Hello?! Don't know if any of you noticed..............you were probably too busy burbling on about your pathetic little electronic toys or fawning over MDM's latest bon mot................but that football team which we purport to follow played a game the other day.
The View From The Smoking Lounge (ie the Sports bar at the Ramada Hotel in Doha, where astonishingly, people are allowed to smoke! And they do!) was that it was a strange game in that we didn't play that well, but scored at good times and were extremely comfortable winners in the end. It was great fun watching Saunders face get glummer and glummer as the game progressed. Scores: Lonergan 5 Didn't have much to do, but stupidly dropped a simple ball near the end, resulting in him having to throw himself at the feet of someone and thereby dislocating his finger. Connolly 5 Seems suspect in the air when he has to cover the back post from deep crosses from our left. Overlapped well, though. LEES 9 Solid composed and creative at the back, and added a good goal (simply ignoring Naylor, who was grabbing his shirt and trying to wrestle him, to jump and thump the ball home.) O'Dae 8 Same as Lees sans the goal. Have we found a pairing? White 8 Combative and committed at the back & got forward well a few times Snods 7 Two dead ball assists and a lot of hard work, but still lacking his spark Howson 7 Worked very hard without the ball, and just kept things ticking over with simple balls when he got it. Clayton 6 As above, except he tried a few Steven Gerrard passes Pugh 7 Typical solid, no-frills no mistakes contribution + another goal Keogh 7 Classy performance.............mobile, good touch, good awareness........just a shame that ball at the end just would not sit enough for him to keep it down. McC 8 As above plus a brilliantly taken goal. Overall, two clean sheets in a row! Soon Bates will have enough to put on the beds in his new hotel. Also.............how nice that we have started scoring from corners (3 in the last two games..............yes, I know Pugh's goal on Friday was from a freekick, but it was to all intents and purposes a corner).............after conceding dozens of goals from dead balls over the last few years. _______________________________________________ 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)
