Is Becchio worth a run of starts with Macca? With Keogh misfiring, yes. He scored a lot of goals last year Rich.
Sent from my iPhone On 20 Nov 2011, at 12:39, Richard Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > So you would go with Becchio and Macca then ? > > Sent from my iPad > > On 20 Nov 2011, at 12:12, DAVID NATTAN <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I assume most of you have seen it on TV.Could not get in the WMC we usually >> go to - home fans only on police advice and though I was silver tongued >> enough to talk my way in, it was clear the rest of my mates would not be so >> lucky, so we ended up in the cricket club. A strange place for a pre match >> drink - 3 bars on different floors in the pavillion looking out over the >> cricket pitch and it was rammed with Leeds fans , a good proportion of our >> 4,000 followers decided to drink there. One GILF was shouting at the odd >> Burnley fan who was there and I was told she was the Granny who had recently >> been banned from running on the pitch at ER - a real celebrity , expect to >> see her in the jungle or a big brother house soon!It was a glorious sunny >> day and we left for the ground with high expectations. Turf Moor is a proper >> old fashioned ground with wooden seats and a dark and dingy concourse with >> poor toilets but a good place for us old timers to remember the old >> days before plastic soulless idenikit grounds.We made it just in time for >> the the well observed minutes applause for Jimmy Adamson - we all agreed he >> was an awful Leeds manager but could put those feelings to one side as we >> stood and clapped in his memory.That was almost as good as it got until the >> 76th minute.First half we were dreadful - in truth they were poor too - >> managing one shot from Clayton that did not dip enough and a free kick from >> McCormack that the keeper saved.At the back we looked dodgy at times- Sam >> kept going missing and leaving White exposed and the centre back pairing >> looked like they had never met.It was almost inevitable that the goal would >> come from this - their winger was in acres of space and White was caught in >> two minds - that let the winger with time and space to pick out one of two >> onrushing strikers who were marked by one defender too easy for them 0 >> 1Only some good saves, one with his feet , from the impressive McCarthy >> , and a poor miss when through just before half time kept the score down and >> us in it.We did think that their keeper had handled outside the area but the >> fact that no Leeds player appealed meant that we kept quiet about it until >> various moible calls from TV watchers confirmed we had been hard done >> by.Second half we were better but never really threatened - I am losing >> faith in Keogh, and McCormack is losing faith in himself, and between them >> they never looked like scoring or creating opportunities. SG thought the >> same and took them both off and brought on Nunez and Becchio.I know Rich W >> likes his stats when slagging Becchio off but here is one - 60 mins with >> Keogh , no goals, 30 mins with Becchio , two goals (even if he did not have >> a direct hand in either)Both goals were similar - first Sam with a good bit >> of skill had a good deep cross and Snoddy sneaked in at the far post and >> slid it home - Game onThen a Snoddy corner in the last couple of minutes >> fell to Nunez on the far side, he chipped it back in and again it came to >> Snoddy ghosting in at the far post , this time he controlled it and with >> bodies all around him managed to put it into the far corner.Just like last >> season a last minute winner after being behind , although this time I did >> feel more like we had robbed them.Time for a quick pint in the Wacky >> Warehouse place near the station (again full of Leeds fans) and then train >> home. Job done but far from convincing >> One last point - I recorded the game and fast forwarded through it this >> morning and then watched the highlights recorded on the Championship >> programme - it was the same TV channel and the same pictures and coverage >> but the live programme killed all the crowd noise and the highlights one >> turned up the crowd noise so it sounded like the place was rocking. Do they >> always do that and if so, why? >> Dave >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> >> PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
