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kingpne said:
Tin hat firmly on but apart from the odd burst of a solid 60 minutes here and there every three months or so, I've been seriously underwhelmed by his time with us thus far.

Still young though and will only improve.
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I really like Ledson and I think he's a lovely passer of the ball.
I rarely criticise a player for a slightly ill timed challenge. Its not an origami contest, after all and the ball was there to be contested.
He's come in for Pearson and put in a great shift.
 
ChuckD said:
I don’t like to criticise anyone after another convincing win. But I’m not sure Ledson is a natural replacement for BP.
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Who ever said he was or needs to be?
Ledson looks for more forward passes than Pearson, but Pearson is the best at what Pearson does. Scooping up and pinching the ball off toes.
I wonder if the coaches have taken Ledson and asked him to be more aggressive in the tackle, which results in him running the risk of yellow cards.
 
The way AN has turned the fortunes of so many players around means you'd be foolish to write anybody off. He is the replacement of one of the best midfielders in the championship so shortfalls are going to be highlighted very easily.

I'm just absolutely amazed we've quite easily seen off a team who were in the premier league last season, seen as a top championship side, whilst missing two key players in Johnson and Pearson. Really incredible.

But I'm also underwhelmed by him so far and expected a better player than what he's shown to date. Hopefully I'm wrong!
 
The booking was his third foul and was also by far the worst tackle in the game. Wouldn’t have been surprised with a red, but obviously glad it wasn’t. Ledson just needs to calm down a bit - that red card challenge at Wigan was even more ridiculous than yesterday’s. He’s got all the attributes needed for a decent Championship player, but that’s little use if he gets booked or sent off more regularly that Pearson. Does anyone know what his disciplinary record is?
 
I thought he had a good game except for that tackle. Like Pearson though, I am often nervous when he goes in to tackle.
As others have said he needs far more game time if he is to make significant improvement. AN never seems to bring him on as a sub, even when Pearson has received a yellow card.
 
Trouble is that he isn’t ever getting a run of games and bar a serious injury or drop in form to Pearson, he never will.

He just gets dropped in randomly due to suspensions and has to get up to speed straight away.

He clearly has talent, he just looks rusty. Unfortunately as things stand he’s deputy to the best CDM in the league.

I was happy with his performance yesterday given the circumstances and see a big future at PNE, just like Pearson.
 
Some of you lot need to sort your heads out!
All this having a go at Ledson.......just back off.

He plays the position that demands challenges, and some will be mistimed.

Pearson (and Hogg for Huddersfield) were on a ban yesterday because they play that role, it’s the same with players at other clubs in that role.

So you want a biting challenging midfielder who is an angel?

How many times was Pearson booked and sent off in the last 2 seasons?

Obviously Rudd didn’t make a mistake yesterday so someone else has to be lined up for bitching at.

He made a tackle, he gave a foul away, he took one of the opposition out, he wasn’t our star player but he was part of a great team performance.

Look at the positives please and stop being miserable gets.....
 
On the plus side, to defend the lad (Ledson) and to cut him some slack, it was his pass from the center to Barky who then crossed for Browne to score the 2nd important goal.

Credit where it is due, in that he found Barky in space.

Whilst I am here, I have yet, with Brownes goal, to see anyone criticise the shocking keeping here by the Huddersfield lad (unless I have missed this). Had that been Rudd... "shakes head".

2nd and Rudd has played his part well.
 
Mr Meeseeks said:
Trouble is that he isn’t ever getting a run of games and bar a serious injury or drop in form to Pearson, he never will.

He just gets dropped in randomly due to suspensions and has to get up to speed straight away.

He clearly has talent, he just looks rusty. Unfortunately as things stand he’s deputy to the best CDM in the league.

I was happy with his performance yesterday given the circumstances and see a big future at PNE, just like Pearson.
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The best CDM with only one goal to his name and numerous “daft” sendings off
Pearson is a fantastic footballer but as per all players he comes with his deficiencies also, as you so rightly suggest he gets a run of games and Ledson simply looks like the fill in man when Pearson is grounded on the naughty step again thus it’s impossible to offer any form of long term judgement
 
sedgwick__7 said:
According to the stats site WhoScored, Ledson's pass completion percentage is just 62.5% in the two games he's played.

In comparison, Pearson's is 83.1% this season. Johnson 81.6%. Gallagher 78.1%.

Passing is something he obviously really needs to work on.
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Pearson plays a lot of easy, 'percentage' passes to full backs and the keeper, which bump up his statistics. A lot of players, these days, are well aware of their statistics.
Ledson looks for killer, penetrative passes, which carry a higher risk of being incomplete.
Statistics can be interpreted to suit an argument but they aren't conclusive.
It's nice to have Ledson and Pearson in the squad. I reckon Ledson has a few extra gears, yet, on yesterday's appearance, his first for a while.
 
Chartley said:
People want Ledson to replace Pearson and don’t want him to get bookings?
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Don’t mind him getting bookings.

It’s the reckless way he tackles, something which he doesn’t seem to be learning from.

Feel for him because it must be difficult to come in from the cold and be expected to perform to Pearson’s ability. That’s no excuse for tackling like it’s the 90s though.
 
kingpne said:
Tin hat firmly on but apart from the odd burst of a solid 60 minutes here and there every three months or so, I've been seriously underwhelmed by his time with us thus far.

Still young though and will only improve.
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Thought he was poor yesterday but can understand with him getting hardly any game time.

Not very composed, positionally all over the place and was completely anonymous at times.

I do however think there is a player there to be coached and brought on, a loan would do him the world of good.

Also thought it was a straight red.
 
I'm concerned about Pearson picking up yellow cards and missing games, not getting sent off for reckless, dangerous tackles.

I like Ledson, but it's a habit he needs to break. Either get better at timing his tackles, or stop lunging in so wildly.
 
Jack Daniels said:
On the plus side, to defend the lad (Ledson) and to cut him some slack, it was his pass from the center to Barky who then crossed for Browne to score the 2nd important goal.

Credit where it is due, in that he found Barky in space.

Whilst I am here, I have yet, with Brownes goal, to see anyone criticise the shocking keeping here by the Huddersfield lad (unless I have missed this). Had that been Rudd... "shakes head".

2nd and Rudd has played his part well.
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yes, it was a cracking ball out to Barky
 
Ledson needs games at this level for me to learn to control his rash challenges. It has taken Pearson three and a half years of playing regularly in our side to cut out the daft tackles and talking himself into the book / early bath.

Hope Ledson learns his lesson in less time than it took for Pearson to make progress. Albeit Ledson plays a lot less regularly than Pearson did at having been at PNE 18 months now, due in part to Pearson being very good and the strength of our midfield options.
 
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