Quality stuff Richard. I think you're pretty much spot on. Cheers for the report.
Sent from my iPhone On 3 Oct 2010, at 13:25, Richard Young <[email protected]> wrote: > Almost forgot: subs. Grayson did manage to change things up and in the way > most of us wanted - go for the win since we had nothing to lose at that > point. Becchio had been getting songs almost from the kick-off, so the > faithful were happy to see him on for a tiring and tactically nullified > Johnson. He did his schtick - which is no bad thing since it meant some of > our more speculative high balls carried more threat. Watt for Kilkenny was > the right call, too, although we'd been so slow getting up from midfield > that I doubted wingers would make much difference - their crossing options > would be limited. > > In fact, of course, Watt was involved in Snoddy's goal - well worked, but > about our only really convincing and coherent passage of play. Nevertheless, > it shows why Grayson's the gaffer and I'm not. > > Bruce's second bookable looked dubious from the stands (we were all > applauding the tackle, which was right in front of us), but Ipswich fans say > he's prone to diving in, and we're hardly the most unbiased group of > observers. So perhaps the replay shows different. (The Suffolk fuzz reacted > to a surge at the barriers in the lower stand after the ref got his cards > out by deploying 2005-vintage home video cameras and taking a group shot. It > was quite funny, like a rowdy wedding. If the Met want to cut their budgets, > perhaps they should buy some of those old Samsungs and forget all that > high-def DV technology they cart around... Mind you, it did lead to a very > rousing "If you hate Leeds United Have a go...") > > After that, it was do or die - and with Naylor getting worse by the minute > in the last quarter hour, it was a matter of time before we were overrun on > the break. Which we were. I still can't believe they didn't score when they > were 4-on-1 (seriously - and our "one" was Naylor huffing back from about 40 > yards out) and we had our fourth-choice goalie between the posts. > > To repeat - there was enough on display to suggest we won't be troubling the > bottom three. And with players back, top half remains a high probability. > Just don't expect it to be pretty. > > RIchard > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
