I forgot to score Barkley - I'd give him 7 for first half - some good play , second half 3 . He kept losing possession.
446 Cardiff fans apparently - that is really poor. On 2 Feb 2013, at 19:20, Nicholas Armit <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok the first half wasn't so bad and I thought Barkley was the bright spot > along with Peltier. But Brown is just fucking annoying sorry. He could have > had no complaints if he had gone after 2 minutes. He looked at the player > first then went straight in with an elbow. I don't mind dirty fuckers as long > as they can play, he just runs around trying to niggle everyone. Poor man's > Dennis Wise. > > Second half we resorted to pretty aimless hoofs again which rarely came to > anything, hence Barkley disappeared from the game. Brown was non-existent and > I agree with Rich Austin was poor. > > Now I am a supporter of Diouf as he has touch, skill and a brain. But > unfortunately I am coming to realize he is just not dangerous and is very > rarely a goal threat. Shame. > > Nick > > From: Richard Walker <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 2, 2013 1:37 PM > Subject: [LU] Cardiff > > Didn't deserve to lose this game, but I disagree with Colin's post match > comments that we deserved to win. Yes, they only had one chance and that was > from a bad mistake and we missed an open goal but in general our play was > littered with poor passing and mistakes, I think we're trying to play more > football and in the first half we were by far the better side with Varney > providing the pace and movement. I think the issues are: > > 1. the lack of pace and similarity of Diouf and Macca > 2. The similarity and limitations of Brown and Austin in the centre of the > park. Surprised Green was dropped. > 3. No natural width to the team. Barkley is not a winger and he really > suffered today on the right wing. > > The positives for me came from e central pair who were outstanding especially > Lees who was really dominant throughout and in the first half we moved the > ball well and showed high energy. > > Second half, they looked sharp on the break without worrying Kenny. Our game > disintegrated, Austin kept giving the ball away and after Byram's mistake for > the goal he seemed to lose confidence. Hopefully, only a temporary blip. > > Colin didn't change things though and maybe that was because there weren't > really any better options on the bench. He eventually put Haribo (no idea > what his name is and to be honest I don't really care) on but he had no > impact. > > There's not much else to say really, Cardiff are the leagues runaway leaders > but on this performance we are as good. > > Scores: > > Kenny - 6. Nothing to do ,, kicking a bit dodgy. > > Byram - 5. Bad , bad mistake for their goal as he played the ball across his > own penalty area straight to Bellamy, who I'm sure tried a shot which he > dragged across goal to Campbell who slotted home. > > Peltier - 8. Did well, showed good strength and good pace. > > Lees-9. Man of the match. Dominant display. > > White - 7. Got skinned early on but stuck to his task and in general did > well. He tried to push forward second half but it wasn't effective. > > Brown - 5. Pedestrian. > > Austin - 4. Put a lot of effort in and did do a few decent tackles however > his shooting and passing today were woeful. > > Diouf - 6. He is an intelligent footballer but I sometimes find it hard to > watch him cos he just can't do the things he wants to do. Also, his falling > over antics annoy me. > > Varney - 6. Whilst Diouf is a clever player with no pace Varney is lively, > unintelligent player. First half he was arguably our best player but he lacks > awareness, plays with his head down and at times his composure isn't great. > > Mcormack - 7. Worked hard but had few opportunities. > > Subs: > > Haribo -0 absolute garbage based on these 20 minutes. Ungamley is the word I > use to describe him. He doesn't like a footballer, he's 6 ft 4 but looked > shite in the air. To be honest he just didn't look like a footballer. A bit > premature maybe to make a judgment but instinct tells me we shouldn't be > wasting money paying this guy and should ship him back to Belgium pronto. > > Crowd - 19,000, poorish atmosphere and very few Cardiff fans. > > Comparing this to some (probably most) our performances this season it was > pretty decent but there's still a lot of work to do. Hopefully Morison can > provide some pace up front but I'm not sure what he can do with the midfield. > > What's wrong with Somma? I can't believe Haribo took his place. If I was > Somma watching that I'd go and jump off a cliff. > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > 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
