Surprised no-one has mentioned the ball boy's part in the second Palace goal.He threw the ball to the Palace player so quickly that we were unable to regroup and so got caught out on the break. (Think George Graham at Spurs the week he left us for them!)
Now I am not blaming the ball boy for the goal,but surely someone should train them better so that they react to what is going on. If we are chasing the game then they should be as quick as possible but when we are trying to kill the game then they should move a lot slower.In the incident on Saturday he could have held onto the ball for a few seconds or thrown it just out of the Palace players reach etc. As I understand it these ball boys are members of LUFC at whatever age group they play at, and whilst the odds are against them ever making it to the top , I would have thought that being given a basic understanding of the game was a part of their football education Before any slags me off, I can remember the league cup trip to Tranmere when they had long throw expert Challinor playing for them - whenever Tranmere got a throw in he was given a nice clean ball that they had wiped with a towel, for our throws they let the ball roll in the mud at the side of the pitch.I can also remember Jimmy Hill getting into trouble for having a go at a ball girl at Blackburn, who, when Blackburn were on their way to a Cup giant killing, gave the ball to the opponent very quickly - very similar to Saturday- and they went and scored (I think it was the scousers) Jimmy Hill suggested she had been badly trained and then got so much flak for blaming her that he had to apologise. To me the ball boy was almost as bad as Nunez who sauntered off the pitch when subbed as if we were one up with minutes to go and was trying to waste time, rather than the actual situation where we were trying to get back into the game and every second was priceless to usDave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it)
