Frazer's in for the long haul at Leeds United
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Frazer Richardson
Reliable is not the most flattering adjective with which to describe a footballer.
Professional players strive to be exceptional; the term dependable tends to infer the opposite. It is a well-established fact, however, that successful teams are rarely built solely on galacticos. Frazer Richardson has never been insulted by the suggestion that reliability might be his strongest trait.
The full-back is the definition of consistency â€" ever present in Leeds United's league games this season, and still to register his first goal or a single yellow card. United's defensive record is bettered by only one club â€" Nottingham Forest â€" and their combined league record has been bettered by none. Richardson encompasses the solidity that Dennis Wise desired above all else between August and May.
The 25-year-old is content to leave the bulk of attention to those who suit the limelight. It is difficult, from the depths of defence, to steal headlines from an 11-goal striker, or to exert the influence of a fluent midfielder. But Richardson is no less certain of a place in Wise's team against Huddersfield Town tomorrow than Jermaine Beckford will be of his. Richardson's philosophy, it seems, is to deliver his performances with maximum effort and a minimum of fuss.
"That's how I prefer it," he said. "I'm not one for the limelight, as most people know.
"It's nice for other players to experience (praise) but I'm just a player who gets on with things quietly. I always put 100 per cent in, and I'll always want to play for Leeds.
"Not only am I playing regularly this season, I'm enjoying it more than I have done for quite a number of years. It was difficult with everything that's gone off in the past, but I feel really settled and, touch wood, I'll stay injury free."
Fitness was a perennial concern for Richardson during Wise's first season at Elland Road, so much so that his 18th league outing against Port Vale on Tuesday night equalled his total number of league appearances during the 2006-07 term.
The full-back is widely considered to be one of the F***est members of United's squad, but he and club physio Harvey Sharman drew up an intensive close-season training schedule specifically to tackle his niggling injuries. The success of the programme has provided Wise with an automatic selection at right-back.
There were, however, doubts over whether Richardson would be at Elland Road at all this season. Wolves were linked with a summer move for the defender, and United's relegation asked questions over his willingness to drop beneath the Championship. It was to Wise's delight that Richardson held fast to the club who launched his career.
"There was a lot of speculation that I'd be moving on, but I'm very happy to have stayed," he said.
"Every player wants to play at the highest level, there's no secret in that. Everyone wants to play in the Premiership, or the Championship. But I felt we had the strongest team in League One so it meant spending a season in League One to play another season in the Championship. In my eyes, I think we will get automatic promotion.
"It's a year out of your career but hopefully it will turn out to be a great year. It was hard for everyone (last season) and me especially as a Leeds fan, but that's the way it was. Now we're looking to the future.
"I think it all started in pre-season. We had a very good, strong pre-season which set the basis for the rest of the season. I felt very fit, and it's continued from there. I worked a lot in the off season with Harvey, and tried to sort the little niggles out. It's working so far."
Richardson's prediction of automatic promotion is not a case of him stepping out of line. The club's assistant boss, Dave Bassett, revealed on Monday that Leeds intend to head League One by January 1, and promotion is gradually becoming an accepted topic of conversation around Thorp Arch.
Wise, who has treated the subject with caution ever since United's
15-point deduction was confirmed, said: "It's a target I put to them. I asked it they're capable and we'll see. You have to challenge them."
A victory over Huddersfield tomorrow would reign in Wise's target once more, and leave United in prime position to reach for first place over Christmas.
Tomorrow's West Yorkshire derby is an overdue meeting between two clubs who last contested a league match in 1987, and even their most recent encounter three years ago seems to Richardson like another age. The defender is the only surviving member of the Leeds side which beat Huddersfield 3-0 in the first round of the League Cup on August 24, 2004.
"That shows the changes that have gone on at the club," Richardson said. "They've been massive in the last three or four years, and it's been a whirlwind. But we're looking quite stable at the minute.
"We'll play the same football we've been playing all season. I know it's a derby and we will be giving a little bit more, but we give a little bit more in every game. It's no different.
"I'd like to say it's up there, but there have been massive games at Elland Road. It's definitely up there this season. We're just looking to get another win, another three points on the board and to try and catch up Swansea."
