No Becchio and no goals , this is what happens when you let your top scorer leave , we, for once, dominate possession but without the prolific Argentine we could not find the back of the net ! OK that was tongue in cheek but in truth we never really created chances despite having an awful lot of the ball in their half. The close range shot by Barkley from Dioufs free kick and a great header from Tom Lees , both of which were well saved by the keeper was the sum total of our shots on target. In fact some of our shooting was literally laughable - Austin had a long range shot that ballooned up and came back down to him and he shot again, and again he totally sliced it into the air , that made me chuckle. Brown and Varney also had shots that went nowhere near the goals. I missed the Spurs game so cannot compare the two games, but certainly this was a lot better performance than many we have seen at ER this season. Typical that we win 6 on the bounce in the league, most of which we did not deserve to win, and yet yesterday when we did , just about, deserve a victory we actually got beaten. The back four , Byrams schoolboy error apart, is starting to look pretty solid with the Lees, Peltier centre back pairing looking particularly strong. So solid were we that their goal was pretty much the only clear cut chance they had and that was a mixture of awful defending and a mis-hit shot from Bellamy that was going wide but instead went to Campbell who tapped it in. We are still lacking a wide player and so looked unbalanced at times, and we do lack pace (hopefully Morison will help there) I think Austin needs dropping, he is nothing like the player he was at the start of the season, Barkley needs to be moved centrally with Green playing wide (unless the rumours about Boyd coming here are true) As for Habib , I know he only arrived here a day before the game, but to me he was a cross between Tresor Kandol and Enoch Showumni with the bad bits of both. He will need to show an awful lot of improvement to make any impact here - at least it is only a loan deal so I suppose we cannot go far wrong. As for Cardiff fans -446 is terrible - there were 3 very drunk Glaswegian Cardiff fans on my train to Leeds so I do not think that it was a bubble trip (though it could be they got tickets in our end?) I think we can kiss the play offs goodbye now and so the season is in danger (after the City game) of tailing off in a sea of mediocrity and I think GFH need to decide about Warnock. Is he going to stay beyond the end of the season and do they want him to ? If the answer to either of these is 'no' then I think they should look to terminate his contract and bring in the new manager now so he can have a proper look at things and decide what needs to be done. We need a long term plan something we have not had since we brought in Sgt Wilko and explain it to the fans and hopefully get everyone behind it
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
