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Gary Naysmith

I was going to type a little something about Gary Naysmith's interview on the official website but I waited to see what other people thought first. So far I've not seen much comment on it, which I think is a bit of shame. Here's : the article if anyone missed it, although it was linked on the 'news in brief' part of the site. I noted an incident midway through the season where we were pressing and the crowd were getting frustrated that we hadn't scored, I can't for the life of me remember the game, but Naysmith came forward on the left but had no options open so he passed the ball backwards and the crowd let him have it. It's things like that that make me feel sympathy for a player, it can knock confidence and it feels like the crowd are blaming him for players not giving him an option.
Nick Harrison, Liverpool Posted 06/06/2007 at 23:31:01

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Steve Claringbold
1 Posted 07/06/2007 at 07:09:05

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I think the problem with Naysmith is that he isn’t an attacking player. But unfortunately, he is no longer a defensive one either. Naysmith is, and always will be, just a good squad player.

But he is never going to set the world alight.

Nick Harrison
2 Posted 07/06/2007 at 12:31:32

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My original posting was a bit longer than the one that’s been put up, I mentioned a respect for the honesty shown in his article and how nice it was to see him giving praise to Lescott for his performances, and nice to hear him praise the city and actually have a desire to get back into the team.

And the win at Spurs this season, which was possibly our best win all season, where he marked Aaron Lennon out of the game.

Jeremy Benson
3 Posted 07/06/2007 at 17:47:34

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In all fairness, the problem with Naysmith is that he is pants - a championship or scottish premiership player at best.

He is the weakest player in the squad IMHO, and has been for a long, long time.