Knight set for showdown talks (From Bucks Free Press)

Knight set for showdown talks

8:41am Monday 4th August 2008

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WANDERERS striker Leon Knight will face showdown talks with manager Peter Taylor today.

The £55,000 hitman was ordered to stay away from the ground on Saturday and told to sort himself out.

He will now report to manager Peter Taylor - who has criticised his fitness and workrate in pre-season - for talks today.

Taylor put Knight in the reserves for last week's match at Hayes and Yeading and the former Chelsea, Huddersfield, Swansea, Brighton and MK Dons hitman responded by scoring two and making the other in a 3-3 draw.

But he showed a different side when he was picked for the reserves again last week for their 5-0 thumping at Chesham.

And when it became clear that he was not going to be there for the allotted meeting time, angry manager Peter Taylor phoned him and told him not to bother.

Taylor then fined him ordered him to stay away from the club for Saturday afternoon's friendly with Southend United, which Wanderers lost 2-1.

Taylor said: "I have given him a letter and told him to report at the normal time on Monday.

"Leon is only a good player if he works hard. I want him to get a bit fitter and work harder.

"I think he can work harder. It may be a part of his game that he thinks he doesn't have to do but I think he does.

"We will have a chat on Monday and see how we go from there.

"I've fined him and hopefully we can sort it out and move on."

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