Dave, The defending is almost as bad as McCallister days and that got him the sack. I really think Grayson needs to sort this out sharpish.
Sent from my iPad On 17 Sep 2011, at 20:40, DAVID NATTAN <[email protected]> wrote: > This really was a topsy turvy game - some good bits of play mixed in with > some really awful bits of play. It was similar to Palace game in a number of > respects, not least the fact that we got 3 points but probably did not > deserve them.We started brilliantly and could have had 4 goals in the first > 10 minutes - unfortunately 3 of the chances fell to Keogh. Yes he is a decent > link up player but he has to do a lot better when he does get chances , I am > sure his time with us is almost up, As soon as Becchio is deemed fully fit he > will start and it will be bye bye Andy Keogh. Like I say he could have had a > hat trick early doors - he had one chance when he chested it down to himself > but lost control and was crowded out (very similar to the chance that fell to > Becchio that RIch W mentioned) he had another when a good ball across from > Snoddy (who was shocking and looked uninterested again today) went right > across the goal and Keogh just failed to connect, and > then the biggest miss of all, and almost the changing point of the whole > game, a lovely ball from Nunez (who looked lost out on the wing but lively > when allowed to come into the middle) picked him out, through on goal with > only James to beat but he fluffed it big time. That would have made it 2 0 > and possibly sealed the win at that point. Instead they broke away soon after > and Kilkenny in acres of space on the edge of the box passed it onto to the > bar and in (it looked like it was going over at one point) That cancelled out > a brilliant strike from Clayton. a left foot curler into the top corner. Our > failure to defend (where have we heard that before ?) meant that all our > early good work counted for nothing and it really seemed to affect the > confidence of the team and we totally lost our way for much of the rest of > the game.It must be soul destroying for them all, we start well , get ahead > and then a bit of poor defending lets us all down. Our inability > to defend / hold onto a lead is really threatening to derail our season. The > rest of the half and indeed the game, was poor from our perspective,. We gave > the ball away for no reason and failed to string any passes together. O'Dea > nearly gifted them a goal when he gave it away when under no pressure, but > Lonergan saved it (and us). Even Lonergans kicking started to suffer and > another unforced error by him led to them bearing down on goal and Paddy > (still a shadow of his former self) brought the lad down and got a red. > Luckily the penalty was hit right at Lonergan and they failed to make the man > advantage count.Becchio came on and fluffed his chance and then we got a > throw in - let Bromby take it we all yelled, the players heeded our cries and > Bromby hurled it into the box- Becchio flicked it on,probably going for goal > and McCormack,who really is on fire goal wise, nipped in and applied the > touch that was needed to put it past James. We then held on for > the last few minutes and got the 3 points but it was all a bit > unsatisfactory.If Keogh wants to stay he needs to start scoring and somehow, > Grayson and his staff need to teach the team to defend - it is getting beyond > a joke > Dave > _______________________________________________ > 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