YEP
Hyggelig lesning. Har alltid likt Frazer. En spiller som gir 100 prosent og putter laget foran seg selv
Fraze er ein undervurdert spiller her på OEF.
Frazer er desverre blitt 25 år før han klarte å etablerte seg på Leeds laget som høyreback. Skader og dårlig lagledelse kan vel ta noe av skylden for at den Frazer vi så spille mot Arsenal i FA cupen 03/04 aldri nok kommer til å slå til som vi kanskje håpet på.
Men Frazer er på alle måter en spiller jeg liker å se spille for Leeds. Som høyreback er han offensiv og hurtig. Han har lange innkast og selv om innleggene hans ikke alltid er topp, så er han vel en av de bedre backene i league one.
tycker han har stannat i utvecklingen, förra året i en del TV-mather gjorde han en del grymma försvarstabbar
Frazer har levd i skyggen av Gary Kelly og har i tillegg blitt skadet på svært uheldige tidspunkt ( som når Kelly har vært ute) gjennom karrieren.I tillegg har han et ganske begrenset talent og har i mine øyne funnet sitt nivå på CCC og nedover. Jeg mener han burde vært rendyrket som venstre back fra sommeren 2004 ( siden h backen var Gary Kellys naturlig nok), en posisjon han spilte mange gode kamper for u-landslaget og hvor hadde en god periode i 04-05 før Michael Gray ble innhentet på lån. Kontinuitet på den "problemplassen" kunne vært en viktig faktor for å unngå nedrykket ifjor, og det hadde vært bra for Frazers videre utvikling. :)
Frazer Richardson har hatt ein del, på grensa til grusame, sesongar. Men i år verkar det som tilliten han har fått har gjeve resultat. Eg er ikkje lenger bekymra for korleis han skal oppføre seg, og om når neste tabbe skal kome.
Slike gutter det vil gamle Norge Leeds ha!
Frazer fortjener virkelig at ting går litt hans vei nå, etter å ha vært tålmodigheten selv i mange år.
Tror som Jon at han nok holder fint i CCC også, om det skulle bli en realitet neste år (fingers crossed).
Jeg forventer et mål eller tre etterhvert også, og da blir det nok noen riktige kremmerhus fra Frazer "I don't do tap-ins" Richardson.
flynn
Richardson er en av de store talentene som aldri slo igjennom og må slenge meg på "Jon R-karusellen" :) og være enig i at han nok er en CCC-og-nedover-spiller. Han er innsatsvillig og løpssterk, men et fotballtalent er han ikke. Leeds-lads er alltid morsomt å ha i laget, men dersom vi går opp, mener jeg bestemt Wise og Bates må se seg om etter en utfordrer til høyrebackplassen!
Defensivt er han til tider skremmende svak taktisk og offensivt mangler han jevnt gode innlegg. Nå har jeg ikke sett han i League One, men ting tyder på at han gjør sakene bedre her og det er nok pga lavere nivå på kantspillere. Som kjent er ikke venstrekantspillere godt representert i engelsk liga og de få gode som finnes, blir kjapt hentet høyere opp i divisjonene. Uansett skal man ikke grave over god innsats i årets sesong!
Forresten, morsomt hvordan f i t t e s t blir sensurert i artikkelen! ;D
Er enig med Mr Kaizer. Frazer er veldig svak, og jeg er sjokkert over tilliten han vises i år. Har fart, ja, men er hårreisende taktisk. Selger seg ofte svært høyt i banen, og etterlater seg derfor store rom. Innleggene vil jeg ikke en gang snakke om! >:(
Frazer er kanskje divisjonens beste høyreback - og holder nok også ett noenlunde CCC nivå slik som han har spilt denne sesongen.
Han har aldri imponert meg dessverre...
Har ei kjensle av at Frazer snart får seg eit seriemål. Han nyter tydeleg godt av tilliten frå Wise og spelargruppa og går villig framover for å kome i innleggsposisjonar. Har ikkje heilt oversikten over slikt, men meinar han har fleire assists så langt i sesongen. No ventar eg i spenning på eit "typisk" Fraze-mål frå distanse etter først å ha dratt seg innover i spelebana.
