

Leon has never had a problem with alcohol and is no worse than anyone else when they were on the town. Leon's problem has always been with drugs and since being with Afan Lido he has been drug tested regularly and has passed every test.

Clubs just want players who do as they are told.

Football needs playersa nd personalities like Leon Jeanne.
There's too many half wit donkeys, who just do as they're told, in football teams today.

The game is dying

Too old to take a gamble on. Makes you sad for the youngsters who tried their hardest but not ever had enough ability.

Not being funny but is it any wonder no club wanted to take a chance with him? I'm all for people gettin second chances but that lad just took the piss out of every opportunity he was given! Nobody but himself to blame!

Not being funny but is it any wonder no club wanted to take a chance with him? I'm all for people gettin second chances but that lad just took the piss out of every opportunity he was given! Nobody but himself to blame!

Exactly. He had more than enough chances. Glad hes sorted himself out but way too late for our level now.

Not being funny but is it any wonder no club wanted to take a chance with him? I'm all for people gettin second chances but that lad just took the piss out of every opportunity he was given! Nobody but himself to blame!

Fair enough, but my point remains that he's still better than some of our midfielders. Whether he should be given a second chance is a different argument but having witnessed Leon's hard work at turning his life around I personally felt that he deserved an opportunity.

Not being funny but is it any wonder no club wanted to take a chance with him? I'm all for people gettin second chances but that lad just took the piss out of every opportunity he was given! Nobody but himself to blame!

Fair enough, but my point remains that he's still better than some of our midfielders. Whether he should be given a second chance is a different argument but having witnessed Leon's hard work at turning his life around I personally felt that he deserved an opportunity.

Welsh prem and championship has a big divide

was always a good player.. but ive seen him in town enough times off his face not just on alcohol mate, thats probably why he hasnt been looked at to much, people know his background i think and once you get that image its hard to lose unfortunately!

Leon has never had a problem with alcohol and is no worse than anyone else when they were on the town. Leon's problem has always been with drugs and since being with Afan Lido he has been drug tested regularly and has passed every test.

thats what i said mate "not just on alcohol", unfortunately just went down the wrong roads and messed it up himself, massive jump welsh div to championship aswell, if he wanted it that bad he would be playing here.. I think andy campbell could be doing a better job than most of the team at the moment lol!

Talent is closer than they think, the scouts need to take a good look around Cardiff. Plenty of real good players around that would jump at the chance to play for city.

It goes without saying that the step up from Welsh Prem is massive but Leon Jeanne has already proven himself as a championship standard player at QPR, even though that was a long time ago.

However, my point was that at his trial with Brighton in the summer he again proved he had the talent and ability to live with players at that level and was just as good on the ball, if not better, than Buckley and Noone! Gus Poyet was very complimentary about Leon, as were the other coaching staff, and offered to give him a good reference. Leon should at the very least be playing in the football league but not one club gave him the chance, not even Hereford!

Having seen Leon at Brighton I remain convinced that once he was fully fit he could have got into our team, and would certainly have been a terrific wild card option from the bench as we have no one with his ability in our squad. Even now Leon Jeanne has ten times more ability than Liam Lawrence and would offer much more to our squad than him.

nice to see him doing well up at afon lido . is he planning on staying another season up there jimbo ?

TNS are now full time these days perhaps a move up there would do him good or even a trial with newport county .

nice to see him doing well up at afon lido . is he planning on staying another season up there jimbo ?

TNS are now full time these days perhaps a move up there would do him good or even a trial with newport county .

Leon is enjoying himself and playing with a smile on his face so I think if he can't get an opportunity in the football league he's quite happy to stay where he is wanted.

nice to see him doing well up at afon lido . is he planning on staying another season up there jimbo ?

TNS are now full time these days perhaps a move up there would do him good or even a trial with newport county .

Leon is enjoying himself and playing with a smile on his face so I think if he can't get an opportunity in the football league he's quite happy to stay where he is wanted.

are you his agent jimbo?

To be fair, I don't want this to be a controversial post.

BUT

Leon Jeanne was always a better player than Earnie.

Those following the City since back in the day will know this and it's maybe the point that Jimbo is trying to make!

To be fair, I don't want this to be a controversial post.

BUT

Leon Jeanne was always a better player than Earnie.

Those following the City since back in the day will know this and it's maybe the point that Jimbo is trying to make!

Ive been following City since back in the day and whilst Jeanne may have had more natural ability, the Earnie from the first time around pisses all over him. He was a lot sharper, and his goals rocketed us up through the divisions.

At the end of the day Earnies played at the top two levels and for his country for the last decade, whilst Jeanne has been bumming around the Welsh leagues.

For what its worth both are past it now.

nice to see him doing well up at afon lido . is he planning on staying another season up there jimbo ?

TNS are now full time these days perhaps a move up there would do him good or even a trial with newport county .

Leon is enjoying himself and playing with a smile on his face so I think if he can't get an opportunity in the football league he's quite happy to stay where he is wanted.

are you his agent jimbo?

ha ha definitely not, just a friend.

To be fair, I don't want this to be a controversial post.

BUT

Leon Jeanne was always a better player than Earnie.

