I couldn't bring myself to watch it all, but the bits I did watch we seemed to have decent possession but no cutting edge/final delivery. McCormack is good, but he cant play the lone striker and score goals. Soton were quick/good on the break, their defence were big and no-nonsense, which was a problem when we have a short arse alone up front. Their forwards looked confident and composed, all 3 of their goals were great finishes - at this level you might concede 1 of those every 5 matches, 3 in one match was freakish.
Just before their goal Howson had a snap shot which they were lucky with, had we gone ahead the match might have been very different. I also liked what I saw of o'dea, at least he seems to give a shit unlike parker, for example. So, despite the scoreline, and from the little I watched, I thought this was a match of fine margins - had Becchio or Somma been available it would have probably been a different match. Had Snodgrass turned up it would have been a different match. Had we played as a team it would have been a different match. Had we played Soton in 4 weeks time it would have been a different match (its always bad playing newly promoted sides at the start of the season). Shit result, but we'll be ok when Snodgrass starts playing, when becchio is back and/or if this german trialist turns out to be as good as the reserve hattrick might suggest. I also think we need Mendy to pressure Snodgrass into performances. Nunez looked lively when he came on, but I think he will be more of a home player than away. Paynter looks total shite, I can only hope he fluffs one off his ample arse and that gives him some confidence and transforms him into a professional footballer, nothing I have seen of him to date makes me think that will happen. Oh well - back to the rollercoaster ride that is supporting Leeds. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric B Sent: 07 August 2011 09:00 To: Alec McQueen Cc: LEEDSLIST Subject: Re: [LU] Where now? We had no midfield so then the defence started hoofing it past midfield to attacker. only problem with that is that our lone attacker was a dwarf and he never won a single ball. So in fact we never had the ball, its hard to win a game then. The other problem is Kisnorbo. Hes responsible for goal 2 and 3. On goal 2 he was behind that guy that released the goalscore. however he let him turn and pass the ball without challenge!! school boy error. Which leads me to goal 3. Once again hes close to goal scorer, but allows him to run off and get the ball without following him/or handing him over to someone else. scorer gets first to the ball, by that time 2 LUFC are trying to get to it, too late. he gets the ball, flicks it to his mate, gets a good pass back and scores easily. I was sat in the Soton end with a Soton mate so didnt get a good view of the 1st goal. what a fucking nightmare to be at that end today.. oh yeah, the ref. what a JOKE!!! may I ask in all seriousness, do refs. get paid much? are they professionals? Eric PS: didnt know we had Ian harte back at left back. useless he was. Rich W, theres your pick of the season mate! On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Alec McQueen <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, poor first game away, the next game is going to be very telling. > Boro at home. > > Who is right? The "It's OK, we have a good squad, we don't need > anybody else" brigade, or the "WTF is going on" brigade. I sit > squarely in the latter camp. I cannot believe we have seen so few > signings. Complete lack of ambition. > > We need a win next Saturday or the latter brigade have got to be close > to being right. > > It is clear the defence is currently not good enough. SG has to put > his faith is Kisnorbo and Lees. If that fails, we need some investment. > Alec > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it) > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it) _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it)
