I think you're being a tad unfair to Gradel who should of been supporting Paynter but instead was in the position of taking the attacking lead with very little effective support from said Paynter. I don't expect a player like Gradel to have to be constantly holding the ball up but otherwise Paynter seemed rarely to get into positions to invite a cross or pass from Gradel. That most of Gradel's crosses were overhit speculative efforts has a lot to do with him not having a clear target to aim at.
>From the telly, Paynter only lost his marker once - a tribute to a very good Arsenal defence certainly, but you should expect someone playing "lone striker" to have an ability to get away from defenders on a regular basis. I don't disagree with you about Parker - I was comparing him to his somewhat unflattering list image that dates back to before he was injured.... Apart from the obvious class, I thought that the way Arsenal played was more reminiscent of a lower league team. Very in-your-face, close down all the space, play physical and run and run and run. I actually thought that their centre-forward (Chalmk or summat?) made an immense contribution to their victory by making sure there was no supplyline out of defence for Leeds. Just like a lower league team would hope to do, the Arse stopped us playing football. We should probably take that as a compliment ;) Damian On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Tim Leslie <[email protected]>wrote: > Gradel worked very hard, yes. But there wasn't much end result from him. > I'm not comparing Parker to super cooper or the like, merely comparing him > to macarthy - he's not good enough, sorry. The other thing that was quite > annoying, we were constantly out muscled on the ball, which meant we never > held the ball up and got forward to put pressure on them enough. > Not being a harbrinher of doom, just realistic as to where we need to > improve to kick on. > > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