Those following the City since back in the day will know this and it's maybe the point that Jimbo is trying to make!

Ive been following City since back in the day and whilst Jeanne may have had more natural ability, the Earnie from the first time around pisses all over him. He was a lot sharper, and his goals rocketed us up through the divisions.

At the end of the day Earnies played at the top two levels and for his country for the last decade, whilst Jeanne has been bumming around the Welsh leagues.

Earnie has had a great career and was awesome the first time he was with us but Leon Jeanne was on another planet ability wise and I say this as someone who had the benefit of playing with both of them. Even Earnie would admit that as far as all round talent goes Leon was far superior. The major difference is that Earnie made the most of his talent while Leon didnt. It takes more than talent to have a good professional career and sadly it just didnt happen for Leon for a variety of reasons that were never to do with a lack of talent. Leon Jeanne has never left any football club, at any level, on the basis that he wasnt good enough.

For what its worth both are past it now.

To be fair, I don't want this to be a controversial post.

BUT

Leon Jeanne was always a better player than Earnie.

Those following the City since back in the day will know this and it's maybe the point that Jimbo is trying to make!

Ive been following City since back in the day and whilst Jeanne may have had more natural ability, the Earnie from the first time around pisses all over him. He was a lot sharper, and his goals rocketed us up through the divisions.

At the end of the day Earnies played at the top two levels and for his country for the last decade, whilst Jeanne has been bumming around the Welsh leagues.

Earnie has had a great career and was awesome the first time he was with us but Leon Jeanne was on another planet ability wise and I say this as someone who had the benefit of playing with both of them. Even Earnie would admit that as far as all round talent goes Leon was far superior. The major difference is that Earnie made the most of his talent while Leon didnt. It takes more than talent to have a good professional career and sadly it just didnt happen for Leon for a variety of reasons that were never to do with a lack of talent. Leon Jeanne has never left any football club, at any level, on the basis that he wasnt good enough.

For what its worth both are past it now.

No-one is sayin talent wise he wasnt good enough but the stark reality is he had enough chances, and at 31, 32 next birthday its too little too late for this kind of level I am afraid.

I know plenty of guys who have wasted their talent, no offence but my cousin, Jason Bowen, should never have dropped down to the dungeon when he did, or dropped out of the football league when he did. Talent wise he was better than that. He had twice the ability of Andy Legg but not even half of his drive, yet Leggy will be best remembered by supporters of all the clubs they were at together.

In Merthyr everyone around my age will be able to name a better player than Mark Pembridge "when they were younger" but Pembridge is a multi millionaire who worked hard, made sacrificies and got rewarded. Whilst most these fellas have just got their "I was better than Pembridge but I went out on the piss instead" stories to bore people with in the pub.

Its a shame he didn't think about his footballing future while he was sticking hundreds of pounds of coke up his nose everyweek so I got nothing good to say about him he had it all there to go for and wanked it away, his own fault.

I call ducktales.

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brooko getting sent off for port talbt plater, ex cardiff city school boy.

David brooks He's come on loads for port talbot
played with him last season on parks, single handedly will win you most games at district level

To be fair, I don't want this to be a controversial post.

BUT

Leon Jeanne was always a better player than Earnie.

Those following the City since back in the day will know this and it's maybe the point that Jimbo is trying to make!

Ive been following City since back in the day and whilst Jeanne may have had more natural ability, the Earnie from the first time around pisses all over him. He was a lot sharper, and his goals rocketed us up through the divisions.

At the end of the day Earnies played at the top two levels and for his country for the last decade, whilst Jeanne has been bumming around the Welsh leagues.

Earnie has had a great career and was awesome the first time he was with us but Leon Jeanne was on another planet ability wise and I say this as someone who had the benefit of playing with both of them. Even Earnie would admit that as far as all round talent goes Leon was far superior. The major difference is that Earnie made the most of his talent while Leon didnt. It takes more than talent to have a good professional career and sadly it just didnt happen for Leon for a variety of reasons that were never to do with a lack of talent. Leon Jeanne has never left any football club, at any level, on the basis that he wasnt good enough.

For what its worth both are past it now.

No-one is sayin talent wise he wasnt good enough but the stark reality is he had enough chances, and at 31, 32 next birthday its too little too late for this kind of level I am afraid.

I know plenty of guys who have wasted their talent, no offence but my cousin, Jason Bowen, should never have dropped down to the dungeon when he did, or dropped out of the football league when he did. Talent wise he was better than that. He had twice the ability of Andy Legg but not even half of his drive, yet Leggy will be best remembered by supporters of all the clubs they were at together.

In Merthyr everyone around my age will be able to name a better player than Mark Pembridge "when they were younger" but Pembridge is a multi millionaire who worked hard, made sacrificies and got rewarded. Whilst most these fellas have just got their "I was better than Pembridge but I went out on the piss instead" stories to bore people with in the pub.

polo how old are you m8?
didnt know you played,
I've made the same mistakes, I'm still relitively young at 25, but the problem is really dedicating time and giving up things that aren't very good. football a definate no go, but something like boxing , or athletics can always rejuvinate