The word from Thom Kirwin (Yorkshire Radio) and Paul Dews (is he still at the YEP?) is that O'Brien is unlikely to feature on Saturday but Becchio may be back. Bromby brings the element of the long throw which can cause problems for defences!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DAVID NATTAN Sent: 20 January 2011 13:25 To: list leedslist Subject: [LU] Arsenal report Again most of you will have seen it on TV so will keep it short. We were well beaten by a much better team,but having said that we can take great credit from last night. We fans showed the watching world that in these days of sanitised, corporate, prawn sandwich eating fans, WE can still create an atmosphere at home, and, just as important, we can keep it going even when we know the game is lost - lets face it we knew after 5 mins when Nasri scored that we were going out. Some great songs- 'that's why you're 52" sang to their no 52 when he missed a chance 'who needs Cec Fabrigas, we've got Rob Snodgrass' - does not quite scan but was belted out with gusto, and my fave 'are you Watford in disguise' - sang by the lad next to me who misheard when everyone else was singing 'Walcott in disguise' after an Arsenal player went down very easily. Things could have been different but two big mistakes stopped us getting anything from the game - the poor clearance from the otherwise good O'Brien that went straight to the full back who hammered it home,and the miss by Somma when it hit his knee on his first touch If either of these - especially the Somma chance to equalises - had gone our way then maybe just maybe ..... Having said that we were second best in most areas and the final score was a fair reflection Some good things - Howson, Gradel, and Snoddy all looked capable of playing at the higher level, Sam came on a nutmegged one of theirs , Kasper made a brilliant save and as for Johnsons wonder strike well it was just that .. a wonder So overall nothing much to get upset or worried about - just hope that O'Brien is fit for Saturday and that Grayson is able to get the players up for it and they are not too tired. Glad to see that Bromby now appears to be in front of Collins in the pecking order - hope that proves to be the case if O'B is injured for Sat. As for Paynter he seems to have attracted a lot of criticism on here and certainly he was not very effective, but he does control and hod the ball up better than Becchio but lacks his 'nuisance value'. I think he may come good if he has a decent run of games,especially if he can get a goal soon but agree that Becchio should probably get the nod on Sat if fit by then. Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
