Well that was as easy.comfortable and convincing a 1 0 as you can get. They were woeful but unfortunately in front of goal so were we ! Our build up play on the other hand was, for the most part ,outstanding. Max especially and Snoddy to a slightly lesser extent absolutely ripped them apart. The full backs and defenders were given a real runaround. I lost count of the number of times Max just left the full back for dead- he really did have them chasing shadows and on the other flank Snoddy was also beating them with ease. Our problem was our finishing - Becchio missed two absolute sitters, Max missed one and on a couple of other occasions took the wrong option,Somma also blasted one over, Snoddy and Howson also failed to score (one was a good save) Bruce had a lovely turn and shot that went just wide of the post. At the back we were largely untroubled with one turn and shot which went just over the bar the only half chance they had. McCartney does worry me a bit defensively though - he seems to back off too much for my liking, on a couple of occasions letting the forward get into the box without a challenge. Becchio did have probably his worse game for us, but was unlucky insomuch as he won two good headers that he flicked on, the second straight to Somma who chipped it over the keeper for a great finish but both times the header went to someone given offside. Somma was also pretty dire but was on hand to tap in the goal and as I said finished his other chance brilliantly albeit it did not count. Grayson still has the problem with what formation to play - he said he almost went 4 5 1 yesterday to bring Kilkenny back in, but that Somma deserved to stay in - well the same will apply next match with Somma scoring again and with Becchio so out of form he would be a risk as the lone striker,a role that does not suit Somma - still they are the decisions he is paid to take. For whoever asked - Connolly was inured and had been limping for a while before he just kicked the ball out of touch and went off . A big problem if he is not fit for Saturday unless we do indeed bring in a couple of Premiership stars on loan as is being trumpeted by the club. Still ,going in the game yesterday I said I would take a 1 0 win and so I am more than happy with the result, and who knows,this clean sheet may just be the one that gives the defence belief and confidence and can be the start of us stopping leaking goals Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected]
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