Quote from: Per-Stian on December 07, 2007, 20:09:23
Har ei kjensle av at Frazer snart får seg eit seriemål. Han nyter tydeleg godt av tilliten frå Wise og spelargruppa og går villig framover for å kome i innleggsposisjonar. Har ikkje heilt oversikten over slikt, men meinar han har fleire assists så langt i sesongen. No ventar eg i spenning på eit "typisk" Fraze-mål frå distanse etter først å ha dratt seg innover i spelebana.
Frazer har i følge the football league 3 assists, bare slått av Kandol og Carole, så noe riktig har han gjort fremover på banen!
Frazer er så absolutt en av spillerne i dagens Leeds jeg unner litt suksess. Har gått mange tunge motbakker den karen, men det er som kjent da det går oppover ;D
er richardson den som har vært lengst i leeds? av dagens stall altså
Frazer har fått mye skryt av både Lorimer og Hunter denne sesongen. :)
FRAZER RICHARDSON is not a fan of excessive exposure, as he proved during yesterday's pre-Huddersfield Town press conference at Thorp Arch.
The modest full-back did his duty with the written media and radio journalists, but politely asked that he be spared television interviews. His request was unusual, if not at all unreasonable.
It appears that Richardson is a little shy when it comes to prying eyes, though that might come as a surprise to anyone who has invested £7.99 in the charity-driven calendar for 2008, Yorkshire Beef in the Buff.
The project is in aid of the best of causes â€" Cancer Research UK â€" and features, for May and September, pictures of certain United players minus their kit â€" among them one F. Richardson.
"I only like posing naked for calendars," he said with a dry smile as the television cameras slipped through the exit.
YEP
Quote from: kjelvi on December 09, 2007, 22:46:44
FRAZER RICHARDSON is not a fan of excessive exposure, as he proved during yesterday's pre-Huddersfield Town press conference at Thorp Arch.
The modest full-back did his duty with the written media and radio journalists, but politely asked that he be spared television interviews. His request was unusual, if not at all unreasonable.
It appears that Richardson is a little shy when it comes to prying eyes, though that might come as a surprise to anyone who has invested £7.99 in the charity-driven calendar for 2008, Yorkshire Beef in the Buff.
The project is in aid of the best of causes â€" Cancer Research UK â€" and features, for May and September, pictures of certain United players minus their kit â€" among them one F. Richardson.
"I only like posing naked for calendars," he said with a dry smile as the television cameras slipped through the exit.
YEP
Dette forklarer jo hvorfor han en sjelden gang også i år blottlegger seg litt i forsvar. ;D
Richardson er ein dugandes back i Leauge One... Men om han skal vera med videre oppover i systemet, gjenstår og se...
Quote from: lojosang on December 09, 2007, 22:52:45
Quote from: kjelvi on December 09, 2007, 22:46:44
FRAZER RICHARDSON is not a fan of excessive exposure, as he proved during yesterday's pre-Huddersfield Town press conference at Thorp Arch.
The modest full-back did his duty with the written media and radio journalists, but politely asked that he be spared television interviews. His request was unusual, if not at all unreasonable.
It appears that Richardson is a little shy when it comes to prying eyes, though that might come as a surprise to anyone who has invested £7.99 in the charity-driven calendar for 2008, Yorkshire Beef in the Buff.
The project is in aid of the best of causes â€" Cancer Research UK â€" and features, for May and September, pictures of certain United players minus their kit â€" among them one F. Richardson.
"I only like posing naked for calendars," he said with a dry smile as the television cameras slipped through the exit.
YEP
Dette forklarer jo hvorfor han en sjelden gang også i år blottlegger seg litt i forsvar. ;D
Der kom du med de nakne fakta, Lojo :)
Passer vel kanskje bedre her?
Frazer's curse strikes again.....2 September
http://dirtyleedscom.blogspot.com/2010/09/frazers-curse-strikes-again.html
Is Frazer Richardson cursed.....1 May
http://dirtyleedscom.blogspot.com/2010/05/is-frazer-richardson-cursed.html
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Denne mannen fortjener absolutt att dette blir flyttet til off topic
mvh
h.b som logger av for godt når jeg er oppe i 10.000 innlegg
Quote from: h.b on September 10, 2010, 13:01:54
Denne mannen fortjener absolutt att dette blir flyttet til off topic
mvh
h.b som logger av for godt når jeg er oppe i 10.000 innlegg
Hehe.... ;D