Yes I would not argue with Austin being given a 2. He was particularly poor and not for the first time this season.
Sent from my iPad > On 22 Mar 2014, at 19:07, Jim Moran <[email protected]> wrote: > > Exactly how I saw it, apart from Austin who deserves about 2 today. Our > entire midfield only operates if they are confident and our manager is > incapable of instilling any. > > 4-3-3 never looked like it would work. I'd have taken Smith off at half time > and put 5 in midfield with Wickham up front on his own. Fuck knows why > McCormack didn't play wide today. Guess he won Paper Scissors Stone in the > warm up. > > Must add that there was a girl at the back of the NE upper that was screaming > like she was giving birth at the end of the second half. Provided a bit of a > laugh. > > South African Pinot noir tonight. > http://www.wine-searcher.com/wine-69632-0001-newton-johnson-felicite-pinot-noir-walker-bay-south-africa > > -- > >> On 22 Mar 2014, at 18:48, Richard Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yes a win is a win but the fact is there was only one team playing football >> today and that was Millwall. Whilst they played neat triangles and >> intelligent pass and move football all over the pitch we struggled to string >> 2 passes together with our only option being the long ball to Smith or >> hopeless balls into the channels. >> >> We started with a 4-3-3 formation with Wickham on the left, Smith in the >> middle and Macca roaming. Millwall were all over us from the start and I was >> actually pretty impressed by the way they controlled the game. It was only >> desperate defending, solid goalkeeping and poor finishing that saved us in >> the early exchanges. We could have easily been 3 down. >> >> Our goal was completely against the run of play and was a bit of a freak >> goal. Wickham found Smith with one of his long throws ( a hidden weapon that >> we used a lot today). Smith flicked it on high into the air and it just >> looped over the keeper into the far corner. Did he mean it ? No, but who >> cares 1-0. >> >> Did we improve ? No. Millwall continued to dominate and look dangerous. >> Austin, Murphy and Mowatt just didn't gel in midfield. Byram had too much on >> his plate defensively to do too much going forward and we just looked like a >> team low on confidence ( I get that) but also lacking in basic ability. >> Austin and Murphy will try their hearts out and run themselves into the >> ground and at this level that sometimes is enough but watching them both get >> the ball and then just give it away, fall over or pass it in to touch is too >> frustrating to watch. >> >> Wickham was also struggling on the left wing. Why ? He's not a fecking left >> winger. Lee Peltier played the worse pass I've ever seen last home game, >> today Wickham had the worse shot on goal I've ever seen. He cut inside and >> whacked it with his right foot, got it all wrong and it ballooned across the >> pitch for a throwing. A player trying too hard and getting frustrated by >> playing out of position ? >> >> The second goal also came totally against the run of play. Millwall were >> breaking again, Tom Lees put in a crunching tackle to stop the attack which >> inadvertently put Macca clear. It seemed like an impossible angle but he >> managed to squeeze it into the net maybe through his legs ? >> >> So 2-0 up at half-time but it was a total injustice on Ian Holloway's team. >> >> Second half was much the same in torrential rain. The one difference was >> Wickham who was almost a one man team in the second half, he provided an >> outlet for us and he looked strong and skilful almost going alone the full >> length of the pitch at times. It's just a shame that there was nobody around >> him to assist. He looks like a real talent to me and we should be playing >> him in his best position but currently Macca scores the goals and Smith >> provides us with the long ball option which we need because we haven't got >> the ability to play it on the ground. A real dilemma for BMD. >> >> Millwall then went for broke and put all their subs on including a 7 ft >> striker and DJ Campbell who must have had a wager on the draw because every >> time he got the ball he looked like scoring. It wasn't long before he did >> with a screamer from the edge of the box which Buckland had no chance with. >> A real quality strike for a frustratingly good player. >> >> The rest of the game was just painful to watch. Wave after wave of Millwall >> attacks with us hanging on in there with some really desperate and decent >> defending. We did have a few counter attacks where we maybe should have >> bagged another but we wasted the chances. >> >> BMD showed his nervousness by taking off Wickham and Byram and putting on >> Tonge and Hunt. Strange substitutions in my book, especially Wickham who >> looked like the only player we had capable of holding up the ball. >> >> Millwall came desperately close to equalising and really should have but we >> held out and won the game. Relief in the stands but you could sense the >> frustration in that we had won a game we had no right to have won. We were >> second best throughout and for me this isn't nearly good enough. >> >> Buckland -8 I thought he looked really solid and was a major factor in us >> winning this game. >> >> Byram -6. I thought he struggled defensively at times today and didn't show >> much going forward. He's not a right back. Have I said that before ? >> >> Pugh - 6. I thought he did ok. Steady, solidish performance, and I'm not >> joking. He's not the future though. Have I said that before ? >> >> Lees - 7. He has his critics but I thought he did well today. Lots of good >> challenges. >> >> Pearce - 7 Again, he put himself on the line time and time again. I don't >> think Lees and Pearce is a partnership that will take us anywhere but given >> their limited talents you can't fault their effort and application today. >> >> Austin - 4. Apparently he wasn't fully fit. Loads of effort, no talent. >> >> Murphy - 5. Loads of effort, no talent. Final ball always a disappointment. >> >> Mowatt - 5. I think he's got ability and he showed glimpses but he's poor >> off the ball due to lack of pace and acceleration. I think this may be >> factor in his career. Think Mcphail. >> >> Wickham - 8. Poor isn't first half but was inspirational second half. Must >> be frustrated playing as. Left winger. >> >> Macca - 6. Good goal, he was lively but like the rest his final ball wS >> incredibly poor. Also plYing Ina floating midfield role he does see a lot of >> the ball and he does lose possession a lot. >> >> Smith -7. Does exactly what it says on the tin. Big bloke, wins headers, >> causes problems, provides a long ball option and scores goals. Can't fault >> him really. He looked f'cked second half. >> >> Subs: >> >> Tonge - did a job. >> >> Hunt - got booked. >> >> BMD - not good enough, he'll be relieved but I think he should be a very >> worried man. This team is lacking and he really doesn't know which formation >> to go with. I can't see a future with BMD. I hope I'm wrong. >> >> This has been a very negative review for a game we won and I realise that. >> If I'm optimistic for a second maybe we are rock bottom on confidence and >> this is the major reason for our broken play. Maybe we will push on now. >> >> Or maybe we're just shit. >> >> A bit of Grenache tonight I think. >> >> >>> On 22 Mar 2014, at 16:35, Dr Michael Benjamin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Squeeky bum time. >>> We'll fuck up again? >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leedslist mailing list >>> Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >>> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >>> >>> John 'Grampa' Sykes >>> Rest In Peace old lad >>> 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 >>> MARCHING ON TOGETHER >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> >> John 'Grampa' Sykes >> Rest In Peace old lad >> 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 >> MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
