I dont think Paynter was that bad - certainly no worse than Becchio in the first game. Zero contribution from the lone strikers in either game really
On 20 January 2011 10:17, Damian Walsh <[email protected]> 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
