Hold your horses Humphries .... My complaint about the left side of our team was all about Danny Pugh playing in left midfield. He wasn't good enough there first time around and he's not good enough this time. The only proof you need of that is that Grayson has not only dropped him in favour of an out of form Lloyd Sam but has now relegated him to left back and promoted White to midfield. Remember White has been our best defender this year (not saying much I know). So what does that say about Danny Pugh as a left midfielder ? Is he providing stability in that position which was your argument - NO ! His only chance in this team is as a left back and we've seen him at left back before and he's no good (no pace). So I maintain my argument about Danny Pugh. So let's recap. I don't think Danny Pugh is good enough in left midfield - Grayson agrees with me. I wanted to give Lloyd Sam a go and on his last appearance he didn't do the job in that position but we know he's not that bad given his performances last year. and finally .. do you remember me saying that Aiden White reminds me of a young Ryan Giggs on the left side ? Just gets the ball and goes at people and he should play there ? Do you remember that Mark ? It was about a year ago when Adiy turned out against Donny away and then was subsequently dropped and sent out on loan to Oldham. So I think I have a right to the tactical foresight you are banging on about. Also, at least I have an opinion and at least I give it pre-match or at the start of the season so that people can see that I am right or wrong. You are somebody who obviously doesn't watch the games anymore and just reacts to events and criticises other after the event. Ever so easy that approach. I said Becchio wouldn't get 10 last season - it cost me £20 and made me look a tad stupid however did it change my views on the player - NO. He scored last night but spent most of the game rolling around the floor feigning injury - not the sort of player I want to watch. So my immediate predictions are: 4-5-1 won't get us up especially with Becchio as the lone striker and especially playing that formation at home. Danny Pugh is not good enough at left back or left midfielder. So let's see some tactical foresight from you. You need opinions and foresight to be successful on football manager. As I say it's easy to give your comments after the event. I'm still the King Mark, and you know it. From: Mark Humphries <[email protected]> To: 'Ian Murray' <[email protected]>; 'Richard Walker' <[email protected]> Cc: 'Leeds List' <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 8:17 Subject: RE: [LU] 4-0
How did the performance compare from when we were playing 4-5-1 (with Becchio) and 4-4-2 (with Keogh/McCormack)? Nice attempt at trying to take the tactical foresight on this one rich (White at left mid), but I think we'll retain it with our assertions about White being more effective with Pugh on the left, and we were even saying Pugh at LB was a viable option. Then not only to drop McCormack and replace him with Becchio (gasp), drop Sam for Pugh (Gasp) but to play 4-5-1 (GASP!!)... I wonder if that would have worked in Football Manager :-) Joking aside, sometimes when things like Snoddy scoring at the end of the 11mins applause you think there is some kind of higher force at work. I choked up (again) when Simon went to the fans and applauded, then pointed up to the sky. MOT -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ian Murray Sent: 30 November 2011 07:57 To: Richard Walker Cc: Leeds List Subject: Re: [LU] 4-0 Forest were the poorest side we've played this year. Even their own fans were singing 'how shit must you be, you've only scored 4'. Pugh at left back with White on the wing looks good to me. Sent from my iPhone On 30 Nov 2011, at 07:31, Richard Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > That's exactly what I'm saying. > > couple of mates that went last night both said that Forest were by far the worse team they had seen this season and whilst we played competently Forest just kept giving the ball back to us. > > Other comments were (apart from it being very emotional especially when Snoddy put the ball in the back of the net right at the end of the 11 minute chanting fro Speedo) was that Aidy White is best suited to being Max's replacement (something I've been saying for ages now). > _______________________________________________ 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
