As I work in Swindon, I though it might be nice to toddle along and see what the team looked like.
The game itself was played as a typical friendly. Teams trying to knock the ball about, no blood and thunder. Leeds dominated the first half, and had 4 real chances. Apart from the goal which was well worked by Byram, Bianchi & Doukara to give Morison an easy knock in. Doukara and Pearce both hit the post, and Doukara dithered when presented with a chance from 6 yards, allowing a half block. Swindon scored from their only real opportunity after poor defending from a corner. The 2nd half saw Doukara brought down by the Swindon keeper, and Austin score emphatically from the spot. After that Swindon dominated possession. Difficult to know how much was them playing OK, and how much was Leeds sitting back. The Swindon fans I know said it is typical of Swindon to keep possession, and not do a lot with it. Their only real chance came late on when a deflected shot fell to someone coming in from their right. Instead of going straight for goal, he tried to bring it down and end up chesting it back to Taylor. Leeds couldn't have complained if Swindon had equalised, but were probably worth a win on the basis of the first half As for the team. No scores - just impressions. Well it was 4-1-4-1 again with Morison wide on the left and Doukara up front. Byram and Bianchi worked well down the right, but that threat subsided in the 2nd half when Gerardi came on for Byram. Gerardi did very little wrong, but had no threat going forward. Peace looked good defensively, and Wooton looked good on the ball, but not quite so good as a pure defender. Warnock was just Warnock. Austin protected the back 4 OK, but lost the ball too often and nobody seemed to cover for him when he went forward. Murphy was tidy without being dominant, Tonge was OK in the first half, but can't get forward quick enough to help out a lone forward. Morison put in the proverbial shift, gave Doukara some sort of help in the box and scored a goal. Although reasonably quick for a Centre Forward, for a winger he is a bit pedestrian. If they are going to play 4-1-4-1 Doukara looks to be the best option. He is quick, shows well and has good control. If he scores a couple early in the season - who knows. Apart from Doukara, the team lacks pace in every department, but the starting 11 last night could well be 1st choice at the start of the season. The squad at least needs a proper winger, and it would be interesting to see what Bianchi could do playing more central instead of Tonge. Back to lurkdom KOT. Kevin Lewis System Administrator UK SBS Tel: 01793 867086 Mobile: 07776 182996 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> UK SBS, GFW, Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1FF [cid:[email protected]] ____________________________________________________________ UK Shared Business Services Ltd. Registered in England and Wales as a limited company. Company number 6330639. Registered Office: North Star House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 1FF. UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) is the new name for RCUK Shared Services Centre Ltd. While we migrate all our materials to the new name and new identity please bear with us. This email and any attachments are intended for the named addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify UK SBS immediately and do not disclose, distribute, or retain this email or any part of it. While UK SBS has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise risk of this e-mail or any attachments containing viruses, the recipient should carry out its own virus checks before opening the attachments. The Company does not accept any liability for any losses or damages which the recipient may sustain due to presence of any viruses. Any opinions expressed in this email (including attachments) are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the company's opinions. We will not accept responsibility for any commitments made by our employees outside the scope of our business. The Company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks for the purposes of preventing and detecting crime. ____________________________________________________________ This message has been scanned by the iCritical Email Security Service. For more information please visit http://www.icritical.com ____________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 9481 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: <http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/leedslist/attachments/20140730/953a1c45/attachment.png> _______________________________________________ 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
