Totally agree about the way Arsenal played. It was very obvious that Wenger had really prepped for this game. We were beaten by probably the best football team in the country, firing on all cylinders. That is a huge compliment to Simon Grayson and the team.
On 20 Jan 2011, at 10:17, Damian Walsh wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
