>From the armchair point of view I'd have inversed the O'Brien/ Bruce scores (or given them 9 1/2 each) purely because O'Brien acheived what he acheived (including at least 2 goal saving interventions) with more intellegence and less effort - when we go up to the premiership (this year or whenever) we've got to play like we belong there and not backs-to-the-wall......
As for Becchio, his biggest problem yesterday was lack of pace. A forward as fast as the Arsenal defenders would have had at least one goal from the excellent balls the impressive midfield delivered throughout the match. He held his place, Arsenal gave him an awful lot of respect, but after the goal I would have told him to drop deeper (to break up the Asrenal builds from the back) and have Gradel as the lone frontman for his pace on the break (and I know this poses as many questions as it answers - but ones we find easier to answer ;)) Damian On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Richard Walker <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Bruce - 10. He was brilliant. How good was it to see a Leeds central > defender > snapping at heels and getting in where it hurts. Hopefully that'll put and > end > to Collin's Leeds career - why did it take this to convince so many people > though ? > > > O'Brien - 9. Confident and commanding. Perfect partner for Bruce. > > > Becchio - 6. Can fault his effort. He never stopped running and hassling > but I > thought he wasn't effective at all today. He did get the one header in but > in > general he spent more of his time offside and on his arse (standard Becchio > really). His effort in the first half was laughable and in general when the > ball > comes to Becchio you know the move has ended. Also he hardly won a header > all > day. Out of all our players he looked the one who was definitely playing > above > his level. We needed to make runs beyond their defence - that will never > happen > with Becchio. We have to look at other options if we want to really > progress. > > > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
